Sitting of 27 January 1997

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Commons Sitting of 27 January 1997 Series 6 Vol. 289

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. Deregulation 419 words
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2. Information Technology (Government Departments) 411 words
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3. Royal Yacht 888 words
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4. Government Policy 2,612 words
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5. Value Added Tax 225 words
2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Cyprus 484 words
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2. Rwanda 618 words
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3. Tanzania 299 words
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4. Great Lakes 648 words
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5. Aid Budget 221 words
3. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
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1. National Audit Office (Staff) 485 words
4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Angola 213 words
5. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Disestablishment 641 words
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2. Church Funds 346 words
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4. Points of Order 661 words
5. Orders of the Day
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1. Sex Offenders Bill 27,812 words
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2. Education Bill 106 words
1. New clause 3
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1. RELAXATION OF CONTROLS ON ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES 3,380 words, 1 division
2. New clause 4
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1. POWER OF MEMBERS OF STAFF TO RESTRAIN PUPILS 4,108 words
3. New clause 8
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1. LOCAL PUBLIC INQUIRIES 1,814 words
4. New clause 9
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1. EXCLUSION OF BASELINE ASSESSMENT SCHEME FROM SELECTION 17,738 words, 1 division
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6. FLOOD PREVENTION AND LAND DRAINAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL 40 words
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7. FLOOD PREVENTION AND LAND DRAINAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL [MONEY] 71 words
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8. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
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1. NORTHERN IRELAND 21 words
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2. BROADCASTING 23 words
9. PETITION
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1. Sexual Offenders (Rehabilitation Unit) 161 words
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2. PRC Homes (Southampton) 4,894 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 January 1997 Series 6 Vol. 289

