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Commons Hansard for 20 April 1978 (Volume 948)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 8.23am.
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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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Blue Whiting
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Monetary Compensatory Amounts
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Food And Drugs Acts
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Council Of Ministers
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"Food From Our Own Resources"
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Potato Marketing
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Animals (Exports)
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Glasshouse Growers (Fuel Costs)
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Departmental Staff
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Grain Imports
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Pigmeat (Monetary Compensatory Amounts)
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Tuc
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Parliamentary Papers
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Statutory Instruments, &C
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Orders Of The Day
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Supply
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Director Of Public Prosecutions (Press Communication)
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Medical Bill Lords
Council Housing (Insulation)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Home Department
Legal Aid (Statistics)
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"New Community"
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Deportation Orders
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Lotteries And Amusements Act 1976
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Taxis (London)
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Trade Union Conferences
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Tuc And Cbi
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Japanese Prime Minister
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Government Legislation
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Nationalised Industries
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Boulmer
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Wiltshire
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Dundee
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Northern Ireland
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Middle East
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European Community
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United Nations And Organisation For African Unity
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National Economic Development Council
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Argyll
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Teesside
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Merseyside
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Foreign Secretary (Speech)
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Armed Forces (Pay)
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Building Proposals (Foreign Governments)
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Council Of Europe And Western European Union (Delegations)
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Speeding Offences (Fines)
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Energy
British National Oil Corporation
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North Sea Oil
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Gas And Gas Condensate Discoveries
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Drax Power Station
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International Atomic Energy Agency
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Light Viscosity Motor Oils
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Education And Science
King Edward Vi School, Southampton
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University Students
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Pupil-Teacher Ratios
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Schools (Vandalism)
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Teachers (Industrial Action)
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University Teachers (Pay)
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Further Education (Kingswood)
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Green Pound
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Common Agricultural Policy
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Milk (Sale)
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Food Prices
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Food Manufacturers
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Potatoes (Prices)
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Beef
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Common Fisheries Policy
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Agricultural Holdings
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Thames Flood Barrier
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Sheepmeat
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Monetary Compensatory Amounts
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Milk Marketing Boards
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Timber
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Potato Marketing Board
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"Food From Our Own Resources"
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Wheat Levies
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White Fish Authority
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Council Of Ministers
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Agricultural Production Statistics
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European Community (Membership)
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Lime
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Agricultural Production
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Countryside Commission
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Environmental Protection
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European Community (Non-Tariff Barriers)
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Hard Wheats
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Horticulture (Energy Sources)
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Value Added Tax
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Irish Conservation
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Animals (Export)
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National Farmers' Union
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Flooding (Brent)
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Food Imports
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Weather Damage
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Food And Drink Industries Council
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Irish Store Cattle
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Gogerddan Plant Breeding Station
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Potato Marketing
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Rabies
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Food Output
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Food Prices
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Employment
Job Release
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Work Experience Schemes (Insurance)
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Factory Inspectorate (Annual Report)
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Occupational Death Rate
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Trade
Oil Tankers
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Aircraft Noise
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Airports (Health Control)
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South Korea, Japan And Poland
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Steel Prices (Eec Policy)
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Lucas Aerospace (Exports)
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Merchant Seamen (Fatal Accidents)
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Coastguard Rescue Service
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British Aerospace (Employment)
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British Airways (Purchasing Policy)
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Industry
Spillers-French
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Abex Engineered Products
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Industry Act 1975
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Port Talbot (Development Scheme)
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British Steel Corporation
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Steel Prices (European Community Policy)
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Social Services
Polish Ex-Service Men (Widows' Pensions)
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Sick And Disabled Persons
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Doctors (Deputising Services)
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Willesden General Hospital
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Brent And Harrow Area Health Authority (Administrative Staff)
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Respiratory Tuberculosis
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Northwick Park Hospital
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Young Chronic Sick
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National Insurance Benefit
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Abuses
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Retinitis Pigmentosa
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Chronically Sick And Disabled Persons
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Kidney Machines
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Trent Regional Health Authority (Funds)
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Cigarettes
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Population
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Personal Taxation
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Public Contracts
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Child Benefit And Allowances
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Bureaux De Change
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Age Reliefs
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Council Of Ministers
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Personal Incomes
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Child Benefit Centre, Washington New Town
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Derelict Land
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Housing Stock
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Mortgage Investments
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House Purchase
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Wainsford Relief Sewer
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Reddish, Stockport (Compulsory Purchase Order)
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Gazumping
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