Sitting of 30 July 1984

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Commons Sitting of 30 July 1984 Series 6 Vol. 65

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. AYLESBURY VALE DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL [Lords] 6 words
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2. COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE BILL [Lords] (By Order) 51 words
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3. LONDON TRANSPORT (TOWER HILL) BILL [Lords] 60 words
3. Oral Answers to Question
1. TRANSPORT
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1. M6–M61 (Whitebirk-Blackburn) 390 words
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2. Airline Policy 1,060 words
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3. British Airways 696 words
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4. Sealink UK Ltd. 365 words
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5. London Regional Transport 560 words
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6. Motorway Driving 849 words
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7. Bus Lanes 177 words
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8. Ribblehead Viaduct 397 words
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9. Public Transport (Metropolitan Areas) 261 words
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10. Seat Belts 469 words
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11. British Rail (Productivity) 121 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Civil Legal Aid 419 words
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2. Grievous Bodily Harm (Charges) 962 words
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3. Riotous Assembly 248 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
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1. Development Aid (UN Target) 493 words
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2. Third World 547 words
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3. UNESCO (Ministerial Visit) 225 words
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4. Overseas Ministerial Visits 168 words
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5. Lomé Convention 160 words
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4. British Rail (Electrification) 1,188 words
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5. Unparliamentary Language 264 words
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6. European Community Budget (Refund) 3,376 words
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7. Airline Competition Policy 411 words
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8. Local Government (Interim Provisions) Bill 1,390 words
9. Clause 1
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1. COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF INTERIM PROVISIONS 4,254 words, 1 division
10. New Clause
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1. SUSPENSION OF ELECTIONS AND EXTENSION OF TERMS OF OFFICE 29,084 words, 1 division
11. Clause 5
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1. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 1,949 words, 1 division
12. zlause 8
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1. POSTPONEMENT OF EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS 1,755 words
13. New Clause
cc100-46
1. CONTROL OF GENERAL EXPENDITURE POWERS 25,843 words, 4 divisions
14. New Clause
cc146-80
1. CONTROL OF DISPOSALS OF LAND 21,284 words, 5 divisions
15. New Clause
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1. DISQUALIFICATION FOR CONTRAVENTION OF SECTIONS 3,287 words
16. Clause 9
cc189-93
1. ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL CONSULTATION 3,339 words, 1 division
cc196-200
2. Community Pharmacies 2,727 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 30 July 1984 Series 6 Vol. 65

1. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. African Refugees (Geneva Conference) 105 words
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2. Falklands Hospital (Fire) 84 words
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3. Pakistan (Ministerial Visit) 86 words
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4. Pakistan (Human Rights) 66 words
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5. UNESCO 194 words
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6. Ethiopia 173 words
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7. East Africa (Loans) 142 words
2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Staff (Statistics) 112 words
3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. GCHQ Cheltenham 76 words
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2. Iranian Publication "Imam" 42 words
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3. Official Referees 89 words
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4. Magistrates' Courts 162 words
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5. Land Registry (Refund of Fees) 102 words
4. THE ARTS
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1. "The Crucifixion" 93 words
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2. Arts Council (Government Funding) 739 words
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3. Unemployment Statistics 150 words
5. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Income Tax and National Insurance 779 words
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2. Nuclear Weapons 373 words
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3. World Peace 101 words
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4. Housing 89 words
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5. Supplementary Benefit 125 words
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6. Diego Garcia 44 words
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7. Intelligence Services 57 words
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8. Shipbuilding Capacity 200 words
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9. Data Protection 73 words
6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Adult Education 149 words
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2. Medical Research Council 383 words
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3. Pupil Statistics 220 words
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4. Secondary Schools 5,000 words
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5. School Meals 739 words
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6. Mining Education 139 words
7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Land (Cultivation) 913 words
8. WALES
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1. Local Authority Expenditure 209 words
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2. Cervical Cancer 405 words
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3. NHS Stores 145 words
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4. NHS (Supplies) 179 words
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5. Health Service (Contracts) 146 words
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6. Swansea Enterprise Zone (Retailing) 43 words
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7. Bilingual Secondary School, Loughor 120 words
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8. M4 Signposts 170 words
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9. Education (Gower) 103 words
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10. Trenchaf County Primary School 61 words
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11. Penclawdd County Primary School 60 words
