Sitting of 26 November 1996

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Commons Sitting of 26 November 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] 229 words
2. SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL (JIM CLARK MEMORIAL RALLY) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL
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3. >WESTERN ISLES COUNCIL (BERNERAY CAUSEWAY) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 7 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. DEFENCE
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1. Armed Forces (Deployment) 878 words
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2. Whittington Barracks 187 words
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3. Armed Forces Overstretch 668 words
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4. Eurofighter 716 words
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5. RAF Equipment 701 words
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6. RAF Recruitment Costs 388 words
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7. Gulf War 478 words
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8. Arms Exports 731 words
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9. Army Commitments 598 words
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10. Isle of Wight Companies 254 words
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11. Armed Forces (Asia) 336 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 1,630 words
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2. Jobseeker's Allowance 287 words
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3. Engagements 430 words
5. WAYS AND MEANS
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1. Budget Statement 45 words
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2. INTRODUCTION 458 words
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3. ECONOMY 294 words
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4. ECONOMIC POLICY 171 words
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5. GROWTH 105 words
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6. CONSUMER SPENDING 109 words
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7. INVESTMENT 152 words
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8. EXPORTS 115 words
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9. JOBS 111 words
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10. INFLATION 225 words
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11. PSBR 686 words
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12. PUBLIC SPENDING 399 words
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13. EDUCATION 605 words
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14. COMBATING CRIME 148 words
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15. HEALTH 461 words
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16. OTHER PROGRAMMES 208 words
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17. PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE 269 words
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18. SOCIAL SECURITY 668 words
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19. SPEND TO SAVE 316 words
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20. RUNNING COSTS 100 words
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21. TAXATION 295 words
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22. SECURING THE TAX BASE 519 words
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23. PROFIT-RELATED PAY 442 words
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24. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES FOR LONG LIFE ASSETS 184 words
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25. OIL PRODUCTION 22 words
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26. OTHER TAX CHANGES 70 words
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27. INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX 110 words
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28. AIR PASSENGER DUTY 227 words
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29. VEHICLE EXCISE DUTIES 52 words
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30. ROAD FUEL DUTIES 130 words
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31. AIR QUALITY PACKAGE 518 words
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32. ALCOHOL 321 words
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33. BUSINESS 489 words
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34. INHERITANCE TAX 261 words
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35. TAX REWRITE 235 words
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36. INCOME TAX 1,325 words
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37. PROVISIONAL COLLECTION OF TAXES 179 words
6. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situations
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1. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 35,863 words
7. PETITIONS
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1. Toxic Waste Disposal (Worcestershire) 224 words
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2. Bourne Hospital, Lincolnshire 277 words
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8. Scottish Ambulance Service (Mrs. Susan MacKenzie) 4,933 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 November 1996 Series 6 Vol. 286

