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Commons Sitting of 22 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. Vietnamese Refugees (Hong Kong) 4,655 words
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4. Pensioners 4,903 words
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5. Air Crash, Lockerbie 5,023 words
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6. Tourism 3,881 words
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7. Youth Training (Income Support) 4,441 words
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8. Broomhills Psychotherapy Unit, Bexley Hospital 3,575 words
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9. Employees (Vetting) 4,108 words
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10. Environmental Protection 4,347 words
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11. The Constitution 3,258 words
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12. Transport (Sheffield) 3,829 words
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13. Israel 4,439 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 December 1988 Series 6 Vol. 144

1. DEFENCE
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1. Force Reductions 104 words
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2. Military Strategy 87 words
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3. Free-fall Bombs 61 words
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4. United States Defence Secretary 61 words
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5. Bar Coding 111 words
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6. RAF Machrihanish 65 words
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7. Equipment Expenditure 117 words
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8. Tornado Aircraft 261 words
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9. Vessels (Accidents and Incidents) 89 words
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10. Territorial Army 113 words
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11. A10 Aircraft 147 words
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12. Lance Missile 70 words
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13. AIDS 119 words
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14. Property in Scotland 259 words
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15. Low Flying 1,134 words
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16. US Military Personnel 70 words
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17. Aircraft (Noise) 61 words
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18. Export Services 63 words
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19. Chieftain Tank 45 words
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20. Defence Procurement Contracts 94 words
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21. War Stocks 200 words
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22. RAF Fast Jets 193 words
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23. BAOR (Artillery Regiment) 79 words
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24. RAF Machrihanish (P-3C Aircraft) 49 words
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25. US Chemical Warfare Stockpiles 49 words
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26. Nuclear Test Veterans 2,389 words
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27. Trident 55 words
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28. NATO (40th Anniversary) 102 words
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29. Aldermaston (Landscaping) 56 words
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30. Research and Development 238 words
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31. Damage Compensation 110 words
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32. Shootings (Gibraltar) 134 words
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33. Exercises 362 words
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34. Theatre Nuclear Forces 48 words
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35. Nuclear Weapons (Malta Visit) 119 words
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36. BNFL (Audit) 63 words
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37. Procurement Division 65 words
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38. European Defence Contractors 92 words
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39. Crown Servants (Names) 92 words
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40. Blue Vixen Radar Programme 93 words
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41. Plessey (GEC Bid) 194 words
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42. Chemical Weapons 139 words
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43. Tank Movements (West Germany) 183 words
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44. Plutonium 172 words
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45. Procurement Policy 107 words
2. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Imperial Weights and Measures 128 words
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2. Garsurm Parenide Chip 72 words
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3. Inner City Initiatives 60 words
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4. Manufacturing 90 words
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5. Butane Gas Canisters 152 words
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6. Fur 120 words
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7. Industry Council 303 words
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8. Enterprise Initiatives 333 words
3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Mr. Raoul Wallenberg 457 words
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2. Vietnamese Refugees 138 words
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3. Colombia 128 words
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4. Chemical Weapons 121 words
4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Education Act 1944 72 words
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2. Small School, Red House, Norwich 127 words
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3. Free School Meals 213 words
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4. Education Costs (Liverpool) 77 words
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5. Top-up Loan Scheme 69 words
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6. School Governors 128 words
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7. Capital Allocations 108 words
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8. Primary Headteachers (Retirement) 245 words
5. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. Justices of the Peace 231 words
6. WALES
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1. Correspondence 53 words
7. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Identity Cards 74 words
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2. Social Security Act 1986 64 words
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3. Male Retirement 64 words
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4. Child Benefit 28 words
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5. Disabled Persons 349 words
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6. Severe Disability Premium 130 words
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7. Claimants 90 words
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8. Fuel Charges (Deductions) 205 words
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9. Social Security Reform 112 words
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10. Irish Citizens 71 words
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11. Retirement Pensioners 291 words
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12. Rating Reform 599 words
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13. Benefits 735 words
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14. Mentally Ill People 317 words
8. HEALTH
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1. St. Stephen's Hospital, Riverside 73 words
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2. Riverside Health Authority 169 words
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3. Transplants 305 words
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4. Consultants 274 words
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5. Cervical Smears (Nottingham) 50 words
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6. Ethnic Minority Groupings 43 words
