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Commons Sitting of 21 July 1988 Series 6 Vol. 137

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. BRITISH RAILWAYS (No. 2) BILL (By Order) 11 words
2. TEIGNMOUTH QUAY COMPANY BILL (By Order)
3. YORK CITY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order)
4. CARDIFF BAY BARRAGE BILL (By Order)
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5. FALMOUTH CONTAINER TERMINAL BILL (By Order) 15 words
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6. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE TOWN MOOR BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
7. PORT OF TYNE BILL [Lords] (By Order)
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8. AVON LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
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9. HARWICH HARBOUR BILL [Lords] (By Order). 15 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Neighbourhood Watch Schemes 564 words
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2. Guildford and Woolwich Bombing Cases 578 words
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3. Licensing Act 1988 983 words
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4. Uniformed Police (Sussex) 386 words
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5. Police Cells (Prisoners) 620 words
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6. Identity Cards 946 words
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7. Concessionary Television Licences 625 words
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8. Special Constables 406 words
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9. Fire Services (Accident Response Time) 488 words
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10. Risky Remand Centre 471 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 2,175 words
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4. Business of the House 7,317 words
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5. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill 230 words
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6. Fast Reactor Programme 4,929 words
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7. Short Brothers plc 4,677 words
1. BILL PRESENTED
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1. DEMOCRATIC OATHS 115 words
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2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 21 words
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8. Estimates Day 4 words
1. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES 1988–89
1. Class XIV, Vote 1
2. HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES
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2. NHS Pay Awards 19,890 words
1. Class VII, Vote 5
2. TRAINING COMMISSION
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3. Adult Employment and Youth Training 18,755 words
1. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES 1988–89
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1. CLASS XIV, VOTE I 59 words
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2. CLASS VII, VOTE 5 88 words
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2. ESTIMATES 1988–89 98 words
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3. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO.2) BILL 67 words
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4. Shipbuilding 12,420 words
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5. SET-ASIDE REGULATIONS 21 words
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6. Church of England (Pensions) 1,219 words
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7. Prisoners of War (Compensation) 4,328 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 21 July 1988 Series 6 Vol. 137

