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Commons Hansard for 20 March 1978 (Volume 946)

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Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons (item number 1) (id 54468677-5511-4c98-929c-b983075dd6f5)
Prayers (item number 2) (id a0ee73ba-e230-4552-aa9a-43c7df1061f3)
New Writ (item number 3) (id 529650fe-eee4-4a1b-9705-faea7c5db1aa)

Oral Answers To Questions
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Energy
Coal-Fired Power Stations (item number 1) (id 2f215477-e244-46fd-8562-b7563dc2ff2b)
Gas (Tariff Changes) (item number 1) (id 5fa7861b-c919-47e9-a128-c6428fc31afc)
National Nuclear Corporation (item number 1) (id 39611208-3e5f-4a40-9fb8-dad05b72e45e)
Coal Industry (Incentive Schemes) (item number 1) (id cbf117ef-02d2-4eed-b423-6cdbac4d644f)
Electricity Bill (item number 1) (id d799cd86-fede-4790-aa51-ae0733985b36)
North Sea Gas (item number 1) (id 98324e80-05b3-453a-847d-a05cfa895965)
Drax B Power Station (item number 1) (id efd5e57f-30cd-40ce-a437-125547dda7b4)
Energy Savings (item number 1) (id 39890414-f258-483c-a62e-d3fc410a63a1)
National Coal Board (item number 1) (id 7a8e714d-6e0d-4e5e-acf8-bd96fee4d247)
North Sea Oil (item number 1) (id 82bf4fd6-e8ad-476b-befd-c41b79c59b93)
European Community (item number 1) (id 47b84e3b-c863-4779-a9f1-9fe213d2828d)
Domestic Insulation (item number 1) (id 14bd8e8b-7a92-40a6-b0a2-f239eec73c3d)
Energy Conservation (item number 1) (id da3953f2-79ae-4d5b-8618-0ee5e9841eb6)

Overseas Development
Aid Programme (item number 1) (id 997dd9a1-8d07-4125-a87e-5185850f7db3)
Malawi (item number 1) (id c699b7bf-e4ef-4a78-8721-c54830795e24)
Crown Agents (item number 1) (id 3dc7013b-7df8-4364-895d-0de9bf639dee)
Developing Countries (item number 1) (id b6316b86-37c2-4ed0-af3a-1703c0c09e84)
European Community (Council Of Ministers' Meetings) (item number 5) (id 4b1aefa3-5661-43a8-8d8c-de5b4cfa1ae2)
Tanker "Amoco Cadiz" (item number 6) (id bff37642-a284-40e9-8acc-4ab917758cd5)

Bill Presented
View all Bill Presented
Independent Broadcasting Authority (item number 1) (id 69bc86d9-ebee-4a29-bea0-80fc517f0805)
Sittings Of The House (item number 1) (id edfbe32e-c9fc-4814-82ec-b2220bb7955f)

Adjournment (Easter And May Day)
Business Of The House (Consolidation Fund (No 2) Bill (item number 1) (id a69ac746-535b-464d-a967-b762287b98d7)

