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Commons Sitting of 23 November 1987 Series 6 Vol. 123

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. ENERGY
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1. Wind Power 872 words
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2. Natural Gas Reserves 276 words
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3. Coal-fired Power Stations 814 words
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4. Electricity Costs 917 words
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5. Combined Heat and Power 318 words
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6. Sizewell B 733 words
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7. Pit Closures, Nottingham 541 words
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8. Standing Charges 305 words
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9. Electricity (Nuclear Generation) 492 words
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10. Electricity Industry 368 words
2. THE ARTS
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1. National Museum of Photography 252 words
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2. Museums, Nottingham 646 words
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3. Scottish Arts Council 367 words
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4. Elgin Marbles 347 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Secondments 732 words
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2. Civil Service College 296 words
4. THE ARTS
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1. Arts Council 332 words
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4. North Tees General Hospital 572 words
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5. Points of Order 2,898 words
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6. Opposition Day 3 words
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1. Future Government of Scotland 47,421 words, 2 divisions
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2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 62 words
3. PETITION
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1. Rating Reform 205 words
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4. Housing (Disabled People) 4,373 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 November 1987 Series 6 Vol. 123

1. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Housing 93 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. "Spycatcher" 54 words
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2. Mr. Evan Evans 62 words
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3. Legal Aid 68 words
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4. Official Secrets Act 1911 271 words
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5. Birmingham Pub Bombings 59 words
3. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Crewe and Nantwich (Visit) 68 words
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2. Select Committee on Science and Technology 74 words
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3. Security 59 words
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4. Business Rate 56 words
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5. Council of Europe 360 words
4. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Government forms 72 words
5. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Africa (AIDS) 440 words
6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Pakistan (Enriched Uranium Capacity) 52 words
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2. Racial Discrimination (Entry Clearance Officers) 74 words
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3. EEC (Sugar Quotas) 93 words
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4. Chine Kit (Hong Kong Futures Exchange) 206 words
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5. Malaysia (Cecilia Ng Choon Sim) 89 words
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6. Cambodia (Peace Negotiations) 90 words
7. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Shop Stewards 81 words
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2. Labour Statistics 183 words
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3. Manufacturing Industry 288 words
8. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Student Grants 42 words
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2. Miss Sharon McGleave 302 words
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3. Education Reform 119 words
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4. Seismic Movements 231 words
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5. Shop Stewards 841 words
9. WALES
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1. M4 (Traffic Flow) 355 words
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2. Speech Therapy Training 121 words
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3. Loan Guarantee Scheme 74 words
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4. Enterprise Allowance Scheme 66 words
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5. Collieries (Derelict Land) 70 words
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6. Jobcentres 37 words
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7. Sheep (Radioactivity) 249 words
10. TRADE AND INDUSTRYº
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1. HOTOL 99 words
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2. Space Research 58 words
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3. Falkland Islands (Post) 105 words
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4. Manufacturing Trade 102 words
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5. Ship Radio Licences 50 words
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6. Tariffs 191 words
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7. Furniture (Safety) 147 words
11. ENERGY
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1. Electricity Privatisation 115 words
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2. Gas and Electricity Disconnections 131 words
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3. CEGB (Financial Framework) 49 words
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4. Combined Heat and Power 128 words
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5. British Coal 124 words
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6. Electricity Supply Industry 1,283 words
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7. Supply Policy 41 words
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8. Coal Industry (Productivity) 62 words
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9. Opencast Sector 180 words
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10. Electricity Requirements 51 words
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11. British Coal Enterprise 57 words
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12. Electricity Prices 382 words
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13. Continental Shelf (Orders) 46 words
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14. CEGB (Reorganisation) 61 words
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15. Fuel Prices 198 words
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16. Conservation Policies 52 words
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17. Electricity (Nuclear Generation) 63 words
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18. Wind Power 149 words
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19. Gas-gathering Systems 94 words
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20. Energy Efficiency (Government Departments) 88 words
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21. Bradwell Power Station 55 words
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22. CEGB (Generation Monopoly) 93 words
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23. Norwegian Gas Imports 108 words
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24. Electricity Industry 81 words
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25. Renewable Energy Sources 206 words
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26. Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union 52 words
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27. Coal Supply Contract 84 words
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28. Electricity Generation and Supply Industries 35 words
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29. Energy Industries (Competition) 59 words
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30. Energy Efficiency Review 38 words
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31. Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations 41 words
