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Commons Hansard for 21 June 1979 (Volume 968)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 4.07pm.
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
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West Midlands Conty Council Bill Lords (By Order)
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British Railways (No 2) Bill (By Order)
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London Transport Bill (By Order)
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East Kilbride District Concil Bill (By Order)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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National Finance
Inflation
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National Debt
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Mileage Allowances (Health Service Workers)
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National Savings Certificates
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Tax Yields
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Money Supply
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Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
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Public Expenditure
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Development Land Tax
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Gross Domestic Product
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Widows (Taxation)
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Wisbech
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Tuc And Cbi
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Minister For London
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Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Lancaster
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Business Of The House
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Members Of Parliament And Ministers (Pay)
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Orders Of The Day
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Supply
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Manpower Services Commission
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Business Of The House
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Greater London Council (General Powers) Money
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Housing (Peterlee)
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Written Answers
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Scotland
Kettlestoun Mains, Linlithgow
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National Health Service (Payments By Private Patients)
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A95
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Local Authority Fees And Charges
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District Councils (Purpose-Built Headquarters)
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Publicly-Owned Housing (Sale)
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Milk
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Co-Operative Enterprises
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Student Courses (Social Security Benefits
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Devolution Referendum
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Agricultural Land
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Home Department
Television Licence Fee
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Discharged Prisoners
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Bail Act 1976
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Vietnamese Refugees
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Licensed Premises
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Citizens' Band Radio
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Greater Manchester And Merseyside Parliamentary Constituencies
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Wessex Regional Health Authority
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Mental Health Act (Prisoners Awaiting Transfer)
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Non-Criminal Mentally-Disordered Offenders
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Oxford Regional Health Authority
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South East Thames Regional Health Authority
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European Community (Members' Salaries)
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Wales
Dentists (Powys)
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Cleddau Bridge
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National Health Service (Payments By Private Patients)
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Trunk Roads
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Industry
Telecommunications
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National Enterprise Board
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Three-Dimensional Colour Television
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Research And Development
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Regional Development Grants
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Small Businesses
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Education And Science
Secondary Schools (Computer Science Courses)
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Student Grants
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Teachers' Pensions
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School Meals
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Educational Exchanges
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Education Expenditure
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National Union Of Students
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Common Agricultural Policy
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Fishing (Mesh Sizes)
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Statistics
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Animals (Export)
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Land Use
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Milk
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Foot-And-Mouth Disease
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Energy
"Plan For Coal"
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Culham Laboratory (Reverse Field Experiment)
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Coal Industry (Tripartite Agreement)
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Solid Fuel (Import Policy)
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British National Oil Corporation
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Fuel Bills
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North Sea Gas Pipelines (Creep)
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International Oil Supplies
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Social Services
Job Losses
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Home Workers
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Work Force (Annual Statistics)
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Brigg And Scunthorpe
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European Community (Average Earnings)
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Working Mothers
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Liverpool
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School Leavers (Tyneside)
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Youth Opportunities Programme
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One-Parent Families
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Manpower Services Commission
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Work Introduction Courses
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Small Firms Employment Subsidy (Lambeth)
(item number 1)
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