Commons Sitting of 21 March 1994 Series 6 Vol. 240

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
        2. c1
      1. BRITISH RAILWAYS ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 6 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRANSPORT
        2. cc1-3
      1. Freight 757 words
        2. cc3-4
      2. International Station, Stratford 379 words
        3. c4
      3. Mile End Road 296 words
        4. cc4-5
      4. Traffic Calming 272 words
        5. cc5-6
      5. Roads (Planning) 395 words
        6. cc6-7
      6. Road Building 496 words
        7. cc7-8
      7. Road Crashes 894 words
        8. cc8-9
      8. Station Staffing 341 words
        9. cc9-10
      9. Natural Gas Vehicles 199 words
        10. c10
      10. Heavy Lorries 338 words
        11. cc10-1
      11. Lower Thames Crossing 199 words
        12. cc11-2
      12. Airport Privatisations 491 words
        13. c12
      13. Rail Services (Competition) 254 words
        14. cc12-3
      14. Transatlantic Air Routes 203 words
        15. c13
      15. British Rail Maintenance Depot, Eastleigh 272 words
    2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
        3. cc13-4
      1. Public Interest Immunity Certificates 342 words
        2. cc14-5
      2. Prosecutions (Victims' Interests) 468 words
        3. c15
      3. Bail Objections 214 words
        4. cc15-6
      4. Public Interest Immunity Certificates 278 words
        5. c16
      5. War Crimes 142 words
    3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
        4. c17
      1. Population Initiative 149 words
        2. cc17-8
      2. Aid Criteria 748 words
        3. cc18-20
      3. Environmental Sustainability 363 words
        4. c20
      4. Pergau Dam 220 words
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  4. Points of Order 857 words
  5. Orders of the Day
      6. cc23-40
    1. Insolvency (No. 2) Bill 10,405 words
  6. Clause 1
      7. cc41-6
    1. ADMINISTRATORS: PRIORITY OF LIABILITIES UNDER ADOPTED CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT 3,375 words
  7. Clause 1
      8. cc46-7
    1. ADMINISTRATORS: PRIORITY OF LIABILITIES UNDER ADOPTED CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT 631 words
  8. New Clause 1
      9. cc48-51
    1. LIABILITY OF CONTRACTS 1,941 words
      2. cc52-84
    2. Transport Police (Jurisdiction) Bill 18,960 words, 1 division
  9. Clause 1
      10. cc84-103
    1. AMENDMENT OF THE BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION ACT 1949 10,534 words, 2 divisions
  10. Clause 1
      11. cc103-8
    1. AMENDMENT OF THE BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION ACT 1949 3,083 words
  11. PETITION
      12. cc108-9
    1. Value Added Tax on Fuel 183 words
      2. cc110-8
    2. Outdoor Education (Safety) 4,760 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 21 March 1994 Series 6 Vol. 240

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
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    1. Social Security Appeal Tribunals 116 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
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    1. Open Government 47 words
      2. c1W
    2. Ministers (Legal Action) 54 words
      3. c1W
    3. Correspondence 23 words
      4. cc1-2W
    4. Car Industries 228 words
      5. c2W
    5. Trinidad Terms 170 words
      6. c2W
    6. Parliamentary Questions 64 words
      7. cc2-3W
    7. India 56 words
      8. c3W
    8. Parliamentary Bills 32 words
      9. c3W
    9. Official Gifts 149 words
      10. c3W
    10. Orsett Hospital 92 words
      11. c3W
    11. Serious Crime Criteria 66 words
      12. cc3-4W
