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Commons Sitting of 26 October 1988 Series 6 Vol. 139

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. HARWICH PARKESTON QUAY BILL. 4 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Inner Cities 855 words
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2. Enterprise Initiative 399 words
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3. Manufacturing Output 676 words
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4. Restrictive Trade Practices 805 words
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5. European Single Market 858 words
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6. CBI (Northern Region) 415 words
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7. Action for Cities 515 words
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8. British Shipbuilders 719 words
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9. British Aerospace and Austin Rover 712 words
cc289-91
10. Research and Technology Initiative 1,550 words
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11. Manufacturing Investment 996 words
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12. Filature du Hainault 300 words
c294
13. British Launcher Rocket 139 words
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14. Scotch Whisky 178 words
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4. Hazardous Substances (Illegal Dumping) 618 words
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5. Barlow Clowes (Parliamentary Question) 411 words
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6. Extension of Civil Justice 1,220 words
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1. EXTENSION OF CIVIL JUSTICE 66 words
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2. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 29 words
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3. Questions to Ministers 274 words
7. Orders of the Day
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1. Housing (Scotland) Bill 3 words
8. Clause 2
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1. GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF SCOTTISH HOMES 354 words
9. Clause 4
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1. REGULATION OF HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS IN SCOTLAND AND TRANSFER TO SCOTTISH HOMES OF CERTAIN PROPERTY, RIGHTS, LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF HOUSING CORPORATIONS 240 words
10. Clause 16
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1. SECURITY OF TENURE 102 words
11. New clause
cc306-19
1. RIGHT OF SUCCESSION OF SPOUSE 7,929 words
12. Clause 17
cc319-26
1. FIXING OF TERMS OF STATUTORY ASSURED TENANCY 3,789 words
13. Clause 19
cc326-9
1. NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR POSSESSION 1,932 words
14. Clause 20
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1. EXTENDED DISCRETION OF COURT IN POSSESSION CLAIMS 1,297 words
15. Clause 24
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1. INCREASES OF RENT UNDER ASSURED TENANCIES 543 words
16. Clause 25
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1. DETERMINATION OF RENT BY RENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE 5,987 words, 1 division
17. New Clause
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1. PROHIBITION OF PREMIUMS ETC. ON ASSURED TENANCIES 1,267 words
18. New Clause
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1. DUTY OF LANDLORD UNDER ASSURED TENANCY TO PROVIDE WRITTEN TENANCY DOCUMENT AND WEEKLY RENT BOOK 8,024 words, 1 division
19. New clause
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1. RIGHT OF SUCCESSION OF SPOUSE 463 words
20. Clause 31
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1. REFERENCE OF EXCESSIVE RENTS TO RENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE 832 words
21. Clause 33
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1. DAMAGES FOR UNLAWFUL EVICTION 1,405 words
22. Clause 34
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1. THE MEASURE OF DAMAGES 281 words
23. Clause 42
cc367-73
1. TRANSFER OF EXISTING TENANCIES 3,073 words
24. Clause 43
cc373-5
1. STATUTORY TENANTS: SUCCESSION 1,261 words
25. Clause 46
c376
1. INFORMATION AS TO DETERMINATION OF RENTS 322 words
26. Clause 53
cc376-7
1. RIGHT CONFERRED BY PART III 403 words
27. Clause 55
cc377-88
1. APPLICATION TO EXERCISE RIGHTS CONFERRED BY THIS PART AND OFFER TO SELL 6,418 words, 1 division
28. New Clause
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1. SCHEMES FOR PAYMENTS TO ASSIST LOCAL AUTHORITY TENANTS TO OBTAIN OTHER ACCOMMODATION 1,251 words
29. Clause 63
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1. ABOLITION AND CAPITALISATION OF CERTAIN SUBSIDIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS 370 words
30. Clause 66
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1. RENT OFFICERS: ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS RELATING TO HOUSING BENEFIT ETC 5,036 words, 1 division
31. Clause 70
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1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 449 words
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2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 923 words
32. Schedule 2
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1. AMENDMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL ON ESTABLISHING OF SCOTTISH HOMES AND ABOLITION OF SSHA 12 words
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1. 'Local Government Act 1988 329 words
33. Schedule 3
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1. SCOTTISH HOMES: AMENDMENTS OF HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS ACT 1985 482 words
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34. Rating and Valuation 10,988 words, 1 division
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35. GCSE (History Examination) 4,583 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 October 1988 Series 6 Vol. 139

