Sitting of 9 November 1987

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Commons Sitting of 9 November 1987 Series 6 Vol. 122

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. BEXLEY LONDON BOROUGH COUNCIL BILL 14 words
2. WAYS AND MEANS
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1. CITY OF WESTMINSTER BILL 27 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TRANSPORT
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1. RAF St. Mawgan 290 words
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2. Cabotage 388 words
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3. M40 Extension 465 words
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4. Air Traffic Control 790 words
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5. Bus Services (Deregulation) 536 words
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6. Transport Supplementary Grant 205 words
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7. Road Safety 871 words
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8. Network SouthEast 497 words
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9. Bus Services (Deregulation) 827 words
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10. British Rail 300 words
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11. Driving Test 342 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. "Spycatcher" 189 words
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2. Project Zircon 225 words
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3. "Spycatcher" 481 words
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4. Actions for Discovery (Immunity) 339 words
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5. Judges 291 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Overseas Aid 775 words
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2. Immunisation 253 words
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3. Overseas Aid 291 words
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4. Sri Lanka 204 words
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4. Terrorist Attack (Enniskillen) 9,322 words
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5. Northern Ireland (Terrorism) 368 words
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6. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 44 words
7. Orders of the Day
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1. Licensing Bill 43,468 words, 2 divisions
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2. Food Aid 12,618 words
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1. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 18 words
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1. LEGAL EXPENSES INSURANCE 53 words
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2. CREDIT INSURANCE 61 words
2. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c.
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1. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 56 words
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3. AGRICULTURE 54 words
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4. DEFENCE 52 words
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5. EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND ARTS 57 words
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6. EMPLOYMENT 80 words
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7. ENERGY 43 words
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8. ENVIRONMENT 42 words
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9. FOREIGN AFFAIRS 42 words
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10. HOME AFFAIRS 39 words
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11. SOCIAL SERVICES 41 words
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12. TRADE AND INDUSTRY 43 words
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13. TRANSPORT 38 words
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14. TREASURY AND CIVIL SERVICE 46 words
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15. WELSH AFFAIRS 58 words
3. PETITION
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1. Rating Reform 134 words
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4. Smoke Detectors 4,046 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 November 1987 Series 6 Vol. 122

