Sitting of 3 December 1996

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Commons Sitting of 3 December 1996 Series 6 Vol. 286

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BILL [LORDS] 228 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. HEALTH
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1. Capitation Funding 558 words
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2. Hospital Deficits 531 words
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3. NHS Spending 1,038 words
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4. Market Testing 364 words
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5. Total Purchasing Initiative 218 words
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6. Community Health Councils 347 words
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7. NHS Operations 812 words
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8. Regional Health Issues 453 words
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9. St. Helier NHS Trust 262 words
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10. NHS Managers 517 words
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11. Health Care, Huddersfield 623 words
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12. Surgery Outcomes 320 words
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13. Mentally Ill People 168 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 2,079 words
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5. Economic and Finance Council 9,060 words
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6. Points of Order 856 words
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7. Local Authorities (Youth Expenditure) 1,416 words
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8. LOCAL AUTHORITIES (YOUTH EXPENDITURE) 49 words
9. Orders of the Day
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1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
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2. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 134 words
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3. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 49,192 words, 1 division
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4. 3. WINE AND MADE-WINE (RATES OF DUTY ON LOWER STRENGTHS) 27 words
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5. PART I 201 words
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6. 4. DUTY ON SPARKLING CIDER 607 words
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7. 5. CIDER LABELLED AS STRONG CIDER 352 words
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8. 6. CIDER LABELLED AS MADE-WINE 429 words
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9. 7. HYDROCARBON OIL (RATES OF DUTY AND REBATE) 1,531 words, 1 division
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10. 8. HYDROCARBON OIL (MIXING OF HEAVY OIL) 15 words
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11. 9. TOBACCO PRODUCTS (RATES OF DUTY) 130 words
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12. 10. AIR PASSENGER DUTY 1,493 words, 1 division
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13. 11. GAMING DUTY 18 words
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14. 12. VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY (INCREASE IN GENERAL RATE) 71 words
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15. 13. INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX 10 words
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16. 14. VALUE ADDED TAX (AGGREGATION OF BUSINESSES) 37 words
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17. 15. VALUE ADDED TAX (GOODS DONATED TO CHARITY) 170 words
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18. 16. VALUE ADDED TAX (CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS) 402 words
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19. 17. VALUE ADDED TAX (EXEMPTION OF INSURANCE SERVICES) 36 words
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20. 18. VALUE ADDED TAX (BUILDINGS AND LAND ETC.) 92 words
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21. 19. VALUE ADDED TAX (SUPPLIES TO PERSONS NOT FULLY TAXABLE) 61 words
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22. 20. VALUE ADDED TAX (BAD DEBT RELIEF) 23 words
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23. 21. VALUE ADDED TAX (INPUT TAX AND BAD DEBTS) 165 words
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24. 22. VALUE ADDED TAX (DESCRIPTION OF GROUP MEMBERS) 285 words
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25. 23. VALUE ADDED TAX (DEEMED SELF-SUPPLIES WITHIN GROUPS) 47 words
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26. 24. VALUE ADDED TAX (GROUP SUPPLIES USING AN OVERSEAS MEMBER) 784 words
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27. 25. VALUE ADDED TAX (SERVICES SUBJECT TO THE REVERSE CHARGE) 36 words
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28. 26. VALUE ADDED TAX (INTEREST) 936 words
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29. 27. VALUE ADDED TAX (UNJUST ENRICHMENT) 79 words
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30. 28. VALUE ADDED TAX (TIME LIMITS FOR REPAYMENT LIABILITIES) 968 words
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31. 29. VALUE ADDED TAX (SET-OFF OF CREDITS AND DEBITS) 236 words
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32. 30. VALUE ADDED TAX (TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FORSET-OFFS) 587 words
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33. 31. REPAYMENTS BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 46 words
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34. 32. EXCISE DUTY ASSESSMENTS 15 words
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35. 33. INCOME TAX (CHARGE AND RATES FOR 1997–98) 1,605 words, 1 division
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36. 34. INCOME TAX (MODIFICATION OF INDEXED ALLOWANCES) 126 words
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37. 35. BLIND PERSON'S ALLOWANCE 63 words
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38. 36. RELIEF FOR INTEREST (LIMIT FOR 1997–98) 55 words
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39. 37. CORPORATION TAX (CHARGE AND RATE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1997) 19 words
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40. 38. CORPORATION TAX (SMALL COMPANIES: 1997) 39 words
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41. 39. WAYLEAVES FOR ELECTRICITY CABLES, TELEPHONE LINES, ETC. 222 words
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42. 40. PROFIT-RELATED PAY 25 words
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43. 41. SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN COMPANY DISTRIBUTIONS 57 words
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44. 42. DISTRIBUTIONS TO DEALERS 17 words
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45. 43. DISTRIBUTIONS OF EXEMPT FUNDS 22 words
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46. 44. FOREIGN INCOME DIVIDENDS (UNAUTHORISED UNIT TRUSTS) 17 words
