Sitting of 16 December 1985

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Commons Sitting of 16 December 1985 Series 6 Vol. 89

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. ENERGY
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1. Scottish Coalfield 728 words
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2. Polkemmet Bing (Ministerial Visit) 267 words
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3. Electricity Generation 868 words
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4. British Gas 708 words
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5. Coal Industry 354 words
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6. Energy Efficiency Programme 356 words
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7. Coal Imports 609 words
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8. British Gas 205 words
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9. Alternative Energy Sources 154 words
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10. British Gas 329 words
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11. NCB (Enterprise) Ltd. 302 words
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12. Coal Industry 729 words
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13. Industrial Energy Prices 325 words
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14. Oil Reserves 225 words
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15. Coal Miners (National Insurance) 194 words
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16. Margam Mine 239 words
2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Research and Secretarial Allowances 103 words
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2. Members' Interests 323 words
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3. Computers 252 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Scientific Civil Service 497 words
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2. Work Loads 769 words
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4. Social Security White Paper 7,532 words
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5. Westland 6,148 words
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6. Private Notice Questions 166 words
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7. Ministerial Statements 307 words
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8. Questions to Ministers 372 words
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9. SCOTTISH AFFAIRS 37 words
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10. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 22 words
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11. Scientific Research 12,935 words
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12. Peterhead Harbours (South Bay Development) Order Confirmation Bill (By Order) 20,005 words, 2 divisions
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13. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 19 words
14. Orders of the Day
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1. Education (Amendment) Bill 9 words
15. Clause 1
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1. INCREASE OF LIMIT ON EXPENDITURE APPROVED FOR EDUCATION SUPPORT GRANT PURPOSES 3,624 words
16. Clause 2
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1. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN REMUNERATION FROM REMUNERATION OF TEACHERS ACT 1965 6,466 words, 1 division
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17. Education Support Grants 506 words
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18. SCOTTISH GRAND COMMITTEE 44 words
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19. ARMED FORCES BILL 83 words
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20. House of Commons Members' Fund 1,816 words
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21. Fuel Poverty 3,985 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 December 1985 Series 6 Vol. 89

