Sitting of 27 February 1984

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Commons Sitting of 27 February 1984 Series 6 Vol. 55

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TRANSPORT
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1. Local Authorities (Roads Expenditure) 318 words
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2. London Regional Transport Bill 655 words
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3. Motorways and Expressways 621 words
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4. M1 Motorway 338 words
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5. Electromagnetic Pulse (Shipping and Civil Aviation) 170 words
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6. Cycling Policies 282 words
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7. Concessionary Fares (London) 342 words
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8. Road Schemes (Provisional List) 425 words
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9. Bridges (Derbyshire) 764 words
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10. Snow Hill Rail Link 119 words
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11. Peak Period Train Travel 774 words
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12. National Bus Company 314 words
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13. London Transport (Subsidy) 251 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Wytch Farm 395 words
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2. Committal Proceedings 291 words
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3. Supergrasses 640 words
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4. Crown Courts (Waiting Time) 197 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Crown Agents 214 words
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2. Falkland Islands 146 words
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3. International Development Association 308 words
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4. Aid (UN Target) 917 words
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4. Conduct of the House 211 words
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5. Randolf Coke and Chemical Co. Ltd. 345 words
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6. Scott Lithgow (BP Drilling Rig) 340 words
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7. Standing Order No. 10 Applications 164 words
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8. Statutory Instruments, &c. 70 words
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9. GCHQ Cheltenham 50,164 words, 1 division
10. Orders of the Day
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1. Fosdyke Bridge Bill [Lords] 340 words
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2. EUROPEAN LEGISLATION 25 words
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11. Temple Bar 4,208 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 February 1984 Series 6 Vol. 55

1. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. UNESCO 76 words
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2. Lomé Agreement 82 words
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3. Grenada 106 words
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4. African Refugees 94 words
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5. Mozambique 70 words
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6. Tanzania 77 words
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7. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 207 words
2. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Diseases of Fish Act 1983 614 words
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2. Tributyl Tin 66 words
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3. Sugar 96 words
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4. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 28 words
3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. House Transfer Services (Banks and Building Societies) 34 words
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2. Probate 55 words
4. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Women on Remand 72 words
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2. Local Government Elections 83 words
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3. Computerised Information 398 words
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4. Fines 110 words
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5. Citizenship 55 words
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6. Minicabs 88 words
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7. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 70 words
5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Goods Vehicles 76 words
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2. Average Contents System 192 words
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3. British Telecom 58 words
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4. Finished Manufactures 205 words
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5. Trade Statistics 227 words
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6. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 64 words
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7. Restraint Equipment 146 words
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8. Scented Erasers 596 words
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9. Sale of Goods (Prohibition Powers) 143 words
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10. Marbles 92 words
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11. Throat Blockage Incidents (Statistics) 137 words
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12. Insolvency Law Reform 44 words
6. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Sir Rex Hunt 88 words
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2. University Staff 117 words
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3. Merseyside 37 words
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4. Saatchi and Saatchi 34 words
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5. GCHQ Cheltenham 88 words
7. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Youth Training Scheme 370 words
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2. Manufacturing (Statistics) 624 words
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3. Labour Statistics 284 words
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4. Unemployed Persons 119 words
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5. Merseyside (Ministerial Visit) 91 words
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6. Back Injuries 114 words
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7. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 37 words
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8. North West Region 92 words
8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Turkey (Technician Colleges) 150 words
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2. El Salvador 57 words
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3. England Cricket Team (Pakistan Tour) 119 words
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4. EC Finance 170 words
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5. Hong Kong 99 words
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6. Sinai 90 words
9. TRANSPORT
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1. British Rail 41 words
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2. Transport Supplementary Grant 208 words
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3. London Regional Transport Authority 83 words
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4. Rye and Winchelsea (Bypasses) 112 words
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5. British Rail (Eastern Region) 57 words
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6. Local Government Reform (Staffing Implications) 76 words
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7. Rail Services (London and South-East) 90 words
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8. British Rail (Privatisation) 99 words
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9. Express Coachway (Marylebone Station) 40 words
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10. Woodhead Tunnel Rail Route 96 words
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11. Lincoln Bypass 21 words
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12. British Rail (Investment) 68 words
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13. Road Schemes (Report) 69 words
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14. Road Excavations 27 words
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15. St. Pancras to Sheffield Line 32 words
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16. A40 (Pedestrian Crossing) 66 words
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17. London Regional Transport Bill 166 words
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18. London Transport (Budget) 180 words
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19. Settle to Carlisle Railway Line 80 words
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20. Vehicle Registration Marks 161 words
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21. Trunk Roads (London) 121 words
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22. Roads (Tolls) 214 words
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23. South Circular Road 166 words
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24. Air Fares 109 words
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25. Car Registration Numbers 77 words
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26. M27 (Opening) 76 words
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27. Motorways (Accident Statistics) 304 words
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28. Moped Test 183 words
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29. Vulcancrown Bus Service 49 words
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30. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 27 words
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31. Bus Travel (Children) 116 words
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32. London Regional Transport 157 words
10. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Social Workers (Courses) 166 words
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2. Russian Language 241 words
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3. School Meals 143 words
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4. Student Grants 58 words
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5. Students 62 words
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6. Students (Travel Costs) 54 words
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7. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 247 words
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8. Pupil Expenditure 118 words
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9. Letcombe Research Laboratory 96 words
11. ENVIRONMENT
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1. "Streamlining the Cities" 131 words
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2. Rent and Rate Rebates 648 words
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3. Local Government Finance 112 words
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4. Public Expenditure 312 words
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5. Council Houses 3,985 words
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6. Local Government (Information) 53 words
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7. Victoria Park 58 words
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8. Greater London Horse Show 77 words
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9. Housing Improvement Grants 71 words
12. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Housing Improvement Grants 110 words
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2. Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 89 words
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3. Liverpool 108 words
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4. Asbestos 647 words
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5. Halvergate Marshes 117 words
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6. Sporting Activities (Police Attendance) 147 words
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7. Sport and Recreation 271 words
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8. Ancient Woodlands (Hertfordshire) 67 words
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9. Local Authorities (Mortgage Debt) 101 words
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10. Merseyside County Council 51 words
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11. Archbishop's Park 53 words
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12. Chelston Meadow, Devon (Gipsy Site) 153 words
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13. Gipsy Sites 61 words
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14. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 39 words
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15. London (Office Accommodation) 38 words
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16. Planning Officers 78 words
13. ENERGY
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1. Wytch Farm 64 words
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2. Disconnections 67 words
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3. Coal-firing Scheme 112 words
14. THE ARTS
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1. Merseyside 82 words
15. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. "Towards a New Bretton Woods" 31 words
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2. Taxation and Social Security 339 words
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3. Civil Servants (Telephone Calls) 62 words
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4. Net Income 219 words
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5. Income Tax 161 words
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6. Value Added Tax 106 words
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7. Section 714 Certificates 105 words
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8. Building Workers (Taxation) 116 words
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9. Rights Issues 83 words
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10. Company Medical Insurance 51 words
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11. Inland Revenue (Efficiency) 131 words
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12. Channel Islands 126 words
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13. Tax Assessments 322 words
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14. National Insurance Contributions 41 words
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15. Unemployment Benefit 66 words
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16. Private Schools (Charitable Status) 55 words
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17. Spouses (Tax Assessment) 56 words
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18. Inland Revenue (Net Receipts) 51 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. School Transport 233 words
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2. School Meals 199 words
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3. Opera House/Theatre, Edinburgh 84 words
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4. Listed Buildings 281 words
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5. Parole 201 words
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6. Bail (Scotland) Act 1980 65 words
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7. Peterhead Prison (Visits) 238 words
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8. Probation 122 words
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9. Offenders (Community-based Services) 94 words
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10. Social Inquiry Reports 293 words
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11. After-care Licence 42 words
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12. Mentally-handicapped Young Persons (Education) 99 words
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13. Easter (School Holidays) 123 words
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14. Schools 274 words
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15. Assisted Places Scheme 128 words
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16. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 44 words
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17. Civil Defence 186 words
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18. NHS (Charges) 50 words
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19. Labour Statistics 262 words
17. WALES
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1. Learner Drivers 42 words
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2. South Glamorgan Health Authority 100 words
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3. "Heritage Coast" 82 words
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4. Hospitals 399 words
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5. Straw Burning 138 words
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6. Pigs 94 words
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7. Lamb 78 words
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8. Elderly and Disabled Persons 728 words
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9. Housing 110 words
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10. Home Helps 220 words
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11. Meals on Wheels 130 words
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12. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 45 words
18. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Mental Illness Patients 283 words
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2. National Insurance Contributions 503 words
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3. Pensions 127 words
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4. Unemployed Persons (Benefits) 249 words
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5. Supplementary Benefit 216 words
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6. National Childbirth Trust 72 words
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7. Unemployment Benefit 74 words
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8. Patients (Statistics) 85 words
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9. Asbestosis 173 words
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10. Concessionary Prescriptions 50 words
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11. NHS Staff (Pay) 310 words
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12. Private Health Care 326 words
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13. Health Care (Contractual Arrangements) 2,915 words
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14. NHS (Private Contractors) 78 words
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15. NHS (Convalescent Facilities) 258 words
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16. Bio-engineering 308 words
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17. Deputising Services 113 words
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18. Hypothermia 134 words
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19. Sponsored Volunteers (Social Security) 351 words
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20. Benefits Claimants (Computerisation) 207 words
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21. Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs 340 words
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22. NHS Staffs (Back Injuries) 350 words
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23. Ancillary Service Costs (Hampstead) 93 words
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24. Mentally Ill Persons (Treatment Times) 175 words
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25. Household Duties Test 141 words
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26. Housing Benefit 189 words
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27. Residential Care 83 words
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28. Invalidity Pension 176 words
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29. Health and Nutrition Education 100 words
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30. Dental Treatment 25 words
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31. Electricity Disconnections 146 words
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32. British Pensioners (Canada) 83 words
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33. Benefits 456 words
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34. Severe Disablement Allowance 58 words
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35. Invalidity Benefit 254 words
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36. Supplementary Pension 171 words
19. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Housing Executive 307 words
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2. Roads (Expenditure) 113 words
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3. Housing Associations 69 words
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4. Hare Coursing 45 words
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5. Orlit Houses 135 words
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6. Wildlife Conservation 81 words
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7. Supplementary Benefit 94 words
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8. Student Nurses 59 words
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9. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 87 words
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10. Agriculture and Forestry 174 words
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11. Mobility Allowance 70 words
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12. Ulster Museum 42 words
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13. Lear Fan Project 78 words
20. DEFENCE
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1. Naval Air Defence Systems 228 words
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2. Argentine Equipment 40 words
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3. "Naval Review" Magazine 41 words
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4. In-flight Fuelling 101 words
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5. Mr. J. M. Dolan (Letter) 42 words
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6. Departmental Staff 129 words
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7. Royal Irish Rangers 214 words
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8. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 87 words
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9. Drug Abuse 137 words
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10. Royal Navy 253 words