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32. Gas Explosions 81 words
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33. Electricity Industry 60 words
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34. Sellafield 88 words
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35. Central Electricity Generating Board 70 words
12. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Divis Flats 162 words
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2. Community Initiatives 135 words
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3. Anglo Irish Intergovernmental Conference 359 words
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4. Commercial Explosive 62 words
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5. Maghaberry Prison 200 words
13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Gyrodactylus Salaris 135 words
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2. Sugar Industry 79 words
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3. Crabs 105 words
14. DEFENCE
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1. RN Armament Depot, Beith 331 words
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2. NATO Depot, Fairlie 294 words
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3. Territorial Limit 50 words
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4. Flying (Canada) 703 words
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5. Ministers (Private Offices) 302 words
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6. Air/Sea Rescue 90 words
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7. Aircraft Noise 250 words
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8. Exercise Purple Warrior 145 words
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9. Weapon Procurement 111 words
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10. Cruise Missiles 107 words
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11. Dartmoor National Park 134 words
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12. Willsworthy Camp, Dartmoor 429 words
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13. Nuclear Weapons 118 words
15. SCOTLAND
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1. Rating Reform 100 words
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2. Roads and Bridges 94 words
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3. Radiation Monitoring 62 words
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4. "Prosecuting Sexual Assault" 71 words
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5. Intermediate Treatment Centres 165 words
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6. Grampian (School Meals and Milk) 186 words
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7. Grampian (Cataract Operations) 53 words
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8. SSHA Tenants 71 words
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9. Multiple Occupation 73 words
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10. Violence and Indecency 74 words
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11. Crime Detection Rate 49 words
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12. Police (Numbers) 187 words
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13. Homelessness 55 words
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14. Housing Estate Improvements 115 words
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15. Private Tenants 29 words
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16. Hypothermia (Pollok) 48 words
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17. Tree Planting (Caithness and Sutherland) 56 words
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18. Self-Employed Persons and Small Businesses 81 words
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19. Health Authorities 33 words
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20. Mental Health (Pollok) 37 words
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21. School Boards 58 words
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22. Footballers (Offences) 46 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Homes Insulation 136 words
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2. Homeless Persons 75 words
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3. Markets 176 words
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4. "Tenants' Choice" 121 words
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5. Women's Aid 80 words
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6. Rating Reform 279 words
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7. Houses (Multiple Occupation) 156 words
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8. Berrywood Road, Duston 96 words
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9. Green Belt 56 words
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10. Local Authority Finance 2,143 words
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11. Merseyside Development Corporation 142 words
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12. Pollution 193 words
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13. Birds of Prey 132 words
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14. Housing Action Trust 54 words
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15. Homelessness 55 words
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16. Condoms 208 words
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17. Urban Development Corporations 1,032 words
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18. Local Government Elections 138 words
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19. Planning Zones 115 words
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20. St. Stephen's House 252 words
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21. "Land for Energy Development" 61 words
17. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Citizenship (Forms) 91 words
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2. Police Recruitment and Prison Places 178 words
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3. Police (Firearms) 64 words
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4. Drunken Driving 181 words
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5. Mrs. Tehreem Saif Khan 133 words
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6. Local Radio 99 words
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7. Field Sports 81 words
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8. Local Refugee Councils 99 words
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9. Citizenship (Fees) 56 words
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10. Metropolitan Police (Annual Strategic Review) 93 words
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11. Metropolitan Police (Misconduct) 33 words
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12. Metropolitan Police (Accounting Practice) 67 words
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13. Plastic Baton Rounds 130 words
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14. Commonwealth Prisoners (British Citizens' Right) 79 words
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15. Filipino Women 77 words
18. THE ARTS
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1. Area Museum Councils 69 words
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2. National Film and Television School 64 words
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3. Craft Council 41 words
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4. Museums (Oxford) 51 words
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5. Museums 493 words
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6. Funding 102 words
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7. Stoke-on-Trent 56 words
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8. Visits 66 words
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9. Arts Council (Grant Distribution) 44 words
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10. Arts Council (Funding) 123 words
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11. North of England Area Museum Council 74 words
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12. West Midlands Area Museum Council 77 words
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13. Natural History Museum 72 words
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14. "Art in Government" 88 words
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15. Small Theatre Clubs 78 words
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16. British Film Institute 73 words
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17. Local Authority Museums, London 75 words
