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Commons Sitting of 12 February 1985 Series 6 Vol. 73

c149
1. Preamble 7 words
c149
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
1. LLOYDS BANK (MERGER) BILL (By Order)
c149
2. NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED BILL (By Order) 14 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. SOCIAL SERVICES
cc149-50
1. Civil Defence 286 words
cc150-3
2. Limited List Prescribing 1,637 words
c153
3. Wrightington Hospital, Lancashire (Children's Ward) 346 words
cc153-4
4. Cystic-fibrosis (Manchester) 562 words
cc154-6
5. NHS (Expenditure Plans) 641 words
cc156-7
6. Elderly Persons (Severe Weather) 888 words
cc157-9
7. Social Security Reviews 965 words
cc159-60
8. Cold Climate Allowance 536 words
cc160-1
9. Health Authorities (Chairmen) 225 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
cc161-6
1. Engagements 2,245 words
cc167-8
5. RAF Bandsmen (Accident) 518 words
cc169-76
6. University Hospital of Wales 4,326 words
cc177-9
7. Business of the House 1,265 words
cc180-7
8. Mr. Clive Ponting 4,125 words
c187
9. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 49 words
c188
10. References to Members 195 words
cc189-91
11. Solicitors (Independent Complaints Procedure) 1,463 words
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1. SOLICITORS (INDEPENDENT COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE) 57 words
12. Orders of the Day
cc192-266
1. Transport Bill 43,542 words, 2 divisions
c266
1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 24 words
cc267-79
2. Transport Bill [Money] 7,250 words, 1 division
13. WAYS AND MEANS
cc280-7
1. Transport 4,458 words, 1 division
cc288-309
2. London Regional Transport (Levy) 12,973 words, 1 division
14. PETITION
c310
1. Human Embryos 229 words
cc311-20
2. International Fraud 4,880 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 February 1985 Series 6 Vol. 73

