Sitting of 18 October 1982

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Commons Sitting of 18 October 1982 Series 6 Vol. 29

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 4 words
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1. DEATH OF MEMBERS 65 words
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2. WRITS ISSUED DURING THE ADJOURNMENT 48 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. WALES
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1. Unemployed Persons 350 words
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2. Severn Barrage 260 words
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3. Council Houses 493 words
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4. Job Creation 302 words
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5. Unemployment Statistics 692 words
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6. Whiteheads Steel Works, Newport 318 words
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7. Unemployment Statistics 169 words
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8. Rate Support Grant 476 words
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9. Council and Housing Association Properties 246 words
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10. Unemployment Statistics 314 words
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11. Local Government (Redundancies) 483 words
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12. Development Board for Rural Wales 436 words
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13. National Health Service 672 words
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14. Llandudno General Hospital 157 words
2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. St. Albans, Teddington 233 words
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2. Beneficed Clergymen 367 words
3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. House of Commons Commission (Trade Union Meeting) 241 words
4. INDUSTRY
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1. British Leyland, Bathgate 107 words
5. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. National Theatre Museum and Museum of Childhood 678 words
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2. Ethnic Minority Arts 486 words
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3. European Music Year 475 words
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4. Arts Council 513 words
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4. Ministerial Statements 608 words
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5. National Health Service (Pay Dispute) 4,587 words
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6. Britoil (Sale of Shares) 636 words
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7. National Health Service (Pay Dispute) 557 words
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8. MENTAL HEALTH (AMENDMENT) [MONEY] (No.2) 133 words
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9. Mental Health (Amendment) Bill [Lords] 7 words
10. New Clause 3
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1. INFORMATION AS TO HOSPITALS 2,596 words
11. New Clause 5
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1. SOCIAL REPORT 8,735 words, 2 divisions
12. New Clause 6
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1. REVIEW OF TREATMENT 5,203 words, 1 division
13. New Clause 4
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1. TREATMENT OF PATIENTS UNABLE TO BE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL 7,476 words, 1 division
14. New Clause 7
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1. EXTENSION OF SECTIONS 41, 43 AND 44 TO VOLUNTARY PATIENTS 5,966 words
15. New Clause 8
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1. SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH PATIENTS 1,655 words
16. New Clause 9
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1. DETENTION OF MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSONS FOUND IN PUBLIC PLACES 6,607 words, 1 division
17. New Clause 10
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1. RECORD OF DETENTION OF MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSONS FOUND IN PUBLIC PLACES 1,011 words, 1 division
18. New Clause 11
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1. REQUIREMENTS AS TO MEDICAL EVIDENCE 3,192 words
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2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 24 words
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3. Mental Health (Amendment) Bill [Lords] 5,270 words, 1 division
19. New Clause 12
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1. CONSCIENCE CLAUSE FOR FORCIBLE RESTRAINT OF PATIENTS 7,569 words, 1 division
20. Clause 3
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1. ADMISSION FOR ASSESSMENT 1,371 words
21. Clause 4
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1. ADMISSION FOR TREATMENT 1,735 words, 1 division
22. Clause 5
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1. MEDICAL RECOMMENDATIONS 2,267 words
23. Clause 6
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1. PATIENTS ALREADY IN HOSPITAL 1,359 words
24. Clause 10
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1. RE-CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS 48 words
25. Clause 12
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1. DURATION OF AUTHORITY FOR DETENTION AND GUARDIANSHIP 47 words
26. Clause 14
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1. DEFINITION OF RELATIVE AND NEAREST RELATIVE 429 words
27. Clause 16
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1. APPLICATIONS BY MENTAL WELFARE OFFICERS 867 words
28. Clause 18
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1. POWER TO MAKE HOSPITAL ORDER 616 words, 1 division
29. Clause 28
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1. REMAND TO HOSPITAL FOR REPORT ON ACCUSED'S MENTAL CONDITION 945 words
30. Clause 29
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1. REMAND OF ACCUSED PERSON TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT 84 words
31. Clause 37
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1. POWERS AND PROCEDURE OF TRIBUNALS 1,415 words
32. Clause 41
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1. LIMITATION OF PREMIUM INCOME 2,278 words
33. Clause 42
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1. TREATMENT REQUIRING CONSENT OR A SECOND OPINION 15 words
34. Clause 44
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1. WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT 45 words
35. Clause 45
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1. URGENT TREATMENT 25 words
36. Clause 47
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1. AFTER-CARE 3,598 words
37. Clause 49
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1. CODE OF PRACTICE 1,267 words
38. Clause 51
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1. GENERAL PROTECTION OF DETAINED PATIENTS 263 words
39. Clause 52
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1. MENTAL HEALTH ACT COMMISSION 2,696 words, 1 division
40. Clause 53
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1. N OF VOLUNTARY PATIENTS IN CERTAIN CASES 15 words
41. Clause 54
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1. DUTY OF MANAGERS OF HOSPITALS TO GIVE INFORMATION TO DETAINED PATIENTS 346 words
42. Clause 57
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1. PROTECTION FOR ACTS DONE IN PURSUANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AND THIS ACT 2,193 words
43. Clause 58
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1. REPLACEMENT OF MENTAL WELFARE OFFICERS BY APPROVED SOCIAL WORKERS 29 words
44. Clause 59
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1. ELECTORAL REGISTRATION OF PATIENTS 112 words
45. NEW SCHEDULE
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1. ELECTORAL REGISTRATION AND VOTING IN CASE OF VOLUNTARY MENTAL PATIENTS 12,972 words
46. Clause 60
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1. CONSULTATION WITH MEMBERS OF OTHER PROFESSIONS 517 words, 1 division
47. Clause 66
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1. INTERPRETATION AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 150 words
48. Clause 67
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1. COMMENCEMENT AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 76 words
49. Clause 68
