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Commons Sitting of 25 April 1984 Series 6 Vol. 58

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. BARCLAYS BANK BILL 6 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Anglo-Soviet Relations 449 words
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2. Anglo-Jordanian Relations 728 words
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3. NATO (Budget) 287 words
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4. Hong Kong 838 words
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5. Lebanon 405 words
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6. British Diplomats 631 words
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7. Argentina 689 words
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8. Commonwealth Countries 596 words
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9. South Africa (Trade) 686 words
2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Political Integration 679 words
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2. Budget Rebate 706 words
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3. Community Finance 603 words
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4. Community Expenditure 498 words
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5. Community Policies 557 words
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6. Outstanding Problems (Resolution) 165 words
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4. Coal Industry Dispute 4,256 words
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5. Libyan People's Bureau (Shooting Incident) 7,293 words
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6. Security Services 450 words
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7. Discharge of Radioactive Material (Control) 1,259 words
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1. DISCHARGE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (CONTROL) 50 words
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8. Opposition Day 3 words
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1. Transport 40,527 words, 2 divisions
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2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 23 words
9. Orders of the Day
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1. Trade Union Bill 15,773 words, 1 division
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2. Sweatshops 4,621 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 April 1984 Series 6 Vol. 58

1. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Correspondence 303 words
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2. Competition 151 words
2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Research and Development 170 words
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2. School Closures 496 words
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3. Correspondence 66 words
3. ENERGY
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1. Wind Energy Evaluation 135 words
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2. Competition 67 words
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3. Coal Industry Dispute 127 words
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4. Correspondence 66 words
4. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Competition 93 words
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2. Contractual Health Care 442 words
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3. Water Service (Staff Promotions) 361 words
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4. Correspondence 74 words
5. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Budget Rebate 279 words
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2. Community Expenditure 106 words
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3. Foreign Policy 64 words
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4. Strasbourg (Ministerial Visit) 61 words
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5. Community Reform 61 words
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6. Community Problems 110 words
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7. Own Resources 81 words
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8. Common Policies 48 words
6. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Competition 103 words
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2. Prevention of Terrorism 198 words
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3. British Nationality 94 words
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4. Miss Zola Budd 169 words
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5. Mr. Pieter Labuschagne 99 words
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6. Air Weapons 237 words
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7. Voluntary Organisations (Manchester) 87 words
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8. Firearms Act 1968 82 words
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9. Sir Michael Geddings 83 words
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10. Coal Industry Dispute 50 words
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11. Strip Searches 123 words
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12. Correspondence 124 words
7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Falkland Islands 110 words
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2. Grenada 234 words
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3. El Salvador and Nicaragua 271 words
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4. El Salvador, Nicaragua and Grenada 166 words
8. SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
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1. Small Claims Procedure 171 words
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2. Correspondence 222 words
9. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Nurses (Pay) 73 words
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2. EC (Budgetary Agreement) 111 words
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3. Correspondence 51 words
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4. Middle East Contracts 73 words
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5. Cementation Ltd. 46 words
10. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Competition 141 words
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2. Correspondence 118 words
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3. COMPANIES (CORRESPONDENCE) 751 words
11. WALES
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1. Competition 196 words
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2. Liverpool (Ministerial Visit) 216 words
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3. Housing Condition Survey 58 words
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4. Agricultural Land 198 words
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5. Coal Industry Dispute 77 words
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6. Agriculture Department 781 words
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7. European Regional Development Fund 383 words
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8. Assistance to Farmers 85 words
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9. Non-specialised Building 77 words
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10. Local Authority Rented Accommodation (Waiting Lists) 75 words
