Sitting of 4 February 1997

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Commons Sitting of 4 February 1997 Series 6 Vol. 289

c781
1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c781
1. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
c781
2. LEVER PARK BILL (By Order) 15 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. ENVIRONMENT
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1. House Building Industry 651 words
cc782-3
2. Stockton City Challenge 263 words
cc783-4
3. House Conditions (East Lancashire) 386 words
cc784-5
4. Homelessness 497 words
cc785-6
5. Air Pollution 765 words
cc786-8
6. Local Government Finance 583 words
c788
7. Downland Protection 341 words
cc788-9
8. Fire Services (Essex) 243 words
cc789-90
9. Uniform Business Rate 497 words
cc790-1
10. Social Housing 536 words
cc791-2
11. Local Government Finance (Kent) 529 words
cc792-3
12. Metropolitan Green Belt 373 words
cc793-4
13. Local Authority Housing (Transfers) 405 words
c794
14. Local Government Finance 277 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
cc795-800
1. Engagements 2,065 words
cc801-3
5. Points of Order 1,041 words
c803
1. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
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1. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 37 words
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2. NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE: 36 words
cc804-6
6. Statute Law Balancing (Limit on Maximum Quantity) 1,230 words
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1. STATUTE LAW BALANCING (LIMIT ON MAXIMUM QUANTITY) 90 words
7. Orders of the Day
cc807-57
1. Social Security Administration (Fraud) Bill 7 words
1. New clause 1
cc807-24
1. AGGRAVATED OFFENCE OF LANDLORD FRAUD 8,948 words, 1 division
2. New clause 2
cc824-40
1. CODE OF PRACTICE ON PRIVACY 9,096 words, 1 division
3. New clause 3
cc840-52
1. SUPPLY OF INFORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFIT 6,398 words, 1 division
4. Clause 8
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1. DIRECTIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE 90 words
5. Clause 11
c852
1. INFORMATION FROM LANDLORDS AND AGENTS 17 words
6. Clause 13
c852
1. OFFENCE OF DISHONEST REPRESENTATION FOR OBTAINING BENEFIT 65 words
7. Clause 14
cc853-7
1. EXTENSION OF OFFENCE OF FALSE REPRESENTATION FOR OBTAINING BENEFIT 2,437 words
cc858-908
2. Local Government Finance (Wales) 27,261 words, 2 divisions
c908
1. Local Government Finance (Wales) 28 words
c908
2. Artists' Resale Rights 54 words
8. PETITION
c909
1. Carers (Respite Breaks) 176 words
cc910-8
2. Rural Housing (Scotland) 4,011 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 February 1997 Series 6 Vol. 289

1. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members' Staff 112 words
2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
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1. Magistrates Courts 230 words
3. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Chequers 198 words
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2. Engagements 63 words
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3. Lockerbie 118 words
c525W
4. Ministerial Severance Payments 89 words
4. DEFENCE
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1. Joint Services Command and Staff College 287 words
c526W
2. Cigarettes (Service Personnel) 80 words
c526W
3. Arms Sales (Turkey) 85 words
5. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. Admiralty House 87 words
cc526-7W
2. Ministerial Committees 228 words
6. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Housing 1,209 words
c530W
2. Rented Accommodation 110 words
c530W
3. Packaging Waste 61 words
c530W
4. Regional Government (South-East) 64 words
c530W
5. Local Government Finance (Manchester) 46 words
cc530-1W
6. Contaminated Land 59 words
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7. Environmental Information (Open Government Code) 49 words
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8. Air Pollution 41 words
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9. Local Government Finance 260 words
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10. Local Government Finance (North Yorkshire) 95 words
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11. Ministerial Visit (Redbridge) 105 words
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12. Local Authority Appointments (Indemnity) 73 words
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13. Non-departmental Bodies (Appointments) 36 words
c532W
14. Nuclear Waste 54 words
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15. Swansea Canal 76 words
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16. Waterways (Safety) 73 words
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17. UN General Assembly 129 words
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18. Government Office for the South-West 290 words
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19. Energy Conservation (Pensioners) 174 words
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20. Planning Consents 410 words
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21. Local Authority Pension Schemes 99 words
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22. UN Environment Programme 290 words
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23. EC SAFE Programme 119 words
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24. Opencast Mining 36 words
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25. Green Belt (Harrow) 69 words
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26. Noise Act 1996 137 words
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27. Council Leaseholders (Service Charges) 483 words
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28. Access to Information 314 words
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29. Storm Damage (North Devon) 116 words
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30. County Councils (Statutory Functions) 138 words
7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. European Court of Human Rights 1,589 words
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2. Burma 61 words
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3. Satellites 300 words
8. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Crime Reduction Measures 201 words
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2. Crime and Detection Statistics 89 words
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3. Telephone Taps 132 words
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4. North-east Regional Crime Squad 97 words
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5. Prison Governors 635 words
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6. Prison Suicides 1,892 words
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7. Colchester Young Offenders Institution 172 words
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8. Consultants 315 words
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9. Cornwall and West Plymouth Euro-constituency 198 words
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10. Coroner Procedures (Muslim Communities) 157 words
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11. Sean O'Callaghan 38 words
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12. Disabled Access (Police Stations) 86 words
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13. Metropolitan Police 114 words
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14. Ethnic Minorities (Hong Kong) 147 words
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15. Whitemoor Prison 95 words
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16. Asylum Seekers 178 words
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17. Secure Units 351 words
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18. Geoffrey Thomas 74 words
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19. Prison Inspectorate Reports 46 words
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20. Murderers (Publications) 111 words
9. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
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1. Rwanda 118 words
10. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
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1. The Ridings School 106 words
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2. Departmental Publicity 421 words
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3. Assisted Places Scheme 114 words
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4. Surplus Places 237 words
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5. Jobseekers (Benefit Sanctions) 362 words
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6. Pupil Referral Units 92 words
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7. Beijing Platform for Action 133 words
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8. National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education 67 words
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9. Low Pay Scheme 286 words
11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Post Offices 399 words
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2. Departmental Publicity 68 words
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3. Privatised Companies 71 words
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4. Imperial Weights (EU Directives) 205 words
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5. Satellites 264 words
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6. Nuclear Safety 93 words
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7. Exotic Animal Imports 179 words
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8. European Union (Investment) 260 words
cc562-3W
9. Business Links 105 words
12. TREASURY
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1. Employment Statistics 858 words
cc564-6W
2. National Savings 690 words
c566W
3. Added Value 260 words
cc566-7W
4. Manufacturing Industry 226 words
c567W
5. Single Currency 87 words
cc567-8W
6. Unemployment (Financial Effects) 196 words
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7. Spend to Save Programme Bids 122 words
c568W
8. Royal Yacht 104 words
13. TRANSPORT
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1. Rail Routeing Guide 167 words
c569W
2. Jubilee Line Extension 85 words
c569W
3. Buses 130 words
cc569-70W
4. Fifth Freedom Cargo Charters 414 words
cc570-1W
5. Commercial Pilots 171 words
c571W
6. Freight Handling, Ostend Airport 96 words
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7. Birmingham Northern Relief Road 268 words
cc572-3W
8. Coastguard (Staff) 548 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
c573W
1. BSE 129 words
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2. Certified Herds Scheme 99 words
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3. Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance 93 words
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4. Stilboesterol 132 words
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5. Food Safety 226 words
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6. Wildlife (Arable Areas) 196 words
c575W
7. Beef Stocks 293 words
15. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Child Support Agency (Logo) 379 words
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2. Independent Tribunal Service 132 words
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3. Invalidity and Incapacity Benefit 333 words
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4. Benefits Fraud Hotline 40 words
cc577-8W
5. Departmental Costs 351 words
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6. Golf Links Estate (Fire Compensation) 190 words
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7. Classroom Assistants 247 words
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8. Benefits in Kind 88 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Eye Tests 119 words
c580W
2. NHS Auditing 121 words
c580W
3. Executive Pay (Water and Sewerage Authorities) 96 words
cc580-1W
4. Management Allowances (GP Fundholders) 65 words
c581W
5. NHS Trust Remuneration 101 words
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6. Hospital Waiting Times 90 words
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7. Council Duties 329 words
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8. Local Government Finance 92 words
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9. Woodlands 158 words
17. NATIONAL HERITAGE
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1. Arts Forum 233 words
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2. National Lottery 71 words
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3. Sports Council 1,218 words
c586W
4. History Museum 83 words
cc586-7W
5. World Cup 2006 795 words
18. WALES
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1. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 174 words
c588W
2. Departmental Publicity 173 words
cc588-9W
3. Conferences (Ministerial Participation) 202 words
c589W
4. Pensioners (Care Homes) 56 words
c589W
5. Severn Trent Water Authority 130 words
cc589-90W
6. Road Traffic Mileage 73 words
c590W
7. Poll Tax Arrears 310 words
cc590-1W
8. Rural Dentists 46 words
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9. Welsh Language 66 words
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10. Tourism 55 words
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11. Teachers' Pensions 51 words
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12. School Funding (Flintshire) 40 words
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13. Planning Appeals 84 words
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14. Marshalls Food Group Ltd. 99 words
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15. Special Schools (Residential Places) 37 words
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16. Meningitis 472 words
19. HEALTH
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1. Mental Health 126 words
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2. Hospital Emergency Cases Report 102 words
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3. Chief Medical Officer 77 words
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4. Cottage Hospitals 100 words
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5. Mixed-sex Wards 45 words
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6. Public Health Laboratory Service 48 words
cc594-5W
7. Prodigy Programme 312 words
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8. Consultants 651 words
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9. General Practitioners 81 words
c597W
10. Accident and Emergency Units 164 words
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11. Aspartame 444 words
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12. Butane Gas Lighters 75 words
cc598-9W
13. Dental Health (Children) 301 words
c599W
14. Royal London Hospital Trust 62 words
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15. Tuberculosis 386 words
c600W
16. Parkinson's Disease 166 words
c600W
17. Dental Services 65 words
20. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Publicity 179 words
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2. Beef Special Premium 122 words
c602W
3. Department of Education Offices, Rathgael 151 words
c602W
4. Casement Three 53 words