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1. SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT 51 words
50. New Schedule
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1. ELECTORAL REGISTRATION AND VOTING IN CASE OF VOLUNTARY MENTAL PATIENTS 2,624 words, 3 divisions
51. Schedule 2
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1. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 422 words
52. Schedule 3
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1. REPEALS 140 words
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2. Selection of Jurors 3,204 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 October 1982 Series 6 Vol. 29

1. TRADE
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1. Tourism 375 words
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2. Funeral Charges 238 words
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3. Bond Issues (Signal Life) 75 words
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4. Consumer Protection (Companies) 63 words
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5. Febbs Management 105 words
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6. Stansted Airport Inquiry 82 words
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7. Harbour Tugs (Mombasa Port Authority) 67 words
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8. Mailing Lists 85 words
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9. Weights and Measures Inspectors 169 words
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10. Steel Exports 117 words
2. ENERGY
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1. Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 95 words
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2. Anglesey Smelter (Contract) 80 words
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3. Sizewell Reactor (Inquiry) 87 words
3. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Far East (Visit) 838 words
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2. Supplementary Benefits 60 words
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3. National Insurance Benefits 101 words
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4. Ministry of Health 77 words
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5. Local Authorities 114 words
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6. Shops (Opening Hours) 83 words
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7. Falkland Islands 232 words
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8. Agricultural Training Boards (Employees' Pay) 94 words
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9. Mr. Mark Thatcher 118 words
4. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Household Allowance 85 words
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2. Nationalised Industries 76 words
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3. PAYE (Computerisation) 458 words
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4. Stamp Duty 75 words
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5. Civil Servants (Travel Tickets) 158 words
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6. Mining Subsidence (Reports) 83 words
5. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Government Employees (Equal Opportunity Policy) 129 words
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2. Crown Agents Inquiry (Civil Servants) 150 words
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3. Civil Servants (Conditions of Employment) 98 words
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4. Efficiency and Effectiveness (Report) 117 words
6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Assault Cases (Prosecution Policy) 116 words
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2. Helen Smith (Inquest Costs) 66 words
7. INDUSTRY
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1. Information Technology (Exhibition) 63 words
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2. British Telecom 37 words
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3. Micros in Schools Scheme 477 words
8. WALES
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1. Welsh Language 134 words
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2. British Leyland 65 words
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3. Regional Assistance 93 words
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4. Unemployment 196 words
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5. Housing Investment 79 words
9. SCOTLAND
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1. Homoeopathic Treatment 479 words
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2. Cancer Deaths 641 words
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3. Vaccination 277 words
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4. Whooping Cough Vaccine 71 words
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5. Nursing Staff 141 words
10. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Wages and Salaries 398 words
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2. Commission for Racial Equality (Code of Conduct) 59 words
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3. Vijay Amritraj (Work Permit) 201 words
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4. Road Transport Industry Training Board (Recruitment Grant Scheme) 69 words
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5. Youth Training Board (Careers Service) 49 words
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6. Trade Union Appointments (Public Bodies and Government Committees) 83 words
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7. Urea-formaldehyde Foam 94 words
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8. Birmingham 359 words
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9. Trade Unions (Expulsion) 423 words
11. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members (Travel Arrangements) 46 words
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2. Creche Facilities 145 words
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3. Members (Redundancy Payment Scheme) 133 words
12. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Police Pay 162 words
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2. Metropolitan Police 398 words
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3. Soccer Hooliganism 120 words
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4. Toxteth (Incidents) 222 words
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5. Metropolitan Police College, Hendon 129 words
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6. Government Contracts 44 words
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7. Member's Correspondence 611 words
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8. Police Constable Keith Manktelow 163 words
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9. Brixton Prison 51 words
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10. Prisoners (Dental Treatment) 75 words
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11. Police Liaison Committees 81 words
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12. Data Protection 39 words
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13. Trespass 125 words
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14. Murder and Manslaughter (Statistics) 153 words
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15. Mr. Chern Thai Shue 87 words
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16. Police 142 words
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17. Mr. Hesham Omar and Mr. Mohammed Abdullah 66 words
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18. Ex-Detective Chief Inspector Cuthbert 57 words
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19. Animal Experiments (Control) 197 words
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20. Glue Sniffing 129 words
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21. Electoral Register 112 words
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22. Courts (Medical Reports) 344 words
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23. Transfer of Sentenced Persons 110 words
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24. Police (Pensions) 196 words
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25. Dual Nationality 90 words
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26. Strangeways Prison 339 words
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27. Brian Radley 71 words
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28. Prisoners (Deaths) 236 words
