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Commons Sitting of 7 May 1985 Series 6 Vol. 78

c605
1. Preamble 7 words
c605
2. PRAYERS 5 words
c605
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 32 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. EMPLOYMENT
cc605-7
1. Wages Councils 1,148 words
cc607-10
2. Labour Statistics 1,173 words
c610
3. Training Workshops (Genesis Programme) 268 words
cc610-2
4. Trade Unions (Ballots) 958 words
cc612-5
5. Labour Statistics 1,679 words
cc615-6
6. Community Programme 141 words
cc616-7
7. Labour Statistics 568 words
c617
8. Long-term Unemployed Persons 199 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
cc617-22
1. Engagements 2,088 words
cc623-37
5. Economic Summit (Bonn) 7,107 words
cc637-47
6. Gas Industry 5,056 words
cc647-55
7. Legionnaire's Disease (Stafford) 4,011 words
cc655-6
8. Mr. Speaker's Ruling (Written Answers) 269 words
cc655-6
1. CORRIGENDUM 267 words
cc656-7
9. Personal Statement 98 words
cc657-8
10. VE Day—40th Anniversary 285 words
cc658-61
11. Abolition of Forth and Tay Road Bridge Tolls 1,290 words
c660
1. ABOLITION OF FORTH AND TAY ROAD BRIDGE TOLLS 43 words
12. Orders of the Day
cc661-756
1. Finance Bill 70 words
1. Clause 3
cc661-77
1. HYDROCARBON OIL 8,881 words, 1 division
2. Clause 10
cc677-724
1. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS 27,353 words, 3 divisions
3. Clause 35
cc725-41
1. PERSONAL RELIEFS 9,607 words
4. Clause 40
cc741-5
1. RELIEF FOR CLASS 4 CONTRIBUTIONS 2,389 words
5. Clause 54
cc745-56
1. ELECTION FOR CERTAIN MACHINERY OR PLANT TO BE TREATED AS SHORT-LIFE ASSETS 6,350 words
13. PETITION
cc757-8
1. Transport Bill 71 words
cc758-66
2. South Manchester Health District 4,006 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 May 1985 Series 6 Vol. 78

1. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
c281W
1. Company Holdings 200 words
cc281-2W
2. Staff Statistics 294 words
2. ENVIRONMENT
cc282-99W
1. Rate Support Grant 8,814 words
c299W
2. Council Housing 65 words
c299W
3. Performing Arts (Manchester) 59 words
c299W
4. EC (Environmental Policy) 237 words
cc299-300W
5. Local Authorities (Land Holdings) 52 words
c300W
6. Asbestos 76 words
c300W
7. Regal Cinema, Edmonton 92 words
cc300-1W
8. Broad Street Station 152 words
c301W
9. Management Consultancy Contracts 61 words
c301W
10. Structure Plans 170 words
c301W
11. Fly Posting 123 words
cc301-2W
12. House Repairs (Warranty Scheme) 324 words
c302W
13. Conservation Orders 58 words
cc302-3W
14. Block Grant 126 words
c303W
15. Swans (Lead Poisoning) 74 words
c303W
16. Council House Sales 276 words
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17. Housing and Construction Industry 110 words
c304W
18. Local Authorities (Building and Repair Work) 77 words
c304W
19. New Towns and Housing Associations (Grants) 200 words
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20. Departmental Furniture 87 words
cc304-5W
21. Crown Suppliers 117 words
c305W
22. House Building 92 words
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23. Public Sector Housing (Renovation) 102 words
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24. Rent Acts 67 words
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25. Rates 131 words
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26. London Docklands Development Corporation 98 words
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27. Royal Docks (STOLport) 95 words
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28. Conservation 224 words
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29. Asbestos Dumping (Glenboig) 69 words
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30. Bloodstock Breeders 99 words
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31. Butterflies 264 words
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32. Ministerial Cars 39 words
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33. Local Government Expenditure 433 words
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34. Local Authorities (Advertising) 44 words
c309W
35. Whale and Turtle Products 140 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
cc309-10W
1. International Year of Shelter for the Homeless 130 words
4. PRIME MINISTER
c310W
1. Dublin Council of Ministers 113 words
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2. Bridges and Estuaries (Tolls) 93 words
c310W
3. Pensions 70 words
cc310-1W
4. Falkland Islands 38 words
c311W
5. City Action Teams 36 words
c311W
6. EC (Contributions) 135 words
c311W
7. Multi-fibre Arrangement 86 words
c311W
8. Debt Rescheduling 126 words
cc311-2W
9. Engagements 109 words
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10. Whale By-products 36 words
c312W
11. Rates 106 words
c312W
12. Secretary of State for Energy (Speech) 34 words
c312W
13. Council of Ministers (Decisions) 46 words
5. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
cc312-3W
1. Foreign Language Teaching 153 words
c313W
2. Integrated Education 233 words
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3. Human Embryos (Research) 326 words
6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. European Commission of Human Rights 97 words
7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
cc314-6W
1. Imports 803 words
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2. Departmental Committees of Inquiry 474 words
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3. Fur Coats (Labelling) 50 words
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4. Manchester Steel Company 108 words
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5. Mobile Radio Services 36 words
c318W
6. British Aerospace 79 words
c318W
7. Mayfair Hotel (Satellite Television) 80 words
cc318-9W
8. Honduras 39 words
c319W
9. Telecommunications Equipment 205 words
c319W
10. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone 97 words
cc319-20W
11. Citizens Band Radio 214 words
c320W
12. British Telecom 54 words
8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
c320W
1. El Salvador 196 words
cc320-1W
2. Nuclear Tests 159 words
c321W
3. Nicaragua 131 words
c321W
4. Chile 69 words
cc321-2W
5. Spain (British Tourists) 178 words
c322W
6. GCHQ 160 words
c322W
7. Gibraltar 80 words
9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Council of Agriculture Ministers 153 words
cc322-3W
2. Milk Quotas 489 words
cc323-4W
3. Cereals (Intervention Expenditure) 211 words
c324W
4. Pesticides 88 words
c324W
5. Production and Consumption (Statistics) 73 words
c324W
6. Rural Estate 40 words
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7. Intervention Stores 55 words
c325W
8. Liquid Skimmed Milk 50 words
10. ENERGY
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1. Departmental Committees of Inquiry 268 words
c325W
2. Scottish Business 100 words
11. WALES
cc325-6W
1. Royal Ordnance Factory, Cynon Valley 37 words
c326W
2. British Petroleum 43 words
12. HOUSE OF COMMONS
c326W
1. Defence Debates 198 words
cc326-7W
2. Cervical Cancer 192 words
c327W
3. Overseas Visitors (Health Charges) 140 words
c327W
4. Educational Maintenance Allowance 65 words
c327W
5. Tourism 71 words
cc327-8W
6. Redundancies 59 words
c328W
7. Advance Factories 108 words
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8. Agricultural Produce (Storage Space) 57 words
c328W
9. Intervention Stocks (Value) 79 words
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10. Intervention Stores 190 words
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11. Skimmed Milk 62 words
13. HOME DEPARTMENT
cc329-30W
1. Prisoners (Statistics) 341 words
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2. Prisons (Suicides) 422 words
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3. Holloway Prison 235 words
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4. Libyan People's Bureau 880 words
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5. Primates 70 words
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6. Civil Defence 62 words
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7. Remand Hearings 46 words
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8. Wakefield Prison 274 words
14. SOCIAL SERVICES
cc334-5W
1. Residential Homes 325 words
c335W
2. Family Income Supplement 517 words
cc335-6W
3. Supplementary Benefit (Southwark) 19 words
c336W
4. Benefits 195 words
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5. Departmental Committees of Inquiry 471 words
c337W
6. Maternity Leave 45 words
c337W
7. Health Authorities (Private Contractors) 62 words
c337W
8. Child Benefits 100 words
cc337-8W
9. Board and Lodging Payments 45 words
c338W
10. Dental Charges 85 words
cc338-9W
11. Abortions (Wandsworth) 66 words
c339W
12. Mobility Allowance 92 words
c339W
13. General Practice Finance Corporation 257 words
cc339-40W
14. Cervical Screening 280 words
c340W
15. NHS (Waiting Lists) 155 words
cc340-1W
16. Community Homes 121 words
c341W
17. Pensions 523 words
cc341-3W
18. Health Regions (Manpower Targets) 563 words
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19. Hospital Ancillary Services (Salford) 82 words
c343W
20. Population Statistics 343 words
cc343-4W
21. National Insurance Contributions 93 words
c344W
22. Children Act 1975 39 words
c344W
23. Association of Community Health Councils 74 words
cc344-5W
24. Amenity and Pay Beds 302 words
cc345-7W
25. Mortality Statistics 1,224 words
15. NORTHERN IRELAND
cc347-8W
1. European Driving Licence 30 words
cc348-9W
2. Less Favoured Areas Boundaries 42 words
c349W
3. Republic of Ireland (Gas Pipeline) 68 words
c349W
4. Castlereagh (Grant Aid) 355 words
cc349-50W
5. Medical Cards 159 words
c350W
6. Anglo-Irish Encounter Group 98 words
c350W
7. Electors (Identification) 122 words
c350W
8. Water Service (Unpaid Bills) 57 words
cc350-1W
9. Local Government Electors 489 words
16. THE ARTS
cc351-2W
1. Departmental Committees of Inquiry 23 words
c352W
2. Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Pay) 100 words
17. TRANSPORT
c352W
1. M1 (Maintenance Works) 79 words
18. CIVIL SERVICE
cc352-3W
1. Departmental Committees of Inquiry 129 words
c353W
2. Eastern Area (Orchestra) 532 words
cc353-4W
3. Labour Statistics 56 words
19. EMPLOYMENT
cc354-6W
1. Health and Safety 1,118 words
cc356-7W
2. Jobcentres 87 words
c357W
3. Skillcentres 159 words
cc357-8W
4. Youth Training 673 words
cc358-9W
5. Factory Inspectors 34 words
c359W
6. Unemployment Levels 111 words
c359W
7. Long-term Unemployed Persons 166 words
cc359-60W
8. High Technology Training 79 words
c360W
9. Earnings 198 words
c360W
10. Job Creation 134 words
c360W
11. Wages Inspectors 23 words
cc360-1W
12. "Employment: The Challenge for the Nation" 180 words
c361W
13. City Action Teams 162 words
c361W
14. Health and Safety Inspectors 35 words
cc361-2W
15. Job Release Scheme 73 words
c362W
16. School Leavers 70 words
c362W
17. Trade Unions (Postal Ballots) 36 words
c362W
18. Departmental Committees of Inquiry 68 words
c362W
19. Unfair Dismissal 39 words
cc362-3W
20. Langbaurgh 225 words
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21. Employment Protection Act 114 words
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22. Wages Councils 137 words
cc363-4W
23. Hearing Protection 117 words
c364W
24. Dock Workers 31 words
cc364-5W
25. National Dock Labour Scheme 510 words
c365W
26. Employee Involvement 207 words
cc365-6W
27. Milk Roundsmen (Child Labour) 49 words
20. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Construction Industry (Development Land Tax) 55 words
c366W
2. Small Businesses 197 words
c366W
3. EC (Agriculture Expenditure) 84 words
cc366-7W
4. Development Land Tax 274 words
c367W
5. Bloodstock Breeders (VAT) 161 words
c367W
6. Insolvency 48 words
cc367-8W
7. EC (VAT) 105 words
c368W
8. EC (Budget) 272 words
cc368-9W
9. State Earnings-related Pension Scheme 132 words
c369W
10. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief 80 words
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11. Truck Manufacturers (Taxation) 59 words
cc369-70W
12. EC Directives 250 words
21. SCOTLAND
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1. Rates 114 words
c370W
2. Agricultural Colleges (Advisory Services) 159 words
c370W
3. Defective Houses 89 words
cc370-1W
4. Young Offenders 445 words
cc371-2W
5. Transport Subsidies (Strathclyde) 274 words
cc372-3W
6. Housing Associations 249 words
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7. Dunblane Bypass 114 words
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8. Hospital Beds 238 words
cc373-4W
9. Myocardial Infarction 35 words
c374W
10. Coronary Artery Disease (Deaths) 87 words
c374W
11. NHS Expenditure 133 words
cc374-5W
12. Hospitals 316 words
c375W
13. Geriatric Hospitals 99 words
cc375-6W
14. Cervical Cancer 474 words
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15. Hospitals (Beds and Nurses) 63 words
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16. Renal Treatment (Funding) 77 words
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17. Cormorants 69 words
cc376-7W
18. Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 59 words
cc377-8W
19. Sexual Offences (Report) 740 words
c378W
20. Rates 95 words
cc378-80W
21. Birds (Licences) 753 words

