Sitting of 17 January 1983

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Commons Sitting of 17 January 1983 Series 6 Vol. 35

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. INDUSTRY
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1. Manufacturing Industry 398 words
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2. Synthetic Fibres 818 words
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3. Video Recorders and Tapes 707 words
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4. London Borough of Ealing 248 words
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5. Steel Industry 1,311 words
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6. West Midlands 551 words
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7. Manufacturing Industry 550 words
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8. Steel Castings 425 words
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9. British Aerospace 802 words
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10. Companies (Equity Purchases) 421 words
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11. East Midlands 471 words
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12. British Leyland 529 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Legal Aid 389 words
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2. Prosecution Policy 553 words
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3. Prosecutions 192 words
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4. Tape Recorders 213 words
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4. Business of the House 195 words
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5. Shooting Incident (Kensington) 4,721 words
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6. Timex (Redundancies) 690 words
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7. Metropolitan Police (Accountability) 496 words
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8. House of Commons (Demonstration) 1,000 words
9. BILL PRESENTED
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1. DOG LICENCES (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) 63 words
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10. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 21 words
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11. Transport Bill (Allocation of Time) 20 words
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1. Committee 23 words
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2. Report and Third Reading 201 words
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3. Procedure in Standing Committee 148 words
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4. Conclusion of proceedings in Committee 26 words
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5. Dilatory motions 46 words
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6. Extra time on allotted day 127 words
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7. Private business 100 words
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8. Conclusion of proceedings 427 words
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9. Supplemental orders 149 words
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10. Saving 79 words
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11. Re-committal 76 words
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12. Interpretation 23,958 words, 1 division
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13. Committee 23 words
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14. Report and Third Reading 201 words
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15. Procedure in Standing Committee 148 words
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16. Conclusion of proceedings in Committee 26 words
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17. Dilatory motions 46 words
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18. Extra time on allotted day 127 words
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19. Private business 99 words
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20. Conclusion of proceedings 427 words
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21. Supplemental orders 149 words
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22. Saving 79 words
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23. Re-committal 76 words
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24. Interpretation 106 words
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12. Local Government (Scotland) 21,544 words, 1 division
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13. Housing (Scotland) 11,337 words
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14. HOUSING (SCOTLAND) 1,907 words, 1 division
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15. Falkland Islands (Franks Report) 393 words
16. Orders of the Day
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1. CURRENCY BILL 53 words
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2. CIVIL AVIATION (EUROCONTROL) BILL 53 words
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3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS &c. 18 words
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1. SEA FISHERIES 32 words
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4. Corby Community Hospital 3,810 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 January 1983 Series 6 Vol. 35

