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Commons Sitting of 30 November 1987 Series 6 Vol. 123

c587
1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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1. PRIVATE BUSINESS 28 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TRANSPORT
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1. Airline Competition 942 words
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2. Bus Lanes 577 words
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3. Motorway Lane Closures 538 words
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4. Civil Aviation Policy 793 words
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5. London Underground 874 words
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6. Network SouthEast 379 words
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7. Fares 549 words
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8. Weighbridges 268 words
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9. BR (Pacer Units) 149 words
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10. Overloaded Vehicles 252 words
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11. Disabled People 161 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Family Court 404 words
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2. Prosecutors (Guidelines) 736 words
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3. Director of Public Prosecutions 492 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Bangladesh 245 words
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2. Sub-Saharan Africa 294 words
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3. Ethiopia 830 words
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4. Emergency Relief 154 words
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4. Rate Support Grant (England) 6,708 words
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5. North Tees General Hospital 602 words
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6. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 66 words
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7. SCOTTISH GRAND COMMITTEE 29 words
8. Orders of the Day
cc619-731
1. Housing Bill 65,169 words, 3 divisions
cc732-6
2. Housing Bill [Money] 2,377 words
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3. HOUSING BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] 50 words
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4. SCOTTISH GRAND COMMITTEE 38 words
5. PETITION
c737
1. Rating Reform 129 words
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6. Land Registry 3,986 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 30 November 1987 Series 6 Vol. 123

