Sitting of 22 January 1980

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Commons Sitting of 22 January 1980 Series 5 Vol. 977

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Employment and Training Opportunities (Women) 786 words
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2. Industrial Training Boards 344 words
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3. Young Persons (Rural Areas) 625 words
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4. Unemployment Levels 1,003 words
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5. Standing Commission on Pay Comparability 431 words
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6. Special Temporary Employment Programme 474 words
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7. Industrial Harmony 459 words
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8. Northern Region 615 words
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9. Disabled Persons 691 words
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10. North-West Region 465 words
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11. Trade Union Immunities 512 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 2,159 words
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4. STEEL INDUSTRY 1,554 words
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5. BARKING (EXPOLOSIONS) 2,121 words
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6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 750 words
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7. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 66 words
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8. SHERIFF OFFICERS AND WARRANT SALES (SCOTLAND) 1,343 words
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9. SHERIFF OFFICERS AND WARRANT SALES (SCOTLAND) 53 words
10. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. COMPETITION BILL 118 words
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1. New Clause 1 437 words
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2. New Clause 2 525 words
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3. New Clause 8 3,255 words
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4. New Clause 10 710 words
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5. New Clause 3 28,125 words, 1 division
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6. New Clause 4 4,307 words, 1 division
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7. New Clause 5 633 words
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8. New Clause 6 2,952 words
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9. New Clause 7 1,657 words
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10. Clause 1 21 words
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11. Clause 2 2,830 words
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11. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 58 words
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12. COMPETITION BILL 1,536 words
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13. Clause 3 41 words
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14. Clause 4 190 words
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15. Clause 9 38 words
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16. Clause 10 20 words
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17. Clause 11 490 words
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18. Clause 12 29 words
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19. Clause 15 275 words
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20. Clause 16 61 words
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21. Clause 17 113 words
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22. Clause 18 22 words
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23. Clause 20 23 words
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24. Clause 23 273 words
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25. Clause 24 115 words
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26. Title 3,331 words, 1 division
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27. EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 12,453 words
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28. Mr. W. A. DENBY 3,028 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 January 1980 Series 5 Vol. 977

