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Commons Sitting of 20 May 1980 Series 5 Vol. 985

c225
1. Preamble 12 words
2. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c225
2. LONDON TRANSPORT BILL 6 words
3. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL
c225
1. STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY BILL 30 words
4. EMPLOYMENT
cc225-6
1. Unemployed Persons 425 words
cc226-8
2. Day of Action 648 words
cc228-30
3. Unemployment Trends 404 words
cc230-1
4. TUC and CBI 345 words
cc231-2
5. Unemployment (Assisted Areas) 302 words
c232
6. Unemployment (Mexborough and Wombwell) 263 words
cc232-5
7. Unemployment 771 words
cc235-6
8. Pneumoconiosis (Compensation) 496 words
cc236-8
9. Textile and Footwear Workers (Retraining) 735 words
cc238-40
10. Northern Region 497 words
cc240-1
11. Employment Agencies (Recruiting Practices) 301 words
cc241-2
12. Industrial Training Boards 495 words
cc242-4
13. North-West England 541 words
c244
14. Unemployed Persons 173 words
cc244-6
15. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (PERMANENT SECRETARY) 411 words
cc246-7
16. NORTHERN REGION 462 words
cc247-51
17. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,405 words
cc252-3
4. TRANSPORT ACT 1962 (AMENDMENT) 505 words
cc254-63
5. IRAN (SANCTIONS) 3,488 words
6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
c264
1. HOUSING BILL 11 words
7. Clause 7
cc264-76
1. DISCOUNT 4,535 words
8. Clause 8
cc276-302
1. REPAYMENT OF DISCOUNT ON EARLY DISPOSAL OF FREEHOLD OR LEASE 10,106 words, 1 division
9. Clause 9
cc302-3
1. RIGHT TO A MORTGAGE—AMOUNT TO BE SECURED 169 words
10. Clause 10
c303
1. NOTICE OF PURCHASE PRICE AND RIGHT TO A MORTGAGE 32 words
11. Clause 11
cc303-4
1. RIGHT OF TENANT TO HAVE VALUE DETERMINED BY DISTRICT VALUER 327 words
12. Clause 12
c304
1. CLAIM TO A MORTGAGE 133 words
13. Clause 13
c304
1. CHANGE OF SECURE TENANT AFTER NOTICE CLAIMING RIGHT TO BUY OR RIGHT TO A MORTGAGE 130 words
14. Clause 15
c304
1. COMPLETION 39 words
15. Clause 17
c305
1. RIGHT TO A MORTGAGE—TERMS OF MORTGAGE DEED 14 words
16. Clause 18
c305
1. DWELLING HOUSES IN NATIONAL PARKS AND AREAS OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY, ETC. 122 words
17. Clause 22
c305
1. SECRETARY OF STATE'S POWER TO INTERVENE 153 words
18. Clause 26
c306
1. INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER I 76 words
19. Clause 27
cc306-10
1. SECURE TENANCIES 1,820 words
20. Clause 33
cc310-9
1. GROUNDS AND ORDERS FOR POSSESSION 3,159 words
21. Clause 34
cc319-24
1. SUBLETTING AND LODGERS 1,799 words
22. Clause 37
c324
1. REIMBURSEMENT OF COST OF TENANT'S IMPROVEMENTS 21 words
23. Clause 38
c324
1. RENT NOT TO BE INCREASED ON ACCOUNT OF TENANT'S IMPROVEMENTS 90 words
24. Clause 45
cc324-6
1. CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE COST OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES 726 words
25. Schedule 3
c326
1. TENANCIES WHICH ARE NOT SECURE TENANCIES 20 words
26. Clause 51
cc326-83
1. PROTECTED SHORTHOLD TENANCIES 21,511 words, 1 division
27. Clause 54
c383
1. ORDERS FOR POSSESSION 66 words
28. Clause 75
c383
1. MEANING OF "PREMIUM" IN PART IX OF RENT ACT 1977 17 words
29. Clause 78
cc383-6
1. PROVISIONS AS TO CONSENTS REQUIRED BY SECTION 77 686 words
30. Clause 82
c386
1. JURISDICTION OF COUNTY COURT AND RULES OF PROCEDURE 38 words
31. Clause 86
c386
1. POWER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO DISPOSE OF LAND HELD FOR PURPOSES OF PART V OF HOUSING ACT 1957 19 words
32. Clause 90
cc386-7
1. NEW HOUSING SUBSIDY TO REPLACE CERTAIN EXISTING SUBSIDIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS 74 words
33. Clause 92
c387
1. THE BASE AMOUNT 29 words
34. Clause 95
c387
1. HOUSING SUBSIDY FOR OTHER BODIES 18 words
35. Clause 101
cc387-8
1. HOUSES ACQUIRED FOR DISPOSAL AFTER REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT OR CONVERSION 537 words
