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Commons Hansard for 20 November 1978 (Volume 958)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 12.23pm.
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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Oral Answers To Questions
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Prices And Consumer Protection
Inflation
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Price Commission
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National Association Of Citizens Advice Bureaux
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Food Prices
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Advertising And Promotion Campaigns
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Ford Motor Company
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Pacemaker Machines
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Scottish Universal Investment Trust
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Retail Prices
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Small Firms (Inner City Areas)
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Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Lancaster
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Questions To Ministers
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Ambulance Service (West Midlands)
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Official Secrets Acts
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Welsh Affairs
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Departmental Houses (Insulation)
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St Albans (Electoral Arrangements)
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Mentally Abnormal Offenders
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Certificates Of Unruliness
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National Remembrance Ceremony (War Widows' Association)
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Metropolitan Police (Press Accreditation)
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Naturalisation Applications
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Rhodesian British Passport Holders
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Richard Milhouse Nixon
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Television Licences
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Police Forces (Computers)
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Education And Science
Higher Education
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Professional Association Of Teachers
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Polytechnics (Technicians' Pay Scales)
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Research Establishments (Technicians' Pay Scales)
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University Technicians (Pay Scales)
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Independent Schools (Maintained Places)
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Overseas Students
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Prices And Consumer Protection
Director General Of Fair Trading
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Inflation
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British Railways (Fares)
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Essential Goods (Prices)
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Television Rentals
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Motor Vehicles (Spare Parts)
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Maize Starch, Glucose Syrup And Derived Products
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Price Increases (Disallowed Applications)
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Conglomerate Companies (Takeover Bids)
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Animal Feedingstuffs
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Roof Repairs
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Royal Doulton Tableware Ltd
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Minimum Lending Rate
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Electricity Prices
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National Association Of Citizens Advice Bureaux Information Services
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Domestic Coal Consumers Council
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Central Transport Consultative Committee
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Prices (Northern Ireland)
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Transport
Odiham (Public Inquiry)
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British Railways (Financial Support)
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A17, Norfolk (Bypass)
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Coach Operators (Temporary Licences)
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British Railways (Industrial Action)
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A57 Road (Worksop Bypass)
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Concessionary Travel Schemes (Grant)
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Motor Vehicle Mileages
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A6 Bakewell-Buxton
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Energy
Technology Support Group (Technicians' Pay Scales)
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European Coal And Steel Community
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Morecambe Bay Gas Field
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Mining Subsidence
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Pit Closures
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Rent And Rate Rebate Recipients
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Opencast Coal
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Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
Cyprus
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Hong Kong
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Saudi Arabia (British Detainees)
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Moscow Olympics (British Citizens)
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Judicial Delays
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Mackerel
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Rabies
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Marginal Land
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Pork Imports (Health Regulations)
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British Sugar Corporation (Bury St Edmunds Factory)
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Intervention Stocks
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Employment
Industrial Action (Governmental Action)
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Working Week
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Industrial Tribunals
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Pay Policy (Leap-Frogging Awards)
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Departmental Premises, Walthamstow (Political Meetings)
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Pay Settlement (Trades Union Congress)
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Temporary Employment Subsidy
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Walsall
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Jobcentres
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Glasgow Transport Executive (Industrial Dispute)
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Environment
Mortgages
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Council House Rents
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Council House Sales (Greater London Council)
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Water Conservation
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Mansfield/Alfreton Growth Zone (Development)
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Rates
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British Shipbuilders
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Government Chemist
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Steel Imports
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Research Establishments (Technicians' Pay Scales)
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"The Future Of Information Technology"
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Small Businesses
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Trade
British Airways (Fares)
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Industrial Democracy
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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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Infant Mortality, Childbirth And Rubella
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Electoral Voting
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European Monetary System
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Economic Strategy
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Small Businesses (Questionnaires)
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