Sitting of 25 February 1998

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Commons Sitting of 25 February 1998 Series 6 Vol. 307

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. Health Inequality 10,751 words
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4. Strategic Defence Review 12,434 words
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5. Special Needs Education (Croydon) 4,466 words
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6. Utilities (Foreign Ownership) 4,203 words
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7. Security Service Files 4,487 words
8. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. TYNE TUNNELS BILL 6 words
9. Oral Answers to Questions
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1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 6 words
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2. Bosnia-Herzegovina 541 words
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3. Development Assistance 637 words
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4. Development Programmes 374 words
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5. Land Mines 684 words
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6. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 880 words
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7. Education Programmes 493 words
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8. Sudan 236 words
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9. Caribbean 449 words
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10. Endangered Species 303 words
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11. Montserrat 269 words
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12. PRIME MINISTER 5 words
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13. Engagements 3,358 words
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14. Government Policies (Lichfield) 440 words
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15. Ministerial Visit 166 words
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16. Engagements 587 words
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10. Right to Roam (Consultation Document) 1,582 words
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11. International Bribery and Corruption 1,586 words
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12. INTERNATIONAL BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION 45 words
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13. GOVERNMENT OF WALES BILL (PROGRAMME) 374 words
14. Orders of the Day
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1. Government of Wales Bill 15 words
15. Clause 118
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1. EXTENSION OF FUNCTIONS 35,266 words
2. Schedule 10
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1. WELSH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: OTHER AMENDMENTS 781 words
16. Schedule 11
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1. DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR RURAL WALES 190 words
17. Clause 125
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1. ABOLITION ETC. 2,971 words
18. Schedule 13
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1. AUDIT ETC. OF WELSH PUBLIC BODIES 8,010 words
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19. Postal Services (Liverpool) 4,531 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 February 1998 Series 6 Vol. 307

1. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
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1. Millennium Experience 52 words
2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
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1. Judges' Lodgings (Furniture) 85 words
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2. Queen's Counsel 87 words
3. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
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1. Countryside Access 618 words
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2. Official Cars 87 words
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3. Sewerage System (Fats) 129 words
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4. A49 526 words
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5. Kyoto Protocol 84 words
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6. Millennium Dome 320 words
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7. Contaminated Land Register 128 words
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8. Derelict Land Grant 174 words
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9. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 302 words
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10. Code of Practice on Conservation, Access and Recreation 195 words
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11. National Air Traffic Services 343 words
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12. Japanese Cars 107 words
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13. Mornington Crescent 52 words
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14. Conferences 84 words
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15. Rolling Stock Leasing Companies 148 words
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16. Health and Safety 213 words
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17. Energy Efficiency Bill 72 words
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18. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 156 words
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19. Road Signs 127 words
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20. Highway Code 40 words
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21. Air Safety 304 words
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22. Trust Ports 63 words
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23. Railways Pension Scheme 133 words
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24. Drainage Area Plan (Bingley) 267 words
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25. Watercourse Pollution 136 words
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26. Departmental Headquarters 61 words
4. TREASURY
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1. Inland Revenue 67 words
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2. Tax Allowances 109 words
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3. Poorest Nations (Debts) 233 words
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4. Ministerial Visits 63 words
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5. Consultants 257 words
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6. Official Hospitality 97 words
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7. Empty Properties 217 words
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8. Contingency Reserve 96 words
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9. Buildings Refurbishment 88 words
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10. Overseas Travel 63 words
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11. VAT 188 words
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12. City of London Corporation 48 words
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13. Pension Contributions 62 words
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14. Mozambique 131 words
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15. Third World Debt 246 words
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16. Windfall Tax 55 words
5. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Drug Treatment and Testing Order 127 words
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2. Public Opinion Research 108 words
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3. Police and Judicial Co-operation 546 words
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4. South East Regional Crime Squad 174 words
6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Official Hospitality 88 words
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2. Consultants 229 words
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3. Overseas Travel 78 words
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4. Holiday Insurance 112 words
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5. Overseas Visits (Advisers) 178 words
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6. Iraq 489 words
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7. Schengen Agreement 72 words
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8. Roma People 150 words
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9. Conferences 70 words
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10. Burma-Thailand Gas Pipeline 84 words
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11. Burma 85 words
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12. Defence Exports 331 words
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13. Saudi Arabia 85 words
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14. War Crimes 90 words
7. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Civil Service 892 words
8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Gas and Electricity Industries 66 words
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2. Photocopier Industry 66 words
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3. Sulphur Dioxide Emissions 64 words
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4. Broadcasting 50 words
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5. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 649 words
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6. Premier Oil Ltd. 58 words
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7. Power Stations 127 words
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8. Energy Policy 66 words
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9. Accountancy Regulation 117 words
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10. Auditors 158 words
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11. Regulatory Reform 68 words
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12. Inspectors' Reports 82 words
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13. Departmental Pay 122 words
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14. Internet 93 words
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15. Oil and Gas Licensing 439 words
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16. Duty Free Sales 158 words
9. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Overseas Visits 341 words
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2. Conferences 205 words
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3. Correspondence 91 words
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4. Ministerial Responsibilities 128 words
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5. Rural Affairs 58 words
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6. Official Secrets Act 431 words
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7. Mr. Gavyn Davies 74 words
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8. Strategic Communications Unit 134 words
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9. Railway Industry 67 words
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10. Social Exclusion Unit 62 words
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11. Engagements 37 words
10. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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1. Palestine 78 words
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2. Ukraine 87 words
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3. Aid Co-ordination 63 words
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4. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 94 words
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5. Aid (Good Government Criteria) 76 words
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6. Montserrat 48 words
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7. Tibet 99 words
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8. Baltic States 92 words
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9. Zimbabwe 67 words
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10. Arms Sales 77 words
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11. Dependent Territories 118 words
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12. Urbanisation 111 words
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13. Ethical Trading 158 words
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14. International AIDS Vaccine Initiative 45 words
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15. Land Mines 71 words
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16. Development Projects 107 words
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17. EU Co-operation 197 words
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18. Ministerial Meetings 81 words
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19. Conferences 108 words
11. DEFENCE
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1. British Army of the Rhine 233 words
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2. Defence Budget (Germany) 220 words
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3. Research Programme 92 words
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4. Atomic Weapons Establishment 309 words
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5. Storm Shadow 62 words
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6. Gibraltar 152 words
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7. Torpedo Testing Facilities 119 words
12. HEALTH
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1. Secure Mental Health Units 75 words
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2. Tuberculosis 609 words
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3. Tinnitus 243 words
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4. Consultant Episode Costs 139 words
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5. Trust and Authority Boards 85 words
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6. Abortion 90 words
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7. Suicides 108 words
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8. Mental Health 163 words
13. SCOTLAND
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1. Conferences 536 words
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2. Official Hospitality 84 words
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3. Fishing Vessels 150 words
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4. Scottish Parliament 318 words
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5. Funicular Railway, CairnGorm 175 words
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6. Unpasteurised Milk 278 words
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7. Earnings Arrestments 609 words
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8. Cancer 1,056 words
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9. Scheduled Offences 94 words
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10. White Fish Landings 95 words
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11. Digital Broadcasting 72 words
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12. Prison Officers 84 words
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13. Parliamentary Answers 56 words
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14. Higher Education 125 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Milk Products 371 words
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2. Food Standards Agency 87 words
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3. Cattle Passport Centre 230 words
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4. Conferences 110 words
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5. Absenteeism 1,531 words
15. WALES
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1. Conferences 259 words
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2. Ministerial Visits 98 words
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3. Hedges and Trees 62 words
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4. Development Board for Rural Wales 72 words
16. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
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1. Overseas Visits 173 words
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2. Ministerial Visits 92 words
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3. USA Visit 127 words
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4. Ministerial Travel 318 words
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5. Conferences 50 words
17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
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1. Lifelong Learning 225 words
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2. Education Spending 875 words
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3. Jobseekers 287 words
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4. Careers Service 78 words
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5. Special Educational Needs 1,723 words
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6. New Deal 625 words
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7. Further Education 126 words
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8. Unemployment (Exeter) 289 words
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9. University Applications 92 words
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10. Long-term Unemployed 319 words
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11. Environmental Task Force 149 words
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12. PE (National Curriculum) 133 words
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13. Inspectors 69 words
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14. Iraqi Students 332 words
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15. British Sign Language 125 words
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16. Modern Apprenticeships 43 words
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17. Class Sizes 169 words
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18. Departmental Expenditure (Entertainment and Travel) 247 words
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19. Disruptive Pupils 182 words
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20. Teacher Training 176 words
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21. Hairdressers (Training) 189 words
18. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Pensions 796 words
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2. Correspondence 101 words
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3. Television Advertising 225 words
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4. Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme 296 words
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5. Lone Parents 650 words
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6. Benefit Integrity Project 956 words
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7. Child Support 756 words

