Sitting of 17 November 1981

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Commons Sitting of 17 November 1981 Series 6 Vol. 13

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN
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1. QUEEN'S SPEECH (ANSWER TO ADDRESS) 40 words
2. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. MIDLOTHIAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 8 words
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2. CUMBRIA BILL [Lords] 45 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Unemployment Forecasts 539 words
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2. Vocational Training 564 words
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3. Industrial Relations 448 words
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4. Industrial Training Boards 171 words
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5. Unemployment Statistics 870 words
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6. Youth Opportunities Programme 243 words
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7. Preston 147 words
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8. Mass Meetings (Strike Decisions) 430 words
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9. Youth Opportunities Scheme 421 words
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10. Picketing 734 words
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11. Greater London 351 words
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12. Job Creation Measures 680 words
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13. Youth Opportunities Programme 209 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 921 words
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2. Disabled Persons (Employment) 525 words
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3. Engagements 641 words
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4. Secretary of State for Employment 133 words
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4. Sub Judice Rule 687 words
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5. Members' Speeches (Upper Galleries) 312 words
6. Orders of the Day
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1. Shipbuilding Bill 28,714 words
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1. SHIPBUILDING [MONEY] 237 words
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2. AIRCRAFT AND SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIES 26 words
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2. European Community Proposals (Battery Hens) 21,202 words
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3. Industrial Building Allowances 3,678 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 November 1981 Series 6 Vol. 13

1. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Pathway Scheme 61 words
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2. Skill Availability 60 words
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3. Secret Ballots 40 words
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4. Industrial Training 79 words
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5. Cornwall 75 words
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6. Divers 35 words
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7. Wages Councils 165 words
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8. Job Release Scheme 147 words
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9. Printing Industries Training Board 47 words
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10. Employment and Labour Relations (Legislation) 99 words
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11. Southampton Docks (Disputes) 109 words
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12. Youth Opportunities Programme 160 words
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13. Unemployment Statistics 567 words
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14. Industrial Relations (Legislation) 101 words
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15. Lost Working Days 56 words
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16. North-West (Unemployment Statistics) 112 words
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17. Apprentices (Recruitment and Training) 101 words
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18. Labour Mobility 107 words
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19. Carbon Disulphide Levels 222 words
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20. Sunderland 125 words
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21. Safety at Work 36 words
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22. Apprenticeships 110 words
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23. School Leavers (Greater London) 76 words
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24. TUC (Training Initiative) 54 words
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25. Workington 110 words
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26. Nottinghamshire 65 words
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27. North-West and Merseyside 48 words
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28. Dinnington 108 words
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29. Industrial Training Boards 85 words
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30. Disabled Persons (Greater Manchester) 108 words
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31. Employment Act 1980 86 words
2. TRADE
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1. Imports (Fraudulent Labels) 81 words
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2. Eastern Europe (Electrical Goods) 69 words
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3. Solvents 232 words
3. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. European Investment Bank (Loans) 157 words
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2. European Community 57 words
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3. Unemployed Persons (Costs) 59 words
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4. Car and Fuel Benefits (Taxation) 149 words
4. ENERGY
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1. British National Oil Corporation 99 words
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2. Energy Conservation Projects 110 words
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3. Neighbourhood Energy Action 104 words
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4. North Sea Oil 268 words
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5. Lighting Costs (Winter Time) 77 words
5. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. BBC 326 words
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2. Juvenile Offenders 130 words
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3. Private Radio Stations 92 words
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4. Boundary Commission 184 words
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5. Citizenship 389 words
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6. British Nationality Act 1981 148 words
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7. Equal Opportunities Commission 34 words
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8. Attacks on Women 81 words
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9. Racial Attacks (Study) 97 words
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10. North Sea Camp Detention Centre (Rights of Way) 106 words
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11. Prisons (Cash Limit) 123 words
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12. Prisons (Reports) 127 words
6. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 453 words
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2. Confederation of British Industry 60 words
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3. Iranian Students 132 words
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4. The Chancellor of the Exchequer 37 words
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5. North Sea Oil 39 words
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6. Factory Closures 48 words
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7. Nationalised Industries 28 words
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8. Nuclear Disarmament and Third World Aid 63 words
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9. Ministerial Statements 71 words
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10. Privatisation (Scottish Participation) 149 words
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11. Unemployment Statistics 108 words
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12. Yacht Radios and Citizens Band Radio 55 words
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13. Registrar-General for Wales 95 words
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14. United States Bases (Employment) 103 words
7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Prosecution Policy 675 words
8. WALES
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1. General Practitioners 934 words
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2. Handicapped Children (Education) 77 words
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3. Business Information Services 133 words
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4. Select Committee on Welsh Affairs 86 words
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5. Abortion 125 words
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6. Information Technology 138 words
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7. Infant Mortality 185 words
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8. House Building 100 words
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9. Electrical Goods Manufacturers (Grants) 98 words
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10. Disabled Persons 47 words
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11. Port Talbot (Factories) 59 words
9. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Deptford Skillcentre 220 words
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2. Youth Opportunities Programme 261 words
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3. Wage Rates 282 words
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4. Retraining 67 words
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5. Labour Shortages 41 words
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6. Unemployment Statistics 117 words
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7. Confederation of British Industry 70 words
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8. Earnings 73 words
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9. Industrial Training Boards 180 words
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10. Contract Cleaners 118 words
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11. 16 to 19-year-olds 329 words
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12. Clothing Industry (Wages Council) 151 words
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13. Sickle Cell Disease 116 words
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14. Wages Inspectorate 207 words
10. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Research Projects 184 words
11. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
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1. Press and Public Relations Officers 95 words
12. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members' Secretaries (Pensions) 34 words
13. DEFENCE
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1. Married Quarters (Woolwich) 168 words
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2. Lieutenant-colonel Seward 96 words
14. INDUSTRY
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1. Cable and Wireless Ltd. 201 words
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2. Offshore Oil Construction Yards 103 words
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3. Information Technology 223 words
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4. Microcomputers (Schools) 143 words
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5. Information Technology (Pactel Report) 158 words
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6. Regional Aids 51 words
15. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Northern Ireland Office (Staffing) 133 words
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2. Press and Public Relations Officers 83 words
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3. Manufacturing Production 58 words
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4. Lagan College, Belfast 117 words
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5. Non-sectarian Integrated Education 113 words
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6. Prescriptions 113 words
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7. Consolidated Fund 129 words
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8. Mental Health Legislation 116 words
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9. Housing Grants 66 words
16. TRANSPORT
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1. Jubilee Line 40 words
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2. East London River Crossing 442 words
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3. Press and Public Relations Officers 114 words
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4. Road Signs 100 words
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5. Land Compensation Act 1973 174 words
17. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Unemployment Benefit 128 words
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2. Homeless Persons 610 words
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3. "Care in the Community" 143 words
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4. Kidney Failure (Treatment) 236 words
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5. Retirement Benefit 59 words
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6. General Practitioners 229 words
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7. Junior Doctors 191 words
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8. Beta-blocking Drugs 72 words
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9. Camberwell Resettlement Unit 115 words
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10. Fluoride 372 words
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11. Widows (Retirement Pensions) 147 words
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12. Dr. Leonard Fagin 71 words
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13. Disabled Persons (Telephones) 80 words
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14. Family Practitioner Committees 219 words
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15. Personal Social Services (Expenditure) 100 words
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16. Neonatal Cots 98 words
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17. Geriatric Beds 71 words
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18. Finance (Rother Area) 75 words
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19. Heating Costs 64 words
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20. Walsall (Hospital Facilities) 141 words
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21. Young Persons (Unemployment Benefit) 100 words
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22. Nurses (Unemployment) 573 words
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23. Poor Households (Family Expenditure) 66 words
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24. Tooth Decay Vaccine 239 words
18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Palestinian State 445 words
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2. Palestinian Problem 153 words
19. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Rent Rebates (City of Westminster) 45 words
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2. Homeless Persons 386 words
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3. Woolwich Arsenal (Prison) 67 words
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4. House Building (Derbyshire) 104 words
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5. Housing Services (London) 295 words
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6. Council House Rents 46 words
20. SCOTLAND
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1. Health Authorities 113 words
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2. Blood Lead Levels 124 words
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3. Council Houses 261 words
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4. Households (Multiple Tenancies) 66 words
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5. Hospital Wards (Waterproofing) 106 words
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6. Oil Spillages 146 words
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7. Electrical Goods Manufacturers (Grants) 73 words
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8. Caravan Sites 65 words
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9. Cardiac Surgery (Edinburgh) 61 words
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10. Unemployed Persons 580 words
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11. Job Vacancies (Edinburgh) 432 words
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12. Education (Places) 294 words
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13. Housing Associations 68 words
21. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Passports 100 words
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2. Liverpool (Ministerial Visit) 78 words
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3. Metallurgy Courses 203 words
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4. Science and Technology Courses 244 words
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5. Open University 83 words
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6. Biotechnologists 136 words
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7. Universities 186 words
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8. 16 to 19-year-olds 1,131 words
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9. Education Maintenance Allowance 72 words
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10. Student Maintenance Awards 86 words
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11. Applied Science 124 words
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12. University Departments (Closures) 61 words
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13. Education Expenditure 103 words
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14. Students Numbers 126 words
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15. Universities (Redundancies) 74 words
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16. Arts-based Courses 65 words
22. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Council of Agriculture Ministers (Meeting) 637 words