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47. 45. TAX AVOIDANCE (MEANING OF "TAX ADVANTAGE") 22 words
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48. 46. STOCK LENDING AND MANUFACTURED PAYMENTS 25 words
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49. 47. LOAN RELATIONSHIPS (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ETC.) 23 words
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50. 48. PAYMENTS UNDER LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES 35 words
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51. 49. TRANSFER OF ASSETS ABROAD 17 words
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52. 50. LEASING OF ASSETS (FINANCE LEASES AND LOANS) 78 words
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53. 51. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES 17 words
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54. 52. EXPENDITURE ON MINERAL EXPLORATION AND ACCESS 37 words
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55. 53. CHARGEABLE GAINS (ROLL-OVER RELIEF ON RE-INVESTMENT) 23 words
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56. 54. CHARGEABLE GAINS (CONVERSIONS ETC. OF SECURITIES) 63 words
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57. 55. DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF (UNDERLYING TAX) 40 words
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58. 56. DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF (LOAN RELATIONSHIPS) 17 words
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59. 57. STAMP DUTY 9 words
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60. 58. STAMP DUTY RESERVE TAX 11 words
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61. PETROLEUM REVENUE TAX (ALLOWABLE NON-FIELD EXPENDITURE) 19 words
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62. RELIEF FROM TAX (INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL CHARGES) 35 words
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63. PROCEDURE (FUTURE TAXATION) 52 words
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64. FINANCE (MONEY) 114 words
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65. FINANCE BILL 64 words
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66. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 4,987 words, 2 divisions
10. PETITION
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1. Firework Safety 203 words
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11. Incapacity Benefits 4,343 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 December 1996 Series 6 Vol. 286

1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Northern Ireland Newspapers 33 words
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2. MEPs (Pensions and Allowances) 153 words
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3. Venezuela 54 words
2. DEFENCE
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1. State Opening of Parliament 319 words
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2. Lease Contracts 207 words
3. TRANSPORT
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1. Railtrack (Stevenage Station) 40 words
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2. Aviation Regulation and Safety 65 words
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3. Boeing 737s 138 words
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4. Air Traffic Control 87 words
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5. MV Derbyshire 190 words
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6. Rainworth Bypass, Nottinghamshire 105 words
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7. Departmental Responsibilities 166 words
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8. A40 59 words
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9. Coaches 109 words
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10. Information Technology Projects 619 words
4. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Rents 758 words
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2. Rough Sleepers 309 words
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3. Home Energy Efficiency Scheme 185 words
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4. Homelessness (North-West) 65 words
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5. Prisoners (Rents) 77 words
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6. Planning Guidance 48 words
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7. Housing(First Safety) 290 words
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8. Departmental Properties 289 words
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9. Show Houses 241 words
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10. Pollution Control 125 words
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11. Water 94 words
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12. Environmental Policy 94 words
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13. Planning Schemes 69 words
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14. Planning Appeals 121 words
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15. Alkali Regulations 191 words
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16. Water Leakages 232 words
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17. European Structural Fund 320 words
5. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
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1. Departmental Responsibilities 1,053 words
6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
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1. EU Development Council 197 words
7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Computers 354 words
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2. Petrol Prices 87 words
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3. IRA Explosions (Costs) 100 words
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4. Environmental Auditing 99 words
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5. Oil Discharges 75 words
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6. Exports 89 words
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7. Information and Communication Technologies 349 words
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8. Consumers Council 230 words
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9. Extra-territorial Jurisdiction 419 words
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10. Budget Reductions 76 words
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11. Office of Science and Technology 124 words
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12. Child Labour 224 words
8. NATIONAL HERITAGE
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1. Agency Letters 189 words
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2. Millennium Funding 130 words
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3. Millennium Projects (Wales) 70 words
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4. Television Licences 153 words
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5. Broadcasting Council for Wales 56 words
