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Commons Sitting of 7 March 1985 Series 6 Vol. 74

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 25 words
1. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL (By Order)
2. BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL BILL (By Order)
3. CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL BILL (By Order)
4. C-POULTRY COMPANY LIMITED BILL (By Order)
5. FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY BILL (By Order)
6. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL (By Order)
7. HARROGATE STRAY BILL (By Order)
8. LINCOLN CITY COUNCIL BILL (By Order)
9. PLYMOUTH MARINE EVENTS BASE BILL (By Order)
10. SCARBOROUGH BOROUGH COUNCIL BILL (By Order)
11. STREATHAM PARK CEMETERY BILL (By Order)
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12. YORKSHIRE WATER AUTHORITY BILL (By Order) 15 words
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4. LERWICK HARBOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION 49 words
5. Oral Answers to Questions
1. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Room Heaters 356 words
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2. Driving Licence 349 words
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3. Farm Wardens 119 words
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4. Security 1,720 words
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5. Unemployment 1,185 words
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6. Short Bros. Ltd. 626 words
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7. Footpaths 162 words
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8. Political Talks 356 words
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9. Co-ownership Housing Schemes 175 words
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10. Bank Deposits 559 words
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11. Plastic Bullets 446 words
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12. Republic of Ireland 253 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 2,138 words
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6. Business of the House 4,793 words
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7. Rates (Scotland) 5,997 words
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8. Surrogate Motherhood 3,077 words
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9. Coal Industry Dispute 729 words
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10. Hackney Rates (High Court Application) 757 words
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11. Northern Ireland (Local Elections) 21,144 words, 1 division
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12. Northern Ireland (Appropriation) 24,993 words, 1 division
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1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 77 words
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2. Miners (Police Records) 4,219 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 March 1985 Series 6 Vol. 74

