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Commons Sitting of 19 December 1985 Series 6 Vol. 89

c551
1. Preamble 7 words
c551
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
cc551-2
1. Cereals 379 words
cc552-3
2. Milk Quotas 766 words
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3. Cereals 1,221 words
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4. Food Labelling 757 words
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5. Cereals 807 words
cc558-9
6. Agricultural Land 302 words
cc559-60
7. Ewes 560 words
c560
8. Southall Horse Market 220 words
cc560-1
9. Milk Co-responsibility Levy 133 words
c561
10. Common Agricultural Policy 360 words
c562
11. Outgoers' Scheme 265 words
cc562-3
12. Falkland Islands 373 words
c563
13. Salmon 204 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
cc563-8
1. Engagements 2,204 words
cc569-72
4. Cervical Cancer (Screening) 1,906 words
cc573-83
5. Business of the House 5,340 words
cc584-9
6. Fisheries Council 3,468 words
cc590-1
7. Gartcosh 696 words
c591
8. Royal Assent 84 words
9. BILL PRESENTED
c591
1. DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENCES 85 words
10. Orders of the Day
cc592-653
1. Building Societies Bill 35,549 words
c653
2. BUILDING SOCIETIES BILL [MONEY] 86 words
11. WAYS AND MEANS
c653
1. BUILDING SOCIETIES BILL 103 words
cc654-62
12. Legal Aid 5,073 words
c662
13. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
c662
14. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 51 words
15. PETITIONS
c663
1. Sunday Trading 258 words
c664
16. Dog Fighting 235 words
cc665-70
17. Greenbelt (Hertfordshire) 3,249 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 December 1985 Series 6 Vol. 89

1. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. UNESCO 234 words
2. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Letter Post Service 546 words
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2. Grain Exports 77 words
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3. Associated British Foods 186 words
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4. Distribution and Media Sales (UK) Ltd. 78 words
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5. Small Businesses 161 words
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6. Westland plc 87 words
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7. Office of Fair Trading 98 words
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8. Council of Ministers (Research) 297 words
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9. Trade Descriptions (Origin Marking) 103 words
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10. Gas Appliances (Exhibition) 61 words
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11. Securities and Investments 143 words
3. DEFENCE
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1. Ulster Defence Regiment 308 words
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2. Trident Missile 35 words
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3. Widows (Pensions) 313 words
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4. Mr. Seamus Mallon 82 words
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5. VC10 Tankers 144 words
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6. Procurement Contracts and Projects 119 words
4. ENERGY
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1. Coalminers (Redundancy) 520 words
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2. Fuels (Capital Investment) 151 words
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3. North Sea Rigs 125 words
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4. Nuclear Installations (Incidents) 256 words
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5. Iranian Oil (Imports) 141 words
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6. North Sea Oil Development 94 words
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7. NCB (Enterprise) Ltd. 67 words
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8. Health and Safety 297 words
5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Shops Bill 716 words
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2. Ms. Adebola Makenjuola 58 words
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3. Associated British Foods 95 words
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4. Fraud (Member's Correspondence) 53 words
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5. Legal Aid 158 words
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6. Law Centres 174 words
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7. Fraud Investigation 115 words
6. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Smith Houses 549 words
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2. Housing Investment Programme 402 words
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3. Nitrate Levels 123 words
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4. Local Government Reform 275 words
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5. Rent Arrears 477 words
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6. Pollution 44 words
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7. Thamesmead Community Trust 145 words
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8. Willowbrook Estate, Peckham 53 words
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9. Council House Sales 230 words
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10. Urban Programme 108 words
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11. Superstore Development, Cippenham 59 words
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12. Water and Sewerage Charges 87 words
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13. Richmond Terrace 69 words
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14. Law Centres 443 words
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15. Housing Corporation 168 words
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16. Efficiency Scrutinies 107 words
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17. London Marathon 94 words
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18. Homes Insulation Programme 51 words
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19. Empty Dwellings 334 words
7. PRIME MINISTER
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1. North Yorkshire 27 words
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2. Private Office 53 words
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3. Foreign Tours 62 words
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4. Entertainment Costs 78 words
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5. Engagements 119 words
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6. Strategic Defence Initiative 44 words
8. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Anglo-Irish Agreement 94 words
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2. Security 135 words
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3. Hospitals 217 words
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4. Rally (Belfast) 59 words
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5. Farm Aid 208 words
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6. Public Expenditure 705 words
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7. National Health Service (Revenue and Expenditure) 668 words
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8. RUC (Code of Conduct) 66 words
9. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Peremptory Jury Challenge 65 words
cc269-70W
2. Plastic Bullets (Police) 301 words
cc270-1W
3. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board 143 words
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4. Victims Support Scheme (Kirkby) 36 words
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5. 10 Downing Street (Intruder) 325 words
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6. Dr. Nazemi 70 words
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7. Civil Defence 491 words
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8. Immigration Statistics 185 words
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9. Police 239 words
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10. Fire Service Equipment 159 words
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11. Hostile Attacks (Monitoring) 101 words
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12. Shotgun Certificates 55 words
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13. Women (Violence) 245 words
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14. Advertising 108 words
10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Food Additives 214 words
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2. Cereals 247 words
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3. Food Surpluses 175 words
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4. Food Labelling 108 words
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5. Protein Crops 121 words
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6. Food Quality 53 words
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7. Agriculture Policy 53 words
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8. Dairy Products 67 words
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9. Common Agricultural Policy 56 words
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10. Horticulture Industry 243 words
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11. Sugar 107 words
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12. Butter 173 words
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13. Intervention Stores 97 words
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14. Agricultural Development and Advisory Service 537 words
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15. Milk Quotas 66 words
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16. Untreated Milk 71 words
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17. Farm Incomes 202 words
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18. Horses, Ponies and Donkeys 114 words
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19. Common Fisheries Policy 99 words
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20. Farmers (Debts) 73 words
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21. European Commission (Environmental Protection) 163 words
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22. Intervention Storage (Grain) 65 words
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23. Apralan 215 words
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24. Brucellosis 214 words
11. WALES
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1. Hospitals (Children) 102 words
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2. Departmental Staff 78 words
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3. Hospitals 159 words
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4. Job Losses 90 words
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5. Population Statistics 102 words
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6. Labour Statistics 61 words
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7. School Playing Fields 102 words
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8. Wales Tourist Board 115 words
c286W
9. Small Firms Service 152 words
12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge 100 words
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2. National Advisory Council for the Youth Service 478 words
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3. Religious Education 304 words
c288W
4. Initial Teacher Training (Portsmouth) 97 words
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5. Children (Special Education Needs) 65 words
c289W
6. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 61 words
cc289-90W
7. Education Support Grants 585 words
13. SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
c290W
1. Sexual Offence Trials (Evidence) 95 words
14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 98 words
c291W
2. Overseas Missions (Security) 111 words
c291W
3. Entry Clearance Fees 115 words
15. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Select Committees 136 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Blood Products 79 words
c292W
2. Motorways (Lighting) 147 words
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3. Lothian Health Board 60 words
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4. Civil Defence 514 words
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5. Hospital Catering Services 132 words
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6. Mr. Donald Grant 31 words
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7. Jordanhill College School 142 words
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8. Ravenscraig 75 words
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9. Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 235 words
17. TRANSPORT
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1. Traffic Statistics (A45) 303 words
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2. A127 (Crash Barriers) 168 words
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3. Roads (Lighting and Signs) 493 words
c297W
4. Motorways (Delays) 79 words
c297W
5. A19 (Defects) 66 words
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6. British Rail 64 words
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7. Manchester International Airport 125 words
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8. Cars (Spare Wheels) 311 words
c298W
9. Efficiency Scrutinies 134 words
18. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Youth Training Scheme 106 words
c299W
2. Information Technology 57 words
c299W
3. Self-Employment 115 words
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4. Job Creation 184 words
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5. Labour Statistics 1,128 words
cc301-2W
6. Loan Guarantee Scheme 600 words
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7. Business (Safety Regulations) 93 words
c303W
8. Community Programme 117 words
c303W
9. Business (Deregulation) 157 words
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10. Small Firms 70 words
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11. Local Enterprise Agencies 102 words
c304W
12. Trade Unions (Ballots) 281 words
19. THE ARTS
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1. Liverpool Empire and Philharmonic Halls 454 words
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2. Value Added Tax 130 words
c305W
3. Public Borrowing 29 words
c305W
4. Johnson Matthey Bankers 40 words
20. NATIONAL FINANCE
c306W
1. MO (Percentage Rise) 84 words
c306W
2. Manufacturing Exports 38 words
cc306-7W
3. Family Taxation 124 words
c307W
4. Energy Efficiency Projects 44 words
c307W
5. European Monetary System 76 words
c307W
6. Stamp Duty 35 words
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7. Oil Revenue 51 words
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8. Double Taxation (Canada) 229 words
c308W
9. Inland Revenue (Waste) 94 words
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10. Sub-Saharan Africa (Government Debt) 411 words
c309W
11. Taxation Revenue 146 words
c309W
12. Mutual Organisations (Recognition) 83 words
21. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Food (Irradiation Techniques) 103 words
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2. Social Security 159 words
c310W
3. McColl Report 60 words
cc310-1W
4. Kidney Patients 176 words
c311W
5. NHS Privatisation 63 words
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6. Private Practice 60 words
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7. Health Authorities (Revenue Allocations) 189 words
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8. NHS (Consultants) 176 words
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9. Teaching Hospitals 89 words
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10. NHS (Pay) 68 words
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11. NHS (Staff) 916 words
cc313-5W
12. Amenity Beds 681 words
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13. Nicorette 57 words
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14. Single Payments 58 words
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15. Families (Disabled Children) 52 words
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16. Funeral Expenses 78 words
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17. Death Grant 99 words
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18. Housing Benefit 256 words
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19. Income Support 569 words
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20. Child Benefit 86 words
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21. Rates and Rent 82 words
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22. Benefits 48 words
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23. Social Fund 39 words
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24. Public Life (Standards of Conduct) 95 words
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25. Pensions 688 words
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26. Supplementary Benefit (Statistics) 459 words
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27. NHS Employees 158 words
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28. Hypothermia 109 words
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29. Health Statistics (Amber Valley) 450 words
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30. External Consultants 147 words
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31. Hospitals (Staff Sickness) 44 words
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32. Social Security Reform 54 words
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33. Cervical Cancer Screening 164 words
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34. General Practitioner Surgeries 49 words
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35. Post-operative Infection 38 words
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36. Stanley Royd Hospital (Inquiry) 104 words
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37. Cardiac Bypass Treatment 44 words
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38. Fertility Clinics 67 words
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39. Cost Improvement Programmes 70 words
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40. AIDS 57 words
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41. Regional and District Managers 31 words
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42. Nursing Management 42 words
c326W
43. Hospital (Peterborough) 99 words
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44. Spectacle Frames 102 words

