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Commons Sitting of 4 April 1985 Series 6 Vol. 76

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Planning Applications (Representations) 402 words
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2. Security 1,464 words
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3. Broadcasting Authorities 381 words
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4. Unemployment 1,376 words
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5. Short Brothers, Belfast 599 words
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6. Maze Prison (Special Category Prisoners) 339 words
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7. SDLP (Security Forces) 844 words
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8. A26 (Antrim-Ballymena) 160 words
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9. Ancillary Health Workers 198 words
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10. Youth Training 307 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 2,317 words
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4. Business of the House 3,254 words
5. PETITION
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1. Transport Services 130 words
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2. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Newark) 2,787 words
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3. Primary Education (Scotland) 4,772 words
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4. National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield 3,796 words
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5. Security Services (Ministerial Control) 4,619 words
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6. Royal Assent 59 words
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7. European Economic Community (Enlargement) 4,730 words
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8. Dr. David Hemson (Detention) 3,416 words
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9. Asbestos Waste (Vitrification) 3,486 words
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10. Rate-capped Authorities (Government Policy) 4,749 words
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11. Teaching (Pay Dispute) 4,520 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 April 1985 Series 6 Vol. 76

1. ENERGY
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1. Point of Ayr Colliery (Liquefaction Scheme) 201 words
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2. Nuclear Safeguards 270 words
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3. Israeli Minister of Energy 80 words
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4. Fishermen (Fuel Costs) 110 words
2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. High Technology (Graduates) 118 words
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2. Expenditure 1,213 words
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3. Higher Education (National Insurance Contributions) 71 words
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4. Synoptic Geomagnetic Measurement 187 words
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5. New Blood Posts (Age Limit) 147 words
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6. Tenured Appointments 101 words
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7. Particle Physics Research (Review Group) 134 words
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8. Brixton Church of England School, Devon 127 words
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9. Manchester (Capital Allocation) 78 words
3. WALES
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1. Departmental Legislation 154 words
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2. Hospital Waiting Lists 130 words
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3. Hospitals (Vale of Glamorgan) 147 words
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4. Unemployment Statistics 177 words
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5. Forestry Land 437 words
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6. Private Schools 226 words
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7. M4 115 words
4. DEFENCE
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1. British Aerospace plc 73 words
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2. Test Ban Treaty 121 words
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3. Departmental Staff 53 words
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4. Departmental Legislation 239 words
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5. Research Contracts 135 words
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6. Soviet Union (Nuclear Forces) 225 words
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7. HM Vessels (Log Books) 80 words
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8. Mr. Peter Levene 56 words
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9. Nimrod Aircraft (Servicing) 66 words
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10. Harrier GR5 Aircraft 182 words
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11. Chemical Weapons 148 words
5. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Child Benefit 95 words
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2. Expenditure and Taxation 86 words
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3. Negative External Financing Limits 129 words
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4. Value Added Tax (Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act) 66 words
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5. Tax Relief (Charities) 203 words
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6. Nationalised Industries (Financing Limits) 159 words
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7. Taxation Policy 79 words
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8. Customs and Excise (Industrial Action) 104 words
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9. EC (Finances) 191 words
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10. Income Tax 646 words
6. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Rates 93 words
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2. EC Reports 72 words
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3. Scotland-England Football Match 31 words
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4. Engagements 100 words
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5. Civil Service (Secondments) 1,177 words
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6. Mr. Peter Levene 57 words
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7. Football Matches 39 words
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8. Argentina 49 words
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9. Voluntary Bodies (Grants) 353 words
7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Family Court 197 words
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2. Vaccine Damage Claims (Legal Aid) 156 words
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3. Agricultural Holdings 63 words
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4. Dangerous Dogs 49 words
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5. Departmental Legislation 120 words
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6. Liquidators (Reports) 196 words
8. SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
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1. Coal Industry Dispute 834 words
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2. Family Law (Representations) 126 words
9. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Prisons (Health and Safety) 211 words
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2. Prisoners (Statistics) 43 words
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3. Civil Defence 59 words
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4. Strip Searches 75 words
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5. Television Licence Fee 308 words
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6. Draize Tests 214 words
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7. Immigrants (Grants) 358 words
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8. Betting Shops 116 words
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9. Football Hooliganism 183 words
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10. Pensioners (Television Licence) 108 words
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11. Her Majesty's Prison, Stafford 169 words
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12. Prison Population 35 words
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13. Metropolitan Police (Identification Parades) 214 words
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14. Local Government Reform (Fire Boards) 286 words
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15. Nuclear Winter 114 words
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16. Prisons (Categorisation) 249 words
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17. Suicides (Statistics) 273 words
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18. TGWU (Ballot Rigging) 104 words
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19. Injured Police Officers (Civil Remedy) 58 words
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20. Stop and Search Powers 175 words
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21. Drugs (Hot Line) 68 words
10. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Housing Executive (Staffing Report) 47 words
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2. Political Reform 144 words
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3. Community Enterprise Scheme 56 words
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4. Noraid 117 words
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5. Prevention of Terrorism Act 140 words