1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Food Storage 107 words
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2. Cereal Stocks 53 words
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3. Veterinary Services 309 words
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4. Less-productive Areas 208 words
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5. Crop Research 83 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Legal Aid 70 words
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2. Magistrates 86 words
3. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Honours List 344 words
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2. Strategic Defence Initiative 65 words
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3. British Atlantic Committee 88 words
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4. Anglo-Irish Agreement 152 words
4. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Prisoners (Petitions) 80 words
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2. Advancement of Women 261 words
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3. Departmental Appointments 71 words
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4. Pit Bull Terriers 68 words
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5. Foreign Visitors 96 words
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6. National Drugs Unit 583 words
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7. Prisoners (Statistics) 81 words
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8. Reward Payments 107 words
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9. Civil Defence 166 words
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10. Detained Young Persons 76 words
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11. Cinemas (Safety) Regulations 1985 114 words
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12. Freemasons 27 words
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13. Citizenship 274 words
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14. Emergencies 177 words
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15. Immigration 426 words
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16. Metropolitan Police 654 words
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17. Local Government Reform 224 words
5. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Water 220 words
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2. Z Scores 104 words
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3. Retail Superstore Developments 55 words
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4. GLC (Land and Property) 73 words
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5. Holiday Project Funding 59 words
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6. Thermal Insulation Standards (Building Regulations) 72 words
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7. Building Controls (Inner London) 207 words
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8. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 518 words
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9. Local Government Reform 75 words
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10. Channel Fixed Link 102 words
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11. Sewer Collapse (North-West) 148 words
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12. Housing Statistics 275 words
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13. London Forum 52 words
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14. Easiform Houses 311 words
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15. Nature Conservancy Council 319 words
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16. Birtenshaw Farm, Bolton 54 words
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17. Rugby Football (Grants) 78 words
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18. Urban Programme 515 words
6. WALES
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1. Cycle Tracks 95 words
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2. Free School Meals 112 words
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3. Pupil Statistics 237 words
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4. Local Authorities (Capital Allocations) 153 words
7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Advertising 1,306 words
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2. Electricity (Resale) 112 words
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3. Television (Programme Schedules) 62 words
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4. Departmental Staff 111 words
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5. Tobacco Industry (Grants and Loans) 61 words
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6. Multi-fibre Arrangement 51 words
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7. Steel 299 words
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8. Companies (Inspectors) 81 words
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9. Grant Aid (Worsley) 59 words
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10. Steel Council 140 words
8. ENERGY
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1. Coal Industry 163 words
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2. Oil and Gas Development 236 words
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3. British Gas 122 words
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4. Coal Conversion Scheme 52 words
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5. Wind Energy 152 words
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6. Gas Meters (Accuracy) 67 words
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7. Opencast Coal Mining 55 words
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8. Nuclear Power Stations 173 words
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9. Oil Sales 106 words
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10. National Coal Board 109 words
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11. European Fast Reactor Collaboration 78 words
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12. Capenhurst Enrichment Plant 119 words
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13. Coal Industry (Private Capital) 43 words
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14. Power Stations (Coal Supplies) 61 words
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15. Gas Prices 256 words
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16. Nuclear Power Stations (Safety) 97 words
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17. Continental Shelf 58 words
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18. Hinckley Point 204 words
9. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Equal Opportunities Officer 94 words
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2. Civil and Public Services Association 42 words
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3. Trade Unions (Meetings) 43 words
10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Philippines 84 words
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2. Falkland Islands 271 words
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3. Cyprus 107 words
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4. European Assembly 87 words
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5. Israel (Trade Boycott) 95 words
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6. Tristan da Cunha 133 words
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7. Departmental Appointments 555 words
11. THE ARTS
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1. Yorkshire Water Colour Society 72 words
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2. British Library 136 words
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3. British Film Institute 1,448 words
12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. "Going to College or University" 61 words
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2. Trauma (Research) 111 words
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3. Schools (Lunchtime Supervision) 168 words
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4. Parental Involvement 90 words
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5. Science Budget 188 words
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6. Student Grants 450 words
13. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Ethiopia 192 words
14. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Departmental Staff 92 words
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2. Youth Training Programme 281 words
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3. Construction Industry (Subcontractors) 82 words
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4. RUC (Code of Conduct) 40 words
15. TRANSPORT
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1. Dim-dip Lighting 135 words
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2. Road Signs 210 words
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3. M25 (Fog) 313 words
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4. Roads 85 words
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5. Rail Electrification (Dorset) 70 words
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6. M25-M1 Interchange 149 words
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7. Rail Closures 144 words
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8. A40 (Flyover) 83 words
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9. Road Accidents 44 words
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10. Road Haulage (Hazardous Substances) 359 words
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11. Motorways (Traffic Forecasts) 120 words
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12. Traffic Control Systems 196 words
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13. Road Safety 149 words
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14. London Regional Transport 276 words
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15. Air Agreements 151 words
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16. Departmental Staff 245 words
16. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Home Civil Servants 58 words
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2. Assets (Disposals) 105 words
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3. Budget Council 238 words
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4. Crown Property 154 words
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5. Local Government Reform 167 words
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6. Construction Industry (Subcontractors) 221 words
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7. Independent Schools 40 words
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8. Income Tax 271 words
17. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Labour Statistics 158 words
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2. Special Employment and Training Programmes 126 words
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3. Community Programme 134 words
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4. Health and Safety Executive 128 words
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5. Construction Industry (Subcontractors) 76 words
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6. Construction Industry (Accidents) 358 words
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7. Barnsley 301 words
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8. Youth Training Scheme 534 words
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9. "Burdens on Business" 672 words
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10. Enterprise Allowance Scheme 324 words
18. SCOTLAND
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1. Unemployment (Glasgow) 150 words
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2. Joint Finance Projects 113 words
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3. Support Finance 69 words
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4. Joint Plans 259 words
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5. Joint Liaison Committees 90 words
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6. Agricultural Colleges 590 words
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7. Strip Searches 142 words
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8. Road Works (A92) 203 words
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9. Construction Industry (Subcontractors) 61 words
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10. Bypasses 364 words
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11. Tobacco Industry (Grants and Loans) 113 words
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12. Sea Fisheries Order 74 words
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13. AIDS 186 words
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14. Detained Young Persons 61 words
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15. Death Statistics 476 words
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16. Nuclear Power Stations 145 words
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17. Teachers (Independent Review) 103 words
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18. Tourism 71 words
19. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Oral Questions (Northern Ireland) 460 words
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2. Personnel Statistics 93 words
20. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. NHS Patients (Private Hospitals) 944 words
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2. Rate Rebate (Lambeth) 158 words
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3. Supplementary Benefit 361 words
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4. NHS (Overseas Visitors) 64 words
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5. AIDS 866 words
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6. Single Payments 173 words
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7. Unemployment Benefit 171 words
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8. Child Benefit 110 words
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9. Mentally-ill Patients 209 words
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10. Smoking 577 words
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11. Low Income Families 193 words
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12. Pensions 126 words
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13. National Health Service (Rural Areas) 254 words
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14. Mr. A. D. Hickson 62 words
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15. Ship Engine Rooms (Noise) 98 words
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16. Hyperbaric Oxygen 427 words
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17. Hospital Closures 103 words
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18. Doctors (Computers) 149 words
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19. Housing Benefit 54 words
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20. Mammographic Screening 83 words
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21. Disability (Dietary Factors) 107 words
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22. Immunisation Policy 155 words
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23. Construction Industry (Safety) 221 words
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24. Applications and Appeals (Ayr) 144 words
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25. Residential Homes 264 words
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26. Family Planning Association 129 words
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27. Rate Rebates 127 words
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28. Limited List Prescribing 379 words
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29. Death Statistics 164 words
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30. Children (Statistics) 1,239 words
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31. "Reform of Social Security" 58 words
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32. National Health Service Hospitals 6,536 words
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33. Review of Nursing Skill Mix 163 words
21. DEFENCE
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1. HMS Resolution (Crewmen) 92 words
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2. Bolton and Bury (Defence Establishments) 95 words
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3. Pensions 43 words
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4. Faslane (Construction Work) 149 words
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5. VC10 Tankers 165 words
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6. Nimrod 609 words
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7. British Aerospace 67 words
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8. 14 Signals Regiment 53 words
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9. 9 Signals Regiment 53 words
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10. Royal Air Force (Aircrew) 956 words
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11. Signals Regiments 65 words
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12. Royal Dockyards 69 words
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13. Ulster Defence Regiment 152 words