    12. Economic Well-being Criteria 119 words
      13. c4W
    13. Shoot-to-kill Policy 68 words
  3. SOCIAL SECURITY
      4. cc4-5W
    1. Information Technology Services Agency 278 words
      2. c5W
    2. Disabled Employees 44 words
      3. c5W
    3. Child Support Agency 57 words
      4. c5W
    4. War Pensions 52 words
      5. c5W
    5. Housing Benefit 162 words
      6. cc5-6W
    6. Council House Sales 101 words
      7. c6W
    7. Social Security Expenditure 228 words
      8. cc6-7W
    8. Invalidity Benefit 357 words
      9. c7W
    9. Market Testing 44 words
      10. c7W
    10. Sickness Benefit 66 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      5. cc7-8W
    1. Open Government 87 words
      2. c8W
    2. Disabled Employees 61 words
      3. c8W
    3. Students (Military Training) 259 words
      4. cc8-9W
    4. Mr. Lorraine Osman 71 words
      5. c9W
    5. Middle East 76 words
      6. c9W
    6. Iraq 251 words
      7. cc9-10W
    7. Sudan 179 words
      8. c10W
    8. Parliamentary Questions 99 words
      9. cc10-1W
    9. Overseas Students 197 words
      10. cc11-2W
    10. Foreign Affairs Council 472 words
      11. c12W
    11. Angola 125 words
      12. c12W
    12. Yugoslavia 54 words
      13. c12W
    13. Malaysia 45 words
  5. TREASURY
      6. cc12-4W
    1. Taxation 1,074 words
      2. cc14-5W
    2. Exchange Rates 520 words
      3. cc15-6W
    3. Bank of England 151 words
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    4. Unemployment 61 words
      5. cc16-7W
    5. Economic Growth 227 words
      6. c17W
    6. Manufactures 383 words
      7. cc17-8W
    7. Interest and Exchange Rates 309 words
      8. c18W
    8. Consumer Goods 78 words
      9. cc18-9W
    9. Semi-manufactures 174 words
      10. c19W
    10. Japanese Trade 162 words
      11. c19W
    11. Exports 93 words
      12. cc19-20W
    12. Tourism 264 words
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    13. Intermediate Goods 181 words
      14. c20W
    14. Gross Domestic Product 79 words
      15. cc20-1W
    15. Company Directors 125 words
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    16. Intrastat 109 words
      17. c21W
    17. Uganda (Debt) 98 words
      18. c21W
    18. Parliamentary Questions 120 words
      19. cc21-2W
    19. Drugs 205 words
      20. c22W
    20. Arms Sales 36 words
      21. c22W
    21. Cheque Presentation System 86 words
      22. c22W
    22. Correspondence 43 words
      23. c22W
    23. Belize 52 words
      24. cc22-3W
    24. Value Added Tax 86 words
      25. c23W
    25. Civil Servants 389 words
  6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      7. c24W
    1. Kenya 81 words
      2. c24W
    2. Aid and Trade Provision 81 words
      3. c24W
    3. Mozambique 31 words
      4. c24W
    4. Ukraine 99 words
      5. cc24-5W
    5. Aid Budget 121 words
      6. c25W
    6. Overseas Aid 138 words
      7. c25W
    7. Subsistence Farmers 97 words
      8. c25W
    8. Global Environment Assistance 83 words
      9. cc25-6W
    9. China 105 words
      10. c26W
    10. Cocoa 131 words
      11. c26W
    11. Aid Offers 78 words
      12. cc26-7W
    12. Aid Grants 384 words
  7. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      8. c27W
    1. Open Government 58 words
      2. cc27-8W
    2. Royal Palaces 371 words
      3. c28W
    3. Archaeology 129 words
      4. c28W
    4. Correspondence 46 words
      5. c28W
    5. Parliamentary Questions 89 words
  8. HOME DEPARTMENT
      9. c29W
    1. Bail Hostels 361 words
      2. cc29-30W
    2. Yorkshire and Humberside Prisoners 115 words
      3. c30W
    3. Television Licences 69 words
      4. c30W
    4. Amylnitrite 204 words
