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Commons Hansard for 27 November 1978 (Volume 959)

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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 d01d7cea-bbd1-4bd0-ad1e-7994737bbf6a)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 864dd0ef-9ffe-4028-9868-32cf5a8c3af2)

Oral Answers Toquestions

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Trade

General Agreement Ontariffs And Trade (item number 1) (id 777d1b10-657a-49a7-bff7-634ca61066ad)
Film Industry (item number 1) (id 454dc08f-9b5f-4fef-acc2-64e73280992f)
Association Of British Travel Agents (item number 1) (id 3dea8ad7-b443-46d8-862e-f25c99de2837)
Aircraft Flights (Remembrance Sunday) (item number 1) (id 70f06cff-9172-4cf2-8a14-2afa7c7d7bc4)
Multi-Fibre Arrangement (item number 1) (id 098476f3-a763-4958-8c1b-58a7f928ac04)
British Airways (item number 1) (id 2179215c-1520-4193-a257-259e21166827)
Hairdressers (Registration) Act1964 (item number 1) (id c8ec7c8c-f884-4b64-b87e-be2d6d113acb)
Merchant Shipping(Soviet Bloc Competition) (item number 1) (id 0682d782-f5d5-4e5a-8bab-a9abb09efa7d)
Steel (item number 1) (id 29886090-6400-4a05-9011-21a2640a971f)
Teesside Airport (item number 1) (id b30e90b6-a97b-431f-ab2b-97f001fdb9e1)
Companies (South Africa) (item number 1) (id 4b2c7670-901c-4553-8e6c-8483f5339b2a)
Tourism Projects (item number 1) (id 735f6924-04e3-4841-80ea-6ddc7ecca0a0)
Manufactured Imports (item number 1) (id bf4ae4e8-20e7-43c6-8dad-80a27752c86e)
Vehicle Bulbs (item number 1) (id 70892250-a65b-4492-b76c-01357ec06d6c)
Marine Oil Pollution (item number 1) (id 6dc95d17-2594-42ee-a26c-2358bbce7efd)
Coastguard Services (Dorset) (item number 1) (id 82cece1d-862e-455c-88af-4e292d2f673a)
Air Services (Bermuda Agreement) (item number 1) (id 4899e184-eeee-49e7-be84-9f86340a755b)
Employee Participation (item number 1) (id 64286e60-9f66-4f6a-bcbc-7fad4d5d3f57)
Motor Vehicle Imports (item number 1) (id a5734645-70db-472d-9583-e24823afa16b)
Clergy (Stipends) (item number 4) (id aaee9094-7c99-4ce9-a966-e73753034aac)
" The Times"Newspaper (item number 5) (id 279ccbba-b917-41e9-8bf2-f15dc6b98d93)
Business Of The House(Eec Documents) (item number 6) (id 07623a97-6948-4647-9eb5-f2c371029c41)
European Communitycouncil Meeting (Fisheries) (item number 7) (id dd5b5f11-0836-4ece-b791-5d3afe18432f)
Second Church Estatescommissioner (item number 8) (id a1576761-ac69-4620-98f5-f3b2093ffe0d)
Business Of The House (item number 9) (id 36eb3e43-1410-424a-877d-2deb5c283e21)
Oil Spillage (item number 10) (id 630ae0fd-5ae9-4eff-b143-fb7288a69dba)
British Railways (Selby) Bill(By Order) (item number 11) (id b0ee678b-c124-467d-95e8-298fa5a0983d)
Oil Spillage (item number 12) (id 217284c0-ddad-45ae-94d1-fd768ae31402)
Flixborough Chemicalplant (Rebuilding) (item number 14) (id 3455b611-c855-4e04-9c41-1664b14831aa)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers To Questions (item number 1) (id 00cd73e6-16a0-4863-a40d-2cde910731f1)

