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Commons Hansard for 24 May 1979 (Volume 967)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 3.57pm.
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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Private Business
Adjournment Motions Under Standing Order No 9
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Closure Of Debate (Standing Order No 30):
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Delegated Legislation
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Private Bills And Private Business
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Northern Ireland
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Hong Kong (Vietnamese Refugees)
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Business Of The House
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Kiribati Bill
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Education And Science
School Meals
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Retinitis Pigmentosa
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Secondary Education
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Australia
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City Of London
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Rhodesia
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Advanced Gas-Cooledr Reactor
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Wales
Local Authority Dwellings
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Fishing Industry
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Electricity (Costs)
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Town And Country Planning Act 1971
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Land
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International Energy Agency
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Law Centres
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National Finance
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Value Added Tax
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Mortgage Relief
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Personal Allowances
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Building Societies Association
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Building Societies
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European Community (British Contribution)
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Nurses (Income Tax Relief)
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Government Expenditure
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British Oxygen Co Ltd, Kirkby
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Leptospirosis
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School Leavers
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European Funds (Tayside)
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Primary Schools (Tayside)
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Munn And Dunning Reports
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Lawson's (Dyce)
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Schools (Quotient Tests)
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Secondary Schoolchildren
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Rents
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Pig-Processing (North-East)
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Lost Working Days
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