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Commons Sitting of 24 October 1988 Series 6 Vol. 139

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TRANSPORT
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1. British Rail (Investment) 584 words
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2. North-East (Roads) 328 words
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3. Driving Test 251 words
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4. A13 and A127 (Improvements) 510 words
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5. EC (Transport) 869 words
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6. Computer-controlled Traffic Systems 343 words
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7. Air Fares 549 words
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8. Channel Tunnel 621 words
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9. British Rail 850 words
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10. Manchester Ship Canal 193 words
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11. Hull-Teesside (Road Links) 234 words
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12. Civil Aviation Authority and British Airports Authority 627 words
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13. Metroplitan Line (Uxbridge) 227 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Social Security Commissioner for Wales 215 words
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2. Director of Public Prosecutions 664 words
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3. "Spycatcher" 960 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. AIDS 372 words
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2. British Council 298 words
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3. Mauritius 290 words
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4. Aid and Trade Provision 389 words
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5. Mozambique (Refugees) 200 words
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6. Sub-Saharan Africa 211 words
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4. Nicaragua (Hurricane) 2,446 words
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5. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 112 words
6. Orders of the Day
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1. European Communities (Finance) Bill 4,665 words
7. Clause 1
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1. EXTENDED MEANING OF "THE TREATIES" AND "THE COMMUNITY TREATIES" 64 words
8. 'SCHEDULE 1
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1. DECISION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON THE SYSTEM OF THE COMMUNITIES' OWN RESOURCES 953 words
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2. ARTICLE I 42 words
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3. ARTICLE 2 692 words
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4. ARTICLE 3 180 words
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5. ARTICLE 4 322 words
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6. ARTICLE 5 197 words
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7. ARTICLE 6 110 words
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8. ARTICLE 7 45 words
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9. ARTICLE 8 234 words
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10. ARTICLE 9 105 words
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11. ARTICLE 10 35 words
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12. ARTICLE 11 434 words
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9. SCHEDULE 2 39 words
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1. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT 44,856 words, 1 division
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10. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 20 words
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11. European Communities (Finance) Bill 2,215 words, 1 division
12. New clause 4
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1. HOUSE OF COMMONS APPROVAL OF SUBORDINATE ACTION 4,409 words
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2. Local Government 5,153 words
13. PETITION
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1. West Lodge Schools 193 words
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14. Major Peter Cory 4,067 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 October 1988 Series 6 Vol. 139

