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Commons Hansard for 15 May 1978 (Volume 950)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 9.15am.
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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Wales
Overseas Promotion
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Job Creation
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Hospital Building
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Housing
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Literacy And Numeracy
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Industrial Development And Tourism
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Kepone
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School Leavers
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National Health Service
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Advance Factories
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Scotland Bill
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Theft Bill Lords
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Parliamentary Control Of The Executive
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Windscale (Special Development Order)
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Business Of The House
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Written Answers
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Written Answers To Questions
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Industry
Rolls-Royce
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Telephones (Waiting Lists)
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Footwear Scheme
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General Electric Company (Runcorn)
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Cadbury Schweppes Ltd
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Cornwall
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South Africa
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Calderdale (Mill Conversion)
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House Of Commons
Private Members' Bill Procedure
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Palace Of Westminster (Security)
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Broadcasting
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Morning Sittings
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Electoral Registers (Wales And Scotland)
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Members' Secretaries (National Insurance)
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Members' Travel Insurance
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Education And Science
Comprehensive Schools (Sixth Form Courses)
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Expenditure
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Cornwall
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Computerised Teaching Machines
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Teachers (Supply And Training)
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Environment
Dogs (Working Party)
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Local Authorities (Rates And Expenditure)
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Rate Support Grant
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Cornwall
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Sea Pollution (Sewage Outlets)
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Cesspools
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Ealing (Town Centre Plan)
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Tilbury Sewage Works (Effluent)
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Gipsies
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House Building (Local Authorities And New Towns)
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Transport
Mr K E Barker (Vehicle Right-Of-Way)
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Concessionary Bus Fares (Pensioners)
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Bus Subsidies And Tax Concessions
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Departmental Land (Bury St Edmunds)
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Road Safety (Expenditure)
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Anston Crossroads, Rother Valley
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Ball Inn Crossroads, Bramley
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Bus Services (Leeds)
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Road Maintenance (Expenditure)
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M1-M11 Link
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Link Roads (North Devon)
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Defamation (Faulks Report)
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Wales
Hospitals (Ceredigion)
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Arddleen Bypass
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Building Extensions (Adjacent To Public Sewers)
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Welsh Language
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Energy
Coal
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Nuclear Reactors (Malfunctioning)
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Bnoc
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Oil Refining (European Community)
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Employment
Statistics
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Unemployed Persons
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Industrial Assistance Schemes
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Member's Correspondence
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House Of Commons (Fair Wages Resolution)
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Industrial Tribunal Attendances (Northern Ireland Employers)
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Special Temporary Employment Programme
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Engineering (Skillcentre Vacancies)
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Training And Community Service
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Warwick University (Manpower Research Group)
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Health And Safety (Codes Of Practice)
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Lucas Aerospace
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Unemployment Benefit
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Labour Requirements (Manpower Services Commission Report)
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White Collar Workers (New Technologies)
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Garners Steak Houses (Dispute)
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Social Services
Hip Replacement Operations
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Disabled Persons (Appliances)
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Bad Debts
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Play Therapists
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Chiropody (Nottingham)
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Health Expenditure (International Comparisons)
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Health Centre Charges (Willesden)
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Maternity Benefit
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Elderly Persons (Accommodation)
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Pay Beds
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Ambulance Service
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Nurses
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National Health Service (Expenditure)
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Everest Maternity Home, Swanage
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Abortion
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Home Helps
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Fluoride Tablets
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Health Authorities (Staff Dismissals)
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Prescriptions (Collection And Delivery Services)
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Leukaemia And Cancer
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Homoeopathy
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Drugs (Side-Effects)
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Hospital Waiting Lists
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Acupuncture And Hypnosis
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Medical Specialties (Grants)
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Postgraduate Medical Education (Council)
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Cornwall And Isles Of Scilly
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Lewisham Hospital (Post-Operative Infection)
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Food Imports (Regulations)
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Chemists (Birmingham)
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Vaccine Damage (Payments)
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Juvenile Offenders
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Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro
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Child Benefit
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Social Security Benefits
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Attendance And Mobility Allowances
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Scientology
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Milk (Delivery)
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North Shields (Fish Harbour)
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Fishing (Norwegian Regulations)
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Mutton And Lamb (Exports)
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Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Committee
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Defence
Production Personnel
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Royal Marines (Falkland Islands)
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Military And Civilian Personnel (Allowances)
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Telecommunications Operator, Topcliffe (Advertisement)
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Raf Stations
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Afghanistan
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Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
St Lucia
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Rhodesia
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Chief Of Defence Staff (Speech)
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Banabans
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Dominica
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Hong Kong
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Falkland Islands
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National Finance
Tax Allowances (False Claims)
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Corporation Tax
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Value Added Tax
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Vaccine-Damaged Children (Income)
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Capital Transfer Tax
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European Community
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Balance Of Payments
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Personal Taxation
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European Assembly Members (Taxation)
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Income Tax Debts (Pensioners)
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Income Tax
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Unemployment Forecasting
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50P Coins
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Nationalised Industries (Industrial Democracy)
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Taxation
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Self-Employed Persons
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Tax Allowances
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Rent, Electricity And Gas Arrears
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Illegal Tenants
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Community Services
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Housing (Fire Precautions)
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Pollution Control And Local Government Order
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Trade
Motor Cars (Exports)
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Pencils
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General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade
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Footwear (Imports)
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South Africa (Companies Code Of Conduct)
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Helicopter Noise
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Scotland
Employment (North Lanarkshire)
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Youth Unemployment
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Motorways
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M90
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Friarton Bridge, Perth
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Hunterston B Power Station
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Royal Hospital For Sick Children, Glasgow
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Hospitals (Psycho-Geriatric Places)
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Hospital Reorganisation (Glasgow)
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