Sitting of 7 November 1988

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Commons Sitting of 7 November 1988 Series 6 Vol. 140

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT (No. 2) BILL 25 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. ENERGY
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1. British Coal 910 words
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2. Central Electricity Generating Board 860 words
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3. British Coal 453 words
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4. Renewable Energy Supplies 357 words
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5. Nuclear Energy 889 words
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6. Tranco 205 words
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7. Coal Imports 391 words
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8. Energy Conservation 186 words
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9. Departmental Offices 320 words
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10. Coal Production 320 words
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11. Electricity Industry 484 words
2. THE ARTS
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1. Leicester 249 words
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2. Endowment Funding 185 words
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3. Libraries (Green Paper) 555 words
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4. Joint Stock Theatre Company 287 words
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5. Museums and Galleries 399 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Party Conferences (Duties) 320 words
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2. Agencies 638 words
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3. Secondments 176 words
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4. Unions (Meetings) 496 words
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5. Pensioners (Benefits) 3,665 words
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6. Broadcasting (White Paper) 9,664 words
7. Orders of the Day
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1. Rate Support Grants Bill 39 words
8. Clause 1
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1. TOTAL EXPENDITURE: 1985–86 to 1988–89 37,774 words, 3 divisions
9. Schedule 2
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1. TOTAL EXPENDITURE: 1989–90 10,084 words, 2 divisions
10. New Clause 1
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1. ADJUSTMENT OF BLOCK GRANT 8,523 words, 2 divisions
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11. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
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1. URBAN DEVELOPMENT 26 words
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2. SHERIFF COURT (SCOTLAND) 51 words
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3. Maternity Services (Derbyshire) 3,987 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 November 1988 Series 6 Vol. 140

1. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Channel Tunnel 115 words
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2. Australia (Visit) 153 words
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3. "Spycatcher" 94 words
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4. 10 Downing Street (Furnishing and Decoration) 39 words
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5. Armed Forces Pay Review Body 109 words
2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Autism 168 words
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2. Universities and Polytechnics 77 words
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3. British Geological Survey 222 words
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4. Education Reform 155 words
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5. Assisted Places 85 words
3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. British Rail (Fraud Allegations) 110 words
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2. Adoption 62 words
4. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Departmental Statistics (Review) 234 words
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2. Beaulieu (Aid Repayment) 95 words
5. WALES
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1. Job Creation 72 words
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2. Public Bodies (Salaries) 130 words
6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Microenterprises 80 words
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2. China 91 words
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3. Kampuchea 118 words
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4. Hurricane Joan 45 words
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5. Ecological Development 108 words
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6. Social and Environmental Aid 105 words
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7. Environmentally Sustainable Projects 125 words
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8. Nicaragua 140 words
7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Nuclear Reactor Technology 131 words
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2. Boris Chernobilsky 78 words
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3. British Council 208 words
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4. Bus Attack, Jericho 44 words
8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Ewe Premium 57 words
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2. Apples 497 words
9. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Marriage Bureaux (Developing Countries) 271 words
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2. Women's Issues 324 words
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3. British Rail (Fraud Investigation) 82 words
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4. Prison Population 462 words
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5. Prisoners (Police Cells) 164 words
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6. Prisoners (Suicides) 174 words
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7. Women Prisoners 262 words
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8. Police, Prison and Probation Services 120 words
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9. Prisoners (Sentences) 199 words
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10. Prisoners (Statistics) 152 words
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11. Prisoners (Transfers) 169 words
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12. Prison Educational Classes 298 words
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13. Prisoners (Mental Illness) 18 words
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14. Custodial Remands (Statistics) 169 words
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15. Prisoners (Ethnic Composition) 199 words
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16. Young Persons (Custody) 123 words
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17. Sentences (Ethnic Monitoring) 73 words
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18. Correspondence 66 words
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19. Unlicensed Vehicles 79 words
10. ENERGY
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1. CEGB (Area Workshops) 59 words
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2. Gas Prices 99 words
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3. Electricity Industry 151 words
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4. Energy Requirements (Elderly People) 79 words
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5. EC (Energy Policy) 78 words
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6. Sizewell B 221 words
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7. Coal Production 125 words
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8. High Technology Research 34 words
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9. Home Insulation 73 words
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10. Electricity Generation 57 words
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11. Grimethorpe Fluidised Bed Project 177 words
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12. Energy Policy 78 words
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13. North Sea Oil and Gas 500 words
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14. British Coal 137 words
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15. Radioactive Waste 65 words
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16. Domestic Heating Costs 1,096 words
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17. Wytch Farm 87 words
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18. Energy Conservation 78 words
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19. Electricity Industry 71 words
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20. Sellafield (Safety) 91 words
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21. Power Station (Fawley) 80 words
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22. Oil-related Construction 82 words
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23. Gas and Electricity Charges 69 words
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24. Coal Imports 100 words
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25. Environmental Protection 146 words
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26. British Coal Enterprise Ltd. 61 words
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27. Radiation 61 words
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28. Board Members 71 words
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29. Electricity Generation 62 words
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30. Deep-mined Coal 95 words
11. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Trials 721 words
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2. Custodial Sentences 257 words
12. DEFENCE
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1. Nuclear Tests 145 words
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2. Firearms 1,542 words
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3. Extramural Research 127 words
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4. Atomic Weapons Establishment, Cardiff 159 words
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5. Wormhoudt Massacre 88 words
13. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Civil Servants (Location) 91 words
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2. Charitable Donations 159 words
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3. European Monetary System (Devaluation) 273 words
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4. Mortgages 58 words
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5. Mortgage Interest Relief 153 words
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6. Married Women (Investment Income) 770 words
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7. Value Added Tax 93 words
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8. Company Taxation 111 words
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9. Disaggregation of Income 94 words
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10. Debt Interest 36 words
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11. Taxation 85 words
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12. Company Cars 255 words
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13. Unpaid Tax 81 words
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14. Customs and Excise 402 words
14. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Ministerial Visits 77 words
15. SCOTLAND
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1. Juvenile Crime 592 words
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2. Crossroads Schemes 140 words
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3. British Rail (Fraud Investigation) 101 words
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4. City Centre Crime 167 words
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5. Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 67 words
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6. Placement Requests 297 words
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7. YTS Guarantee 44 words
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8. Young Persons (Benefits) 98 words
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9. YTS 322 words
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10. Royal Ordnance Centre, Clydebank Business Park 60 words
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11. Enterprise Zones 52 words
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12. Women Workers (Glasgow) 336 words
16. THE ARTS
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1. Museums and Galleries 260 words
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2. Inner Cities 99 words
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3. Bradford 35 words
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4. Arts Council 64 words
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5. Alhambra Theatre, Bradford 35 words
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6. Libraries 55 words
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7. Business Sponsors 66 words
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8. Public Lending Right Scheme 47 words
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9. Community Photographic Workshops 44 words
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10. Tate Gallery (Liverpool) 49 words
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11. Libraries (Green Paper) 40 words
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12. Opera Companies 69 words
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13. Government Spending 140 words
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14. Galleries 136 words
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15. Collections (Disposal) 109 words
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16. Incentive Funding 87 words
17. EMPLOYMENT
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1. YTS 1,518 words
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2. Labour Statistics 647 words
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3. Disabled People 233 words
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4. Inspectorate Staff 731 words
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5. Training 107 words
18. HEALTH
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1. Geriatric Beds 197 words
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2. NHS (Expenditure) 184 words
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3. Doctors (Premature Retirements) 146 words
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4. NHS (Staff Numbers) 134 words
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5. Operating Department Assistants 108 words
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6. Aerosols 120 words
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7. Consumer Protection (NHS Liability) 73 words
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8. Product Licences 2,974 words
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9. Griffiths Report 103 words
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10. Pharmacies 170 words
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11. Audiology 91 words
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12. OPCS (Costs) 126 words
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13. NHS Expenditure 304 words
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14. Benzodiazepines 309 words
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15. Patient Treatment 343 words
19. TRANSPORT
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1. Hazardous Material 74 words
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2. Channel Tunnel 190 words
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3. London Underground (Fires) 211 words
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4. East London River Crossing 77 words
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5. Air Traffic Control 378 words
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6. "Road Safety: The Next Steps" 136 words
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7. Light Dues 390 words
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8. Unlicensed Vehicles 390 words
20. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Waste (Recycling) 110 words
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2. County Councils 680 words
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3. Global Sustainable Development 128 words
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4. Housing Investment Programmes 2,993 words
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5. Development Corporations 92 words
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6. Mortgage Advances 313 words
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7. Council House Sales 122 words
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8. Disabled People 172 words
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9. Channel Tunnel 210 words
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10. Repossessions 201 words
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11. Housing Finance 547 words
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12. Water Pollution 377 words
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13. Rating Reform 1,824 words
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14. Rates 139 words
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15. Grants 48 words
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16. Land Disposal, Bradford 87 words
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17. Unlicensed Vehicles 57 words
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18. County Hall, London 36 words
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19. Local Valuation Panels 37 words
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20. Mr. Philip Hammond 85 words
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21. Otters 79 words
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22. Air Pollution (London) 248 words
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23. Council House Sales 170 words
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24. Council Rents 241 words
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25. Housing Transfers 143 words
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26. Land Register Committees 167 words
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27. Bed-and-Breakfast Accommdation 58 words
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28. Silage and Slurry 173 words
21. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Snuff 96 words
22. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Leaflets 180 words
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2. Jobless Offenders (Hostels) 275 words
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3. Income Support 531 words
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4. Housing Benefit 431 words
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5. Disabled Adults 57 words
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6. Mobility Allowance 89 words
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7. Transitional Payments 263 words
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8. Family Credit 751 words
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9. Programme for Disabled People 385 words
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10. YTS 141 words
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11. Child Benefit 450 words
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12. Social Fund (Software) 79 words
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13. Rating Reform 607 words
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14. Freeline Social Security Service 240 words
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15. Community Care Grants 90 words
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16. Supplementary Benefit 64 words
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17. Spending Power 117 words
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18. Widows 132 words
23. TRANSPORT
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1. Channel Tunnel (Hazardous Waste) 82 words
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2. Vehicle Excise Duty (Refunds) 353 words
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3. Approved Road Schemes 122 words
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4. London Underground Ltd. 132 words
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5. Railway Inspectorate 59 words
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6. London Regional Transport 60 words
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7. London Underground (Ticketing) 217 words
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8. Tyne and Wear Metro 329 words
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9. Safety Inspections (Railways) 110 words
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10. Highway Engineering Schemes 121 words
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11. Highway Construction 144 words
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12. Contraflows (Cones) 99 words

