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Commons Sitting of 19 December 1988 Series 6 Vol. 144

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 37 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Income Support 654 words
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2. Severe Weather Payments 543 words
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3. Family Credit 1,392 words
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4. Social Fund (Applications) 504 words
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5. Pensions 739 words
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6. Child Benefit 778 words
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7. Administration (Paperwork) 682 words
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8. Housing Benefit 389 words
2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Cathedrals 256 words
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2. Ecclesiastical Courts (Legal Aid) 257 words
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3. Cathedrals (Admission Charges) 602 words
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4. St. Jude's Church, Southsea 191 words
3. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
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1. Disabled People (Parking Spaces) 283 words
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2. "A Patient Voice at the GMC" 364 words
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3. Select Committee on Scottish Affairs 357 words
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4. Hon. Members (Salaries and Allowances) 520 words
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5. Egg Industry 6,854 words
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6. Rate Support Grant 6,115 words
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7. Members' Interests 282 words
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8. Child Protection 15,026 words
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9. Adjournment (Christmas) 22,704 words
10. Orders of the Day
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1. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL 78 words
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2. Transport (London) 11,559 words
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3. Community Care 10,785 words
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4. Energy Efficiency and Conservation 7,881 words
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5. Egg Industry 9,680 words
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6. Football Matches (Public Order) 20,148 words
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7. Rating Reform 7,977 words
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8. Church Buildings 12,019 words
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9. Racial Harassment 465 words
11. PETITION
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1. Settle-Carlisle Railway 43 words
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2. Stanley Royd Hospital 3,691 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 December 1988 Series 6 Vol. 144

1. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Visits 100 words
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2. Meetings 72 words
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3. White Papers 102 words
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4. Armenia 69 words
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5. Economic Regions 61 words
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6. Special Needs Housing 36 words
2. THE ARTS
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1. Items in Lieu of Tax 169 words
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2. Museums and Galleries (Attendances) 74 words
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3. Works of Art (Export Licences) 192 words
3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. United Kingdom-Soviet Relations 415 words
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2. Identity Cards 71 words
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3. School Meals (Bradford) 256 words
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4. Smoking 125 words
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5. Willowbrook School 70 words
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6. Mathematics and Science 190 words
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7. ILEA (Expenditure) 183 words
4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Nicaragua 84 words
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2. Bilateral Aid 198 words
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3. Cambodia 82 words
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4. Voluntary Recruiting Agencies 87 words
5. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Cathedrals 123 words
6. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Office Costs Allowance 45 words
7. TRANSPORT
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1. Radio Beacons 131 words
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2. New Motorway (North-East) 47 words
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3. A1 169 words
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4. Driving Licences 143 words
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5. Light Dues 65 words
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6. M20 (Hollingbourne to Ashford) 56 words
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7. British Transport Police 336 words
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8. Airports 190 words
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9. Oil Spillage (Milford Haven) 204 words
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10. Yachts and Pleasure Boats 81 words
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11. Traffic Examiners 131 words
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12. London Regional Transport 116 words
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13. Highway Authority Expenditure 1,343 words
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14. Thornaby and Middleton St. George Bypasses 60 words
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15. Manchester Airport (Accident) 102 words
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16. British Rail 58 words
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17. Docklands Light Railway 80 words
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18. Hunts 207 words
8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Grants (West Midlands) 240 words
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2. Investment 372 words
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3. Mergers and Acquisitions 113 words
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4. Eggs 51 words
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5. Waste Recycling 67 words
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6. Scrap Metal Recycling 61 words
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7. National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux 186 words
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8. Art Auctions (Buyer's Premium) 115 words
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9. North Peckham Task Force 637 words
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10. Rattan 133 words
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11. Mail Deliveries 162 words
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12. Resider Programme 183 words
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13. Imports (EC) 152 words
9. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Personal Taxation Statistics 769 words
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2. National Insurance Contributions 97 words
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3. Identity Cards 69 words
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4. EEC (Auditors' Report) 77 words
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5. Civil Service Pensioners 283 words
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6. Tax Fraud 122 words
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7. Mortgages 74 words
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8. Unearned Income 274 words
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9. Coventry Four 164 words
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10. Income Tax 218 words
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11. Tobacco Taxes 217 words
10. ENERGY
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1. Electricity (Privatisation) 31 words
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2. Drigg (Canister) 2,937 words
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3. Electricity Generation 229 words
11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Irradiation 48 words
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2. Eggs 432 words
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3. Export Rates (Fraud) 135 words
12. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. NHS Grading 342 words
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2. Voluntary Grammar Schools 1,253 words
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3. Firearms 215 words
13. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Toxic Waste Sites 153 words
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2. Rating Reform 231 words
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3. Building Research Establishment 81 words
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4. River Thames (Expenditure) 122 words
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5. Council House Rents 91 words
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6. Nuclear Waste 51 words
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7. UN (Emergencies) 77 words
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8. Football (Membership Scheme) 699 words
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9. Waterfries School 54 words
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10. Public Works Departments 336 words
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11. Competitive Tendering 183 words
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12. Needs Assessment 92 words
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13. Derelict Land Grants (Computerisation) 545 words
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14. Exeter Airport 55 words
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15. Chelsea Football Ground 49 words
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16. River Tees (Barrage) 332 words
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17. Structure Plans 149 words
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18. Teesside Development Corporation 172 words
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19. Historic Churches 166 words
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20. Rate Limitation 380 words
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21. Local Government Reorganisation 89 words
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22. Unleaded Petrol 181 words
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23. Waste Imports 174 words
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24. Nuclear Waste 515 words
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25. Disposal Notices 258 words
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26. Exchequer Grant 958 words
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27. Football Statistics 1,840 words
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28. Sports Council 135 words
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29. Satellite Television Dishes 1,072 words
14. WALES
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1. Cancer 3,041 words
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2. Health Service (Grading) 10,865 words
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3. Rates 43 words
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4. Water Authority (Borrowing) 66 words
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5. Oil Spillage (Milford Haven) 172 words
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6. Welsh Language 175 words
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7. Rating Reform 559 words
15. DEFENCE
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1. Local Administration Communications 120 words
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2. Low Flying 257 words
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3. Porton International 61 words
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4. Tanks 115 words
16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Iraq 51 words
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2. WEU 60 words
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3. Vietnamese Refugees 100 words
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4. Arms Control 131 words
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5. Anglo-Japanese Relations 83 words
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6. Global Environment 96 words
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7. Chemical Warfare Stocks (Soviet Union) 104 words
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8. Conventional Forces (Inspection) 112 words
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9. Test Ban 151 words
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10. United Kingdom Nationals (EC) 148 words
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11. South Africa (Military Service) 88 words
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12. Falklands Islands (Geneva Meeting) 100 words
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13. Persian Gulf (Royal Naval Presence) 85 words
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14. Khmer Rouge 43 words
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15. Madame Ieng Thirith 61 words
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16. Official Secrets 165 words
17. SCOTLAND
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1. Mountain Rescue 177 words
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2. Farming 332 words
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3. Set-aside 655 words
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4. Suckler Cow Premium 100 words
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5. Diseased Salmon 269 words
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6. Government Cars 125 words
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7. SDA (Property) 224 words
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8. Mining Persons 114 words
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9. Channel Tunnel 395 words
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10. NHS Grading 2,039 words
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11. Forestry 142 words
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12. Fish Farming 1,156 words
18. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Land Registry (Plymouth) 107 words
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2. Extradition Warrants 525 words
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3. Terrorists 782 words
19. EMPLOYMENT
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1. YTS 144 words
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2. Parental Leave 321 words
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3. Wages Councils 110 words
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4. Labour Statistics 6,831 words
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5. Construction Industry Training Board 94 words
20. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Disabled People 613 words
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2. Independent Living Fund 466 words
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3. Family Credit 306 words
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4. Family Credit and Independent Living Fund 84 words
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5. Income Support 485 words
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6. Housing Benefit 280 words
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7. Expenditure 114 words
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8. Child Benefit 311 words
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9. Housing Benefit and Transitional Payments 63 words
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10. Pensioners 319 words
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11. Pensioners (Living Standards) 50 words
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12. Hardship Payments 31 words
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13. Claimants (Service) 186 words
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14. Christmas Bonus 184 words
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15. Income Support (EC Nationals) 128 words
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16. Social Fund 118 words
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17. Mobility Allowance 129 words
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18. Low-income Families 63 words
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19. Homeless People 102 words
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20. Income Support 84 words
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21. Widows 46 words
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22. Disability Premium 77 words
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23. Benefits 150 words
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24. Pensioners (Severe Weather) 42 words
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25. Income Support (Brent) 113 words
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26. Operational Strategy 94 words
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27. Claimants (Rates) 81 words
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28. Disabled People (Community Care) 105 words
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29. Elderly People 53 words
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30. Transitional Payments 43 words
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31. Widow's Benefits 92 words
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32. Invalid Care Allowance 336 words
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33. Investigators 87 words
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34. Computerisation 63 words
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35. Departmental Staff 92 words
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36. Hardship Allowance 376 words
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37. Income Support (Young People) 38 words
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38. Vaccine Damage Payments 269 words
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39. Family Credit 55 words
21. HEALTH
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1. Free Prescriptions 64 words
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2. Waiting Lists 133 words
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3. Privatisation (Ancillary Services) 122 words
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4. Nurses (Grading) 84 words
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5. Nurses (Qualifications) 418 words
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6. Radiation Errors 50 words
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7. Organ Transplant Operations 140 words
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8. Prescriptions 63 words
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9. Benzodiazepine 680 words
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10. Central Funding Initiative 52 words
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11. Drug Misuse 78 words
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12. Bristol Drugs Project 59 words
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13. NHS Property and Land 34 words
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14. Mentally Ill People 47 words
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15. Salmonella (Eggs) 167 words
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16. District Health Authorities (Property) 61 words
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17. Health Authorities (Access to Information) 40 words
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18. National Health Service Premises 172 words
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19. Community Health Councils 110 words
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20. Radiation (Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital) 49 words
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21. Family Planning Clinics 193 words
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22. Medical Records 62 words
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23. Dalkon Shield Association 100 words
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24. HIV 85 words
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25. Lymphatic Cancer and Leukaemia 81 words
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26. Smoking 412 words
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27. Lodgings and Unregistered Homes 370 words
22. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Firearms Amnesty 75 words
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2. Departmental Computer Systems 324 words
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3. Prisons 274 words
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4. Prisons (Strip Searches) 51 words
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5. Prisoners (Drugs) 78 words
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6. Immigration 62 words
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7. Prisoners (Transport) 102 words
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8. Prison Nurses 61 words
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9. Identity Cards 90 words
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10. Prescription Charges (Policemen) 87 words
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11. "Satanic Verses" 154 words
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12. Drinking (Christmas) 156 words
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13. Police Operation (Acton) 130 words
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14. Missing Persons 1,268 words
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15. Broadcasting 665 words
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16. Irish Republican Army (Complaints) 56 words
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17. BBC Licence Fee 50 words
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18. Prison Disciplinary Code 54 words
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19. Prisoners 161 words
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20. Prisoners (Complaints) 73 words
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21. Prison Building 106 words