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1. "BUY BRITISH" CAMPAIGN 38 words
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2. MAUCHLINE 24 words
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3. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 288 words
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4. POLITICAL PARTIES (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) 65 words
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5. NUCLEAR MATERIALS (EXPORT) 99 words
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6. KINGSTHORPE 25 words
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7. MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS 17 words
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8. QUANGOS 149 words
9. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Immigration 239 words
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2. Policewomen 76 words
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3. Prisoners 414 words
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4. Police Pensions (Convicted Persons) 135 words
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5. Special Patrol Groups 131 words
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6. Mentally-ill Prisoners 102 words
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7. Recidivists Anonymous 68 words
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8. High Courts (Trial Costs) 141 words
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9. Home Defence 115 words
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10. Parkhurst Prison 48 words
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11. "Prisons and the Prisoner" 71 words
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12. "A Review of Criminal Justice Policy" 102 words
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13. Prison Population 45 words
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14. Crime Policy Planning Units 216 words
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15. Life Prisoners 217 words
10. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Teachers 424 words
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2. Constitutional Conference 257 words
11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. European Community (Overseas Students) 113 words
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2. School Meals (London) 76 words
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3. School Buildings (Temperature Ranges) 82 words
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4. Computer Languages 61 words
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5. State Schools (Pupil Costs) 58 words
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6. Statutory Walking Distances 91 words
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7. Universities 539 words
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8. Handicapped Children Integration Schemes 124 words
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9. Overseas Students 51 words
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10. Postgraduate Students 763 words
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11. Ministers (Visits to Schools) 115 words
12. INDUSTRY
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1. Manufacturing Industry 248 words
13. WALES
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1. National Parks (Access Agreements) 111 words
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2. Lambs and Sheep 183 words
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3. Development Board for Rural Wales 52 words
14. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Pensions (Convicted Persons) 156 words
15. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Poliomyelitis 73 words
16. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Job Creation 127 words
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2. Young People (Training) 121 words
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3. North-West Region 50 words
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4. Temporary Short-time Working Compensation Scheme 49 words
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5. Construction Industry 53 words
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6. Employment Bill 59 words
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7. Small Firms 41 words
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8. Unemployed Persons 293 words
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9. Secret Ballots 134 words
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10. Job Release Scheme 75 words
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11. Electrical Equipment (Certification) 121 words
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12. Strike Pay 26 words
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13. Bradford 130 words
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14. Industrial Disputes (Lost Working Days) 53 words
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17. TUC 44 words
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18. Industrial Training Boards 68 words
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19. Manpower Services Commission 160 words
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20. Skillcentre (Maryport) 77 words
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21. Retail Trades (Non-Food) Wages Council 67 words
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22. Gas and Electricity Prices 93 words
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23. Substandard Housing Survey (Torridge) 76 words
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24. Male Persons (Dundee) 348 words
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25. Staffordshire 136 words
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26. Disabled Persons 138 words
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27. Craftsmen (Training) 127 words
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28. Sandwell 550 words
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29. Redundancies 88 words
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30. Job Schemes 210 words
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31. Unfair Dismissals 54 words
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32. Closures (Merseyside) 96 words
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33. Preston 57 words
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34. Hunterston Port 60 words
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35. Railwaymen (Closed Shop Case) 96 words
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36. European Community (Council of Employment Ministers) 64 words
37. ENERGY
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1. Energy Conservation 166 words
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2. Oil (Refined Products) 211 words
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3. North Sea Oil and Gas 425 words
38. TRANSPORT
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1. Inland Waterways (Exhibition) 52 words
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2. Roads (Maintenance) 103 words
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3. Tyres 159 words
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4. British Railways (Electrification) 131 words
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5. Bypasses 138 words
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6. National Freight Corporation 270 words
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7. Road Track Costs 74 words
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8. Heavy Vehicles 258 words
39. SCOTLAND
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1. Employment (Orkney and Shetland) 81 words
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2. Skillcentres 126 words
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3. Family Planning 80 words
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4. Teachers 140 words
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5. Prescription Charges 42 words
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6. Dundee (Emigration) 241 words
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7. Primary Schoolchildren 126 words
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8. Non-university Tertiary Education (Dundee) 96 words
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9. Company Closures (Dundee) 145 words
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10. Education (Costs) 70 words
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11. Youth Unemployment (Dundee) 107 words
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12. Ambulances 101 words
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13. Life Imprisonment 121 words
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14. Unemployment (Lanarkshire) 169 words
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15. Devolution 93 words
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16. Scottish Law Commission (Research Projects) 146 words
40. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Derelict Mineral Workings (Restoration) 158 words
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2. Soviet Embassy 78 words
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3. Nuclear Waste 320 words
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4. Wildlife and Countryside Bill 150 words
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5. Air Crash (Wisbech) 98 words
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6. Community Land (Release) 62 words
41. FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. British Passport (Zambia) 96 words
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2. Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Kenya 69 words
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3. Mr. Peter Young 142 words
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4. Soviet Embassy 116 words
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5. Diplomatic Personnel 71 words
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6. Cyprus 81 words
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7. Uganda (Diplomatic Relations) 34 words
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8. Iraq (Diplomatic Relations) 33 words
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9. Rhodesia 1,160 words
42. DEFENCE
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1. North Sea (Defence) 125 words
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2. Iranian Service Men (Training) 53 words
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3. Russian Spy Trawlers 76 words
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4. Air Crash (Wisbech) 877 words
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5. Offshore Patrol Vessel 58 words
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6. Harrier Aircraft 43 words
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7. Thrust Vectoring Exercises 128 words
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8. Pilot Error (Disciplinary Action) 67 words
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9. Olympic Games (Moscow) 70 words
43. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Special Hospitals 540 words
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2. Brent and Harrow Area Health Authority 142 words
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3. Invalid Tricycles 183 words
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4. St. Bartholomew's Hospital 123 words
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5. Sterilisation (Children) 71 words
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6. Children in Care 99 words
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7. Rampton Hospital (Review) 131 words
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8. Departmental Research 499 words
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9. Unemployment Review Officers 188 words
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10. Industrial Disputes (Benefits) 50 words
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11. Ambulance Service (Greater London) 56 words
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12. Married Women (Invalidity Pension) 67 words
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13. Vaccine-damaged Children 112 words
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14. Hospitals (Closures) 120 words
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15. Child Benefit 224 words
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16. Maternity Payment 527 words
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17. Reception and Resettlement 83 words
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18. Homeless Persons 1,098 words
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19. Blood 82 words
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20. Poliomyelitis 79 words
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21. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 142 words
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22. Fuel Assistance Schemes 134 words
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23. Departmental Transactions (Post Offices) 54 words
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24. Benefits (Payments) 70 words
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25. Abortion 123 words
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26. Mrs. June Wyatt 105 words
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27. Regional Health Authorities 53 words
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28. Chiropodists 950 words
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29. Disabled Persons (Telephones) 213 words
44. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. British Gas Corporation 41 words
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2. Family Income 5,336 words
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3. Public Expenditure (Employment Prospects) 119 words
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4. Car Allowances 52 words
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5. Oil Revenues 59 words
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6. Investment Income Surcharge 40 words
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7. Tax Rates 64 words
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8. Unemployment Benefit 52 words
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9. Tobacco 47 words
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10. Petrol 116 words
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11. Credil Cards 104 words
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12. Stamp Duty 28 words
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13. Money Supply 113 words
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14. £ Sterling 96 words
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15. Allowances and Benefits 156 words
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16. Inter-Parliamentary Union 213 words
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17. Prices and Wages 35 words
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18. Income Tax 56 words
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19. Capital Gains Tax 299 words
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20. Oil and Gas 179 words
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21. Expenditure 111 words
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22. Earnings Limit 110 words
45. TRADE
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1. Spent Nuclear Fuel (Marine Transportation) 95 words
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2. Companies Bill 151 words
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3. Russian Vessels 110 words
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4. Oil Carriers 133 words
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5. MV "Hero" 108 words
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6. Pencils 80 words
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7. Herbicide2,4,5-T 68 words
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8. European Community 58 words
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9. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 199 words
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10. Andrews Hydraulics International Ltd. 88 words
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11. Airports (South-East) 166 words
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12. New Zealand Lamb (Imports) 288 words