1. INDUSTRY
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1. Manufacturing Industry 123 words
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2. Industrial Premises (Development) 95 words
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3. Steel Industry 276 words
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4. Steel Industry (European Community Rules) 126 words
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5. Sub-post Offices 145 words
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6. European Community (Regional Development Fund) 148 words
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7. Roof Insulation (Grants) 73 words
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8. Foundry Industry 214 words
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9. Industrial Research 452 words
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10. Small Businesses 184 words
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11. British Telecom 161 words
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12. European Community (Bulk and Carbon Steels) 71 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Illegal Betting 71 words
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2. Rape 115 words
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3. Citizens Band Radio 242 words
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4. Civil Defence 226 words
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5. West Yorkshire Police 244 words
3. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Wheat (Exports) 175 words
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2. Land Drainage 147 words
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3. Rabies 93 words
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4. Fishermen (Redundancies) 524 words
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5. Fisheries (Denmark) 57 words
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6. Fisheries Protection (Coastguarder) 64 words
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7. Sheep Annual Premium Scheme 178 words
4. NOTHERN IRELAND
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1. Ulster Museum 75 words
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2. Redevelopment Area No. 28 223 words
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3. Redevelopment Area No. 26/27 224 words
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4. Irish Republic (Gas Pipeline) 305 words
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5. Domestic Energy Supplies 142 words
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6. Gas Consumption 83 words
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7. Gas Industry 112 words
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8. Irish Republic (Gas Supplies) 150 words
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9. Amusement Arcades 203 words
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10. Illegal Gambling Machines 157 words
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11. Private Hospitals 87 words
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12. Michelin Tyre Company 135 words
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13. Further and Higher Education (Report) 727 words
5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Director of Public Prosecutions 38 words
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2. Magistrates' Courts (Press and Public) 99 words
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3. Unification Church 81 words
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4. Yorkshire Electricity Consultative Council 88 words
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5. Companies Acts 156 words
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6. Fishing (Appeals to European Court) 95 words
6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Population and Family Planning Projects 113 words
7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Falkland Islands 92 words
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2. Falkland Islands (Civil Airflights) 57 words
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3. South African Diplomats 132 words
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4. Korea 113 words
8. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Passports 110 words
9. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Public Sector Charges 91 words
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2. Employment Statistics 139 words
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3. Free Ports 75 words
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4. Valuation Service 57 words
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5. Taxation 69 words
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6. Price Increases 40 words
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7. Mortgages (Tax Relief) 106 words
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8. Tax Havens (British Subjects) 100 words
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9. Personal Taxation 120 words
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10. Married Women (Earnings Statistics) 196 words
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11. Travel-to-work Costs (Tax Relief) 40 words
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12. Imperial Chemical Industries Educational Trust 187 words
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13. Raw Materials (Imports) 81 words
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14. Blind Persons 70 words
10. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Performance Appraisal (Megaw Report) 215 words
11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Students 73 words
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2. Lambeth (Secondary School Reorganisation) 62 words
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3. Export of Works of Art 53 words
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4. Museums and Galleries (Attendance) 227 words
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5. Works of Art (Capital Transfer Tax) 445 words
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6. Automation Courses 118 words
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7. School Playgrounds (Fencing) 129 words
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8. Student Grants 62 words
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9. Polytechnics 75 words
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10. Qualified Staff (Rate Support Grant) 133 words
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11. In-service Training 144 words
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12. Nursery Education 150 words
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13. Education Act 1946 (Default Powers) 62 words
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14. Mandatory Awards 132 words
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15. Social Science Research Council 214 words
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16. Pupil-teacher Ratios 52 words
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17. Secretary of State (Visit to Liverpool) 38 words
12. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Falkland Islands (Visit) 303 words
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2. Falkland Islands (Parliamentary Questions) 91 words
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3. Supplementary Benefit Offices 43 words
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4. Saatchi and Saatchi Ltd. 208 words
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5. Government Papers (Disclosure) 289 words
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6. Departmental Services 81 words
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7. Nationalised Industries (Pay) 203 words
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8. President of France (Meeting) 59 words
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9. Accidents (Public Inquiries) 92 words
13. DEFENCE
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1. Naval Guns 218 words
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2. Argentine Warships 65 words
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3. Harrier Aircraft 83 words
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4. Petty Officer W. Budding 37 words
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5. Arms Sales 99 words
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6. Falkland Islands (Garrison) 351 words
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7. Falkland Islands (Parliamentary Questions) 92 words
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8. Cruise Missiles 149 words
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9. HMS "Hermes" and "Invincible" 53 words
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10. QE2 (Filming) 66 words
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11. Type 22 (Bids) 39 words
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12. Knoydart 158 words
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13. Defence Land 625 words
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14. RAF Northolt 148 words
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15. Nuclear Weapons Work (Compensation) 176 words
14. SCOTLAND
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1. Museums and Galleries (Attendance Figures) 177 words
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2. Unemployment (Research) 52 words
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3. Solvent Fumes (Detection Equipment) 353 words
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4. Assisted Places Scheme 94 words
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5. Life Expectancy Statistics 64 words
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6. Unemployment Statistics 104 words
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7. Lasers (Medical Uses) 51 words
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8. National Health Service 467 words
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9. Intervention Food Stores 131 words
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10. Mortality Rates 655 words
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11. Dundee District Council (Income) 247 words
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12. Council House Rents 48 words
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13. Earnings 88 words
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14. Private Hospitals 200 words
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15. Child Abuse (Report) 154 words
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16. Second Houses 867 words
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17. Electricity Standing Charges 86 words
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18. Unemployment (Edinburgh) 130 words
15. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members' Pensions 258 words
16. WALES
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1. National Museum of Wales 57 words
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2. Households 63 words
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3. Rent and Rate Rebates 76 words
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4. Private Hospitals 179 words
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5. Unemployed Persons 34 words
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6. Handicapped Children 80 words
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7. Ophthalmology 152 words
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8. Employment Statistics 46 words
17. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Regional Health Authorities (Funding) 737 words
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2. Abortion Act 1967 (Abuse) 100 words
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3. Dental Service 386 words
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4. Pensions 75 words
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5. Benefits 180 words
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6. Intensive Care 479 words
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7. Abortion 719 words
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8. Departmental Manpower 137 words
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9. NHS (Prescriptions) 232 words
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10. Pensioners (Christmas Bonus) 157 words
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11. Kidney Donors 527 words
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12. National Health Service (Staffing) 248 words
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13. Regional Health Authorities (Capital Expenditure) 264 words
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14. Health Authorities (Administrative Costs) 1,356 words
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15. Unemployment Statistics 279 words
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16. Mobility Allowance 178 words
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17. Whitley Councils (Management Secretariat) 100 words
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18. Life Expectancy (Statistics) 46 words
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19. Pneumoconiosis 148 words
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20. Single Parent Families (Christmas Bonus) 57 words
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21. Attendance Allowance 137 words
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22. Rabies 153 words
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23. National Insurance Contributions 81 words
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24. Unemployment Benefit 148 words
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25. Employment of Children Act 1973 42 words
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26. Charity Appeals 152 words
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27. Disabled People (Housing Needs) 203 words
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28. Private Hospitals 280 words
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29. Fluoridation 102 words
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30. Retirement Pension 59 words
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31. Social Security Commissioners (Decisions) 93 words
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32. Orthopaedic Services (Birmingham) 273 words
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33. Nuclear Weapons (War Pension Claims) 51 words
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34. Supplementary Benefit 276 words
18. TRADE
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1. Manufactured Goods 38 words
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2. Yorkshire Electricity Consultative Council 261 words
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3. China (Textiles) 165 words
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4. Aerial Advertising 346 words
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5. Children (Accidents) 1,431 words
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6. Company Law 753 words
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7. Life Assurance Salesmen (Licensing) 93 words
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8. Insurance Brokers 101 words
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9. Christmas Tree Lights 265 words
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10. Trade Restrictions 567 words
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11. South Africa (British Companies) 88 words
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12. Eady Levy 161 words
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13. Estate Agents 122 words
19. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Grants (Hold-back) 117 words
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2. Southwark Site 100 words
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3. Property Revaluation 69 words
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4. Disabled Persons (Housing Adaptations) 135 words
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5. Manchester (Grants) 421 words
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6. Councillor Mrs. Hodge (Correspondence) 66 words
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7. Merseyside 110 words
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8. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 183 words
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9. Rent and Rate Rebates 85 words
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10. Disabled Persons (Access to Buildings) 57 words
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11. Palace of Westminster 113 words
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12. Homes Insulation 35 words
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13. Water Industry 84 words
20. TRANSPORT
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1. Drinking and Driving 156 words
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2. RAF Welford 71 words
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3. Tolls 276 words
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4. Mersey Tunnel 51 words
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5. M6 55 words
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6. Wales (Traffic Commissioners) 155 words
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7. British Rail (Chairman) 31 words
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8. Heavy Goods Vehicles 194 words
21. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Mid-winter Holiday 97 words
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2. Young Workers Scheme 92 words
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3. Young Persons (Earnings) 437 words
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4. Fishermen (Redundancies) 147 words
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5. EC (Industrial Earnings) 92 words
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6. Unemployed Women 87 words
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7. Retail Food Wages Council 172 words
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8. Trade Unions (Green Paper) 37 words