1. PRIME MINISTER
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1. European Community and National Parliaments 72 words
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2. NATO (Spanish Airbase Facilities) 46 words
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3. Southern Africa 65 words
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4. Australia (Visit) 98 words
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5. Nuclear Emergencies (Planning) 58 words
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6. Environment and Development 94 words
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7. Strategic Defence Initiative 163 words
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8. European Community 244 words
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9. Advertising Contracts 316 words
2. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Residential Homes 130 words
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2. Benefits and Allowances 1,105 words
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3. Housing Benefit 135 words
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4. Departmental Staff 166 words
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5. Social Security Appeals 172 words
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6. Contingency Arrangements (Bradford) 55 words
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7. Family Credit 82 words
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8. Benefits (Take-up) 47 words
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9. Child Benefit 52 words
3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Departmental Staff 1,352 words
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2. Child Abuse 120 words
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3. Matrimonial Proceedings 92 words
4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Table Office (Computer) 76 words
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2. Parliamentary Papers 263 words
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3. Procedure Committee 109 words
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4. Private Members' Bills 54 words
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5. Norman Shaw North 80 words
5. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. City Technology Colleges 120 words
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2. Student Unions 1,179 words
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3. Student Finance 78 words
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4. Vandalism and Arson 238 words
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5. Ozone Layer 236 words
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6. School Inspections 375 words
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7. Testing and Assessment 85 words
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8. GCSE Results 77 words
6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Nuclear Facilities (South Africa) 163 words
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2. Nuclear Test 135 words
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3. Council of Ministers 465 words
7. SCOTLAND
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1. Housing 842 words
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2. Cleaning and Catering Contracts 33 words
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3. Nurses 171 words
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4. Solicitors 93 words
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5. Prisons (Reports) 108 words
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6. Urban Policy 184 words
8. WALES
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1. Physically Handicapped Persons 36 words
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2. Bathing Waters 103 words
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3. Pont Abraham—Carmarthen Link 62 words
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4. University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff 216 words
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5. Housing for Senior Management 54 words
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6. Gipsy Sites 123 words
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7. Welsh Development Agency 97 words
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8. Advance Factories 138 words
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9. Toxic Waste 66 words
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10. Homes for the Elderly (Leasing) 114 words
9. HEALTH
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1. Dental Services 168 words
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2. Nurses 236 words
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3. Lithotripters 150 words
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4. Nuclear Plants 88 words
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5. Nurses Pay 256 words
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6. Clinical Grading 32 words
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7. Private Residential Care 60 words
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8. Children 160 words
10. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Industrial Development (Rural Areas) 73 words
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2. Asbestos Fibres (Commons Court) 80 words
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3. Water Supplies 76 words
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4. Water Privatisation 60 words
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5. Local Structure Plans 633 words
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6. Drugs Testing 137 words
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7. London Docklands 68 words
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8. River Pollution 177 words
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9. Building Industry Contracts 72 words
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10. Childhood Leukaemias 112 words
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11. Nuclear Waste Disposal 153 words
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12. European Commission (Environmental Research) 185 words
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13. Karin B 151 words
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14. Hazardous Wastes 255 words
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15. Pollution Inspectors 307 words
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16. Organic and Chlorinated Solvents 125 words
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17. Aquatic Environment (Pollution) 372 words
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18. Ravens (North Cumbria) 94 words
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19. Darenth Park Inquiry 48 words
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20. Swan Farm, Ash-cum-Ridley 47 words
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21. Kent Structure Plan 111 words
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22. Planning Appeals (Chelmsford) 134 words
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23. Bradford Council (Staff Conditions) 43 words
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24. Planning Permission 100 words
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25. Planning Authorities (Enforcement Powers) 56 words
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26. Acid Pollution 100 words
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27. Water Privatisation 124 words
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28. Inner Area Programme 73 words
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29. Bathing Beaches 88 words
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30. Water Supply Costs 228 words
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31. Mersey Basin 245 words
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32. Water Contamination (Report) 34 words
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33. Drinking Water 313 words
11. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Local Pay Additions 222 words
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2. Hansard 1,140 words
12. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Schoolchildren 874 words
13. ENERGY
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1. Pit Closures 110 words
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2. Wave Energy 74 words
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3. Nuclear Safety 332 words
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4. Nuclear Materials Exports 45 words
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5. CEGB Magnox Plant, Oldbury 260 words
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6. Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor 108 words
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7. South African Uranium 56 words
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8. Nuclear Reactors 162 words
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9. Departmental Safety Inspectorate 576 words
14. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Labour Statistics 2,509 words
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2. Relocation of Staff 86 words
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3. Pendulum Arbitration 44 words
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4. Tourism 74 words
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5. "Prompt Payment Please" 76 words
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6. Health and Safety Executive 106 words
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7. Health and Safety Executive (Visits) 220 words
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8. Health and Safety Representatives 97 words
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9. Welfare Rights Claimant Advisers 175 words
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10. Integrated Offices 246 words
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11. Bradford Council 60 words
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12. Benefit Shops (Bradford) 86 words
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13. Repetitive Strain Injury 64 words
15. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Prisons (Night Sanitation) 550 words
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2. Seat Belts 636 words
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3. Shoplifting 1,209 words
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4. Public Order 458 words
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5. Crime Statistics 2,980 words
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6. Vandalism 191 words
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7. Unpaid Appointments 79 words
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8. Prison Sentences 382 words
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9. Abortion 442 words
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10. Departmental Statistics 375 words
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11. Dangerous Driving 308 words
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12. Departmental Papers 1,485 words
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13. Cosmos 1900 195 words
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14. Nuclear Accidents 175 words
16. DEFENCE
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1. Crown Proceedings Act 175 words
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2. Departmental Staff 702 words
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3. Departmental Contractors 315 words
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4. Nuclear Materials 84 words
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5. Franco-British Nuclear Missile 109 words
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6. European Strategy Group (Studies) 51 words
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7. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 199 words
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8. Aircraft Accidents 348 words
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9. Nuclear Strategic Forces 74 words
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10. Budget (Funds Allocation) 201 words
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11. Warsaw Pact Central Front Forces 124 words
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12. Defence Estimates 429 words
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13. NATO (Defence Budgets) 91 words
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14. Chemical Weapons 134 words
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15. Radiation (Leukaemia) 207 words
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16. South Africa (Uranium) 46 words
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17. Nuclear Tests (Verification) 134 words
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18. Nuclear Submarines 71 words
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19. Nuclear-free Campaigners 96 words
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20. Unsafeguarded Uranium 52 words
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21. East-West Military Balance 171 words
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22. Atomic Weapons Establishment, Cardiff 123 words
17. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. OECD 67 words
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2. Private Industry (Assistance) 252 words
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3. Balance of Trade 46 words
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4. EC (Trade) 119 words
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5. Knitwear 95 words
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6. Industrial Prospects 42 words
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7. Self-regulatory Organisations 76 words
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8. Barlow Clowes 59 words
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9. Inner City Task Forces 165 words
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10. Post Office Users Council 80 words
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11. Mergers 235 words
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12. European Single Market 466 words
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13. Teachers (Industrial Experience) 116 words
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14. Steel Industry 58 words
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15. Manufacturing (Productivity) 59 words
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16. Japan 126 words
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17. Insurance Brokers Registration Council 56 words
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18. Trade and Industry (Wales) 61 words
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19. Competitiveness 46 words
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20. Financial Services 96 words
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21. Overseas Companies (Investment) 109 words
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22. Manufacturing Output 42 words
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23. Venture Capital Industry 52 words
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24. Engineering Products 102 words
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25. North-East (Overseas Investment) 115 words
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26. Manufacturing Investment 77 words
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27. Manufactures 52 words
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28. Estate Agents 75 words
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29. Manufacturing (Leicester) 70 words
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30. Competition and Mergers 52 words
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31. Mergers 69 words
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32. Japanese Cars (Imports) 67 words
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33. Company Bids 95 words
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34. British Steel 54 words
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35. Commercial Leases 96 words
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36. Competitiveness 98 words
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37. Aerospace Products 79 words
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38. International Textiles Policies (Study) 307 words
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39. Motor Vehicles (Purchaser Protection) 259 words
cc295-6W
40. Incorporation 420 words
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41. Foreign Investors 149 words
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42. Company Law Reform 34 words
cc296-7W
43. Consumer Credit Licensing 343 words
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44. Regional Aid 72 words
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45. North East Shipbuilders Ltd 138 words
18. TRANSPORT
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1. M1 Traffic Flow 87 words
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2. A1 Traffic Flow 97 words
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3. Al2 (Accident Statistics) 176 words
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4. Dangerous Goods (Air Transport) 150 words
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5. Radioactive Materials 77 words
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6. Rheidol Narrow Gauge Railway 95 words
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7. Motorway Service Areas 211 words
cc299-300W
8. King's Cross 189 words
c300W
9. M66 192 words
cc300-2W
10. Major Transport Projects 438 words

