Sitting of 23 February 1998

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Commons Sitting of 23 February 1998 Series 6 Vol. 307

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
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1. SOCIAL SECURITY 6 words
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1. Pensions Review 1,103 words
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2. Housing Benefit 505 words
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3. Child Support Agency 372 words
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4. Pensioner Incomes 728 words
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5. Income Support (Pensioners) 521 words
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6. Welfare Reform 715 words
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7. UK Presidency (Women) 764 words
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8. Fraud Detection 762 words
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9. Lone Parents 904 words
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10. New Deal 178 words
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11. International Women's Day 481 words
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12. Child Support Agency 240 words
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13. Pensioners (Fuel Bills) 395 words
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14. UK Presidency (Women) 396 words
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15. Child Support Agency 363 words
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4. Planning for Communities 8,538 words
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5. Points of Order 315 words
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6. SCOTLAND BILL (PROGRAMME) 364 words
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7. ROYAL ASSENT 33 words
8. Orders of the Day
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1. Scotland Bill 215 words
1. Clause 69
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1. POWER TO FIX BASIC RATE FOR SCOTTISH TAXPAYERS 22,373 words, 1 division
2. Clause 70
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1. SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO RESOLUTIONS 4,636 words
3. Clause 71
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1. SCOTTISH TAXPAYERS 10,711 words, 1 division
4. Clause 72
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1. CHANGES TO INCOME TAX STRUCTURE 7,723 words, 1 division
5. Clause 73
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1. ACCOUNTING FOR ADDITIONAL SCOTTISH TAX 1,348 words
6. Clause 76
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1. REMUNERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT AND EXECUTIVE 476 words
7. Clause 81
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1. SCOTTISH REPRESENTATION AT WESTMINSTER 9,299 words
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8. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
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1. COURT OF AUDITORS REPORT FOR 1996 125 words
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9. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
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1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 71 words
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2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE (SCOTLAND) 54 words
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3. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE (WALES) 23 words
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10. SELECT COMMITTEE ON MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 28 words
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11. DEREGULATION COMMITTEE 12 words
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2. Multilateral Agreement on Investments 3,721 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 February 1998 Series 6 Vol. 307

1. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Surplus Property and Land 115 words
2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Crown Prosecution Service 106 words
3. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
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1. Cash Limits 139 words
4. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Cabinet Posts 100 words
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2. Overseas Visits 54 words
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3. Single Currency 52 words
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4. Cash Limits 321 words
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5. Departmental Child Care 99 words
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6. Official Residence 58 words
5. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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1. India 127 words
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2. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 230 words
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3. Enterprise Development 105 words
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4. Advertising Contracts 53 words
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5. Sierra Leone 198 words
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6. Surplus Property and Land 54 words
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7. Cash Limits 224 words
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8. Commonwealth Development Corporation 139 words
6. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
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1. Council House Rents 1,681 words
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2. Millennium Dome 418 words
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3. Oil Spills 179 words
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4. Motorways 163 words
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5. Driving Licences 139 words
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6. Waste Recovery 114 words
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7. Air Traffic Control 103 words
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8. Aircraft Fuel 132 words
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9. Toxic Chemicals 514 words
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10. Cash Limits 1,700 words
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11. Roundabouts 59 words
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12. Housing 289 words
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13. Deaf Travellers 155 words
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14. Genetically Modified Organisms 222 words
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15. Water Conservation 196 words
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16. Water Resources 354 words
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17. Sustainable Development 283 words
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18. Heavy Goods Vehicles 246 words
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19. Cannabis 90 words
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20. Pavement Cleaning 102 words
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21. Clean Vehicle Technology 111 words
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22. Road Fatalities and Injuries 148 words
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23. Road Accidents (Children) 114 words
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24. Sulphur Dioxide Emissions 217 words
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25. Gilberts Animal By-Products 90 words
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26. Surplus Property and Land 285 words
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27. Canals 221 words
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28. Departmental Pay 320 words
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29. Japanese Cars 213 words
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30. Ecolabelling 281 words
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31. Regional Development Agencies 113 words
7. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. Cash Limits 401 words
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2. Freedom of Information 125 words
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3. Ministerial Visits 84 words
8. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
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1. Millennium Dome (Contents) 87 words
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2. Millennium Dome (Faith Communities) 177 words
9. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
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1. New Opportunities Fund 200 words
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2. Television Licences 75 words
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3. East Midlands Arts 66 words
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4. National Lottery 284 words
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5. Millennium Tower (Portsmouth Harbour) 81 words
10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. European Union 101 words
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2. Cash Limits 475 words
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3. Embassies (Furniture) 142 words
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4. China 87 words
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5. Russia 159 words
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6. Ministerial Visits 41 words
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7. Iraq 376 words
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8. Mr. Azil Nadir 96 words
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9. Correspondence 76 words
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10. Entry Clearance 101 words
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11. Surplus Property and Land 140 words
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12. Advertising Contracts 160 words
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13. Sierra Leone 188 words
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14. Ethical Foreign Policy 75 words
11. DEFENCE
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1. Iraq 288 words
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2. Advertising Contracts 104 words
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3. Cash Limits 402 words
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4. Overseas Travel 116 words
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5. Strategic Defence Review 128 words
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6. Low Flying 188 words
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7. Departmental Pay 286 words
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8. Firing Ranges 74 words
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9. Tomahawks 81 words
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10. Furniture Purchases 105 words
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11. Departmental Buildings 60 words
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12. Indian Ocean 55 words
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13. Service Personnel (Asbestos Exposure) 191 words
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14. Widows' Pensions 71 words
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15. Exercise Senator 97 171 words
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16. Defence Council Instructions 49 words
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17. Surplus Property and Land 129 words
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18. Vermin Control 103 words
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19. Casualties 111 words
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20. Explosives Theft (Brecon) 86 words
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21. Second Division 86 words
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22. RAF Coltishall 170 words
12. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Cash Limits 237 words
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2. ID Cards 152 words
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3. Police Road Blocks 170 words
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4. Farmers (Devon and Cornwall) 103 words
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5. Prisoners (Prescriptions) 72 words
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6. Learning Difficulties (Crime Victims) 111 words
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7. Racial Incidents 518 words
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8. Electoral Procedures 146 words
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9. Death Penalty 223 words
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10. Prison Service 88 words
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11. Advertising Contracts 64 words
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12. Prisoner Releases 181 words
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13. Security Industry 142 words
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14. Child Sex Abuse 450 words
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15. "In Excelsis" Manuscript 201 words
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16. Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill 335 words
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17. Private Members' Bills 142 words
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18. Correspondence 57 words
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19. Market Research 391 words
13. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
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1. Surplus Property and Land 156 words
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2. Advertising Contracts 90 words
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3. County Courts 343 words
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4. Cash Limits 444 words
14. TREASURY
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1. Cash Limits 833 words
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2. Amusement Machines 82 words
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3. Inheritance Tax 389 words
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4. Mortgage Tax Relief 143 words
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5. Child Benefit 147 words
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6. Lost and Stolen Items 269 words
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7. Surplus Property and Land 52 words
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8. Spending Review 202 words
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9. VAT (House Renovations) 56 words
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10. Workless Households 446 words
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11. Fast Food Companies 52 words
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12. Valuation Office 65 words
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13. VAT (Energy Use) 417 words
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14. Working Families Tax Credit Scheme 97 words
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15. Pensions 104 words
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16. Public Corporations (Borrowing) 105 words
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17. IMF (Nicaragua) 84 words
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18. Hairdressers 215 words
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19. Freeholders 67 words
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20. Official Residence 290 words
15. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Personal Protection Weapons 125 words
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2. Summonses 64 words
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3. Maze Prison Inquiry 113 words
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4. Oil and Gas Industry 118 words
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5. Police Authority 86 words
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6. Cash Limits 517 words
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7. Periodicals 100 words
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8. Lost and Stolen Items 685 words
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9. Official Hospitality 75 words
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10. Shootings (Forensic Evidence) 77 words
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11. Publications 71 words
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12. Royal Ulster Constabulary 668 words
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13. Blood Service 65 words
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14. Music Industry 60 words
16. WALES
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1. Gross Domestic Product 121 words
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2. Cash Limits 377 words
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3. NHS Trusts 119 words
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4. Surplus Property and Land 266 words
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5. Advertising Contracts 109 words
17. SCOTLAND
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1. Cancer Surgery 259 words
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2. Publications 58 words
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3. Rural Watch 273 words
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4. Further Education 1,129 words
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5. Soccer Facilities 102 words
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6. Epilepsy 226 words
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7. Hill Farming 78 words
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8. Anti-knife Legislation 103 words
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9. Student Awards Agency 281 words
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10. Cash Limits 1,350 words
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11. Advertising Contracts 144 words
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12. Hyundai Project 291 words
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13. Lynebank Hospital 161 words
18. HEALTH
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1. New Variant CJD 129 words
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2. NHS Dentists 60 words
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3. Labour Party Donations 72 words
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4. GP Fundholders 182 words
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5. Hepatitis C 173 words
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6. Smoking 248 words
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7. Secure Mental Health Units 218 words
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8. Health Education 40 words
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9. Diabetes 369 words
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10. Cash Limits 772 words
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11. Care in the Community 172 words
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12. Aricept 105 words
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13. Surplus Property and Land 128 words
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14. Dental Services 106 words
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15. Absenteeism 131 words
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16. Millennium Compliance 180 words
19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Waste Materials 148 words
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2. Certified Herd Scheme 60 words
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3. Beef on the Bone 131 words
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4. Brazilian Mahogany 567 words
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5. Milk Quotas (Italy) 85 words
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6. Food Safety 58 words
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7. Farm Incomes 96 words
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8. Correspondence 58 words
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9. Ministerial Visits 62 words
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10. Flood Defences (Sussex) 150 words
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11. Sheep Dip 541 words
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12. Herbicide-tolerant Crops 261 words
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13. Food Labelling 305 words
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14. Milk Products 71 words
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15. Poultry Meat 159 words
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16. Cash Limits 329 words
20. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Second-hand Cars 209 words
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2. Hawk Jets (Indonesia) 443 words
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3. Exchange Rate 58 words
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4. Official Entertainment 308 words
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5. Nuclear Safety 200 words
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6. Oil Exploration 275 words
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7. Television Broadcasting 203 words
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8. Minimum Wage 67 words
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9. Export Licences 85 words
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10. Tractor Production and Exports 80 words
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11. Cash Limits 703 words
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12. Millennium Compliance 490 words
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13. Industrial Development Advisory Board 75 words
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14. Trade Missions 176 words
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15. Export Credit Guarantees (Far East) 62 words
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16. British Investments 82 words
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17. Brazilian Mahogany 47 words
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18. Correspondence 38 words
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19. Dietary Supplements 168 words
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20. Oil and Gas Industry 105 words
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21. Mumbai Airport 99 words
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22. Transco 74 words
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23. Overhead Power Line (Lune Valley) 75 words
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24. Social Dialogue 50 words
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25. Wealth Warnings 86 words
21. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
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1. Cash Limits 921 words
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2. Salaries 464 words
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3. Advertising and Publicity 102 words
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4. Non-teaching Staff 100 words
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5. Surplus Property and Land 173 words
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6. Advertising Contracts 77 words
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7. National Child Care Strategy 312 words
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8. Health and Safety 514 words
22. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Family Credit 54 words
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2. Lone Parents 286 words
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3. Welfare Reform 121 words
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4. Absent Fathers 155 words
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5. Long-term Sick and Disabled 230 words
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6. Disability Benefits 69 words
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7. Benefits (Information) 219 words
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8. Teenagers and Pensioners 212 words
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9. Pension Sharing 117 words
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10. Occupational Pensions 215 words
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11. Housing Benefit 76 words
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12. Taxation and Social Security Benefits 85 words
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13. Benefit Levels (London) 129 words
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14. State Pensions 75 words
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15. Disability Living Allowance 59 words
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16. Child Support Agency 977 words
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17. Family-friendly Employment Policies 153 words
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18. Cash Limits 840 words
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19. Benefit Integrity Project 662 words
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20. Mrs. Carol Preston 828 words
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21. Miss A. Steed 513 words
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22. Surplus Property and Land 146 words
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23. Disabled Workers 193 words
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24. Child Support 176 words
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25. Advertising Contracts 273 words
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26. Carers 441 words
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27. Social Fund Loans 98 words

