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Commons Sitting of 5 December 1985 Series 6 Vol. 88

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. MESSAGES FROM THE QUEEN
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1. INCOME TAX 92 words
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2. SUMMER TIME 30 words
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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 73 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Shops Bill 688 words
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2. Criminal Statistics 490 words
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3. Prison Population 527 words
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4. Plastic Bullets 682 words
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5. Detainees (Police and Court Cells) 442 words
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6. Civil Defence (Local Authority Communications) 113 words
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7. Trespass 336 words
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8. Licensing Laws 693 words
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9. Criminal Statistics 886 words
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10. Channel Islands 290 words
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11. Manchester University (Ministerial Visit) 456 words
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12. Drug Misuse 347 words
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13. Cinemas (Safety) 231 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 2,086 words
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2. Points of Order 1,143 words
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5. European Council (Luxembourg) 5,745 words
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6. Business of the House 3,961 words
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7. UNESCO 4,803 words
8. BILLS PRESENTED
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1. BUILDING SOCIETIES 63 words
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2. PUBLIC ORDER 161 words
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3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 646 words
9. Orders of the Day
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1. Education (Amendment) Bill 13,691 words, 1 division
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10. EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL [MONEY] 56 words
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11. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 22,423 words
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12. STATUTORY INSTUMENTS, &c. 18 words
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13. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 26 words
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14. HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS SHIPPING SERVICES 39 words
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15. HOUSE OF COMMONS (SERVICES) 27 words
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16. EUROPEAN LEGISLATION 24 words
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17. LIAISON COMMITTEE 22 words
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18. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS 23 words
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19. Mr. Malcolm Pike 3,853 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 December 1985 Series 6 Vol. 88

