Sitting of 16 March 1981

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Commons Sitting of 16 March 1981 Series 6 Vol. 1

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. Oral Answers to Questions 29 words
1. TRADE
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1. Disabled Persons (Air Travel) 323 words
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2. Imports-Exports 408 words
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3. South Africa 476 words
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4. Collusive Tendering 368 words
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5. Credit Purchases 346 words
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6. Japan-United Kingdom Trade 567 words
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7. Garage Servicing 633 words
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8. Davy-Loewy (Bid) 395 words
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9. Council of Trade Ministers 488 words
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10. Flags of Convenience 425 words
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11. European Community (Visible Trade) 429 words
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12. Northern Ireland (Airline Security) 256 words
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13. European Community (Trademarks) 249 words
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14. Origin Marking 442 words
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15. Shipping (Provisional Registration) 388 words
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16. Spectacles (Sales) 482 words
2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Bilateral Aid 443 words
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2. Commonwealth Development Corporation (Energy Resources) 243 words
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3. Zimbabwe 680 words
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4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 78 words
5. Orders of the Day
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1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
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2. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 146 words
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3. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 50,683 words, 1 division
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4. 2. SPIRITS 2,354 words, 1 division
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5. 3. BEER 2,321 words, 1 division
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6. 4. WINE 364 words
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7. 6. CIDER 121 words
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8. 5. MADE-WINE 76 words
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9. 7. TOBACCO PRODUCTS 2,209 words, 1 division
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10. 8. MATCHES AND MECHANICAL LIGHTERS 148 words
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11. 9. POOL BETTING DUTY 99 words
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12. IO. HYDROCARBON OIL ETC. 2,351 words, 1 division
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13. II. VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY 4,106 words, 1 division
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14. 12. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ADMINISTRATION 109 words
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15. I3. VALUE ADDED TAX: REGISTRATION 164 words
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16. I4. VALUE ADDED TAX: VALUATION 35 words
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17. I5. CAR TAX: EXTENSION TO MOTOR CYCLES 183 words
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18. 16. CAR TAX: IMPORT AND EXPORT 466 words
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19. 17. INCOME TAX (CHARGE AND RATES FOR I98I–82) 207 words
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20. 18. INCOME TAX (PERSONAL RELIEFS) 194 words
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21. 33. CAPITAL TRANSFER TAX 4,805 words, 2 divisions
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22. 19. RELIEF FOR INTEREST (LIMIT FOR I98I–82) 53 words
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23. 20. CORPORATION TAX (CHARGE AND RATE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR I980) 39 words
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24. 2I. ADVANCE CORPORATION TAXX (RATE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR I98I) 36 words
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25. 22. CORPORATION TAX (SMALL COMPANIES) 68 words
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26. 23. BENEFITS IN KIND (CARS) 62 words
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27. 24. STOCK RELIEF 51 words
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28. 25. PAYMENTS FOR LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT ETC. 58 words
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29. 26. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES 119 words
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30. 27. SETTLEMENTS 46 words
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31. 28. PREVENTION OF TAX AVOIDANCE 46 words
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32. 29. INSURANCE COMPANIES 57 words
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33. 30. WRITE-OFF OF GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT: RESTRICTION OF TAX LOSSES 53 words
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34. 31. RELIEF FOR LOSSES ON UNQUOTED SHARES IN TRADING COMPANIES 44 words
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35. 32. CAPITAL GAINS 78 words
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36. 34. STAMP DUTY: SALES OF HOUSES AT DISCOUNT BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES ETC. 488 words
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37. 35. STAMP DUTY: SHARED OWNERSHIP TRANSACTIONS 540 words
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38. 36. DEVELOPMENT LAND TAX 47 words
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39. 37. PETROLEUM REVENUE TAX 175 words
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40. 38. SUPPLEMENTARY PETROLEUM DUTY. 75 words
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41. 39. SPECIAL TAX ON BANKING DEPOSITS. 51 words
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42. 40. RELIEF FROM TAX (INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL CHARGES) 55 words
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43. PROCEDURE RESOLUTIONS 14 words
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44. PROCEDURE (EXCHANGE CONTROL) 117 words
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45. PROCEDURE (FUTURE TAXATION) 160 words
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46. FINANCE [MONEY] 187 words
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47. FINANCE 56 words
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48. Town and Country Planning 7,456 words
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49. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
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50. CIVIL AVIATION 29 words
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51. Performing Right Society 3,865 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 March 1981 Series 6 Vol. 1