1. ENERGY
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1. Energy Prices 115 words
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2. Redundant Mineworkers 319 words
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3. Central Electricity Generating Board 66 words
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4. National Coal Board (Enterprise) Ltd. 372 words
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5. Coal Industry 92 words
2. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Information Technology 501 words
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2. Industrial Research and Development 138 words
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3. Enterprise Agencies 208 words
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4. Software Products Scheme 224 words
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5. Manufactured Exports 194 words
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6. Manufacturing Output 60 words
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7. Industrial Investment 187 words
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8. Companies Act 1980 44 words
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9. Spain and Portugal (Agriculture) 82 words
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10. Clothing and Textiles 1,184 words
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11. Trade Statistics 453 words
3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Polytechnics (London) 120 words
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2. Young Persons 508 words
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3. Deaf Children 334 words
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4. Teachers (Pay) 511 words
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5. Sign Language 122 words
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6. Pupil Costs 42 words
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7. Mr. I. Bufton 47 words
4. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Dollar-Pound Exchange Rate 158 words
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2. Inflation 97 words
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3. Industrial Society 45 words
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4. £1 Coin 590 words
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5. Allowances 52 words
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6. Married Couples (Taxation) 192 words
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7. Extra-statutory Concessions 67 words
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8. Non-transferable Tax Allowance 123 words
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9. Family Taxation and Benefits 124 words
5. ENVIRONMENT
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1. House Building (Bolton) 144 words
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2. Vacant Urban Land 367 words
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3. Housing Needs (South-East) 102 words
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4. Central Berkshire Structure Plan 104 words
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5. Housing and Development (South-East) 118 words
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6. Land Releases 85 words
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7. National Heritage Memorial Fund 164 words
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8. Rate Capping (Personal Files) 161 words
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9. South-East (Office Supply and Demand) 103 words
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10. Local Government Bill 76 words
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11. GLC (Property Auctions) 106 words
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12. London Planning Commission 82 words
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13. Local Government Reform 84 words
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14. Metropolitan Green Belt 43 words
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15. London Boroughs (Strategic Planning) 94 words
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16. London Boroughs (Green Belt Development) 53 words
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17. Government Car Service (Parking Offences) 83 words
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18. Homes Insulation Scheme 87 words
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19. Control of Pollution Act 1974 110 words
6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Cambodia 556 words
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2. Cruise Missiles (Sweden and Finland) 44 words
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3. Israel (Arms) 112 words
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4. Mr. Yasser Arafat 108 words
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5. New Zealand Farmers 215 words
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6. ANZUS Treaty 124 words
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7. El Salvador 123 words
7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Rape Case (Cardiff) 158 words
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2. Social Security Commissioners (Decisions) 193 words
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3. Official Secrets Act 108 words
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4. GCHQ 61 words
8. DEFENCE
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1. European Defence Co-operation 112 words
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2. RAF Molesworth 447 words
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3. Sexual Offences Act 1967 105 words
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4. Service Personnel (Rights and Restrictions) 167 words
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5. Trident 60 words
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6. Air Crew (Drugs) 36 words
9. WALES
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1. Industrial Development 223 words
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2. Contaminated Land 75 words
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3. Baglan Industrial Estate 107 words
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4. Engineering Industry 129 words
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5. Women (Unemployment) 85 words
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6. Mid-Wales Development 71 words
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7. Limited List Prescribing 67 words
10. PRIME MINISTER
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1. USA (Visit) 60 words
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2. Intelligence Accountability 44 words
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3. Trades Union Congress 29 words
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4. Strategic Defence Initiative 39 words
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5. European Community Budget 501 words
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6. Engagements 69 words
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7. Labour Statistics 476 words
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8. Oil and Gas Revenue and Unemployment Benefit 183 words
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9. Channels Islands 76 words
11. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Fingerprints 240 words
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2. Private Security Vans 116 words
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3. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 328 words
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4. Entry Clearance Applications 228 words
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5. Prisons (Babies) 163 words
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6. Murder (Sentences) 71 words
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7. Organ Transplants 127 words
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8. Crime Watch 194 words
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9. Satellite Television 134 words
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10. Civil Defence 64 words
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11. Policemen (Rates of Pay) 43 words
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12. Immigration and Nationality 88 words
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13. Public Disorder (Wolverhampton) 151 words
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14. Remanded Persons 422 words
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15. Coal Industry Dispute 285 words
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16. Prisons (Diets) 67 words
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17. Animals (Experiments) 892 words
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18. Grain 172 words
12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Agricultural Products (Costs) 85 words
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2. Farm Holdings 298 words
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3. European Community Budget 104 words
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4. Field Beans 415 words
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5. Agricultural Output 50 words
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6. Farm Incomes 185 words
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7. Salmon Tagging 148 words
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8. Wages and Employment 326 words
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9. Agricultural Products (Prices) 587 words
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10. European Community (Net Value Added) 157 words
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11. Common Agricultural Policy 64 words
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12. Warble Fly 164 words
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13. Milk Quotas 143 words
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14. Lobsters 152 words
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15. Research 109 words
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16. Agricultural Trade Policy 259 words
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17. Mediterranean Products 168 words
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18. Livestock Shipments (Falkland Islands) 37 words
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19. New Zealand Produce 342 words
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20. Sea Fisheries Statistical Table 108 words
13. SCOTLAND
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1. Disciplinary Cases 112 words
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2. Better Business Services 185 words
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3. Conservation 49 words
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4. Greater Glasgow Health Board 252 words
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5. South of Scotland Electricity Board 170 words
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6. House Purchase and Repossession 172 words
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7. Lanarkshire Health Board 268 words
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8. Limited List Prescribing 50 words
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9. Sea Fisheries Statistical Table 99 words
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10. Rating 105 words
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11. Scottish Council (Development and Industry) Conference 185 words
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12. Class Sizes 66 words
14. TRANSPORT
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1. Gas Mains 129 words
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2. Regional Airports 228 words
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3. Airports (London) 349 words
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4. A3 (Lighting) 43 words
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5. Railway Sidings (Grants) 179 words
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6. Roads (London) 276 words
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7. Urban Trunk Roads 47 words
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8. Roads 79 words
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9. Traffic Management 113 words
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10. London Planning Commission 66 words
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11. Transport Boards (London) 297 words
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12. GLC (CR6 Project) 114 words
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13. GLC (Taxicard Scheme) 91 words
15. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Redundant Mineworkers 85 words
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2. Gas Supply 403 words
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3. Pesticides 322 words
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4. Young Persons 333 words
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5. Young Workers Scheme 466 words
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6. Enterprise Allowance Scheme 74 words
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7. Walthamstow 182 words
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8. Community Programme 807 words
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9. Departmental Costs 262 words
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10. Construction Industry 196 words
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11. Youth Training Scheme 213 words
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12. Area Manpower Boards 168 words
16. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Security Forces (Killings) 98 words
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2. Royal Ulster Constabulary 327 words
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3. Dairy Farmers 107 words
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4. Business and Employment Prospects 113 words
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5. Political Situation 62 words
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6. Bank Deposits 96 words
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7. Room Heaters 57 words
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8. Security 46 words
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9. Vehicle Thefts 464 words
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10. Converted Terrorists 79 words
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11. Public Expenditure (EC Contribution) 86 words
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12. Abortion 131 words
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13. Assembly Members (Salaries and Allowances) 70 words
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14. Area Health Boards 85 words
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15. Prison Service 165 words
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16. Limited List Prescribing 115 words
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17. European Social Fund 143 words
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18. Molins Engineering Factory, Maydown 85 words
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19. RUC (Newry) 274 words
17. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Limited List Prescribing 408 words
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2. Private Residential Care Homes 124 words
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3. Ambulance Service (Newcastle upon Tyne) 378 words
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4. Resettlement Units 112 words
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5. Leukaemia 442 words
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6. Drugs (Licences) 91 words
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7. Flora Margarine 36 words
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8. Computers 208 words
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9. Hypothermia 101 words
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10. AIDS 93 words
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11. Management Information System 232 words
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12. Pharmaceutical Companies 136 words
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13. Kidney Patients 47 words
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14. Pharmaceuticals (Prices) 63 words
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15. Retirement Pensioners 120 words
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16. Medical Students (Revenue Contributions) 59 words
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17. Postneonatal Mortality 225 words
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18. Public Health Laboratory Service 49 words
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19. Factor VIII 149 words
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20. Haemophilia Society 82 words
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21. Vaccine Damage 557 words
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22. Supplementary Benefit 77 words
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23. Prescriptions 113 words
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24. Macclesfield Health Authority 33 words
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25. NHS (Senior Administrators) 143 words
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26. Opticians (Prescriptions) 395 words
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27. GPs (Private Prescriptions) 115 words
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28. Sickle Cell Disease 110 words
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29. Consultants 5,681 words
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30. Spastics Society (Correspondence) 946 words
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31. Tumour Necrosis Factor 318 words