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7. Resources 665 words
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8. Salmonella 260 words
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9. NHS Property and Land 986 words
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10. Mentally Ill People, Nottinghamshire 120 words
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11. Private Hospice Patients (Drugs) 921 words
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12. Nurses (Regrading) 955 words
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13. Tobacco 49 words
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14. Hospitals (Operations) 291 words
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15. Hospital Closures (London) 38 words
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16. Food Poisoning 84 words
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17. Food Production Premises (Inspections) 69 words
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18. Food Handling Training 51 words
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19. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore 125 words
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20. Elderly People (Deaths) 64 words
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21. Day Admissions 101 words
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22. Hospital Beds 85 words
9. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Rating Reform 56 words
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2. Wilmington, Kent 26 words
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3. Denmark 27 words
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4. European Commission 65 words
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5. Correspondence 129 words
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6. Engagements 180 words
10. TRANSPORT
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1. Roads (Cumbria) 99 words
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2. Rail Accidents 252 words
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3. Rail Casualties 142 words
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4. Dearne Towns Link Road 155 words
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5. West London Assessment Study 66 words
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6. Nuclear Waste (Transport) 155 words
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7. Train Guards 64 words
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8. Signalmen 95 words
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9. Cyprus (Air Routes) 51 words
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10. Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Correspondence) 204 words
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11. Tyres 61 words
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12. Train Cabs (Radios) 78 words
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13. Roads (North-west) 94 words
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14. British Transport Police 58 words
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15. Aircraft (Alcohol) 31 words
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16. Concessionary Fares 246 words
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17. Bicycle Lights 86 words
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18. Vehicle Excise Duties 72 words
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19. Roads (Safety Fences) 161 words
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20. Rail Accident (Clapham) 81 words
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21. Road Network 145 words
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22. Plutonium 394 words
11. THE ARTS
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1. Works of Art 72 words
12. ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
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1. Public Order 286 words
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2. 3 Camrose Street 145 words
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3. Patrick Ryan 56 words
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4. Justices (Appointments) 100 words
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5. Judges and Judicial Officers 277 words
13. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Child Care 25 words
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2. Tax Rates 84 words
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3. Investment Income 355 words
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4. Life Offices 389 words
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5. Privatisation 178 words
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6. Taxes (Recovery) 59 words
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7. Building Societies (Ballots) 25 words
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8. Flexible Working Hours 130 words
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9. Bills (Reprinting) 691 words
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10. National Audit Office 53 words
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11. Official Report (Delivery) 62 words
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12. Inland Revenue (Reply Envelopes) 77 words
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13. Tax Thresholds 195 words
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14. Tax Allowances 330 words
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15. Mortgage Repayments 43 words
14. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Parole 137 words
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2. Positive Vetting 50 words
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3. Prisoners (Mental Health) 115 words
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4. Police (Firearms) 225 words
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5. Crime Statistics 443 words
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6. Coach Traffic (Central London) 103 words
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7. Race Horses (Drugs) 116 words
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8. Firearms 159 words
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9. Remand Prisoners 177 words
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10. Prisons 461 words
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11. Asbestos (Gas Masks) 105 words
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12. Mr. W. G. Steele 91 words
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13. London Underground (Policing) 131 words
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14. Fire Safety 155 words
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15. Prisons (Needles and Syringes) 111 words
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16. Sexual Abuse (Children) 362 words
15. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Atmospheric Pollution 99 words
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2. Football Clubs (Membership Schemes) 568 words
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3. Identity Cards 69 words
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4. European Football 41 words
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5. Football Clubs (Facilities) 101 words
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6. EC (Animals and Plants) 84 words
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7. Pollution Control 174 words
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8. Council Housing (Torbay) 65 words
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9. Housing Action Trusts 268 words
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10. Housing Expenditure 69 words
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11. Housing Starts 55 words
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12. Homelessness 108 words
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13. Food Poisoning 140 words
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14. Local Authority Expenditure 73 words
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15. Housing Association Grant (Liverpool) 103 words
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16. Clay Pigeon Shooting 88 words
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17. Mink 118 words
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18. Crown Suppliers 79 words