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11. Housing Expenditure 68 words
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12. Correspondence 48 words
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13. Local Authority Expenditure 129 words
12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Anglo-El Salvador Relations 78 words
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2. South Africa (RFU Tour) 73 words
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3. South Africa 161 words
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4. Middle East 118 words
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5. Argentina 87 words
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6. Hong Kong 151 words
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7. Cuba 137 words
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8. British Diplomats 108 words
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9. Jordan 112 words
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10. Moscow (Ministerial Visit) 88 words
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11. Anglo-Angolan Relations 31 words
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12. Spanish Foreign Minister 68 words
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13. Washington 49 words
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14. Anglo-Chile Relations 33 words
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15. UNITA (Hostages) 172 words
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16. Persian Gulf 51 words
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17. El Salvador 123 words
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18. Disarmament 385 words
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19. Anglo-Soviet Relations 47 words
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20. Northern Ireland 231 words
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21. Grenada 204 words
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22. Anglo-Israeli Relations 96 words
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23. Anglo-Egyptian Relations 68 words
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24. Anglo-Chinese Relations 82 words
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25. Anglo-Mozambique Relations 33 words
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26. Anglo-Argentine Relations 75 words
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27. Kampuchea 67 words
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28. Nicaragua 48 words
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29. Torture Victims (UN Fund) 59 words
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30. China 67 words
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31. Hong Kong 124 words
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32. General Alexander Haig (Memoirs) 29 words
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33. Broadcasting Unit 187 words
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34. Central America 82 words
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35. Mr. Alan Goodison 43 words
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36. Nicaragua 71 words
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37. Morocco 173 words
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38. Correspondence 97 words
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39. Strategic Weapons 127 words
13. THE ARTS
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1. Competition 74 words
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2. Correspondence 140 words
14. DEFENCE
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1. Disclosure of Information (Investigation) 94 words
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2. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 49 words
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3. Fuel Additive FM9 84 words
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4. Cruise Missiles 67 words
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5. Greenham Common 43 words
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6. NATO (Engagement Rules) 97 words
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7. Competition 378 words
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8. National Defence Industries Council 206 words
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9. Plutonium 82 words
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10. D-Day Landings (Anniversary Celebrations) 177 words
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11. Foreign Armed Forces (Training) 79 words
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12. Correspondence 74 words
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13. Atomic Weapons (NATO and Warsaw Pact) 83 words
15. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Patent Law 128 words
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2. Competition 141 words
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3. Chemicals (Exports) 135 words
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4. Textiles 685 words
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5. Regional Aid 216 words
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6. Cuba 439 words
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7. Unsafe Goods 50 words
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8. Counterfeit Goods 62 words
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9. Insurance Contracts (Exemption and Exclusion Clauses) 74 words
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10. Eye Drops 59 words
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11. Chemical Welfare Equipment (Exports) 54 words
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12. Small Businesses (Incorporation) 87 words
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13. Assisted Areas (Data) 47 words
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14. Local Enterprise Week 98 words
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15. Correspondence 100 words
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16. Central America (Aircraft and Vehicle Exports) 159 words
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17. EC (Regional Development Fund) 85 words
16. TRANSPORT
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1. Competition 356 words
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2. Double Glazing 215 words
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3. Tube Stations 97 words
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4. Gatwick Airport 75 words
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5. Local Government Reform 152 words
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6. Manchester International Airport 111 words
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7. Sealink (UK) Ltd. 73 words
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8. Passenger Aircraft (Brake Parts) 119 words
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9. Abandoned Vehicles 98 words
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10. Revenue and Cost Statistics 708 words
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11. Automobile Association 144 words
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12. Lorry Routes 45 words
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13. M25 (Traffic Movements) 56 words
