Sitting of 21 February 1980

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Commons Sitting of 21 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 979

c631
1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. TYNE AND WEAR BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 490 words
cc632-4
2. Widows (Taxation) 404 words
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3. Retired Persons (Taxation) 213 words
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4. Economic Situation 1,130 words
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5. Family Income Supplement 184 words
cc638-40
6. Budget Strategy 676 words
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7. Money Supply 853 words
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8. Building and Construction Industry (Tax Exemption Certificates) 259 words
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9. Bank of England 744 words
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10. Stamp Duty 121 words
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11. Value Added Tax 292 words
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12. Enterprise Zones 410 words
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13. Exports (Exchange Rate Effects) 828 words
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14. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 2,098 words
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5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,096 words
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6. HOUSING (PUBLIC EXPENDITURE) 5,675 words
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7. SOLOMON ISLANDS, TUVALU AND KIRIBATI (INDEPENDENCE GIFTS) 163 words
cc684-800
8. AIRPORTS POLICY 43,857 words
cc801-12
9. LEICESTERSHIRE AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY (FINANCE) 3,812 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 21 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 979

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1. EXCLUSIVE BRETHREN 93 words
2. ENERGY
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1. Gas Flaring 208 words
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2. Electricity Industry (Wales) 273 words
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3. Natural Gas Explosions 113 words
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4. Energy Labelling (Electrical Goods) 85 words
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5. Ex-departmental Staff (Re-employment) 111 words
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6. Nuclear Waste (Disposal) 153 words
3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Refreshment Department (Special Dish) 73 words
4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Education Services (Wandsworth) 112 words
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2. Student Unions 119 words
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3. University of Wales 63 words
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4. Mandatory Grants (Cambridgeshire) 67 words
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5. Illiteracy 55 words
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6. Shop Stewards (Training Grants) 63 words
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7. Comprehensive Schools 106 words
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8. Blind and Partially Sighted Persons 112 words
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9. THE ARTS 60 words
5. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Members (Correspondence) 94 words
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2. Cruelty to Animals 242 words
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3. Citizenship Applications 54 words
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4. Pirate Cabs 108 words
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5. Civil Defence 141 words
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6. Palace of Westminster Police 72 words
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7. Mr. Peter Cahill 125 words
6. SCOTLAND
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1. District Council Elections (Candidates' Expenses) 86 words
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2. Highlands and Islands (Roadworks) 80 words
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3. Housing Expenditure 805 words
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4. Cruelty to Animals 352 words
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5. Tied Housing (Sales) 95 words
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6. Possilpark (Jobcentre Facilities) 95 words
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7. Public Sector House Sales 410 words
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8. Croft Houses 197 words
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9. Vaccine-damaged Children 70 words
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10. OLYMPIC GAMES 589 words
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11. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 486 words
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12. FAMILIES 48 words
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13. WOMEN (EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES) 49 words
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14. SOUTHAMPTON 21 words
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15. ABERYSTWYTH 24 words
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16. WALES 22 words
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17. CHILD BENEFIT 78 words
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18. RURAL AREAS 85 words
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19. PETERHEAD 25 words
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20. "WHY WORK?" SYNDROME 55 words
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21. NUCLEAR HARDWARE 90 words
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22. PAKISTAN 78 words
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23. FRENCH PRESIDENT 33 words
7. TRADE
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1. Man-made Fibres 299 words
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2. Manufactured Goods 139 words
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3. Welsh Language 163 words
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4. Import Restrictions 105 words
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5. Fireworks 38 words
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6. Television Set (Imports) 95 words
8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Exports 83 words
9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Albania 52 words
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2. Chile 97 words
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3. Rhodesia 138 words
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4. European Community (Council of Foreign Ministers) 141 words
10. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Welsh Language 158 words
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2. Pay and Pensions 180 words
11. INDUSTRY
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1. Retirement Pensions (Payment Costs) 86 words
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2. Microprocessors 68 words
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3. Companies (Profits and Taxation) 286 words
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4. Albright and Wilson Ltd. 89 words
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5. Sub-post Offices (Annual Payments) 48 words
12. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Gas Industry 347 words
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2. Natural Gas (Pipeline) 105 words
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3. Job Release Scheme 82 words
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4. >Housing Executive 55 words
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5. Quangos 71 words
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6. Companies (Registration) 173 words
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7. Vaccine-damaged Children 71 words
13. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Unemployed Young Persons 90 words
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2. Iron and Steel Industries 349 words
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3. Trade Unions 93 words
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4. Employment Ratios 605 words
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5. Welsh Language 126 words
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6. Jobcentres (Norfolk) 215 words
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7. Unemployed Persons 92 words
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8. School Leavers 78 words
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9. Apprenticeships 66 words
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10. Nuclear Installations Inspectorate 82 words
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11. Wages Council Inspectorate 41 words
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12. Disabled Persons 47 words
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13. Jobcentres 55 words
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14. Weekly Earnings 50 words
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15. Health and Safety (Agriculture Industry) 72 words
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16. Household Incomes (Pensioners) 142 words
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17. Rehabilitation Centres 561 words
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18. Occupational Guidance Unit (Manchester) 136 words
14. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Housing Investment Programmes 65 words
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2. Buildings (Safety Standards) 177 words
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3. Research and Development 91 words
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4. Employment Agencies 148 words
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5. Dogs 89 words
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6. Departmental Manpower 71 words
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7. Housing (ERpenditure) 82 words
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8. Air Pollution 702 words
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9. Planning 140 words
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10. Moulton Marsh 59 words
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11. Water Sprinklers 117 words
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12. Council House Sales 119 words
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13. Cruelty to Animals 248 words
15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Welsh Language 112 words
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2. Chocolate and Sugar Confectionery 254 words
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3. Abattoirs (FEOGA Grants) 127 words
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4. Sugar 158 words
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5. Potatoes 132 words
16. TRANSPORT
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1. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre 234 words
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2. Driving Tests (North-West) 285 words
17. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Health Education 160 words
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2. Benefits 508 words
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3. Overseas Pensioners (Payment) 181 words
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4. Pneumoconiosis and Leukaemia 96 words
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5. Raynaud's Phenomenon 326 words
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6. Vaccine-damaged Children 114 words
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7. Kidney Transplants 48 words
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8. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council 250 words
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9. Community Homes 195 words
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10. Child Care Proceedings 59 words
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11. Perinatal Mortality 307 words
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12. Dentists 399 words
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13. Cigarette Sales 59 words
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14. Industrial Disputes (Benefits) 26 words
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15. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 247 words
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16. Radiation 114 words
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17. National Radiological Protection Board 377 words
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18. Debendox 63 words
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19. Possilpark 92 words
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20. Mental Handicap 128 words
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21. Community Health Councils 50 words
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22. St. John's Hospital, Droitwich 114 words
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23. Agency Nurses (London) 102 words
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24. Industrial Disputes (Benefits) 65 words
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25. Sickness Benefit (Steel Workers) 172 words
18. WALES
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1. Social and Health Services 81 words
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2. Housing 402 words
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3. Welsh Language 214 words
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4. Nuclear Waste (Disposal) 76 words
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5. Welsh Development Agency 134 words
19. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 173 words
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2. National Debt 70 words
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3. Coinage 40 words
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4. Liverpool, London and Bristol (Free Port Facilities) 110 words
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5. International Monetary Fund 60 words
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6. Value Added Tax 169 words
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7. Cash Limits 43 words
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8. Money Supply 347 words
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9. Inflation 304 words
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10. Taxation 38 words
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11. Budget Strategy 113 words
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12. Development Land Tax 37 words
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13. Economic Growth 36 words
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14. Widows' Pensions and Benefits 37 words
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15. Public Expenditure 106 words
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16. Balance of Payments 50 words
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17. Tax Avoidance 111 words
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18. Gold Standard 22 words
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19. Pay Policy 27 words
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20. North Sea Oil Revenues 110 words
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21. Family Income 202 words
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22. Minimum Lending Rate 30 words
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23. Enterprise Zones 91 words
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24. Manufacturing Industry (Investment) 197 words
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25. Mortgage Interest (Tax Relief) 52 words
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26. Bank of England 135 words
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27. Covenants (Income Tax Repayments) 65 words
cc335-42W
28. Personal Taxation 1,985 words
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29. Oil Prices and Profits 87 words
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30. Prices 105 words
cc343-4W
31. European Parliament (United Kingdom Contribution) 146 words
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32. Petroleum Revenue Tax 75 words
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33. Benefits (Tax Exemption) 63 words
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34. Capital Outflow 47 words
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35. Estate Duty (Property in Lieu) 120 words
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36. Tax Thresholds 55 words
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37. Stock Relief 165 words
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38. Exchange Controls 49 words
c346W
39. Taxes (Collection Costs) 54 words
20. DEFENCE
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1. Service Pensions (Payment) 121 words
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2. Warships 156 words
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3. Rhodesia (Armed Forces) 104 words
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4. Welsh Language 109 words
c348W
5. RAF Honington (Security Police) 95 words
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6. Retired Senior Officers and Civil Servants (Re-employment) 63 words
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7. Simpson Barracks, Northampton 116 words