36. Clause 103
c389
1. LOCAL AUTHORITY MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES 217 words
37. Clause 104
c389
1. LOCAL AUTHORITY AND HOUSING CORPORATION INDEMNITIES FOR BUILDING SOCIETIES 65 words
38. Clause 111
c390
1. RENT REBATES ETC. AND SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS 362 words
39. Clause 112
cc391-2
1. BORROWING POWERS OF HOUSING CORPORATION. 414 words
40. Clause 119
c392
1. HOUSING ASSOCIATION GRANT 87 words
41. Clause 123
cc392-403
1. WORKING BALANCE IN HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT 3,866 words, 1 division
42. Clause 124
c403
1. HOUSING REPAIRS ACCOUNT 92 words
43. Schedule 9
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1. SUPERSEDED ENACTMENTS RELATING TO SUBSIDIES, GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSING AUTHORITIES 13 words
44. Schedule 10
cc404-7
1. AMENDMENTS OF HOUSING ACT 1974 (c.44), PART VII (LOCAL AUTHORITY GRANTS) 1,769 words, 1 division
45. Schedule 15
c407
1. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF SECTIONS 19 AND 20 OF HOUSING ACT 1974 (c.44) 81 words
46. Schedule 16
cc408-9
1. AMENDMENTS OF HOUSING ACT 1974 (c.44) PART III 522 words
47. Clause 125
cc409-61
1. SERVICE CHARGES 21,487 words, 1 division
cc462-74
2. LAND USE (LEISURE PLOTS) 4,446 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 May 1980 Series 5 Vol. 985

1. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Stationery Office Publications 45 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Television Services 985 words
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2. Driving Instructors 163 words
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3. Prisoners (Statistics) 112 words
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4. Fines 89 words
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5. Children and Young Persons 237 words
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6. Prison Officers (Industrial Action) 136 words
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7. Mr. D. Wakefield 66 words
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8. Criminal Bankruptcies 87 words
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9. Compensation Orders 99 words
cc99-100W
10. Junior Attendance Centres 120 words
c100W
11. Prison and Probation Departments (Reports) 129 words
c100W
12. Television Licence Fees 124 words
cc100-1W
13. Electoral Boundaries (Northumberland) 98 words
c101W
14. Middle Eastern Nationals 204 words
cc101-2W
15. Boundary Commission for Wales 116 words
c102W
16. National Front Marches (Policing Costs) 55 words
c102W
17. Work Permits 43 words
c102W
18. Crimes of Violence 87 words
cc102-3W
19. Police (Complaints) 52 words
c103W
20. Community Service Orders 283 words
cc103-4W
21. Woolworth's Store, Piccadilly, Manchester (Fire) 251 words
c104W
22. Robbery 71 words
cc104-5W
23. Student Community Action Resources Programme 72 words
3. TRADE
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1. Wholesale Newsagents (London) 303 words
cc105-6W
2. Overseas Airports (Safety Standards) 102 words
cc106-7W
3. Manufactured Goods (Imports-Exports) 366 words
c107W
4. Imports-Exports (Comparisons) 104 words
cc107-8W
5. Electrical Machinery 54 words
c108W
6. Consumer Goods (Imports-Exports) 285 words
4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
c109W
1. Ethiopian Refugees 117 words
5. EMPLOYMENT
c109W
1. Rural Areas (Job Creation) 103 words
cc109-10W
2. Skillcentres 73 words
c110W
3. Unfilled Vacancies 109 words
c110W
4. TUC 58 words
c110W
5. Unemployment Trends 43 words
cc110-1W
6. Construction Industry (Manpower Statistics) 91 words
c111W
7. Unemployment Levels 110 words
c111W
8. Training Facilities 69 words
cc111-2W
9. Countryside Skills (Development) 191 words
c112W
10. Lost Working Days (14 May) 80 words
cc112-3W