Lords Sitting of 26 October 1988 Series 5 Vol. 500

c1603
1. Preamble 22 words
cc1603-5
2. Chile: UK Relations 987 words
cc1605-8
3. Higher Education: Increased Access 1,222 words
cc1608-11
4. Bovine Somatotrophin 1,485 words
cc1611-3
5. Hospital Waiting Lists 1,198 words
c1614
6. Business 48 words
cc1614-83
7. Housing Bill 36,634 words, 3 divisions
cc1683-8
8. Church of England (Pensions) Measure 2,534 words
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9. Housing Bill 3,174 words
c1694
10. Harwich Parkeston Quay Bill 17 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 26 October 1988 Series 5 Vol. 500

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1. SATELLITE SERVICE LICENCES 116 words
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2. COMMUNITY CHARGE REBATES 128 words
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3. PRISON SERVICE MANAGEMENT 128 words
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4. ALBANIAN REFUGEES: UK STATISTICS 192 words
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5. EC TREATIES: CONSOLIDATION 75 words
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6. DEER ORDER 63 words
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7. LEAD-BASED PAINT: GOVERNMENT POLICY 343 words
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8. HOME INSULATION SCHEME 183 words
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9. SELLAFIELD EFFLUENT DISCHARGE 108 words
cc1698-700WA
10. WATER CHARGES 412 words