Lords Sitting of 23 February 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

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1. Preamble 41 words
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2. Royal Assent 34 words
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3. Gas and Electricity: Deregulation Proposals 908 words
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4. Bus Lanes: Motorcycle Use 1,200 words
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5. CFSP: High Representative 1,171 words
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6. Asylum Seekers: Financial Support 968 words
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7. Business 91 words
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8. Teaching and Higher Education Bill [H.L.] 9,673 words
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9. Planning for the Communities of the Future 6,975 words
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10. Business 83 words
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11. Teaching and Higher Education Bill [H.L.] 8,791 words
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12. Competition Bill [H.L.] 12,404 words
13. Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Amendment Regulations 1998
1. Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Fund Payments) Order 1998
1. Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1998
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1. Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 1998 7,287 words
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14. Competition Bill [H.L.] 24,353 words

Grand Committee Report of 23 February 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

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1. Official Report of the Grand Committee on the Data Protection Bill [H.L.] 31,330 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 23 February 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

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1. Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Supplementary Estimate 471 words
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2. Nuclear Policy 142 words
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3. Government Departments: Policy Co-ordination 135 words
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4. Iraq: UNSCOM Costs 163 words
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5. Middle East: UNSCOM's Remit 137 words
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6. UN Charter and Use of Force 112 words
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7. British Indian Ocean Territory Citizens 91 words
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8. International Court of Justice: Judgments 80 words
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9. UN Subscription Arrears 1,837 words
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10. UN Resolutions 57 words
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11. Northern Ireland: Abortion Law 188 words
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12. Land Registration Act: Entry into Force 94 words
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13. Lord Chancellor's Residence: Works of Art 57 words
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14. Defence Supplementary Estimate 414 words
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15. Depleted Uranium 579 words
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16. Vitamin B6 175 words
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17. Vitamin B6: Dr. Dalton's Study 81 words
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18. Vitamin B6: Representations to the COT 175 words
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19. Agriculture Council, 16–17 February 589 words
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20. Rent Comparisons 128 words
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21. Disabled Tax Class Vehicle Registrations 159 words
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22. Murder Statistics for Major Cities 135 words
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23. Prisoners: Shackling 173 words
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24. Institutional Child Care Costs 172 words
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25. Health Improvement Strategy: Consultation 350 words
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26. Academic Awards: Jewish Holders 154 words
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27. Vitamin B6: Professor Beckett's Letter 87 words
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28. Vitamin B6: COT Power to Review Recommendations 112 words
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29. Vitamin B6: Literature Considered by the COT 170 words
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30. Health Authority Allocations 1,256 words
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31. Vitamin B6: MPs' Letter to the COT 89 words
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32. Ministers' Official Living Accommodation 146 words