Sitting of 4 December 1996

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Commons Sitting of 4 December 1996 Series 6 Vol. 286

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. Former Prisoners of War (Compensation) 11,707 words
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4. Sustainable Development 12,099 words
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5. Brazilian Mahogany 3,694 words
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6. Uniform Business Rate (Dorset) 3,819 words
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7. Electricity Generation (East Lothian) 4,787 words
8. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Working Time Directive 1,394 words
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2. "Industrial Action and Trade Unions" 358 words
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3. Privatised Utilities 1,235 words
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4. Deregulation 602 words
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5. Working Time Directive 307 words
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6. Utilities (Privatisation) 461 words
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7. Small Firms 498 words
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8. Business Grants 210 words
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9. Singapore Summit 1,018 words
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10. "Industrial Action and Trade Unions" 444 words
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11. Clean Coal Technology 330 words
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12. Business Failures 356 words
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13. Firework Safety 364 words
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14. Working Time Directive 220 words
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15. Research and Development 534 words
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16. Nuclear Industry 178 words
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17. Investment 235 words
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18. Working Time Directive 471 words
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19. "Industrial Action and Trade Unions" 197 words
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9. Partial-Birth Abortion 2,026 words
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10. PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION 28 words
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11. Points of Order 852 words
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12. FIREARMS (AMENDMENT) BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 202 words
13. Orders of the Day
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1. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 8,318 words
14. New clause 3
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1. EXTENSION OF POWER OF SECRETARY OF STATE TO REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE FOR AIR WEAPONS 478 words, 1 division
15. New clause 4
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1. PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF FIREARMS RENDERED UNLAWFUL 20,660 words, 1 division
16. New clause 6
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1. COTERMINOUS PISTOL CLUB LICENCES AND RIFLE CLUB APPROVALS 1,209 words
17. New clause 1
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1. EXTENSION OF THE FIREARMS ACT 1968 TO PROHIBIT SMALL FIREARMS IN SCOTLAND 11,142 words, 1 division
18. Clause 2
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1. SLAUGHTERING INSTRUMENTS 31 words
19. Clause 3
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1. FIREARMS USED FOR HUMANE KILLING OF ANIMALS 30 words
20. Clause 4
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1. RACES AT ATHLETIC MEETINGS 30 words
21. Clause 6
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1. HAVING SMALL-CALIBRE PISTOL OUTSIDE PREMISES OF LICENSED PISTOL CLUB 12,057 words
22. Clause 8
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1. PERMITS TO HAVE SMALL-CALIBRE PISTOLS OUTSIDE LICENSED PISTOL CLUBS. 2,661 words
23. Clause 10
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1. SURRENDER OF PROHIBITED SMALL FIREARMS 443 words
24. Clause 11
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1. PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF PROHIBITED SMALL FIREARMS 628 words
25. Clause 12
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1. PURPOSE OF PART II 40 words
26. Clause 14
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1. EXEMPTIONS FROM SECTION 1 OF THE 1968 ACT FOR OFFICERS ETC. OF LICENSED PISTOL CLUBS 21 words
27. Clause 15
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1. GRANT OF LICENCES 58 words
28. Clause 18
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1. DURATION OF LICENCE AND RENEWAL 30 words
29. Clause 21
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1. REGISTERS TO BE KEPT BY LICENSED PISTOL CLUBS 69 words
30. Clause 26
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1. EXCEPTION FROM PROHIBITION FOR EXPANDING AMMUNITION ETC. TO BE USED FOR SHOOTING DEER OR CONTROLLING VERMIN 386 words
31. Clause 31
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1. APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES AND REFEREES 17 words
32. Clause 32
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1. GRANT OF FIREARM CERTIFICATES 244 words
33. Clause 33
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1. REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATES 17 words
34. Clause 34
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1. POWER OF SEARCH WITH WARRANT 16 words
35. Clause 36
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1. APPROVED RIFLE CLUBS 38 words
36. Clause 38
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1. INTERPRETATION AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 76 words
37. Schedule 1
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1. TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SMALL-CALIBRE PISTOLS 298 words
38. Schedule 2
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1. CONSEQUENTIAL AND MINOR AMENDMENTS 8,058 words
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2. ESTIMATES 14 words
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3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
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4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT AND CO-OPERATION 85 words
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5. DEREGULATION 30 words
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6. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 29 words
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7. WATER FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION 64 words
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8. FORMER YUGOSLAVIA 98 words
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9. Kent Capital Challenge 3,034 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 December 1996 Series 6 Vol. 286

1. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Home Energy Efficiency Scheme 392 words
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2. Recycling 286 words
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3. Local Government Finance 597 words
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4. Local Government Finance 206 words
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5. Leasehold Reform 96 words
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6. Channel Tunnel 99 words
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7. Environmental Reform 77 words
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8. Regulation Breaches 83 words
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9. Ministerial Responsibilities 75 words
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10. Wind Farms 58 words
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11. Plant and Machinery Advisory Committee 128 words
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12. Local Government Reorganisation (Southport) 192 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Police (Pensions) 86 words
3. TREASURY
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1. EU Economic and Finance Council 275 words
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2. European Monetary Union 261 words
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3. Building Society Mergers 66 words
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4. Self-assessment Computer System 86 words
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5. Gold and Foreign Currency Reserves 334 words
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6. Taxation (Self-assessment) 148 words
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7. Correspondence 110 words
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8. Single European Currency 109 words
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9. Women 130 words
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10. Information Technology Projects 350 words
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11. Child Care Facilities 304 words
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12. Unemployment (Dagenham) 214 words
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13. EDS Ltd. 75 words
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14. VAT (Continence Products) 54 words
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15. North Sea Oil (Tax Losses) 64 words
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16. Budget Papers 56 words
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17. Private Finance Initiative 391 words
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18. Written Parliamentary Questions 46 words
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19. Public Contracts 123 words
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20. Beer Taxes 122 words
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21. Employers Helpline 316 words
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22. Donate-as-you-earn Scheme 108 words
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23. Inland Revenue Computers 54 words
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24. Local Tax Offices 62 words
4. PRIME MINISTER
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1. EU Legislation 113 words
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2. Departmental Decisions (Appeals) 64 words
5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members' Tea Room 121 words
6. TRANSPORT
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1. Bridges 313 words
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2. Deregulation 100 words
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3. Road Traffic Accidents 72 words
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4. Wheel Clamping 48 words
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5. US-UK Air Service Agreements 200 words
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6. Wheelchairs 140 words
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7. Search and Rescue Helicopters 153 words
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8. New Airlines 336 words
7. DEFENCE
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1. Porton Down 1,615 words
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2. Defence Export Services Organisation 69 words
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3. UN Peacekeeping 84 words
8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Former Yugoslavia 137 words
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2. Lobbying Organisations 115 words
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3. Ministerial Visits 75 words
9. NATIONAL HERITAGE
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1. BBC 136 words
10. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
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1. Pupils 131 words
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2. Project Work 197 words
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3. Aggregated Schools Budget 2,111 words
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4. University Teachers (Pay) 43 words
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5. Publicity 330 words
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6. Teacher Training 838 words
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7. Nursery Education 3,217 words
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8. EU Social Affairs Council 338 words
11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
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1. World Food Summit 98 words
12. WALES
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1. Grant-maintained Schools 45 words
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2. Teachers (Early Retirement) 162 words
13. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
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1. Fishing Vessels 185 words
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2. Young Offenders 75 words
14. HEALTH
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1. East London and the City Health Authority 546 words
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2. Abortion 387 words
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3. Health Inequalities 143 words
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4. NHS Doctors 121 words
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5. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 223 words
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6. General Practitioners (Drugs Expenditure) 468 words
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7. Hospital Staff Meetings 603 words
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8. Hospitals (Safety) 108 words
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9. Regional Health Authority Consultants 656 words
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10. Operations 95 words
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11. Private Health Care 54 words
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12. Infant Mortality 206 words
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13. Hospital Volunteers 42 words
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14. Water Fluoridation 93 words
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15. Water Consumption 288 words
15. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. Administrative Decisions (Appeals) 165 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Public Appointments 204 words
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2. Local Authority Debt 576 words
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3. Private Finance Initiative (Health) 512 words
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4. Local Enterprise Companies 59 words
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5. Stone of Destiny 80 words
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6. Ayrshire and Arran Health Board 99 words
17. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. European Legislation 106 words
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2. Business Links 62 words
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3. Fuel Reserves 109 words
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4. Competition Law 87 words
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5. Manufacturing Production 48 words
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6. Regional Policy 96 words
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7. Pembroke Power Station 75 words
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8. Utility Regulation 73 words
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9. Women in Business 82 words
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10. Former Coal Mining Areas 42 words
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11. Working Time Directive 53 words
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12. Strikes 78 words
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13. Manufacturing Industry 80 words
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14. Manufacturing Output 64 words
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15. EC Regulations 168 words
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16. Arms Exports 177 words
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17. Newspaper Publishers 53 words
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18. Newspapers 157 words
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19. Corporate Governance 66 words
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20. Industrial Disputes 48 words
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21. British Citizens 127 words
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22. Coal Mining Industry 151 words
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23. Airline Alliance 190 words
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24. Company Directors 131 words
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25. Bird's Eye Walls 84 words
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26. Riot Control Equipment 55 words
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27. Departmental Responsibilities 1,381 words
18. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Public Order 174 words
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2. Public Appointments 239 words
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3. Coronary Heart Disease 161 words
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4. Rickets 209 words
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5. Assaults and Robberies 254 words
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6. Life Sentences 44 words
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7. Terrorism Offenders 378 words
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8. Targeting Social Need Initiative 185 words
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9. Scheduled Offences 49 words
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10. Young Offenders 56 words
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11. Teachers 135 words
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12. Royal Ulster Constabulary 454 words
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13. Plastic Baton Rounds 185 words
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14. Parades and Marches 50 words
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15. Child Care Facilities 192 words
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16. Information Technology Projects 82 words
19. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Invalidity Benefit 166 words
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2. Incapacity Benefit 100 words
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3. Closed File 73 words
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4. Child Support Agency 1,426 words
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5. Invalidity Payments 458 words
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6. Benefit Savings Targets 70 words
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7. National Insurance 209 words
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8. Benefit Fraud Hotline 45 words
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9. Jobseeker's Allowance 751 words
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10. Claimant Interviews 270 words
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11. Benefits Agency (Wales) 939 words
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12. Income Support 106 words
20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Environmental Auditing 213 words
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2. BSE and CJD 452 words
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3. Butter 398 words
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4. Mr. David Smith 73 words
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5. Live Animal Exports 92 words

