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Commons Sitting of 15 April 1985 Series 6 Vol. 77

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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. Airports Inquiries 606 words
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2. Bus Services 446 words
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3. Bus Safety 995 words
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4. M25 Motorway 578 words
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5. Heathrow (Fifth Terminal) 484 words
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6. Bus Services 889 words
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7. Channel Link 465 words
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8. St. Pancras to Sheffield Line 342 words
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9. Air Traffic (Holland-United Kingdom) 282 words
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10. Bus Services 131 words
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11. Bedford Midland to Leicester (Electrification) 347 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Coal Industry Dispute 698 words
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2. Administration of Justice 631 words
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3. Uninsured Defendants 254 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Food Aid 442 words
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2. Ethiopia 639 words
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3. European Development Fund (Contracts) 306 words
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4. Leeward Islands Air Transport 167 words
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5. African Governments (Debt Burden) 216 words
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4. Prime Minister's Questions (Printing) 117 words
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4. Gas (Northern Ireland) 715 words
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5. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 92 words
6. Orders of the Day
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1. Surrogacy Arrangements Bill 19,434 words
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7. Education (Corporal Punishment) Bill 7 words
1. New clause 6
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1. EXEMPTION FROM CORPORAL PUNISHMENT NOT GROUND FOR SUSPENSION, ETC. 1,042 words
2. New clause 3
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1. PUNISHMENT POLICY 6,142 words
3. New Clause 4
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1. PUNISHMENT BOOK 2,816 words
4. Clause 1
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1. RESTRICTION ON CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF PUPILS 1,482 words
5. Clause 3
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1. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION 316 words
6. Clause 4
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1. RESTRICTION ON CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF PUPILS— SCOTLAND 349 words
7. Clause 7
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1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 7,730 words
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8. Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Bill [Lords] 179 words
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9. Post Offices (South-East District) 9,567 words
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10. England-Scotland Football Match 3,893 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 15 April 1985 Series 6 Vol. 77

1. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Rates 86 words
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2. Strip Searches 79 words
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3. Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Council 300 words
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4. Residential Hostels 133 words
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5. Ethiopia 132 words
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6. Recycling Waste 152 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Flats (Leasehold Enfranchisement) 64 words
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2. Loughborough University (Incident) 98 words
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3. Crown Prosecution Service 95 words
3. THE CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. St. Alban's, Teddington 596 words
4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Muscular Atrophy 141 words
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2. Scientists (Medical Research) 66 words
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3. Universities (Private Grants) 117 words
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4. Research 257 words
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5. Studentships and Fellowships 74 words
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6. Nursery Education 2,444 words
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7. Thornfield School, Heaton 86 words
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8. Universities (Complaints Procedures) 79 words
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9. International Youth Year 98 words
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10. Student Grants 77 words
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11. University Grants Committee 57 words
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12. Deaf School Leavers 53 words
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13. Deafness (Research Projects) 257 words
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14. Teacher Training 182 words
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15. Higher Education (National Insurance Contributions) 146 words
5. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. "Death Stars" 37 words
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2. Metropolitan Police (Handbook) 52 words
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3. "Nuclear Winter" Theory 62 words
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4. Badgers 202 words
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5. Metropolitan Police (Siege Tactics) 179 words
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6. Strip Searches 421 words
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7. Alcohol (Wholesaling) 36 words
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8. Winson Green Prison 66 words
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9. Cannabis 76 words
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10. Crimes Against Children 68 words
6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Departmental Legislation 649 words
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2. "Wealth of Waste" 146 words
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3. Pesticides 449 words
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4. Exchange Risk Cover 104 words
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5. Post Office 74 words
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6. Silk 775 words
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7. Buggy Pushchairs 119 words
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8. Copyright Protection 101 words
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9. Exports 140 words
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10. Small Businesses 210 words
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11. Yarrow Shipbuilders 407 words
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12. Company Reports 133 words
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13. Scrap Metal 141 words
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14. Industrial Building Allowance 94 words
7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Meat Exports 78 words
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2. Intervention Grain 41 words
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3. Pesticides and Herbicides 285 words
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4. Agriculture Council 64 words
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5. Quangos 216 words
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6. Veterinary Investigation Service 508 words
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7. Milk Producers 769 words
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8. Intervention Stores 66 words
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9. Prices 909 words
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10. Outgoers Scheme 504 words
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11. Trees (Imports) 271 words
8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Khartoum North Power Station 45 words
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2. Sub-Saharan Africa (Aid) 89 words
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3. Desertification 130 words
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4. Ethiopia 84 words
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5. Expenditure 82 words
9. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Credit Card Companies (Infraction Proceedings) 77 words
10. ENERGY
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1. Fuel Costs 568 words
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2. Plutonium 64 words
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3. North Sea Oil and Gas 233 words
11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. EC/Israel Co-operation Council 133 words
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2. Sir Antony Acland (Visit to Israel) 93 words
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3. Hebrew 156 words
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4. Diplomatic Representation 95 words
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5. United Nations Secretariats 145 words
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6. Peru 96 words
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7. Anglo-Irish Encounter Organisation (Funding) 90 words
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8. Eugenics and Genetic Engineering 253 words
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9. Latin America (Human Rights) 104 words
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10. Torture 135 words
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11. British Air Space 58 words
12. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Self-employed Persons 166 words
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2. European Monetary System 82 words
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3. Pound Sterling 64 words
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4. HMSO 90 words
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5. Freeports 44 words
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6. Postmen (Tips) 115 words
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7. National Insurance Contributions 41 words
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8. Tax Allowances 75 words
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9. Value Added Tax (Appeals) 154 words
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10. Value Added Tax (Keith Report) 160 words
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11. Value Added Tax (Advertising) 68 words
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12. Covenants (Tax Relief) 48 words
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13. Value Added Tax (Charities) 48 words
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14. Minimum Income Level 244 words
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15. Tax Revenue 286 words
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16. National Insurance 134 words
13. WALES
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1. Birth Statistics 210 words
14. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Unemployed People (Centres) 75 words
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2. Silk Textile Industry 63 words
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3. Enterprise Agencies 56 words
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4. Visual Display Units 76 words
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5. Labour Statistics 1,225 words
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6. Wages Inspectors 186 words
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7. Wages Council Workers 416 words
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8. Wages Inspectors (Scotland) 125 words
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9. Wages Council Legislation (Prosecutions) 111 words
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10. Community Programme 153 words
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11. Unfair Dismissal 215 words
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12. Disabled People 589 words
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13. Safety Representatives 93 words
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14. Workington 277 words
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15. Carlisle 282 words
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16. Coventry (European Social Fund Projects) 42 words
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17. Job Sharing (Coventry) 50 words
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18. Youth Unemployment (Coventry) 78 words
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19. Construction Workers (Coventry) 66 words
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20. Youth Training Scheme 506 words
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21. Health and Safety Executive (Pesticides) 54 words
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22. Deaf People 322 words
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23. Community Industry 51 words
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24. Leicester 44 words
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25. Electricity Regulations 196 words
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26. Integrated Noise Meters 26 words
15. TRANSPORT
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1. Airline Competition Policy 93 words
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2. Air Service Agreements 64 words
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3. Bus Services (Deregulation) 63 words
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4. Channel Link 99 words
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5. Motorways (Speed Limits) 36 words
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6. Trains (Punctuality) 73 words
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7. Aircraft Accident Reports 212 words
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8. Helicopter Safety 81 words
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9. Goods Vehicles (Operators' Licences) 310 words
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10. Airedale Route 687 words
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11. Vehicle Taxation and Road Costs 98 words
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12. Road Accident Statistics 190 words
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13. Coach Services 128 words
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14. Seat Belts 238 words
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15. Okehampton Bypass 70 words
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16. Roads (London) 72 words
16. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Dogs 249 words
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2. Birth Statistics 296 words
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3. Driving Licences 32 words
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4. Remanded Prisoners (Counsel) 48 words
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5. Housing Executive (Modernisation Schemes) 245 words
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6. Housing Executive (Contracts) 113 words
17. SCOTLAND
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1. Birth Statistics 441 words
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2. Development Projects (Funding) 124 words
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3. Quangos 387 words
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4. Fishery Protection Service 91 words
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5. Peterhead Prison 78 words
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6. Teachers 580 words
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7. Fisheries Agreement 104 words
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8. Housing Defects Act 109 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. School of Music, Deal 30 words
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2. Peace Chapel, Molesworth 85 words
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3. Service Records (Pension Calculations) 346 words
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4. Service Pensioners 253 words
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5. Strategic Defence Initiative 77 words
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6. RAF Molesworth 96 words
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7. RAF Aircraft (Accident Information) 133 words
19. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Parliamentary Lobbyists 68 words
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2. Select Committees (Overseas Trips) 173 words
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3. Members' Travel 165 words
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4. Debates 283 words
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5. Adjournment Times 93 words
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6. Business of the House 95 words
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7. Norman Porch 130 words
20. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Population Statistics 365 words
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2. Industrial Injuries Scheme 1,324 words
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3. Homeless People 147 words
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4. Vaccine Damage 133 words
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5. Drugs 217 words
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6. National Health Service (Contracting-Out) 147 words
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7. National Health Service (Stock Losses) 39 words
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8. National Health Service (Tendering) 222 words
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9. Family Income 490 words
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10. Old People (Residence and Maintenance Payments) 111 words
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11. National Insurance Pension 104 words
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12. Dentists (Discretionary Fees) 57 words
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13. Benefits (Leicester) 536 words
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14. Benefits 106 words
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15. Birth Statistics 5,430 words
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16. Severe Disablement Allowance 325 words
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17. Cervical Cancer 658 words
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18. Infertility 78 words
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19. Quangos 1,499 words
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20. Westminster Hospital Cardiac Unit 70 words
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21. HS (Management Consultants) 274 words
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22. Private Contractors 72 words
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23. Benefits (Coventry) 489 words
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24. Orthoptists 250 words
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25. Community Health Councils 205 words
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26. Medical Aid for Poland Fund 81 words
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27. Private Hospitals (NHS Equipment) 51 words
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28. Tenosynovitis 135 words
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29. Vibration White Finger 93 words
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30. Asbestos 89 words
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31. Sympathetic Hearing Scheme 131 words
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32. Nursing and Residential Care 115 words
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33. Deaf Persons (Interpreters) 47 words
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34. Supplementary Benefit 166 words
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35. Students (Benefits) 87 words
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36. Nursing Homes 2,857 words
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37. Private Hospitals, Homes and Clinics 4,139 words
21. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Crown Suppliers (Services) 390 words
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2. Housing Associations 109 words
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3. Quangos 298 words
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4. Enterprise Agencies 87 words
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5. Planning (London) 101 words
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6. Home Improvements 50 words
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7. Ministers' Offices (Furniture) 222 words
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8. Historic Building and Monuments Commission 94 words
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9. Housing Defects 115 words
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10. Rate-Capping (Leicester) 79 words
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11. Radioactive Waste 171 words
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12. West Midlands Enterprise Board 97 words
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13. Local Government Reform 53 words
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14. Palace of Westminster (Interior Cleaning) 169 words
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15. Society of Engineers Incorporated 116 words
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16. Departmental Headquarters 301 words
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17. System-built Tower Blocks 142 words
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18. Water Reserves (North West) 104 words
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19. Small Shops 69 words
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20. Public Inquiries 133 words
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21. Church House (Car Park) 54 words
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22. Security Officers 149 words
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23. Textile Industry 274 words
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24. Civil Servants (Extra-departmental Work) 95 words
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25. Royal Parks Constabulary 127 words
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26. Greater London Council 99 words
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27. London Docklands Development Corporation 274 words