Employment

Newspaper Industry (item number 1) (id 2d69fcb4-1bb6-41f0-8175-7736c1018034)
Unemployed Persons (item number 1) (id c82698a8-eeb6-4309-8c11-eaedfd333834)
Dangerous Substances (Transportation And Storage) (item number 1) (id d6bd9ed2-fa35-4fec-a394-b581b786d4a5)
Job Creation Projects (item number 1) (id 2aa35c1e-fd7d-4a01-8c0f-c0a34fa0a6a4)
Wages Councils (Chairmen) (item number 1) (id 5dd76831-faa1-44e9-9a3d-bd77af3aa557)
Birmingham (item number 1) (id 94a8da56-544e-4336-a836-6299f23b5ecb)
Industrial Relations (item number 1) (id 2a81f9ff-ca16-4c1b-a962-22279a8083c0)
Wombwell And Mexborough (item number 1) (id 0f147f2e-bebb-4529-8a5d-0a980aa6b56d)
Industrial Accidents And Diseases(Deaths) (item number 1) (id 36852666-fae0-49fc-874a-5308dd4c8ff3)
Armaments Industry (item number 1) (id dd47ebfb-2bf6-436f-ac29-74cc26bdf90f)
Southend (item number 1) (id b21c3731-9624-405d-a745-9c59cb4c61d4)
Special Temporary Employment Programme (item number 1) (id b235714b-9ae9-4f42-816a-ca561b350e22)
Job Creation (item number 1) (id 691a190d-a5d2-424e-b654-f4b6a4b42387)
Working Week (item number 1) (id 9e2b0902-8638-4cd9-b62f-d3065b85f0a7)
Distant-Water Fishermen (item number 1) (id e63523ed-0596-4e0d-a74a-a1e681360e70)
Pay Settlements (item number 1) (id 81573843-0fc7-4865-a5cc-9476ca5ce991)
Merseyside (item number 1) (id 7e462921-57a3-4168-8a93-509525f1de65)
Temporary Employment Schemes (item number 1) (id d149ff77-9396-4e46-9083-d3bf9604f894)
Youth Opportunities Scheme (item number 1) (id 4af47eff-933e-44e2-8824-a227f108282e)
Press Charter (item number 1) (id d87022d2-3c33-44d2-b73b-8fd3f700f377)
Trade Unions (Postal Facilities) (item number 1) (id 4d3c460d-dacc-484e-bfca-d06b30b173b1)
Home Workers (item number 1) (id 36a02d7f-29a7-4649-b3d2-b91e81177832)
Manufacturing Industry (item number 1) (id 27c63497-631d-4add-bbd1-31a13e5920f4)
Closed Shop Legislation (item number 1) (id 178749a3-fe25-429d-b4dc-dd30e3097720)
Industrial Disputes (item number 1) (id a5476db9-f76e-4857-ae6c-ed127f3c4807)
Industrial Tribunals (item number 1) (id 9b401592-8f9d-4e3b-92d2-a598b08d9933)
Employment Protection Act (item number 1) (id 0e0f2e80-7a28-4bbc-b9cc-82997dfe5a95)
European Community (item number 1) (id d22733d9-1c2b-4c9e-b849-4dbd580716a6)
School Leavers (item number 1) (id 9c95e571-c22b-49b6-b955-a3970004a20d)
Early Retirement (item number 1) (id 2f5d7dca-7b49-4536-affc-1641b33ee725)
Disabled Persons (item number 1) (id 797e91f1-33db-4e28-a459-a170d5fe529d)
Over 60S (item number 1) (id 39e07fc9-8425-449a-ac61-b79aaa69c468)
Job Release Scheme (item number 1) (id 5bd56a4c-b94a-44fb-9401-823af8b8415d)
Wages Inspectorate (item number 1) (id e724b565-f908-4c53-9f0c-848e47da7416)
Kilburn Skills (item number 1) (id 836ab798-d5dd-4608-963e-1375c02a0efe)
Unemployment Benefit Payments (item number 1) (id f628cd84-d0b2-4be4-9da4-974e008b1298)
Work Experience Scheme (item number 1) (id bdc3bb0e-aede-447d-9ca1-c65eede10839)
Prime Minister (Engagements) (item number 1) (id 1d661e2a-49bf-4ce5-b401-366b44c0ac9d)
European Monetary System (item number 1) (id a5280638-c333-4a2e-8d06-9859a737e555)
Tuc And Cbi (item number 1) (id bba495f8-f41f-499a-9670-3e4bd1aaf348)
Prime Minister (Speech) (item number 1) (id 2ef9f32d-cedb-427d-84cc-72c4fbbf3fb3)
Deiniolen (item number 1) (id 999ed6e2-a9e8-4cb2-b3a8-9a6aaa55b6dd)
Building Societies (item number 1) (id dd67cd7f-82f2-45f7-a694-a143e04f34b1)
Luanda (item number 1) (id 33ab728a-85e5-4807-8eef-dfcb78f23e92)
Vienna (item number 1) (id c403a186-f045-4b62-9747-3359dd60ebcd)
Hammersmith (item number 1) (id 0fa11672-4933-46a5-8f7f-a974238c6ea5)
Eye (item number 1) (id 12a518da-d6a7-4b5d-95ba-dbc1d1205b7c)
European Community Heads Of Government (item number 1) (id e22322c2-f1a4-4ed9-9f35-5c60fe774e7e)
Heavy Goods Vehicles(Accidents) (item number 4) (id 5f6ba216-aad2-44ab-8b14-108edddcee7b)
Public Inquiries (item number 5) (id b7ce382c-4cc2-498d-975c-d33733048a62)
Speed Restriction Signs (item number 6) (id 80fe7ece-8bbb-466e-b7ff-01342df9d598)
Trent Road Bridge And Scunthorpe Bypass (item number 7) (id f5400717-e87f-4a64-b5c3-98678d4a528e)
Driving Tests (item number 8) (id 28a3585d-9c9d-4095-891b-db4ddf4615aa)
Road Haulage (item number 9) (id 1413b096-7d26-4225-8000-38fdac29ba44)
Vehicle Excise Duty (item number 10) (id c7dbd674-4ca1-4700-8fd6-b7c0053a69c7)
Trunk Road Assessment (item number 11) (id 9305b5cd-b296-49fd-95c4-576758e341b7)
Driving Instructors (item number 12) (id 84562c94-b8e2-4baf-b0b1-06239b6d6b46)
National Ports Council (Chairman) (item number 13) (id 13c2caea-6217-4ec5-bfdb-5c2f83fe74c2)
Motor Cycle Helmets (item number 14) (id 241259f7-caaa-4e6b-9caa-e0697d8795f0)

