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Commons Sitting of 16 June 1980 Series 5 Vol. 986

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. TRADE
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1. Floating Exchange Rates 338 words
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2. Paper Products (Overseas Suppliers) 325 words
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3. Car Imports 639 words
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4. Manufactured Goods 398 words
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5. Balance of Payments 222 words
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6. Multi-fibre Arrangement 602 words
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7. Origin Marking 610 words
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8. Product Liability 602 words
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9. Manufactured Goods (Imports and Exports) 380 words
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10. Synthetic Fibre Carpets 608 words
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11. Department Stores (Consumer Protection) 471 words
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12. Christmas Cards (Russian Imports) 268 words
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13. Air Passenger Safety 231 words
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14. Carpets and Wool Textiles 565 words
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15. Footwear Imports 373 words
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16. Manufacturing Industry (Exports) 450 words
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17. Central Electricity Generating Board (Monopolies and Mergers Commission) 337 words
2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. British Council 165 words
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2. Zimbabwe 430 words
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3. United Nations (Contributions) 533 words
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4. European Community (Aid to Non-associates) 422 words
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4. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 432 words
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5. EUROPEAN COUNCIL (VENICE MEETING) 7,722 words
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6. NEW HEBRIDES 2,785 words
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7. SCOTTISH ESTIMATES 120 words
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8. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (BRANDT REPORT) 55,932 words
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9. WALES (THE BERWYNS) 4,224 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 June 1980 Series 5 Vol. 986