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12. Education (West Glamorgan) 197 words
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13. Secretary of State (Speech) 471 words
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14. Education Needs 81 words
9. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Housing Executive 205 words
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2. Ordnance Survey 134 words
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3. Milk 71 words
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4. Milk Processing Industry (Unemployment) 52 words
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5. Cheese Manufacturing 61 words
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6. Departmental Expenditure 221 words
10. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Tourist Information Centres 66 words
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2. Hotels (Standards) 143 words
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3. Tourism 224 words
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4. Mercury Communications Limited 274 words
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5. Bankruptcies 99 words
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6. Mineral Exploration (Grants) 179 words
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7. Publicly Owned Industry (Employees) 154 words
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8. Electronics and Information Technology 161 words
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9. House of Fraser 46 words
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10. Company Liquidations 215 words
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11. British Steel Corporation (Rates) 112 words
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12. Cloth Imports (Korea) 181 words
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13. Electronics Industries 175 words
11. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Housing Revenue Accounts 80 words
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2. Local Authority Housing 101 words
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3. Southend-on-Sea (Expenditure Targets) 235 words
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4. Water Piping System 54 words
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5. Local Authorities (Central Government Support) 67 words
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6. Water Pollution Control 129 words
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7. Local Authority Expenditure 60 words
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8. Rates 71 words
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9. Priority Estates Project 124 words
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10. River Dee (Pollution) 119 words
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11. Town and Country Planning Acts 92 words
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12. Asbestos 377 words
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13. London Docklands Development Corporation 469 words
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14. Management Agreement (Conservation) 85 words
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15. Wilmslow 81 words
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16. Forest of Bowland 162 words
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17. GLC (Seaside and Country Homes Scheme) 87 words
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18. Stansted/Heathrow Terminal 5 (Inquiries) 40 words
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19. Roadford Reservoir 68 words
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20. Housing (Capital Expenditure and Receipts) 86 words
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21. Zoological Society of London 194 words
12. DEFENCE
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1. Trident 185 words
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2. Yarrow Ship Builders (Glasgow) 38 words
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3. US Service Personnel 54 words
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4. Falklands Campaign (Battle Honours) 168 words
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5. Coal Industry Dispute 34 words
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6. Prince of Wales's Division, Crickhowell 65 words
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7. Armed Security Robots 64 words
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8. Low-flying Aircraft 279 words
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9. Falkland Islands 71 words
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10. Sir Timothy Creasey 80 words
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11. Major Hicky 111 words
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12. Mr. Robin Walsh 56 words
13. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Contingency Reserve 110 words
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2. Child Benefit 113 words
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3. Public Expenditure 58 words
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4. "Official Report" 61 words
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5. Live Performances (VAT) 58 words
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6. Domestic Credit 65 words
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7. Extra-statutory Concessions 3,330 words
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8. Tax Arrears (Remittance) 432 words
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9. Personal Taxation 263 words
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10. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief 643 words
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11. Inland Revenue Managements 116 words
14. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Bail Act 118 words
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2. Street Collections 67 words
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3. Winson Green Prison 300 words
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4. Detoxification Centres 118 words
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5. Fines 114 words
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6. Ms. Cordelia Laird 139 words
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7. Drug Addiction 51 words
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8. Life Sentence Prisoners 222 words
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9. Partly Suspended Sentences 372 words
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10. Prisoners (Remission) 264 words
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11. Homosexuals 128 words
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12. Charities 60 words
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13. Mentally Disordered Offenders 1,170 words
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14. Ballot Boxes 54 words
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15. Metropolitan Police 480 words
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16. Atomic Energy Authority Police 32 words
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17. Political Refugees 56 words
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18. Metropolitan Police (Computers) 180 words
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19. Coal Industry Dispute 65 words
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20. Prevention of Terrorism Acts (Statistics) 135 words
