Sitting of 7 July 1988

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Commons Sitting of 7 July 1988 Series 6 Vol. 136

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT BILL (By Order) 23 words
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2. BRITISH RAILWAYS (NO. 2) BILL (By Order) 11 words
3. TEIGNMOUTH QUAY COMPANY BILL (By Order)
1. YORK CITY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order)
1. CARDIFF BAY BARRAGE BILL (By Order)
1. FALMOUTH CONTAINER TERMINAL BILL (By Order)
1. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE TOWN MOOR BILL [Lords] (By Order)
1. PORT OF TYNE BILL [Lords] (By Order)
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1. AVON LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Set-aside Scheme 726 words
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2. Fur Farming 142 words
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3. Pollution 392 words
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4. Cod 550 words
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5. Farming Unions 988 words
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6. Organic Farming 447 words
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7. Milk Marketing Board 732 words
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8. Poultry 268 words
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9. Dolphins 312 words
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10. Chernobyl 449 words
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11. Horticulture 458 words
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12. Caffeine 198 words
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13. Pollution 375 words
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14. ADAS 57 words
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15. Pollution 333 words
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16. Continental Pig Producers 154 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 2,190 words
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4. Piper Alpha Platform 4,329 words
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5. Local Government Finance (England) 6,899 words
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6. Local Government Finance (Wales) 4,628 words
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7. Business of the House 4,820 words
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8. WELSH AFFAIRS 33 words
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9. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 30 words
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10. Revolutions of 1688–89 (Tercentenary) 17,408 words, 1 division
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11. ESTIMATES DAY 3 words
12. ESTIMATES 1988–89
1. Class I, Vote 1
1. DEFENCE (PERSONNEL COSTS)
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1. Merchant Shipping and Civil Aviation 13,818 words
1. CLASS IX, VOTE 1
1. HOUSING (ENGLAND)
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1. BED-AND-BREAKFAST ACCOMMODATION 62 words
2. CLASS X, VOTE 1
1. ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING SERVICES (ENGLAND)
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1. GIPSY SITES 66 words
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2. Church of England (Ecumenical Relations) Measure 4,335 words
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1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
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1. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING 24 words
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2. HIGHWAYS 22 words
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3. HARBOURS, DOCKS PIERS AND FERRIES 23 words
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4. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 33 words
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5. RATING AND VALUATION 32 words
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6. WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE 78 words
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3. School Building (Cornwall) 2,317 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 July 1988 Series 6 Vol. 136