      5. c30W
    5. Police Firearms 134 words
      6. cc30-1W
    6. Operation Barnard 77 words
      7. c31W
    7. Human Rights 110 words
      8. c31W
    8. Traffic Videos 119 words
      9. cc31-2W
    9. Campsfield House Detention Centre 122 words
      10. c32W
    10. Prisons (Drugs) 240 words
      11. c32W
    11. Drugs Trafficking 104 words
      12. c32W
    12. Immigration 105 words
      13. cc32-6W
    13. Ethnic Minorities 2,196 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      10. c37W
    1. Indonesia 52 words
      2. c37W
    2. Conflicts of Interest 124 words
      3. c37W
    3. Mechanical Engineering Products 191 words
      4. cc37-8W
    4. Cotton Cloth 218 words
      5. c38W
    5. Vehicle Output 256 words
      6. cc38-9W
    6. Semi-manufactures 336 words
      7. c39W
    7. Exports 102 words
      8. cc39-40W
    8. Wool Yarn 182 words
      9. c40W
    9. Imports 163 words
      10. cc40-1W
    10. EC Trade 349 words
      11. c41W
    11. Manufacturing 256 words
      12. c41W
    12. Motor Industry 72 words
      13. c41W
    13. Coal Mining 50 words
      14. cc41-2W
    14. Malaysian Airline 74 words
      15. c42W
    15. Electricity Market 58 words
      16. c42W
    16. Malaysia 96 words
      17. c42W
    17. Inntrepreneur Estates Ltd. 152 words
      18. cc42-3W
    18. Renewable Energy 60 words
      19. c43W
    19. Charles Barker 84 words
      20. c43W
    20. Coal Privatisation 85 words
      21. c43W
    21. Coal Authority 148 words
      22. cc43-4W
    22. Coal Reserves 176 words
      23. c44W
    23. Paramount Airways Court Case 65 words
      24. c44W
    24. Cuba 134 words
      25. cc44-5W
    25. Internal Market 226 words
  10. SCOTLAND
      11. c45W
    1. Arable Land Payments 112 words
      2. c45W
    2. Gaelic 286 words
      3. cc45-7W
    3. Area Tourist Boards 602 words
      4. c47W
    4. Outdoor Education Centres 50 words
      5. c47W
    5. Health Care International 174 words
      6. cc47-8W
    6. School Books 295 words
      7. c48W
    7. Ministerial Receptions 42 words
  11. EMPLOYMENT
      12. cc48-51W
    1. Training 1,842 words
      2. c51W
    2. Open Government 92 words
      3. cc51-2W
    3. Career Development Loans 250 words
      4. cc52-3W
    4. Community Action 396 words
      5. c53W
    5. Young Unemployed (Guidance and Support) 457 words
      6. cc53-4W
    6. Parliamentary Questions 66 words
      7. c54W
    7. Unemployment 241 words
      8. cc54-5W
    8. ABB 215 words
      9. c55W
    9. Equal Opportunities 59 words
      10. cc55-6W
    10. Labour Statistics 301 words
      11. c56W
    11. Outdoor Adventure Centres 145 words
      12. cc56-7W
    12. Job Vacancies, Doncaster 405 words
  12. EDUCATION
      13. c57W
    1. Malaysian Airlines 60 words
      2. c57W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 54 words
      3. c57W
    3. Correspondence 45 words
      4. cc57-8W
    4. Mandatory Awards 103 words
      5. c58W
    5. Discretionary Awards 137 words
      6. c58W
    6. Drop-out Rates 107 words
      7. cc58-9W
    7. Higher Education 375 words
      8. cc59-60W
    8. National Curriculum 135 words
      9. c60W
    9. Fuel Bills 137 words
      10. c60W
    10. Teaching Posts (Applications) 113 words
      11. c60W
    11. Undergraduates (Personal Identifiers) 49 words
      12. cc60-1W
    12. Post-16 Courses 101 words
      13. c61W
    13. Cornish Language, History and Culture 93 words
      14. c61W
    14. Grant-maintained Schools 131 words
      15. c61W
    15. Ethnic Minorities 60 words
      16. c61W
    16. National Curriculum Council 91 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
      14. c62W