Lords Sitting of 16 December 1985 Series 5 Vol. 469

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Royal British Legion Homes: VAT 1,686 words
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3. Liquor Control at Sporting Events 430 words
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4. Tenants' Complaints to Local Authorities 363 words
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5. Rape Offenders and Parole 1,563 words
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6. Business 126 words
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7. Fraserburgh Harbour Order Confirmation Bill 237 words
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8. Fraserburgh Harbour (No. 2) Order Confirmation Bill 3 words
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9. Fraserburgh Harbour (No. 3) Order Confirmation Bill 3 words
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10. Shops Bill [H.L.] 9,787 words
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11. Social Security White Paper 6,387 words
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12. Westland plc: Shareholding 3,933 words
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13. Shops Bill [H.L.] 12,551 words
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14. Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Various Foods) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1985 1,797 words
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15. Prevention of Oil Pollution Bill [H.L.] 2,440 words
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16. Shops Bill [H.L.] 24,165 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 December 1985 Series 5 Vol. 469

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1. UNITED STATES BASES IN UK: USE BY NATO 178 words
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2. HOUSEHOLD PROJECTIONS 460 words
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3. GYPSY SITE PROVISION: POLICY REVIEW 169 words
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4. BRITISH LIBRARY: BUILDING PROGRESS 145 words
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5. ARTS AND LIBRARIES EXPENDITURE PROGRAMME 1,410 words
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6. FISHING RIGHTS IN COMMUNITY WATERS 161 words