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Commons Sitting of 24 January 1985 Series 6 Vol. 71

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Inflation 904 words
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2. Value Added Tax 294 words
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3. Infrastructure (Public Expenditure) 546 words
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4. Johnson Matthey Bankers 414 words
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5. Pound Sterling 411 words
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6. Tax Cuts (Job Creation) 812 words
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7. Taxation and Public Expenditure 270 words
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8. Corporation Tax 298 words
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9. Economic Growth 686 words
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10. National Economic Development Council 427 words
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11. Adult Education (VAT) 317 words
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12. Departmental Costs 218 words
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13. Employment and Inflation 327 words
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14. Taxation (Budget Representations) 246 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 2,138 words
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4. Business of the House 8,494 words
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5. Debates (Government Time) 337 words
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6. Radioactive Waste (Disposal) 6,820 words
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7. Coal Industry Dispute 2,393 words
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1. BALLOT FOR NOTICES OF MOTIONS for MONDAY 11 FEBRUARY 17 words
2. BILL PRESENTED
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1. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (COMPENSATION) 82 words
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3. Royal Assent 46 words
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8. Local Government (Scotland) 38,015 words, 1 division
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1. RATING OF INDUSTRY (SCOTLAND) 28 words
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2. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
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3. AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE 34 words
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4. RATING AND VALUATION 29 words
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5. CONSUMER PROTECTION 45 words
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9. Home Defence (Farmers) 4,561 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 January 1985 Series 6 Vol. 71

1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Student Support 122 words
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2. Dyslexic Children 128 words
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3. Reading Ability 52 words
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4. Advanced Further Education 567 words
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5. Medical Research Council (Budget) 361 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Police (Computers) 132 words
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2. Fine Defaulters 230 words
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3. Detained Persons (Code of Practice) 180 words
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4. Non-violent Crime (Punishment) 145 words
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5. Violent Crime (Punishment) 125 words
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6. Crime Prevention Programmes 33 words
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7. Coal Industry Dispute 83 words
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8. Departmental Review (Farrell and Others) 171 words
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9. Mr. James Magis 118 words
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10. Colin Evans (Report) 188 words
3. TRANSPORT
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1. Driving Tests 376 words
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2. Greater Manchester (Highway Functions) 99 words
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3. Junction Crossing (Thatched House, Leytonstone High Road) 104 words
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4. Sea Circle Sculpture, Liverpool 149 words
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5. Road Accident Statistics 89 words
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6. Buses 56 words
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7. Train Accident (Rugby) 253 words
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8. Departmental Property 47 words
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9. Highway Maintenance Service 86 words
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10. Foreign Driving Licences (Exchanges) 114 words
4. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Housing Corporation 74 words
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2. Smokeless Zones 111 words
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3. Inter-Action (Payments) 136 words
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4. Flats (Planning Permission) 214 words
5. WALES
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1. Home Insulation Grants 80 words
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2. Health Authorities (Transport Costs) 92 words
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3. Departmental Staff 93 words
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4. Ambulances 39 words
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5. A55 (Rock Fall) 196 words
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6. Community Health Specialists 84 words
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7. Co-operative Enterprises 112 words
6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Criminal Proceedings 147 words
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2. Mr. John Grant 78 words
7. ENERGY
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1. Gas and Electricity Boards (Payments) 199 words
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2. Standing Charge Rebate Scheme 73 words
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3. Fuel Standing Charges 46 words
8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Malta 46 words
9. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Select Committees 63 words
10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Youth Training Scheme 99 words
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2. Butter 119 words
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3. Live Animals (Export) 78 words
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4. Dairy Imports (New Zealand) 130 words
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5. Gas Prices (Holland) 80 words
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6. Cheddar Cheese 181 words
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7. Sweeteners 109 words
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8. Soya Beans 137 words
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9. Cane Sugar Refining Industry 61 words
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10. Northumberland Coast (Salmon Netting) 138 words
11. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Asbestos 675 words
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2. Correspondence 63 words
12. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Unemployment 121 words
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2. Norwich 29 words
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3. Economic Policy (Departmental Co-ordination) 450 words
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4. Manchester International Airport 25 words
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5. Ministerial Decisions 92 words
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6. Merseyside (Government Expenditure) 460 words
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7. Family Income Supplement 32 words
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8. Engagements 93 words
13. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Transport (VAT) 28 words
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2. Oil Revenues 162 words
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3. Income Tax 59 words
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4. Tax Cuts (Job Creation) 61 words
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5. Building Alterations (VAT) 42 words
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6. Pension Funds (Taxation) 92 words
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7. Infrastructure (Capital Investment) 48 words
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8. National Economic Development Council 54 words
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9. Southampton Freeport 57 words
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10. Privatisation 38 words
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11. Inflation 34 words
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12. Tax Cuts (Imports) 58 words
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13. Infrastructure 55 words
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14. Pound Sterling 59 words
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15. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 74 words
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16. Economic Progress 79 words
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17. Whisky Industry 47 words
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18. Wage Cuts (Economic Effects) 70 words
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19. Air Crews (Duty-free Allowance) 28 words
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20. Public Expenditure 61 words
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21. Construction Industry (VAT) 71 words
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22. £1 Notes 23 words
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23. Books and Newspapers (VAT) 130 words
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24. Manufacturing Indusry 104 words
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25. Johnson Matthey Bankers 67 words
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26. Industrial Competitiveness 38 words
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27. Tax Cuts (Economic Demand) 53 words
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28. Coal Industry Dispute 73 words
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29. Wage Cuts (Job Creation) 67 words
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30. Management Consultants 68 words
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31. Common Market (VAT Resources) 173 words
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32. Corporation Tax 42 words
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33. Deceased Persons (Estates) 185 words
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34. Value Added Tax Tribunals 112 words
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35. Obscene Publications (Imports) 90 words
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36. Revenue Statistics 153 words
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37. Press Releases 186 words
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38. EC (Sixth Directive 77/388) 321 words
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39. Personal Tax Allowances 70 words
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40. Exchange Rate (Profits and Losses) 184 words
14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. British Telecom 102 words
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2. Cheese (Imports) 194 words
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3. Inflation Accounting 74 words
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4. Overseas Trade Fairs 502 words
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5. Outward Missions Scheme 302 words
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6. Market Entry Guarantee Scheme 249 words
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7. Export Marketing Research Service 389 words
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8. EC (Regional Policy Expenditure) 853 words
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9. Asbestos 310 words
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10. Telecommunications for the Hearing-Impaired (Report) 108 words
15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. GCHQ (Staff) 76 words
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2. Falkland Islands 420 words
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3. Cyprus 79 words
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4. Sexual Discrimination (Convention) 79 words
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5. Indian Sub-continent (Ministerial Visit) 84 words
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6. Anglo-Israel Relations 101 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Miscarriages and Abortions 248 words
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2. Malformed Babies 163 words
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3. Council Houses (Cost) 78 words
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4. Fire Certificates 52 words
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5. Teachers (Pay) 117 words
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6. Leith Nautical College 61 words
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7. Broadleaved Woodland 543 words
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8. ORGANISATIONS WHICH RESPONDED TO THE CONSULTATIVE PAPER 367 words
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9. Scottish Special Housing Association 365 words
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10. Salmon 178 words
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11. Seals (Orkney) 66 words
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12. Beaufort Dyke 181 words
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13. NHS Superannuation Scheme 246 words
17. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. War Service (Superannuation) 114 words
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2. Students 107 words
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3. Road Accidents (Statistics) 208 words
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4. Shooting Incident (Belfast) 84 words
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5. Housing Waiting Lists 71 words
18. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Miss Gillian Ward (Appeal) 101 words
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2. Housing Benefit 136 words
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3. Limited List Prescribing 985 words
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4. Benefits 75 words
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5. Dentists 73 words
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6. AIDS 261 words
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7. District Nurses (Training) 107 words
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8. NHS (Managers) 193 words
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9. Newcastle Computer Dispute 95 words
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10. Family Income Supplement 78 words
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11. Personal Incomes 65 words
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12. Ancillary Services (Competitive Tendering) 73 words
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13. Family Income Supplement (Advertising) 218 words
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14. Infant Deaths 175 words
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15. Handicapped Persons (Training) 242 words
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16. Young Persons (Contraception) 145 words
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17. Supplementary Benefit 48 words
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18. Health Authorities 88 words
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19. Outline Regional Strategies 64 words
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20. National Insurance 98 words
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21. Medical Product (Safety) 79 words
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22. Itinerants (Statistics) 134 words
19. DEFENCE
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1. Army Cataloguing Authority 216 words
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2. Explosive Weapons 152 words
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3. Operation Red Shoes 125 words
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4. Nuclear Tests 75 words
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5. REME Workshops 116 words
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6. Falkland Islands 166 words
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7. Exercise Brave Defender 97 words
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8. Ulster Defence Regiment 178 words
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9. Reforger Exercises 108 words