    1. Public Interest Immunity Certificates 59 words
      2. c62W
    2. Interdepartmental Co-operation 102 words
      3. c62W
    3. Community Care 94 words
      4. c62W
    4. Poultry 97 words
      5. cc62-3W
    5. Eggs 40 words
      6. c63W
    6. Open Government 65 words
      7. c63W
    7. Product and Process Development Scheme 91 words
      8. cc63-4W
    8. Airports Police 291 words
      9. c64W
    9. HMS Caroline 41 words
      10. c64W
    10. Imperial War Museum 63 words
      11. c64W
    11. Arable Land Payments 106 words
      12. cc64-5W
    12. Housing 618 words
      13. c65W
    13. Illegal Fishing 63 words
  14. HEALTH
      15. cc65-6W
    1. Family Health Centres 191 words
      2. cc66-7W
    2. Amyl Nitrate 164 words
      3. c67W
    3. Dental Services 50 words
      4. c67W
    4. Schizophrenia 149 words
      5. c67W
    5. Mental Health 36 words
      6. c67W
    6. North Yorkshire Health Authority 64 words
      7. cc67-8W
    7. London Ambulance Service 95 words
      8. c68W
    8. NHS Trusts 123 words
      9. c68W
    9. Eye, Ear and Throat Surgery, Shrewsbury 65 words
      10. c68W
    10. Yorkshire Regional Health Authority 47 words
      11. c68W
    11. Prescribing Patterns 89 words
      12. cc68-9W
    12. Hospital Beds 202 words
      13. c69W
    13. Pacemaker Leads 105 words
      14. c69W
    14. Heart Valves 97 words
      15. cc69-70W
    15. Thalidomide 94 words
      16. c70W
    16. Allergens 170 words
      17. cc70-1W
    17. Psychiatric Unit, Torbay 126 words
      18. c71W
    18. Air Pollution 142 words
      19. c71W
    19. Management Costs 65 words
      20. cc71-2W
    20. Orthopaedic Services, Hampshire 207 words
      21. c72W
    21. Breast Screening 157 words
      22. c72W
    22. Food Hygiene 71 words
  15. WALES
      16. c72W
    1. Library Services 104 words
      2. cc72-3W
    2. Poultry Slaughtering 139 words
      3. c73W
    3. Disabled Employees 52 words
      4. c73W
    4. Egg Consumption 129 words
      5. c73W
    5. Parliamentary Questions 66 words
      6. cc73-4W
    6. Cwmcarn Grant-maintained School 81 words
      7. c74W
    7. Grant-maintained Schools 60 words
      8. c74W
    8. Rent Forms 50 words
      9. c74W
    9. School Inspectors 84 words
      10. c74W
    10. A476 54 words
      11. cc74-5W
    11. Arable Area Payments 96 words
      12. c75W
    12. House Prices 255 words
      13. cc75-6W
    13. Nursery Education 153 words
      14. c76W
    14. GP Fundholders 89 words
      15. c76W
    15. Jobs (Location) 101 words
      16. c76W
    16. Brynglas Tunnels and Malpas Road Scheme 55 words
      17. cc76-7W
    17. Public Bodies 339 words
      18. c77W
    18. Child Care 100 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      17. cc77-8W
    1. Fruit and Vegetables 230 words
      2. c78W
    2. Fish Testing 133 words
      3. c78W
    3. European Fishermen (Financial Support) 195 words
      4. cc78-9W
    4. Animal Welfare 240 words
      5. c79W
    5. Disabled Employees 53 words
      6. c79W
    6. Small Producers of Food 62 words
      7. cc79-80W
    7. Advertising 261 words
      8. c80W
    8. Blackdown Hills 110 words
      9. cc80-1W
    9. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 306 words
      10. c81W
    10. Arable Aid Scheme 122 words
      11. cc81-2W
    11. Sheep Scab 552 words
      12. c82W
    12. Animal Transportation 220 words
      13. cc82-3W
    13. Forestry Grants 113 words
  17. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      18. c83W
    1. Open Government 117 words
      2. c83W
    2. Duchy Council Meetings 91 words
      3. cc83-4W
    3. Science, Engineering and Technology Week 148 words