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21. Firearms, Offensive Weapons and Explosives (Amnesty) 109 words
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22. Mr. Ken Brinson and Mr. Dave Evans (Arrest) 99 words
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23. Prisoners (Statistics) 93 words
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24. British Citizens (Overseas Deaths) 73 words
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25. Broadcasting Act 1981 41 words
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26. Radiation Leaks 116 words
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27. Gaming Act 1968 68 words
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28. Immigration Appeals Adjudicators 333 words
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29. Police and Fire Services (Costs) 66 words
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30. Immigration Cases 107 words
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31. Civil Defence 180 words
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32. Departmental Posts 260 words
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33. Death Certificates 151 words
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34. Immigration (Detention) 83 words
15. TRANSPORT
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1. Substitute Bus Services 37 words
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2. Motorways (Repairs) 73 words
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3. A564 (Blythe Bridge-Uttoxeter) 65 words
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4. Docks Strike 79 words
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5. Inter-city Rail Strategy 108 words
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6. West Midlands (Northern Relief Road) 50 words
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7. Public Transport (Metropolitan Areas) 86 words
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8. Realigned Roads (Inquiries) 82 words
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9. Buses (White Paper) 186 words
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10. Long-distance Coach Operators 102 words
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11. National Bus Company 54 words
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12. Rail Services (Competition) 57 words
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13. Heavy Lorries (London) 88 words
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14. East Coast Main Line 134 words
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15. M25 (Service Areas) 350 words
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16. British Rail 32 words
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17. Defective Ships 931 words
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18. ILO Recommendation 155 96 words
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19. Departmental Properties 180 words
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20. Merchant Seamen (Homosexual Acts) 59 words
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21. Shipping (Consultative Document) 128 words
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22. Vehicle Taxation 322 words
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23. Combined Transport Operators 36 words
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24. Heavy Lorries 66 words
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25. Trunk Road Schemes (Inquiries) 66 words
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26. Land Compensation 131 words
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27. Road Accident Signs 114 words
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28. A38 (Saltash) 65 words
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29. Civil Aviation Authority 153 words
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30. Stansted/Heathrow Terminal 5 Inquiry 82 words
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31. Buses and Coaches 749 words
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32. Accident Statistics 181 words
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33. Cruises 203 words
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34. Motorways (Fatalities) 85 words
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35. Air Traffic Forecasts 64 words
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36. Seat Belts 58 words
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37. Motorway Contra-flow Systems (Accidents) 87 words
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38. M6 (Repairs) 92 words
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39. British Airways 322 words
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40. Glasgow Airport 73 words
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41. Trunk Roads 81 words
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42. Road Costs 105 words
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43. M1 (Contra-flow Systems) 67 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Jobcentre (Dundee) 69 words
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2. Bed and Breakfast Accommodation 68 words
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3. Children in Care 537 words
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4. Bison Dwellings 838 words
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5. Homeless Persons 2,113 words
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6. Motorways (Fatalities) 239 words
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7. Edinburgh (Western Relief Road) 41 words
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8. Community Care 87 words
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9. List D Schools 419 words
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10. Chief Inspector of Prisons (Reports) 148 words
17. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Departmental Information Procedures 276 words
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2. North-West Thames Regional Health Authority (Management) 143 words
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3. Benefits (Advertising Costs) 116 words
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4. Vaccination 477 words
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5. Playgroups 138 words
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6. Foreign Nationals 341 words
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7. Youth Training Scheme 160 words
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8. Pensions 158 words
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9. Housing Benefit 315 words
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10. Geriatric Health Care 275 words
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11. Mobility Allowance 133 words
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12. Patient Care 80 words
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13. National Health Service 54 words
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14. Birth Damage 95 words
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15. Golfer's Elbow 122 words
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16. Schedule of Prescribed Diseases 215 words
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17. Scunthorpe General Hospital 455 words
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18. Nurses (Pay) 152 words
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19. Sickness and Invalidity Benefit 62 words
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20. Employment (Crewe and Nantwich) 182 words