Lords Sitting of 22 January 1980 Series 5 Vol. 404

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. MR. CARLOS REYES MANSO: REFUGEE 1,069 words
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3. THE ROYAL NAVY: NEW FRIGATE AND SUBMARINE DESIGNS 263 words
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4. NATIONAL TRAFFIC FORECASTS 680 words
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5. UNSTARRED QUESTIONS: POSSIBLE TIME LIMIT 692 words
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6. THE STEEL STRIKE 104 words
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7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 54 words
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8. RESERVE FORCES BILL [H.L.] 68 words
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9. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, WESTERN SAMOA AND NAURU (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 207 words
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10. SOUTHERN RHODESIA (CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE) (ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS) ORDER 1979 6,046 words
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11. THE STEEL STRIKE 4,719 words
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12. SOUTHERN RHODESIA (CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE) (ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS) ORDER 1979 2,797 words
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13. SOUTHERN RHODESIA (LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLIC LIABILITIES) ORDER 1979 180 words
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14. BEES BILL 10 words
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15. DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES AND PREPARATIONS (SAFETY) REGULATIONS 1980 2,262 words
cc423-8
16. CHILD BENEFIT AND SOCIAL SECURITY (FIXING AND ADJUSTMENT OF RATES) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1980 2,153 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 22 January 1980 Series 5 Vol. 404

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1. AIRPORTS: PASSENGER CAPACITY 178 words
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2. WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE BILL 69 words