Lords Sitting of 4 December 1996 Series 5 Vol. 576

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1. Preamble 45 words
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2. Ministerial Responsibility to Parliament 1,393 words
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3. Coal Imports 1,013 words
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4. 2006 World Cup: Venue 903 words
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5. British Museum: Finance 809 words
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6. Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Bill [H.L.] 82 words
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7. Consolidation Bills: Joint Committee 168 words
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8. Preparations for EMU: ECC Report 45,018 words
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9. Dignity at Work Bill [H.L.] 10,093 words
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10. Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 24 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 December 1996 Series 5 Vol. 576

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1. India: Poverty Relief Assistance 115 words
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2. Year of the Commonwealth 107 words
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3. Programme Food Aid 76 words
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4. Former Yugoslavia: Demining Equipment 131 words
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5. Rwanda: Rehabilitation Assistance 117 words
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6. Statutory Instruments 1995–96 215 words
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7. Search and Rescue Helicopters, South Coast 224 words
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8. East London Line 35 words
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9. Charity Commission 357 words
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10. National Lottery: Endowments 194 words
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11. Electronic Monitoring Trials: Costs 137 words
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12. Electronic Monitoring Trial Areas: Court Order Statistics 106 words
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13. Northern Ireland: Centralised Prisoner Database 354 words
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14. Arms Exports from Third Countries: Control 278 words