Sitting of 14 December 1983

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Commons Sitting of 14 December 1983 Series 6 Vol. 50

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. GINNS AND GUTTERIDGE, LEICESTER (CREMATORIUM) BILL 13 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. King's Lynn (Enterprise Agency) 223 words
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2. Manufacturing Industry 1,110 words
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3. Exports 319 words
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4. Telephones (Type Approval) 470 words
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5. Industry and Education (Links) 778 words
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6. Origin Marking 417 words
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7. Price Discounting 411 words
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8. Design Training 592 words
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9. European Community (Import-Export) 631 words
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10. Regional Policy 982 words
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11. Computer Industry (Support) 625 words
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12. Tourism 363 words
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13. Steel Industry (Privatisation)) 416 words
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14. Small Businesses 808 words
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4. Rate Support Grant (England) 7,194 words
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5. BALLOT FOR NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 17 words
6. BILL PRESENTED
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1. FREE NEWSPAPERS (RESTRICTION OF DELIVERY) 49 words
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7. Scottish Parliament 3,058 words, 1 division
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8. TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 194 words
9. Orders of the Day
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1. Telecommunications Bill 77 words
1. New Clause 5
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1. ORDERS AND SCHEMES 110 words
2. New Clause 6
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1. GRANTS AND LOANS TO PERSONS EXERCISING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS 169 words
3. New Clause 7
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1. SECURING COMPLIANCE WITH LICENCE CONDITIONS 467 words
4. New Clause 8
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1. PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS 429 words
5. New Clause 1
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1. INDUSTRIAL ACTION 7,247 words, 1 division
6. New Clause 2
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1. PENSIONS OF BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYEES 11,736 words, 1 division
7. New Clause 3
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1. Duties of successor company as to staff 5,689 words, 1 division
8. Clause 2
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1. ABOLITION OF BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS' EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE 6,787 words, 1 division
9. Clause 3
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1. GENERAL DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND DIRECTOR 15,049 words, 1 division
10. Clause 4
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1. MEANING OF TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM" AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS 17 words
11. Clause 8
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1. SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN LICENCES 74 words
12. Clause 9
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1. PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 14 words
13. Clause 11
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1. PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION I0 26 words
14. Clause 16
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1. SECURING COMPLIANCE WITH LICENCE CONDITIONS 15 words
15. Clause 17
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1. PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION 16 280 words
16. Clause 18
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1. REGISTER OF LICENCES AND ORDERS 117 words
17. Clause 19
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1. APPROVAL OF CONTRACTORS 15 words
18. Clause 21
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1. APPROVAL ETC. OF APPARATUS 15 words
19. Clause 23
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1. APPROVAL ETC. OF METERS 23 words
20. Clause 24
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1. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS UNDER SECTIONS 2I AND 23 15 words
21. Clause 26
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1. INFORMATION ETC. TO BE MARKED ON OR TO ACCOMPANY TELECOMMUNICATION APPARATUS 31 words
22. Clause 27
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1. INFORMATION ETC. TO BE GIVEN IN ADVERTISEMENTS 20 words
23. Clause 34
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1. COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF LAND IN NORTHERN IRELAND 80 words
24. Clause 52
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1. CABLE PROGRAMME SERVICES 201 words
25. Clause 53
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1. PROHIBITION ON UNLICENSED CABLE PROGRAMME SERVICES 14 words
26. Clause 55
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1. ENTRY AND SEARCH OF PREMISES 5,496 words
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2. Select Committees (Government Departments) 3,493 words, 1 division
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3. Agriculture 8,070 words
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4. DEFENCE 1,031 words, 1 division
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5. EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND ARTS 54 words
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6. EMPLOYMENT 52 words
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7. SOCIAL SERVICES 55 words
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8. WELSH AFFAIRS 1,600 words, 2 divisions
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9. Berkshire (Planning and Development) 3,486 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 December 1983 Series 6 Vol. 50