Lords Sitting of 21 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 405

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1. Preamble 21 words
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2. ISRAEL: BOYCOTT 670 words
cc893-8
3. EEC SURPLUSES: COST TO UK 1,882 words
cc898-900
4. LUNCHEON VOUCHERS 516 words
cc900-4
5. THEATRE TICKETS AND VAT 1,435 words
c904
6. HOUSING: PUBLIC INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 36 words
c904
7. WATER (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 51 words
c904
8. CANE HILL CEMETERY BILL [H.L.] 9 words
c904
9. SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 9 words
cc904-8
10. SEA FISH INDUSTRY ACT 1970 (INCREASE IN RATE OF LEVY) ORDER 1980 1,417 words
cc908-14
11. PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS BILL 2,047 words
cc914-26
12. HOUSING: PUBLIC INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 4,719 words
cc926-52
13. PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS BILL 9,758 words
c953
14. ALEXANDRA PARK AND PALACE BILL [H.L.] 8 words
c953
15. BANGOR MARKET BILL [H.L.] 7 words
cc953-8
16. DERBYSHIRE BILL [H.L.] 1,963 words
c958
17. EASTBOURNE HARBOUR BILL [H.L.] 173 words
cc958-90
18. THE HORSERACE TOTALISATOR BOARD AND THE AGLIONBY REPORT 12,482 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 21 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 405

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1. ENDANGERED SPECIES: PROSECUTIONS 158 words
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2. ENDANGERED SPECIES: CUSTOMS OFFICERS' TRAINING 99 words
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3. FLORA AND FAUNA IN TRANSIT: IDENTIFICATION 46 words
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4. FLORA AND FAUNA IN TRANSIT: CUSTOMS 80 words
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5. RATE SUPPORT GRANT AND EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE 344 words
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6. TRADE UNION LEGISLATION 309 words