1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Stalkers and Paedophiles 276 words
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2. European Union 51 words
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3. Asylum Seekers 84 words
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4. Criminal Injuries Compensation 190 words
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5. Mr. John Berry (Compensation) 94 words
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6. Consultants 84 words
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7. High Court Cases 98 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Ministerial Accountability 245 words
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2. Ministerial Travel Abroad 194 words
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3. Ghurkas 94 words
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4. Engagements 53 words
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5. United Nations Secretary-General 70 words
3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. St. Helena 102 words
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2. Iraq 122 words
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3. Exports (Indonesia) 174 words
4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. European Fisheries Council 332 words
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2. Women 142 words
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3. Poultry Meat Inspection 95 words
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4. North-east Drift Netting Season 141 words
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5. Arable Area Payment Scheme 346 words
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6. Gelatine 85 words
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7. Live Animal Exports 99 words
5. TREASURY
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1. Private Finance Initiative 203 words
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2. Departmental Decisions (Appeals) 51 words
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3. Current Accounts Directions 745 words
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4. Privatisation 73 words
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5. Marriage and the Family 78 words
6. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Village Pubs (Discretionary Rate Relief) 124 words
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2. Environment Agency (Councillor David Barlow) 121 words
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3. Elected Mayors 86 words
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4. Computers 160 words
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5. Battersea Power Station 58 words
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6. Building Products (Fire Effluents) 97 words
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7. Women 162 words
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8. Biodegradable Matter (London) 171 words
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9. Agenda 21 (London) 65 words
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10. Pollution (London) 47 words
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11. Water Leakage Targets 168 words
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12. Bathing Water Directive 200 words
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13. Kirklees Metropolitan Council 77 words
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14. Local Government Finance 499 words
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15. Town Centre Retailing 43 words
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16. Public Finance Initiative 98 words
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17. Housing 564 words
7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Working Time Directive 203 words
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2. Aerospace Exports 117 words
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3. Business Links 237 words
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4. European Union 202 words
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5. Loan Guarantee Scheme 213 words
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6. Libya (UN Sanctions) 100 words
8. NATIONAL HERITAGE
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1. British Youth Opera 147 words
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2. Orchestras 65 words
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3. Departmental Decisions (Appeals) 49 words
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4. Stonehenge 52 words
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5. Trafalgar Square 103 words
9. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. "Foresight Action" 78 words
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2. Engagements 71 words
10. TRANSPORT
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1. Bypasses 208 words
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2. Road Traffic Forecasts 253 words
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3. Computers 156 words
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4. Air Traffic Control 95 words
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5. Boeing 737 426 words
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6. Moroccan Aircraft 33 words
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7. Passenger Transport Local Factor Requirements 219 words
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8. Air Bags 194 words
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9. European Union 92 words
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10. HGV Drivers (Working Hours) 65 words
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11. Private Finance Initiative 106 words
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12. A1 Dualling 181 words
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13. Roads (Stonehenge) 84 words
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14. Rail Investment 35 words
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15. Road Privatisation 22 words
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16. Accidents (Children) 98 words
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17. Traffic Management 65 words
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18. Private Finance Initiative 61 words
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19. Rail Franchises 59 words
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20. Channel Tunnel Fire 375 words
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21. Public Sector Investment 108 words
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22. Rail Privatisation 342 words
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23. Railway Industry 132 words
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24. Port of Tyne Authority 97 words
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25. Food Hygiene Regulations 48 words
11. SCOTLAND
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1. Business Rates 352 words
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2. Health and Personal Social Services 47 words
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3. Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill 63 words
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4. Mental Illness Specific Grant 250 words
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5. Thomas Hamilton 124 words
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6. Scottish Legal Aid Board 471 words
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7. Excluded Pupils 165 words
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8. North of Scotland Water Authority 553 words
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9. Non-domestic Rates 192 words
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10. Capital Receipts 193 words
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11. Local Government Finance 644 words
12. WALES
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1. Teachers 124 words
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2. Pig Carcases (Antibiotic Residues) 214 words
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3. Disability 63 words
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4. Arable Area Scheme 32 words
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5. Non-domestic Rates 54 words
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6. Local Government Finance 83 words
13. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
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1. European Union 148 words
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2. Examination Results 158 words
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3. School Attendance (Electronic Monitoring) 186 words
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4. Pupil Registration 96 words
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5. Investors in People 303 words
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6. Former Incapacity Benefit Claimants 723 words
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7. European Education Ministers 299 words
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8. Departmental Expenditure 2,386 words
14. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. BSE 205 words
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2. Arson (Compensation) 225 words
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3. Terrorism (Compensation) 131 words
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4. Briggs Rock Sewage Works 218 words
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5. Pension Schemes 780 words
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6. Royal Ulster Constabulary 51 words
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7. Grammar School Places (North Down) 94 words
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8. Economic Strategy 75 words
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9. Departmental Decisions (Appeals) 50 words
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10. Pollution (Fish Kills) 3,535 words
15. DEFENCE
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1. Defence Helicopter Support Authority 53 words
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2. Trident 45 words
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3. Eurofighter 45 words
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4. Army Recruitment 60 words
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5. "Striking a Balance" 71 words
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6. Nuclear Defence 146 words
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7. NATO 58 words
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8. Royal Navy 108 words
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9. Royal College of Defence Studies 41 words
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10. Iraq 45 words
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11. Commission for Racial Equality 182 words
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12. Operation Purple Star 75 words
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13. Sea Crusader 74 words
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14. Gulf War Syndrome 45 words
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15. Robert Wilsons Canning Co. 93 words
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16. Anti-personnel Mines 131 words
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17. Boarding School Allowance 377 words
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18. Departmental Savings 395 words
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19. Challenger Tanks (Channel Tunnel) 229 words
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20. Pilots 405 words
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21. Royal Yacht Britannia 138 words
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22. Royal Defence Medical School 243 words
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23. Royal Army Medical Corps 49 words
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24. Convicted Service Men (Cyprus) 81 words
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25. Air Force Crosses 132 words
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26. Departmental Decisions (Appeals) 53 words
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27. Kuwait 117 words
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28. Employment (contracts) 64 words
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29. Ex-service Personnel 61 words
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30. Female Service Personnel 213 words
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31. Women 139 words
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32. Publicity 71 words
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33. Gulf War 52 words
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34. Unexploded Bombs 62 words
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35. Gulf War Syndrome 113 words
16. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. European Union 89 words
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2. Compensation Recovery Scheme 59 words
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3. Mental Health Needs 82 words
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4. Severe Disablement Allowance 70 words
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5. Departmental Expenditure 959 words
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6. Incapacity Benefit 109 words
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7. National Insurance 1,000 words
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8. Benefits 8,324 words
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9. Child Support Agency 879 words
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10. Highgate and Finsbury Park Benefits Agency Offices 291 words
17. HEALTH
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1. Dentistry 155 words
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2. NHS Trust Admissions 34 words
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3. Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Mexborough Montagu NHS Trust 75 words
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4. Community Care 52 words
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5. AIDS-HIV 188 words
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6. NHS Doctors 93 words
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7. North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 79 words
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8. Asylum Seekers 129 words
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9. Bovine Tissue 205 words
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10. MRSA 40 words
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11. Secure Units 247 words
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12. Ambulance Trusts 124 words
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13. Electro-Magnetic Fields 160 words
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14. Hospital Trusts 63 words