1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Heavy Lorries (Speeding) 116 words
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2. Young Offenders 69 words
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3. Immigration 83 words
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4. Football Matches (Arrests) 74 words
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5. African National Congress 119 words
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6. Local Government Reform 116 words
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7. Police Office, Birmingham (Grant) 100 words
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8. Police, Fire and Civil Defence (Expenditure) 110 words
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9. Crime Statistics 1,662 words
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10. Remands 169 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Dr. Frank Skuse 440 words
3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. HIV and AIDS (Teaching Pack) 124 words
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2. Mentally Handicapped Children 17 words
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3. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Tombs 98 words
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4. Public Expenditure Survey 102 words
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5. Capital Expenditure 135 words
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6. Regional Accents and Dialects 133 words
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7. Inner London Education Authority 434 words
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8. Capital Allocations (Inner Cities) 993 words
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9. Education Reform 432 words
4. ENERGY
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1. Fossil Fuels 352 words
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2. Electricity Generation 63 words
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3. Public Expenditure Survey 194 words
5. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Lord's Cricket Ground 34 words
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2. Agriculture 107 words
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3. Engagements 242 words
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4. European Community (Finance) 189 words
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5. Coal and Steel Imports (Duties) 146 words
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6. European Community (Own Resources) 133 words
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7. European Community (Agricultural Guidelines) 110 words
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8. Central and South America 61 words
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9. Central America 75 words
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10. Iranian Passenger Aircraft (Shooting Down) 79 words
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11. Korean Airliner (Shooting Down) 140 words
6. SCOTLAND
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1. Sheep (Radioactivity) 152 words
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2. Financial and Social Deprivation 96 words
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3. Mackerel 51 words
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4. School Meals (Annual Census) 334 words
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5. Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd. 271 words
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6. Birds of Prey 722 words
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7. Nuvan 56 words
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8. Public Expenditure Survey 713 words
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9. Seton Court, Tranent (Fatal Accident Inquiry) 87 words
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10. Housing Association Grant 681 words
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11. Rating Reform 203 words
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12. Rating Reform (Member's Question) 43 words
7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Latin America 369 words
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2. Internal Trade 60 words
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3. Unleaded Petrol 92 words
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4. Inward Investment 167 words
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5. Trade Deficit 48 words
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6. Manufacturing Trade Balance 55 words
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7. Productivity and Output Costs 71 words
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8. Timber 52 words
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9. Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill 83 words
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10. High-definition Television. 84 words
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11. Whisky 109 words
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12. Elstree Studios 146 words
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13. Regional Policy 87 words
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14. Post Office 57 words
8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. European Court of Human Rights 290 words
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2. Central America 282 words
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3. Nicaragua 52 words
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4. Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador 76 words
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5. United Nations (United Kingdom Vote) 641 words
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6. Mr. Jacques Delors (Speech) 18 words
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7. Central American Parliament 80 words
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8. Panama 142 words
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9. Public Expenditure Survey 154 words
9. WALES
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1. Urban Programme 1,303 words
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2. Mentally Handicapped People 206 words
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3. NHS 173 words
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4. Music Teachers 738 words
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5. Pupil Costs 64 words
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6. Public Expenditure 368 words
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7. Labour Statistics 53 words
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8. Student Nurses 145 words
10. TRANSPORT
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1. Fright traffic 255 words
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2. British Rail (Funding) 89 words
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3. Municipal Airports (Privatisation) 79 words
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4. Road Signs 65 words
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5. Flags of Convenience 166 words
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6. Passenger Transport Authorities 72 words
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7. Smoke Hoods 184 words
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8. Aircraft Accident (Manchester Airport) 285 words
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9. Driving Instructors (Examination) 98 words
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10. Barking Bypass 57 words
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11. Charges 340 words
11. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Agricultural Inspectors 37 words
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2. Community Programme 55 words
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3. Adult Training 126 words
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4. Hazards (Costs) 128 words
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5. Enterprise Allowance 113 words
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6. Industrial Investment 92 words
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7. Labour Statistics (Slough) 127 words
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8. Bristol (Unfilled Vancancies) 186 words
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9. Insulation Projects 47 words
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10. Holidays 60 words
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11. Yorkshire 54 words
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12. Employment Training Programme 78 words
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13. Textile Industry 109 words
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14. Public Expenditure Survey 291 words
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15. Labour Statistics 771 words
12. DEFENCE
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1. British and Soviet Personnel 65 words
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2. Special Constables 91 words
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3. Firearms 55 words
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4. Cruise Missiles 84 words
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5. Shell Foundry (Entrance Gates) 77 words
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6. RAF Personnel (Pensions) 88 words
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7. Belize 832 words
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8. Public Expenditure Survey 197 words
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9. Petty Officer John Black 189 words
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10. Royal Ordnance plc (Agreement) 89 words
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11. Low Flying 356 words
13. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Maternity Services 7,957 words
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2. "Home Life" 136 words
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3. NHS Review 59 words
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4. Community Hospitals 119 words
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5. Hospital and Clinical Waste 96 words
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6. Health Market 64 words
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7. Pathology 76 words
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8. Unemployment Benefit 1,889 words
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9. Children (Illegal Employment) 487 words
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10. Grandchildren 67 words
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11. Leukaemia and Lymphoma 1,112 words
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12. AIDS 208 words
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13. Family Credit 99 words
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14. Single Payments 233 words
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15. Bioplan Holdings plc and Kingston Hospital 81 words
14. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. EC (Farm Support Policies) 118 words
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2. Government Expenditure 349 words
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3. Balance of Payments 127 words
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4. Unit Labour Costs 74 words
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5. Departmental Budgeting 219 words
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6. EC Budget 264 words
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7. EC (Expenditure) 214 words
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8. Public Expenditure (Cash Limits) 384 words
15. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Housing Transfers 349 words
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2. Car Thefts 219 words
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3. Car Parks 259 words
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4. Navan Fort 101 words
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5. Betting and Gaming 50 words
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6. Irish Language 62 words
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7. Voluntary Maintained Schools (Trustees) 131 words
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8. Public Expenditure Survey 606 words
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9. Housing Executive 473 words
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10. Michael Tighe 228 words
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11. Housing Order (Code of Guidance) 136 words
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12. Homelessness 304 words
16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. European Council 77 words
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2. Whaling 426 words
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3. Meat and Livestock Commission 51 words
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4. EEC Surpluses 160 words
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5. Chernobyl 158 words
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6. Monetary Compensatory Amounts 174 words
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7. Countryside Commission 50 words
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8. White Fish (Quotas) 58 words
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9. Farm Inspectors 79 words
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10. Cereals 374 words
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11. Horses 37 words
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12. Pollution 381 words
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13. Less-favoured Areas 133 words
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14. Arable Land 76 words
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15. Pig Production 111 words
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16. Pigs 170 words
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17. Ancient Monuments 99 words
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18. Brewers (Tenancies) 83 words
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19. Irradiated Food 92 words
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20. Council for Agriculture Ministers 184 words
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21. Retirement Tenancies 70 words
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22. Industrial Dredging 133 words
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23. Coastal Erosion 71 words
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24. Country Landowners Association 46 words
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25. Horse Sales 117 words
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26. Agriculture Workers Union 54 words
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27. ADAS 32 words
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28. Sheep 68 words
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29. Bovine Somatotropin 204 words
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30. Torry Research Station 51 words
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31. Research and Development 300 words
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32. Council of Fisheries Ministers 208 words
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33. Pesticides 144 words
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34. Family Farms 76 words
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35. Set-aside Scheme 246 words
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36. Wheat 79 words
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37. Intervention Board 96 words
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38. Wool Marketing Board 56 words
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39. Women's Farmers Union 56 words
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40. Price Fixing 100 words
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41. Sea Fish Industry Authority 77 words
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42. Potato Marketing Board 53 words
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43. Intervention Stocks 100 words
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44. Diversification 104 words
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45. Environmental Protection 59 words
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46. Sheepmeat 47 words
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47. Export Refunds 170 words
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48. Research Stations 24 words
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49. National Farmers Union 73 words
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50. Milk Marketing Board 50 words
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51. Algae 500 words
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52. Home Grown Cereals Authority 60 words
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53. Food (Research and Development) 75 words
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54. Forestry Commission 62 words
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55. Public Expenditure Survey 133 words
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56. EC Budget 587 words
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57. Agricultural Guidelines 185 words
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58. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 180 words
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59. Land Drainage 63 words
17. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Water Authorities (Privatisation) 132 words
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2. County Hall, Westminster 78 words
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3. Elstree Studios 74 words
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4. New Towns 247 words
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5. Maidstone Borough Council 72 words
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6. Local Government Finance Bill 145 words
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7. National Rivers Authority Advisory Committee 251 words