1. DEFENCE
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1. Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough 214 words
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2. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS) 125 words
2. TRADE
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1. Non-Life Insurance Services 59 words
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2. Textile and Clothing Industries (Outward Processed Trade) 131 words
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3. Under-Secretary of State (Speech) 41 words
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4. Anti-dumping (Departmental Staff) 86 words
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5. Bankruptcies and Insolvencies 81 words
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6. Overseas Visitors 66 words
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7. Competition Act 1980 68 words
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8. Textile and Clothing (Imports) 258 words
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9. Refusal to Supply 39 words
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10. Statutory Advertising Control 69 words
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11. Air Traffic Control (West Drayton) 113 words
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12. Subsidiary Companies (Debt Liability) 101 words
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13. "The Observer" 84 words
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14. Small Firms (Exports) 60 words
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15. Textile and Clothing Industries (Outward Processed Trade) 80 words
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16. Origin Marking 52 words
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17. Tourism 60 words
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18. Seamen (Industrial Action) 76 words
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19. United States of America (Book Imports) 92 words
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20. Heathrow (Security) 105 words
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21. Manufactured Goods 73 words
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22. Electrical Appliance Manufacturing Industry 84 words
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23. "Bristol Evening Post" and "Western Daily Press" 125 words
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24. Piano Imports 394 words
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25. Computers 147 words
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26. Oil Pollution (Norfolk Coast) 325 words
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27. Tourist Development 140 words
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28. Multi-Fibre Arrangement 63 words
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29. Insurance Contract Law 100 words
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30. Premium Merchandising 279 words
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31. Seafarers (Safety) 170 words
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32. Norton Warburg 95 words
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33. Advertising 182 words
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34. Merchant Vessels (Registration) 45 words
3. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Young Offenders 223 words
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2. Regina v. Stanislaus Pieck 100 words
4. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Budget 34 words
5. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Grenada 67 words
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2. Zimbabwe 125 words
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3. Aid Programme 30 words
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4. European Development Fund 80 words
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5. Aid Programme 94 words
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6. United Nations Aid Agencies 107 words
6. SCOTLAND
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1. Children's Panels (Social Background) 43 words
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2. Primary and Secondary School Rolls 62 words
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3. Employment 73 words
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4. Torness (Contracts) 76 words
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5. Local Authority Manpower 88 words
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6. Gaelic-speaking Areas 69 words
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7. Roads and Transport 70 words
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8. Civil Defence 124 words
7. WALES
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1. Dust Disease Research Centre 125 words
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2. Improvement for Sale Scheme 188 words
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3. Employment 108 words
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4. Unemployment 985 words
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5. European Community Investment 652 words
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6. Colleges of Technology 34 words
8. INDUSTRY
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1. Concorde 89 words
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2. Post Office and British Telecom (Purchasing Policy) 64 words
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3. Powers of Entry 97 words
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4. Loan Guarantee Scheme 40 words
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5. Phoenix II 217 words
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6. British Steel Corporation 60 words
9. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Departmental Officials (Government Cars) 117 words
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2. Profit Sharing Schemes 54 words
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3. Government Expenditure 238 words
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4. European Investment Bank 375 words
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5. Gross Domestic Product 129 words
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6. Financial Statement and Budget Report 58 words
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7. Tax and Price Index 147 words
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8. Minimum Lending Rate 78 words
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9. Vehicle Excise Duty 37 words
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10. Value Added Tax 38 words
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11. Inland Revenue (Confidential Information) 89 words
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12. Public Expenditure (Transfer Payments) 48 words
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13. Personal Taxation 54 words
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14. Government Remuneration 63 words
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15. National Insurance Surcharge 98 words
10. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Northern Region 153 words
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2. Workington 68 words
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3. Cumbria 110 words
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4. Youth Opportunities Programme 212 words
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5. Redundancy Payments 45 words
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6. Working Population 70 words
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7. Holiday Entitlement and Working Life 69 words
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8. Paternity Leave 62 words
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9. Unemployed Graduates 169 words
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10. European Social Fund 80 words
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11. Employment Rehabilitation Centres 121 words
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12. Disabled Persons 370 words
11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Non-Nuclear-Weapon States 94 words
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2. International Seabed Authority 67 words
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3. Negative Security Assurance 526 words
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4. Palestine Liberation Organisation 87 words
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5. Israel (Borders) 145 words
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6. Argentina 126 words
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7. North Atlantic Assembly 121 words
12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Teachers' Superannuation Fund 234 words
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2. Teachers' Pensions (Scott Committee Report) 58 words
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3. Multi-Ethnic Education 161 words
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4. Association of Polytechnic Teachers 47 words
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5. Examinations (Deposit) 76 words
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6. Scholarships 149 words
13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Foreign-owned Fishing Vessels 137 words
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2. European Community (Agricultural Investment) 171 words
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3. Costs and Prices 70 words
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4. Marginal Land Survey (Warwickshire) 104 words
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5. Fluoride 102 words
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6. Butter 104 words
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7. Rabies 145 words
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8. Bass (Minimum Size) 203 words
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9. European Community Budget 183 words
14. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Foreign Nationals 206 words
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2. Child Benefit 117 words
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3. Hospital Beds 89 words
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4. National Health Service (Courier Services) 77 words
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5. Tobacco Advertising 100 words
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6. Fund-raising 147 words
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7. Fluoridation 334 words
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8. Supplementary Benefit 150 words
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9. Cervical Screening 66 words
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10. Medical Appeal Tribunals (Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis) 148 words
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11. Invaidity Benefit 60 words
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12. International Year of Disabled People 128 words
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13. Quixalin 207 words
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14. Mental Patients (Suicide) 210 words
15. TRANSPORT
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1. Road Fund Licence 154 words
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2. Motoring Service Areas (Parking) 70 words
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3. Vehicle Defects (Code of Practice) 140 words
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4. Roads and Transport 62 words
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5. Motorways (Winter Maintenance) 177 words
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6. Land Sales (Bury St. Edmunds) 64 words
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7. Members' Correspondence 63 words
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8. M62 84 words
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9. Seat Belts 125 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Departmental Savings 378 words
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2. Management Information system 246 words
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3. House Prices 95 words
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4. Planning Consents (Appeals) 70 words
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5. Councillors (Attendance Allowances) 95 words
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6. Control of Pollution Act 1974 79 words
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7. Rate Rebates 55 words
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8. Birmingham and Coventry Area (Planning) 104 words
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9. ater Charges 66 words
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10. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 110 words
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11. Planning Appeals 109 words
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12. Historic Country Houses 124 words
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13. Rent Rebates 66 words
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14. Housing Revenue Account 108 words
17. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Civil Service 353 words
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2. 56, Carlisle Park, Ballynahinch 63 words