1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Teachers' Income 99 words
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2. School Meals 132 words
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3. Dyslexic Children 138 words
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4. Plankton 139 words
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5. Nursery Places 1,005 words
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6. School Rolls 67 words
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7. Temporary Classrooms 62 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Sunday Trading 109 words
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2. Courts (Functioning) 33 words
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3. Crown Prosecution Service 103 words
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4. Birmingham Pub Bombing 35 words
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5. Dr. Frank Skuse 47 words
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6. Guildford and Woolwich Pub Bombings 111 words
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7. Solicitors Remuneration Order 129 words
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8. Family Law Reform Act 68 words
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9. "Spycatcher" 236 words
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10. Jurors 127 words
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11. Legal Profession 159 words
3. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Rural Areas (Violence) 66 words
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2. Visiting Forces Act 94 words
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3. Departmental Staff 732 words
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4. Metropolitan Police 120 words
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5. BBC and IBA 107 words
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6. Official Secrets Act (Reform) 110 words
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7. Public Representations 66 words
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8. Adolfo Calero 42 words
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9. Heathrow and Gatwick Airports (Armed Police) 200 words
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10. Cruise Missiles (Policing) 75 words
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11. Nazi War Crimes 61 words
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12. Crime Statistics 478 words
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13. Children (Fruit Machines) 254 words
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14. Crime Investigations Priority Project 75 words
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15. Remand Prisoners 192 words
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16. Member's Correspondence 76 words
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17. Indo-Chinese Refugees 91 words
4. PRIME MINISTER
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1. "Next Steps" 115 words
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2. Environment Policies 148 words
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3. Official Residences 247 words
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4. Official Duties (Expenditure) 76 words
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5. Representations 67 words
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6. Official Entertainment 101 words
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7. Australia (Visit) 97 words
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8. British Rail 35 words
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9. Tidy Britain Initiative 83 words
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10. Conservative Party Conference 68 words
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11. Members (Hospitality) 87 words
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12. GCHQ 89 words
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13. Security Services 80 words
5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. GATT (Uruguay Round) 103 words
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2. Steel Prices 56 words
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3. Vacancies (London) 62 words
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4. Local Pay Additions 113 words
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5. British Steel Corporation 91 words
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6. Insider Trading 86 words
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7. Preferential Trade Arrangements 233 words
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8. Trade Deficit 3,361 words
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9. Telephone Charges 178 words
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10. Mail Services 412 words
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11. Exports 3,992 words
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12. Trade Missions 102 words
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13. Scotch Whisky (Korea) 102 words
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14. British Shipbuilders 58 words
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15. Underwriting Agency Agreements 154 words
6. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Local Pay Additions 205 words
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2. Monetary Conditions 83 words
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3. Conservative Party Conference 72 words
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4. European Community (United Kingdom Contributions) 215 words
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5. Value Added Tax 66 words
7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute 97 words
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2. EC Aid Budget 107 words
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3. Aga Khan Foundation 117 words
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4. Water and Sewerage Projects 1,407 words
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5. Sub-Saharan Africa 306 words
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6. Apartheid 60 words
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7. Malawi 36 words
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8. Self-reliance 84 words
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9. Afghanistan 135 words
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10. Third World (Private Aid) 225 words
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11. English Language Teachers 68 words
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12. OECD 47 words
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13. Aid (Priorities) 35 words
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14. Spain and Portugal 56 words
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15. Sri Lanka 35 words
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16. Kampuchea 125 words
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17. Nicaragua 88 words
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18. India 89 words
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19. EC (Price Review) 46 words
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20. Ethiopia 89 words
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21. Private Aid 134 words
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22. Immunisation 106 words
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23. Consultancy Contracts 54 words
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24. West Bank and Gaza 98 words
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25. Japan 69 words
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26. Pan-American Health Organisation 94 words
8. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Labour Statistics 329 words
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2. Labour Costs 179 words
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3. Pollution (North Sea) 153 words
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4. Employment Training Programme 45 words
9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Rain Forests 177 words
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2. Chile 170 words
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3. Nicaragua 41 words
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4. Public Representations 63 words
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5. Adolfo Calero 39 words
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6. US Embassy (Firearms) 70 words
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7. Kampuchea 111 words
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8. BBC External Services 46 words
10. ENERGY
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1. Electricity Privatisation 785 words
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2. Electricity Prices 382 words
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3. Electricity Generation 222 words
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4. Select Committee 40 words
11. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Partially Sighted Society 131 words
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2. Benefits 196 words
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3. Social Fund 731 words
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4. Homeless Unemployed 171 words
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5. Family Credit 176 words
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6. Housing Benefit 549 words
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7. Poverty 56 words
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8. Family Statistics 121 words
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9. Supplementary Pensions and Allowances 116 words
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10. Benefit Advice Shops 61 words
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11. Bradford 253 words
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12. Crisis Loans 130 words
12. DEFENCE
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1. Aviation Support Ship 209 words
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2. Surplus Housing 101 words
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3. Surplus Land 170 words
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4. Drugs Research 91 words
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5. Cruise Missiles 111 words
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6. Armed Forces Pension Scheme 113 words
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7. Conservative Party Conference (Security) 82 words
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8. Harland and Wolff 233 words
13. HEALTH
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1. NHS (Review) 70 words
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2. Private Nursing Homes 331 words
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3. "Medical Care of the New-born" 185 words
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4. Nuclear Warfare 151 words
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5. General Practitioner Maternity Units 136 words
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6. Care in the Community 68 words
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7. Halifax General Hospital (Cook-chill System) 61 words
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8. Schizophrenia 147 words
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9. Mental Disorder (Aftercare) 144 words
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10. Hearing Aids 119 words
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11. In-patient Waiting List (Wessex) 82 words
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12. Sight Tests 40 words
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13. AIDS 109 words
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14. Merseyside (Ministerial Visit) 129 words
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15. Care of the New-born 279 words
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16. Health Authorities (Rates) 1,757 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Bee Disease 133 words
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2. NHS Pay 121 words
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3. Pollution 174 words
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4. Pesticides 396 words
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5. Public Representations 54 words
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6. Chernobyl 51 words