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14. Lorry Examinations (GLC) 112 words
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15. Archway Road 173 words
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16. M4 (Cardiff Signs) 105 words
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17. Ballycastle (Coastguard Station) 88 words
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18. Correspondence 133 words
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19. Air Misses 145 words
17. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Ancient Woodlands 49 words
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2. Dolphins 154 words
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3. Competition 132 words
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4. Domestic Property (Revaluation) 124 words
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5. Housing Improvement Grants (Unregistered Traders) 174 words
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6. Recreational Land 71 words
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7. Museum Education Services 94 words
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8. Toxteth (Compensation Claims) 497 words
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9. Merseyside Development Corporation 271 words
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10. Merseyside Task Force 346 words
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11. Housing Defects Bill 134 words
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12. Local Authority Finance 109 words
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13. Enterprise Zone (Liverpool) 233 words
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14. Liverpool 87 words
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15. House of Commons Sittings (Cost) 116 words
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16. Water Supplies 56 words
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17. Recycled Paper 92 words
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18. Urban Programme Projects 135 words
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19. Voluntary Organisations 110 words
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20. Race Relations 224 words
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21. Roof and Wall Insulation 149 words
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22. Building Regulations (Energy Efficiency) 100 words
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23. Correspondence 138 words
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24. Lime Street Station, Liverpool 143 words
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25. Local Government Reform 198 words
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26. Local Government Finance 994 words
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27. Greater London Council 81 words
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28. Rate Support Grant 102 words
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29. "Good Practice in Area Improvement" 47 words
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30. Greater London Council v. Secretary of State for the Environment (Evidence) 93 words
18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Agricultural Expenditure 263 words
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2. Agricultural Commodities 517 words
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3. Agricultural Output 282 words
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4. European Community (Agricultural Prices) 105 words
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5. Dairy Industry 554 words
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6. Wine 177 words
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7. Milk 614 words
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8. Raisins 213 words
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9. Feedstuffs 325 words
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10. Beef and Cull Cow Prices 71 words
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11. Competition 81 words
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12. Pig Industry 152 words
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13. Correspondence 60 words
19. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Value Added Tax (Bad Debt Relief) 166 words
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2. Assured Tenancies 49 words
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3. National Economic Development Council 214 words
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4. Corporation Tax 149 words
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5. EC Budget 180 words
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6. Taxation (Compound Proceedings) 471 words
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7. Competition 35 words
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8. South Africa (Arms Sales) 50 words
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9. Benefits in Kind (Taxation) 49 words
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10. Income Tax 47 words
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11. Take-away Food (VAT) 63 words
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12. Investment Income 55 words
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13. Motability 109 words
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14. Personal Property (VAT) 95 words
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15. British Airways 65 words
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16. VAT (Harmonisation) 47 words
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17. Correspondence 172 words
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18. International Monetary Fund 311 words
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19. Seafarers (Earnings) 283 words
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20. Tax Thresholds 83 words
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21. Stamp Duty 68 words
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22. Capital Gains Tax 84 words
20. SCOTLAND
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1. Youth Training Scheme 336 words
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2. "Priorities for the Eighties" 222 words
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3. Competition 446 words
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4. Motorways (Noise) 150 words
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5. SDA Project, Leith 62 words
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6. 16 to 18s Action Plan 281 words
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7. Mentally Handicapped Persons (Education) 122 words
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8. Health Care (Costs) 301 words
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9. Correspondence 181 words
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10. Labour Statistics 759 words
21. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Competition 107 words
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2. Jobcentres 174 words
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3. Youth Training Scheme 1,066 words
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4. Community Programme 485 words
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5. Labour Statistics 541 words