1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Consultants 1,183 words
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2. British Telecom (International Products and Overseas Division) 298 words
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3. Alcohol (Excise Duty) 43 words
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4. Public Expenditure 78 words
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5. Departmental Advertising 698 words
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6. Cash Limits 480 words
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7. Computer Work Stations 612 words
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8. Information Technology Strategy Committee 750 words
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9. Welsh Language 100 words
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10. Small Businesses 202 words
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11. Electronic Data Interchange 44 words
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12. Nationalised Industries (Expenditure) 765 words
2. DEFENCE
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1. RAF Upper Heyford 87 words
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2. Boeing (AWACS Offset Agreement) 141 words
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3. Departmental Houses 175 words
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4. Cash Limits 208 words
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5. Nuclear Tests 220 words
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6. Fraud Investigations (Burghfield) 185 words
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7. HMS Conqueror (Collision) 214 words
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8. HMS Otus (Collision) 191 words
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9. Statistical Divisions 425 words
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10. Advertising 85 words
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11. Armed Forces (Allowances) 133 words
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12. Service Personnel 81 words
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13. Hong Kong 144 words
3. THE ARTS
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1. Scottish Arts 161 words
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2. South Yorkshire 49 words
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3. Glasgow 299 words
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4. Bristol Arts Organisations 58 words
4. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Jurors 51 words
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2. Crown Prosecution Service 60 words
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3. Departmental Advertising 173 words
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4. Public Relations 101 words
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5. Statistical Divisions 184 words
5. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Parenthood 94 words
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2. Student Unions 145 words
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3. Statistical Divisions 312 words
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4. Departmental Advertising 150 words
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5. Public Relations 102 words
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6. Chemistry Week 79 words
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7. Research Councils 104 words
6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Statistical Divisions 200 words
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2. Horn of Africa (Famine) 49 words
7. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Singapore (Air Services) 69 words
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2. Parliamentary Questions 75 words
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3. Hollingbourne 24 words
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4. UNITA 37 words
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5. European Community Commission 29 words
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6. EC (Sovereignty Transfer) 63 words
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7. Consultation Documents 74 words
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8. Productivity Statistics 65 words
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9. Engagements 189 words
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10. National Engineering Laboratory 315 words
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11. Departmental Advertising 155 words
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12. Departmental Staff 76 words
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13. Public Relations 197 words
8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Entry Clearance Charges 87 words
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2. Malaysia 114 words
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3. Live Monkey Brains 119 words
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4. Public Relations 136 words
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5. Departmental Advertising 143 words
9. WALES
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1. Housing 196 words
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2. Waste Disposal 132 words
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3. Hospital Waiting Lists 55 words
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4. Rate Support Grant 64 words
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5. Valleys Initiative 307 words
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6. Health Authorities (Staff) 1,203 words
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7. Slurry Tank (Ciliau Moor Common) 125 words
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8. Departmental Advertising 390 words
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9. Public Relations 44 words
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10. Rating Reform 190 words
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11. Statistical Division 726 words
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12. Unfit Dwellings 958 words
10. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Public Order Offences 133 words
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2. Elections (Voting) 88 words
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3. Prison Officers (House Sales) 44 words
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4. Magistrates' Courts (Clerks) 143 words
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5. Licensing Act 1988 74 words
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6. Police (Assaults) 210 words
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7. Prison Officers 108 words
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8. Firearms 117 words
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9. Sunday Trading 69 words
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10. Kirkholt Project, Rochdale 216 words
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11. Rape 69 words
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12. British Broadcasting Corporation 80 words
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13. Guildford and Woolwich Bombing Cases 110 words
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14. Broadcasting 85 words
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15. Alcohol Control 392 words
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16. Immigration Act 1988 94 words
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17. Driving Offences (Statistics) 118 words
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18. Remanded Persons 91 words
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19. Identity Cards 87 words
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20. Prisoners (North Sea) 32 words
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21. Traffic Congestion (London) 80 words
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22. Special Constables 132 words
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23. Prisons 177 words
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24. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 196 words
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25. Alcohol Abuse 208 words
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26. Auto Crime 331 words
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27. Community Service 170 words
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28. Crime Rates 96 words
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29. Video Recordings Act 1984 117 words
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30. Metropolitan Police 441 words
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31. Neighbourhood Watch Schemes 205 words
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32. Police (Jury Protection) 101 words
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33. Police Cells (Prisoners) 67 words
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34. Sunday Sport 68 words
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35. Fresh Start 62 words
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36. Child Abuse 325 words
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37. Solvent Abuse 120 words
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38. Pensioners 63 words
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39. Territorial Support Groups 82 words
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40. Wheel Clamping 84 words
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41. Violent Crime 81 words
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42. Official Secrets Act 57 words
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43. Prisons (Members' Visits) 76 words
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44. Departmental Advertising 157 words
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45. Statistical Divisions 268 words
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46. Public Relations 103 words
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47. Risley Remand Centre 91 words
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48. Police Complaints Authority 84 words
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49. Unpaid Fines 188 words
11. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Departmental Advertising 64 words
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2. Public Relations 68 words
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3. European Legislation 179 words
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4. South African Wines 129 words
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5. PARLIAMENTARY PRESS GALLERY 660 words
12. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Amstrad Computers 124 words
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2. Manufacturing 133 words
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3. STRIDE Programme 62 words
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4. Rover Group 599 words
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5. Steel-jawed Leghold Traps 86 words
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6. "Biotechnology in Focus" 100 words
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7. Fertilisers 129 words
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8. Portugal 302 words
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9. International Commodity Agreements 308 words