11. Disabled Persons (Employment) 172 words
c113W
12. Northern Region 107 words
c113W
13. Clegg Commission 48 words
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14. Female Persons 57 words
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15. Youth Opportunities Scheme 86 words
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16. Dangerous Substances (Maplin Sands) 68 words
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17. Quangos 176 words
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18. Advisory Committee on Safety of Nuclear Installations 173 words
cc115-7W
19. Work Permits 723 words
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20. Byssinosis 81 words
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21. Employment Rehabilitation Centres 205 words
cc118-9W
22. Health and Safety Inspectors 247 words
cc119-20W
23. Homeworkers 127 words
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24. Press Notices 61 words
c120W
25. Industrial Tribunals 40 words
c120W
26. Press Information (Departmental Charges) 43 words
c120W
27. Fatal Accidents 47 words
cc120-1W
28. Retail Price Index (Cigarette Prices) 165 words
cc121-2W
29. Retail Price Index Advisory Committee 385 words
cc122-4W
30. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 633 words
cc124-5W
31. WISBECH 26 words
c125W
32. TURBINE INDUSTRY 93 words
c125W
33. CBI 41 words
c125W
34. TAX EVASION (PENALTIES) 79 words
cc125-6W
35. WINCLE 25 words
c126W
36. GOVERNMENT POLICIES 35 words
c126W
37. FINLAND 26 words
c126W
38. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (BUTTER SALES) 120 words
cc126-7W
39. LIBYA (EMBASSY STAFF) 93 words
c127W
40. ENERGY CONSERVATION (DEPARTMENTAL CO-ORDINATION) 26 words
c127W
41. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY) 99 words
cc127-8W
42. CIVIL SERVICE MANPOWER 129 words
6. NATIONAL FINANCE
c128W
1. Occupational Pensions 38 words
c128W
2. European Community (Local Income Taxes) 76 words
cc128-9W
3. Family Income 75 words
c129W
4. Income Tax 142 words
cc129-30W
5. Statistics 338 words
c130W
6. Value Added Tax 94 words
cc130-1W
7. Cars (Purchase Tax) 74 words
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8. Industrial Countries (Payments Deficit) 57 words
c131W
9. Manufacturing Output 106 words
cc131-2W
10. Income Tax Allowances 257 words
c132W
11. Income Tax Assessment (Married Couples) 60 words
cc132-3W
12. Overseas Direct Investment 101 words
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13. Option Mortgage Scheme 47 words
c133W
14. Mortgage Interest (Tax Relief) 59 words
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15. Social Security Benefits 73 words
cc133-4W
16. Taxpayers (Income Bands) 188 words
c134W
17. Customs and Excise (Shetland Visit) 126 words
cc134-5W
18. Baddesley Clinton 151 words
c135W
19. Excise Duty 162 words
7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
cc135-6W
1. Fishing Industry 232 words
c136W
2. Fish Imports 60 words
cc136-7W
3. Bowness Common 240 words
8. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. University Non-teaching Staffs (Pay) 101 words
cc137-8W
2. Secondary School Pupils (Music Lessons) 91 words
cc138-9W
3. Inner London 288 words
c139W
4. Institut Laue-Langevin 148 words
cc139-40W
5. Overseas Students 188 words
c140W
6. Teachers 102 words
9. ENERGY
c140W
1. British National Oil Corporation 35 words
cc140-1W
2. Drilling Rigs (Safety Standards) 294 words
cc141-2W
3. North Sea Oil (Refining Agreements) 179 words
cc142-3W
4. Energy Survey Scheme 367 words
c143W
5. Morecambe Bay 159 words
cc143-4W
6. Offshore Installations 100 words
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7. North Sea Oil (Depletion Strategy) 82 words
cc144-5W
8. Travel (Energy Usage) 208 words
c145W
9. European Community (Council of Energy Ministers) 203 words
10. ENVIRONMENT
cc145-6W
1. Demolition and Dismantling Industry Register 98 words
