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Commons Sitting of 6 May 1980 Series 5 Vol. 984

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 45 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. School Teachers (Employment) 209 words
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2. Overseas Students (Fees) 489 words
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3. Assisted Places Scheme 628 words
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4. Teaching Profession 1,084 words
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5. Teachers 378 words
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6. Ancillary and Administrative Personnel 675 words
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7. University Grants Committee 214 words
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8. Denominational Provision 583 words
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9. Sixth Forms 505 words
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10. Higher Education (Spare Places) 228 words
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11. British Industry (Careers and Opportunities) 654 words
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12. O and A-Level Courses (School sizes) 422 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,142 words
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3. HEATON MOOR 111 words
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4. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 682 words
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5. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (LEISURE ACTIVITIES) 267 words
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6. IRANIAN EMBASSY, LONDON 2,659 words
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7. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 331 words
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8. MEMBERS' CONSTITUENCY INTERESTS 1,863 words
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9. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY (STATEMENT) 804 words
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10. TEXTILE INDUSTRY (LANCASHIRE) 749 words
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11. HOUSE OF LORDS (ABOLITION) 4,046 words, 1 division
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12. SOCIAL SECURITY (No. 2) BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 27,648 words, 1 division
13. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. PORT OF LONDON (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL 9 words
1. Clause 1
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1. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR AND IN CONNECTION WITH MEASURES TAKEN BY PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY 15,596 words, 1 division
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14. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 160 words
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1. PORT OF LONDON (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL 23,103 words, 2 divisions
1. Clause 2
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1. SHORT TITLE 556 words
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15. LOCAL LOANS (INCREASE OF LIMIT) 1,834 words
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16. HAREFIELD HOSPITAL 4,274 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 6 May 1980 Series 5 Vol. 984

1. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Turkey 55 words
2. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Trade Union Law 142 words
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2. Education and Training Costs 133 words
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3. Preston 163 words
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4. Standing Commission on Pay Comparability (Report No. 1) 87 words
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5. Young Persons (South Yorkshire) 53 words
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6. Engineering Industry 35 words
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7. Job Creation 74 words
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8. Unemployed Persons (Exchequer Costs) 56 words
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9. Career Review and Development Courses 56 words
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10. Manpower Services Commission 39 words
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11. Disablement Advisory Committees 72 words
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12. Health and Safety 103 words
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13. Bischloromethyl Ether (Exposure Studies) 70 words
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14. Health and Safety Executive 213 words
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15. Industrial Health and Safety Centre, Horseferry Road 116 words
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16. Race Relations (Unfair Dismissal Claims) 607 words
3. TRADE
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1. Scheduled Passenger Air Journeys 263 words
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2. Aircraft (Night Flights) 119 words
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3. European Comunity (Fuel Price Policy) 49 words
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4. Air Crash, Tenerife 457 words
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5. Fish (Imports) 128 words
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6. Middle East 61 words
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7. Hotels (Room Prices) 72 words
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8. Man-made Fibre Industry 125 words
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9. Export Promotion 154 words
4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Non-advanced Farther Education 91 words
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2. School Leaving Assessment 64 words
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3. Handicapped Children 88 words
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4. Advanced Further Education 88 words
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5. 17-plus Examination 67 words
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6. Pupil-Teacher Ratios (Primary and Secondary Schools) 41 words
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7. Overseas Students 153 words
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8. Assisted Places Scheme 194 words
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9. Educational Disadvantage 134 words
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10. Home and Overseas Students (Definition) 56 words
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11. School Books (Financial Provision) 137 words
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12. 11-Plus Examination 154 words
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13. Medical Research Careers (Report) 67 words
5. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Tobacco and Tobacco Products 123 words
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2. Sterling Deposits 262 words
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3. Clegg Commission Awards 41 words
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4. Coinage (Metal Content) 44 words
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5. Mortgage Interest (Tax Relief) 43 words
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6. Child Benefit (Financing) 109 words
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7. Consolidated Fund 116 words
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8. Local Government Expenditure 97 words
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9. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 255 words
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10. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (DEFENCE MATTERS) 118 words
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11. GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENT 34 words
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12. BRANDT COMMISSION (FOOD SECURITY) 133 words
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13. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES (EXTERNAL FINANCING LIMITS) 72 words
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14. TAMESIDE 21 words
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15. TUC 36 words
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16. CARDIGAN 21 words
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17. USSR-United Kingdom (Trade) 97 words
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18. OLYMPIC GAMES 81 words
6. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Prison Service 86 words
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2. Mentally-disordered Prisoners 611 words
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3. Remanded Prisoners 125 words
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4. Government Contracts 117 words
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5. Police and Black Youths (Relations) 97 words
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6. Police Complaints Procedure 122 words
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7. Robberies (Metropolitan Police Area) 95 words
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8. Equal Opportunities and Racial Equality Commissions 77 words
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9. Bail Act 80 words
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10. Firearms Act 1968 97 words
7. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Telex Service 91 words
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2. RHODESIA SANCTIONS ORDER (PROSECUTIONS) 63 words
8. FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Continental Shelf (Irish Sea) 74 words
9. FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Diplomats (Medical Treatment) 298 words
10. ENERGY
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1. North Sea Oil and Gas 45 words
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2. European Community (Gas and Fuel Oil) 466 words
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3. North Sea Oil and Gas (Licensing) 120 words
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4. North Sea Rigs (Hollow Steel Structures) 216 words
11. TRANSPORT
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1. Roads (Land Use) 69 words
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2. Vehicle Excise Duty 184 words
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3. Railway Subsidies (European Comparisons) 209 words
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4. British Railways (Modernisation Programme) 472 words
12. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Villages (Community Co-operatives) 103 words
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2. Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 45 words
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3. Jubilee Hall, Covent Garden 59 words
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4. Agrement Board 185 words
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5. Enterprise Zones 86 words
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6. Local Government Revenue 60 words
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7. Dog Licences 71 words
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8. Social Workers (Salary Claim) 68 words
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9. Local Authorities (Union Membership Agreements) 56 words
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10. Water Charges 555 words
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11. Domestic and Industrial Rates 196 words
13. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Planning Decisions (Belfast) 148 words
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2. Divis Flats 143 words
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3. Fire Prevention 37 words
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4. Fire Service 64 words
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5. Easter Parades 122 words
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6. Northern Ireland Advisory Commission on Human Rights 146 words
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7. Constitutional Conference (Parallel Talks) 144 words
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8. Northern Ireland Boundary Commission 65 words
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9. Electricity Inter-connector 148 words
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10. Extraditions 46 words
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11. Terrorist Incident (Enniskillin) 86 words
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12. Terrorist Incident (Larne) 185 words
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13. Education and Training Costs 47 words
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14. Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 54 words
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15. Human Rights 130 words
14. INDUSTRY
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1. Biotechnology (Spinks Report) 61 words
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2. National Enterprise Board (Report) 72 words
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3. Education and Training Costs 339 words
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4. National Computing Centre 321 words
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5. British Shipbuilders 153 words
15. DEFENCE
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1. Service Personnel (Middle East Secondment) 95 words
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2. Education and Training Costs 105 words
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3. Fighting Vehicle 432 109 words
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4. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY BUDGET (UNITED KINGDOM CONTRIBUTION) 412 words
