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Commons Sitting of 29 July 1982 Series 6 Vol. 28

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL 14 words
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2. WEST YORKSHIRE (PARKING AND TRANSPORT) BILL 4 words
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3. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) (No. 2) BILL 6 words
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4. BRITISH RAILWAYS (LIVERPOOL STREET STATION) BILL (By Order) 15 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Spain (Foreign Minister) 206 words
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2. Northern Ireland Bill 1,382 words
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3. Security 1,330 words
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4. Equal Pay Act 542 words
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5. Assembly Elections (Disqualification) 1,003 words
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6. De Lorean Car Company 551 words
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7. Housing (Improvement) 505 words
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8. Prison System 536 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 1,971 words
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5. Business of the House 3,103 words
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1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL) 42 words
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6. Statutory Instruments, &c. 120 words
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7. Sir Peter Thorne 1,467 words
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8. Adjournment (Summer) 31,208 words
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1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
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1. SOCIAL SECURITY 28 words
9. Orders of the Day
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1. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill 20 words
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2. Cornwall (Housing) 7,341 words
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3. Overseas Development Budget (Population Programmes) 8,954 words
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4. Higher Education 17,846 words
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5. Health Care (Inner London) 10,180 words
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6. Department of Energy (Privatisation Policy) 8,570 words
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7. Social Security Payments 3,932 words
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8. Bradford (Industrial Assistance) 6,139 words
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9. Health and Safety at Work 8,923 words
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10. Civil Defence 6,743 words
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11. British Telecommunications 3,878 words
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12. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 92 words
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10. National Theatre Museum 3,703 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 July 1982 Series 6 Vol. 28

1. SCOTLAND
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1. Mrs. Rachel Ross (Hunter Report) 235 words
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2. Renewable Tacks (Title) 347 words
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3. Civil Defence 791 words
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4. Exercise Hard Rock 144 words
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5. Unemployment Statistics 463 words
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6. Hospital Waiting Lists 78 words
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7. Management Information and Accounting System 97 words
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8. Mastectomies 51 words
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9. Job Creation (Costs) 119 words
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10. Manufacturing Industry (Rates) 70 words
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11. Clydebank Enterprise Zone 376 words
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12. Nursery Staff 46 words
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13. Industrial Expansion 102 words
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14. Tenant Management Co-operatives 93 words
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15. Nursery Staffs (Certification) 122 words
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16. NHS (Ancillary Workers) 129 words
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17. Hospital Boards (Accommodation Costs) 88 words
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18. Common Fisheries Policy 95 words
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19. Consumers (Rural Areas) 93 words
2. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Departmental Staff 391 words
3. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 672 words
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2. Trades Union Congress 38 words
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3. Maritime Policy 93 words
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4. Victoria Tower (Union Flag) 41 words
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5. Nuclear Civil Defence 86 words
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6. Argentine Air Force (Exocet Missiles) 88 words
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7. Falklands Operation (Compensation) 87 words
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8. Middle East (Ministerial Visits) 164 words
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9. Falkland Islands 195 words
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10. Falklands Islands (Disabled Service Men) 222 words
4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Krill 70 words
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2. Trout and Salmon 241 words
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3. Marginal Land 57 words
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4. Israel (Ministerial Visit) 232 words
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5. Fishing Industry 59 words
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6. Sheep 94 words
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7. School Milk 189 words
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8. Severn Trent Water Authority 75 words
5. TRADE
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1. Irish Lights 82 words
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2. Airborne Advertising Displays 88 words
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3. Manufactures 194 words
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4. European Air Transport 154 words
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5. GLS Lamps 121 words
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6. Light Bulbs (Imports) 183 words
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7. Canada 43 words
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8. Comecon Countries (Exports) 205 words
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9. Textiles (Export to Import Ratio) 58 words
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10. Argentine Goods (Imports) 126 words
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11. Corporate Management Planning Ltd. 97 words
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12. National Salvage Tug Service 79 words