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6. Women 227 words
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7. Information Technology Projects 158 words
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8. Child Care Facilities 125 words
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9. Philoxenia European Tourism Programme 110 words
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10. D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 90 words
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11. Channel 5 149 words
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12. Publicity 93 words
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13. Departmental Responsibilities 370 words
9. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Upper Waiting Hall Exhibitions 212 words
10. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Employment Contracts 958 words
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2. Fire Service 254 words
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3. Ethnic Minorities 102 words
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4. Police (Corruption) 1,203 words
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5. Police (Suspensions) 558 words
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6. Bradford Commission 410 words
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7. Departmental Responsibilities 258 words
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8. Correspondence 56 words
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9. Anglo-American Legal Assistance Treaty 216 words
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10. Asylum and Immigration Act 244 words
11. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. Security Facilities Executive 185 words
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2. European Parliament 195 words
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3. Departmental Responsibilities 122 words
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4. Departmental Decisions (Appeals) 165 words
12. WALES
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1. Grant-maintained Schools 107 words
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2. Wrexham Central Station 113 words
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3. Mixed-sex Wards 31 words
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4. Cattle Slaughter 66 words
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5. West Wales Task Force Initiative 62 words
13. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Cabinet Papers 37 words
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2. Engagements 63 words
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3. Cabinet Ministers 39 words
14. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
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1. Grammar Schools 2,439 words
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2. Language Issues 150 words
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3. National Vocational Qualifications 400 words
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4. Educational Institutions (Bills) 48 words
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5. Literacy and Numeracy 146 words
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6. Teachers 532 words
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7. Nursery Education 116 words
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8. Training and Enterprise Councils 47 words
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9. Student Loans 310 words
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10. Teachers (New Entrants) 149 words
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11. Further Education Colleges 69 words
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12. Further Education Funding Council 172 words
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13. Teachers (Early Retirement) 864 words
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14. Graduates 183 words
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15. Departmental Responsibilities 235 words
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16. Teachers Training Agency 293 words
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17. Senior Teachers (Training) 114 words
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18. Playground Accidents 131 words
15. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. European Union 96 words
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2. Statutory Instruments 255 words
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3. Reduced Earnings Allowances 52 words
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4. Ministerial Visits (Wales) 35 words
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5. Jobseeker's Allowance 47 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Sheep Dips 104 words
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2. Women 158 words
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3. Electricity Transmission Lines 555 words
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4. Al Dualling 113 words
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5. Food Poisoning 558 words
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6. East Ayrshire Community Hospital 86 words
17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Beef Consumption 120 words
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2. Live Animal Exports 118 words
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3. Departmental Responsibilities 131 words
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4. Research and Development 84 words
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5. Fishing Regulations 211 words
18. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Road Salting 300 words
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2. Sheep Dips 73 words
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3. Prisoner Transfers (Irish Republic) 194 words
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4. Bangor to Belfast Road 302 words
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5. Irish Gaelic 132 words
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6. Magheramorne Landfill Inquiry 545 words
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7. Community Work Programme 199 words
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8. Job Creation 250 words
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9. Unemployment 108 words
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10. EU Peace and Reconciliation Funds 87 words
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11. Jobseeker's Allowance 437 words
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12. Coronary Heart Disease 113 words
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13. Cavity Wall Discount Incentive 100 words
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14. Security Forces 86 words
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15. School Pupil Costs 89 words