Lords Sitting of 7 March 1985 Series 5 Vol. 460

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. Trident: Independent Deterrence 930 words
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3. Animals in Schools: RSPCA Guidance 578 words
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4. South Africa: Arms Embargo 1,129 words
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5. Honda: UK Production Discussions 910 words
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6. Business 67 words
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7. Prosecution of Offences Bill [H.L.] 372 words
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8. Films Bill 11,581 words, 1 division
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9. Rating and Revaluation-Scotland 2,373 words
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10. Surrogate Motherhood: Legislation 1,242 words
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11. Water (Fluoridation) Bill 12 words
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12. Films Bill 12,883 words, 1 division
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13. Tay Road Bridge (Scheme) Approval Order 1985 879 words
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14. Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Bill [H.L.] 16 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 7 March 1985 Series 5 Vol. 460

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1. CONVEYANCING: SECOND REPORT 107 words
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2. EMPTY WAREHOUSES: RATING RELIEF 114 words
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3. GPO MAIL: MECHANISATION AND DELIVERIES 243 words
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4. DAIRY FARMERS: LEVIES 114 words
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5. NEW FOREST BUCKHOUNDS 66 words
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6. IMMIGRATION CONTROL 187 words
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7. STATE SECURITY 226 words
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8. PRISONERS' MAIL: BOX NUMBERS 143 words
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9. SPECIAL CONSTABULARY: STRENGTH 323 words