Sitting of 25 July 1985

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Commons Sitting of 25 July 1985 Series 6 Vol. 83

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. HASTINGS PIER BILL 4 words
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2. FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY BILL 38 words
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3. PETERHEAD HARBOURS (SOUTH BAY DEVELOPMENT) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 15 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Inflation 801 words
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2. Company Car Tax 181 words
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3. Public Expenditure 484 words
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4. International Monetary Fund 324 words
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5. Personal Taxation 331 words
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6. Johnson Matthey Bankers 531 words
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7. Customs and Excise Office, Wick 376 words
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8. Black Economy 347 words
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9. Exchange Rate 771 words
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10. Interest Rates 522 words
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11. National Wealth 400 words
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12. Interest Rates 556 words
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13. National Economic Development Council 275 words
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14. European Monetary System 181 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 1,987 words
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4. Business of the House 5,809 words
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5. Rate Support Grant (England) 10,581 words
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6. Rate Support Grant (Wales) 4,301 words
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7. Liverpool City Council 309 words
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8. ROYAL ASSENT 104 words
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9. Social Security 23,805 words
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1. SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT 46 words
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2. CHILD BENEFIT 22 words
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3. FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT 23 words
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4. HOUSING BENEFIT 24 words
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5. PENSIONERS' LUMP SUM PAYMENTS 23 words
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6. VACCINE DAMAGE PAYMENTS 25 words
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7. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT 23 words
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8. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &C 18 words
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9. ELECTRICITY 20 words
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10. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 28 words
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11. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING 27 words
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12. JUDGES 27 words
13. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS
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1. LABELLING OF BEER, CIDER, PERRY AND WINE 108 words
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10. Arthur Bell and Sons (Guinness Takeover Bid) 4,996 words
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11. Space Technology 4,262 words
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12. Silloth (Travel-to-work Area) 3,650 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 July 1985 Series 6 Vol. 83

1. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Parliamentary Costs 505 words
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2. Line of Route 95 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Ministerial Changes 24 words
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2. Falkland Islanders 75 words
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3. Southampton 25 words
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4. Southall 25 words
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5. Research and Development 137 words
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6. Eastern Africa 55 words
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7. Engagements 164 words
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8. Research and Development 444 words
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9. Unemployment 176 words
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10. Top Salaries Review Body (Membership) 209 words
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11. Cabinet Office 278 words
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12. Nuclear Non-Proliferation 75 words
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13. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 125 words
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14. X-Ray Laser Project 57 words
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15. Top Salaries 116 words
3. WALES
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1. Moorland 53 words
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2. Rough Grazing 131 words
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3. Water 646 words
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4. Welsh Language 164 words
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5. Health Technical Services 176 words
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6. Clwydian Range 97 words
4. SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
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1. Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service 331 words
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2. Animals (Experiments) 271 words
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3. University Teachers 481 words
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4. Undergraduate (Maintenance Grant) 132 words
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5. Teachers (Pay) 408 words
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6. Power Electronics and Microprocessing Techniques 154 words
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7. Universities (Funding) 122 words
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8. Academic Institutions (Clinical Medical Staff) 91 words
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9. Higher Education (Green Paper) 143 words
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10. Inner London Education Authority 243 words
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11. University Grants Committee 207 words
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12. Assisted Places Scheme 4,079 words
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13. Teachers' Salaries 125 words
5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Cumbria (Bribery and Corruption) 181 words
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2. St. Olave's, St. Thomas's and St. John's United Charities 133 words
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3. Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 267 words
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4. Mr. Jock Kane 94 words
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5. Extended Detention 182 words
6. TRANSPORT
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1. Transit Permits 124 words
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2. Heavy Goods Vehicles 154 words
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3. M3 165 words
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4. Community Transport Services 82 words
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5. Off-licences (Petrol Stations) 89 words
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6. Hayes Bypass 92 words
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7. Light Vans 288 words
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8. Anti-lock Braking 47 words
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9. M25 178 words
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10. Seat Belts 120 words
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11. Windscreens 60 words