Lords Sitting of 24 January 1985 Series 5 Vol. 459

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. Water Industry: Classification 1,177 words
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3. Livestock Protection: Dogs 734 words
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4. Ethnic Minorities—Education: Swann Report 638 words
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5. Trident: Cost Estimate 821 words
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6. Business 113 words
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7. Business of the House: Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill 61 words
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8. Business of the House: Short Debates 190 words
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9. Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill 56 words
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10. Insolvency Bill [H.L.] 115 words
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11. Royal Assent 41 words
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12. Prosecution of Offences Bill [H.L.] 11,608 words, 1 division
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13. Radioactive Waste Disposal 2,332 words
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14. Prosecution of Offences Bill [H.L.] 8,645 words
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15. Fishing Vessels (Acquisition and Improvement) (Grants) (Amendment) Scheme 1984 443 words
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16. Agriculture and Horticulture Grant (Variation) (No. 2) Scheme 1984 3,421 words
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17. Recreational Gardening Bill [H.L.] 2,105 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 January 1985 Series 5 Vol. 459

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1. PRISONERS' COMMUNICATIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 161 words
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2. PRISON RULES: ANDERSON JUDGMENT 102 words
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3. PRISONS: DRUG INCIDENTS 82 words
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4. MR. COLIN EVANS: PROBATION COMMITTEE REPORT 188 words
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5. WAR WIDOWS: VISITING HUSBANDS' GRAVES 135 words
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6. DENTAL APPEALS 63 words
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7. BRITISH RAIL-LONDON TRANSPORT FARES INTEGRATION 64 words
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8. LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT PROJECTS 103 words
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9. MOT TEST: SPARE TYRE 75 words