Sitting of 28 March 1983

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Commons Sitting of 28 March 1983 Series 6 Vol. 40

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
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1. ENERGY 16 words
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1. Fast Breeder Reactor 287 words
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2. Severn Barrage 446 words
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3. North Sea Oil Prices 939 words
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4. Coal Sales 489 words
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5. Advertising Expenditure 397 words
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6. Electricity Prices 499 words
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7. Coal Industry (Investment) 592 words
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8. National Coal Board (Chairman) 76 words
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9. Opencast Mining 482 words
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10. Energy Supplies 502 words
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11. Wytch Farm 774 words
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12. North Sea Oilfields 416 words
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13. OPEC (Ministerial Discussions) 376 words
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14. Coal Industry 135 words
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15. Community Energy Policy 351 words
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16. Combined Heat and Power 241 words
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17. Energy Efficiency (Departmental Staff) 235 words
2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Broadcasting 330 words
3. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
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1. European Community (Information Campaign) 397 words
4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Accommodation 400 words
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2. Ministerial Accountability 197 words
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4. National Coal Board (Chairman) 5,190 words
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5. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 43 words
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6. Telecommunications Bill (Allocation of Time) 158 words
7. Orders of the Day
1. Telecommunications Bill
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1. 1ST ALLOTTED DAY 163 words
1. New Clause 1
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1. GENERAL DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND DIRECTOR 43,823 words, 1 division
2. New Clause 3
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1. APPROVAL ETC. OF METERS 839 words
3. New Clause 4
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1. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS UNDER SECTIONS 19 AND (APPROVAL ETC. OF METERS) 288 words
4. New Clause 8
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1. RECOGNITION OF BODIES REPRESENTING CONSUMERS ETC 223 words
5. New Clause 2
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1. POWER OF SEWER AUTHORITIES TO INSTALL TELECOMMUNICATION APPARATUS IN PUBLIC SEWERS ETC. 303 words
6. New Clause 9
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1. CO-ORDINATION OF LICENSING OF TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENSING 271 words
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8. ROYAL ASSENT 72 words
9. Telecommunications Bill
1. New Clause 5
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1. RIGHTS OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY CONTRAVENTION/ 10,667 words
2. New Clause 6
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1. TIMING OF TRANSFER OF UNDERTAKINGS OF BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS 981 words
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10. Urban Development 12,743 words, 1 division
11. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c.
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1. AGRICULTURE 113 words
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2. RATING AND VALUATION 44 words
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3. SOCIAL SECURITY 45 words
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12. Merseyside (Social Security Offices) 3,925 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 28 March 1983 Series 6 Vol. 40

1. SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
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1. Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875 97 words
2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Holy Trinity Church, Rugby 93 words
3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Commons Commissioners 53 words
4. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Refugees 284 words
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2. Deputy Secretaries 162 words
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3. Trafalgar Square (Crowd Safety) 104 words
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4. South African Government Representatives (Meetings) 63 words
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5. London (Crime Statistics) 1,335 words
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6. Nationality (Registration) 602 words
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7. Displaced Cypriots 99 words
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8. Street Crimes (Statistics) 1,435 words
5. WALES
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1. Abortion (Day Care Facilities) 53 words
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2. Advance Factories (Employment) 38 words
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3. Improvement Grants 159 words
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4. NHS Houses (Right to Buy) 99 words
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5. Adult Education 149 words
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6. Schools Inspectorate 73 words
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7. Employment Statistics 141 words
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8. Information Technology Centres 86 words
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9. NHS (Property Sales) 91 words
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10. Education Vouchers 73 words
6. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Quantum Pharmacology 115 words
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2. Mauritius 66 words
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3. Colombia 78 words
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4. Hong Kong 76 words
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5. Republic of Ireland (Taoiseach) 146 words
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6. General Matthei (Chile) 75 words
7. INDUSTRY
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1. RJ 500 Aero Engine 79 words
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2. Sub-Post Offices 178 words
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3. Manufacturing Output 62 words
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4. British Shipbuilders 81 words
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5. West Midlands 209 words
8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Investment-related Aid 77 words
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2. Grenada 311 words
9. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Royal Ulster Constabulary (Training Centre) 80 words
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2. Buildings and Land 156 words
10. SCOTLAND
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1. NHS (Property Sales) 108 words
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2. Water Mains 142 words
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3. New Towns (Privatisation) 147 words
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4. Local Education Authorities (Closed Shop) 65 words
11. TRADE
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1. Hairdressers 145 words
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2. Brewing (European Community Regulation) 86 words
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3. Aerodromes (Highlands and Islands) 154 words
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4. Foreign Investment 82 words
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5. European Community (Competition) 95 words
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6. Information Services (Report) 59 words
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7. Bernard Clarke Group of Companies 121 words
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8. Marine Pilots (Severance Scheme) 113 words
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9. Video Tape Recorders 109 words
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10. Falkland Islands (Shipping) 64 words
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11. Merchant Navy (Representations) 67 words
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12. Pearson Report (Implementation) 118 words
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13. Afghanistan (Overflying Rights) 71 words
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14. Manchester Airport (Traffic Rights) 145 words
12. ENERGY
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1. Energy Conservation 79 words
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2. North Sea Oil Prices 88 words
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3. Renewable Sources of Energy 66 words
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4. Coal Liquefaction 49 words
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5. Domestic Energy Prices 101 words
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6. Coal Industry 66 words
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7. Nuclear Fuels (Chile) 127 words
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8. Coal Gasification 85 words
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9. Sizewell Inquiry 311 words
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10. Nuclear Reactors 62 words
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11. Crude Oil Prices 134 words
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12. Oil Sales (Spot Market) 84 words
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13. 400-kV Overhead Lines 126 words
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14. Electricity Prices 46 words
13. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Paper Shredder 56 words
14. DEFENCE
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1. Westland Hovercraft 64 words
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2. Tornado Aircraft 373 words
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3. Nimrod Aircraft 61 words
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4. Harrier Aircraft 21 words
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5. Defence Contracts (Confidentiality) 91 words
15. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Middle Schools 105 words
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2. Youth Service 633 words
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3. Deaf Children 267 words
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4. Teachers (In-service Training) 65 words
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5. Non-graduate Teachers (Cambridgeshire) 70 words
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6. Local Education Authorities (Closed Shop) 84 words
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7. Pupil-Teacher Ratio 179 words
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8. Agricultural Engineering Training 47 words
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9. Corporal Punishment 73 words
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10. Teachers (Management Training) 165 words
16. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Community Mental Health Care 140 words
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2. Psychiatric Patients (Derbyshire) 79 words
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3. Mentally Infirm Patients (Derbyshire) 104 words
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4. Attendance Allowance 1,802 words
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5. Mobility Allowance 752 words
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6. Social Services Committee (Report) 635 words
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7. Mr. Peter Large (Correspondence) 45 words
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8. Supplementary Benefit 619 words
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9. Invalidity Pension 91 words
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10. Radiation (Medical Training) 113 words
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11. Hospitals (Contract Cleaning) 55 words
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12. Nuclear Contamination (Medical Facilities) 89 words
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13. Washwood Heath Local Office 32 words
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14. Greenfield Report 85 words
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15. Elderly and Disabled Persons (Telephones) 258 words
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16. Benefits 157 words
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17. NHS (Theft and Fraud) 137 words
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18. Housing Benefits 119 words
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19. Cochlea Implants 107 words
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20. National Health Service (Charges) 836 words
17. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Falkland Islands 52 words
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2. Hong Kong (Refugee Centres) 116 words
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3. Diego Garcia 173 words
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4. Non-aligned Countries (British Policy) 53 words
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5. Falkland Islands (Mr. and Mrs. Davidson) 62 words
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6. British Mercenaries (Angola) 106 words
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7. Hong Kong 85 words
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8. E1 Salvador 178 words
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9. Common Fund Agreement 206 words
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10. Swiss Embassy, Buenos Aires (British Interests Section) 59 words
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11. South Africa (Death Sentences) 117 words
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12. South African Government Representatives (Meetings) 67 words
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13. United Nations Commission on Human Rights 81 words
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14. Falklands Islands (Land Tenure) 199 words
18. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Council of Ministers (Business) 317 words
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2. Political Parties (Expenditure) 512 words
19. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Service Industries 73 words
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2. Lincoln Electric 80 words
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3. Employment Medical Advisory Service 44 words
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4. Retail Price Index 85 words
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5. Unemployment Statistics (West Midlands) 349 words
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6. Youth Training Schemes 438 words
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7. Wages Councils 2,835 words
20. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. European Community (Budget) 613 words
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2. Married Women (Taxation) 342 words
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3. Unmarried, Divorced and Separated Fathers 114 words
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4. Taxation (Allowances) 604 words
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5. Income Tax 94 words
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6. Value Added Tax 84 words
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7. Taxation 246 words
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8. Charities (Covenants) 40 words
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9. Objects in Lieu of Tax 74 words
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10. Budget Proposals 1,849 words
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11. Gross Domestic Product Deflator 159 words
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12. Tax Threshold (Family Statistics) 44 words
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13. Rate Support Grant 57 words
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14. Local Authority Current Expenditure 75 words
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15. Local Authorities (Borrowings) 49 words
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16. Government Departments and Health Authorities (Private Contracting Work) 82 words
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17. Taxation and National Insurance Contributions 812 words
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18. Personal Incomes 418 words
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19. Economic Policy 409 words
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20. Building Societies 116 words
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21. Leith (Free Port Status) 52 words
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22. Charities (National Insurance Surcharge) 49 words
21. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Rent Rebates and Allowances 135 words
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2. Associated Dairies 53 words
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3. Urban Programme, Greenwich 279 words
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4. Acid Rain 105 words
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5. House Building (Timber Frames) 99 words
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6. Housing (Disabled Persons) 98 words
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7. Historic Buildings (Registers) 121 words
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8. Water Mains 238 words
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9. Standing Technical Committee on Sewers and Water Mains 78 words
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10. Environmental Protection 29 words
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11. South Tyneside (Council House Building) 69 words
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12. Merseyside (Ministerial Visit) 57 words
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13. New Forest (Oil Exploration) 69 words
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14. Council House Sales 205 words
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15. Pentachlorophenol 49 words
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16. Property Services Agency 112 words
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17. Merseyside Development Corporation 129 words
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18. Local Authority (Expenditure Powers) Bill 43 words
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19. London Borough of Islington (Property Purchase) 58 words
22. TRANSPORT
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1. Driving Instructors 855 words
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2. Footpaths 56 words
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3. Transport Expenditure (Cycle Facilities) 130 words
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4. Trunk Roads (Cyclists) 290 words
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5. Cycling 82 words
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6. M11 Link Road 179 words
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7. Driving Tests (Glasgow) 146 words
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8. Vehicle Excise Duty 410 words
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9. Traffic Area Boundaries 183 words
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10. Gas Tankers (Offshore Mooring) 71 words
23. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Imported Foodstuffs 104 words
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2. Sugar 535 words
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3. Land Drainage 444 words

