Sitting of 13 July 1981

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Commons Sitting of 13 July 1981 Series 6 Vol. 8

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 13 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. WALES
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1. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 338 words
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2. Farm Land 426 words
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3. Unemployment 1,083 words
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4. Employment (West Glamorgan) 457 words
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5. Nissan (Plant Location) 377 words
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6. Male Unemployment (West Glamorgan) 556 words
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7. Unemployment 1,018 words
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8. Manufacturing Industry (Expansion) 511 words
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9. M6 Motorway (Wrexham) 260 words
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10. Gwynedd County Council 298 words
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11. Welsh Development Agency 382 words
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12. Fishing Industry 288 words
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13. Unemployment 335 words
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14. Unemployment 748 words
2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. National Heritage (Capital Taxation) 642 words
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2. Woodhams, Barry (Visit) 201 words
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3. National Theatre and Royal Opera House 992 words
5. Orders of the Day
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1. Rate Support Grant (Lothian Region) 462 words
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6. Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Bill [Lords] 7 words
1. Clause 1
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1. PROHIBITION OF UNLICENSED DEEP SEA MINING 1,033 words
2. Clause 2
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1. EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION LICENCES 17,879 words, 2 divisions
3. Clause 6
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1. VARIATION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES 272 words
4. Clause 9
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1. THE DEEP SEA MINING LEVY 5,591 words, 1 division
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7. Wildlife and Countryside Bill [Lords] 344 words
8. New Clause 40
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1. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN MAMMALS 1,698 words
9. New Clause 4
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1. REPORTS ON GREY SEAL MANAGEMENT 4,472 words, 1 division
10. New Clause 38
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1. SALE OF IMPORTED HARES 617 words
11. New Clause 44
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1. DAILY INSPECTION OF SNARES 4,257 words
12. New Clause 47
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1. USE OF VEHICLES IN POACHING OFFENCES 2,789 words
13. Clause 1
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1. PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS, THEIR NESTS AND EGGS 363 words
2. Clause 2
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3. EXCEPTIONS TO S. I 4,812 words, 1 division
4. Clause 3
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5. AREAS OF SPECIAL PROTECTION 206 words
6. Clause 5
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1. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN METHODS OF KILLING OR TAKING WILD BIRDS 147 words
7. Clause 8
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1. PROTECTION OF CAPTIVE BIRDS 1,160 words
8. Schedule 2
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1. BIRDS WHICH MAY BE KILLED OR TAKEN 1,181 words
9. Schedule 3
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1. BIRDS WHICH MAY BE SOLD 447 words
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10. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,210 words
11. Clause 9
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1. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN WILD ANIMALS 136 words
12. Clause 10
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1. EXCEPTIONS TO S. 9 645 words
13. Schedule 5
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1. ANIMALS WHICH ARE PROTECTED 2,471 words
14. Clause 11
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1. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN METHODS OF KILLING OR TAKING WILD ANIMALS 947 words
15. Clause 11
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1. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN METHODS OF KILLING OR TAKING WILD ANIMALS 15 words
16. Clause 12
c896
1. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN MAMMALS 13 words
17. Schedule 7
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1. AMENDMENTS OF THE DEER ACT 1963, THE CONSERVATION OF SEALS ACT 1970 AND THE BADGERS ACT 1973 24,595 words
18. Schedule 8
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1. PLANTS WHICH ARE PROTECTED 481 words
19. Clause 14
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1. INTRODUCTION OF NEW SPECIES ETC 1,053 words
2. Schedule 9
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1. ANIMALS AND PLANTS TO WHICH SECTION 14 APPLIES 676 words
3. Clause 15
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1. ENDAGERED SPECIES (IMPORT AND EXPORT) 148 words
4. Schedule 10
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1. AMENDMENTS OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES (IMPORT AND EXPORTS) ACT 1976 1,221 words
5. Clause 16
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1. POWER TO GRANT LICENCES 1,353 words
6. Clause 21
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1. PENALTIES, FORFEITURES ETC. 43 words
7. Clause 24
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1. FUNCTIONS OF NATURE CONSERVANCY COUNCIL 1,686 words
8. Clause 26
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1. REGULATIONS, ORDERS, NOTICES ETC. 60 words
9. Clause 27
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1. INTERPRETATION OF PART I 276 words
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10. CIVIL AVIATION 43 words
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20. River Torridge (Sewage Treatment) 3,607 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 13 July 1981 Series 6 Vol. 8

1. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Maze Prison (Hunger Strike) 291 words
2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. European Community (Aid) 150 words
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2. Terrorism 149 words
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3. Peers (Appointments) 151 words
3. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Industrial Investment 61 words
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2. Value Added Tax 126 words
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3. Finance Bill 75 words
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4. Local Authority Borrowing Requirement 148 words
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5. Government Stock 44 words
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6. School Milk 123 words
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7. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 52 words
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8. Loan Stock 105 words
4. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Peers (Appointments) 83 words
5. INDUSTRY
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1. Moss Morran 110 words
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2. Steel Production 67 words
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3. Joint Industrial Ventures 250 words
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4. Nationalised Industries 159 words
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5. Halifax 105 words
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6. Shipping Orders 567 words
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7. Small Businesses 87 words
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8. English Industrial Estates Corporation 85 words
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9. Energy Prices 111 words
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10. Post Office All-night Counter Services 48 words
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11. Economic Activity (West Midlands) 120 words
6. SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
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1. Baby Battering 96 words
7. TRADE
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1. European Community Inward Processing Directive 183 words
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2. Monopolies and Mergers Commission (References) 114 words
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3. Travel Agents 140 words
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4. Ladbrokes Ltd. (Coin Machines) 79 words
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5. Cost Escalation Scheme 75 words
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6. Greece (Profit Margin Controls) 136 words
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7. Exports 47 words
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8. Marine Safety 180 words
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9. Hovercraft 81 words
8. ENERGY
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1. Coal-fired District Heating 89 words
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2. Coal Prices 75 words
9. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Liverpool (Unemployment) 190 words
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2. Training Opportunities Scheme 118 words
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3. Youth Opportunities Programme 117 words
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4. Community Enterprise Programme 95 words
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5. Miners (Wages) 144 words
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6. Work Experience Scheme 368 words
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7. Lambeth (Unemployment) 66 words
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8. Special Employment Measures 118 words
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9. Young Persons (Wages) 561 words
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10. Professional and Executive Recruitment 45 words
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11. Keighley (Unemployment) 43 words
10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Peers (Appointments) 93 words
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2. Gramoxone 124 words
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3. European Community (Meat Sales) 96 words
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4. Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 43 words
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5. Lobsters (Gaffkaemia) 356 words
11. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Landon Disturbances (Arrests) 395 words
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2. Metropolitan Police Orders 75 words
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3. Muslim Prisoners (Diets) 33 words
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4. Chemical Incident Units 105 words
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5. Mentally Disordered Offenders 931 words
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6. Parliamentary Constituencies (Electoral Quotas) 219 words
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7. Crime (Newham) 58 words
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8. Police (Inquiries) 88 words
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9. Parliamentary Elections (Deposit) 83 words
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10. Police (Personnel and Aids) 70 words
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11. Prisons (Incidents) 124 words
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12. Prison Workshops 69 words
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13. Metropolitan Police 86 words
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14. Peers (Appointments) 274 words
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15. Fulham Motorist (Prosecution) 76 words
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16. British Nationality 146 words
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17. Illiterate Prisoners 99 words
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18. Ambulance Service Dispute (Police Assistance) 37 words
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19. Public Order (Inquiries) 124 words
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20. Riots (Police Powers) 85 words
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21. Drugs (Driving) 135 words
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22. Jockeys (Whips) 52 words
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23. VHF Radio (Small Boat Sailors) 159 words
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24. Police (Pay) 196 words
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25. Civil Disorder 129 words
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26. Small Lotteries 94 words
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27. Capital and Corporal Punishment 158 words
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28. Footpaths (Cycling) 67 words
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29. Extreme Right-wing Bodies 75 words
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30. Gramoxone 155 words
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31. Armoured Jaguar Police Cars 188 words
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32. Manchester (Disturbances) 50 words
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33. Metropolitan Police (Official Protection) 35 words
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34. Mobile Water Cannons 43 words
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35. Riot Damages Act 163 words
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36. Palestine Liberation Organisation (Officials) 588 words
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37. Nationalised Industries 30 words
12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Peers (Appointments) 164 words
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1. CROWN AGENTS FOR OVERSEA GOVERNMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS 25 words
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2. CROWN AGENTS HOLDING AND REALISATION BOARD 98 words
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3. COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 2 words
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4. CARIBBEAN 84 words
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5. EAST AFRICA 7 words
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6. CENTRAL AFRICA 7 words
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7. SOUTHERN AFRICA 7 words
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8. WEST AFRICA 8 words
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9. OTHER AREAS 8 words
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10. COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 2 words
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11. CARIBBEAN 81 words
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12. ASIA 118 words
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13. PACIFIC ISLANDS 41 words
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14. EAST AFRICA 155 words
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15. CENTRAL AFRICA 47 words
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16. SOUTHERN AFRICA 30 words
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17. WEST AFRICA 19 words
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18. OTHER AREAS 27 words
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2. Grenada 74 words
13. WALES