Lords Sitting of 17 November 1981 Series 5 Vol. 425

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Message from The Queen 55 words
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3. The Reverend Robert Bradford: Tributes 501 words
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4. British Airways' Iberian Service 697 words
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5. Saudi Arabia: Foreign Secretary's Visit 1,341 words
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6. College of Technology: Consultations 1,160 words
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7. Supplementary Benefit Capital Rule 535 words
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8. Opticians Act 1958 (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 49 words
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9. Security Officers Control Bill [H.L.] 53 words
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10. Standing Orders (Private Business) 367 words
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11. Humberside Bill [H.L.] 216 words
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12. Science and Technology: Select Committee 193 words
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13. Deputy Chairmen of Committees 99 words
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14. Hops Marketing Bill [H.L.] 9,190 words
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15. Hazardous Waste Disposal: Select Committee Report 26,402 words
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16. Internal Drainage Boards 12,997 words
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17. British Railways (No. 2) Bill [H.L.] 27 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 November 1981 Series 5 Vol. 425

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1. ACTION FOR COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SCHEME 212 words
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2. CELL INFORMATION CARDS: REVISION 88 words
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3. IDENTIFICATION PARADES: PROCEDURE 139 words
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4. RACE RELATIONS: PROPOSALS 181 words
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5. RACIAL ATTACKS: REPORT 94 words
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6. NAMIBIA: ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY POLICE 78 words
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7. ILO DISCUSSION DOCUMENT ON SURPLUS TEACHERS 214 words
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8. NHS PATIENTS AND INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES 70 words
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9. US/EEC/JAPAN TRADE TALKS 63 words
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10. TRAVELLING EXPENSES: TAX TREATMENT 160 words
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11. THE ENDANGERED SPECIES (IMPORT AND EXPORT) ACT: SEIZURES 259 words
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12. WEST SEDGEMOOR: GRANT AID FOR DRAINAGE 144 words
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13. HORMONE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS: EEC PROHIBITION 107 words
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14. POSTAL CHARGES IN THE EEC 75 words
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15. TIMOR: REPORT OF INQUIRY 103 words