Lords Sitting of 19 December 1985 Series 5 Vol. 469

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1. Preamble 21 words
cc889-92
2. The Arts: Business Sponsorship 1,371 words
cc892-4
3. The European Fighter Aircraft 926 words
cc894-7
4. Radioactive Waste: Discharge into Thames 1,511 words
cc897-900
5. Bypass Construction on National Road Network 1,269 words
c900
6. Consolidated Fund Bill 60 words
cc900-4
7. Atomic Energy Authority Bill [H.L.] 2,289 words
cc904-6
8. Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill [H.L.] 664 words
cc906-10
9. Northern Ireland (Loans) Bill 1,988 words
c910
10. Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 203 words
cc910-3
11. Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 1,671 words
c913
12. Royal Assent 72 words
cc914-5
13. Security for Private Road Works (Scotland) Regulations 1985 741 words
cc915-8
14. Summer Time Order 1985 1,696 words
cc918-24
15. Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (Schedule 4) (Amendment) Order 1985 3,330 words
cc924-6
16. Restrictive Trade Practices (Services) (Amendment) Order 1985 1,161 words
cc926-8
17. Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 847 words
cc928-30
18. Asbestos Products (Safety) Regulations 1985 1,227 words
cc930-7
19. Nightwear (Safety) Regulations 1985 3,248 words
cc937-8
20. Pushchairs (Safety) Amendment Regulations 1985 629 words
cc938-9
21. Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Specified Diseases) Order 1985 355 words
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22. Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1985 60 words
cc939-43
23. Employment Protection (Variation of Limits) Order 1985 2,046 words
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24. Unfair Dismissal (Increase of Limits of Basic and Special Awards) Order 1985 39 words
cc943-6
25. Education Support Grants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985 1,399 words
cc946-7
26. Fisheries Council 666 words
cc947-8
27. Motion for the Adjournment 733 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 19 December 1985 Series 5 Vol. 469

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1. POLICE, FIRE AND CIVIL DEFENCE: PROPOSED PRECEPTS 183 words
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2. POLICE, FIRE AND CIVIL DEFENCE: EXPENDITURE LEVELS 189 words
cc949-50WA
3. CONTINGENCY WAR PLANS: BRITISH AND AMERICAN CASUALTIES 204 words
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4. NHS NURSING STAFF: PAY 48 words
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5. DRUG TREATMENT TRIALS 226 words
c951WA
6. COAL IMPORTS 119 words
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7. PRE-TRIAL DETENTION: NORTHERN IRELAND 195 words
c952WA
8. GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ABROAD: CURRENCY MOVEMENTS 74 words
c952WA
9. FURNITURE: MOVEMENT WITHIN EEC—VAT 165 words
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10. UNESCO: REALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOLLOWING WITHDRAWAL 204 words