1. PRIME MINISTER
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1. United Democratic Front 54 words
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2. Mr. Frank Larsen 178 words
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3. Core Curriculum 108 words
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4. Schools (Opting-out Provisions) 42 words
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5. Ministers (Accommodation) 70 words
2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. GCE and CSE (Easington) 151 words
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2. St. Andrews University 101 words
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3. School Leavers (Qualifications) 196 words
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4. Departmental Press Advertising 81 words
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5. Rock Ferry School, Birkenhead 62 words
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6. Schools Outreach Project 69 words
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7. Teachers' Pay 66 words
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8. Teachers' Negotiating Rights 73 words
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9. Student Grants 128 words
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10. Universities (Funding) 173 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Developing Countries (Debt) 59 words
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2. Overseas Aid 232 words
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3. Bangladesh 106 words
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4. Indonesia 132 words
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5. Famine 185 words
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6. Voluntary Agencies 188 words
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7. Guatemala 79 words
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8. Nicaragua 111 words
4. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Rating Reform 484 words
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2. Housing 195 words
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3. Housing Statistics 429 words
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4. Storm Damage 111 words
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5. Housing Investment Programme 102 words
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6. Housing Associations 84 words
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7. Council Rents 94 words
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8. Local Authority Services 57 words
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9. Basking Sharks 111 words
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10. Audit Commission 111 words
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11. Nuclear Waste 154 words
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12. Palace of Westminster 58 words
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13. Defective Housing 194 words
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14. Homeless Families 189 words
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15. Consultation Papers 263 words
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16. Council House Sales 108 words
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17. Local Government Employees (Pay) 651 words
5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Conveyancing 418 words
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2. Mr. Frank Larsen 157 words
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3. Terrorism (Prosecutions) 93 words
6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Hong Kong 503 words
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2. Colonel Robert Crowther 70 words
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3. Mr. Frank Larsen 60 words
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4. Iran-Iraq War 267 words
7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Post Office (Investment) 246 words
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2. British Airways-British Caledonian Merger 276 words
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3. FIMBRA 354 words
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4. Upholstery (Flammable Materials) 145 words
8. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Motorists (Breath Testing) 50 words
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2. Football Violence 96 words
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3. Bail 66 words
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4. Prisoners (Nationality) 88 words
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5. Immigration 168 words
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6. Press Advertising 103 words
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7. Colonel Robert Crowther 66 words
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8. Mr. Frank Larsen 262 words
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9. Entertainment Certificates 91 words
9. ENERGY
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1. Coal Industry 179 words
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2. Gas Disconnections 73 words
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3. Nuclear Inspectors 119 words
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4. Electricity Industry 217 words
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5. Sizewell B Power Station 56 words
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6. Magnox Stations (Decommissioning) 78 words
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7. Electricity Disconnections 79 words
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8. House Insulation 237 words
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9. Elderly Persons 48 words
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10. Conservation (Investment Return) 93 words
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11. Sulphur Emissions 60 words
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12. Pressurised Water Reactors 257 words
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13. Electricity Prices 73 words
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14. British Coal Houses (Wakefield) 66 words
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15. Fuel Bills 167 words
10. SCOTLAND
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1. Illegal Abortions 233 words
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2. Prisoners (Schizophrenia Psychosis) 50 words
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3. School Boards 71 words
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4. Community Centres 42 words
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5. Pupil Statistics 59 words
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6. Further and Higher Education 54 words
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7. AIDS 291 words
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8. Development Areas 140 words
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9. Stracathro Hospital Junction 94 words
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10. School Leavers (Qualifications) 194 words
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11. Protected Birds 89 words
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12. Regional Aid 106 words
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13. Scottish Development Agency 103 words
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14. Parole Board 529 words
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15. Forestry 95 words
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16. National Health Service (Expenditure) 175 words
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17. Stoneyetts Hospital 85 words
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18. State Security 82 words
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19. Restart 158 words
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20. Cabotage 136 words
11. DEFENCE
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1. United States (Secretary for Defence) 53 words
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2. Conventional Forces (Balance) 58 words
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3. Chemical Weapons 135 words
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4. Montebello Agreement 71 words
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5. NH90 Helicopter 48 words
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6. Low-level Flying 1,112 words
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7. No. 2729 (City of Lincoln) Squadron 66 words
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8. El Salvador (Military Cadets) 43 words
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9. Bullying and Brutality 113 words
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10. Type 23 Order 58 words
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11. Departmental Civilian Personnel 118 words
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12. Swinnerton Camp 127 words
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13. General John Singlaub 57 words
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14. Household Cavalry (Hunting and Polo) 155 words
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15. Army (Equestrian Skills) 97 words
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16. Contracts (Boeing) 75 words
12. EMPLOYMENT
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1. National Dock Labour Scheme 98 words
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2. Dockers (Take-home Pay) 44 words
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3. Health and Safety 800 words
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4. Job Advertisements (Age Requirements) 35 words
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5. Labour Statistics 2,206 words
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6. Regional Tourist Boards 52 words
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7. Women's Employment Rights 74 words
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8. Benefit Refusals 258 words
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9. Job Training Scheme 89 words
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10. Teachers (Unemployment Benefit) 56 words
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11. Unemployment Benefit 176 words
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12. Jobcentres (Greater London) 85 words
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13. Settle-Carlisle Railway 116 words
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14. Mr. John Craig 64 words
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15. Nuclear Installations Inspectorate 134 words
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16. Benefits (Glasgow, Pollok) 136 words
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17. Coal Industry (Injuries) 434 words
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18. Job Training Scheme 139 words
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19. Restart 516 words
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20. Action for Jobs Campaign 909 words
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21. Dock Labour Scheme 2,241 words
13. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Conway Mill Education Project 106 words
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2. Housing 144 words
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3. Prisons 89 words
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4. Border Incursions 581 words
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5. Kilroot Project 88 words
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6. Fuel Supplies (Disconnections) 56 words
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7. "Ulster Year Book" 183 words
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8. Roadworks (Comber) 37 words
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9. Education Statistics 212 words
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10. Prisoners (Transfers) 91 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Farmers (Grants) 302 words
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2. Pesticides 154 words
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3. Fishing Grounds (Pollution) 107 words
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4. Lambs (Skipton-Ilkley) 233 words
15. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Value Added Tax 123 words
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2. Capital Gains Tax 158 words
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3. Inheritance Tax 60 words
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4. British Petroleum Share Offer 1,054 words
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5. Savings Interest 39 words
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6. Tax Evasion 380 words
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7. Sub-Saharan Africa 93 words
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8. EC Budget 561 words
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9. Rating Reform 55 words
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10. Information Services 133 words
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11. Residential Property 129 words
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12. Diplomats (Local Authority Services) 63 words
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13. Share Prices 221 words
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14. Dividend Income 179 words
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15. Property Relief 67 words
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16. Poverty and Unemployment 137 words
16. TRANSPORT
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1. London Regional Transport 262 words
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2. Bus Services (Deregulation) 276 words
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3. National Bus Company 162 words
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4. Network SouthEast 151 words
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5. British Rail Engineering Ltd. 179 words
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6. East Coast Main Line 79 words
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7. Roads (Maintenance Expenditure) 179 words
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8. Trees 37 words
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9. Roads (Design Costs) 67 words
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10. Motorways (Speed Limits) 75 words
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11. Transport Act 1985 56 words
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12. Air Traffic Control 202 words
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13. Taxis 34 words
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14. Non-Passenger Train Services (Halifax) 42 words
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15. Motorways 358 words
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16. Public Transport (Fares) 45 words
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17. Isabella Colliery, Blyth 72 words
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18. Lighthouse Tenderships 66 words
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19. European Air Fares 67 words
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20. British Airways (Merger) 91 words
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21. Cars and Motor Cycles (Headlights) 91 words
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22. Air Safety 69 words
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23. Manchester International Airport 60 words
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24. British Rail 222 words
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25. A642 (Oulton-Woodlesford Bypass) 62 words
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26. Channel Tunnel 128 words
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27. London Underground Ltd. 31 words
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28. M25 245 words
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29. Roads (London) 224 words
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30. Road Links (Bristol) 59 words
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31. Pacer Trains (Sunderland-Newcastle) 54 words
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32. A629/A650 (Airedale Route) 98 words
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33. Motorway Safety 214 words
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34. North Committee 63 words
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35. Double Decker Buses (Hirings) 223 words
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36. Intersections (Congestion) 84 words
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37. Roads (Durability) 86 words
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38. London City Airport 64 words
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39. Traffic Commissioners 68 words
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40. Vehicle Inspectorate 71 words
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41. Public Service Vehicle Drivers 142 words
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42. Uncontrolled Air-space 83 words
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43. East Leeds (Traffic) 44 words
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44. Eurocity Express 102 words
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45. Settle to Carlisle Line 30 words
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46. Seafarers (Criminal Convictions) 91 words
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47. Dock Labour Scheme 72 words
17. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Mr. M. C. Ward 140 words
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2. Means-tested Benefits 76 words
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3. Banstead Mental Hospital 107 words
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4. Housing Benefit 93 words
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5. Retirement Pension 92 words
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6. Children (Hearing Impairment) 252 words
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7. Oswestry District General Hospital 307 words
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8. Storm Damage 297 words
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9. Hospital Staff (Attacks) 66 words
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10. AIDS 128 words
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11. Medical Service Cases 394 words
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12. Private Nursing Homes 51 words
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13. Maternity Benefits 856 words
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14. Local Offices (Staffing) 899 words
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15. Social Security Reform 65 words
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16. South East Thames RHA 422 words
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17. Abortions 362 words
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18. Telephone Exchange for the Deaf 224 words
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19. NHS Property (Insurance) 36 words
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20. Citizenship Registration 59 words
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21. Single People 70 words
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22. Rate Rebates 59 words
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23. Washington Community Hospital 117 words
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24. Brighton Office 363 words
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25. Social Fund 176 words
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26. London Lighthouse 66 words
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27. Benefits (Delays) 85 words
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28. Fuel-Direct Payments 68 words
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29. Citizens Advice Bureaux 126 words
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30. Leukaemia 101 words
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31. Christmas Bonus 101 words
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32. Severe Disability Premium 56 words
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33. Benefit Regulations (Interpretation) 83 words
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34. Hospitals (Birmingham) 113 words
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35. Invalid Care Allowance 212 words
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36. Nurses (Salaries) 256 words
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37. Blood 98 words
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38. Social Security Bill 1987 209 words