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7. Wool Guarantee 383 words
15. SCOTLAND
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1. A7 (Hawick) 115 words
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2. Electricity Privatisation 145 words
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3. Schools (Opting out) 218 words
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4. School Premises (Community Use) 129 words
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5. Schools (Parental Involvement) 131 words
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6. Physical Education 147 words
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7. Schools (Sports Facilities) 74 words
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8. Labour Statistics 416 words
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9. Sport and Leisure 711 words
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10. NHS Beds 140 words
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11. Hospitals (Readmissions) 52 words
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12. Dyslexia 35 words
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13. School Meals 78 words
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14. Dyslexic Children 37 words
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15. Private Nursing Homes 254 words
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16. Drinking Water 488 words
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17. Water Fluoridation 91 words
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18. Free School Meals 228 words
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19. Student Population 100 words
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20. Scottish Sports Council 68 words
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21. St. Ninian's Isle Church Site 55 words
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22. Offensive Weapons 189 words
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23. Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock (Inquiry) 97 words
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24. Barlinnie Prison 37 words
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25. Education System 57 words
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26. Forestry Vehicles (Road Damage) 102 words
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27. Scottish Bus Group 71 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Open Spaces (Development) 201 words
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2. Stop Notices 131 words
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3. Planning Enforcement Powers 38 words
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4. North Sea Pollution 273 words
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5. East London River Crossing 86 words
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6. Joint Local Valuation Panels (Leicester) 173 words
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7. Pollution (Expenditure) 72 words
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8. Environmental Research (Expenditure) 139 words
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9. Wildlife (Codes) 168 words
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10. Wildlife (Imports) 110 words
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11. Building Research Establishment 145 words
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12. Rating Reform 442 words
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13. Urban Regeneration 113 words
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14. Urban Blight 91 words
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15. Local Planning Authorities (Decisions) 174 words
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16. Local Authority Accounts 93 words
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17. Rate Support Grant 87 words
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18. Non-Domestic Property (Revaluation) 58 words
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19. Capital Expenditure and Finance 154 words
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20. Non-Domestic Rates 41 words
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21. Local Government Finance Act 85 words
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22. Public Representations 72 words
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23. Dwellings (Unlawful Occupation) 251 words
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24. Castleford Town Centre Redevelopment 47 words
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25. Disabled People (Adapted Dwellings) 213 words
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26. Council Tenancies (Transfers) 225 words
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27. Bed-and-Breakfast Accommodation 200 words
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28. Market Rents 56 words
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29. Council House Starts 101 words
17. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Education (Strangford) 400 words
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2. Education (Armagh) 95 words
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3. Regent House School, Newtownards 123 words
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4. Mourne Mountains 315 words
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5. Artificial Insemination 151 words
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6. Murder Statistics 121 words
18. TRANSPORT
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1. New Roads 65 words
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2. Infrastructure Projects 366 words
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3. Civil Aviation Authority and British Airports Authority 49 words
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4. Railway Development 71 words
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5. Rail Unions 94 words
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6. Central Transport Consultative Committee 47 words
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7. Road Haulage 25 words
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8. Highway Code 66 words
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9. Heathrow Airport 35 words
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10. British Rail 112 words
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11. Heathrow-Paddington Rail Link 24 words
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12. 70 mph Speed Limit 94 words
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13. East Midlands Airport 29 words
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14. Road Accident Statistics 162 words
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15. Gatwick Airport 223 words
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16. LRT (Driver-operated Passenger Doors) 235 words
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17. Autoguide Experiment 137 words
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18. South London Transport Study 85 words
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19. Bus Services 190 words
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20. Passenger Rail Services 82 words
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21. Settle-Carlisle Railway 57 words
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22. A59—M6 Link 48 words
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23. Light Rapid Transit Railways 136 words
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24. West Midlands (Western Orbital Motorway) 56 words
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25. Association of Metropolitan Authorities 154 words
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26. Investment 55 words
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27. Underground Rolling Stock 95 words
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28. Private Sector Financing 90 words
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29. King's Cross Fire 46 words
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30. A69 Hexham 52 words
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31. Channel Tunnel (Rail Link) 141 words
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32. Motorway Construction 148 words
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33. BR Board 61 words
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34. Underground System (Central London) 60 words
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35. Schools (No Parking Areas) 68 words
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36. Manchester Airport 73 words
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37. Dual Carriageways (London) 191 words
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38. A1-M1 Link 70 words
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39. Road Schemes (Private Sector Collaboration) 233 words
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40. West Drayton Air Traffic Control 40 words
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41. Aircraft Noise (Heathrow) 762 words
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42. London Regional Transport 59 words
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43. British Standard Time 107 words
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44. Air Transport Users Committee 85 words
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45. National Air Traffic Services 64 words
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46. Drivers (Road Safety) 170 words
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47. Association of County Councils 51 words
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48. Local Pay Additions 158 words
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49. Licensed Taxi Cabs 71 words
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50. Private Car Hire (Licensing) 164 words
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51. Bus Deregulation 246 words
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52. Bus Registration 45 words
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53. Safety Audits (King's Cross) 142 words
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54. A33 Chandlers Ford Bypass 67 words
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55. A12 Brentwood Bypass 91 words
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56. Air Traffic Control 168 words
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57. Channel Tunnel 81 words
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58. Aircraft Noise 707 words
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59. Night Flights 308 words
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60. A34 Newbury Ring Road 96 words
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61. Staff Safety (King's Cross) 137 words
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62. London Underground Ltd 53 words
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63. BAC 111 and Boeing 727 Aircraft 102 words
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64. Air Traffic Congestion 114 words
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65. Foreign Reflaggings 41 words

Lords Sitting of 24 October 1988 Series 5 Vol. 500

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Minorco Bid for ConsGold 932 words
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3. Tax Cuts: Spending Impact 754 words
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4. Natural Disasters: Emergency Relief 1,195 words
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5. BP: Kuwaiti Shareholding 789 words
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6. Housing Bill 54,521 words, 4 divisions

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 October 1988 Series 5 Vol. 500

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1. GIBRALTAR: NORTH MOLE PROJECT 76 words
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2. SW ATLANTIC ICE PATROL VESSEL 83 words
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3. CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE: STAFFING 120 words
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4. FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION: CONSULTATION PROPOSALS 147 words
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5. DSS LOCAL OFFICES: WELFARE CLAIM STATISTICS 230 words
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6. OIL RIG EVACUATION SYSTEM PROPOSAL 97 words
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7. WOOL MARKETING: FUTURE PROPOSALS 374 words