Orders Of The Day
Consolidated Fund (No 2) Bill (item number 1) (id 0d3b073b-cc1f-40bc-a1be-588377c04858)
Rhodesia (item number 1) (id d6d3db84-79c4-4902-b443-aa0572b7077f)
Business Of The House (item number 1) (id 4a09eeaa-3c40-46d7-be4a-6175b8456142)
Consolidated Fund (No 2) Bill (item number 1) (id 459bc8bc-b8f7-4d34-818a-235084b817d4)
Rhodesia (item number 1) (id 15d7442c-802d-43af-b5c5-5d3cbd7ebb72)
Regional Development Grants (item number 1) (id 9a420fc9-f92f-4e8e-9024-8332dcca9a4b)
Small Businesses (Merseyside) (item number 1) (id 39a1ac70-9215-48e9-b1f2-3d2775117bdc)
Overseas Aid (item number 1) (id e9774bf6-d7af-47d1-8672-bf23d5559e59)
Coal Industry (item number 1) (id b4a56e57-f5bc-4ce1-84e3-3bc4050b7ea7)
Armed Forces (Pay) (item number 1) (id ae9f996e-1cec-40a7-bb95-634308c95ecc)
Hospital Services (item number 1) (id d005a736-efcf-4b7a-ad3e-fa5990a870e9)
Building Research Establishment (item number 1) (id 282455fc-8199-4e1f-92a1-63182858495a)
Tourism (item number 1) (id 83eb09d1-0552-47ef-89b8-920732a815a7)
Select Committee On Sound Broadcasting (item number 1) (id 68cc26f4-401a-49c5-ab04-ce75eaaa738b)
Employment (Newcastle Upon Tyne) (item number 1) (id 99c6ac0a-774e-4c9d-88e6-e72246559c4c)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions (item number 1) (id 374e08d9-db81-4209-a153-2a74d756c1c6)

Overseas Development
Mozambique (item number 1) (id d894ca5b-3b3c-4795-a4a2-eaa0e0320023)
Stabex Scheme (item number 1) (id e84775f8-d981-4ca3-a8c4-27abfa525ed6)
Students (item number 1) (id 4f51d793-4a96-44ae-b07e-0f759348159f)
Rural Development Unit (item number 1) (id 2626e88b-5031-4130-a80f-d33b2bbf1157)
Vietnam (item number 1) (id a4b2bca7-5aa7-4a31-baff-132cd9b9bb1c)

House Of Commons
Parliamentary Papers (item number 1) (id 724c0358-d7dd-47b7-b5a3-ea572e2cfbb0)
Visitors' Dining Facilities (Summer Recess) (item number 1) (id fa17dcd1-dd4d-45e0-989f-cb8e19c31066)

Energy
Electricity Discount Scheme (item number 1) (id 014e2084-11da-4b2a-9ebc-aac9dcd3f2a9)
North Sea Oil (item number 1) (id d9e9f3cf-f8e4-42c3-935d-46e7e9404be8)
Domestic Insulation (item number 1) (id c8931459-14ff-4af8-b12a-7dd5c4af2498)
Uranium (Export) (item number 1) (id 11f1d86c-affb-4be2-a894-f8ea9d3bffe1)
Renewable Energy Services (item number 1) (id 6f090840-ce50-41fe-8ac6-20112094be67)
Coal (item number 1) (id c3ebc099-dfb9-4281-b046-f4f8820b839c)
Gas Consumption (item number 1) (id eb52f483-1815-4469-96ad-f5a11feba319)
Petroleum Gas Storage (Sullom Voe) (item number 1) (id db9a046f-1e74-46d3-a74b-23e8359ea34e)
Mining Technology (item number 1) (id bf5dd1f2-faec-4241-8edd-64cb7c459922)
Nationalised Industries (item number 1) (id b93d0910-cd8c-4a9a-bc86-1f5fd5e4a9ab)
Coal Technology (item number 1) (id 790345f8-13fa-4fcd-9285-8915e719ef9c)
Nuclear Power Industry (Accidents) (item number 1) (id 912f0668-c6a4-44c1-9245-81717b99a95b)
North Sea Oil (item number 1) (id 572db8e7-9336-4295-a476-a3890830dcc9)
Coal And Steel (item number 1) (id ce601a5f-ab08-4766-b34b-6a824a68f200)
Crude Oil (item number 1) (id fb362387-b91b-4384-9d82-9046874e3381)

