Sitting of 29 November 1988

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Commons Sitting of 29 November 1988 Series 6 Vol. 142

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 32 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. DEFENCE
cc559-60
1. Trident 591 words
cc560-2
2. Merchant Ships 688 words
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3. NATO (Missile Flight Ban) 210 words
cc562-3
4. Low-flying Aircraft 305 words
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5. Royal Ordnance 719 words
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6. British Aerospace (Explosives and Propellants) 331 words
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7. NATO (Short-Range Weaponry) 503 words
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8. Computer Systems 161 words
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9. European Fighter Aircraft 726 words
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10. Jamaica 288 words
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11. Procurement Budget 321 words
cc569-70
12. Relocation 375 words
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13. Publicly Owned Land 597 words
c571
14. NATO Nuclear Planning Group 295 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 1,157 words
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2. Bexley 855 words
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5. Points of Order 851 words
6. Orders of the Day
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1. Debate on the Address 78 words
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2. The Economy 55,473 words, 2 divisions
7. PETITIONS
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1. Settle-Carlisle Railway 792 words
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8. Wakefield (European Regional Funds) 4,058 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 November 1988 Series 6 Vol. 142

1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Chat-line Telephone Services 128 words
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2. Patent Office 145 words
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3. Three-wheeled All-terrain Vehicles 183 words
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4. German Cars (Sales) 75 words
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5. Off-course Bookmaking 132 words
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6. British Steel 124 words
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7. Hearing Aids 83 words
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8. European Community (State Aids) 142 words
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9. National Engineering Laboratory 303 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Prison Department Houses 289 words
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2. Prison Visits 63 words
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3. Prisoners (Transfers) 199 words
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4. Women's Prisons 54 words
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5. Passports 467 words
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6. Police 688 words
3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Criminal Proceedings (Jurors) 303 words
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2. Family Law Reform Act 1987 71 words
4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Students (Statistics) 219 words
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2. Vivisection 114 words
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3. Superannuation Schemes 61 words
5. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Birmingham 25 words
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2. European Council 70 words
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3. Ministers (Exchanges of Letters) 57 words
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4. Crown Immunity 75 words
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5. Engagements 176 words
6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Kampuchea 95 words
7. WALES
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1. Health Authorities (Pharmaceutical Staff) 251 words
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2. Severn Bridge 135 words
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3. Elderly People 742 words
8. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Social Security Offices 29 words
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2. Pensions 232 words
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3. Elderly Persons (Residential Homes) 140 words
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4. Disabled People 53 words
9. SCOTLAND
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1. NHS Consumer Survey 130 words
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2. Higher Education 106 words
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3. European Parliamentary Constituencies 101 words
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4. National Engineering Laboratory, East Kilbride 127 words
10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Palestine 101 words
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2. Baltic Republics 90 words
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3. Caribbean 56 words
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4. Human Rights (USSR) 125 words
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5. Multi-sensor Platforms 48 words
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6. Rights of the Child Convention 61 words
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7. Norris v. Ireland 101 words
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8. Vietnamese Refugees 96 words
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9. Mr. Douglas Celecia 122 words
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10. UNESCO 108 words
11. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Taxation 256 words
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2. Capital Gains Tax 181 words
12. THE ARTS
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1. Museum Year 107 words
13. HEALTH
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1. Home Chiropody Service (Nottingham) 277 words
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2. Consultants and Community Physicians 39 words
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3. Greenhouse Effect 90 words
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4. Contraceptives 93 words
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5. NHS (Laundry) 65 words
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6. National Health Service 105 words
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7. Population Statistics 128 words
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8. Registered Voters 225 words
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9. Community Psychiatric Nurses 288 words
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10. Health Authorities (Emission Controls) 292 words
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11. Hospital Incinerators 176 words
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12. Community Health Councils (Emission Controls) 103 words
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13. Air Pollution 93 words
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14. Pharmaceutical Staff 52 words
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15. Opren 135 words
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16. Hospital Visits 67 words
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17. Nurses (Regrading) 100 words
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18. NHS Spending 57 words
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19. Ambulances (Greater Manchester) 216 words
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20. Hearing Aids 1,193 words
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21. Ear, Nose and Throat 358 words
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22. Audiological Technicians 322 words
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23. Waiting Lists 194 words
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24. Elderly Persons 103 words
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25. Mercury (Fish) 105 words
14. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Planning Appeals (Nottingham) 404 words
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2. Hotel Project (Birmingham) 103 words
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3. Management and Maintenance 138 words
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4. Council of Ministers 445 words
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5. Emissions 192 words
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6. Hazardous Waste 360 words
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7. Draft Flora, Fauna and Habitat Directive 64 words
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8. Housing Corporation 137 words
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9. "The Way Forward" 51 words
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10. Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporation 129 words
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11. Acid Rain (Nottingham) 135 words
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12. RIMNET Monitoring Stations 78 words
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13. Burial Sites 283 words
15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Garlic Production 106 words
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2. Animal Feed 98 words
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3. Manufactured Food Products 86 words
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4. Pressure Stocks Licensing 58 words
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5. Sea Defences 111 words
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6. Beef and Sheep Premiums 69 words
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7. Nuvan 500 EC 70 words
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8. Hazardous Waste 73 words
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9. Fisheries Council 170 words
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10. Land Development 155 words
16. TRANSPORT
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1. Cycles 128 words
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2. Rail Electrification 86 words
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3. Iwade Bypass 91 words
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4. A249 240 words
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5. Channel Tunnel 27 words
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6. M20 109 words
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7. West Bromwich Expressway 61 words
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8. A1-M1 Link 101 words
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9. Port State Control 181 words
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10. London Underground 45 words
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11. Severn Bridge 85 words
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12. Aircraft Noise 795 words
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13. Vehicle Inspectorate 298 words
17. DEFENCE
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1. Publicly Owned Land 131 words
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2. US Dual-Capable Aircraft 166 words
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3. Northern Ireland (Troop Deployment) 95 words
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4. Low-Flying Aircraft 159 words
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5. Brigade of Gurkhas 157 words
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6. Portsmouth 36 words
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7. Frigates 73 words
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8. French Defence Minister 63 words
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9. Merchant Ships 99 words
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10. Territorial and Reserve Forces 182 words
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11. Gibraltar Shootings 95 words
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12. NATO-Warsaw Pact (Force Levels) 144 words
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13. Fishing Vessels (Submarines) 79 words
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14. Aircraft Losses 79 words
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15. Nuclear Force Modernisation 96 words
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16. Procurement Policy 164 words
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17. Chemical Weapons 103 words
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18. Defence Expenditure 155 words
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19. British Aerospace (Explosives and Propellants) 117 words
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20. NATO (Short-Range Nuclear Weapons) 128 words
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21. NATO (Defensive Strategy) 44 words
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22. NATO (Nuclear Planning Group) 115 words
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23. Search and Rescue 94 words
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24. Cruise Missiles 127 words
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25. CND 54 words
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26. Soviet Union (Military Capability) 82 words
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27. NATO (Burden-Sharing) 176 words
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28. Royal Ordnance (Explosives and Propellants) 191 words
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29. Air Defence 145 words
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30. Nuclear Weapons 63 words
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31. Central Ordnance Depot, Donnington 75 words
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32. Nuclear Testing 101 words
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33. Trident 304 words
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34. Dog Training 59 words
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35. Kuwaiti Defence Minister 58 words
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36. Royal Ordnance plc 290 words
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37. Bullying 238 words
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38. A129 Helicopter 64 words
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39. Territorial Army (Recruitment) 52 words
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40. NATO-Warsaw Pact (Forces) 153 words
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41. Racial Discrimination 71 words
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42. European Programme Group 45 words
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43. NATO (Flexible Response) 63 words
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44. Injured Personnel (Compensation) 92 words
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45. Western European Union 347 words
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46. Tanks 153 words
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47. Army Trucks 112 words
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48. Widows (Pensions) 61 words
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49. Warsaw Pact (Forces) 196 words
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50. United States Defence Secretary 56 words
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51. Saudi Arabian Defence Minister 71 words
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52. Defence Materials (Supply) 168 words
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53. Military Hospitals 64 words
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54. Defence Budget 65 words
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55. Reserve and Volunteer Forces 76 words
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56. Seaborne Nuclear Defence 89 words
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57. Conventional Forces 172 words
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58. BAe 146 33 words
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59. Nuclear Weapons (Upgrading) 57 words
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60. Surplus Land 110 words
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61. Nuclear Weapons (Production) 73 words
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62. British Army of the Rhine 108 words
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63. Defence Computer Systems 46 words
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64. Devonport Dockyard 73 words
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65. Short-range Nuclear Weapons 98 words
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66. Tanks and Helicopters 72 words
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67. Gurkha Regiment 41 words
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68. Plessey (Takeover) 43 words
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69. German Minister of Defence 68 words
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70. East-West Talks 100 words
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71. Territorial Army (Recruiting) 201 words
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72. Mine-hunting Trials 38 words
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73. HMS Endurance 78 words
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74. Westland Helicopters 53 words
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75. British-French Co-ordination 60 words
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76. Maritime Defence 52 words
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77. Nuclear Submarines 44 words
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78. Defence Contracts (North-west) 76 words
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79. Teachers 390 words
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80. Sherwood Forest 142 words