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10. Ironstone Mining 317 words
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11. Research Establishments 119 words
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12. Electronic Data Interchange 63 words
13. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Small Businesses (Venture Capital) 171 words
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2. Homeless Persons (Training) 73 words
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3. Labour Statistics 164 words
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4. Redundancies (Bradford) 214 words
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5. Statistical Divisions 140 words
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6. Public Relations 130 words
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7. Hospitals (Inspections) 97 words
14. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Housing 53 words
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2. Prisoners 45 words
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3. Integrated School Places 108 words
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4. Farmers (Statistics) 231 words
15. TRANSPORT
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1. Motorway Reconstruction Projects 264 words
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2. British Rail 74 words
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3. Computer Work Stations 102 words
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4. Information Technology 268 words
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5. Boatmasters' Certificates 122 words
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6. Severn Bridge 98 words
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7. Shipping Accidents 199 words
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8. Aire Valley Trunk Road 106 words
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9. Departmental Advertising 337 words
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10. Departmental Staff 659 words
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11. Piper Alpha 339 words
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12. Railway Stations (Staffing) 38 words
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13. London Assessment Studies 299 words
16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Computer Work Stations 94 words
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2. Information Technology 179 words
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3. Bovine Somatotropin 166 words
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4. Departmental Advertising 158 words
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5. Public Relations 104 words
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6. Farmers 500 words
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7. Labour Statistics 5,269 words
17. SCOTLAND
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1. Sheriffs' Courts 111 words
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2. Supply Estimates (Class XVI, Vote 14) 83 words
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3. Skiing 60 words
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4. Care and Protection 59 words
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5. Prisoners 279 words
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6. AIDS 416 words
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7. Prisoners (Glenochil Prison) 127 words
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8. Abortion 270 words
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9. Waste Disposal 162 words
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10. Hospital Waiting Lists 88 words
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11. Health Boards (Staff) 162 words
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12. Departmental Advertising 81 words
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13. Housing 114 words
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14. Labour Statistics 3,115 words
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15. Scottish Chess Association 62 words
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16. Mental Handicap and Mental Illness Hospitals 730 words
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17. Computer Work Stations 129 words
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18. Information Technology Strategy Committee 133 words
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19. Departmental Staff 53 words
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20. Tourism 489 words
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21. Empty Houses 395 words
18. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Commercial Leases 89 words
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2. Voluntary Organisations (Grant Aid) 407 words
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3. Hutchings Wharf 46 words
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4. Rating Reform 94 words
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5. Waste Disposal 133 words
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6. Right to Buy (Camden) 163 words
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7. Rural Housing 41 words
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8. Cardiff Bay Barrage 235 words
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9. Publicity 278 words
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10. Public Relations 54 words
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11. Water Privatisation 117 words
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12. Statistical Divisions 78 words
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13. Council House Sales 80 words
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14. Rates 44 words
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15. Rain Forests 112 words
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16. Richmond Yard 43 words
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17. Widdicombe Report 823 words
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18. Polychlorinated Biphenyls 192 words
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19. Toxic Waste 200 words
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20. Crown Suppliers 232 words
19. ENERGY
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1. North Sea Installations 77 words
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2. Piper Alpha Rig 176 words
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3. Offshore Installations (Safety) 686 words
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4. JET Programme 92 words
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5. Departmental Advertising 121 words
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6. Statistical Divisions 332 words
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7. Public Relations 194 words
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8. Departmental Advertising 87 words
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9. CEGB 46 words
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10. Piper Alpha 85 words
20. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Children (Needs) 153 words
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2. Consultant Community Paediatricians 158 words
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3. Child Health 169 words
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4. Family Credit 135 words
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5. Family Income Supplement 46 words
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6. Community Care 343 words
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7. Social Fund 441 words
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8. Pensioners (Christmas Bonus) 141 words
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9. Benefits 1,136 words
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10. Private Residential Care 258 words
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11. Health Service Commissioner (Report) 111 words
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12. Disabled People 69 words
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13. Single Payments 479 words
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14. Maternal Deaths 514 words
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15. Overpayments (Reclaims) 51 words
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16. Birth Statistics 105 words
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17. Hospital Waiting Lists 71 words
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18. Health and Safety Executive (Reports) 159 words
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19. Cervical Cancer Screening 221 words
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20. Nursing and Residential Homes 570 words
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21. Child Care 257 words
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22. Charitable Fund Raising 63 words
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23. Departmental Advertising 291 words
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24. Homeless People 220 words

Lords Sitting of 21 July 1988 Series 5 Vol. 499

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1. Preamble 40 words
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2. Motorway Crash Barriers 1,196 words
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3. Gatwick Airport: Night Landings 1,427 words
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4. Arab-Israeli Conflict 915 words
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5. Benzodiazepines: Effect 1,008 words
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6. Business 59 words
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7. Judicial Standing Orders 183 words
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8. Standing Order XIV 16 words
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9. Business of the House 796 words
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10. Murder and Life Imprisonment: Select Committee 1,047 words
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11. Housing Bill 31,781 words, 1 division
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12. Civil Evidence (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 34 words
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13. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 383 words
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14. Court of Session Bill [H.L.] 34 words
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15. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 517 words
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16. Housing Bill 13,062 words
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17. South Yorkshire Light Rail Transit Bill 6 words
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18. Local Government Finance Bill 61 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 21 July 1988 Series 5 Vol. 499

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1. SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE 73 words
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2. HMS "ACHILLES" 48 words
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3. RESIDENTIAL HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY: PAYMENT OF FEES AFTER PRIVATISATION 96 words
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4. WIDDICOMBE REPORT: RESPONSE 820 words