1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Deputy Secretaries 234 words
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2. Treaty of Rome 101 words
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3. Nuclear Materials 96 words
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4. Disarmament 267 words
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5. Angola 109 words
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6. South Africa 88 words
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7. Radiation in Food 74 words
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8. Chile 258 words
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9. Falkland Islands 167 words
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10. Visa Applications 92 words
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11. Hong Kong 91 words
2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Degrees 126 words
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2. Her Majesty's Inspectorate (Annual Report) 145 words
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3. Deaf-Blind Children 128 words
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4. Welfare Officers 70 words
3. ENERGY
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1. Sir Frank Layfield (Lecture) 147 words
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2. "The Energy Dimension" 79 words
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3. Scottish Coalfield 58 words
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4. Nuclear Power Stations 73 words
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5. NUM 63 words
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6. Scottish Coal Industry 56 words
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7. Coal-fired Power Stations 68 words
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8. Union of Democratic Mineworkers 45 words
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9. Nuclear Power Stations (Building Costs) 48 words
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10. Private Mines 77 words
4. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Post Office 218 words
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2. Radio Investigation Officers 174 words
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3. Cigarettes (West Germany) 198 words
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4. Chile (Ministerial Visit) 556 words
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5. EEC (Shipping) 130 words
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6. Car Lifting Gear 380 words
5. SCOTLAND
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1. Rural Development 174 words
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2. Community Service 45 words
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3. Nuclear Waste 157 words
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4. Sheep and Goatmeat 115 words
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5. Agricultural Land 321 words
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6. School Government 53 words
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7. Hospital Beds 58 words
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8. Educational Buildings (Aberdeen) 105 words
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9. Hydroelectricity 54 words
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10. Hypothermia 77 words
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11. Highlands and Islands Development Board (Review) 64 words
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12. Private Sector Rented Dwellings 43 words
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13. Housing 115 words
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14. Rating Reform 213 words
6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Broadwater Farm Estate (Trials) 71 words
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2. Books (Injunctions) 111 words
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3. Courts (Resources) 63 words
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4. Professional Liability 75 words
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5. Prosecution of Offenders Act 1985 111 words
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6. Landlord and Tenant 65 words
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7. Land Registry Applications 161 words
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8. Computers 117 words
7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Mozambique 94 words
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2. India 81 words
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3. Uganda 119 words
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4. Egypt 95 words
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5. Expenditure (Order) 119 words
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6. East and Central Africa 133 words
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7. Poor Countries (Development) 126 words
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8. Ethiopia 186 words
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9. Population Growth 72 words
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10. Ethiopia and Sudan 122 words
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11. UN Development Programme 35 words
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12. Falkland Islands 53 words
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13. Cambodia 103 words
8. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Solvent Abuse 106 words
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2. Prisoners (Herbal Medicines) 107 words
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3. Prisoners (Remand and Police Custody) 84 words
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4. Firearms 502 words
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5. John and George Daly 96 words
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6. Mrs. Sayban Nessa 59 words
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7. Shops Act 1950 100 words
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8. Prisoners (Compassionate Release) 88 words
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9. Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority 114 words
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10. Gaming Machines 124 words
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11. Special Constables 53 words
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12. Mentally Disordered Offenders 328 words
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13. Police (Firearms) 440 words
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14. Nuclear Attack 272 words
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15. Extradition (Ireland) 80 words
9. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Tobacco Duty 109 words
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2. Cigarettes 156 words
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3. Energy Efficiency 55 words
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4. Photocopiers (House of Commons) 124 words
10. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Labour Statistics 1,127 words
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2. YTS (Castleford) 150 words
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3. Discrimination 81 words
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4. Union Day 50 words
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5. Homeless Persons 76 words
11. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Lambeth Palace 160 words
12. THE ARTS
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1. Museums and Galleries 201 words
13. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Disarmament 349 words
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2. Official Secrets Act 136 words
14. WALES
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1. Local Authority Capital Expenditure 327 words
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2. Medical Services 82 words
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3. Sheep Variable Premium 72 words
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4. Agricultural Land (Wales) 88 words
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5. Sheep and Goat Meat 112 words
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6. Secondary Legislation 1,043 words
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7. Mancot Community Hospital, Clwyd 50 words
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8. Eye Tests and Dental Examinations 490 words
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9. Nurses (Radio Communication) 85 words
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10. Japanese Companies 48 words
15. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Twinbrook Tenants Association 173 words
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2. Economy 131 words
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3. Rating Reform 49 words
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4. Three-judge Courts 194 words
16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Sheep and Goatmeat 145 words
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2. Environmentally Sensitive Areas 274 words
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3. Export Rebates 107 words
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4. Butter 157 words
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5. Cereals 147 words
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6. Fruit and Crop Growers 884 words
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7. Pollution 976 words
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8. Trawlers 286 words
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9. Bass 129 words
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10. Food Aid 102 words
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11. Public Rights of Way 199 words
17. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Pollution 351 words
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2. Mobile Homes 355 words
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3. Public Buildings (Lighting) 112 words
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4. Rating Reform 212 words
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5. Chlorofluorocarbons and Halons 81 words
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6. Listed Buildings 125 words
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7. Shared Ownership Schemes 43 words
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8. Waste Paper 76 words
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9. Rotherham Enterprise Zone 96 words
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10. Truscon RD27 Houses 58 words
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11. Enterprise Zones 40 words
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12. Dog Licences 91 words
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13. Council Rents (London) 147 words
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14. Development Corporations (Budgets) 179 words
18. TRANSPORT
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1. Rolling Stock Procurement Policy 197 words
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2. British Rail (Catering) 74 words
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3. National Dock Labour Scheme 78 words
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4. P and O Ferries 40 words
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5. London Regional Transport 39 words
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6. Motorway and Trunk Road Construction 46 words
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7. MOT Tests 27 words
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8. Road Schemes, London 30 words
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9. Driving Test 49 words
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10. BR (Electrification) 42 words
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11. Heavy Goods Vehicle Driver Testing 36 words
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12. Long-distance Coaches 69 words
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13. Road Schemes (London) 66 words
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14. British Rail Engineering 189 words
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15. London Transport (Driver-only Buses) 90 words
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16. M25 134 words
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17. Drink-Driving Campaigns 203 words
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18. Road Humps 88 words
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19. Long-distance Coaches 63 words
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20. Motorways (Speed Limit Signs) 91 words
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21. Civil Aviation 55 words
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22. London (Fare Increases) 32 words
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23. Gatwick Airport 140 words
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24. Mini Buses 74 words
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25. New Roads 76 words
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26. Channel Tunnel 113 words
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27. British Railways Board 47 words
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28. M1 113 words
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29. Tyre Tread Depth 27 words
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30. Merchant Fleet 139 words
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31. Pollution 160 words
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32. BA-BCal Merger 59 words
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33. Nationalised Industries (Procurement Policies) 63 words
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34. Air Traffic Controllers 35 words
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35. Road Accidents 237 words
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36. Highway Code 148 words
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37. 25 (Motorway Service Area) 50 words
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38. Fares 63 words
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39. Motorway Repair Programme 77 words
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40. London Regional Transport 51 words
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41. London (Buses) 79 words
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42. Airline Route Competition 42 words
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43. Motorway and Trunk Road Maintenance 70 words
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44. Lorries (Spot Checks) 67 words
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45. BR (Catering) 77 words
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46. Humber Bridge 106 words
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47. East Coast Sleeper Service 64 words
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48. West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority 58 words
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49. BA/BCal (Merger) 198 words
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50. Lorries 48 words
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51. Dartford Tunnel 202 words
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52. Ship-to-shore Radio 99 words
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53. London Underground 187 words
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54. Vehicle Identification Numbers 94 words
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55. British Rail Engineering Ltd. 50 words
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56. Rail Network (Isle of Wight) 64 words
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57. Rapid Transit System (Manchester) 93 words
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58. Commercial Vehicles (Central London) 296 words
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59. Vale of Rheidol Railway Line 64 words
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60. Transport Supplementary Grant 1,361 words
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61. Tyres (Tread Depth) 156 words
19. DEFENCE
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1. Nuclear Weapons (NATO) 55 words
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2. Homeless Families 137 words
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3. Air Letters 58 words
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4. Jet Provost Aircraft 69 words
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5. Shorts Tucano 66 words
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6. Radioactive Material 59 words
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7. Body Scanning (Rosyth) 126 words
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8. Radiation 108 words
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9. Nuclear Warheads 74 words
20. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Select Committees 203 words
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2. Asbestos 173 words
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3. Waste Paper 114 words
21. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Family Credit 171 words
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2. AIDS 347 words
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3. Benefits 184 words
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4. Leukaemia (Burghfield) 163 words
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5. Medicine Products 117 words
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6. NHS (Administrative Staff) 198 words
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7. Haemophiliacs 55 words
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8. Disturbed Children (Diet) 299 words
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9. Balderton Hospital 58 words
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10. Agency Staff 302 words
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11. Hospital Beds 1,873 words
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12. NHS Staff(Assaults) 260 words
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13. Supplementary Benefit 1,382 words
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14. Birth Statistics 1,157 words
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15. Family Practitioner Committees 144 words
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16. Correspondence (Welsh Language) 210 words
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17. Sheltered Accommodation (Alarm Systems) 163 words
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18. Clinical Waste 84 words
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19. Mental Hospitals (Ex-inmates) 117 words
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20. Agency Nurses 1,666 words
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21. District Health Authorities 255 words
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22. Cervical Cancer 407 words
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23. NHS Funding 69 words
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24. Pontefract District Health Authority 106 words
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25. Yorkshire Regional Health Authority 216 words
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26. Nursing (Training) 102 words
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27. Anti-flu Vaccine (Hull) 106 words
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28. Low Income Workers 248 words
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29. Social Fund 196 words
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30. Supplementary Benefit Offices 201 words
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31. Social Security Offices (Wales) 164 words
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32. General Practitioners 145 words
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33. National Health Service Employees 121 words
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34. Dental and Optical Test Charges 628 words
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35. Birmingham Children's Hospital (Baby's Death) 153 words
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36. Adult Dependant's Additions 65 words
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37. Invalid Care Allowance 209 words
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38. Mortality 168 words
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39. Cancer (Women) 79 words
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40. Hospital Car Services 186 words
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41. Heart Surgery 156 words
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42. Water Charges 157 words
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43. Insurance Companies 59 words
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44. Maidstone General Hospital 164 words
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45. Income-Related Assistance 284 words
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46. Abortion 4,892 words
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47. Housing Benefit 305 words
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48. Skoal Bandits 82 words
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49. Electricity Prices 212 words