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12. Midland Links Motorway Viaducts 181 words
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13. Passenger Transport Authorities 117 words
7. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Pollution 112 words
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2. Labour Statistics 1,099 words
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3. Finer Committee Report 114 words
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4. Redundancies 507 words
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5. School Leavers 214 words
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6. Youth Training Scheme 530 words
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7. Family Incomes 244 words
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8. Retail Prices Index 181 words
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9. Domestic Gas Explosions (Fatalities) 130 words
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10. Careers Service 113 words
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11. Putney Gas Explosion 316 words
8. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Deportation 69 words
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2. Coal Industry Dispute 45 words
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3. Drugs Legislation (Malaysia) 106 words
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4. Emergency Plans 164 words
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5. Military Chemical Weapons 153 words
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6. Race Relations Act 1967 89 words
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7. Vivisection 60 words
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8. Attendance Centres 33 words
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9. Miss Hilda Murrell 91 words
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10. Commonwealth Immigrants (Funds) 441 words
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11. Terrorism 170 words
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12. Filling Stations (Off-licences) 66 words
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13. Police Interviews 36 words
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14. Law and Order 499 words
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15. Passport Office 52 words
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16. Firearms 86 words
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17. Television Licence Concessions 193 words
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18. Police (Casualties) 200 words
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19. Metropolitan Police 165 words
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20. Prison Population 435 words
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21. Prison Officers 1,666 words
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22. Grendon Prison 193 words
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23. Community Radio 828 words
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24. Local Government Reform 358 words
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25. Drugs (Rapid Testing Equipment) 160 words
9. THE ARTS
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1. National Museums (Directors) 112 words
10. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. First Division Association (Conference Resolutions) 123 words
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2. Disabled Persons 97 words
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3. Government Forms 114 words
11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Cereal Harvest 71 words
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2. Eggs 148 words
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3. Meat Inspection 110 words
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4. Pigmeat 64 words
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5. Livestock and Poultry 113 words
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6. Sugar 68 words
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7. Milk Quotas 64 words
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8. Agricultural Support Expenditure 764 words
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9. Badgers 120 words
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10. Research and Development 102 words
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11. Ewe Meat 137 words
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12. Beam Trawling 277 words
12. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration 102 words
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2. Housing Repairs 359 words
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3. Police Operations (Costs) 180 words
13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Council of Ministers 331 words
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2. Falkland Islands (Oil) 118 words
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3. Non-proliferation Treaty 117 words
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4. Uranium 268 words
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5. Non-proliferation 716 words
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6. Strategic Defence Initiative 99 words
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7. Helsinki Final Act 813 words
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8. CONFIDENCE AND SECURELY-BUILDING MEASURES. 85 words
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9. CO-OPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMICS, OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND OF THE ENVIRONMENT (BASKET II). 41 words
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10. CO-OPERATION IN HUMANITARIAN AND OTHER FIELDS (BASKET III). 137 words
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11. CO-OPERATION AND EXCHANGES IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE. 70 words
14. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Land Resources Development Centre 1,978 words
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2. Refugees (Thailand) 137 words
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3. Sri Lanka 114 words
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4. Zambia 96 words
15. SCOTLAND
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1. Duich Moss, Islay 388 words
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2. Agricultural Research Institutes 185 words
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3. Edinburgh Dental Hospital 142 words
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4. Housing (Edinburgh) 255 words
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5. Housing Association Tenants (Purchasing Rights) 95 words
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6. Children Act 1975 117 words
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7. Rate Relief 331 words
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8. Crofters (Glenelg) 232 words
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9. Museums (Directors) 97 words
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10. Employment 69 words
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11. Primary Schools (Rural Areas) 178 words
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12. Pupils (Hostel Stay) 40 words
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13. Job Creation 101 words
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14. Average Earnings 91 words
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15. General Practitioners (Rural Areas) 66 words
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16. Hospital Beds (Rural Areas) 63 words
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17. Public Sector Jobs 46 words
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18. Telephone Exchanges (999 Service) 27 words
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19. Illegal Fishing (Prosecutions) 50 words
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20. Police Questioning (Tape Recording) 119 words
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21. Milk Outgoers Scheme 198 words
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22. Local Authority Expenditure 200 words
16. ENERGY
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1. Uranium 88 words
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2. Civil Nuclear Facilities 86 words
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3. Diesel Fuel 29 words