1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 77 words
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2. Detainees 317 words
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3. Asylum Seekers 1,378 words
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4. Immigration (Detention and Deportation) 607 words
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5. Marchioness Inquiry 100 words
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6. Gambling 102 words
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7. Prisoners (Restraints) 524 words
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8. Hong Kong Residents 72 words
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9. Woodhill Prison 278 words
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10. Prison Births 201 words
2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
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1. Departmental Publications 87 words
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2. Magistrates Courts 150 words
3. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Personalised Number Plates (Executive Agencies) 225 words
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2. Cold Weather (Energy Efficiency) 70 words
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3. Minerals Local Plans 309 words
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4. Local Government Finance 382 words
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5. Fish-eating Birds 114 words
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6. Aggregate Extraction Licences 376 words
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7. Bathing Water Directives 112 words
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8. Sanitary Products 115 words
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9. Revenue Support Grant (Manchester) 108 words
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10. Song Birds 109 words
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11. Departmental Publications 100 words
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12. Asbestos 787 words
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13. Care Leavers 158 words
4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
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1. Desertification 77 words
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2. Rwanda and Burundi 71 words
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3. European Union 77 words
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4. Indonesia 325 words
5. NATIONAL HERITAGE
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1. National Lottery 119 words
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2. Football Grounds 168 words
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3. Performing Arts 164 words
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4. Museum Councils 189 words
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5. English Tourist Board 90 words
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6. Foundation for Sport and the Arts 77 words
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7. National Academy of Sport 52 words
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8. EU Funding 446 words
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9. Tourism (Consultants) 1,145 words
6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Economic Growth 87 words
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2. Business Breakfasts 126 words
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3. White Asbestos 270 words
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4. Information Technology 93 words
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5. Wind Farm Schemes 259 words
7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Germany 385 words
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2. Antarctic Treaty 74 words
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3. European Commission (General Election) 61 words
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4. Indonesia 259 words
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5. European Union 42 words
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6. Amsterdam Summit 56 words
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7. Ministers for Children 39 words
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8. European Single Currency 115 words
8. DEFENCE
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1. Mutual Defence Agreement 297 words
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2. Sandia National Laboratories 67 words
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3. Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston 114 words
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4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 103 words
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5. Laser Defence System 92 words
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6. Arctic Convoys 271 words
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7. Test Ban Treaty 99 words
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8. Service Redundancies 189 words
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9. Departmental Publications 100 words
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10. Military Museums 251 words
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11. Abbey Wood, Bristol 99 words
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12. Service Accommodation 218 words
9. TREASURY
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1. Jersey (Financial Institutions) 187 words
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2. Utility Bills 275 words
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3. Value Added Tax 126 words
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4. Hypothermia 214 words
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5. Taxation 103 words
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6. Green Book (Revision) 74 words
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7. Cardiff Bay Barrage 182 words
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8. Exchange Rate Mechanism 255 words
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9. Labour Statistics 164 words
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10. Unemployment 211 words
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11. Drug Misuse (Deaths) 233 words
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12. Treasury Building 124 words
10. WALES
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1. Personalised Number Plates (Executive Agencies) 53 words
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2. Unemployment 332 words
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3. Special Educational Needs 527 words
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4. Greenmeadow Inn, Machen 63 words
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5. Departmental Publications 138 words
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6. Nurses 333 words
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7. Bird Reserve, Gwent 79 words
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8. Meningitis 92 words
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9. Cardiff International Airport 103 words
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10. Health Authorities and Trusts 221 words
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11. Audiometry Patients 74 words
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12. Mentally Handicapped People 383 words
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13. Local Government Finance 970 words
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14. Welsh Medium Schools 138 words
11. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Clergy (Pensions) 119 words
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2. Investments 52 words
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3. Vicarages and Palaces (Security) 150 words
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4. Episcopal Residences 115 words
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5. Archbishops Commission 111 words
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6. Poverty 75 words
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7. Set-aside Arrangements 50 words
12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Pesca Scheme 177 words
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2. Beef Steers (Prices) 162 words
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3. Fisheries 127 words
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4. Beef Exports 43 words
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5. Avropacia 281 words
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6. Departmental Publications 94 words
13. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Training 809 words
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2. Police Authority for Northern Ireland 199 words
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3. Police Complaints 121 words
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4. Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Bill 59 words
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5. Magheramorne Landfill Project 443 words
14. TRANSPORT
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1. Parking Penalties 169 words
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2. Roads Programme 78 words
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3. Vehicle Excise Duty 141 words
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4. A74 646 words
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5. Local Roads and Transport (Capital Allocation) 2,928 words
15. SCOTLAND
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1. Medical Consultants 723 words
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2. GP Fundholders 64 words
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3. Powered Wheelchairs 124 words
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4. Acute Beds 369 words
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5. Overseas Travel (Diseases) 554 words
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6. Self-governing Schools 261 words
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7. Food Poisoning 1,017 words
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8. Road Building 653 words
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9. Fishing 99 words
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10. Local Government Finance 695 words
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11. Lockerbie 161 words
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12. BSE 347 words
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13. Land Court 158 words
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14. Public Bodies 222 words
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15. District Councils (Rent Arrears) 859 words
16. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
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1. Assisted Places Scheme 341 words
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2. Teachers (Early Retirement) 76 words
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3. Teachers (Northamptonshire) 159 words
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4. Nursery Vouchers 190 words
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5. GCSE Grades 4,587 words
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6. Nursery Vouchers 234 words
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7. Standard Spending Assessments 1,511 words
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8. Pupil Qualifications 4,257 words
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9. Teachers' Pay 1,511 words
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10. School Leavers 35 words
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11. Liskeard School and Community College 116 words
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12. School Inspections 72 words
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13. Departmental Publications 118 words
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14. Care Leavers 60 words
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15. Income Support 653 words
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16. Surplus Places 2,885 words
17. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Benefit Fraud Hotline 148 words
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2. Contributions Agency 345 words
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3. Social Fund 51 words
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4. Housing Benefit 110 words
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5. National Insurance 132 words
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6. Income Support 116 words
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7. Departmental Publications 147 words
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8. Habitual Residence Test 49 words
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9. Revenue Support Grant 109 words
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10. Jobseeker's Allowance 115 words
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11. Benefits Agency (Computers) 102 words
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12. Child Support Agency 68 words
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13. Prime Project 68 words
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14. Prime Programme 125 words
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15. Social Security Administration (Fraud) Bill 90 words
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16. Benefits Agency Medical Services 86 words
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17. All Work Test 84 words
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18. Data Protection 188 words
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19. Cannabis 372 words
18. HEALTH
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1. Mental Illness 96 words
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2. E. Coli 352 words
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3. Royal Free NHS Trust 318 words
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4. Rehabilitation and Support Services 196 words
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5. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 983 words
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6. Mental Health 29 words
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7. Dental Services 47 words
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8. Long-term Care (Pensions) 101 words
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9. General Chiropractic Council 308 words
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10. Government Policy (Children) 83 words
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11. Deregulation (Medicinal Drugs) 64 words
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12. Xenotransplantation 156 words
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13. NHS Employment Costs 81 words
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14. Eye Tests 112 words
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15. Child Migrants 77 words
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16. Insulin 416 words
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17. Prescription Charges 70 words
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18. Service Provision 139 words
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19. Dental Checks 98 words
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20. Nurse Education 52 words
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21. Departmental Publications 151 words
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22. Care Leavers 261 words
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23. Children's Rights (UN Report) 68 words
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24. Meningitis 286 words
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25. Pharmaceuticals 230 words
19. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. Government Policy 152 words
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2. Magistrates (Bolton) 64 words
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3. Political Advisers 41 words
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4. Civil Servants 63 words
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5. Deregulation 168 words
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6. Safety (Young People) 69 words
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7. Millennium Exhibition 102 words
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8. Computers (Millennium) 64 words
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9. Departmental Publications 176 words

Lords Sitting of 27 January 1997 Series 5 Vol. 577

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1. Preamble 23 words
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2. Civil Court Fees 1,020 words
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3. Gulf War: War Pensions 1,458 words
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4. Computers: the "Millennium Bug" 1,051 words
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5. Combined Cadet Force 895 words
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6. Obscenity Bill [H.L.] 124 words
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7. Crime (Sentences) Bill 58,810 words
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8. Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Bill 12 words
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9. Policyholders Protection Bill 12 words
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10. Knives Bill 20 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 January 1997 Series 5 Vol. 577

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1. Treaty of Rome: Ministerial Advice 151 words
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2. Pilotless Aircraft 123 words
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3. Hormone Mimics 302 words
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4. Millennium Exhibition Site 104 words
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5. Unemployment Comparisons 253 words
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6. Covert Use of Listening Devices 751 words
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7. British Summer Time 625 words
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8. Prison Inspections 1,827 words
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9. General Chiropractic Council 274 words