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Commons Hansard for 8 February 1979 (Volume 962)

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Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House Of Commons

Prayers

Private Business

Felixstowe Dock And Railway Bill (By Order)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers To Questions

Tuc And Cbi

Prime Minister (Engagements)

Prime Minister (Broadcast)

Aberdare

North Piddle, Worcestershire

Southampton

Queen's Speech (Legislative Proposals)

Disley

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food

"Food From Our Own Resources"

European Community (Council Of Fisheries Ministers)

National Farmers' Union

European Community (Intervention Stocks)

Food Manufacturers' Federation

Food Supplies

European Community (Council Of Agriculture Ministers)

Livestock Industry

National Union Of Agricultural And Allied Workers

Land Ownership

Monetary Compensatory Amounts

Common Agricultural Policy

Price Review

Lobster Fisheries

Potato Marketing Board

Grain Crop

Field Vegetables (Intervention Buying)

Milk Marketing Board

Food And Drink Industries Council

Animal And Poultry Feed

Tomato Growers (Competitiveness)

British Fishing Federation

Timber And Timber Products

Butter

Opposition Parties (Financial Aid)

Employment

Employed Men (London And Manchester)

Microcomputers

Fluorosis (Bedfordshire)

West Cornwall

Microelectronics

Lost Working Days

Training Opportunities Scheme

Job Release Scheme

Industrial Strategy

New Towns (London Periphery)

Civil Service

Computer Staff

Gifts

Overseas Development

India

Scotland

Hyatid Disease

Unemployed Persons

Scottish Tourist Board

British National Oil Corporation

House Building

British Shipbuilders

Energy

British National Oil Corporation

Coal Mining

Electricity Supply (Nuclear Content)

Electricity Generation

Electricity And Gas Bills (Payment)

Electricity Discount Scheme

Wales

Wales Tourist Board

Leasehold Enfranchisement

Industry

Corby (Steelworks)

Optoelectronics

Import Penetration

Gross National Product

Inmos (Manufacturing Plants)

Shipowners (Home Credit Scheme)

Triumph Motorcycles (Meriden) Limited

British Shipbuilders

British Leyland

Shipbuilding Intervention Fund

Footwear Industry Scheme

Home Department

British Broadcasting Corporation

Ethnic Minorities (Grants)

Driving Offences

"Prison Governor's Handbook"

British Isles (Definition)

Mentally Abnormal Offenders

Pools Competition Act 1971

Sex Discrimination

Senior Detention Orders

Young Persons (Supervision Orders)

Youth Custody And Supervision

Picketing

European Community

Council Of Foreign Ministers

Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs

Civil Political Rights (International Covenant)

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food

European Community (Potato Regime)

European Community (Council Of Fisheries Ministers)

Poultry Meat Processing Industry

Redmeat Slaughterhouse Industry

National Finance

Uneconomic Taxes

Corporation Tax

Income Tax (Member's Correspondence)

Inquiry And Information Services

Car Allowances

Duchy Of Cornwall (Accounts)

Public Expenditure White Paper (Cash Limits)

Official Reserves (Valuation)

Corporation And Income Tax

Public Sector Debt

Public Expenditure

Supply And Use Of Resources

Customs Duties

Scott Polar Research Institute

Defence

Courts Martial (Royal Navy)

Thorney Island

Iran (Arms Supplies)

Expenditure (Tanks)

Social Services

Community Hospital (Skelmersdale)

Hospital Waiting Lists (Cheshire)

Mental Illness

Wellington Private Hospital

Hospitals (Medical Staff)

Nursing Vacancies (Macclesfield)

Maternity Services

Amenity Beds

Ministers (Allocation Of Responsibilities)

Families (Local Authority Assistance)

General Practitioners Ante-Natal Care)

Earnings

Family Fund (Grants)

Malaria

Hong Kong (Minister's Visit)

Drugs

Invalid Care Allowance

Ussr (Agreement)

Education And Science

Comprehensive Education (Essex)

Blackfyne And Moorside Schools, Consett

Vale Rural District

Government-Funded Research Councils (Women Members)

Prices And Consumer Protection

Retail Price Index

Environment

British Waterways Board (Dispute)

Homes Insulation Act 1978

Canals

Ford Aerodrome

New Towns

Local Authority Services

Improvement Grants

Refuse Collection (Barnet)

Works Department (Islington)

Pitsea Tip, Essex

Difficult-To-Let-Estate (Seminars)

East Sussex Coast (Chemicals Containers)

New Town Development Corporations

Supplementary Benefit

Northern Ireland

Mr Ivor Hoppe (Trust Fund)

Ministerial Meeting (Statement)

Trade

Oil Spillage (Damage To Marine Life)

Microelectronics

English Tourist Board

Shipwrecked Seamen

Market Entry Guarantee Scheme

Transport

Driving Tests (Identity Checks)

Driving Licences

Roads (Construction)

Vehicle Excise Duty

Roads (Winter Maintenance)

Freight Transport Association (Under-Secretary's Speech)

A30 (Hayle Bypass)

Road Investments (Cheshire)

Eastern Road Construction Unit (Liaison Officer)

Motorways (Surface Dressings)

Oil Tankers (Canvey Island And Thurrock)

Channel Tunnel

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Commons Chamber

Greater London Council (General Powers) Bill (By Order)

Oral Answers To Questions

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food

Bill Presented

Orders Of The Day

Written Answers

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food

House Of Commons

Employment

Civil Service

Overseas Development

Scotland

Energy

Wales

Industry

Home Department

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Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs

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Environment

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