      4. cc84-5W
    4. Citizens Charter 528 words
      5. c85W
    5. Parliamentary Questions 67 words
      6. c85W
    6. Market Testing 263 words
      7. cc85-6W
    7. Government Information 49 words
      8. c86W
    8. Diabetes 74 words
      9. cc86-95W
    9. Science Research Establishments 4,586 words
  18. ATTORNEY GENERAL
      19. c96W
    1. Public Interest Immunity Certificates 142 words
      2. c96W
    2. Lenient Sentences 105 words
      3. c96W
    3. Mr. Paul Haley 78 words
  19. TRANSPORT
      20. cc96-7W
    1. Red Routes 68 words
      2. c97W
    2. Regional Airports 78 words
      3. c97W
    3. "Paying For Better Motorways" 77 words
      4. c97W
    4. United Kingdom Vessels (Safety) 109 words
      5. c97W
    5. Motorway Use Surveys 66 words
      6. cc97-8W
    6. Channel Tunnel Rail Links 77 words
      7. c98W
    7. M65-M6 Link 80 words
      8. c98W
    8. Rail Users, Harborough 71 words
      9. c98W
    9. Thames Passenger Traffic 49 words
      10. c98W
    10. Motorways, Eastern England 52 words
      11. c98W
    11. London Transport 44 words
      12. cc98-9W
    12. Traffic Statistics 101 words
      13. c99W
    13. Exhaust Fumes 144 words
      14. c99W
    14. Nuclear Materials (Transport) 56 words
      15. cc99-100W
    15. Rail Privatisation 273 words
      16. c100W
    16. Lorry Ban, London 90 words
      17. c100W
    17. Taxis, London 124 words
      18. c100W
    18. Disabled People 81 words
      19. cc100-1W
    19. Staff Reporting Practices 222 words
      20. cc101-2W
    20. Vocational Drivers 318 words
      21. c102W
    21. Agency Chief Executives (Pay) 345 words
      22. cc102-3W
    22. Redundancy Arrangements 51 words
      23. c103W
    23. Correspondence 65 words
      24. c103W
    24. Victoria to Gatwick Rail Service 143 words
      25. c103W
    25. Ticket Purchase 35 words
      26. c103W
    26. Private Railway Companies 88 words
      27. cc103-4W
    27. London Traffic Cameras 123 words
      28. c104W
    28. Heathrow Night Flights 129 words
      29. c104W
    29. London Buses' Subsidiaries (Privatisation) 73 words
      30. c104W
    30. Road Building and Improvements 89 words
      31. cc104-5W
    31. Vehicle Inspectors 539 words
      32. cc105-6W
    32. Public Service Vehicles (Spot Checks) 211 words
      33. cc106-7W
    33. Motor Cycle Leg Protectors 200 words
      34. c107W
    34. Fishing Crews 73 words
      35. c107W
    35. Negative Equity 211 words
      36. cc107-8W
    36. Civil Servants 236 words
      37. c108W
    37. Shipping Forecast 174 words
  20. ENVIRONMENT
      21. c108W
    1. Ministerial Offices 34 words
      2. c108W
    2. Ministerial Receptions 60 words
      3. cc108-9W
    3. Expenditure, London 174 words
      4. c109W
    4. Rents, Doncaster 174 words
      5. c109W
    5. Disabled Employees 57 words
      6. cc109-10W
    6. Government Spending 147 words
      7. c110W
    7. Children at Risk 206 words
      8. cc110-1W
    8. Abandoned Mines (Discharges) 91 words
      9. c111W
    9. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 122 words
      10. c111W
    10. Fuel Bills (Advance Payments) 39 words
      11. c111W
    11. Trunk Townstal Estate 82 words
      12. cc111-2W
    12. Air Quality Standards 375 words
      13. c112W
    13. Castle Point Borough Council 122 words
      14. cc112-3W
    14. Water 129 words
      15. c113W
    15. Homeless Accommodation 103 words
      16. c113W
    16. District Heating Schemes 103 words
      17. c113W
    17. Private Residential Homes 83 words
  21. DEFENCE
      22. cc113-4W
    1. Belize 161 words
      2. c114W
    2. Ferranti International plc 147 words
      3. c114W