Lords Sitting of 27 February 1984 Series 5 Vol. 448

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1. Preamble 28 words
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2. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 1,199 words
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3. Metropolitan Police: Alcohol Consumption 1,564 words
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4. Beer and Cider: Excise Duty 376 words
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5. Homelessness: Funding Assistance 1,159 words
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6. Business 49 words
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7. Food Bill [H.L.] 101 words
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8. Cable and Broadcasting Bill [H.L.] 31,087 words, 3 divisions
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9. Supplementary Benefit (Requirements) Amendment Regulations 1984 6,856 words
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10. Cable and Broadcasting Bill [H.L.] 18,081 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 February 1984 Series 5 Vol. 448

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1. THE EASTERN BLOC: GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE 124 words
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2. THE US/USSR ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE TREATY 1972 89 words
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3. USSER STATE BOUNDARY 223 words
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4. UN FUND FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE 169 words
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5. ERGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT SCHEME 224 words
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6. INLAND REVENUE REPLY-PAID ENVELOPES 108 words
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7. PROPOSED PERMANENT MARITIME CONTINGENCY FORCE (NORWEGIAN SEA) 75 words
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8. DEFENCE ESTIMATES 40 words
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9. LIVE ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS: PORTON DOWN 287 words
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10. HYSTER COMPANY: FINANCIAL AID 338 words
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11. INTERNATIONAL MICROELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INC.: FINANCIAL AID 66 words
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12. HIGHLAND FOREST PRODUCTS: FINANCIAL AID 176 words
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13. HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: UNITS OF RESOURCE 429 words