Lords Sitting of 30 November 1987 Series 5 Vol. 490

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1. Preamble 22 words
cc803-5
2. Severn Estuary: Tidal Barrage 1,009 words
cc805-8
3. Electricity Charges: Effect on Exports 1,568 words
cc808-11
4. London Underground: Graffiti 960 words
cc811-2
5. Security Services Ombudsman: Access 473 words
c812
6. Business 58 words
c812
7. Landlord and Tenant Bill [H.L.] 71 words
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8. Scottish Development Agency Bill 12 words
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9. Urban Development Corporations (Financial Limits) Bill 12 words
cc812-3
10. Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Bill 88 words
c813
11. Highland Region Harbours (Miscellaneous Powers) Order Confirmation Bill 6 words
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12. Lerwick Harbour Order Confirmation Bill 6 words
c813
13. Coroners Bill [H.L.] 178 words
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14. Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill [H.L.] 31,238 words
cc874-9
15. Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1987 2,350 words
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16. Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill [H.L.] 19,293 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 30 November 1987 Series 5 Vol. 490

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1. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES: ENGINEERING CONTRACTS 60 words
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2. GRENADIAN DEATH SENTENCES 76 words
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3. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG 149 words
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4. KMS COMPANY: AFGHANISTAN 52 words
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5. KMS COMPANY: NICARAGUA 96 words
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6. CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO: SOVEREIGNTY 65 words
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7. EAST-WEST RELATIONS: DISCUSSIONS 332 words
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8. Mr. MICHAEL RYAN: FIREARMS 226 words
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9. COT DEATHS 550 words
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10. CLOTHIER REGULATIONS 107 words
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11. HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY 383 words
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12. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING: COMPENSATION CLAIM 123 words
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13. WASTE CHEMICALS DISPOSAL 141 words
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14. WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT: PROTECTED LIST 519 words
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15. NORTH SEA POLLUTION: CONFERENCE 354 words