Lords Sitting of 7 July 1988 Series 5 Vol. 499

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. Broadcasting: Departmental Responsibility 1,411 words
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3. European Fighter Aircraft: Employment 388 words
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4. Electricity Privatisation and the Environment 332 words
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5. Drinking Water: Aluminium Content 872 words
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6. Tercentenary of the Revolutions of 1688–89 and of the Bill of Rights and Claim of Right 1,460 words
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7. Business 738 words
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8. Protection against Cruel Tethering Bill (formerly Horses, Ponies and Donkeys (No. 2) Bill) 15 words
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9. Piper Alpha Platform Explosion 1,681 words
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10. Education Reform Bill 5,261 words, 1 division
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11. Local Government Finance 3,885 words
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12. Education Reform Bill 18,556 words, 1 division
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13. Agriculture Improvement (Variation) Scheme 1988 1,101 words
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14. Agriculture Improvement (Amendment) Regulations 1988 76 words
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15. Education Reform Bill 28,099 words, 4 divisions
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16. Tor Bay Harbour (Oxen Cove and Coastal Footpath, Brixham) Bill 14 words
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17. River Humber (Burcom Outfall) Bill [H.L.] 22 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 7 July 1988 Series 5 Vol. 499

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1. BARLOW CLOWES: INQUIRY TERMS OF REFERENCE 186 words
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2. STOCK MARKET FALL, OCTOBER 1987: DTI REPORT 66 words
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3. YOUNG OFFENDERS: UNIFIED CUSTODIAL SENTENCE 57 words
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4. NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES: CONTROL OF PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY 97 words