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Commons Hansard for 26 January 1978 (Volume 942)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 5.30am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Prayers
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Oral Answers To Questions
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National Finance
Travel To Work
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Economic Policy
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Government Debt
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Pay Policy
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Investment Income Surcharge
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Inflation
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Value Added Tax
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Exchange Control
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Unemployment (Cost)
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Gross National Product And Public Expenditure
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Tuc
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Disabled Persons (Mobility)
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Scotland Bill (Division)
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Business Of The House
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European Community (Council Of Agriculture Ministers)
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European Assembly Elections Bill (Allocation Of Time)
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House Of Commons(Sound Broadcasting)
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House Of Commons (Library)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Small Businesses
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Home Department
Police (Establishments)
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Television (Tanat Valley)
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Scientologists
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Police (Computers)
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Deportation
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Swift (Chemicals), Chatteris
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Voting Rights
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Public Records
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Privy Council Office (Banking)
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Optical Council
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Scotland
Departmental Banking
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Houses (Building Costs)
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Housing Expenditure
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Engagements
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Cyprus
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Lancashire
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Incomes Policy (Prime Minister's Broadcast)
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Cbi
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South-East Asia
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Rhodesia
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Acklam
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Sittingbourne
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Refugees
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Transport
Road Haulage Licences
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Thornaby (Tees Bridge)
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A66 (Thornaby)
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Lorry Drivers
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Pay Settlements (Guideline Breaches)
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Parking Meters (Purchase)
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Motoring Insurance
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Accidents (Leitch Report)
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Departmental Correspondence
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Roads (Cheshire)
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Regional Highway Traffic Model
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Road Signs
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Environment
Housing Finance
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Dangerous Substances
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Council House Sales
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Houses (Building Costs)
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Oil Refineries
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Rate Support Grant
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Rates (Arrears)
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Flood Damage
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Clarendon Palace
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Windscale Inquiry
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National Parks
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Flood Warning System (East Anglia)
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River Nene (Flood Prevention)
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Education And Science
National Heritage
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Open University
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Expenditure (West Yorkshire)
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University Teachers (Pay)
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Student Grants
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School Meals
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"Bulldog Newsheet"
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Mr William Stern
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Tribunals And Inquiriesact 1971
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Social Services
War Widows' Pension Books
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Rehabilitation (Tunbridge Report)
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Unemployed Persons
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Re-Establishment Centres
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Departmental Correspondence
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Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill
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Family Allowances
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Mentally Handicapped Persons
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Child Health (Court Report)
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Statutory Instruments
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Harefield (Dental Treatment)
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Kidney Machines
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Industry
Research Grants
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Sir Matthew Stevenson
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British Steel Corporation(Pension Fund)
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Liverpool (Office Employment)
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Investment (National Enterprise Board)
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Small Companies (Loan Guarantees)
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Business Statistics Office
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Furniture And Upholstery Industry
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New Year Bank Holiday
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Earnings
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Women (Earnings)
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Bedford
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Factories (Inspection)
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Plumbing
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Public Services
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Heating And Ventilating
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Energy
Norway
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Nuclear Power Stations
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Offshore Oil Exploration
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Calves
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Iran
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Value Added Tax
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European Investment Bank (Loans)
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Budget 1978
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Inflation
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Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
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Money Supply
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Spirits
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Food Imports (Levies)
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European Community Budget
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Government Borrowing(Foreign Currency)
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Owner-Occupiers (Student Lettings)
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European Community Aid
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North-East Development Area
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Development Land Tax
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