Lords Sitting of 9 November 1987 Series 5 Vol. 489

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Electricity: Winter Supplies 410 words
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3. BR: Locomotive Tenders 1,369 words
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4. Speed Limits: Enforcement 1,338 words
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5. Pirate Radio Stations: Investigation 704 words
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6. Business 40 words
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7. Infant Life (Preservation) Bill [H.L.] 318 words
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8. Financing the European Community 5,194 words
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9. Enniskillen Terrorist Attack 4,736 words
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10. Financing the European Community 12,326 words
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11. Overseas Trade: Select Committee's Report 17,427 words
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12. British Rail Bill 6 words
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13. Bexley London Borough Council Bill 17 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 November 1987 Series 5 Vol. 489

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1. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG CLOSED CAMPS 117 words
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2. PRIVATISATIONS: UNDERWRITING COSTS 51 words
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3. QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, BIRMINGHAM: CANCER TREATMENT PROVISION 201 words
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4. WORCESTER HEALTH DISTRICT: ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES PROVISION 115 words
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5. SOUTHEND RADIOTHERAPY UNIT 68 words
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6. RUSKIN COLLEGE: REPORT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM 652 words
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7. ARMAGH: MR. COLIN SAMPSON'S REPORT 86 words
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8. RUC CODE OF CONDUCT 73 words
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9. CRUMLIN ROAD AND MAGHABERRY PRISONS: CAPACITY 101 words