c146W
2. Rent Allowances 192 words
cc146-7W
3. Public Sector Construction Programmes 84 words
c147W
4. Housing Rehabilitation 142 words
cc147-8W
5. St. Enoch Station, Glasgow 192 words
c148W
6. Local Authorities (Housing Allocations) 78 words
11. TRANSPORT
c148W
1. Transport Policy 64 words
cc148-9W
2. Licensing Centre (Dudley) 158 words
c149W
3. Light-controlled Junctions 143 words
12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
c149W
1. Departmental Staff (Defections) 45 words
cc149-50W
2. Classified Information (Release) 147 words
c150W
3. Palestine Liberation Organisation 76 words
c150W
4. GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS 57 words
cc150-1W
5. SPECIAL BRANCH MEMBERS 56 words
13. DEFENCE
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1. Warships 78 words
c151W
2. Arms Production 84 words
cc151-2W
3. Anti-radiation Suits 80 words
c152W
4. Departmental Staff (Defections) 50 words
14. SOCIAL SERVICES
c152W
1. Job Mobility (Pension Rights) 81 words
cc152-3W
2. Family Incomes 436 words
cc153-4W
3. Thames Regional Boards (Financial Statements) 194 words
c154W
4. Overseas Doctors 119 words
cc154-5W
5. Disabled Drivers (Petrol Allowance) 92 words
c155W
6. Foetal Development (Abnormality Detection) 201 words
cc155-6W
7. Hospital Provision (Islington) 136 words
c156W
8. Royal Northern Hospital 167 words
cc156-7W
9. Renal Replacement 90 words
c157W
10. Home Help Service 240 words
c157W
11. Sight Tests and Spectacles 56 words
cc157-8W
12. Herpetiformis 100 words
c158W
13. Child Abuse 119 words
cc158-9W
14. Mossley Hill Hospital (Homoeopathic Ward) 153 words
c159W
15. Kidney Donor Cards 238 words
cc159-61W
16. Mentally Handicapped Persons 593 words
cc161-2W
17. Children (Spinal Deformities) 133 words
c162W
18. Artificial Eyes 170 words
c162W
19. Child Benefit 92 words
cc162-3W
20. Pharmacists (Remuneration) 87 words
c163W
21. Farmer's Lung 82 words
cc163-4W
22. Special Hospitals (Expenditure) 231 words
15. WALES
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1. Gwynedd 327 words
c165W
2. Capital Construction Schemes 175 words
c165W
3. Education Advisers 36 words
c165W
4. Colleges of Further Education (Staff-Student Ratios) 48 words
cc165-6W
5. Primary and Secondary Schools (Pupil-Teacher Ratios) 83 words
c166W
6. School Inspectors 182 words
16. NORTHERN IRELAND
c167W
1. Schools (Vandalism) 103 words
c167W
2. Security Forces (Awards) 165 words
cc167-8W
3. Community Service Orders 74 words
c168W
4. Dog Licences 112 words
c168W
5. St. Matthew's Redevelopment, Belfast 134 words
cc168-9W
6. Belfast Housing (Heating) 183 words
17. SCOTLAND
cc169-93W
1. Quangos 8,586 words
cc193-4W
2. Unemployed Persons 563 words
cc194-5W
3. Building Trade Craftsmen 208 words
c195W
4. Blind Persons 145 words
cc195-6W
5. Redundancies (Dundee) 197 words
cc196-7W
6. Teachers (Salaries) 179 words
cc197-8W
7. Community Service Orders 141 words
c198W
8. St. Enoch Station, Glasgow 91 words

Lords Sitting of 20 May 1980 Series 5 Vol. 409

c723
1. Preamble 24 words
cc723-5
2. FISHERY PROTECTION 647 words
cc725-8
3. JURIES: COMPREHENSION OF COURT PROCEEDINGS 1,058 words
cc728-30
4. TORTURE: ALLEGATION AGAINST THE UK 724 words
cc730-5
5. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY: REDECORATION AND SURPLUS FURNISHINGS 1,620 words
c735
6. IRAN: SANCTIONS 74 words
cc735-64
7. EMPLOYMENT BILL 11,594 words
cc765-72
8. IRAN: SANCTIONS 2,689 words
cc772-904
9. EMPLOYMENT BILL 52,123 words
c904
10. LONDON TRANSPORT BILL 11 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 20 May 1980 Series 5 Vol. 409

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1. JURY VETTING 30 words
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2. " ACS ": DEFINITIONS 176 words
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3. TOXIC SUBSTANCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE 316 words