Education And Science
Teachers (Dispute) (item number 1) (id 5616978d-05d5-498f-81ea-b00a7908c7e5)
Business Education Council (item number 1) (id 872b7b8d-df68-44ed-a435-a4339cce3c1c)
Comprehensive Education (Bolton) (item number 1) (id 14200c89-678c-4e52-99fc-00e085e43f3c)
Students (Accommodation) (item number 1) (id afcdb27c-603a-4426-a5ab-73d9c88f28c5)
Distributive Trades (College Courses) (item number 1) (id 0e9237de-6561-48f3-a155-d418b1efcfa4)
Student Grants (item number 1) (id 2a5ac6b9-6055-4e36-b7f3-fe1114b6b0bc)
Mathematics Teaching (item number 1) (id c0fcb363-5042-4926-aa60-a42fcacaf5e4)
Higher Education (Report) (item number 1) (id 63f07846-d76c-4cda-ac40-1c130dc753fd)

Trade
Film Production (Emi Limited) (item number 1) (id 8b60bf5e-c1ec-4b87-972f-1f75b687e318)
Transatlantic Air Fares (item number 1) (id 906465d2-598e-4610-af10-9743eb499ff3)
Manufactured Products (Imports) (item number 1) (id ebb90ab4-e38d-4863-8a15-6aae217d5359)
Prestwick Airport (item number 1) (id 88eb9e67-1011-47d7-b999-124769bb77b0)
European Community (item number 1) (id 69bd6f5a-5203-4dde-a5d1-cedae58f0dbf)
Seal Skins (item number 1) (id e9c86f2c-059a-4d42-861d-50d4bf2205ac)
North Sea Oil (Pollution Hazards) (item number 1) (id 2205da45-e45a-4976-89ed-7c4261e184ff)
New Zealand (item number 1) (id 081ef485-1b95-49f5-9a91-0c622d04da28)
Tankers (item number 1) (id bcef92d4-8efd-4721-98a8-45468387fee6)

Employment
Contracts Of Employment (item number 1) (id cfe9bf28-305b-4ab7-beda-744d6d40c80d)
Unemployment (item number 1) (id 80a526b1-e847-4899-acaf-a1b8e5ff1207)
Disabled Persons (item number 1) (id 7d7746a4-e6c4-4c33-b984-b9c80568f10f)
Members' Correspondence (item number 1) (id b08f2660-3f0a-47b7-9b8a-7a31ab986cd6)
Eastleigh (item number 1) (id 6607cc06-7b22-4cfa-a007-e2d5bfab8f96)

Civil Service
Nationalised Industries (Pay) (item number 1) (id 01a12bad-4635-4571-87d4-5133eeefab74)

Home Department
Drug Trafficking (item number 1) (id 3023190d-b099-4910-b038-1d65712846cf)
Community Service Orders (item number 1) (id 309a5ffd-9dca-46f6-bf34-67f5336c93ca)
Immigrants (item number 1) (id 25af0536-2349-4d61-9fdb-169c63d8133e)
West Mercia Police Authority (item number 1) (id 645be63e-78ab-4158-8cc8-0cd335c68eb1)
Nationality Rules (item number 1) (id 75559823-2716-4b94-90e4-3c043e62900a)
Prisoners (Deportation) (item number 1) (id c85be10b-3ddb-4b91-9495-a5a066f081a6)

Scotland
Royal Parks And Ancient Monuments (item number 1) (id c4ede79e-ef30-4a5f-ac40-64910a79298c)
Local Authority Loans (item number 1) (id 0e0da7e9-4654-4647-930a-40e60bd28b99)

Environment
Frank Barnes School Building, Islington (item number 1) (id a7b849f6-f8ef-48b6-a5ff-8c6eded97ff6)
Housing (Cheshire) (item number 1) (id a06f233b-7f18-46b4-9d49-7a81adc6d998)
Fairoaks Airport (item number 1) (id 1fda9741-3cb1-4381-b3ea-0fc5a239dd2e)
British Library Site (item number 1) (id 2330ab12-df25-44f1-a5ab-6b67440e6a02)
Sports Matches (Ticket Sales) (item number 1) (id d0d5cfbe-b568-472b-9b3f-9552391a7c8f)