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6. Rubber and Plastic Bullets 47 words
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7. Higher Education (Report) 63 words
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8. Baker Report 47 words
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9. Lignite 191 words
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10. Abortion 47 words
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11. Housing Executive (Modernisation Schemes) 113 words
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12. Housing Executive (Contracts) 102 words
11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Northern Ireland (American Investment) 70 words
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2. Plutonium 178 words
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3. Falkland Islands 75 words
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4. President Belaunde Terry (2 May Press Conference) 106 words
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5. E1 Salvador 223 words
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6. Poor Regions 213 words
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7. European Council (Votes) 167 words
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8. Superphenix Reactor 57 words
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9. Spain and Portugal 66 words
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10. Sudan 94 words
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11. Saudi Arabia 250 words
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12. Human Rights 64 words
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13. Antarctica 201 words
12. SCOTLAND
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1. Voluntary Conservation Bodies 66 words
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2. Workers' Educational Association 65 words
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3. Protected Fauna (Control) 224 words
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4. Fishermen (Fuel Costs) 148 words
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5. Coal Industry Dispute 475 words
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6. Teacher Training 420 words
13. TRANSPORT
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1. Fishing Industry (Research Awards) 302 words
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2. Motorways (Litter) 219 words
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3. Motorways (Accidents) 64 words
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4. Airports Policy 388 words
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5. Roads (London) 210 words
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6. Hayes Bypass 78 words
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7. Traffic Signals (London) 155 words
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8. A40 (Enlargement Schemes) 110 words
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9. Driving Test 560 words
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10. Roads (Statistics) 506 words
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11. Rail Services (Timekeeping) 61 words
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12. Liverpool Airport 102 words
14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Departmental Achievements 1,748 words
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2. Net Book Agreement 319 words
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3. EC (Insurance) 185 words
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4. Amateur Radio 376 words
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5. Liverpool (Ministerial Visit) 196 words
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6. Ericsson Exchanges 101 words
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7. Post Office 123 words
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8. Telecommunications Industry (Shares) 138 words
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9. Investment 485 words
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10. Pesticides 44 words
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11. Textile Industry 89 words
15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Agricultural Holdings 62 words
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2. Cheese Spread 113 words
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3. EC (Spain and Portugal) 816 words
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4. Potatoes 346 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Olympic Games 80 words
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2. Football Hooliganism 657 words
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3. Overseas Ministerial Visits 249 words
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4. Sports Competitors (Drug Abuse) 228 words
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5. Private Sector Rented Accommodation 72 words
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6. Litter 332 words
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7. Local Government Reform 95 words
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8. Royal Parks Constabulary 70 words
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9. Commercial Properties and Hospitals (Waste) 121 words
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10. London Planning Commission (Staff) 50 words
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11. Civil Servants (Extra-departmental Work) 32 words
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12. Greater London Council 148 words
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13. London Docklands Development Corporation 197 words
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14. Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act (Guidelines) 63 words
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15. Superstores (Planning Permission) 55 words
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16. GLC (Historic Buildings) 111 words
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17. Rate Equalisation Scheme (London) 84 words
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18. Environmental Organisations (Departmental Patronage) 53 words
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19. Local Government Reform 1,104 words
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20. Fairhazel Co-operative, London 79 words
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21. Enterprise Zones 54 words
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22. Birds of Prey 121 words
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23. Nuclear Fuel 75 words
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24. Radioactive Waste Disposal 84 words
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25. North Pennine Area of Outstanding Beauty 45 words
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26. Conservation (Special Grants) 232 words
17. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Benefits 131 words
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2. Health Authorities (Declarations of Interest) 77 words
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3. National Health Service (Internal Audit) 60 words
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4. Departmental Legislation 307 words
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5. General Practitioners 302 words
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6. Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 253 words
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7. Drugs (Costs) 163 words
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8. National Insurance 131 words
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9. Health Education Council 66 words
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10. Hospital Waiting Lists 220 words
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11. Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton District Health Authority 183 words
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12. Privatisation 146 words
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13. Cervical Cytology 165 words
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14. Committee on Gynaecological Cytology 80 words
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15. In Vitro Fertilisation 61 words
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16. Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research 425 words
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17. Nursing Homes 676 words
18. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Departmental Achievements 31 words
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2. Link Courses 48 words
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3. Trade Unions (Political Funds) 528 words
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4. Labour Statistics 244 words
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5. Youth Training 374 words
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6. Unit Labour Costs 371 words
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7. Ballot Rigging 261 words
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8. Coventry 917 words
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9. Community Programme 115 words
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10. Retail Price Index 40 words
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11. Wages Councils 32 words
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12. Vocational Qualifications 214 words
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13. Youth Training Scheme 284 words
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14. Wages Inspectorate 5,279 words

