Sitting of 28 November 1996

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Commons Sitting of 28 November 1996 Series 6 Vol. 286

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN
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1. DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF 92 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TREASURY
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1. Endangered Species and Products 385 words
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2. Unemployment 968 words
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3. Manufacturing Industry 444 words
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4. Income Tax 356 words
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5. Building Societies 306 words
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6. Capital Allowances 800 words
cc452-3
7. Privatisation 549 words
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8. Taxation 857 words
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9. Exchange Rates 333 words
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10. Population Estimates 276 words
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11. Labour Statistics 813 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 2,246 words
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5. E. Coli (Scotland) 8,110 words
cc478-85
6. Business of the House 4,053 words
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7. Points of Order 674 words
8. Orders of the Day
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1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
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2. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 135 words
cc489-563
9. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 41,569 words
cc564-70
10. Fairfield Piggeries 4,033 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 28 November 1996 Series 6 Vol. 286

1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Computers 155 words
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2. Women 544 words
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3. Casinos 115 words
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4. Overseas Domestic Workers 307 words
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5. Sexually Explicit Material 101 words
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6. Knives 121 words
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7. Pupils (Drugs) 132 words
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8. Domestic Violence 100 words
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9. Seals 111 words
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10. Gender Indemnity Legislation 64 words
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11. Wheelclamping 82 words
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12. Detainees (Case Reviews) 85 words
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13. Mr. Raghbir Singh 35 words
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14. Information Technology Projects 49 words
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15. Child Care Facilities 198 words
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16. Police Assistance 127 words
2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. New Members (Induction Courses) 85 words
3. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
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1. EDS Ltd. 116 words
4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
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1. Women 303 words
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2. Child Care Facilities 127 words
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3. Family Law 368 words
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4. Marriage Counselling 290 words
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5. Computers 173 words
5. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Construction Regulations 282 words
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2. Mine Water Pollution 172 words
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3. Energy Saving Trust 141 words
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4. Sheffield Development Corporation 215 words
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5. Local Government Finance 72 words
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6. Women 39 words
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7. Child Care Facilities 307 words
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8. Purchase Grant Scheme 364 words
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9. Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee 184 words
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10. Leasehold Enfranchisement Advisory Service 266 words
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11. Local Government Ombudsman Service 417 words
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12. Housing Associations 92 words
6. SCOTLAND
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1. Criminal Convictions 158 words
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2. Salmon 95 words
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3. Legal Aid 326 words
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4. Methylated Spirits Abuse 106 words
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5. Heavy Goods Vehicles (Offences) 244 words
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6. Intensive Care Beds 125 words
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7. Dental Services 667 words
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8. Information Technology Projects 218 words
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9. Women 71 words
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10. NHS Property Sales 144 words
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11. Gas-fired Power Station, Gartcosh 130 words
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12. Intensive Care Beds 368 words
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13. Child Care Facilities 110 words
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14. Mental Health Guidance 125 words
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15. Beaufort's Dyke 400 words
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16. Scottish Natural Heritage 188 words
7. NATIONAL HERITAGE
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1. National Lottery (Northern Ireland) 112 words
8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Computers 145 words
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2. Rights of Indigenous Peoples 72 words
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3. Information Technology Projects 182 words
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4. Child Care Facilities 141 words
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5. Women 503 words
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6. Bordeaux Summit 197 words
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7. St. Helena 281 words
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8. Information Technology Projects 99 words
9. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. Vacant Posts 163 words
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2. Child Care Facilities 290 words
10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
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1. Indonesia 95 words
11. TRANSPORT
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1. Airport Inspections (Europe) 241 words
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2. Channel Tunnel 38 words
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3. Women 48 words
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4. Women and Child Care Facilities 100 words
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5. MV Cap Afrique 144 words
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6. Aircraft Registration 206 words
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7. Vehicle Excise Duty Evasion 215 words
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8. Traffic Area Network 257 words
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9. Franchising Director 109 words
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10. Channel Tunnel Fire 157 words
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11. Airfields (Yorkshire) 117 words
12. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Engagements 71 words
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2. Ministerial Statements 116 words
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3. Employment Contracts 108 words
13. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
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1. Teaching Posts and Pupil Numbers 147 words
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2. Computerised Administration 141 words
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3. University Lecturers (Pay) 81 words
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4. Nuclear Engineers 51 words
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5. Employment Service (Publicity) 670 words
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6. Information Technology Projects 337 words
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7. Social Fund (Single Programming) 254 words
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8. Child Care Facilities 272 words
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9. Women 167 words
14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Nuclear Power Industry 57 words
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2. Northern Electric 44 words
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3. Computers 143 words
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4. Women 157 words
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5. Business Links 687 words
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6. China (Arms Embargo) 90 words
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7. Nuclear Industry (Exports) 196 words
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8. Nuclear Accidents 99 words
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9. Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine Power Stations 194 words
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10. Wind Farms 148 words
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11. Chemical Weapons 243 words
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12. Arms Exports 183 words
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13. Newsagents 73 words
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14. Correspondence 171 words
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15. Nuclear Energy 179 words
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16. Electric Cars 88 words
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17. Fast-breeder Reactors 89 words
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18. Riot Contact Equipment 49 words
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19. Research 544 words
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20. Export Credits (Argentina) 250 words
15. HEALTH
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1. Health Authorities (Finance) 781 words
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2. NHS Executive 109 words
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3. Mixed-sex Wards 154 words
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4. Health Visitors 178 words
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5. Elective Surgery 84 words
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6. General Council for Social Services 38 words
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7. General Practitioners 39 words
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8. Medical Negligence Claims 248 words
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9. Dental Services 48 words
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10. Single-sex Wards 34 words
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11. North West Regional Health Authority 84 words
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12. Child Protection Register 259 words
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13. Hepatitis C 42 words
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14. Mental Health 181 words
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15. Assisted Conception 162 words
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16. Audit Commission 85 words
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17. Waiting Times (Doncaster) 105 words
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18. Waiting Lists 122 words
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19. Child Care Facilities 79 words
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20. Home-Start UK 163 words
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21. Acute Psychiatric Beds 106 words
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22. Women 159 words
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23. Alpha-1-antitrypsin Deficiency 267 words
16. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Computers 158 words
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2. Investment (Belfast, West) 113 words
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3. School Children (Dundonald) 62 words
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4. Women 1,647 words
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5. Electricity Interconnector 130 words
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6. Health and Personal Social Services Superannuation Scheme 111 words
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7. Social Fund Budget 129 words
17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. European Union 437 words
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2. Women 180 words
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3. Foot and Mouth Disease 112 words
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4. Child Care Facilities 149 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. Equipment Expenditure 207 words
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2. Child Care Facilities 136 words
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3. Radiation Testing 195 words
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4. Bois de Mai Residence 105 words
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5. Women 93 words
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6. Information Technology Projects 47 words
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7. Co-operation Accord (United Arab Emirates) 261 words
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8. Russian Space Agency (Environmental Evaluation) 114 words
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9. Disbanded Regiments 90 words
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10. Arms Sales 77 words
19. TREASURY
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1. Self-employment 46 words
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2. Economic Forecasting 51 words
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3. Economic Growth 86 words
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4. Public Spending 64 words
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5. VAT (Domestic Fuel) 71 words
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6. Building Societies 41 words
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7. Investment 48 words
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8. Private Finance Initiative 128 words
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9. Interest Rates 119 words
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10. UK Competitiveness 51 words
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11. Direct Taxation 118 words
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12. Value Added Tax 43 words
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13. Tobacco Duty 38 words
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14. Exchange Rates 63 words
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15. Capital Investment 164 words
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16. Information and Publicity (Consultants) 33 words
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17. Information and Publicity (Staff) 90 words
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18. Computers 401 words
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19. Public Sector Pensions 111 words
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20. VAT Receipts 43 words
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21. Abortion Statistics 390 words
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22. Annual Paid Leave 235 words
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23. Taxation (Employees) 68 words
20. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Computers 123 words
21. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Incapacity Benefit 305 words
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2. Jobseeker's Allowance 283 words
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3. Reduced Earnings Allowance 122 words
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4. Benefits Agency (Wales) 391 words
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5. Income Support 241 words
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6. Child Support Agency 501 words
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7. Paul Sutherland 46 words
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8. Child Support 49 words
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9. Women 158 words
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10. Child Care Facilities 168 words
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11. Information Technology Projects 69 words
22. WALES
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1. Computers 150 words
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2. Disease Statistics 124 words
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3. Health Variations 134 words
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4. Welsh Health Common Services Authority 271 words
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5. Asthma, Arthritis and Back Pain 163 words
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6. Private Finance Initiative 67 words
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7. Learning Difficulties 76 words
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8. Health Service (Extra-contractual Referrals) 108 words
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9. Buckley Link Road 34 words
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10. Shotton Steelworks 30 words
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11. Deeside Economy 93 words
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12. Powys Council 70 words
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13. Women 140 words
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14. Care and Repair Wales 69 words
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15. Child Care Facilities 105 words
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16. Secondments 51 words