Social Services
Cornwall Area Health Authority (item number 1) (id c3ba20ff-6512-440d-a163-6dc4d3737296)
National Insurance Records (item number 1) (id 38cde660-3c7e-4df4-847c-259404deb2e6)
Infant Mortality (item number 1) (id 507e0106-a995-4d6c-9ef4-1a69925da3b3)
Quality Of Life Indicators (item number 1) (id 898a8705-f98d-4359-bed2-e189c72634ba)
Respiratory Diseases (item number 1) (id 5caabde5-a02b-4c2e-8727-bd85ca21232e)
Acute Medical Beds (Cornwall) (item number 1) (id 003cce1b-c327-47a1-9fbc-a821fba52d18)
Doctors (Yorkshire) (item number 1) (id e0c951be-979a-4784-9570-1e166c661a6e)
Dentists (item number 1) (id ebfe4785-d452-4395-aeff-3343042f14a5)
Treliske Hospital, Truro (item number 1) (id 89a4f3b8-74fa-4693-bd76-9f908b3447fe)
Hospital Wailing List (Cornwall) (item number 1) (id fddc3659-d368-4a78-b585-c42b3f727676)
Administrative And Clerical Staff (item number 1) (id 55b5655d-1044-45a3-9fae-454571981dd9)
Drug Prescribing (item number 1) (id 60e88b96-cf20-4d0d-b852-103da1447b6a)
Dental Treatment (Macclesfield) (item number 1) (id 024be00b-0f38-4017-8c52-55ba837f9402)
Nurses (item number 1) (id 2531f345-a420-4cb7-ab63-cf8cd3489959)
Ultrasonic Sound Facilities (item number 1) (id d3b2ea99-d2d0-4a0b-bae6-7b933dfcbd56)
Poole General Hospital (item number 1) (id a759fa1a-338b-4a5a-b8dc-336dd1a9d6d6)
Personal Social Services (item number 1) (id 3fd9fe56-ec45-44d0-976b-f610fbe227b2)
Rent Payments (item number 1) (id 35b62e15-9ca5-4887-9233-e669c87477dd)
Over-80S (item number 1) (id 38bc0246-f47d-4108-89b5-1454fcdcc0ae)

Industry
Machine Tools (item number 1) (id baf4aba5-5f67-447e-b723-34cfa7b446aa)
Mail Delivery (item number 1) (id aeb61056-60bd-44ba-b6bf-0382689fdc2d)
Giro (item number 1) (id 51c24b0e-5bad-4fc0-8ebd-52cbc3fbcf0a)
Research And Development (Advisory Council) (item number 1) (id 562d075c-dc56-4429-8554-092ffe834a91)

Defence
Portsmouth Harbour (item number 1) (id bd5b9490-1269-42d8-b679-fc971c4a3c72)
Weather Hazards (Warnings) (item number 1) (id 53e138ac-c3a9-4e9b-a567-66959a543666)
Italy (item number 1) (id a290230f-4876-4097-aa21-6d7e1179322d)
Arms Sales (Philippines) (item number 1) (id 4ae695d6-78d3-4bea-b21b-9287885c2cbd)
Raf Personnel (item number 1) (id b68ca30e-bc81-43f9-b502-7d37991608a5)

Transport
Bungay And Beccles (Bypasses) (item number 1) (id b90a5223-fe0a-4229-8110-389490660cf0)
Skateboards (item number 1) (id 98881c4a-ceac-4693-878e-2fced700f5ac)
Lincoln (Relief Road) (item number 1) (id aa9b1e43-2805-4b90-ab9b-5738093a0a99)

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Dairy Products (New Zealand) (item number 1) (id c6324460-69bd-42f6-aa6e-b41639ab499d)