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21. Supplementary Benefit (West Midlands) 63 words
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22. Nutrition 92 words
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23. Departmental Staff 53 words
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24. Radio Frequency Allocations 59 words
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25. National Health Service (Audit) 651 words
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26. Pensions and Benefits 190 words
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27. Supplementary Benefit 415 words
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28. Psychogeriatric Services 122 words
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29. Severe Disablement Allowance 170 words
18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Golden Temple, Amritsar 93 words
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2. Baha'is (British Citizens) 78 words
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3. Libyan People's Bureau (Seige) 108 words
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4. BBC External Services (Sri Lanka) 50 words
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5. British Embassies (Staff) 113 words
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6. Conference on Parliamentary Democracy 86 words
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7. Intergovernmental Agreement 62 words
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8. Antarctic Minerals Regime 97 words
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9. Antarctica 183 words
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10. Brussels Treaty 145 words
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11. Mr. Robin Walsh 797 words
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12. Mr. Arthur Angel 196 words
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13. British Citizens (Deaths Overseas) 108 words
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14. Saudi Arabia (Deaths) 78 words
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15. Mr. Ron Thompson 138 words
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16. Mr. Nigel Walton 137 words
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17. William and Mary Tercentenary 105 words
19. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Labour Statistics 217 words
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2. Special Employment and Training 437 words
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3. Youth Training Scheme 888 words
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4. Rugeley Travel-to-work Area 140 words
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5. Jobcentres 275 words
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6. Employment and Training 482 words
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7. Darlington 211 words
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8. Labour Statistics 2,401 words
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9. Special Employment and Training Measures 233 words
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10. Brent (Jobcentres) 323 words
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11. Professional and Executive Recruitment (Placements) 77 words
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12. Harlow 224 words
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13. Special Employment and Training 288 words
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14. Youth Unemployment (Job Creation) 176 words
20. ENERGY
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1. Atomic Energy Authority Police (Computers) 196 words
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2. Radiation Leaks 72 words
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3. Coal Industry Dispute 47 words
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4. Gas Industry (Privatisation) 63 words

Lords Sitting of 30 July 1984 Series 5 Vol. 455

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Diplomatic Immunity 644 words
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3. Transport Supplementary Grant 803 words
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4. The Reverend Dr.C.M.Kao 791 words
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5. Political Parties: Funding 976 words
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6. Business 109 words
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7. Capital Transfer Tax Bill [H.L.] 1,022 words
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8. Parliamentary Pensions etc. Bill 6 words
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9. Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Bill 5,722 words
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10. European Parliament 1983 Refunds 3,592 words
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11. Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Bill 26,687 words, 3 divisions
cc599-600
12. Insolvency Proceedings (Increase of Monetary Limits) Regulations 1984 408 words
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13. Civil Aviation Competition Policy 18,020 words
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14. Housing Defects Bill 9 words
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15. Aylesbury Vale District Council Bill [H.L.] 6 words
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16. County of Lancashire Bill [H.L.] 20 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 30 July 1984 Series 5 Vol. 455

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1. TAX ON EARNINGS 111 words
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2. BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS plc: PREFERENTIAL ALLOCATION OF SHARES 82 words
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3. DRIED FRUIT: EC MINIMUM IMPORT PRICE 263 words
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4. BISCUITS: DESCRIPTION 88 words
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5. TRIAL AREAS: TRRL REPORT 82 words
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6. BEDFORD COLLEGE BUILDINGS 110 words
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7. ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL IOW: BUILDING 183 words
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8. FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN: BATTLE HONOURS 151 words
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9. WILLIAM AND MARY TERCENTENARY 125 words
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10. NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL: DISARMAMENT 966 words
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11. ANGLO-IRISH PARLIAMENTARY GROUP 85 words
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12. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (INTERIM PROVISIONS) BILL: CONSULTATIONS 80 words
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13. PRISONERS IN SEGREGATION: PRIVILEGES 115 words
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14. DETENTION CENTRE REGIMES 142 words
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15. PRISONERS' APPLICATIONS: GOVERNORS' DUTY 73 words
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16. PRISONER No. B66506: TRANSFER 140 words
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17. PRISONER No. M96702: LOSS OF PROPERTY 96 words
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18. PRISONS: CHIEF INSPECTOR'S REPORTS 591 words
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19. RIVER PERRY: DRAINAGE SCHEME 398 words