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13. Anglo American Venture Fund 91 words
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14. Anglo American Venture Management Ltd. 85 words
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15. Steel Exports 172 words
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16. Airport Security 563 words
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17. Manchester and Prestwick Airports (Freight) 75 words
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18. Clothing Imports 188 words
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19. Aviation Security Fund Levy 255 words
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20. Steel Exports (United States) 508 words
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21. European Community (Steel Imports) 240 words
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22. Bargain Offers Order 274 words
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23. Standards and Quality Assurance 63 words
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24. British Airports Authority (Investment) 237 words
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25. Consumer Credit Regulations 130 words
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26. Exports and Imports 122 words
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27. British Midland Airways (Appeal) 76 words
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28. Sequestrations (Dundee) 103 words
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29. Tourist Boards (Expenditure) 129 words
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30. Manchester International Airport 81 words
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31. Management Information and Accounting System 122 words
6. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Unlawful Entry 160 words
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2. Air Guns 185 words
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3. Traffic Congestion (London) 51 words
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4. Illegal Clubs (London) 86 words
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5. Metropolitan Police 101 words
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6. Illegal Immigrants 122 words
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7. Young Persons (Detention Centres) 153 words
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8. Young Persons (Borstal) 196 words
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9. Radio Regulatory Department (Cattle Feeding, Systems) 50 words
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10. Industrial Land, Riverway 134 words
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11. Commander Trestrail 103 words
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12. Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary (Allowances) 190 words
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13. Prisoners (Dental Treatment) 64 words
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14. Metropolitan Police 164 words
7. ENERGY
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1. Seed Corn Grants 104 words
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2. Morecambe Bay 46 words
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3. Oil Refining 159 words
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4. Wytch Farm 129 words
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5. Coal (Overseas Sales) 63 words
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6. Fuel Industries (Payment of Bills) 140 words
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7. North Sea Oil (Depletion Policy) 91 words
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8. Britoil 150 words
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9. Electricity Prices 298 words
8. INDUSTRY
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1. Small Firms 64 words
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2. Post Office 179 words
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3. Anglo-American Venture Fund 213 words
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4. British Shipbuilders 139 words
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5. English Industrial Estates Corporation 54 words
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6. British Telecom 121 words
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7. National Enterprise Board 105 words
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8. Phoenix II 77 words
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9. European Community (Steel Capacity) 281 words
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10. Loan Guarantee Scheme 643 words
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11. Information Technology Centres 198 words
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12. Research and Development 228 words
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13. West Midlands 315 words
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14. Management Information and Accounting System 118 words
9. WALES
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1. Unemployment Statistics 208 words
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2. St. David's Hospital, Carmarthen 314 words
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3. Mental Handicap Services (Report) 1,017 words
10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Gibraltar 113 words
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2. Crown Agents Holding and Realisation Board 168 words
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3. Falkland Islands 75 words
11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Birkbeck College (Part-time Students) 65 words
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2. Spina Bifida 78 words
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3. Cytomegalovirus (Research) 275 words
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4. University Academic Staff (Pay) 87 words
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5. Student Loans 79 words
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6. School-Industry Links (Report) 916 words
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7. School Admissions (Parental Choice) 460 words
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8. Schools Council 337 words
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9. Microtechnology 500 words
12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Negative Certificates of Origin 102 words
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2. Israel (Export Policy) 140 words
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3. United States of America (Visas) 120 words
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4. Argentine Air Force (Exocet Missiles) 113 words
13. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Unemployment Statistics 1,559 words
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2. Textile Industry (Lost Working Days) 105 words
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3. Macclesfield 43 words
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4. Agricultural Accidents (Children) 195 words
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5. Disabled Persons 365 words
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6. Open Tech 84 words
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7. Severely Visually Handicapped Persons (Sheltered Workshops) 307 words
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8. Merseyside (Census Reports) 95 words
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9. Merseyside 139 words