Lords Sitting of 29 November 1988 Series 5 Vol. 502

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1. Preamble 23 words
cc177-9
2. Agricultural Set-Aside Scheme 1,079 words
cc179-81
3. Baltic Claims to Sovereignty 922 words
cc181-2
4. Flood Prevention: Funding 154 words
cc182-5
5. Water Companies: Land Use 1,425 words
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6. Business of the House 78 words
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7. European Communities Committee 389 words
cc186-7
8. Science and Technology: Select Committee 202 words
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9. Address in Reply to Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech 54,282 words
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10. Port of Tyne Bill [H.L.] River Humber (Burcom Outfall) Bill [H.L.] Newcastle upon Tyne Town Moor Bill [H.L.] Harwich Harbour Bill [H.L.] Avon Light Rail Transit Bill [H.L.] 17 words
c288
11. British Railways (Penalty Fares) Bill [H.L.] Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (No. 3) Bill [H.L.] 16 words
c288
12. London Regional Transport Bill 21 words
c288
13. British Railways (No. 2) Bill 20 words
c288
14. London Docklands Railway (Beckton) Bill 20 words
c288
15. St. George's Hill, Weybridge, Estate Bill 20 words
cc288-9
16. Birmingham City Council Bill 23 words
c289
17. Southern Water Authority Bill 31 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 29 November 1988 Series 5 Vol. 502

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1. FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, 21st/22nd NOVEMBER 1988 529 words
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2. JURIES: RIGHT OF CROWN TO STAND BY 317 words
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3. NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 279 words
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4. HOUSING CORPORATION: RESOURCES 133 words
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5. HOUSING CORPORATION: ENGLISH HOUSE CONDITION SURVEY 499 words
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6. ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL, 24th NOVEMBER 1988 434 words
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7. AGRICULTURE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME 718 words