Lords Sitting of 15 April 1985 Series 5 Vol. 462

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1. Preamble 27 words
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2. Cellular Radio: Consultation 486 words
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3. Primary Health Care: Private Sector 663 words
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4. Soviet Union-United Kingdom Relations 1,358 words
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5. Homeless Young People: Report 1,193 words
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6. Greater Manchester Bill [H.L.] 13 words
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7. Gosport Borough Council Bill 6 words
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8. Business: Local Government Bill 370 words
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9. Local Government Bill 84,059 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Lords) of 15 April 1985 Series 5 Vol. 462

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1. SSSIs: OWNERSHIP BY OFFICIAL BODIES 82 words
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2. GOALKEEPER CLOSE-IN WEAPON SYSTEM 150 words
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3. HERONS IN SCOTLAND: LICENCES TO KILL 282 words
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4. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH IN DAIRYING STAFF CONTRACTS: TERMINATION 189 words
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5. DRIFT NET FISHING, NORTHUMBRIA: LICENCES 177 words
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6. WILD FAUNA IN TRANSIT 169 words
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7. BANKS' UNDISCLOSED RESERVES 175 words
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8. SOUTH AFRICA: UNITED KINGDOM POLICY 77 words
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9. COMMUNITY RADIO 154 words
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10. BBC EXTERNAL SERVICES: FUNDING 111 words
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11. MR. JOHN O'SHEA 53 words
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12. DRUG TRAFFICKING CONVICTIONS 1970–83 415 words