Lords Sitting of 28 November 1996 Series 5 Vol. 576

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. The Army: Bullying 1,106 words
cc373-6
3. Millennium Project, Greenwich 1,383 words
cc376-8
4. EU: "Better off Out" Publication 1,143 words
cc379-81
5. London Underground: Power Failure 1,078 words
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6. Sundays (Dancing and Licensing) Bill [H.L.] 78 words
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7. Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 57 words
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8. City of Edinburgh Council Order Confirmation Bill 6 words
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9. Edinburgh Merchant Company Order Confirmation Bill 6 words
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10. Horserace Totalisator Board Bill [H.L.] 235 words
cc382-443
11. Economic Situation 33,458 words
cc443-58
12. Political-Military Doctrines 7,283 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 28 November 1996 Series 5 Vol. 576

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1. Scottish Natural Heritage: "Natural Priorities" 177 words
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2. Beaufort's Dyke: Survey's Findings 443 words
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3. Russian Federation—UK: Security and Intelligence 109 words
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4. Gibraltar: Spanish Frontier 86 words
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5. Foreign Countries: Human Rights Monitoring 77 words
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6. Mental Incapacity: Consultation Paper 77 words
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7. Abortions 210 words
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8. Category A and B Prisoners: Escapees 427 words
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9. Tobacco Industry: EU Subsidisation 100 words
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10. Prelink Ltd. 298 words
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11. Finnish and Swedish Accession Treaties: Articles 89 and 118 289 words
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12. Standards in Public Life: Housing Associations 82 words
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13. Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee: Review 188 words
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14. Housing Association Tenants: Rural Designations 353 words
cc25-6WA
15. Leasehold Enfranchisement Advisory Service: Funding 273 words
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16. Local Government Ombudsman Service: Review 419 words
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17. Advertising Hoardings: A.12 Trunk Road 204 words
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18. Franchising Director: Objectives 114 words
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19. Plutonium Cargoes: Flights 212 words
cc28-9WA
20. UK-United Arab Emirates: Defence Accord 260 words
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21. Property Advisers to the Civil Estate (PACE) 85 words
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22. Ministers: Disclosure to Parliament 158 words