§ Mr. Roweasked the Lord Privy Seal how many mass lobbies there have been during the present session; and by whom they were organised.
§ Mr. BiffenThe information requested is as follows:
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Date Organisation 1983 22 June Social Democratic Party Election Reform 20 July National Co-ordinating Committee of Greek Cypriots in Britain 21 July Women's Campaign Against Sexual Exploitation 22 Julye app George Orwell School 22 July Campaign against deportation of Turkish mother and two children 26 October Medical Profession against Nuclear weapons 26 October Cuts in National Health Service 26 October Save Hertfordshire Campaign 31 October Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament—Cruise Missiles 1 November Transport and General Workers' Union and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers—"Save your Pinta Campaign" 14 November Save the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital 17 November Physically Handicapped
Date Organisation 17 November Greek Cypriots 18 November Handicapped (Disabled Persons) 22 November Redundant Fishermen 23 November National Union of Students 24 November Forestry Commission 28 November British Aerospace 29 November British Aerospace 29 November National Health Service Union 29 November Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers 30 November British Aerospace 1 December British Aerospace 1 December National Farmers' Union 8 December Student Campaign for Soviet Jewry 8 December Inner London Education Authority Teachers' Association 13 December Association of Polytechnic Teachers 20 December Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 1984 16 January Transport and General Workers' Union 16 January Liverpool Parents Action Committee 17 January Campaign to Improve Transport in London 24 January General London Council and Inner London Education Authority Teachers 25 January Property Services Agency Re-organisation 1 February Youth Affairs Lobby 22 February London Joint Council for Senior Citizens 23 February Civil Service Union 1 March Pensioners Lobby 7 March Fulham Tenants Association 8 March North Thames Opticians 8 March Unemployment Benefits 12 March Women and Families for Defence 19 March Federation of London Dial a Ride (Disabled Persons) 21 March Anti-Apartheid Movement 22 March National Union of Farmers 22 March Liverpool City Council 22 March Agricultural Workers 28 March Wandsworth Association of School Parents 29 March Trades Union Congress—Health Service Cuts 4 April Representatives of Metropolitan Councils 4 April National Poultry Federation 5 April Family Action Information Service 10 April "Hot Take-away Food Action Group" 25 April Various Transport Unions 16 May National Union of Students 17 May Transport and General Workers' Union—Ordnance Factories 23 May Greenham Common—Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 24 May National Union of Teachers 6 June National and Local Government Officers Association 7 June National Union of Miners 2 July "Traffic"—opposing new Trunk Roads 3 July Value Added Tax Reform Group 10 July United Nations Association 11 July National Co-ordinating Committee—Cypriots in Great Britain 12 July Medical Research Council—closure of unit Llandaff Hospital, Cardiff 18 July National Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 19 July Open University Students' Association