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Commons Sitting of 3 July 1980 Series 5 Vol. 987

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (MONEY) (No. 2) BILL 6 words
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2. ALEXANDRA PARK AND PALACE BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Drunken Offenders (Overnight Facilities) 960 words
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2. Police Complaints Procedure 698 words
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3. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 341 words
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4. Firearms and Shotguns 259 words
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5. Dangerous Drugs (Imports) 143 words
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6. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Report) 655 words
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7. Firearms Certificates (Fees) 431 words
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8. Bristol (Disturbances) 709 words
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9. Radio 1 421 words
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10. Tobacco Sales (Young Persons) 393 words
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11. Park Royal Estate 610 words
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12. Broadcasting Standards 276 words
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13. British Broadcasting Corporation 226 words
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14. Wormwood Scrubs Prison 316 words
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15. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 959 words
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16. UNEMPLOYED (ETHNIC MINORITIES) 406 words
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17. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 797 words
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4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,421 words
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5. SELECT COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN LEGISLATION 54 words
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6. YOUTH AND COMMUNITY BILL 117 words
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7. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (SECONDARY BLACKING) 467 words
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8. PERSONAL STATEMENT 193 words
9. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PLANNING AND LAND (No. 2) BILL 908 words
1. New Clause 1
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1. ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET, ETC. 1,437 words
2. New Clause 2
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1. RIGHT OF COUNCILLOR TO OPT FOR FINANCIAL Loss ALLOWANCE 1,437 words
3. New Clause 3
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1. SUSPENSION OF PROVISION FOR LIABILITY TO PROGRESSIVE SURCHARGE IN RESPECT OF UNUSED OFFICE ETC. PROPERTY 239 words
4. New Clause 4
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1. RATING OF UNOCCUPIED PROPERTY 1,542 words
5. New Clause 5
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1. EXPENDITURE OF GREATER LONDON COUNCIL 451 words
6. New Clause 6
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1. PLEASURE BOATS 1,158 words
7. New Clause 8
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1. OFF-LICENCES: SPECIAL PROVISIONS TO CEASE 714 words
8. New Clause 9
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1. POWER TO END SPECIAL LICENSING PROVISIONS 280 words
9. New Clause 10
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1. HONORARY FREEMEN 1,591 words
10. New Clause 13
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1. AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS DISCUSSED AT LOCAL AUTHORITY MEETINGS 5,174 words
11. New clause 19
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1. COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF OFFICE, ETC. PURSUANT TO PART XVI OF ACT 2,756 words
12. New Clause 22
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1. LOCAL DISCRETION IN DEFINING "MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE" 5,108 words
13. Clause 1
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1. RELAXATION OF MINISTERIAL CONTROL OF AUTHORITIES 7,184 words, 1 division
14. Clause 2
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1. DUTY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO PUBLISH INFORMATION 8,531 words
15. Clause 3
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1. MEANING OF "WORKS CONTRACT" 241 words
16. Clause 5
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1. LIMITATIONS ON POWER TO ENTER INTO WORKS CONTRACTS 252 words
17. Clause 6
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1. MEANING OF "FUNCTIONAL WORK" 11,380 words
18. Clause 7
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1. REGULATION OF FUNCTIONAL WORK 1,058 words, 1 division
19. Clause 8
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1. ACCOUNTS RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK 219 words
20. Clause 9
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1. CONTENTS OF ACCOUNTS RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK 151 words
21. Clause 10
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1. ACCOUNTS UNDER SECTION 8 AND OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITY 45 words
22. Clause 11
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1. PAYMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK UNDERTAKEN IN PURSUANCE OF DELEGATED FUNCTIONS ETC. 80 words
23. Clause 13
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1. RATES OF RETURN: POWERS OF SECRETARY OF STATE 5,077 words
24. Clause 16
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1. INTERPRETATION OF PART III 115 words
25. Clause 19
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1. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER BODIES. 289 words
26. Clause 20
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1. INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 268 words
27. Clause 22
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1. ASCERTAINMENT OF RATEABLE VALUE OF NON-INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS 146 words
28. Clause 23
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1. VALUATION AND ADJUSTED VALUATION 88 words
29. Clause 24
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1. DOMESTIC RATE RELIEF 201 words
30. Clause 36
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1. COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 295 words
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2. WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE 70 words
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3. ADJOURNMENT 16 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 July 1980 Series 5 Vol. 987

1. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Industrial Accidents 149 words
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2. Keighley 55 words
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3. Citizens Band Radio 68 words
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4. North-West England 183 words
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5. St. Helens 71 words
2. TRADE
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1. Hides (Imports) 293 words
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2. Petrol Pumps (Inspections) 65 words
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3. Severn-Trent Water Authority 69 words
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4. Brazil 123 words
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5. Paper and Board Products 57 words
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6. Marine Safety 33 words
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7. UNCTAD (Common Fund) 81 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Recruitment Policy 88 words
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2. Government Departments (Postage) 81 words
4. WALES
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1. Dyfed Area Health Authority 330 words
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2. Area Health Authorities (Accounts) 76 words
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3. Welsh Language 95 words
5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Select Committees 94 words
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2. Members' Salaries 73 words
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3. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 736 words
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4. TUC 139 words
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5. TOBACCO PRODUCTS (ADVERTISING) 88 words
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6. VENICE SUMMIT 40 words
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7. ADOPTION 132 words
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8. FORTREE 28 words
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9. AVENHAM 26 words
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10. "EDUCATION, TRAINING AND INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE" (REPORT) 109 words
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11. FERRANTI LIMITED 90 words
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12. LEGAL AID 136 words
6. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. European Assembly Elections Act 1978 133 words
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2. Parole 64 words
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3. Law and Order 67 words
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4. Nationality 69 words
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5. Boundary Commission (Report) 83 words
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6. David Cooper and Michael McMahon 134 words
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7. Bail Act 1976 75 words
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8. Drunken Offenders (Overnight Facilities) 167 words
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9. Firearms (Fees) 50 words
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10. Southall (Disturbances) 129 words
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11. Interception of Communications 66 words
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12. Fire Precautions Act 1971 76 words
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13. Civil Defence 57 words
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14. Attendance Centres (Nottinghamshire) 106 words
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15. Immigration 110 words
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16. Demonstrations (Policing Costs) 66 words
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17. Prisoners (Transfer) 94 words
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18. Minister of State (Speech) 38 words
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19. Illegal Immigration and Overstaying 154 words
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20. Prisoners (Home Leave) 102 words
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21. Prison System 37 words
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22. Sexual Crimes 63 words
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23. Civil Defence 31 words
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24. Members' Correspondence 138 words
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25. (Detention and Maintenance Costs) Delinquent Children 160 words
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26. Immigration 114 words
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27. Highpoint Prison, Suffolk 306 words
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28. Custodial Establishments (Running Costs) 154 words
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29. Prison Accommodation (Sanitation) 88 words
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30. Risley Remand Centre 127 words
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31. M25 Public Inquiry (Police Costs) 142 words
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32. Shoplifting 156 words
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33. Chief Officers of Police (Consultation) 239 words
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34. Chilean Citizens (Entry Visas) 67 words
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35. Firearms 95 words
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36. Unlawful Residents 50 words
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37. Citizens Band Radio 458 words
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38. Prisoners (Deaths) 111 words
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39. Metropolitan Police 109 words
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40. Ashford Remand Centre 113 words
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41. 405-Line Television 182 words
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42. Charities (Definition) 88 words
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43. Paul Shane O'Doherty 77 words
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44. Vietnamese Refugees 2,557 words
7. SCOTLAND
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1. National Health Service (Consultants) 69 words
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2. British Youth Council 378 words
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3. Foreign Manufacturing Investment 45 words
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4. Hearing Aids 151 words
8. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Public Sector Workers 474 words
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2. PAYE 126 words
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3. Income Tax Yields 100 words
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4. International Monetary Fund (Index of Relative Unit Costs) 505 words
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5. Interest Payments 176 words
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6. Wilson Committee 115 words
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7. Exchange Rates 24 words
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8. Personal Allowances 46 words
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9. Balance of Payments 50 words
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10. Citizens Band Radio 82 words
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11. Works of Art (Tax Exemption) 129 words
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12. Development Land Tax 49 words
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13. Mortgages (Tax Relief) 59 words
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14. Fishing Industry 58 words
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15. Capital Transfer Tax 134 words
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16. House of Lords (Attendance Allowance) 77 words
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17. Private Schools (Charitable Status) 49 words
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18. Wages and Salaries 47 words
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19. International Monetary Fund 77 words
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20. Capital Taxes Office, Belfast 195 words
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21. Carlisle and Cumbria 117 words
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22. Higher Civil Servants 140 words
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23. Herbicide 2,4,5-T 73 words
9. ENERGY
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1. Coal-fired Power Stations 171 words
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2. Electricity Supply 102 words
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3. Energy Prices 371 words
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4. Oil Consumption 331 words