Lords Sitting of 4 February 1997 Series 5 Vol. 577

c1525
1. Preamble 28 words
cc1525-8
2. Felixstowe: Rail Links 1,468 words
cc1528-30
3. Ex-service Personnel: Deafness 1,277 words
cc1531-2
4. Telephone Number System 753 words
cc1532-5
5. The Business Community and Political Parties 1,197 words
c1535
6. Justices of the Peace Bill [H.L.] 295 words
cc1535-604
7. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 35,566 words, 4 divisions
cc1605-19
8. Recreational Aviation 7,777 words
cc1619-64
9. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 22,653 words, 2 divisions

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 February 1997 Series 5 Vol. 577

c137WA
1. UK Trade with the European Union 105 words
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2. Emergency Towing Vessel Trials: Report 44 words
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3. Coastal Freight: UK Tonnages 166 words
c138WA
4. Merchant Fleet 75 words
c138WA
5. Bosnia: Administration of Relief 164 words
c139WA
6. Joint Services Command and Staff College 283 words
c139WA
7. HIV: 10-year Survivors 87 words
c140WA
8. AIDS: 2-year Survivors 85 words
c140WA
9. HIV and Complementary Medicine 48 words
c140WA
10. AIDS and Complementary Medicine 42 words
cc140-1WA
11. Mental Health: Green Paper 126 words
c141WA
12. Gas Installations: New Safety Regulations 259 words
cc141-2WA
13. Council Leaseholders: Service Charge Reductions 484 words
cc142-3WA
14. Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment: Response to Report 325 words
cc143-4WA
15. Asylum Seekers: Detentions 97 words
c144WA
16. Hong Kong: British Ethnic Minorities 148 words
c144WA
17. Venture Capital Aided Firms: Government Assistance 89 words
cc144-5WA
18. Vitamin B6 199 words
cc145-6WA
19. Fishing Licence Transfers 145 words
c146WA
20. Farm Incomes 92 words