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1. Tourism 46 words
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2. Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital 144 words
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3. European Community (Regional Comparison) 188 words
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4. Policy Programme 88 words
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5. Disabled Persons (Registers) 304 words
14. PAYMASTER GENERAL
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1. Civil Servants (Dispute) 77 words
15. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Staff Representatives (Meetings) 70 words
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2. Chiropodists 126 words
16. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Contraceptives 337 words
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2. Abortions 93 words
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3. Liverpool Area Health Authority 92 words
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4. Chiropodists 332 words
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5. Family Income Supplement 90 words
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6. Greenwich and Bexley Area Health Authority 93 words
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7. Contraceptive Advice (Member's Questions) 49 words
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8. Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation 147 words
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9. Child Minders 203 words
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10. Secure Units 108 words
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11. Committee on Safety of Medicines 52 words
17. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Appointments 73 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. Theatre Nuclear Weapons (Belgium and the Netherlands) 93 words
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2. Nationalised Industries 97 words
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3. Peers (Appointments) 604 words
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4. Royal Dockyards 1,751 words
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5. Portsmouth Dockyard 85 words
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6. Departmental Personnel 190 words
19. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Artists (Financial Assistance) 84 words
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2. Library Services 51 words
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3. Arts Council 57 words
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4. The Arts 120 words
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5. Scottish and Welsh Arts Councils 113 words
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6. Greater London Arts Association 52 words
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7. Theatre Companies 74 words
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8. School Rolls 180 words
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9. Student-Staff Ratio (Further Education) 138 words
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10. Teachers Training Colleges (Admissions) 177 words
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11. Universities (Financial Allocation) 132 words
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12. Open University (Awards) 51 words
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13. Sex Education 92 words
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14. Higher Education (Priorities) 122 words
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15. University and Polytechnic Courses 258 words
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16. Elderly Persons (Leisure Education) 176 words
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17. Secondary Education (Liverpool) 49 words
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18. School Leavers 130 words
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19. Crafts Projects 95 words
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20. Student Unions 229 words
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21. Bradford, Aston and Salford Universities (Student Numbers) 75 words
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22. European Institute, Florence 229 words
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23. Handicapped Persons 56 words
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24. Works of Art (Private Treaty Sales) 248 words
20. SCOTLAND
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1. Public Bodies (Departmental Responsibility) 924 words
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2. Skillcentre Trainees (Employment) 134 words
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3. One-parent Families 234 words
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4. General Practitioners 71 words
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5. Phonic Ears 326 words
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6. Workers Co-operatives 29 words
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7. Shorthand Typists (Dundee) 82 words
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8. Ministerial Visit (Dundee) 55 words
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9. Unemployment Statistics 263 words
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10. National Coal Board (Housing) 141 words
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11. Fuel Experiment (Dundee) 87 words
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12. Robb Caledon Yard, Dundee 71 words
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13. Mathematics and Physics Teachers 137 words
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14. Policy Programme 438 words
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15. Chiropodists 265 words
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16. Cardiac Surgery 68 words
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17. Colleges of Education 212 words
21. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Dog Licences 124 words
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2. Public Bodies (Departmental Responsibility) 226 words
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3. Homes Insulation 158 words
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4. London Dockland Development Corporation 67 words
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5. Supplementary Precepts 59 words
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6. Grant-related Expenditure Assessment (Macclesfield) 72 words
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7. Local Authority Expenditure 95 words
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8. Small Businesses 94 words
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9. Environmental Conditions (Airports and Busy Roads) 86 words
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10. Building Workers (Unemployment) 77 words
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11. Sex Shops 108 words
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12. Local Authority Borrowing Requirement 160 words
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13. Gatwick Airport 68 words
22. TRANSPORT
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1. Hazardous Substances (Transportation) 164 words
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2. M18 (Traffic Lights) 99 words
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3. Heavy Lorries (Oil Spillage) 95 words
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4. Mr. Byerley (Moped Registration) 144 words
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5. Policy Programme 90 words
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6. Land Compensation Act (Birmingham) 131 words
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7. Footpaths (Cycling) 80 words
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8. Spent Nuclear Fuel (South Tyneside) 73 words
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9. Irradiated Materials (Transport) 80 words
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10. Aire Valley Trunk Road 29 words
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11. Provisional Driving Licences 159 words

Lords Sitting of 13 July 1981 Series 5 Vol. 422

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Litter Bins in Lay-Bys 567 words
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3. VAT Exemptions: Organisations 655 words
cc996-7
4. Small Businesses in Rural Areas 714 words
cc997-8
5. Delayed Pensions: Difficulties of Pensioners 343 words
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6. Business 72 words
c998
7. New Towns Bill 101 words
c998
8. Trustee Savings Bank Bill 32 words
c999
9. Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Bill 29 words
c999
10. Acquisition of Land Bill 34 words
cc999-1054
11. British Nationality Bill 30,757 words, 1 division
cc1054-9
12. Meat and Livestock Commission Levy (Variation) Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1981 2,813 words
cc1059-62
13. Pool Competitions Act 1971 (Continuance) Order 1981 1,647 words
cc1062-111
14. British Nationality Bill 26,362 words, 1 division
c1111
15. Northumbrian Water Authority Bill 7 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 13 July 1981 Series 5 Vol. 422

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1. BUILDING SOCIETY INTEREST PAYMENTS TO CHARITABLE TRUSTS 47 words
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2. EEC STUDENTS: TUITION FEES 168 words
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3. DEFENCE: ANNUAL EXPENDITURE 306 words