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10. Liverpool, Scotland Exchange 193 words
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11. Everton Jobcentre, Liverpool 33 words
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12. National Health Service (Dispute) 84 words
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13. Jobcentres (Rayner Report) 342 words
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14. Construction Industry Employees 268 words
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15. Voluntary Registration 168 words
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16. Job Losses 549 words
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17. Travel-to-Work Areas (Unemployment Statistics) 603 words
14. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Patients' Rights 148 words
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2. Young Persons (Community Homes) 182 words
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3. Benefits 252 words
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4. "Opportunities for Volunteers" 178 words
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5. Census Report (Merseyside) 93 words
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6. Tranquillisers 389 words
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7. NHS (Cash Allocations) 187 words
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8. NHS (Pay) 64 words
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9. Disabled Persons 97 words
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10. United States (Reciprocal Agreement) 79 words
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11. Duthie Report 128 words
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12. Derby City Hospital (Haematology) 120 words
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13. NHS (Property Sales) 81 words
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14. Mobility Allowance 101 words
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15. Contact Lenses 173 words
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16. C. P. Unwin & Sons Ltd. (Pension Fund) 99 words
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17. Hearing Aids 113 words
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18. Occupational Pensions 72 words
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19. Official Forms (Welsh Language) 96 words
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20. Unemployment Benefit 230 words
15. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Divorce 135 words
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2. Judicial Appointments 127 words
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3. Crown Courts (Statistics) 96 words
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4. Metropolitan Police 54 words
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5. Mr. Michael Fagan 78 words
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6. HMS "Edinburgh" 81 words
16. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Crown Agents 96 words
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2. Efficiency and Effectiveness (Select Committee Report) 40 words
17. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Public Sector Employees 279 words
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2. Enterprise Zones 115 words
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3. Married Women (Taxation) 152 words
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4. Mortgages 69 words
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5. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Exchequer Contribution) 61 words
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6. Inter-Parliamentary Union (Exchequer Contribution) 54 words
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7. Nationalised Industries 159 words
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8. Value Added Tax 118 words
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9. Earnings-Savings Ratio 71 words
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10. Public Sector Pay 126 words
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11. Contingency Reserve 89 words
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12. Departmental Staff 9,405 words
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13. Civil Servants (Pay and Pensions) 237 words
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14. Architectural Heritage (Council of Europe Recommendation) 85 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. Greenfield Estate, Shettleston 92 words
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2. Autumn Forge 1982 128 words
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3. Management Information and Accounting System 172 words
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4. Medical Services 111 words
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5. SSR Radar Facility 113 words
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6. Warships (Construction) 127 words
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7. Woolwich Arsenal (Land Use) 78 words
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8. Dianetics Centre 75 words
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9. BAOR (Medical Facilities) 228 words
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10. Warships (Orders) 56 words
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11. Meteorological Office (Rainfall Measurement) 94 words
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12. Sea Wolf 101 words
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13. Fire Protection 221 words
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14. Personal Possessions (Replacement) 111 words
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15. Falkland Islands (Accommodation) 27 words
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16. Royal Navy Ships (Aluminium) 67 words
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17. Falkland Islands Campaign (Categories of Injuries) 151 words
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18. "Sir Galahad" and "Intrepid" 62 words
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19. Sting Ray 98 words
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20. Ships (Replacement) 59 words
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21. Argentine Prisoner of War (South Georgia) 441 words
19. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Gatwick Airport 108 words
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2. Car Park, New Palace Yard 46 words
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3. Homes Insulation Scheme 43 words
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4. Liverpool City Council (District Auditor) 105 words
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5. Boothferry (Parish Reorganisation) 53 words
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6. Water Space Amenity Commission 122 words
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7. Construction Industry 232 words
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8. Imported Waste 464 words
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9. Housing Rehabilitation (Council of Europe Recommendation) 276 words
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10. Architectural Heritage (Council of Europe Recommendation) 1,054 words
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11. Listed Buildings 66 words
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12. Home Improvement Grants (Agricultural Holdings) 88 words
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13. Tourism 74 words