1. SCOTLAND
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1. Lands Tribunal 457 words
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2. SCHOOLS (CORPORAL PUNISHMENT) 85 words
2. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Employers' Liability Premiums and Compensation Law 77 words
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2. Sports Council 388 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Jamaica 109 words
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2. Zimbabwe 311 words
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3. Angola and Mozambique 83 words
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4. Bangladesh 92 words
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5. Commonwealth Development Corporation 83 words
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6. Cyprus (Higher Education) 74 words
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7. Ethiopia 84 words
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8. Development Aid 189 words
4. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Data Protection 173 words
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2. Foreign Visitors 140 words
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3. New Commonwealth Visitors 62 words
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4. Hong Kong and Chinese Citizens 140 words
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5. Visiting Forces Act 70 words
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6. Nationality 51 words
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7. Transmitters (Licences) 142 words
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8. Prison Population 202 words
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9. Life-Saving Attempts (Casualties) 71 words
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10. Open Channel Radio 59 words
5. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Statistical Services 97 words
6. TRADE
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1. British Goods (Exports) 64 words
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2. Monopolies and Mergers Commission (Merger Examinations) 128 words
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3. Competition Act 1980 66 words
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4. Imports from Third World Countries 50 words
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5. South Africa 102 words
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6. Product Liability 62 words
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7. European Community (Hairdressing Directives) 106 words
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8. Goods and Services (Exports) 105 words
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9. Finished Manufactures 46 words
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10. Angola and Mozambique 49 words
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11. Merchant Shipping Act 88 words
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12. Air Safety Standards 88 words
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13. Estate Agents Act 165 words
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14. Competition Act 1980 (Price References) 42 words
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15. £ Sterling 67 words
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16. British Airports Authority (Airport Provision) 66 words
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17. Doorstep Selling 64 words
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18. Beer 59 words
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19. Competition Policy 57 words
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20. Air Passengers (Liability) 222 words
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21. Heathrow (Air Transport Movements) 123 words
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22. Nylon Carpet Yarn 121 words
7. TRADE
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1. Footwear Industry 512 words
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2. Argentina 84 words
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3. European Community (Manufactured Trade) 125 words
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4. Severnside (Airport) 150 words
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5. Iran 355 words
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6. Coastal Shipping 117 words
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7. Air Transport (Liability) 191 words
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8. Fasteners 236 words
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9. Tenerife Air Crash 154 words
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10. Laboratory Glassware 65 words
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11. British Manufactured Goods (Counterfeiting) 185 words
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12. Waste Paper 39 words
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13. Wooden Doors (Imports) 56 words
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14. Ammonia, Sulphur, Phosphate and Potash 48 words
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15. Christmas Cards 78 words
8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Safety Policy 167 words
9. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Wholesale Price Index 36 words
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2. National Debt 107 words
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3. Income Tax 247 words
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4. Prices 150 words
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5. European Community 228 words
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6. Child Tax Allowance 119 words
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7. Value Added Tax 28 words
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8. Gross Domestic Product 206 words
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9. Enterprise Zones 42 words
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10. Government Expenditure 1,022 words
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11. Life-Saving Attempts (Compensation) 102 words
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12. Tax Cuts and Public Expenditure 95 words
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13. Mortgage Tax Relief 59 words
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14. European Community Budget (United Kingdom Contribution) 217 words
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15. Questionnaires 59 words
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16. North Sea Oil Revenues 22 words
10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Sheepmeat 76 words
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2. Cows 94 words
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3. Fertilisers 200 words
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4. Forestry 62 words
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5. Barley and Sugar Beet 90 words
11. DEFENCE
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1. Armoured Personnel Carriers 63 words
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2. Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich 73 words
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3. Chemical Weapons 37 words
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4. Departmental Staff (Defections) 71 words
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5. Armed Forces (Pensions) 92 words
12. FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Diplomatic and Consular Offices (Rates) 234 words
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2. Zimbabwe 249 words
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3. Diplomats (Visits) 102 words
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4. Pretoria (Labour Attaché) 126 words
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5. Nuclear Forces (Europe) 84 words
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6. Sri Lanka 88 words
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7. USSR (Maritime Strategy) 136 words
13. INDUSTRY
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1. Ferranti Ltd. 132 words
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2. Small Firms 86 words
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3. Catalonia Paper Tubes Limited 169 words
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4. Manufacturing (Foreign Companies) 56 words
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5. Woodworking Industry 57 words
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6. Concorde Aircraft 243 words
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7. Questionnaires 59 words
14. ENERGY
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1. Nuclear Reactors 88 words
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2. Reactor Safety Documents 96 words
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3. Energy Saving 89 words
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4. Petrol Prices 47 words
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5. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY BUDGET (UNITED KINGDOM CONTRIBUTION) 96 words
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6. IMPORTS 199 words
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7. TEXTILE INDUSTRY 270 words
15. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Lundy Island 134 words
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2. Retired Persons (Housing) 97 words
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3. Disabled Persons (Housing Adaptations) 107 words
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4. New Towns 60 words
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5. Rent and Rate Rebates 42 words
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6. Royal Hotel, Crook 97 words
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7. Housing Investment Programme 363 words
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8. Olympic Games 98 words
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9. Water Charges 138 words
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10. Disabled Persons (Access to Buildings) 93 words
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11. Industry and Local Authorities (Co-operation) 160 words
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12. Home Insulation 74 words
16. TRANSPORT
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1. Cross-Channel Link 60 words
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2. Community Driving Licence 84 words
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3. Road Damage 109 words
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4. Transport Infrastructure for Europe 121 words
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5. European Community (Road Links) 60 words
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6. Government Policy 335 words
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7. Pelican Crossings 122 words
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8. Vehicle Excise Duty 90 words
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9. Road Construction Units (Durham) 198 words
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10. Departmental Staff (Reductions) 105 words
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11. Vehicle Components (Counterfeiting) 133 words
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12. Macclesfield Inner Relief Road 102 words
17. WALES
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1. Domestic Water Rates 66 words
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2. Domestic Rates 148 words
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3. Newborn Babies (Life Expectancy) 92 words
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4. Small Businesses 58 words
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5. Rate Support Grant 75 words
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6. Local Authority Houses 129 words
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7. Privately Rented Houses 240 words
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8. LEGAL AID (MERSEYSIDE) 71 words
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9. Welsh Water Authority 69 words
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10. Economic Activity Rates 206 words
18. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Clegg Commission 449 words
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2. The North-West 266 words
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3. Redundancies 610 words
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4. Carpets International (Northern) 130 words
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5. Skillcentres (Derbyshire) 50 words
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6. Labour Attachés 166 words
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7. Unemployment 49 words
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8. Employment Agencies 319 words
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9. Leeds Travel-To-Work Area (Job Losses) 240 words
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10. Youth Opportunities Programme 73 words
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11. Employment Protection Act 161 words
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12. Redundancies (Birmingham) 170 words
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13. Derbyshire 47 words
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14. Disabled Persons (Wandsworth) 91 words
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15. Unemployment (Tooting and Battersea) 59 words
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16. Nuclear Inspectors 113 words
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17. School Leavers 607 words
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18. Fatal Mine Accidents (Carmarthen) 727 words
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19. Stoke-on-Trent 190 words
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20. West Midlands 134 words
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21. Walsall 64 words
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22. Footwear Industry 49 words
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23. Questionnaires 61 words
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24. Training for Skill 69 words
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25. Domestic Employment 61 words
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26. Ethnic Minorities 193 words
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27. Manufacturing Industry (Statistics) 103 words
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28. Employment Agencies 85 words
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29. Disablement Advisory Committees 109 words
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30. CBS Engineering Company, Liverpool 359 words
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31. Female Unemployment 164 words
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32. Unemployment Statistics 121 words
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33. Young Persons 137 words
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34. Part-time Workers 261 words
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35. Computer Operators 144 words
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36. Jobs (Losses and Creation) 794 words
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37. Redundancies (St. Helens) 165 words
19. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Hephaistos School for Disabled Boys 126 words
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2. School Milk 223 words
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3. Teachers (In-service Training) 141 words
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4. Hertfordshire (Pupil Intake) 78 words
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5. School—Industry Links 241 words
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6. Inner London Education Authority 105 words
20. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Prescriptions 446 words
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2. Primary Medical Care 269 words
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3. Dentists' Remuneration (London) 85 words
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4. Invalidity Benefits 159 words
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5. Supplementary Benefit Recipients 72 words
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6. Mentally Handicapped Patients (West Midlands) 110 words
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7. Supplementary Benefit Recipients (Birmingham) 168 words
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8. Generic Drug Substitution 69 words
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9. Hospital Beds (Wandsworth) 65 words
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10. Death Grant 49 words
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11. Benefits 274 words
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12. Acute Beds 95 words
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13. Hospital Closures (City and Hackney) 123 words
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14. Social Security (No. 2) Bill 84 words
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15. Home Helps (Red bridge) 65 words
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16. Adult Training and Occupational Day Centres 266 words
21. TRADE
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1. Questionnaires 62 words