Home Department

Alcoholics (Imprisonment) (item number 1) (id 4cc574a4-7787-453f-b633-7266b4154057)
Police Stations (Avon) (item number 1) (id 0b8774b7-3d1e-48d1-ad15-5dc0bc0de0da)
Acquitted Defendants (Trial Costs) (item number 1) (id e5761dc7-6f36-4809-9d0d-dadcb5ecdf6a)
Prison Security (item number 1) (id f58e2c8a-4a74-4069-9218-d371bfa6ab31)
Day Centres (item number 1) (id 47d8f5b1-5fd4-4289-93c3-cc167b7ca22a)
Magistrates' Courts' Proceedings (Reporting Restrictions) (item number 1) (id e4c68a8b-a0c4-4544-bc16-02dd68ba6d6f)
Young Persons (Custodial Remands) (item number 1) (id e3554f97-f3cd-46aa-bf22-99944a712772)
Prisoners (item number 1) (id bc9b8e64-04a1-4411-b192-4195920533cd)
Prison Services (Inquiry) (item number 1) (id 9c0ec6e5-3a2e-4fe0-aad4-38d97b98a5ee)
Young Persons (Detention) (item number 1) (id 95503293-65b3-4e28-945c-9f07c3663515)
Police Recruits (Height Requirements) (item number 1) (id a57ca566-887d-4c82-9039-d22a3e5b4a26)
Electoral Arrangement (Cornwall) (item number 1) (id 53312da0-acb8-4119-abaa-976c12b960cb)
Metropolitan Police Area (Arrests) (item number 1) (id b6f0361b-64f7-4cf8-b826-e8575c3ea9a2)
Public Record Office (Withdrawal Of Files) (item number 1) (id 1f0ee0ef-0c4e-43f2-a656-8428f710b47b)
House Of Commons (Committee Room Meetings) (item number 1) (id c2e52025-38af-4e3f-a2a8-8aa5c3e53fe4)
Scottish Courts (Witnesses) (item number 1) (id 1e6f3c11-c264-48f3-b1e4-c201ed369a58)
Jurors (item number 1) (id 4a2df8af-fb86-4252-9607-697e6be6ddc8)
Legal Aid (item number 1) (id 6c988f12-81ca-4254-b1c1-64712364b723)
Public Record Office (Disappearance Of File) (item number 1) (id f78a7250-56f3-4d50-915c-7e6ac9338bc6)
Deer Farming (item number 19) (id 8a59e798-6d59-47de-b445-62a526e8c714)