Lords Sitting of 28 March 1983 Series 5 Vol. 440

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Brain Tumours: Detection and Treatment 1,443 words
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3. Immigration Ordinances of Dependent Territories 649 words
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4. British Council: Sponsored visits from South Africa 670 words
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5. GLC Financial Grants 544 words
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6. National Coal Board: Chairmanship 38 words
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7. Medical Bill [H.L.] 74 words
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8. Business of the House 73 words
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9. Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill 58 words
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10. Currency Bill 6 words
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11. Transport Bill 7,184 words, 1 division
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12. National Coal Board: Chairmanship 4,334 words
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13. Transport Bill 23,820 words, 2 divisions
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14. Energy Bill 10,720 words
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15. Royal Assent 60 words
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16. Adult and Continuing Education 11,305 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 28 March 1983 Series 5 Vol. 440

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1. THE BALTIC STATES: DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES 161 words
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2. UN WORLD DISARMAMENT CAMPAIGN: PARTICIPATION 97 words
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3. CIVIL SERVANTS: DECREASE IN NUMBER 83 words
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4. EDUCATIONAL MANDATORY AWARDS: BRITISH CITIZENS WORKING IN THE EC 102 words
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5. THE BRANDT COMMISSION: MEMORANDUM 290 words
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6. BRITISH CITIZENS ABROAD: MISBEHAVIOUR 182 words
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7. BLIND CHILDREN: NATIONAL PLAN FOR EDUCATIONAL PROVISION 61 words
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8. TRAFFIC AREA BOUNDARIES 175 words