1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Primary Schools (Curricula) 123 words
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2. 16–plus Examination 84 words
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3. Research Grants 146 words
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4. Pupils (Midday Supervision) 149 words
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5. Mathematics and Modern Languages 73 words
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6. Disabled University Students 115 words
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7. Married University Students 64 words
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8. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 406 words
2. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Post Office (Welsh Language) 57 words
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2. Motor Car Industry 71 words
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3. Pharmaceutical Investment 196 words
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4. Crown Suppliers 62 words
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5. Hong Kong Festival 81 words
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6. Electricity (Resale) 433 words
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7. Grants (Job Creation) 1,631 words
3. ENERGY
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1. British Gas (External Financing Limit) 197 words
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2. Sellafield (Separation of Facilities) 70 words
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3. Natural Gas 90 words
4. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Plastic Bullets 253 words
5. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Local Government Reform 620 words
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2. Cresswell Crags 209 words
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3. Woolwich Prison 121 words
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4. Nationalised Industries 38 words
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5. Pollution 101 words
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6. Guildhall, Dartmouth 138 words
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7. Old Battery, Dartmouth Castle 415 words
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8. Home Improvement Grants 86 words
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9. Catering Equipment (Import Penetration) 121 words
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10. Weedon Aqueduct 58 words
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11. North Oxford Canal (Emergency Works) 161 words
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12. Municipal Housing (Repair Costs) 114 words
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13. Local Government Act 1985 188 words
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14. Asbestos Removal 445 words
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15. Mineral Damaged Land 62 words
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16. Water Authorities (Civil Defence Plans) 97 words
6. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Facsimile Document Transmission 52 words
7. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Holy Trinity Church, Paddington 80 words
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2. "Faith in the City" 63 words
8. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Crown Prosecution Service 212 words
9. TRANSPORT
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1. Thames Water (Mogden Works) 128 words
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2. British Rail (Modernisation) 95 words
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3. North Sea Oil (Support Vessels) 171 words
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4. Drivers (Testing) 102 words
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5. Motorway (Accident Statistics) 90 words
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6. Woolwhich Ferry (Traffic Forecasts) 109 words
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7. Trunk Roads 99 words
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8. M20 (Maidstone-Ashford) 87 words
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9. Ml Motorway 566 words
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10. GLC (Taxicard Scheme) 87 words
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11. Long Haul Flights (Route Licences) 85 words
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12. Helicopter Pilots 131 words
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13. Aircraft (Smoke Hoods) 117 words
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14. Aircraft (Halon Gas Flooding) 97 words
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15. Seat Belts 84 words
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16. Oil Spillage (Report) 95 words
10. WALES
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1. Hotel and Catering Industries 145 words
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2. Housing (Financial Allocations) 236 words
11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Ethiopia (Food Aid) 156 words
12. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Proportional Representation 48 words
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2. Hotel and Catering Industries 84 words
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3. Hospital Development 172 words
13. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. British Broadcasting Corporation 118 words
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2. Criminal Statistics 736 words
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3. Inner Cities 147 words
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4. Shops Bill 160 words
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5. Crime Prevention 538 words
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6. Immigration 85 words
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7. SCOPE Report 77 words
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8. Police Policy 81 words
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9. Visas 83 words
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10. Civil Defence 913 words
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11. Identity Cards 39 words
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12. Buses and Lorries (Speeding Offences) 57 words
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13. Arrested Persons (Tottenham) 191 words
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14. Crime and Deprivation 90 words
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15. Murder (Penalty) 27 words
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16. Thames Valley Police 71 words
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17. Extradition 52 words
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18. Television Licence Fee 75 words
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19. Probation Service 168 words
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20. Bodies (Forensic identification) 137 words
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21. Violent Crime 251 words
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22. Unlawful Killing 75 words
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23. Community Policing 85 words
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24. Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse 143 words
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25. Police and Prison Officers 109 words
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26. Nuclear Weapons 47 words
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27. Trespass 61 words
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28. Rape Victims 181 words
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29. Prison Places 53 words
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30. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 140 words
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31. Police Establishments 78 words
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32. Age of Consent 40 words
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33. Car Sirens 96 words
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34. Greenham Common 160 words
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35. Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 74 words
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36. Woolwich Prison 374 words
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37. Swansea and Cardiff Prisons 89 words
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38. Drug Offences 70 words
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39. Obscenity 350 words
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40. Crime (Incidence) 129 words
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41. Demonstrators 90 words
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42. Police Officers (Fatalities and Injuries) 134 words
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43. Chemical and Biological Weapons 71 words
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44. Housebreaking 187 words
14. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Central Scotland 28 words
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2. Low-paid and Pensioners 98 words
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3. USSR (Visit) 35 words
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4. European Summit 41 words
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5. Disarmament Conference 66 words
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6. Cabinet Papers 143 words
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7. Engagements 239 words
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8. Israeli Espionage 70 words
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9. Heads of Government (Entertainment Costs) 34 words
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10. Prime Ministerial Travel (Aircraft Use) 49 words
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11. EC Meetings 426 words
15. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Labour Statistics 654 words
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2. Hotel and Catering Industries 715 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Glasgow University 632 words
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2. Rate Support Grant 80 words
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3. Housing Support Grants 1,803 words
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4. Sheriff Courts 129 words
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5. Hotel and Catering Industries 561 words
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6. Civil Defence 334 words
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7. NHS Management (Griffiths Proposals) 144 words
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8. Rate Support Grant 59 words
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9. School Closures 229 words
17. THE ARTS
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1. Film Industry 39 words
18. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Advancement of Women 126 words
19. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. EC Budget 179 words
20. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Consultant-Junior Doctor Ratio 134 words
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2. Sickness Benefit (Hereford and Worcester) 110 words
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3. Nurses (Costs) 243 words
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4. Contraceptive Pill (Prescriptions) 60 words
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5. Drug Addiction 146 words
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6. Housing Benefit 1,538 words
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7. High Rent Area Scheme 560 words
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8. Cancer 434 words
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9. Supplementary Benefit 190 words
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10. Heating Additions 66 words
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11. Crown Immunity 36 words
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12. Disabled Persons (Access) 152 words
21. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. European Court of Human Rights 141 words
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2. Plutonium 290 words
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3. Peace Organisations 108 words
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4. Advancement of Women 315 words
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5. MBFR Talks 262 words
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6. NATO (Barrier Defence) 77 words
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7. Equipment Losses 431 words
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8. RAF Personnel 284 words
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9. Leukaemia and Lymphatic Cancer 217 words
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10. Departmental Staff (Payments) 81 words
22. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Fish (Mercury Levels) 318 words
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2. Equal Opportunities Officer 103 words

Lords Sitting of 5 December 1985 Series 5 Vol. 468

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1. Preamble 21 words
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2. Electricity Resale: Publicity 876 words
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3. Overseas Aid: OECD Comparisons 883 words
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4. Gat wick Airport: Immigration Service Staffing 307 words
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5. Channel Fixed Link 1,144 words
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6. Business: Christmas Recess 223 words
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7. European Council: Luxembourg, 2nd-3rd December 797 words
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8. Business of the House 91 words
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9. Okehampton Bypass (Confirmation of Orders) Bill 11,697 words
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10. UNESCO: British Membership 3,215 words
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11. Okehampton Bypass (Confirmation of Orders) Bill 49,375 words, 2 divisions
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12. Northern Ireland (Loans) Bill 33 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 5 December 1985 Series 5 Vol. 468

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1. LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND FOREIGN BORROWING TRANSACTIONS 132 words
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2. LOCAL AUTHORITIES: BORROWING APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS 166 words
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3. GLC AND MCC PROPERTIES: TRANSFER TO SUCCESSOR BODIES 565 words
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4. EL SALVADOR: ALLEGED MACHINE-GUNNING INCIDENT 40 words
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5. PRESIDENT ORTEGA: EXCHANGE OF LETTERS 69 words
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6. NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTING: OPINION POLL 82 words
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7. PRESIDENT REAGAN: MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER 61 words