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16. Grammar Schools 567 words
19. HEALTH
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1. Casualty Units (London) 46 words
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2. Health Services (London) 26 words
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3. Private Finance Initiative 57 words
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4. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 133 words
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5. Dental Provision 47 words
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6. GP Fundholding 74 words
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7. Prescription Charges 101 words
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8. Cossham Hospital, Kingswood 61 words
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9. Redbridge Healthcare Trust 46 words
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10. NHS Administration 251 words
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11. Ambulance Services 40 words
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12. NHS Expenditure 80 words
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13. NHS Trusts (Financial Targets) 134 words
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14. Health Authority Funding 408 words
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15. North East Thames Health Authority 105 words
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16. South Essex Health Authority 170 words
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17. NHS Supplies List 93 words
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18. Extra-contractual Referrals 94 words
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19. Patient Treatments 68 words
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20. Bills (Payments) 48 words
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21. Water Fluoridation 116 words
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22. Treatment Statistics 145 words
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23. Eye Tests 70 words
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24. Edgware General Hospital 214 words
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25. Single-Sex Wards 41 words
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26. Departmental Responsibilities 234 words
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27. Liver Disease 272 words
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28. Hepatitis B 101 words

Lords Sitting of 3 December 1996 Series 5 Vol. 576

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Lord Rogers of Riverside 41 words
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3. Overseas Development Assistance 1,185 words
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4. Helms-Burton Act 907 words
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5. Building Society Share Distribution Schemes 1,280 words
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6. BSE: Selective Cull 748 words
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7. Business 39 words
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8. Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 55 words
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9. Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Bill 811 words
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10. Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 45 words
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11. Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 45 words
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12. Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 100 words
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13. Scottish Borders Council (Jim Clark Memorial Rally) Order Confirmation Bill 3 words
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14. Western Isles Council (Berneray Causeway) Order Confirmation Bill 3 words
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15. Horserace Totalisator Board Bill [H.L.] 2 words
cc589-608
16. National Health Service (Primary Care) Bill [H.L.] 9,950 words
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17. ECOFIN 5,740 words
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18. National Health Service (Primary Care) Bill [H.L.] 17,363 words
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19. EU: Racial and Religious Discrimination 5,598 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 December 1996 Series 5 Vol. 576

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1. General Affairs Council, 25 November 946 words
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2. EU Enlargement 108 words
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3. Treaty of Rome 93 words
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4. EU Development Council, 22nd November 187 words
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5. Israel: Illegal Actions 80 words
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6. Israel and Iraqi Nuclear Development Project 114 words
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7. Mr. Khadar Mubarak 141 words
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8. Diego Garcia: US Action against Iraq 92 words
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9. Great Lakes, Africa: Humanitarian Aid 331 words
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10. Burundi: Humanitarian Aid 107 words
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11. Rwanda, Zaire and Burundi: Crimes against Humanity 133 words
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12. Scottish Criminal Justice Agencies: Integrated Communications 116 words
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13. Security Facilities Executive 185 words
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14. BSE Statistics 382 words
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15. Public Record Office: Lord Nelson's Will 105 words
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16. Public Records: Storage Locations 251 words
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17. Personal Identification Numbers 177 words
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18. Asylum Seekers: Repatriation Costs 54 words
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19. Prison Population Projections 214 words
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20. Escaped Prisoners: Publication of Names and Offences 173 words
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21. Anglo-American Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters 218 words
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22. Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, Section 8: Commencement 233 words
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23. Alkali &c. Works Regulation Act 1906 182 words
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24. Leeds Supertram Scheme 47 words
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25. Social Affairs Council, 2nd December 327 words