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Commons Sitting of 3 December 1987 Series 6 Vol. 123

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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1. PRIVATE BUSINESS 157 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Community Service Orders 457 words
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2. Prisons 581 words
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3. Police Manpower 645 words
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4. Prisons (Crown Immunity) 562 words
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5. Television Violence 542 words
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6. Obscene Publications Act 467 words
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7. Prisons 341 words
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8. Nazi War Crimes 642 words
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9. Autocrime 540 words
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10. Firearms 619 words
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11. Shoplifting 236 words
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12. Risley Remand Centre 424 words
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13. Police (Nottinghamshire) 191 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 872 words
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2. Westland 296 words
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3. Engagements 246 words
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4. Answers to Questions 277 words
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5. Engagements 607 words
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4. BCal-SAS (Negotiations) 1,964 words
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5. British Steel Corporation (Privatisation) 8,669 words
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6. Business of the House 6,086 words
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7. Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill 165 words
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8. Postal Services 699 words
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9. Parliamentary Questions 655 words
10. BILLS PRESENTED
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1. HOUSING (SCOTLAND) 115 words
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2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 174 words
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11. Public Accounts 34,361 words
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12. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, & c. 19 words
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13. HOUSING 28 words
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14. ROAD TRAFFIC 21 words
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15. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 27 words
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16. MEDICINES 21 words
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17. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 37 words
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18. Scottish Penal System 4,113 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 December 1987 Series 6 Vol. 123

1. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Rating Reform 303 words
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2. Birmingham (Charles Housing Action Area) 72 words
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3. Waltham Forest 99 words
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4. Local Authorities (Investments) 119 words
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5. Easington (Housing) 41 words
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6. Power Stations (Emissions) 186 words
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7. Urban Programme 83 words
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8. Storm Damage 221 words
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9. Subways (Bulwell, Nottingham) 94 words
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10. Albert Memorial 146 words
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11. Urban Development Corporations 42 words
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12. Homeless Women 49 words
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13. Victim Support Schemes 66 words
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14. Homeless Children 73 words
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15. LDDC (Board Members) 51 words
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16. Housing (Repair Systems) 474 words
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17. Radioactive Waste 61 words
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18. Concrete (Alkali Silica Reaction) 162 words
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19. PSA (Fees) 82 words
2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Schizophrenia 53 words
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2. School Discipline 51 words
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3. Deaf-blind Children 257 words
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4. Universities (Female Academic Staff) 37 words
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5. Dundee University(Medical Teaching) 468 words
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6. Dundee University (Student Applications) 111 words
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7. Further and Higher Education 264 words
3. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Stoke Newington 28 words
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2. Charlton Marshall 26 words
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3. Teesside 23 words
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4. EC (Takeovers and Mergers) 71 words
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5. Terrorism 122 words
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6. Butter 67 words
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7. Mr. Raoul Wallenberg 58 words
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8. Security 50 words
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9. Fatal Accidents 78 words
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10. Engagements 91 words
4. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Bogus Prescriptions 375 words
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2. British Gas Shares 70 words
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3. Zircon Affair 75 words
5. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Ethiopia 82 words
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2. Crown Agents (Pension Division) 42 words
6. WALES
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1. Family Planning 209 words
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2. AIDS 40 words
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3. National Park Planning Board 87 words
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4. National Parks 80 words
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5. Waste Paper 50 words
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6. National Museum of Wales 477 words
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7. Mid Wales (EC Funding) 227 words
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8. Fatal Road Accidents 197 words
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9. Foreign Language Teaching 98 words
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10. Local Authorities (Capital Expenditure) 186 words
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11. Contaminated Soil 78 words
7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. German Democratic Republic 103 words
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2. Acapulco Declaration 321 words
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3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 399 words
8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Waste Paper 340 words
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2. Cigarettes 144 words
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3. Balance of Payments (International Comparisons) 224 words
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4. Acrylic Yarn Imports 58 words
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5. Voluntary Restraint Arrangements 135 words
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6. Cotton Yarn 123 words
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7. British Aerospace(Westair Airlines Order) 60 words
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8. Wood Imports 258 words
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9. Finance and Banking 152 words
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10. EC (Internal Market Council) 222 words
9. ENERGY
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1. Energy Efficiency 85 words
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2. Electricity 75 words
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3. Anthracite Imports 140 words
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4. Coal Stocks 171 words
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5. Research and Development 76 words
10. SCOTLAND
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1. Mortality 217 words
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2. M8 210 words
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3. Homelessness 262 words
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4. Health Care (Tayside) 153 words
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5. Council and SSHA House Sales 266 words
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6. Housing (Standards) 114 words
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7. Housing (Grant) 572 words
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8. Housing 88 words
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9. Transport (Privatisation) 263 words
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10. Rents 135 words
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11. Housing Expenditure 114 words
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12. Council Houses 147 words
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13. Rates 316 words
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14. Gifts in Lieu of Tax 88 words
11. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Disabled Persons 381 words
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2. Adjudication Officers 97 words
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3. Employment Opportunities (Barking and Dagenham) 131 words
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4. Local Office Staff 54 words
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5. Benefit Claimants 155 words
12. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Crime (Inner Cities) 124 words
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2. Extradition 36 words
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3. Visas 74 words
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4. Remand Prisoners 324 words
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5. Crime Prevention 387 words
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6. Remands 126 words
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7. Shoplifting 142 words
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8. Mentally III Prisoners 200 words
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9. Commission for Racial Equality 46 words
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10. Independent Television 79 words
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11. Firearms 52 words
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12. Concessionary Television Licences 48 words
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13. Drug Abuse 308 words
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14. Neighbourhood Watch 284 words
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15. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board 49 words
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16. Local Radio 111 words
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17. Sunday Trading 156 words
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18. Convicted Murderers 74 words
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19. Capital Punishment 58 words
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20. Prisons 248 words
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21. Procurement of Males 163 words
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22. Fresh Start 205 words
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23. Tamils 112 words
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24. Women Police Constables 108 words
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25. Electricity Meters 102 words
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26. West Midlands Police 72 words
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27. Nationality 141 words
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28. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 62 words
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29. Minors (Abduction) 127 words
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30. Football Violence 174 words
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31. Toys (Advertising) 48 words
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32. Prison Industries 80 words
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33. Lindholme Prison 257 words
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34. Departmental Staff 186 words
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35. Television Advertising (Alcohol) 39 words
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36. Electoral Register 121 words
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37. Fires 235 words
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38. Prisoners (Body Belts) 286 words
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39. Juvenile Courts 101 words
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40. Carlisle 76 words
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41. Police (Firearms) 314 words
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42. Draize Test 137 words
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43. Animal Experiments 65 words
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44. Immigration 66 words
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45. Waste Paper 82 words
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46. Television Licences 103 words
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47. Remand Prisoners 75 words
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48. Strip Searches 132 words
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49. DNA Tests 327 words
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50. Prisons 339 words
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51. Fires (London Underground) 160 words
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52. Metropolitan Police (Accounting Practice) 76 words
13. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Tobacco Industry (Employment) 44 words
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2. Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 84 words
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3. Suckler Cows 179 words
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4. Agricultural Development Programme 36 words
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5. Social Fund 664 words
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6. Shipbuilding 363 words
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7. Agricultural Improvement 323 words
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8. Community Relations 373 words
14. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Drugs 439 words
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2. Eurotunnel 104 words
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3. Beer, Wines and Spirits 117 words
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4. Housing Bill 59 words
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5. Educational Reform Bill (Corrections) 60 words
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6. Value Added Tax 266 words
15. TRANSPORT
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1. Train Accidents 97 words
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2. M11 and M6 (Repair Work) 136 words
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3. Cowes Harbour (Fatal Accident) 166 words
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4. Marine Radio Station Facilities 53 words
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5. London Underground (Drivers) 99 words
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6. London Underground (Victoria Line) 92 words
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7. Railway Inspectorate 47 words
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8. Coaches 146 words
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9. Winsford Bypass 73 words
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10. Gibraltar Airport 188 words
16. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Marginal Tax Rates 85 words
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2. DHSS Local Offices 266 words
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3. Welfare Milk 87 words
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4. West Midlands RHA (Capital Allocation) 133 words
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5. Halifax (Cold Weather Payment) 92 words
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6. High Rent Schemes 473 words
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7. Housing Benefit 50 words
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8. Invalid Care Allowance 239 words
17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Apple Juice 267 words
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2. Waste Paper 114 words
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3. Storm Damage 198 words
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4. Wheat Exports 93 words
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5. Irradiation of Food 72 words
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6. Alcoholic Drinks (Packaging) 56 words
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7. Hedgerows 143 words
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8. Intervention Costs 251 words
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9. Sewage Dumping 192 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. Hepatitis B 146 words
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2. Cruise Missiles 68 words
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3. F-15 Aircraft 45 words
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4. F-18 Aircraft 22 words
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5. British Telecom Research Laboratory 56 words
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6. Anti-Gas Suits 50 words
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7. Risk Reduction Centres 477 words
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8. Export Orders 87 words
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9. US Military Personnel 561 words
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10. RN Submarines (Nuclear Reactors) 99 words
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11. Army Training Area (Scotland) 100 words
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12. Exercise Purple Warrior 204 words
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13. Military Exercises (Shetland) 60 words
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14. HMS Illustrious (Refit) 54 words
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15. Chemical Weapons 338 words
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16. Nerve Gas 127 words
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17. Microbiology 99 words
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18. Early Warning Systems 99 words
19. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Mineral Water and Milk 72 words
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2. Procedure Committee 215 words
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3. Select Committee Reports 67 words
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4. Select Committees 299 words

Lords Sitting of 3 December 1987 Series 5 Vol. 490

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1. Preamble 32 words
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2. Nurses: Loss to NHS 1,754 words
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3. Overseas Assets: Revenue 735 words
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4. European Consumer Affairs Council 899 words
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5. Duty-Free Trading and the EC 502 words
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6. The Christmas Recess 51 words
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7. B.Cal/SAS Negotiations 2,353 words
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8. British Steel: Privatisation 4,239 words
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9. Legal Aid Bill [H.L.] 65 words
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10. Business of the House 69 words
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11. Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill [H.L.] 40,534 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 December 1987 Series 5 Vol. 490

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1. ALBERT MEMORIAL 143 words
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2. PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS: EC CRITERIA 91 words
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3. COUNTRYSIDE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS: POLICY 199 words
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4. RIGHTS OF WAY: MAP UPDATING 120 words
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5. PLOUGHING CODE 104 words
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6. MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE 73 words
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7. CORRESPONDENCE WITH DHSS: IMPROVED PROCEDURES 208 words
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8. REGISTRATION SYSTEM: IMPROVEMENTS 143 words
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9. ULTRA VIRES RULES AND CHARITABLE COMPANIES 45 words