Sitting of 18 July 1988

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Commons Sitting of 18 July 1988 Series 6 Vol. 137

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. WALES
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1. Departmental Staff 469 words
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2. Ministerial Visits 213 words
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3. National Health Service 613 words
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4. Rating Reform 169 words
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5. Hospitals 580 words
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6. Mentally-Ill Patients 459 words
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7. Sport and Recreation 449 words
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8. Housing 561 words
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9. Hospitals 345 words
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10. Sport and Recreation 376 words
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11. Enterprise Education 486 words
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12. Welsh Parliament 460 words
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13. Ogwr Borough (Development) 300 words
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14. Tenants' Choice 194 words
2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. County Palatine 348 words
3. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Publications 330 words
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2. Pensions and Lump Sum Payments 391 words
4. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
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1. Auditors (Payment) 322 words
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2. Commission Meetings 603 words
5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Medical Facilities 508 words
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2. Palace of Westminster (Passes) 412 words
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3. Dining Rooms (China and Cutlery) 489 words
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4. Select Committees 204 words
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4. Nelson Mandela 486 words
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5. Rover Group 508 words
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6. Points of Order 752 words
7. BILL PRESENTED
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1. RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF FREE TRADE UNIONISM 94 words
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2. Education Reform Bill (Allocation of Time) 29 words
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1. Lords Amendments 927 words
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2. Supplemental 10,843 words, 1 division
3. Orders of the Day
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1. Education Reform Bill 549 words
4. Clause 1
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1. DUTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE CURRICULUM 18,764 words, 2 divisions
5. Clause 4
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1. DUTY TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM BY ORDER 8,509 words
6. Clause 5
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1. PROVISION OF INFORMATION 7,651 words, 1 division
7. Clause 42
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1. DUTY OF SECRETARY OF STATE TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN SCHOOLS 16,234 words, 1 division
8. Clause 18
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1. INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER I 3,943 words
9. Clause 104
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1. FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES WITH RESPECT TO HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATION 3,921 words
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2. `Scottish and Welsh Committees of Universities Funding Council 74 words
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3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
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4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT AND CO-OPERATION 31 words
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5. Paul Cleeland 3,918 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 July 1988 Series 6 Vol. 137

1. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Official Documents (Use of Paper) 44 words
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2. Wines (South Africa) 92 words
2. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Inland Revenue (Correspondence) 77 words
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2. Voted and Consolidated Fund Receipts 92 words
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3. Public Expenditure 324 words
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4. Government-owned Companies 265 words
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5. Nationalised Industries (Expenditure) 110 words
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6. Income Distribution 105 words
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7. Inheritance Tax 548 words
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8. Earnings 102 words
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9. Taxation 592 words
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10. Customs Clearance Depots 104 words
3. THE ARTS
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1. Libraries 99 words
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2. Black and Asian Arts 149 words
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3. Community Arts 142 words
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4. Literature 112 words
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5. Opera 112 words
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6. Orchestral Music 114 words
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7. Dance 112 words
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8. Drama 112 words
4. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Church of England (Disestablishment) 34 words
5. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Consultants 389 words
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2. Malta 28 words
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3. Overseas Visits 121 words
6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. British Voice 127 words
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2. Consultants 365 words
7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. St. John Ophthalmic Hospital, Jerusalem 101 words
8. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Post-16 Qualifications 101 words
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2. Schools (Health and Safety) 58 words
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3. Secondary Schools (Pupil Costs) 71 words
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4. Computer Work Stations 137 words
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5. Information Technology 172 words
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6. Departmental Correspondence (Information Leaks) 81 words
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7. City Technology Colleges 187 words
9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Single European Market 70 words
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2. Langford Scott and Partners 105 words
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3. Libya 196 words
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4. Financial Services Act 121 words
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5. Film, Radio and 'Television Industry 207 words
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6. Manufacturing Industry 182 words
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7. Satellite Broadcasting 352 words
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8. Rover Group 265 words
10. TRANSPORT
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1. Manchester Ship Canal Company 115 words
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2. Heathrow Airport (Security) 111 words
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3. Bus Passenger Miles 83 words
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4. Channel Tunnel 359 words
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5. Road and Rail Services (Kent) 189 words
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6. A20 (Delays) 154 words
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7. A2/M2 (Delays) 97 words
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8. Rail Services (London) 138 words
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9. Cross-Channel Ferries 226 words
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10. Light Aircraft Crash (Report) 65 words
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11. Shipping (Random Checks) 58 words
11. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Disabled People 99 words
12. WALES
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1. Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 37 words
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2. Speech Therapy and Physiotherapy 134 words
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3. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty 90 words
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4. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 90 words
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5. Crown Classification Scheme 88 words
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6. Consultants 210 words
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7. Farming Unions 121 words
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8. Farming Industry 34 words
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9. Mentally Handicapped People 107 words
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10. Housing Capital Allocations 558 words
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11. Welsh Language 228 words
13. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Consultants 370 words
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2. Industry Watch 168 words
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3. Prisons 299 words
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4. Prisons (Overcrowding) 172 words
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5. Computer Work Stations 126 words
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6. Information Technology 241 words
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7. Gloucester (Law and Order) 400 words
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8. Passports 181 words
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9. Local Radio 98 words
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10. Turkish President (Visit) 133 words
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11. Football Matches (Offences) 68 words
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12. Immigration (Members' Representations) 147 words
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13. Offenders (Punishment) 64 words
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14. Prisoners 2,632 words
14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Diplomatic Service 765 words
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2. Khmer Rouge 93 words
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3. Departmental Staff 221 words
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4. Arrested Britons (Majorca) 105 words
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5. St. Helena 57 words
15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Consultants 134 words
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2. Food Labelling 112 words
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3. Food Additives 110 words
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4. Brewery Tenants 164 words
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5. Farming Industry 498 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Spandau Prison 155 words
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2. Gas and Electricity Meters 60 words
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3. Bonamy Estate, Southwark 226 words
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4. Homelessness 1,474 words
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5. Rating Reform 424 words
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6. Annunciator Monitors 26 words
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7. Prospect Estate 93 words
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8. Warrington and Runcorn (Rented Property) 116 words
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9. Self-build Housing Associations 196 words
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10. Leeds Housing Action Trust 835 words
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11. Single Market 95 words
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12. Limehouse Link 222 words
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13. Self Builders 52 words
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14. Non-domestic Rates 153 words
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15. Local Authorities (Capital Receipts) 41 words
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16. Salmon Fishing (Rates) 70 words
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17. Central Manchester Development Corporation 109 words
17. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Labour Statistics 203 words
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2. Hazardous Substances 73 words
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3. Special Steels Ltd. (Sheffield) 186 words
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4. Employment Training Scheme 188 words
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5. Companies (Employee Involvement) 72 words
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6. Tourism 587 words
18. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Special Needs 199 words
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2. Supplementary Benefit 136 words
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3. Unemployed Claimants 157 words
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4. Smoking-related Diseases 266 words
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5. Child Health Services 322 words
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6. Benefits 281 words
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7. Disablement Services Authority 72 words
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8. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 76 words
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9. Griffiths Report (Representations) 100 words
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10. Allowances (Tribunal Appeals) 95 words
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11. Housing Benefit 226 words
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12. Dental Treatment Claims 138 words
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13. Waste Paper (Recycling) 57 words
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14. Disabled Persons (Survey) 223 words
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15. Departmental Employees (Statistics) 163 words
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16. Family Income Supplement 33 words
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17. Income Support 267 words
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18. Invalidity Benefit 197 words
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19. Severe Disablement Allowance 243 words
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20. Benefit Claims (Persons Abroad) 312 words
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21. Mentally Handicapped Persons 59 words
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22. Cervical Cancer Testing 639 words
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23. Housing Benefit 955 words
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24. Departmental Offices 79 words
19. DEFENCE
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1. Consultants 596 words
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2. Low-flying Aircraft 1,227 words
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3. Hang Gliding 281 words
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4. AIDS 53 words
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5. Chemical Weapons 257 words
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6. Bird Strikes 89 words
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7. Trident Submarines 59 words
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8. Royal Arsenal, Woolwich 54 words
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9. Persian Gulf (Air Defence) 104 words
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10. Helicopters 48 words
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11. Persian Gulf (Iranian Aircraft) 106 words
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12. Royal Navy 456 words
20. SCOTLAND
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1. Consultants 139 words
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2. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 199 words
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3. Legal Aid 543 words
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4. Uniform Business Rate 390 words
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5. Woodland Grant Scheme 137 words
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6. Timber Extraction 92 words
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7. Forestry Commission 165 words
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8. Drumbuie Oil Platform Inquiry 56 words
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9. Forestry Grants 92 words
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10. Glasgow Garden Festival 94 words
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11. Community Programme 129 words
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12. Rating Valuations 112 words
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13. Health Boards 60 words
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14. Ambulances 69 words
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15. Hospital Waiting Lists 42 words
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16. Farming (Employment) 76 words
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17. Education Reform 81 words
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18. Islands (Exchequer Subsidies) 56 words
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19. Wild Birds (Killing) 177 words
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20. Scottish Special Housing Association 281 words
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21. Private Landlords 1,027 words
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22. Mentally Handicapped People 183 words
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23. Salmon Fishing (Rates) 92 words
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24. Electricity (Privatisation) 462 words
21. ENERGY
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1. Offshore Petroleum Licensing Round 659 words
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2. Consultants 176 words
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3. Piper Alpha 241 words
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4. Renewable Energy Sources 148 words
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5. UKAEA (Inquiry) 159 words
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6. Grant-aided Surveys Scheme 94 words
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7. British Coal 458 words
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8. Energy Efficiency Office 114 words
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9. Offshore Installations 292 words

Lords Sitting of 18 July 1988 Series 5 Vol. 499

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Message from the Queen: Tercentenary of the Revolutions of 1688–89 90 words
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3. British Industry: Investment Intentions 675 words
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4. Freehold Ownership of Flats 390 words
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5. Docklands Highway: Rehousing of Tenants 1,145 words
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6. Thyssen Collection 718 words
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7. Business 55 words
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8. Bristol Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1988 53 words
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9. London Local Authorities Bill [H.L.] 11 words
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10. Housing Bill 138 words
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11. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 29,219 words, 1 division
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12. Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 1988 2,938 words
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13. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 31,224 words
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14. County of South Glamorgan (Taff Crossing) Bill 21 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 July 1988 Series 5 Vol. 499

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1. HELSINKI FINAL ACT: IMPLEMENTATION 2,898 words
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2. OFFENDERS: PUNISHMENT IN THE COMMUNITY 59 words
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3. RESIDUARY BODIES: CAPITAL RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS 302 words
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4. TAX RELIEF FOR CHARITIES: EC LAW 148 words
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5. TAX RELIEF FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: EC LAW 128 words