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Commons Hansard for 23 February 1979 (Volume 963)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 2.32pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Statutory Instruments, &C
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Order Of The Day
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Children Bill
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Hearing Aid Council Act 1968 (Amendment) Bill
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Co-Ownership Of Flats Bill
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Tobacco Products (Control Of Advertising, Sponsorship And Sales Promotion) Bill
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Trade Descriptions Bill
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Resoulution Of Trade Disputes (Life And Death Services) Bill
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Licensed Premises (Exclusion Of Certain Persons) Bill
Picketing Bill
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Heritage Aid Bill
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Homeworkers (Protection) Bill
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Public Bodies (Appointments) Bill
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Workers' Freedom Bill
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Confirmation To Small Estates (Scotland) Bill
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Deer Bill Lords
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Customs And Excise And Inland Revenue Appeal Tribunals Bill
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Coal Mining (Subsidence) Bill
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Fuel Bills
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Home Department
Prevention Of Terrorism
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European Assembly (Direct Elections)
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Prisoners (Diminished Responsibility)
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Prevention Of Terrorism
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Convicted Persons (After-Care Costs)
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Departmental Cleaners (Wages)
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Brigadier Visser (Visit)
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Animals (Experiments)
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Industry
Planning Agreements
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Closures (Public Sector)
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Telephone Service (Elderly And Housebound Persons)
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Vietnam (Ships)
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National Girobank
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Civil Servants (Outside Appointments)
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National Economic Assessment
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Defence
Hydrographic Surveys
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Defence Establishments (Glasgow)
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Royal Fleet Auxiliaries
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Falkland Islands
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European Community (Armies)
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Parliamentary Pay And Services
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National Finance
Money Supply
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Public Sector Industries
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Tax Allowances (Overseas Dependants)
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North Sea Oil (Revenue)
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National Coal Board
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Personal Incomes And Production
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Expenditure Programmes (Cash Limits)
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Public Corporations
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European Community (Common Agricultural Levy)
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Industrial Output (International Comparisons)
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Gross National Product (Wages)
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Company Taxation (International Comparisons)
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North Sea Oil (Production Platforms)
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European Community (Budget)
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Scotland
Rent And Rate Rebates
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Road Passenger Transport
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Museums And Galleries
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Stock Feed Potatoes
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Tertiary Educational Council
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Employment
Rehabilitation Courses (Merseyside)
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Disabled Persons (Merseyside)
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Public Sector Earnings
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Commodities (Prices)
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Industrial Disputes (Job Loss)
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Working Expenses
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Education And Science
School Building (Newham)
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Mrs L Barton
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Primary Schools (Kirklees And Oldham)
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Primary Schools (Inner London)
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Teachers' Salaries
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Homoeopathic Medicine
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Works Of Art And Museum Objects
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Park Street And Brunswick Schools
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Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
Harrier Aircraft
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South Africa (Oil Embargo)
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Disturbances (Ocean Island)
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British Mission (Salisbury)
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Falkland Islands
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Council Of Europe (Agreements)
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Rhodesia (Sanctions)
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Overseas Development
Aid
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Directorate Of Overseas Surveys
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Falkland Islands
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Vietnam
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Zambia And Mozambique
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Indonesia
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Trade
South Africa (British Companies)
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Canadian Seal Pelts
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Oil Pollution
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Ocean Shipping (United States Grand Jury Investigation)
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Plastic Bottles
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Environment
Industrial Fire-Fighting Equipment (Water Tariff)
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Insulation Grants
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London (Docklands)
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Hms "Ganges"
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Publicly Owned Land
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Operational Land
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Improvement Grants
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Gipsy Caravan Sites (Financial Assistance)
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Uranium Enrichment Plant (Capenhurst)
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Home Civil Service (Office Furniture)
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Cadmium
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Home Insulation
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Public Corporations (Land Release)
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Local Authorities (Expenditure Needs)
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National Dwelling And Housing Survey
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Liverpool (Inner City Partnership)
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Transport
Kesgrave-Martlesham Bypass
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Driving Examiners (Recruitment)
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A6 Bedfordshire
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British Railways (Land)
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Invacar (Accident And Injury Comparisons)
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Driving Tests
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Railways (Glasgow-Edinburgh Line)
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Humber Bridge
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Travel-To-Work Costs
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Motor Cars (Child Passengers)
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Road Haulage Companies (International Permits)
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Social Services
Doctors
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Hearing Impairment
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Fluoridation
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Disabled Persons (Cambridge)
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Taxation
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Hospitals (Mixed Wards)
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Prescription Season Tickets
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Free Prescriptions
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Local Authorities (Inquiries)
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Morgan Grampian House, Woolwich
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St Nicholas' Hospital, Plumstead
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Death Grant
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Resources (North-West Region)
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Compensation Claimants (Emergency Assistance)
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Paul Brown
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Pharmacists
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European Community (Means-Tested Benefits)
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