Lords Sitting of 19 December 1988 Series 5 Vol. 502

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Unemployment 1,751 words
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3. Social Security: Service to Customers 491 words
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4. Nurses' Regrading 1,032 words
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5. Coal Mines: Safety 430 words
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6. Business 99 words
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7. Petroleum Royalties (Relief) and Continental Shelf Bill 12 words
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8. Children Bill [H.L.] 3,674 words
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9. Egg Industry: Assistance 5,202 words
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10. Children Bill [H.L.] 21,791 words
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11. Bristol Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1988 4,610 words
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12. Bristol Development Corporation (Area and Constitution)(Amendment)Order 1988 114 words
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13. Children Bill [H.L.] 18,646 words
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14. Birmingham City Council Bill 9 words
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15. Southern Water Authority Bill 9 words
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16. Harwich Harbour Bill [H.L.] 22 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 19 December 1988 Series 5 Vol. 502

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1. DEER: PRE-IMPORT TESTING 233 words
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2. FRUIT RESEARCH CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE 75 words
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3. AIRPORTS: CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ALLOCATIONS 212 words
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4. VEHICLE COMPONENTS: UK PRODUCERS' SALES 77 words
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5. SOUND RECORDINGS: MMC REPORT ON COLLECTIVE LICENSING 128 words
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6. CREDIT: CONTROL OF EXTORTIONATE RATES 172 words
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7. WINE SALES BY THE GLASS 161 words
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8. GOVERNMENT LEGAL SERVICES: REPORT 249 words
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9. CIVIL SERVANTS: SECONDMENTS 114 words
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10. PARLIAMENTARY DRAFTSMEN 45 words
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11. PRISON STAFF STATISTICS 1,241 words
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12. PRISON STAFF AND PRISONERS: STATISTICS 57 words
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13. PRISON STAFF: HOURS 118 words
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14. BETTING SHOPS 449 words
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15. PRISONERS: CASSETTE PLAYERS AND AUDIO TAPES 111 words
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16. PRISON OFFICERS: TRAINING COST 71 words
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17. PRISON MOTHER AND BABY UNITS 75 words
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18. NNEB CERTIFICATE: RECOGNITION 123 words