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Commons Sitting of 3 March 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. PRIVATE BUSINESS 19 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
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1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS 6 words
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2. Regional Regeneration 213 words
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3. Local Government Finance 600 words
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4. Water Treatment Works 229 words
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5. Local Government (Best Value) 582 words
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6. Regional Development Agencies 417 words
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7. Air Quality 281 words
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8. House Building (Rendering) 285 words
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9. Local Government Finance 325 words
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10. Local Government 579 words
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11. Parish Councils 80 words
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12. Local Government Reform 594 words
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13. Dorchester Relief Road 243 words
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14. Driving Test Centre, Chelmsford 280 words
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15. Road Traffic Reduction 465 words
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16. New Roads 333 words
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17. Roads (Noise Pollution) 290 words
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18. A5 142 words
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19. Traffic-Calming Measures 640 words
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20. Road Fatalities (Drugs) 459 words
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21. Fuel Duties 540 words
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22. Workplace Parking 111 words
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23. Rail Passenger Satisfaction Surveys 248 words
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5. Points of Order 818 words
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6. Religious Discrimination and Remedies 1,491 words
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7. RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION AND REMEDIES 73 words
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8. Opposition Day 3 words
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9. ISAs, TESSAs and PEPs 26,864 words, 1 division
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10. Listening to the Countryside 26,059 words, 2 divisions
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11. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
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12. NORTHERN IRELAND 24 words
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13. Heavily Indebted Countries 3,993 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 March 1998 Series 6 Vol. 307