Lords Sitting of 4 April 1985 Series 5 Vol. 462

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1. Preamble 35 words
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2. Soccer Spectator Violence 1,953 words
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3. WEU: Security Research Institute Proposal 468 words
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4. Coal Products: Statistics 977 words
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5. Provision for Hospital Patients 1,457 words
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6. Films Bill 6,171 words, 1 division
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7. London Docklands Railway (No. 2) Bill 9 words
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8. Town and Country Planning (Compensation) Bill 2,777 words
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9. Royal Assent 51 words
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10. Supplementary Benefit (Requirements and Resources) Miscellaneous Provisions Regulations 1985 15,333 words
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11. Supplementary Benefit (Resources) Amendment Regulations 1985 33 words
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12. Docks and Harbours (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1985 208 words
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13. Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction and Survey) Regulations 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 1985 1,513 words
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14. Merchant Shipping (Application of Construction and Survey Regulations to other Ships) Regulations 1985 29 words
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15. Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 29 words
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16. Merchant Shipping (Navigational Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 29 words
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17. National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1985 (SI 1985, No. 326) National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1985 (SI 1985, No. 353) National Health Service (Dental Charges—Variation) Regulations 1985 (SI 1985, No. 352) National Health Service (Increase of Dental Charges)(Scotland) Regulations 1985 (SI 1985, No. 334) National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 1985 (SI 1985, No. 371) National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1985 (SI 1985, No. 383) 13,186 words
18. National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985, No. 353) National Health Service (Dental Charges—Variation) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985, No. 352) National Health Service (Increase of Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985, No. 354) National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985, No. 371)
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19. National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985, No. 383) 13 words
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20. Motion for the Adjournment 398 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 April 1985 Series 5 Vol. 462

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1. NORTHERN IRELAND WORK PROJECTS: EC FUNDING 100 words
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2. BELFAST CROSS-CITY RAIL LINK 147 words
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3. OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERING SCHEME: NORTHERN IRELAND 136 words
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4. TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONS: EUROPEAN CONVENTION 200 words
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5. REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS LEGISLATION: ENACTMENT 50 words
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6. EUTHANASIA 64 words
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7. EC: INTERNAL MARKET COUNCIL PROPOSALS 199 words
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8. WAGES AND TOTAL EARNINGS: STATISTICS 534 words
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9. MR. STEPHEN SPENCER-CHAPMAN AND MR. ROBERT AVERY 274 words
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10. MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES COMMISSION: FUTURE ROLE 164 words
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11. OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT DECLARATIONS 106 words
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12. HEROIN AND COCAINE SEIZURES 238 words
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13. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER: CLEANING AND RESTORATION 161 words
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14. EMPLOYMENT: COMPARATIVE STATISTICS 230 words