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5. Opencast Coal Mining 74 words
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6. Coal Stocks 206 words
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7. Road Fuel Pricing Policy 92 words
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8. Anthracite 177 words
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9. Smokeless Fuel 70 words
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10. Opencast Coal Production 51 words
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11. Radioactive Waste 146 words
10. INDUSTRY
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1. Small Businesses 119 words
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2. British Steel Corporation 66 words
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3. Merseyside 56 words
11. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. New Commonwealth Ethnic Origin Population 120 words
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2. Geriatric Care 115 words
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3. Family Incomes 327 words
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4. Hearing Aids 331 words
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5. Miss Stella Maltson 67 words
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6. Hospital Waiting Lists (Islington) 79 words
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7. Drugs (Monitoring Scheme) 67 words
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8. Liverpool Area Health Authority 125 words
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9. Liverpool Hospitals 99 words
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10. Mr. L. Bowden Brown 189 words
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11. Unemployment Review Officers 91 words
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12. Cigarettes (Carbon Monoxide Level) 113 words
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13. Benefit Entitlement 59 words
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14. Voluntary Organisations (Financial Assistance) 160 words
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15. Henderson Hospital 103 words
12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Fisheries 75 words
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2. Milk 69 words
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3. Citizens Band Radio 69 words
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4. Farm Census 176 words
13. DEFENCE
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1. Low-flying Aircraft 141 words
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2. Nuclear Weapons 110 words
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3. Defence Budget 218 words
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4. Military Personnel (Boarding School Allowances) 46 words
14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Zambia 350 words
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2. Spain-Gibraltar Border 87 words
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3. Overseas Students 119 words
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4. British Council 248 words
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5. Soviet Union (British Tourists) 127 words
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6. Diplomats (Boarding School Allowances) 86 words
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7. Identity Documents 550 words
15. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Council of Foreign Ministers 200 words
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2. European Council 52 words
16. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Civil Service (Ex-Service Personnel) 48 words
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2. Grammar School Places 109 words
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3. Western Education Board 71 words
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4. Grant-aided Bodies (Premises) 66 words
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5. Sports Council 192 words
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6. Gas Industry 180 words
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7. Royal Prerogative of Mercy 203 words
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8. Civil Servants 49 words
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9. Constitutional Settlement 101 words
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10. Consolidated Fund 203 words
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11. Ulster Office, London 312 words
17. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Walsall Council (Housing and Land Grants) 138 words
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2. Council House Sales 134 words
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3. Rate Support Grant 366 words
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4. Alkali and Clean Air Inspectorate 315 words
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5. Protection of Birds Act 80 words
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6. Housing Market 83 words
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7. Titanium Dioxide 101 words
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8. Rates 92 words
18. TRANSPORT
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1. Wells, Cundall of Malton (Correspondence) 185 words
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2. Greater Manchester 99 words
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3. Caravans (Licence Fees) 77 words
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4. Nuclear Fuel (Transportation) 197 words
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5. A12 (Safety Standards) 94 words
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6. Litter 49 words
19. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Inner London Education Authority 80 words
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2. Assisted Places Scheme 156 words
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3. Advisory Committee on Pesticides 365 words
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4. Local Education Authorities (Expenditure) 143 words
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5. University Teachers (Pay and Conditions of Service) 508 words
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6. Education (Administrative Costs) 110 words
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7. Overseas Students 150 words
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8. Education, Training and Industrial Performance 141 words
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9. Inner London Education Authority 60 words
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10. National Association for Multiracial Education 212 words
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11. Student Teachers 129 words
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12. Teachers and Pupils (Ethnic Minorities) 139 words
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13. Local Authority Funding 140 words
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14. Institute of Animal Physiology 74 words

Lords Sitting of 3 July 1980 Series 5 Vol. 411

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. GATWICK: ROAD CONSTRUCTION PLANS 816 words
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3. "DAY OF ACTION": EFFECT ON ECONOMY 566 words
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4. LONDON-HONG KONG AIR SERVICES 752 words
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5. CONSETT: STEEL RUNDOWN AND REMEDIAL MEASURES 1,799 words
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6. BUSINESS 98 words
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7. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL 9 words
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8. STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY BILL 9 words
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9. HEALTH SERVICES BILL 99 words
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10. HOUSING BILL 30,911 words, 3 divisions
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11. NOVELTIES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS 1980 2,896 words
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12. TREES (REPLANTING AND REPLACEMENT) BILL [H.L.] 663 words
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13. HOUSING BILL 44,372 words, 2 divisions
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14. THE GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (MONEY) (NO. 2) BILL 11 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 July 1980 Series 5 Vol. 411

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1. EAST AFRICAN ASIANS: IMMIGRATION RIGHTS 101 words
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2. DRY POWDER FIRE EXTINGUISHERS 46 words
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3. MILITARY EQUIPMENT: SALES TO ARGENTINA, ET CETERA 73 words
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4. GUYANA: SUPPLY OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING 94 words