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4. Electricity 258 words
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5. NCB (Enterprise) Ltd. 447 words
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6. South Wales Electricity Board (Report) 516 words
17. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Homeless Persons (Waltham Forest) 114 words
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2. Reservoirs Act 1975 275 words
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3. Planning Zones (Green Belt) 84 words
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4. One-parent Families (Finer Report) 103 words
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5. UPVC Framed Windows 88 words
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6. Listed Buildings (Consent) 88 words
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7. Live Animals (Ports of Entry) 103 words
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8. Wild Animals (Migratory Species) 88 words
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9. London Docklands Development Corporation 622 words
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10. Privatisation 72 words
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11. Sport (Greater London) 33 words
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12. Planning Appeals 51 words
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13. Departmental Vote 147 words
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14. Water Supply (Norman Shaw South) 781 words
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15. Building Regulations 198 words
18. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Expenditure and Savings 124 words
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2. Demergers 36 words
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3. Inflation 37 words
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4. Income Tax 328 words
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5. Infrastructure (Investment) 51 words
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6. Direct and Indirect Taxation 60 words
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7. Johnson Matthey Bankers 90 words
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8. £1 Notes and Coins 30 words
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9. Capital Transfer Tax (Conservation Land) 73 words
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10. Economic Recovery 134 words
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11. Commercial Bills 66 words
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12. Privatisation 56 words
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13. Gross Domestic Product 48 words
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14. Interest Rates 109 words
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15. P11D Tax Threshold 80 words
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16. Scotch Whisky Industry (Stock Relief) 66 words
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17. Monetary Policy 45 words
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18. Tax Inspectors (Performance-Related Bonus) 401 words
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19. Job Creation (Tax Cuts) 47 words
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20. Money Supply 31 words
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21. Employment 55 words
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22. Silver Coins 112 words
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23. £M3 148 words
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24. Unemployment Costs 56 words
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25. Financial Management Initiative 70 words
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26. Public Spending Targets 82 words
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27. Small New Businesses 68 words
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28. Cider (Excise Duty) 38 words
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29. National Economic Development Office 183 words
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30. Value Added Tax 39 words
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31. Tax Reform 684 words
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32. Taxation Yield 126 words
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33. Sterling Rate 1,327 words
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34. Foreign Borrowing 125 words
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35. Inland Revenue (Performance Bonus Scheme) 601 words
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36. Falkland Islands 38 words
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37. Taxation 1,908 words
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38. Imports and Exports 54 words
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39. Civil Service (Pay) 234 words
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40. Excise Duty 232 words
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41. Student Grants 56 words
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42. Business Expansion Scheme 157 words
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43. Privatised Public Corporations 161 words
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44. Mortgage Interest Relief 501 words
19. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Borrowing (Bank Advances) 482 words
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2. Strategic Mineral Stockpile 178 words
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3. External Power Sockets 216 words
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4. Shipyards (Public Sector) 79 words
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5. Product Advertising 89 words
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6. Steel (Production Costs) 280 words
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7. Vehicle Component Manufacturers 98 words
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8. Directors' Fees 585 words
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9. Employment (French Subsidies) 400 words
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10. Prosper de Mulder and Imperial Meat 86 words
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11. British Telecom 269 words
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12. British Overseas Trade Board 57 words
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13. Steel Industry 451 words
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14. ABTA (Code of Practice) 131 words
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15. Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (Exhibition) 74 words
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16. Vosper Shiprepairers 69 words
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17. Cordless Telephones 59 words
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18. Nationalised Industries (Overseas Project Board Report) 62 words
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19. Insolvency Bill 82 words
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20. Insurance Industry 413 words
20. DEFENCE
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1. Royal Ordnance Factories 134 words
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2. Small Company Suppliers 141 words
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3. Submarines 54 words
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4. Nuclear Weapon Tests 322 words
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5. Army Manpower Strength (Northern Ireland) 66 words
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6. Ulster Defence Regiment 94 words
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7. Military Bands 118 words
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8. European Fighter Aircraft 143 words
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9. Soviet Space Weapons 98 words
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10. Defence Equipment (Expenditure) 104 words
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11. Aero Engine Parts 68 words
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12. NATO Papers 61 words
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13. Imber Firing Range (Incident) 125 words
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14. Atomic Demolition Munitions 38 words
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15. Radiation Tests 481 words
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16. Operation Cauldron 38 words