1. ENERGY
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1. Oil and Petrol (Retailing) 104 words
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2. Conservation 102 words
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3. Radioactive Waste (Leakages) 134 words
2. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Cable and Wireless plc 195 words
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2. European Community (Customs Form) 80 words
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3. Tax Avoidance 91 words
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4. Savings 83 words
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5. Incomes 148 words
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6. Employers' Organisations (Contributions) 58 words
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7. Friendly Societies (Investment) 190 words
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8. Revenue and Expenditure Statistics 285 words
3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Tribunals (Public Decisions) 119 words
4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Foot and Mouth Disease 158 words
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2. Fishing Vessels (Licences) 126 words
5. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Average Earnings 87 words
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2. Youth Training Scheme 54 words
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3. Income Statistics 178 words
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4. Labour Statistics 96 words
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5. Health and Safety Executive 202 words
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6. Birmingham International Music Festival 129 words
6. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Radioactive Waste (Leakages) 110 words
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2. London (Rateable Resources) 192 words
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3. Hazardous Waste 164 words
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4. Local Government Reform 129 words
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5. Surplus Land (Hampshire) 89 words
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6. Council House Sales (Leicester) 88 words
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7. Housing (Improvement and Repairs Grants) 143 words
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8. Control of Pollution Act 1974 366 words
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9. Partnership Scheme 579 words
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10. London Boroughs (Structure Plans) 128 words
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11. Homeless Persons 194 words
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12. Rent Arrears 102 words
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13. County Hall, London 34 words
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14. Parks and Open Spaces 61 words
7. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. University Students 72 words
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2. Student Grants 68 words
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3. Higher Education 727 words
8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. European Passport 182 words
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2. British Embassies (Security) 77 words
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3. El Salvador and Nicaragua 53 words
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4. James Brewster Contract 52 words
9. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Durham Prison (Detained Youth) 122 words
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2. Prisoners (Police and Court Cells) 168 words
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3. Acquitted Persons (Ex Gratia Payments) 37 words
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4. Television Licence 194 words
10. WALES
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1. Lakes (Pollution) 87 words
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2. Trunk Road Schemes 47 words
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3. A40 (Condition) 74 words
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4. Housing Investment Programmes 57 words
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5. Milk Production (Quota System) 35 words
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6. Bone Marrow Transplants 43 words
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7. Great Spruce Bank Beetle 345 words
11. SCOTLAND
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1. Smoking and Health 57 words
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2. "The Scottish Epidemic" 108 words
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3. Rates 116 words
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4. Locate in Scotland 322 words
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5. Students (Travel Costs) 68 words
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6. Blood Supplies 171 words
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7. Geriatric Care 247 words
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8. Hospital Waiting Lists 215 words
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9. Hospice Beds 79 words
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10. Medical Operations (Statistics) 495 words
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11. Convalescent Beds 59 words
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12. Scottish Information Office 181 words
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13. University Students 74 words
12. TRANSPORT
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1. European Community (Motor Insurance) 53 words
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2. Publicity (Departmental Expenditure) 105 words
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3. Greater London Council (Thames Piers) 72 words
13. DEFENCE
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1. Ministerial Appointments 191 words
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2. Leander Class Frigate 372 words
14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Telecommunications Apparatus (Approval) 63 words
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2. Small Engineering Firms Investment Scheme 110 words
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3. Insurance Industry (Japanese Market) 56 words
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4. Coal-fired Boilers (Conversion Scheme) 52 words
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5. Information Technology (Investment) 109 words
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6. Aerospace Industry (Aid) 50 words
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7. Soviet Union 59 words
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8. West Midlands (Engineering) 145 words
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9. British Telecom (Purchases) 65 words
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10. A320 Airbus 81 words
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11. Business Expansion Scheme 275 words
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12. Schools (Computers) 90 words
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13. Competitiveness 97 words
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14. Copyright Act 1956 (Video Films) 291 words
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15. Public Call Boxes 88 words
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16. Interest Rates 58 words
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17. South America and Latin America (Exports) 55 words
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18. Information Technology 143 words