Lords Sitting of 25 February 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. The Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 50 words
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3. Museums and Arts Centres: Funding 1,225 words
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4. MoD: Disposal of Redundant Sites 757 words
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5. London Underground: Investment Policy 982 words
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6. Ministerial Workloads 1,382 words
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7. Business 50 words
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8. Business of the House: Debates this Day 70 words
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9. Proportional Representation in Local Government 20,383 words
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10. Access to the Open Countryside 2,220 words
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11. The Railways 20,700 words
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12. Asylum Seekers 10,583 words
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13. Audit Commission Bill [H.L.] 24 words
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14. Tyne Tunnels Bill 21 words

Grand Committee Report of 25 February 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

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1. Official Report of the Grand Committee on the Data Protection Bill [H.L.] 30,051 words
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1. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION 563 words
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2. DATA MATCHING 3,724 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 February 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

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1. Iraq: UK Aid Programme 117 words
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2. Higher Education: Response to Scottish Committee of Inquiry Report 135 words
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3. Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors: Self-Regulation 131 words
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4. Late Abortions: Protection of Live Infants 253 words
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5. Abortions: Reduction 238 words
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6. Abortions on Girls under 16 92 words
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7. Abortion Methods 216 words
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8. Burford Community Hospital 131 words
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9. Fluoridation of Water 64 words
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10. Diabetic Pen Injection Devices: Payment for Needles 71 words
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11. British Council of Organisations of Disabled People 211 words
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12. Iraq: Protection of Ground Forces 154 words
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13. Gulf War: Morbidity Reports 249 words
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14. Gulf War Medical Assessment Programme: Clinical Audit 189 words
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15. Strategic Defence Review: Military Training Requirements 90 words
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16. Lifelong Learning 234 words
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17. Over-quota Fish Catches 94 words
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18. Angling: Fish Suffering 110 words
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19. SEAC Review Recommendations: Implementation 365 words
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20. Wales: Mental Health Provision Review 119 words
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21. EU Common Visa List 94 words
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22. Canterbury Prison 124 words
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23. Access to the Open Countryside 602 words
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24. Disabled Tax Class Vehicles Registration 211 words