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6. Correspondence 87 words
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7. Weekly Earnings 144 words
22. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Specialist Claims Control 101 words
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2. Rubella Vaccination 86 words
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3. Retirement Pensions 319 words
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4. NHS (Staffing Statistics) 307 words
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5. Domiciliary Oxygen Service 117 words
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6. Benefit Claimants 483 words
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7. Yorkshire Regional Health Authority 75 words
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8. Mobility Allowance 414 words
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9. Doctors (Dispensing Profits) 59 words
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10. Mental Health (Essex) 98 words
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11. Artificial Limbs (Contractors) 155 words
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12. Breast Cancer 146 words
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13. Drugs 101 words
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14. Mr. Bryan Wade(Correspondence) 63 words
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15. Competition 134 words
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16. Mentally Handicapped Persons (Manchester) 93 words
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17. VOCAL (Liaison Arrangements) 155 words
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18. Regional Health Authorities (Retirement Costs) 229 words
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19. Supplementary Benefit 550 words
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20. Benefits (Take-up) 343 words
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21. Social Security (Expenditure Savings) 55 words
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22. NHS Consultants (Earnings Rule) 74 words
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23. Patient Care (Food) 371 words
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24. Pensioners (Free Spectacles) 306 words
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25. Disablement Allowances 104 words
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26. Elderly Persons 359 words
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27. Pay Beds (Charges) 165 words
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28. Pension Fund Rights 59 words
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29. Correspondence 61 words
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30. Contraceptive Pill (Inquiry) 53 words
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31. Retirement Pensioners 75 words
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32. Heating Allowances (Manchester) 248 words

Lords Sitting of 25 April 1984 Series 5 Vol. 451

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1. Preamble 27 words
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2. Snuff: Substitute for Smoking 743 words
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3. Film Industry: Finance 448 words
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4. BBC Broadcasts to South Africa 1,250 words
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5. Regional Health Authorities: Privatisation Criteria 1,252 words
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6. Business 77 words
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7. Hereford City Council Bill [H.L.] 14 words
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8. Worcester City Council Bill [H.L.] 14 words
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9. Remote Sensing and Digital Mapping: Report 5,961 words
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10. Coal Mining Dispute 2,720 words
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11. Libyan People's Bureau 6,487 words
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12. Remote Sensing and Digital Mapping: Report 22,283 words
cc78-94
13. Urban Parishes Bill [H.L.] 9,513 words
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14. Law Reform (Husband and Wife) (Scotland) Bill 67 words
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15. Recreational Gardening Bill [H.L.] 197 words
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16. Afghanistan 12,897 words
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17. Barclays Bank Bill 13 words
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18. Selby Bridge Bill 21 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 April 1984 Series 5 Vol. 451

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1. SCANDINAVIA: SPEED LIMITS AND ACCIDENT STATISTICS 227 words
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2. OUTER SPACE: FUTURE INITIATIVES 99 words
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3. US/USSR ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE TREATY 1972 51 words
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4. NUCLEAR WEAPONS: MORATORIUM ON TESTING AND DEPLOYMENT 133 words
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5. GATOW AIRFIELD, BERLIN: SHOOTING RANGE 197 words
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6. SPAIN AND THE EC: FISHERIES NEGOTIATIONS 129 words
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7. SOVIET NAVAL EXERCISES 83 words
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8. PRISONERS: VISITORS' UNDERTAKING 212 words
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9. PRISONERS IN TRANSIT: HANDCUFFING ARRANGEMENTS 216 words
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10. REFUGEE STATUS 70 words
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11. PRISONER TRANSFERS: NATIONAL AGREEMENT 199 words
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12. PRISONERS: COURT ATTENDANCE 173 words
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13. NARCOTICS CONTROL: PERSONNEL 57 words
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14. NORTHERN IRELAND: GRANTS TO VOLUNTARY BODIES 1,689 words
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15. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS: DHSS GRANTS 3,065 words
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16. BRITISH TELECOM SALE: COMMISSION 54 words
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17. PRIVATISATION PROPOSALS: SCOTTISH FINANCIAL INTERESTS 57 words
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18. GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING EXPENDITURE IN 1983–84 34 words
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19. BUILDING ALTERATION WORK: VAT LIABILITY 118 words
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20. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: PERCENTAGE OF GDP 138 words
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21. MEAT EXPORTS TO NON-EC COUNTRIES 53 words
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22. BEEF VARIABLE PREMIUM SCHEME: COST 86 words
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23. BEEF VARIABLE PREMIUM SCHEME: FUNDING 55 words
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24. CATTLE MARKETS: RSPCA REPORT 123 words