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17. Defence Situation Centre 30 words
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18. Sizewell "B" Inquiry 85 words
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19. Nimrod Aircraft (Civil Call Signs) 80 words
21. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Mobility Allowance 658 words
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2. Housing Benefit (Pensioners) 62 words
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3. Mental Health Act Commission 88 words
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4. Housing Benefit 1,342 words
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5. Drugs (Promotion) 102 words
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6. Drugs (Studies) 228 words
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7. Committee on Safety of Medicines 116 words
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8. Wheelchair Users 406 words
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9. Family Income Supplement 121 words
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10. Supplementary Benefit 361 words
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11. Family Incomes 87 words
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12. One-parent Benefit 136 words
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13. Opren 757 words
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14. Product Licences 96 words
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15. One-parent Families 61 words
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16. Resource Allocation Working Party (Formulae) 88 words
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17. Appeals 45 words
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18. Unemployment Benefits 49 words
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19. Reform of Social Security 164 words
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20. Benefits (Children) 299 words
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21. Income Support 582 words
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22. "Low Income Families" 45 words
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23. Working Families 1,285 words
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24. Allowance Claims 766 words
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25. Benefits (Girocheque) 102 words
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26. South London Hospitals 248 words
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27. Health and Personal Statistics 989 words
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28. Visit Statistics 993 words
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29. School Meals 75 words
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30. Waiting Lists 145 words
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31. Short-Term Funding 118 words
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32. Covenant Payments 301 words
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33. Board and Lodging 40 words
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34. Family Credit Scheme 60 words
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35. Administrator Position 135 words
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36. Presence Test 85 words
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37. Mrs. A. Carr 85 words
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38. Benefits (Unclaimed) 72 words
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39. Self-Help 270 words
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40. Voluntary Organisations 3,284 words
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41. Cancer (West Cumbria) 298 words
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42. Pensions 247 words
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43. Social Security Review 208 words
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44. Great Ormond Street Hospital (Cardiac Block) 69 words
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45. Benefit Changes 106 words
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46. Tobacco Sachets 209 words
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47. Treatment Complaints 135 words
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48. Urgent Needs Payments 183 words
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49. Supplementary Single Payments 187 words

Lords Sitting of 25 July 1985 Series 5 Vol. 466

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. Product Liability: EC Directive 1,592 words
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3. Human Rights: Monitoring by Soviet Citizens 1,172 words
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4. International Year of Shelter for the Homeless 1,001 words
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5. Employed Labour Force Statistics 1,270 words
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6. Business 42 words
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7. Parliamentary Session 47 words
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8. British Railways Bill 11 words
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9. Oil and Pipelines Bill 75 words
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10. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill 27 words
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11. Wildlife and Countryside (Service of Notices) Bill 6 words
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12. East Lothian District Council (Musselburgh Links, etc.) Order Confirmation Bill 6 words
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13. Shetland Islands Council Order Confirmation Bill 6 words
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14. Child Abduction and Custody Bill [H.L.] 31 words
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1. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 978 words
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15. European Air Transport Policy: ECC Report 4,177 words
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16. Rate Support Grant 5,491 words
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17. European Air Transport Policy: ECC Report 16,152 words
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18. Royal Assent 83 words
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19. Nicaragua 12,730 words
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20. Merseyside Development Corporation Bill 8 words
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21. Hastings Pier Bill 20 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 July 1985 Series 5 Vol. 466

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1. HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE: UNIFORMED STRENGTHS 239 words
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2. HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE: SEIZURES OF DRUGS 214 words
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3. GOVERNMENT FORMS: REVIEW 99 words
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4. NEW SCOTLAND YARD: SCAFFOLDING STRUCTURE 91 words
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5. GRENDON PRISON: REPORT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE 181 words
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6. HELSINKI FINAL ACT: EASTERN BLOC COMMITMENTS 1,179 words
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7. EGGS AUTHORITY: REVIEW COMMITTEE REPORT 152 words
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8. SHEEPMEAT: SPECIAL EXPORT CERTIFICATION ARRANGEMENTS 143 words
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9. NORMAN SHAW SOUTH BUILDING: REPORT ON WATER SUPPLY CONTAMINATION 775 words
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10. DUICH MOSS: DESIGNATION AS SPECIAL PROTECTION AREA 158 words
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11. DUICH MOSS SSSI: EXTRACTION OF PEAT 369 words
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12. CONSERVATION: ACADEMICALLY QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES IN SCOTTISH AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT 45 words
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13. US THREAT OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS 51 words
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14. NORTHERN IRELAND: PROPOSED IMPARTIAL FACILITATOR 141 words
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15. ENDANGERED SPECIES: PROPOSED DESIGNATED ENTRY VENUES 99 words