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29. Electronic Surveillance 138 words
13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Bass Stocks 121 words
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2. Agricultural Lettings 154 words
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3. Trawlers 97 words
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4. Glasshouse Growers (Aid) 62 words
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5. Sugar 127 words
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6. Banana Import Licensing 86 words
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7. Food Labelling Regulations 98 words
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8. Fishing Vessels (Support Scheme) 39 words
14. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Theatre Closures 50 words
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2. Universities (Fees and Dues) 234 words
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3. Newman College and De La Salle College 432 words
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4. Undergraduate Places 428 words
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5. Social Science Research Council 1,158 words
15. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Solid Fuel Heating (Conversions) 83 words
16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Hong Kong 793 words
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2. Hong Kong (Vietnamese Refugees) 167 words
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3. Falkland Islands (Ministerial Visit) 137 words
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4. Angola (Cuban Troops) 73 words
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5. Mr. Robert Maxwell 268 words
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6. Falkland Islands (Capital) 43 words
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7. Mr. Humphry Berkeley 79 words
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8. Continental Shelf 87 words
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9. East European States (Civil Liberties) 345 words
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10. Lisbon Agreement 141 words
17. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Domestic Rating 53 words
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2. Dangerous Sports 108 words
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3. Rent Charges and Leasehold Ground Rents 114 words
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4. Hooded and Harp Seals 93 words
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5. Women's Boxing 76 words
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6. Urea-formaldehyde Foam 55 words
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7. Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (Code of Guidance) 83 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. HMS "Sheffield" 108 words
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2. RFA "Sir Tristram" 91 words
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3. Armaments (Warships) 70 words
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4. Torpedo Development 37 words
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5. Merchant Navy (Defence Expenditure Allocation) 123 words
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6. Agile Combat Aircraft 148 words
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7. Anglo-Italian EH101 Helicopter 134 words
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8. HMS "Ark Royal" 53 words
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9. Helicopters (Falklands Campaign) 54 words
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10. Network and Terminal Planning Provision Group 88 words
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11. Sea Cat Missile 90 words
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12. RFA "Sir Galahad" 83 words
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13. Lynx III Anti-Armour Helicopter 67 words
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14. Falkland Islands 105 words
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15. Weather Forecasting 50 words
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16. Brazil (Landing Facilities) 49 words
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17. "Canberra" (Refit) 44 words
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18. Port Stanley (Mine Clearance) 255 words
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19. Falkland Islands (Casualties) 477 words
19. TRANSPORT
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1. Vehicle Excise Duty 109 words
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2. A47 (Bypass) 57 words
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3. A17 (Bypass) 55 words
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4. Minibuses 181 words
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5. Motor Cycles (Accidents) 285 words
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6. Driving Licence Suspension 119 words
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7. M25 Essex 117 words
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8. Midland Link Motorways 376 words
20. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Infertility and Artificial Insemination 52 words
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2. Widows 52 words
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3. Claimants Files 80 words
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4. Committee on Safety of Medicines 288 words
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5. National Health Services (Property Sales) 404 words
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6. Benefits 140 words
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7. Urology Consultants 170 words
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8. Prescriptions 59 words
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9. Detained Mental Patients 91 words
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10. Departmental Correspondence 276 words
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11. Registrars (Dispute) 156 words
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12. Social Security Order Books 128 words
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13. Sugar Consumption 93 words
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14. Manchester, Blackley (Unclaimed Benefits) 49 words
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15. Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 91 words
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16. Overseas Medical Costs (Leaflet) 240 words
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17. Drug Synthesis 30 words
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18. Dentists (Prescriptions) 201 words
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19. Retirement Age 140 words
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20. Urea-formaldehyde Foam 82 words
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21. Michael Fagan 185 words
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22. Bone Marrow Transplants 381 words
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23. Mobility Allowance 156 words
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24. Birmingham, Northfield (Departmental Staff) 278 words
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25. Computerisation 515 words
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26. South Atlantic Campaign (War Pensions) 197 words
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27. Health Authorities (Management Costs) 275 words
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28. Social Security Commissioner (Decisions) 122 words
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29. National Health Service (Catering and Cleaning Services) 91 words
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30. National Health Service (Pay) 107 words
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31. Nurses 87 words
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32. New Cross Dental School 269 words
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33. Geriatric Patients, Mentally Ill and Mentally Handicapped Persons 166 words
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34. One and Two-parent Families 574 words