1. ENVIRONMENT
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1. District Heating Schemes 128 words
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2. Departmental Administration 109 words
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3. Reema Conclad Houses 111 words
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4. Urban Aid 63 words
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5. Lead in Air 159 words
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6. Wintex-Cimex '85 46 words
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7. Rents 196 words
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8. UN Decade for Women 182 words
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9. Housing Courts and Tribunals 211 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Penal Establishments (Ministerial Visits) 231 words
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2. Juvenile Offenders (Statistics) 932 words
c89W
3. Passports 36 words
cc89-91W
4. Firearms 142 words
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5. Immigrants' Advisory Service 97 words
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6. Prisoners (Death Statistics) 606 words
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7. Prisoners (Suicides) 420 words
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8. BBC (Licence Fee) 96 words
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9. Human Rights 92 words
cc93-4W
10. UN Decade for Women 241 words
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11. Mr. James Magis 447 words
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12. Civil Defence 201 words
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13. Immigration 132 words
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14. Prison Statistics 140 words
3. WALES
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1. Tourism 245 words
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2. Farmers (Capital Grants) 45 words
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3. New College, Cardiff 67 words
4. ENERGY
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1. Combined Heat and Power 156 words
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2. Gas and Electricity Industries 73 words
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3. Gas 341 words
5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. European Regional Development Fund 76 words
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2. Pit Closure Areas (Employment) 178 words
6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Eritrea 147 words
7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Terrorists (Evidence) 111 words
8. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Wheathampstead 28 words
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2. Teachers (Scotland) 118 words
cc100-1W
3. UN Decade for Women 216 words
c101W
4. Engagements 141 words
c101W
5. Radiation (Experiments) 86 words
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6. Sterling 59 words
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7. Inflation (Definition) 24 words
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8. Museums and Galleries Commission (Chairman) 30 words
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9. Student Awards 126 words
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10. School Meals 122 words
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11. Rates 295 words
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12. European Stamp 76 words
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13. Committee for a People's Europe 73 words
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14. Ministerial Cars (Parking Regulations) 96 words
9. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Remanded Persons 411 words
c105W
2. Dairy Farmers 182 words
c105W
3. Hydrocarbon Licences 187 words
cc105-6W
4. Hijacked Vehicles 549 words
10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. "Home Defence and the Farmer" 54 words
c107W
2. Nuclear Defence 68 words
cc107-10W
3. Pesticides 1,610 words
cc110-1W
4. Wartime Farm Wardens 253 words
c111W
5. "Home Defence and the Farmer" 296 words
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6. Departmental Responsibilities 299 words
11. TRANSPORT
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1. Motorway Lighting 147 words
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2. Roads (Expenditure) 81 words
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3. Roads (Lancashire) 88 words
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4. M62 (Capacity Requirements) 52 words
cc113-4W
5. Roads (Lancashire-Yorkshire) 77 words
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6. Motorways 90 words
c114W
7. Roads White Paper 43 words
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8. Road Maintenance Condition Survey 41 words
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9. Dial-a-ride Service 43 words
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10. Wintex-Cimex '85 60 words
12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Medical Students 84 words
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2. Student Unions 106 words
cc115-6W
3. High Energy Physics 388 words
c116W
4. Teachers (Pay) 59 words
cc116-7W
5. Burnham Committee 218 words
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6. National Environment Research Council 152 words
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7. Pesticides 88 words
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8. Dental Health 74 words
cc117-8W
9. Exchange Visits (Emergency Hardship Money) 101 words
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10. Teachers (Strike) 101 words
c118W
11. Rotherham Borough Council 125 words
cc118-9W
12. Secondary Schools and Industry (Liaison) 134 words
c119W
13. Young and Disabled Children (Microcomputers) 59 words
c119W
14. UN Decade for Women 314 words
cc119-20W
15. Mental Illness 167 words
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16. Medical Research 327 words
cc120-1W
17. Youth Options Menu 144 words
cc121-2W
18. Handicapped Pupils 662 words
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19. University Grants 1,943 words
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20. Educational Maintenance Grants 112 words
cc126-9W
21. A and O-level Passes 1,199 words
cc129-31W
22. Comprehensive and Selective Systems 892 words
13. SCOTLAND
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1. Tree-felling Licences 338 words
cc131-2W
2. Free School Transport 64 words
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3. Class Size 68 words
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4. Ambulance Cover (Strathclyde) 112 words
cc132-3W
5. Education Costs 394 words
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6. Improvement Grant (Rateable Values) 85 words
14. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Notifiable Installations 163 words
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2. HGV Tests (Unemployed Persons) 61 words
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3. Retail Industry 198 words
cc134-6W
4. Labour Statistics 525 words
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5. Trade Unions (Ballots) 165 words
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6. Pesticides 428 words
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7. School Leavers 161 words
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8. Nurses 71 words
cc137-9W
9. UN Decade for Women 682 words
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10. Departmental Cash Limits 137 words
15. THE ARTS
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1. Local Authority Investment 61 words
16. CIVIL SERVICE
cc139-40W
1. UN Decade for Women 171 words
17. HOUSE OF COMMONS
c140W
1. Establishments Office (Equal Opportunities Officer) 162 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. Submarines 113 words
cc140-1W
2. Nuclear Weapons 130 words
c141W
3. Defence Policy 129 words
c141W
4. Research 210 words
cc141-2W
5. VX Gas 44 words
c142W
6. Sri Lanka 91 words
c142W
7. Remotely Piloted Vehicle 43 words
c142W
8. Nuclear Tests 128 words
19. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. South Africa (Nuclear Capability) 93 words
cc142-3W
2. Sierra Leone 107 words
cc143-4W
3. UN Decade for Women 820 words
20. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Revenue Departments (Enforcement Powers) 214 words
cc145-6W
2. Income Tax 806 words
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3. HMSO Bookshops 98 words
c147W
4. Tax Yields 126 words
c147W
5. Development Land Tax Act 1976 66 words
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6. VAT (Live Theatre and Music) 165 words
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7. Pensions and Publications (Taxation) 47 words
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8. Economic Policies 39 words
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9. EC (Budget Rebates) 54 words
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10. Investment Income Surcharge 78 words
c148W
11. Child Benefit 101 words
21. SOCIAL SERVICES
cc148-9W
1. Gas and Electricity Boards (Chairmen) 77 words
c149W
2. Board and Lodging Regulations 300 words
cc149-50W
3. Nuclear Burst 85 words
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4. Unemployment Benefit 329 words
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5. Supplementary Benefit 288 words
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6. Mental Health Act 1983 36 words
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7. General Medical Practitioners 67 words
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8. Thornton View Hospital, Bradford 79 words
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9. Limited List Prescribing 436 words
cc152-3W
10. Sick Pay Scheme 127 words
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11. NHS (Efficiency) 68 words
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12. Elderly Persons (Private Homes) 80 words
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13. Draughtproofing Grants 147 words
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14. Social Services Departments (Grant Allocations) 93 words
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15. Clothing (Single Payment) 257 words
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16. Organ Transplants 192 words
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17. Surrogate Motherhood 47 words
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18. Regional Funding 90 words
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19. Cot Deaths 47 words
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20. Kidney Patients (Treatment) 135 words
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21. Elderly Persons (Health Needs) 152 words
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22. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore 113 words
cc156-7W
23. Abortions 557 words
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24. Beds (Single Payments) 145 words
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25. Heating Costs (Severe Weather Payments) 222 words
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26. Far Eastern Prisoners of War (Pension) 116 words
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27. Mortgage Defaulters 179 words
cc158-9W
28. Cystic Fibrosis (Manchester) 53 words
c159W
29. Severe Disablement Allowance 68 words
c159W
30. Social Security Reviews 79 words
c159W
31. NHS (Maternity Units) 139 words
cc159-60W
32. Prestwich Hospital, Manchester (Drugs Dependency Unit) 79 words
c160W
33. NHS (Capital Schemes) 46 words
c160W
34. Wheelchairs 54 words
c160W
35. AIDS (Blood Donors) 111 words
cc160-1W
36. Health Authorities (Membership) 307 words
c161W
37. Viruses (Genetic Engineering) 97 words
c161W
38. Porton Down (Research) 117 words
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39. Residential Homes (Clothing Allowances) 237 words
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40. Women (Ill-treatment) 34 words
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41. Ambulance Services 206 words
cc162-6W
42. Children (Poisoning) 1,988 words
c166W
43. Liverpool Area Health Authority (Privatisation) 40 words
cc166-7W
44. Patients (Treatment Costs) 191 words
c167W
45. Hospital Waiting Lists 67 words
c167W
46. Hospital Treatment (Payment) 56 words
cc167-8W
47. UN Decade for Women 341 words
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48. Doctors (Prescribing Habits) 139 words
c168W
49. Unemployed Persons (Statistics) 62 words
c168W
50. Mental Health Foundation (Exhibition) 67 words
cc168-9W
51. Birth Statistics 581 words
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52. Newcastle Office (Dispute) 176 words
cc169-71W
53. Postgraduate Hospitals 629 words
c171W
54. Prescribed Medicines 141 words
cc171-2W
55. Mental Patients 206 words
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56. Departmental Responsibilities 407 words