1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Iraq 234 words
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2. Qualified Majority Voting 99 words
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3. Vietnam 136 words
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4. Amsterdam Treaty (Tapes) 147 words
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5. Visa Waiting Times (Beijing) 140 words
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6. Ethical Foreign Policy 143 words
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7. Gibraltar 90 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Voting Systems 61 words
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2. Low Newton Prison 107 words
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3. Cannabis 245 words
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4. Victim Support Schemes 187 words
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5. Domestic Violence 780 words
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6. Arson 307 words
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7. Cyclists 262 words
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8. Metropolitan Police 361 words
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9. Hillgrove Farm 297 words
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10. Crime Reporting 195 words
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11. Under-age Sex (Prosecutions) 285 words
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12. Animal Experiments 230 words
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13. Green Transport Co-ordinator 67 words
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14. Car Parking 178 words
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15. Police Manpower (Essex) 145 words
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16. Electoral Procedures 112 words
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17. Parking Restrictions 167 words
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18. Crime (Witnesses and Victims) 210 words
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19. Gambling 258 words
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20. Private Detectives 140 words
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21. Correspondence 213 words
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22. European Convention Human Rights 217 words
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23. Prisoners (Literacy) 126 words
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24. Proportional Representation 144 words
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25. Sex Offenders 399 words
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26. Totalisator Board 54 words
3. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Health and Food Safety Research 76 words
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2. Civil Servants 216 words
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3. Finbar Ross 71 words
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4. Works of Art 116 words
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5. Vehicle Registration Numbers 258 words
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6. Inward Investment 410 words
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7. Parades Commission 365 words
4. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Petroleum Stocks 225 words
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2. Exports (Iran) 52 words
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3. Energy Saving 99 words
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4. Dounreay 71 words
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5. Inward Investment 61 words
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6. Radio Communications Agency 312 words
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7. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 204 words
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8. Industrial Tribunals (Cost) 163 words
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9. Business Links 118 words
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10. Free Zone (North Korea) 62 words
5. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
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1. Mid-Essex Local Radio 101 words
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2. Overseas Travel 81 words
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3. Touring Opera Companies 338 words
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4. Empty Properties 204 words
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5. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 172 words
6. DEFENCE
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1. Anthrax 329 words
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2. Overseas Visits 69 words
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3. Holy Loch 245 words
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4. Group Captain Ingle 118 words
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5. RAF Menwith Hill 245 words
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6. Land Ranges 168 words
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7. Conferences 55 words
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8. Staff Qualifications 50 words
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9. European Regional Test Centre 116 words
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10. Prisoners of War (Pay) 162 words
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11. Chinese Nationals 66 words
7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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1. Barristers 227 words
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2. Specialist Counsel 64 words
8. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
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1. Development 67 words
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2. Water Charging 51 words
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3. Local Government Finance 316 words
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4. Greater London Authority 55 words
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5. Regional Development Agencies 236 words
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6. Offices of the Regions 68 words
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7. Housing (North-east Lancashire) 71 words
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8. Parish Councils 63 words
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9. House Building 88 words
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10. Local Government Reform 109 words
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11. High Explosives 113 words
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12. Local Authorities (Best Value) 165 words
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13. Speed Cameras 116 words
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14. Train Services (Punctuality) 207 words
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15. Road Schemes 87 words
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16. Cars (Fuel Efficiency) 105 words
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17. Drink Driving 68 words
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18. Channel Tunnel 73 words
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19. Radioactive Material (Air Transport) 84 words
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20. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 240 words
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21. Speed Limits 94 words
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22. Fishing Industry 93 words
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23. Freight (Rail Transport) 86 words
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24. House Purchase 67 words
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25. China 113 words
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26. Ministerial Travel 138 words
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27. White Asbestos 116 words
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28. Travellers 549 words
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29. Damp Homes 98 words
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30. London City Airport 77 words
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31. Community Alarm Schemes 90 words
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32. Smuggling 100 words
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33. Taxi Drivers (London) 1,388 words
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34. Leaseholders 158 words
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35. Mileage Rates 299 words
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36. Car Parking 201 words
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37. Northumberland National Park 139 words
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38. Green Transport Co-ordinator 55 words
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39. Employee Travel 82 words
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40. Land Development 708 words
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41. Social Housing 142 words
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42. Planning Guidelines 76 words
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43. Council Tax (Carers Discount) 166 words
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44. Minicabs 68 words
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45. Car Advertising 91 words
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46. Social Housing 84 words
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47. Council Tax 47 words
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48. Correspondence (Femco Projects Ltd.) 109 words
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49. Police Officers (Stansted Airport) 115 words
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50. Second Homes 462 words
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51. Green Belt (Planning Consents) 41 words
9. HEALTH
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1. Cancer Surgery 156 words
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2. Homeopathic Treatments 274 words
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3. Legal Actions 287 words
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4. NHS Trusts 182 words
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5. Nurses and Midwives 79 words
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6. Community Care 72 words
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7. Pen Needles 195 words
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8. Children's Hospices 97 words
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9. Continence Products 343 words
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10. Smoking 83 words
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11. Green Transport Co-ordinator 193 words
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12. Employee Travel 177 words
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13. Car Parking 97 words
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14. General Practitioners 144 words
10. TREASURY
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1. Individual Savings Accounts 120 words
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2. Inheritance Tax (Heritage Property) 96 words
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3. Film Industry 159 words
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4. Labour Statistics 251 words
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5. Alcohol and Tobacco Fraud Review 52 words
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6. Excise Duties 138 words
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7. Exchange Rate 78 words
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8. National Insurance 3,863 words
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9. Local Government Finance (Scotland) 73 words
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10. Travel Insurance 138 words
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11. EAGGF Fund 81 words
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12. Abortions 598 words
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13. Retail Petrol Industry 123 words
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14. Single Currency 77 words
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15. Earnings 203 words
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16. Car Parking 92 words
11. SCOTLAND
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1. Birds 101 words
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2. Ministerial Transport 155 words
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3. Absenteeism 238 words
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4. CBI Scotland 175 words
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5. Market Testing 987 words
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6. Gaelic Broadcasting 250 words
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7. Spend to Save Scheme 105 words
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8. Petrol Stations 157 words
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9. Empty Properties 300 words
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10. National Galleries of Scotland 79 words
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11. Phosphorous Bombs 107 words
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12. Beaufort's Dyke 133 words
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13. St. Ninian's Isle 84 words
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14. Scalloway Castle 122 words
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15. Green Transport Co-ordinator 42 words
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16. Land Use Statistics 110 words
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17. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 107 words
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18. Elderly People 520 words
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19. NHS Waiting Lists 345 words
12. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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1. Millennium Compliance 520 words
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2. Commonwealth Development Corporation 59 words
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3. North Korea 110 words
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4. Yemen 58 words
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5. Women 303 words
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6. Polio 99 words
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7. UN Development Agencies 66 words
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8. Employee Travel 77 words
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9. World Poverty 101 words
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10. Afghanistan 205 words
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11. Africa (HIV) 153 words
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12. Multilateral Contributions 134 words
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13. Child Labour 281 words
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14. Car Parking 89 words
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15. Green Transport Co-ordinator 58 words
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16. Land Mines 160 words
13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Fisheries Enforcement 801 words
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2. Green Transport Co-ordinator 83 words
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3. Arable Area Payments Scheme 70 words
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4. Unpasteurised Milk 181 words
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5. Central Science Laboratory 1,199 words
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6. Food Science Research Contracts 69 words
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7. Fishing Industry 80 words
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8. Departmental Report 82 words
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9. Calshot Oyster Fishery 115 words
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10. Vitamin Supplements 79 words
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11. Farm Subsidies 401 words
14. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
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1. Legal Aid (CJD) 333 words
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2. Green Transport Co-ordinator 60 words
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3. Legal Aid Board 67 words
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4. Car Parking 103 words
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5. Employee Travel 324 words
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6. Recovery of Costs 99 words
15. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Iraq 129 words
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2. Millennium Dome 61 words
16. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
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1. Remploy 276 words
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2. New Deal (Employer Agreements) 63 words
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3. Access to Work 409 words
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4. Schools (Toilet Facilities) 50 words
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5. Class Sizes (Northumberland) 38 words
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6. Failing Schools 820 words
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7. Family Credit 120 words
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8. Work Permits 486 words
17. SOCIAL SECURITY
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1. Discretionary Social Fund 174 words
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2. Benefit Integrity Project 568 words
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3. N. T. Lawless 157 words
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4. Parking Car 94 words
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5. Benefits Agency Medical Service 41 words
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6. Green Transport Co-ordinator 80 words
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7. Employee Travel 301 words
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8. Pension Review 63 words
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9. Ministerial Visits 70 words
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10. Lone Parents 234 words
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11. Buildings Refurbishment 141 words
18. WALES
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1. Beef Ban 35 words
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2. Council Tax 441 words
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3. Welsh Language 93 words
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4. Abortion 58 words
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5. Hospital Appointments 180 words
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6. Merchant Designs Manufacturing 231 words
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7. Rural Economy 169 words
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8. Green Transport Co-ordinator 56 words
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9. Employee Travel 68 words
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10. Parking Car 44 words
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11. Air Quality 460 words
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12. Out-of-town Developments 150 words
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13. Designated Land (Development) 154 words
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14. Empty Properties 271 words
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15. Planning Applications 92 words
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16. Social Housing 55 words
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17. Millennium Compliance 926 words
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18. Computer Systems 44 words
19. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
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1. Millennium Compliance 493 words
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2. Green Transport Co-ordinator 75 words
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3. Car Parking 95 words
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4. Age Profiles 113 words
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5. Open Government 84 words