16. WALES
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1. Mentally Handicapped Persons 455 words
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2. Housing " Improvement for Sale Scheme " 344 words
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3. Older Houses 47 words
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4. Nurses (Pay) 65 words
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5. Marginal Land 71 words
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6. Winter Floods 86 words
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7. Education and Training Costs 115 words
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8. Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 177 words
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9. Welsh Language 83 words
17. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Education and Training Costs 121 words
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2. Select Committees (Evidence) 77 words
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3. "Day of Action" 93 words
18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Krill 139 words
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2. Yorkshire Water Authority (River Went) 74 words
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3. Pig Breeding Herd 81 words
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4. Beef Herd 75 words
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5. European Community (Fishing Subsidies) 121 words
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6. Redmeat Slaughterhouse Industry Scheme 112 words
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7. Forestry Commission 106 words
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8. Mackerel 141 words
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9. European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund 71 words
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10. Education and Training Costs 89 words
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11. Herring 128 words
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12. European Community Loans (Interest Rates) 407 words
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13. SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES AS AT 15 APRIL 1980 80 words
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14. Doorstep Milk Deliveries 66 words
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15. Monetary Compensatory Amounts 196 words
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16. European Community (Green Rates) 94 words
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17. Agricultural Commodity Prices 75 words
19. SCOTLAND
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1. Untreated Milk 77 words
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2. Stonefield Vehicles 250 words
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3. Firearms and Shotguns 106 words
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4. Health Boards 47 words
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5. Fishing Industry 168 words
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6. Education and Training Costs 382 words
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7. Housing Expenditure 501 words
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8. Renal Units 156 words
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9. Rents 67 words
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10. Scottish Special Housing Association (Modernisation Projects) 27 words
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11. Pulp Mill, Fort William 1,131 words
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12. Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 182 words
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13. Blind Persons 105 words
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14. Hampden Park 299 words
20. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Tameside Reorganisation Scheme 88 words
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2. Student Unions (Finance) 44 words
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3. Education and Training Costs 79 words
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4. Private Fee-paying Schools 44 words
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5. Institute of Hearing Research 211 words
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6. Maintained School Pupils (Educational Attainments) 128 words
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7. Teacher Training Colleges 153 words
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8. Dependance Allowance (Women) 112 words
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9. University and Polytechnic Courses 94 words
21. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Dog Licences 141 words
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2. Housing Bill 92 words
22. TRANSPORT
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1. International Road Safety Conference 91 words
23. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Contraceptives (School Children) 548 words
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2. State Retirement Pension 105 words
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3. Pensions Increase (Payment Date) 175 words
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4. Area Health Authorities 102 words
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5. National Health Service (Catering Management Staff) 113 words
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6. Turning Point (Financial Assistance) 89 words
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7. Supplementary Benefit and Housing Addition 89 words
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8. Hospital Caterers Association (Consultative Document) 104 words
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9. Pensions (Payment) 139 words
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10. Cimetidine 58 words
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11. Immigrants' Dependants 68 words
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12. Invalidity Pensioners 198 words
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13. National Health Service Patients (Medical Records) 155 words
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14. St. Mary's Hospital, London 110 words
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15. Unemployment Benefit 63 words
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16. Supplementary Benefit 176 words
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17. Social Security (No. 2) Bill 87 words
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18. Special Hospitals 165 words
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19. Secure Psychiatric Unit (East Anglia) 60 words
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20. Secure Patients 605 words
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21. Mentally Handicapped Persons 135 words
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22. National Health Service Hospitals (Manpower Statistics) 430 words
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23. Education and Training Costs 233 words
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24. General Practitioners 67 words
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25. National Health Service Dentists 75 words
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26. One-parent Families 180 words
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27. New Commonwealth Population 208 words
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28. Quangos 965 words
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29. Dalkon Shield 146 words
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30. Plasma 378 words
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31. Benefits 346 words
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32. European Community (Disabled Persons) 90 words
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33. Invalidity Benefit (Therapeutic Earnings Limit) 195 words
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34. Speech Therapy 204 words
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35. Social Work (Grimsby and South Humberside) 126 words
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36. National Health Service Budget 75 words
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37. Member's Correspondence 57 words
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38. Young Persons (Contraceptive Advice) 61 words
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39. National Health Service Expenditure 65 words
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40. National Health Service Expenditure 65 words

Lords Sitting of 6 May 1980 Series 5 Vol. 408

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. BISHOP TUTU: SOUTH AFRICAN PASSPORT 420 words
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3. UN ENVIRONMENT MEETING IN NAIROBI 445 words
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4. SENEGAL: DEVELOPMENT AID 621 words
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5. DEMONSTRATIONS: COSTS OF POLICING 1,053 words
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6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 99 words
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7. DISUSED BURIAL GROUNDS (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 81 words
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8. EMPLOYMENT BILL 17 words
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9. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 4,293 words, 2 divisions
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10. THE IRANIAN EMBASSY: CONCLUSION OF INCIDENT 2,673 words
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11. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 21,268 words, 3 divisions
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12. CENSUS ORDER 1980 997 words
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13. INDUSTRIAL TRAINING LEVY (ENGINEERING) ORDER 1980 2,405 words
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14. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 12,993 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Lords) of 6 May 1980 Series 5 Vol. 408

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1. DOMESTIC PETS: CONTROL OF STREET MARKET SALES 330 words
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2. UNESCO CONFERENCE, PARIS 124 words
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3. EPSOM DOWNS: FUTURE 239 words