    3. Defence Contracts 73 words
      4. c114W
    4. Biological Warfare 51 words
      5. cc114-5W
    5. Political Advisers 219 words
      6. c115W
    6. Low Flying 167 words
      7. c115W
    7. Malaysia 42 words
      8. cc115-6W
    8. Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Pitreavie 146 words
      9. c116W
    9. "Options for Change" 229 words
      10. c116W
    10. UNPROFOR (Pay and Conditions) 95 words
      11. cc116-8W
    11. Head of Defence Sales 48 words

Lords Sitting of 21 March 1994 Series 5 Vol. 553

    c491
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc491-3
  2. The Disabled: Care Charging Policy 1,076 words
    3. cc493-5
  3. EC Draft Budget for 1995 1,203 words
    4. cc496-7
  4. UK Budgetary Deficit 819 words
    5. cc497-500
  5. Employment Appeal Tribunal: Procedure Rules 1,388 words
    6. cc500-1
  6. Business of the House 398 words
    7. cc501-28
  7. Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Bill 14,576 words
    8. c528
  8. Insolvency (No. 2) Bill 12 words
    9. c528
  9. British Railways Order Confirmation Bill 31 words
    10. cc528-53
  10. Enforcement of Community Competition Rules: ECC Report 13,434 words
    11. c553
  11. Insolvency (No. 2) Bill 15 words
  12. Mines and Quarries (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1994
  13. Industrial and Freight Transport (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1994
  14. Football Grounds (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1994
  15. Telecommunications Industry (Rateable Values) (Amendment) Order 1994
    16. cc553-5
  16. Railways (Rateable Values) (Amendment)Order 1994 870 words
  17. Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994
  18. Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Regulations 1994
  19. Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1994
    20. cc555-7
  20. Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1994 683 words
    21. cc557-78
  21. Russia 11,237 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 21 March 1994 Series 5 Vol. 553

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  1. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES: UK REPORTS 198 words
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  2. COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND WEU: UK DELEGATION ACTIVITIES 61 words
    cc15-6WA
  3. GIBRALTAR: PICKETING 82 words
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  4. INDONESIA: ARMED FORCES 103 words
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  5. TURKEY: MPs' APPEAL FOR PROTECTION 124 words
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  6. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: PRE-EMPTION 107 words
    cc17-8WA
  7. AIRPORT SERVICES: COMPETITION 349 words
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  8. JUBILEE LINE EXTENSION: FUNDING 111 words
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  9. MERSEYSIDE: RAIL LINK WITH CHANNEL TUNNEL 109 words
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  10. CYCLING POLICY 200 words
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  11. A13: SIGNING TO M25 127 words
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  12. FACTORY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN FRANCE AND SOUTHERN BRITAIN 104 words
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  13. EC FINANCIAL PROJECTS: CURRENCY DENOMINATION 105 words
    c20WA
  14. CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT: 150th ANNIVERSARY 80 words
    c20WA
  15. SHIPPING: SUBSIDIES 90 words
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  16. "BETTER INFORMATION FOR BETTER EDUCATION" 81 words