Lords Sitting of 3 March 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

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1. Preamble 45 words
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2. European Union: Accession Process 1,187 words
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3. Far Eastern Economic Problems: Student Support 1,198 words
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4. Asylum Seekers: Welfare 1,180 words
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5. Scottish Agricultural Industry 870 words
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6. National Lottery Bill [H.L.] 71 words
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7. Crime and Disorder Bill [H.L.] 47,039 words
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8. Greater London Authority (Referendum) Order 1998 1,564 words

Grand Committee Report of 3 March 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

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1. Official Report of the Grand Committee on the Bank of England Bill 36,014 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 March 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

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1. Voting Systems 45 words
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2. Guardsmen Fisher and Wright 174 words
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3. Deer Farming in Scotland: Support 101 words
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4. Armed Forces: Protection against Biological and Chemical Agents 348 words
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5. Beef on the Bone: Review of SEAC Advice 188 words
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6. BSE: Phillips Inquiry 174 words
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7. Ivermectin 114 words
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8. Hospital and Community Health Services: Resource Allocations 99 words
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9. A.40: Speed Limit Reduction 156 words
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10. French Transport Strike: Compensation Payments 111 words
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11. Landlord and Tenant Act 1954: Law Commission Recommendations 95 words
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12. Gypsy Families and Council Housing 66 words
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13. Second Homes 77 words
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14. Household Statistics: Bedrooms 201 words
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15. Duty-free Shopping in the EU 117 words
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16. Mis-sold Personal Pensions: Compensation 194 words
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17. VAT Zero-rating: Exclusion of Architects' and Surveyors' Services 78 words