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Commons Hansard for 25 January 1979 (Volume 961)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 1.45pm.
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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Home Department
Rhodesia (Refugees)
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Parole Board Hearings
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Pornographic Material
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Shoplifting (Self-Service Stores)
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Broadcasting (Complaints Procedure)
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Firearms Offences
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Mobile Radio Licences
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Police Officers (Protection)
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Commissioner Of Police Of The Metropolis
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Police Recruitment
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Jurors
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Official Secrets Act
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Juvenile Courts
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Illegal Entry And Overstaying
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Tuc
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
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Food Supplies
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Business Of The House
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Question Of Privilege
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Picketing
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Grave Diggers And Crematorium Attendants (Liverpool)
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National Union Of Public Employees (Birmingham)
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Railways (Industrial Dispute)
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Grave Diggers And Crematorium Attendants (Liverpool)
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Transport And General Workers' Union (Southampton)
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Picketing
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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Supply
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Economic Situation
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Steel Industry
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High Court Attendances (Officers Of The House)
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Flooding (Faversham)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Home Department
Shoplifting Offences
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Causes Of Crime (Research)
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Television Licence Fees
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Flood Prevention (Police Warning)
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Traffic Wardens
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Parole
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Prison Population
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Fourth Television Channel
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Citizens' Band Radio
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Young Girls (Local Authority Care)
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Police (Official Secrets Act)
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Special Branch (Computer System)
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Police Stations, Hillingdon
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Police (Recruitment)
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Fines
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Community Services (Expenditure)
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Emergency Services (Definition)
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Civil Service
Printing And Binding (Costs)
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European Community
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Leeds
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Tuc And Cbi
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Summit Meeting (Guadeloupe)
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Prime Minister (Broadcasts)
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Prices And Incomes Board
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Honours List
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Trade
Civil Airport (Site Conversion)
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Exports (Delays)
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Export Credits Guarantee Scheme
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China
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Butter
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Prices And Consumer Protection
Nationalised Industries (Consumer Councils)
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Welsh Water Board
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Employment Protection Act
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Tobacco
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Employment
Asbestos Regulations 1969
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Co-Operative Wholesale Society, Lowestoft
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Rehabilitation Centre, Preston
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Merseyside (Company Closures)
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Job Release Scheme
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Salary Increases
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Scotland
Museums And Galleries
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Museums (Financial Allocations)
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Scottish Islands (Shipping Services)
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Aberdeen Fish Market
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Industry
Public Corporations (Financing)
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Former Civil Servants (Appointments)
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Cambridge Instruments Ltd
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British Shipbuilders
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National Enterprise Board
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Dunlop Factories
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Environment
Chlorofluorocarbons
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Returnable Bottles And Containers
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Historic Buildings
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Housing And Employment (Ethnic Records)
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Listed Buildings
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Inner Urban Areas Act (Partnership Meetings)
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Local Authorities (Expenditure)
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Royal Family Establishments (Maintenance Costs)
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Government Contracts (Self-Employed Persons)
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Local Authorities (Community Land Accounts)
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Community Land Scheme
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Housing Subsidies
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Housing Costs (Rebated Council Rents)
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Stroud (Inner Ring Road)
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Dutch Elm Disease
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Footpaths
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Local Government (Reorganisation)
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Defence
Arms Sales
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Cars (Senior Officers)
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Alnwick Fire Station
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Information Officers
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Raf Pilots
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Aircraft
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Military Bands
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Non-Military Work
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Yachts
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Director Of Public Prosecutions
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Law Centres
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Social Services
Broadmoor Hospital (Tribunals)
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Children And Young Persons
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Hospital Waiting Lists (Cheshire)
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Canned Salmon
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Children And Old People's Homes, Lambeth
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Retirement Pensions
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Benefits (Industrial Action)
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Low Income Families (Taxation)
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John Connolly Hospital, Birmingham
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Fazakerley Hospital, Merseyside
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Unemployment Benefit
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Hernia And Gall Bladder Operations
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Ambulance Service
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Health Service Workers
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Disabled Persons
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Northern Ireland
Ulster Museum
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Child Benefits, And Tax Allowances
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Vehicle Excise Duty
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Welfare Services (Belfast)
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Old People's Homes (Belfast)
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Transport
Steeton Road Top
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European Community (Railways)
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Airedale Trunk Road
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Lorries (Noise Levels)
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Stroud Inner Ring Road
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Waterways Systems
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Road Tankers (Built-Up Areas)
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Wales
Local Authorities (Budgets)
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Statutory Instruments
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Public Service Employees
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Nominated Bodies (Government Expenditure)
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Museums (Additional Resources)
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