Social Services

Benefit Payment (Employed Plasterer) (item number 1) (id f72111f4-2745-411a-8b48-d40ac3b34761)
One-Parent Families (item number 1) (id fb8e12fb-cfec-464c-a594-f1f656ea461a)
Retirement Pensioners (Supplementary Benefit) (item number 1) (id a23dd8f0-4f3a-43ff-8397-df38684200b6)
Mental Illness Care (item number 1) (id 84c9ad10-d96a-4367-939f-f6c9d0b735fd)
Royal Gloucester Hospital (item number 1) (id 373cc687-b504-425c-9354-44d00441915e)
Mr Roger Heath (Appeal) (item number 1) (id ee5cf79d-305e-4ac3-9b0b-f420bf0aaa20)
Prescription Charges (item number 1) (id 9b148907-f0db-489c-850a-8b2eefea9212)
Oxytocin Drugs (item number 1) (id 58ef0a9b-aafd-412e-97e7-4c68735a1e39)
Benefit Payments (Weekly Limit) (item number 1) (id d43a2952-0e8c-4bb3-9552-17c9a159ccd7)
Family Income Supplement (item number 1) (id a0640c34-d78c-482e-bdb8-c91d841d71af)
Normansfield Hospital (item number 1) (id e7d76a00-ebde-4327-a346-9ad46fd5784f)
Family Income (item number 1) (id 85a9a9e1-f629-4a22-90e4-9ba7d2d27c25)
Infant Mortality, Childbirth And Rubella (item number 1) (id 66f6cab9-3700-4868-ada6-f81ae7c3197c)
Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup (item number 1) (id 6c9d2e4c-f00c-4eb7-b361-539c9a48062a)
Benefits (Publicity) (item number 1) (id 04b4469d-947e-4fa6-996f-e68a8851e04f)
Advisory Committee On Distinction Awards (item number 1) (id 1f13a81e-8fcf-40c5-9e7a-e8ebe92856fa)
Nursing And Residential Homes (Beds) (item number 1) (id 40ba119d-3f97-42da-a082-f07d5f068945)
Health Services Board (item number 1) (id 0c13beee-aac4-4479-a5c3-7b106a5ad59d)
Occupational Deafness (item number 1) (id a698fae2-af5c-4d55-aee0-c1440ab9775d)
Finer Report (item number 1) (id 221751ce-5011-4a34-88cc-e26fc8b1e2c5)

Education And Science

Polytechnic Teachers (Pensions) (item number 1) (id 7a1e7c81-2551-4d45-a44e-e49b46dca4da)
Arts Council (Grant) (item number 1) (id 170c096f-9acd-4e1e-ac59-20ea0dfe629b)
School Allocations (item number 1) (id dc45e4f7-4ee2-4670-83b2-830c0182c0e8)
School Meals (item number 1) (id d48aa0a7-f77d-427a-a7a0-0819a3dd4d82)
Secondary Reorganisation (Kent) (item number 1) (id b9504d71-235f-4676-8393-5fcf16d1cbd9)
School Children (item number 1) (id 278739bc-c90f-438f-980c-cbafebbf0d9a)
University Students (item number 1) (id 8c1c3b8d-841d-4a07-9d41-b0bf66ec96a7)
School Children (Records) (item number 1) (id 717b035a-0197-4e04-bec6-a98bcb090fa6)
Truancy (item number 1) (id e8467d82-d6dd-4489-9c49-9142087ef698)
Workers' Educational Association (Social, Industrial And Political Studies) (item number 1) (id ac30dfea-1c7e-4961-b518-de5840b0ea66)
Students (Weighting Allowances) (item number 1) (id 1df6c0ef-2771-4398-96bf-862908501e20)
Further Education (item number 1) (id 8c10f55d-33c5-41bd-bdeb-5c021e758c93)
Devonshire Infants School, Sutton-In-Ashfield (item number 1) (id 2fda4f7c-1149-4ad9-9df0-4e2d47fd1fbe)
Victoria And Albert Museum (item number 1) (id 716e9a19-6a7e-499f-a669-abd76a9b5f81)
National Photographic Museum (item number 1) (id ad4a3c5a-cc54-4ddf-8f53-882e7be107d8)
Expenditure (item number 1) (id 38fbe3ca-8ad8-4147-8416-949cddaad17e)
University Grantscommittee (Chairman) (item number 1) (id 78a8f075-b69c-4d94-9225-cedb6d97148f)
Polytechnic Teachers (Superannuation) (item number 1) (id fdb0ff27-36eb-44e1-bf04-5d0f9e398ed3)
Children's Art (item number 1) (id cd1f2b98-8315-429a-aa73-6d2811a2316e)
British Tourist Authority(Chairman) (item number 33) (id 821626ae-61ea-4ba4-a2ad-9c7c8ad1d9de)
European Community Council Meeting (Transport) (item number 34) (id 0e2a4794-04f2-4508-addc-749a2e82665a)
Gatwick Airport (item number 35) (id 2c0409cf-80ae-47a9-a7c7-0b6a51d8c9d2)
International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (item number 36) (id b00100d8-4169-40c7-9c68-015c41a4525c)
Tourism (item number 37) (id 9e3be006-047a-43f2-9a34-f4ac56f41697)
Washing Machines (Dumping) (item number 38) (id f5cfba81-6b54-4ad9-a8f9-34e25f5188a3)
Schoolchildren (item number 41) (id 98df9c84-8ffe-4dc2-943e-a01156f72d74)
Women's Aid (item number 42) (id 86ce6fb1-5699-4c64-9dc0-7ef6c30c5788)
Gwynedd And Clwyd(Training Courses) (item number 43) (id cf13e8ac-785e-4534-ac9f-19d8c83a0018)
Tan-Yr-Unto (item number 44) (id 37da64b8-c7cb-45d4-bef4-5e1ccb9368d3)

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