Lords Sitting of 26 November 1996 Series 5 Vol. 576

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. The Lord Bishop of Truro 23 words
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3. Monetary Union: Convergence Criteria 1,323 words
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4. Freight: Modes of Transport 1,513 words
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5. Africa: Air Traffic Control Standards 1,076 words
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6. Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 72 words
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7. Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 78 words
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8. Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 71 words
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9. Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 105 words
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10. Police Bill [H.L.] 36,625 words, 2 divisions
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11. Health and Safety (Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 1996 1,696 words
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12. Deregulation (Bills of Exchange) Order 1996 1,083 words
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13. Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 1,388 words
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14. Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 74 words
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15. Police Bill [H.L.] 27,461 words

Grand Committee Report of 26 November 1996 Series 5 Vol. 576

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1. Official Report of theCommittee on the Merchant Shipping and MaritimeSecurity Bill [H.L.] 23,678 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 26 November 1996 Series 5 Vol. 576

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1. Iraq: Policy 114 words
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2. Indonesia: Defence Equipment 167 words
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3. NATO: Members' Rights 107 words
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4. NATO: Counter-Proliferation Policy 65 words
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5. NATO and US Anti-Ballistic Missile Defence Schemes 66 words
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6. Wartime Atrocities: Telegraphic Intercepts 105 words
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7. Alexander Nikitin 79 words
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8. Public Record Office, Rolls Chapel 206 words
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9. Open Skies Treaty 100 words
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10. Port of Tyne Authority Privatisation 95 words
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11. Dichlorvos 98 words
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12. European Fisheries Council, 22nd November 365 words
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13. House of Lords: Painting 239 words
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14. Organophosphates: Maternal Exposure 164 words
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15. Organophosphate Detoxification 377 words
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16. Organophosphates and PsChE Synthesis 58 words
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17. Sheep Dip Exposure Effects: Research 81 words
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18. RUC: Women Officers 253 words