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19. Political Donations 38 words
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20. Textile and Clothing Industries 161 words
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21. Leicester (Management Training) 109 words
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22. Loan Guarantee Scheme 69 words
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23. Small Businesses (Government Regulations) 120 words
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24. Manufacturing Advisory Service (West Midlands) 93 words
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25. Consumer Protection 62 words
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26. Manufactured Goods 75 words
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27. Small Firms Service 68 words
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28. Telephone Directories 150 words
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29. Publicly Funded Research (Guidelines) 76 words
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30. Cable Television 70 words
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31. Inward Investment 91 words
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32. Telecommunications (Competition) 114 words
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33. Regional Grants 58 words
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34. Aerospace Industry (Aid) 71 words
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35. Patent Office 258 words
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36. Citizens Band Radio 288 words
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37. Deep Sea Mining 59 words
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38. Copyright Law 134 words
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39. Industrial Assistance 108 words
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40. European Community (Trade Statistics) 258 words
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41. British Overseas Trade Board 142 words
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42. Loans (Underwriting) 181 words
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43. BL (Corporate Plan) 44 words
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44. Plessey (Financial Assistance) 51 words
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45. Motor Industry (Exhibition) 70 words
15. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. School Books 59 words
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2. Teachers 815 words
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3. Terrorism 783 words
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4. Personal Security Guards 75 words
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5. Peripatetic Service 149 words
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6. Northern Ireland Assembly 119 words
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7. Unfair Dismissal 409 words
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8. Labour-only Subcontracting 64 words
16. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 155 words
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2. National Health Service (Contracts) 74 words
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3. Smoking (Deaths) 109 words
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4. NHS (Regional Staff) 232 words
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5. National Insurance Contributions 48 words
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6. Departmental Staff (Assaults) 279 words
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7. Occupational Pension Schemes 80 words
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8. National Insurance Contributions 234 words
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9. Health Authorities (Personnel) 109 words
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10. Birth Statistics 201 words
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11. Housing Benefit 472 words
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12. Heating Allowances 48 words
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13. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham 65 words
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14. NHS (Emergency-Accident Reception Centres) 104 words
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15. Supplementary Benefit 486 words
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16. Hospitals (Ward Closures) 411 words
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17. Health Authorities (Chairman) 49 words
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18. Doctors (Deputising Services) 196 words
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19. Alcohol Consumption (Pregnancy) 85 words
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20. Cremation Documents (Charge) 88 words
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21. Funeral and Cremation Costs 126 words
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22. Griffiths Report 94 words
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23. Surrogate Parenthood Organisations 90 words
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24. Rent Rebates and Allowances 169 words
17. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 4,445 words
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2. Family Incomes 542 words
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3. Hospital Closures 369 words
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4. NHS (Early Retirement Costs) 211 words
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5. National Health Service (Reorganisations) 258 words
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6. Premature Retirements 207 words
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7. Resettlement Units 997 words
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8. NHS (Costs) 92 words
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9. NHS (Early Retirement Costs) 241 words
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10. Health Authorities 57 words

Lords Sitting of 14 December 1983 Series 5 Vol. 446

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1. Preamble 23 words
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2. Scotch Whisky: Tax 1,026 words
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3. NHS Redundancy Payment Levels 747 words
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4. Namibia: UN Resolution No. 435 1,303 words
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5. The Public Library Service 1,261 words
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6. Business 269 words
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7. BBC Annual Report and Handbook 4,790 words
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8. The Rate Support Grant—England 6,061 words
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9. Business 49 words
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10. BBC Annual Report and Handbook 12,113 words
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11. Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 15,093 words
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12. The Parole System 16,685 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 14 December 1983 Series 5 Vol. 446

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1. "CRISIS IN CENTRAL AMERICA": EL SALVADOR 341 words
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2. ALBANY PRISON: ACCOMMODATION STATISTICS 80 words
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3. DUDLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL: STAFF SAVINGS 114 words
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4. SIGNAL CRAYFISH: CLASSIFICATION 66 words