Lords Sitting of 7 November 1988 Series 5 Vol. 501

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Postal Strike: Effect on Jobless Figures 1,020 words
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3. Hospices 837 words
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4. Odometers: "Clocking" Proposals 405 words
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5. Remand Prisoners: Working Party Proposals 1,294 words
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6. Business 41 words
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7. British Railways (No. 2) Bill London Docklands Railway (Beckton) Bill St. George's Hill, Weybridge, Estate Bill Birmingham City Council Bill Southern Water Authority Bill 266 words
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8. Business of the House 157 words
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9. School Boards (Scotland) Bill 655 words
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10. Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 Privative Jurisdiction and Summary Courts) Order 1988 287 words
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11. Small Claims (Scotland) Order 1988 1,780 words
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12. Liverpool and Wirral Urban Development Area Order 1988 807 words
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13. Mentally Ill Offenders: Treatment 4,382 words
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14. Broadcasting White Paper 6,819 words
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15. Mentally Ill Offenders: Treatment 12,220 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 7 November 1988 Series 5 Vol. 501

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1. ANGLO-RUSSIAN MARRIAGES 33 words
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2. DALAI LAMA: PROJECTED TALKS 66 words
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3. TIBET: POLICY 55 words
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4. ARIANE LAUNCHERS: NATO POLICY 78 words
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5. DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS AT SEA: LIABILITY LIMITS 146 words
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6. ANTARCTIC SURVEY VESSEL 59 words
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7. FAMILY CREDIT 82 words
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8. MORTGAGE INTEREST PAYMENTS: WELFARE ASSISTANCE 121 words
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9. DSS LEAFLETS 72 words
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10. SERVICES TO EXPORTERS 113 words