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14. Water Authorities (Performance Aids) 217 words
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15. National Water Council (International Advisory Service) 132 words
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16. Rate Support Grant 164 words
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17. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty 1,447 words
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18. Empty Properties 199 words
20. TRANSPORT
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1. British Rail (Productivity and Efficiency) 92 words
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2. National Bus Company 160 words
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3. Light Railway Orders 649 words
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4. Members' Correspondence 94 words
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5. Roads and Bridges (Rayner Review) 216 words
21. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Alcoholism 132 words
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2. Housing Executive 936 words
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3. Drunken Driving 154 words
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4. De Lorean Car Co. Ltd. 79 words
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5. Republic of Ireland 76 words
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6. Discrimination (Complaints) 118 words
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7. Empty Houses 89 words
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8. Seat Belts 663 words
22. SCOTLAND
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1. Trout and Salmon 246 words
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2. Roads (Repair Grants) 110 words
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3. Berwick and East Lothian (Unemployment) 275 words
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4. Electricity Standing Charges 66 words
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5. Unemployment (Dundee) 116 words
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6. NHS (Expenditure) 133 words
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7. Schoolchildren (Diet) 117 words
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8. Mastectomies 309 words
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9. Anti-smoking Campaigns 68 words
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10. Mr. Michael Daube 66 words
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11. Building Regulations (Kirkcaldy) 95 words
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12. Distemper Outbreak (North-East) 74 words
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13. Housing Statistics 516 words
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14. Housing Grants 530 words
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15. Holiday Caravans (Rates) 90 words
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16. Unemployment Statistics 220 words

Lords Sitting of 29 July 1982 Series 5 Vol. 434

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. Economic Recovery: Statistical Basis 1,031 words
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3. Falkland Islanders Citizenship 1,082 words
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4. Health Service Dispute: Patient Welfare 1,043 words
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5. Aviation Security Charges Review 2,062 words
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6. Business 115 words
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7. Duchy of Cornwall Management Bill 12 words
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8. Greater London Council (Money) Bill 6 words
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9. Procedure of the House 247 words
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10. Derelict Land Bill 6 words
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11. Transport Bill 28,380 words, 3 divisions
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12. Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1982 10,005 words
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13. Supplementary Benefit Up-rating Regulations 1982 29 words
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14. Child Benefit (Up-rating) Regulations 1982 27 words
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15. Family Income Supplements (Computation) Regulations 1982 27 words
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16. Pensioners' Lump Sum Payments Order 1982 27 words
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17. Supplementary Benefit (Requirements and Resources) Amendment Regulations 1982 27 words
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18. Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Amendment Regulations 1982 27 words
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19. Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments Scheme) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1982 4,253 words
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20. Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments Scheme) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1982 33 words
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21. Epsom and Walton Downs Regulation Bill [H.L.] 23 words
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22. Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Bill 9 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 29 July 1982 Series 5 Vol. 434

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1. MR. TERENCE PATRICK SMERDON 268 words
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2. Mr. STEWART GRANGER 86 words
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3. YELLOW BOX JUNCTIONS: ROAD OFFENCES 95 words
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4. CENTRAL THAMES AREA: DEVELOPMENT 91 words
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5. M.1—A.I LINK ROAD: STUDIES 271 words
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6. FISH DUMPING: EEC REGULATIONS 141 words
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7. FISH DUMPING: SPECIES AND QUANTITIES 264 words
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8. COMMERCIAL WHALING: SUSPENSION 159 words
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9. IMPORTED WASTE CONTROLS 468 words
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10. THE PEDDARS WAY AND NORTH NORFOLK COAST LONG DISTANCE PATH 67 words
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11. FORESTRY AND POLLUTION: THE PENNINES 84 words
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12. GERIATRIC BEDS IN DISTRICT HOSPITALS 196 words
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13. HOSPITAL WAITING LISTS 135 words
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14. UK STANDARDS AND QUALITY 62 words
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15. AIR SECURITY CHARGES REVIEW 48 words
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16. NORTHERN IRELAND: LEGISLATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS 184 words
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17. NORTHERN IRELAND: RIVER LAGAN POLLUTION 123 words
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18. CENTRAL AMERICA: CONFLICT SITUATIONS 115 words
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19. HELSINKI FINAL ACT: IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVISIONS 926 words
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20. DENTISTS' TELEPHONE PRIORITY 69 words