National Finance
Tax Avoidance (item number 1) (id 39f7f861-515f-440e-8725-b4c7d2833441)
Contingency Reserve (item number 1) (id 617cec77-76ab-4cc0-8037-a9b3e6bfd020)
Scottish Economy (item number 1) (id 56a0557a-9837-44d4-a488-3ae366ff9d03)
Productivity (item number 1) (id c934a904-9e8d-4cec-a61f-10674cffd0f8)
Gross Domestic Product (item number 1) (id 57df6ee5-adfa-4314-a9d4-1760538472b1)
Personal Allowances (item number 1) (id 8dd86f72-b938-4655-818e-7e555cb585d9)
Overseas Debts (item number 1) (id b539eb31-65ce-4650-83dc-af731b3d573b)
Married Women (Separate Assessment) (item number 1) (id ca00aec0-2d5b-46e0-9762-58bd17e028c4)
Personal Taxation (item number 1) (id e9da204e-067c-442b-8f26-e860b77b95a7)
Members Of Parliament (Pay) (item number 1) (id b4173563-5247-42bc-82bd-26b44360553d)
Pay Settlements (Government Action) (item number 1) (id da5ae9f3-08f3-4d1a-a00f-1c997e8ae4ce)
Customs Forms (Ships' Masters) (item number 1) (id 852f5b8d-1eb4-425d-a812-a02f7e3afcde)
Customs And Excise (Boarding Procedures) (item number 1) (id 0db43762-aeb6-4070-a318-455cf52fd7ea)
Endangered Species (Import And Export) Act (item number 1) (id 37ea5126-0db7-40cd-b6a1-b208067e05b6)

Wales
Devolution (item number 1) (id 2868d63d-f5d8-4a51-a169-71743cb03e7f)
Language Policies (item number 1) (id 9ee93de7-9976-4a29-8e3f-15b81e2f79e7)
Land (Purchases) (item number 1) (id 71a9254b-6938-401e-9ba0-9aefd2b66048)
Bilingual Education (item number 1) (id b0a37b71-18bb-4869-bdd8-048690df3592)
Improvement Grants (item number 1) (id 1889e1f8-2bf7-44bf-94ea-a7aed3506be1)

European Community
Directives (Veto Power) (item number 1) (id 6f77e907-5ba4-4094-8889-7b426a5ef6a1)

Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
Caribbean Islands (item number 1) (id 2d508978-d116-49d9-8463-3d3d5646039f)
Miss Carmen Boboc (item number 1) (id 4524c9c5-bbb7-4cf5-97df-dbb1bdf4a9df)
Rhodesia (item number 1) (id a07bb579-b992-4780-89f0-4c995b1b27d8)
Members Of Parliament (Information) (item number 1) (id fe0ebc12-f62b-47a0-ab92-94569f3cf867)
Arms Sales (Philippines) (item number 1) (id 3fa560b1-2c2d-4f4d-b085-55760206aa6d)

Prices And Consumer Protection
Tobacco Companies (Advertising) (item number 1) (id ce03e1e4-ac1e-4402-8e57-6d4eb7b7d789)
Toys (Safety) (item number 1) (id 28c4f8f1-87a2-4877-87bd-60029421120e)
Price Increases (item number 1) (id 0522d00d-6fb1-4e0a-9ef6-e8dc84eb0725)
Flexel Ceiling Heating System (item number 1) (id acc73b48-85dd-46dd-89c1-c53acb27655f)
Yenton Minster Homes (Market Harborough) (item number 1) (id ecd74eff-99ab-49bb-9b84-5463292a7565)
Pay Settlements (Government Action) (item number 1) (id 467b8a5c-2a86-4eaa-a528-291f9bffcf9b)

Northern Ireland
Clubs And Public Houses (item number 1) (id fe53e0f5-93d8-4393-8c49-5e1e6530a4c6)
Firearms Certificates (item number 1) (id 9e2e2bae-e7d7-4d40-b96c-d85528dd41eb)
Bomb Attack (Cloughmills, County Antrim) (item number 1) (id 9f499c2c-e412-49a2-9b63-626d4e3ec28f)

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