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Commons Hansard for 15 December 1978 (Volume 960)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 1.14pm.
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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Rhodesia (Oil Sanctionsinquiry)
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House Of Commonscommission
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Mackerel Industry(Cornwall)
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Vietnamese Refugees
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Prisons (Drugs)
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Police Constable Turner(Merseyside)
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Olympic Games 1980
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Driving Tests (Yorkshire)
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North Circular Road,Ealing
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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House Of Commons
Members' Salaries
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Home Department
Political Refugees (Chile)
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Ward Boundaries (Birmingham)
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Police (Departmental Memoranda)
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Alcoholic Drinks (Sale)
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Data Protection
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Accused Persons (Journalistic Offences)
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Greek Citizens
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Metropolitan Police Computer
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Styal Prison (Women Prisoners)
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Immigration (Hotel Records)Order 1972
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Taxi Trade (Tariff)
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Industry
National Enterprise Board
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Industry Act 1972
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Industrial Investment
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Government Chemist
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Microelectronics
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Computer Industry
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Shipbuilding Intervention Fund
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Engineering
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Pay Settlements (Government Action)
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London Docklands
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European Investment Bank
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Statistics
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British Shipbuilders (Corporate Plan)
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Kirkby Workers' Co-Operative
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Small Businesses
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Motor Cars (Exports)
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Poland (Shipbuilding Orders)
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Energy
National Coal Board (Cokingcoal Subsidy)
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Coking Coal (West Germany)
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Severe Weather Conditions (Energysupplies)
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Oil (Price)
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Employment
Pensioners (Cost Of Living Index)
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Women Employees(International Comparisons)
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Unemployed Persons(Women)
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Small Businesses
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Hull Docks
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National Union Of Mineworkers(Education Work)
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Male Earnings And Unemployment
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Social Services
Private Clinic Patients (Hirepurchase Operations)
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Family Incomes
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Immediate Care Schemes
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Medical Treatment (Patients' Consent)
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Regional Intensive Maternitycare Units
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Mentally Handicapped Persons(Hampshire)
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Childbirth And Rubella
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Sickness Benefit(Public Sector Employees)
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Geriatric And Psychogeriatric Hospitals(Greater Manchester)
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Private Homes (Medical Care Ofex-Hospital Patients)
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Geriatric And Psychiatric Beds(North-West Region)
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Family Income Supplement
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Clofibrate
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Skelmersdale (Community Hospital)
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Health Education Council
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Detoxification Centre (Leeds)
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Benefits (Claimants' Order Books)
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Hospital Waiting Lists (Staffordshire)
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Fluoridation
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Mentally Abnormal Offenders
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Day Nursery Places
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Death Grant
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Old-Age Pensions
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Autism
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Means-Tested Benefits
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Infant Mortality
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Trade
Hotel Industry
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Pay Policy (Government Action)
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Winding-Up Orders
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Peachey Property Corporationlimited
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Patent Registrations (Europeancommunity)
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Civil Service
Public Bodies (Members' Pay Andallowances)
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Northern Ireland
Remanded Prisoners
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Gaelic
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Sir Edward Pochin Andsir Frederick Warner
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M6, Birmingham
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Weather Conditions (Warnings)
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Baor (Reduced Fares Concession)
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Scotland
Singer United Kingdom Ltd, Clydebank
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Committee Of Investigation
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Gaelic
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Housing (Solid Fuel Heating)
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List D Schools
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Shotts Prison
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