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19. Croxteth Hall and Country Park 167 words
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20. Air Pollution (Report) 86 words
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21. Atmospheric Pollution 95 words
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22. Radon Radiation 60 words
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23. Rating Reform 221 words
16. ENERGY
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1. Electricity (Scotland) 50 words
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2. Power Station (Druridge Bay) 69 words
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3. Nuclear Materials (Safeguards) 157 words
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4. Renewable Energies and Windpower 104 words
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5. Piper Alpha Incident 149 words
17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Salmonella 612 words
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2. Beef 420 words
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3. Eggs 401 words
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4. Nigeria (Development Aid) 194 words
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5. Animal Feed 154 words
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6. Chernobyl 198 words
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7. Parrots 199 words
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8. Aquatic Environment 608 words
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9. Food Poisoning 500 words
18. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Security 333 words
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2. Harland and Wolff and Short Bros. 125 words
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3. Nationalised Industries (Privatisation) 137 words
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4. Harland and Wolff 222 words
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5. Nurses (Regrading) 312 words
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6. Short Brothers 100 words
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7. Kilroot Power Station 87 words
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8. Driving Licences 77 words
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9. Labour Statistics 317 words
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10. Anglo-Irish Conference 88 words
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11. Ultimate Dream Project 74 words
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12. Republic of Ireland (Discussions) 91 words
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13. RUC-Scottish Police (Collaboration) 60 words
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14. Terrorism 168 words
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15. Royal Victoria Hospital 332 words
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16. Mature Students 116 words
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17. Further and Higher Education 220 words
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18. Student and Parent Governors 74 words
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19. Prevention of Terrorism 270 words
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20. Helios Programme 253 words
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21. Family Credit 115 words
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22. Government Training Centres 129 words
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23. Income Support 846 words
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24. Orlit Houses 281 words
19. EMPLOYMENT
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1. YTS 150 words
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2. Unemployment Benefit 108 words
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3. Retail Prices Index 162 words
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4. Telephone Survey 87 words
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5. Building Sites (Safety) 101 words
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6. Factory Inspectors 154 words
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7. Health and Safety Executive 628 words
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8. Accidents 464 words
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9. Child Care Payments 70 words
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10. Labour Statistics 327 words
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11. Restart 55 words
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12. Construction Industry (Accidents) 193 words
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13. Mechanical Excavators (Safety) 73 words
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14. National Council for Vocational Qualifications 76 words
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15. Tourism 115 words
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16. Employment Training 338 words
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17. Sharon Friend (Accident) 61 words
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18. Claimants 110 words
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19. Tourist Industry 45 words
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20. Job Release Scheme 231 words
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21. Labour and Social Affairs Council 457 words
20. SCOTLAND
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1. Transplants 115 words
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2. Hospital Beds 80 words
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3. Baby Bottle Feeds 93 words
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4. Housing Starts 68 words
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5. Homelessness 102 words
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6. Housing (Expenditure) 68 words
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7. Crime Statistics 231 words
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8. Prisons 98 words
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9. Police (Firearms) 63 words
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10. Island Schools (Mathematics and English) 134 words
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11. Geese 334 words
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12. Sports Premises (Eastbank) 65 words
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13. Local Health Councils 51 words
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14. Mental Health Services 306 words
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15. Woodland Grant Scheme 187 words
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16. Timber 147 words

Lords Sitting of 22 December 1988 Series 5 Vol. 502

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1. Preamble 21 words
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2. Schools: Pupils' Staying-on Rate 1,058 words
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3. Disabled Persons Act 1986 739 words
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4. Internal Market: Veterinary Education 431 words
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5. General Optical Council: Composition 702 words
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6. Air Disaster at Lockerbie 2,306 words
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7. House of Lords Offices: Select Committee Report 953 words
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8. Civil Aviation (Air Navigation Charges) Bill [H.L.] 2,781 words
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9. Merchant Shipping (Safety at Work) Regulations (Non-UK Ships) Regulations 1988 847 words
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10. Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1988 8,048 words
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11. Social Security (Contributions and Allocation of Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 1988 38 words
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12. Motion for the Adjournment 1,143 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 22 December 1988 Series 5 Vol. 502

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1. NATURAL HERITAGE: PROPOSED EC DIRECTIVE 202 words
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2. AIR POLLUTION 88 words