Lords Sitting of 12 February 1985 Series 5 Vol. 460

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1. Preamble 26 words
cc101-3
2. Overseas Aid 1,086 words
cc103-4
3. UNESCO Programmes: Participation 563 words
cc104-5
4. Ministry of Defence: Civilian Manpower 284 words
cc105-7
5. Trident: Costs 1,150 words
c107
6. Business 70 words
c108
7. Bath City Council Bill [H.L.] 11 words
c108
8. British Railways (Trowse Bridge) Bill [H.L.] 11 words
cc108-19
9. Enduring Powers of Attorney Bill [H.L.] 6,043 words
cc119-24
10. University Hospital of Wales 3,143 words
cc125-9
11. National Heritage (Scotland) Bill 2,221 words
cc129-34
12. Mr. Clive Ponting 3,138 words
cc135-64
13. National Heritage (Scotland) Bill 16,629 words
cc164-7
14. Scottish Electricity Boards (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1985 1,713 words
cc167-76
15. Charities Bill [H.L.] 5,265 words
c176
16. Leicestershire Bill [H.L.] 18 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 12 February 1985 Series 5 Vol. 460

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1. SINGLE HOMELESSNESS AND CRIME 131 words
c177WA
2. LEWES PRISON: MEDICAL OFFICER'S QUALIFICATIONS 44 words
c177WA
3. NATIONAL FREIGHT CONSORTIUM: PUBLIC FUND CONTRIBUTIONS 108 words
cc177-8WA
4. HEATHROW-VICTORIA TRANSPORT 101 words
c178WA
5. DUTY FREE ALLOWANCES: EC COUNTRIES 173 words
c178WA
6. PREMIUM BOND PRIZES 143 words
c179WA
7. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS: MEMBERSHIP 60 words
c179WA
8. MR. ROBERT ASTLES 76 words
cc179-80WA
9. BOARD AND LODGING BENEFIT 292 words
c180WA
10. ARMY JUNIOR TRAINING UNITS: COSTS 348 words