Lords Sitting of 16 March 1981 Series 5 Vol. 418

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Nuclear Test Ban: Working Group 330 words
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3. Cricketers: Visits to South Africa 607 words
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4. Redundancy Payments and Social Security 390 words
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5. Madagascar: Technical Co-operation 581 words
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6. Business 103 words
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7. House of Commons Members' Fund and Parliamentary Pensions Bill 70 words
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8. Wildlife and Countryside Bill [H.L.] 37,426 words, 3 divisions
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9. European Assembly Elections Bill 4 words
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10. Trees (Replanting and Replacement) Bill [H.L.] 1,603 words
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11. Wildlife and Countryside Bill [H.L.] 31,760 words
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12. Sion College Bill [H.L.] 8 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 March 1981 Series 5 Vol. 418

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1. NORTHERN IRELAND FOOD PRODUCTS: IMPROVED PROCESSING AND MARKETING 84 words
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2. NORTHERN IRELAND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS: MARKETING 133 words
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3. MUSIC: TUITION IN STATE SCHOOLS 82 words
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4. ESPERANTO: TEACHING 117 words
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5. EMPLOYMENT SCHEMES: ABUSE 92 words
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6. HISTORIC BUILDINGS: RESPONSE TO REPORT 67 words
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7. SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST: INSPECTIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, &c. 897 words
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8. SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST: CAITHNESS 200 words
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9. NEW COMPANIES: REGISTRATIONS IN SCOTLAND 61 words
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10. AIRLINE PASSENGERS: SCOTLAND 158 words