Lords Sitting of 7 May 1985 Series 5 Vol. 463

c523
1. Preamble 37 words
cc523-6
2. Tobacco Promotion 1,431 words
cc526-7
3. Clam Farming: Exe Estuary 850 words
cc528-9
4. USSR-United Kingdom Trade 852 words
cc529-30
5. Deer: Slaughter of Farmed Animals 442 words
c530
6. Business 72 words
c531
7. Housing Bill [H.L.] 82 words
c531
8. Housing Associations Bill [H.L.] 78 words
c531
9. Landlord and Tenant Bill [H.L.] 81 words
c531
10. Housing (Consequential Provisions) Bill [H.L.] 81 words
c531
11. Road Traffic (Production of Documents) Bill 12 words
cc532-50
12. Local Government Bill 10,495 words
cc550-61
13. Economic Summit Meeting, Bonn 5,683 words
cc561-8
14. Gas Industry 3,600 words
cc568-645
15. Local Government Bill 41,048 words, 2 divisions
c645
16. Royal Bank of Scotland Bill 16 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 7 May 1985 Series 5 Vol. 463

c645WA
1. IMMIGRATION APPLICATIONS 75 words
c645WA
2. WOMEN HOSPITAL PATIENTS: WAITING LISTS 95 words
cc645-6WA
3. COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE MINISTERS: MAY MEETING 159 words
c646WA
4. MILK QUOTAS 1985–86 265 words
cc646-8WA
5. MARITIME PROJECTS: DEVELOPMENT AID 1,715 words
cc648-50WA
6. NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY: DEVOLUTION REPORTS 84 words