Lords Sitting of 16 June 1980 Series 5 Vol. 410

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. DIEGO GARCIA: USA MILITARY CAPABILITY 427 words
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3. SMALL BUSINESSES: PAYMENT OF BILLS 1,211 words
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4. FUEL BILLS: ASSISTANCE TO PRIVATE PERSONS 907 words
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5. THE OLYMPIC GAMES: AEROFLOT LONDON AIRPORT SERVICES 207 words
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6. BUSINESS 97 words
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7. THE NEW HEBRIDES: STATE OF EMERGENCY 2,306 words
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8. BRITISH OLIVETTI LIMITED BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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9. EAGLE & GLOBE STEEL LIMITED BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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10. SOCIAL SECURITY (NO. 2) BILL 2,819 words
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11. EUROPEAN COUNCIL: VENICE MEETING 5,033 words
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12. SOCIAL SECURITY (No. 2) BILL 20,760 words, 5 divisions
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13. GAS BILL 4,916 words
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14. SOCIAL SECURITY (NO. 2) BILL 10,561 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 June 1980 Series 5 Vol. 410

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1. FOOD STRATEGIES 178 words
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2. EXPORT CREDIT AND AID 156 words
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3. COUNTRYSIDE: ACCESS AND THE LAW OF TRESPASS 126 words
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4. ZAMBIA: FOOD PRODUCTION 160 words
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5. CIGARETTE SMOKING: HEALTH EFFECTS AND REVENUE 292 words
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6. FISHING BOAT REGISTRATION: KILLING OF DOLPHINS 165 words
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7. CIGARETTES, ALCOHOL, AND DRUGS: DEATH AND EFFECTS ON HEALTH 535 words
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8. BORSTAL GOVERNOR: BAN ON CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE 142 words
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9. ALBANIA: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS 105 words