Lords Sitting of 17 January 1983 Series 5 Vol. 437

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1. Preamble 27 words
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2. Greater London Council Powers 1,330 words
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3. Family Conciliation Service 1,258 words
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4. MSC: Mr. Wilson Longden 781 words
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5. The Shooting Incident (Kensington) 40 words
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6. "The Falklands Campaign: the Lessons" (Cmnd. 8758) 7,209 words
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7. Shooting Incident (Kensington) 3,070 words
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8. "The Falklands Campaign: the Lessons" (Cmnd. 8758) 35,074 words
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9. Ullapool Pier (Works) Order Confirmation Bill 39 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 January 1983 Series 5 Vol. 437

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1. PRISONERS: COST TO PUBLIC FUNDS 78 words
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2. PRISONERS IN POLICE CUSTODY: COSTS 129 words
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3. CELL INFORMATION CARDS: LANGUAGES 66 words
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4. PRISON POPULATIONS: NATIONAL COMPARISONS 76 words
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5. LIVE ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS 79 words
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6. YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME 43 words
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7. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY: AID 103 words
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8. CIVIL SERVANTS: TRADE UNION ACTIVITIES 143 words
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9. WORD PROCESSORS IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS 102 words
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10. PHARMACEUTICAL TESTS: EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION 152 words
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11. CHEMICAL HAZARDS: ADVISORY COMMITTEES 79 words
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12. SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT CLAIMS: ASSETS 122 words
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13. INDUSTRIAL INJURIES SCHEME: RIGHT OF APPEAL 170 words
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14. INDUSTRIAL INJURY BENEFIT: CLAIMS 171 words
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15. VEAL PRODUCTION METHODS 364 words
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16. FARM CAPITAL GRANTS SCHEMES 47 words
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17. NURSES: LODGING CHARGES 200 words
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18. SSSIs: CORRESPONDENCE WITH NCC 133 words
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19. SSSIs: STATEMENT BY MEMBER OF NFU COUNCIL 196 words
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20. PESTICIDES: REPORT 106 words
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21. AGRICULTURAL GRANT SCHEMES: EXPENDITURE 126 words
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22. ILLEGAL BETTING 87 words
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23. COMBINED HEAT AND POWER/ DISTRICT HEATING 87 words
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24. VENEZUELA AND GUYANA: BORDER DISPUTE 218 words
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25. GUYANA: UPPER MAZARUMI HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT 65 words
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26. ASBESTOS: BREACHES OF REGULATIONS 248 words
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27. STEEL CUT-BACK AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 239 words