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18. Libraries (Services) 105 words
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19. Business Sponsorship Incentive Scheme 85 words
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20. Works of Art (Loans) 143 words
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21. Touring Companies and Exhibitions 141 words
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22. Public Lending Right Scheme 96 words
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23. Donations 136 words
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24. Lindow Man (Exhibition) 83 words
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25. Sponsorship 69 words
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26. Merseyside 50 words
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27. Natural History Museum 100 words
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28. Economic Study 62 words
19. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Income Tax 216 words
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2. Corporation Tax 49 words
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3. Charitable Donations 103 words
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4. Shareholders 51 words
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5. British Printing Industries Federation 59 words
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6. Crown Estate Commissioners 151 words
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7. Capital Gains Tax 49 words
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8. Central Office of Information 121 words
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9. BP Share Issue 93 words
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10. Indian Banks 106 words
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11. Privatisation 69 words
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12. Entertainment (Tax Allowances) 53 words
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13. Eurotunnel 128 words
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14. Married Women (Taxation) 49 words
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15. Tax Returns 206 words
20. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Government Bills (Royal Assent) 102 words
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2. Private Members' Bills (Royal Assent) 2,198 words
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3. Liaison Committee (Report) 111 words
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4. Select Committee on Procedure 123 words
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5. Select Committee Reports (Debates) 55 words
21. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Senior Departmental Structure 367 words
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2. Ward Closures 71 words
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3. Benefit Statistics 112 words
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4. Blood Products 43 words
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5. Health Authorities 186 words
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6. Community Care Grants 155 words
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7. Board and Lodging 822 words
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8. Doctors and Nurses (Training) 223 words
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9. Torbay Health Authority 62 words
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10. Nursing Homes 44 words
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11. Benefit Offices 132 words
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12. Social Security (Prosecutions) 91 words
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13. Great Ormond Street Hospital 270 words
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14. Income-related Benefits 103 words
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15. Housing Benefit 71 words
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16. Supplementary Benefit 551 words
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17. Social Fund 323 words
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18. Nurses 982 words
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19. Medical Social Workers 140 words
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20. Abortion 278 words
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21. Social Security Tribunals 107 words
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22. Family Practitioner Service 185 words
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23. Prescriptions 193 words
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24. Relative Need 69 words
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25. Unclaimed Benefit 34 words
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26. Benefit Waiting Times 185 words
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27. Free Milk and Vitamins 149 words
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28. Departmental Staff 75 words
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29. Operational Strategy System 48 words
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30. Unemployment Benefit 225 words
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31. Domiciliary Consultations 49 words
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32. Junior Hospital Doctors 68 words
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33. Invalid Care Allowance 557 words
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34. Bradford Investments 116 words
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35. AIDS 130 words
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36. Agency Doctors and Nurses 263 words
22. TRANSPORT
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1. British Rail 88 words
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2. M25 100 words
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3. Aircraft Near Misses 42 words
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4. Bus Deregulation (London) 40 words
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5. Rail Electrification (Scotland) 74 words
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6. Taxis (Wheelchair Passengers) 74 words
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7. Driving Tests (Basildon) 39 words
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8. Foreign Lorries 101 words
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9. Public Transport (LDDC) 91 words
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10. Rural Transport 124 words
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11. Motorways 78 words
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12. Roads (Expenditure) 1,069 words
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13. Train Crash (Colwich Junction) 87 words
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14. Docklands Light Railway 56 words
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15. Woolwich Ferry 152 words
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16. King's Cross Station 100 words

Lords Sitting of 23 November 1987 Series 5 Vol. 490

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1. Preamble 23 words
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2. Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 50 words
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3. Genetic Disorders: Research 436 words
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4. East Cheshire Hospice: Finance 226 words
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5. NATO: Nuclear Weapons Strategy 572 words
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6. Merchant Shipping Bill [H.L.] 108 words
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7. Criminal Justice Bill [H.L.] 61,092 words, 3 divisions

Written Answers (Lords) of 23 November 1987 Series 5 Vol. 490

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1. PRISON SANITARY FACILITIES 130 words
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2. PRISON DISTURBANCES 1986: ACTION ON REPORT 199 words
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3. METROPOLITAN POLICE: INSPECTION 133 words
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4. PRISONERS: TRANSFER FROM POLICE CELLS 119 words
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5. BRIXTON PRISON 314 words
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6. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT: WITHDRAWAL FOR SELF-DISMISSAL 254 words
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7. LAND REGISTRY 114 words