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Commons Hansard for 22 October 1979 (Volume 972)

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Commons Chamber

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

House Of Commons (item number 1) (id cc0a1e75-adfe-457d-9ed5-4fe24ab652ec)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 62796770-6e26-4e33-bfdb-b30eb83547f1)
Earl Mountbatten Of Burma (item number 3) (id 2ecb8b40-458e-4496-a9d5-bbf0e11f3db5)

Oral Answers To Questions

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Vietnamese Refugees (item number 1) (id 396f4a40-a1b1-4f3c-9b52-f43134d39b77)
Cambodia (Aid) (item number 5) (id 10ac4dab-96d5-40bb-97c7-4147b42f2f49)
Post Office (Reorganisation) (item number 7) (id 0e0805e1-df05-40b2-a372-33fc6d2aa9b2)
Northern Ireland (Terrorism) (item number 8) (id e365e466-69c3-4098-9ac7-3e9d9a97642d)
Scotland (Economic Situation) (item number 9) (id 66959fb9-f066-4a25-9d73-7c05ad596dad)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers To Questions (item number 1) (id 8dcbb597-07af-4508-84d0-c416a19885f8)
Kampuchea (item number 2) (id 8e44ebef-5763-4850-9109-f1ebf386d517)

Scotland

Concerts And Operas (item number 1) (id 3868d6eb-be2d-46a4-927d-aa324933faec)
Prisoners (Sentences) (item number 1) (id ddaa2b79-603a-4870-bfd2-bb467ec20faa)
Intensive Care (item number 1) (id d0eaf840-3c7d-4bd9-b975-93064faf9897)
Student Teachers (item number 1) (id 5753c27e-1f4b-4b9e-bfaa-1eccf8854578)
Pupil-Teacher Ratios (item number 1) (id 2f348325-5fa6-41b7-b5c6-40d93cf8d705)
Rayner Project (item number 1) (id 3564f860-4d20-43c8-a1f5-d2d719589fb4)
School Meals (item number 1) (id 63d232a5-327e-42b5-aeed-7506246a5606)
Teachers (item number 1) (id 7de5b964-be27-4e3a-ac24-bbaba026409e)
European Investment Bank (item number 1) (id 53768477-0b49-43b3-9a2f-47823398a22f)
Youth Opportunities Programme (item number 1) (id 90f78164-0030-4c37-8a51-44059fe45543)
Special Temporary Employment Programme (item number 1) (id eb7eef8d-1b23-4968-9c78-71c428f87b8e)
Training Opportunities Scheme (item number 1) (id faeab714-4b30-45c9-a73e-50ba53c88f47)
Silicon Chip Centre (item number 1) (id 99a7fea5-acee-46b5-a057-83bcad771f4c)
Industry Act 1972 (item number 1) (id 88f6984a-c015-4bb2-8b06-6b495e7d3625)
Key Workers Scheme (item number 1) (id fa2f0171-0df3-4805-a317-fb68205f7f69)
Non-Teaching Staff (item number 1) (id 69ca52f3-faa9-473c-9962-2cdf9ee05426)
Mackerel Licences (item number 1) (id 264aefb7-3986-411a-9e52-83eb0cd5716a)
Unemployment (item number 1) (id f62009d5-cdbd-46c7-aac8-10d5736d9f2d)
Scottish Development Agency (item number 1) (id 8d7e632e-c96d-4c07-a099-4644a731dbbe)
Western Isles (item number 1) (id 6cc26114-9b61-43f8-bb5f-037c213284a7)
Extradition (item number 1) (id ad172756-f4d1-4afd-8a97-60c1b65fb8b6)
Emigration (item number 1) (id 020f37cf-48e6-4a5c-8437-13384a513069)
Sheltered Housing (item number 1) (id e1e24b42-77c6-4a79-95c2-5c0d0566c4ec)

Trade

Manufacturing Industry (Import Penetration) (item number 1) (id 4fc36888-8f68-49ec-80ba-0e81bfdaf757)
Gas And Electricity (Price Commission's Report) (item number 1) (id 5d800297-9b13-40dc-a43c-df0bf6356bc1)
Motor Fuel (item number 1) (id e9a0bf98-8a5d-47d0-9ebc-5dd6666d9762)
Retail Price Index (item number 1) (id 06e85281-b55b-457e-b1ba-594f888a236a)
Inflation (item number 1) (id 8e5d7ff1-006a-4656-a387-c34ac5b2134f)
European Community (item number 1) (id 76114b47-0185-46be-86f6-860d64a15d4f)
Secretary Of State (Price Control Powers) (item number 1) (id 68477178-7ff7-4a45-827e-de4cd2e8103b)
Third London Airport (item number 1) (id 5b2a70d9-b606-43b2-97c5-49e0960b61f7)
Prices (item number 1) (id 2920d7ef-c97e-462d-af0a-2f2b45667c1e)
Holiday Caravan Sites (item number 1) (id eebce864-3ab9-41e7-8410-c0e2ef508de5)
London Chamber Of Commerce (item number 1) (id df28895e-9d75-45f2-9707-59195720f521)
Company Law (item number 1) (id 4419729b-57fc-45d5-a156-3f20cdaf862c)
United Kingdom—European Community (Trade Balance) (item number 1) (id d170e6e1-bf50-465b-8a90-0742dc789126)
Fastnet Race (item number 1) (id 0c12a413-14fc-4aac-b264-2eaf0213b0d9)
Rame Head Coastguard Station (item number 1) (id e262dc93-f24a-491a-bc12-9b91205eb1c6)
Imports (item number 1) (id d5057c44-3a61-46e9-9f0c-36e638bc4e9a)
Motor Insurance Premiums (item number 1) (id fc400ef1-366e-4822-8450-382ba9968e32)
European Community (item number 1) (id ab40ee03-e451-4509-927d-0fd0fe295751)
Bankruptcies (item number 1) (id 4ef90c97-bb6d-4c05-b1a1-050970a478cc)
Price Commission (item number 1) (id 29c92cbe-8c8a-42c6-a8cd-4575b8ddf874)
National Gas Consumers' Council (item number 1) (id c66c9dcb-cb2a-4f3b-b7e9-613f957b99cb)
Consumer Campaign (Consultations) (item number 1) (id a1d8b370-85cd-44ca-8ac3-b7f31fea9acd)
Barnett Christie Limited (item number 1) (id 28f35707-78cc-4a27-8dc3-4d94f3630c0c)
Israel (item number 1) (id ca393901-065b-4530-80f3-cc59142d2274)

National Finance

Trade Balance (item number 1) (id 9887144c-df9d-43d6-8292-c2be5c211f15)
Annuity Payments (item number 1) (id 09a582f6-8ada-49f7-a208-ad1d3bd9b429)
Pension Schemes (item number 1) (id 145c8f1f-5cc8-46ef-8fc2-582d1d7fa9ff)
Life Assurance Premiums (item number 1) (id 726efe27-7adf-4c64-b066-26dca812dfa8)
Industrial Building Allowance (item number 1) (id 8cc477ac-7f8a-4a09-8771-0290d7fe4f07)
Personal Incomes (item number 1) (id cc9f71c7-88c1-4db6-8e43-4a3274809467)
Exports (Manufactured Goods) (item number 1) (id da8eb18b-4571-4793-8888-7ffa6029b40d)
Clearing Banks (Profits) (item number 1) (id 2c953361-13c0-476d-95f8-f22ea200bd98)
Indices Of Competitiveness (item number 1) (id e9b6b0c3-be87-424e-ac03-94c61cd88360)
Exports (Manufactured Goods) (item number 1) (id ae4e1b68-fcab-48b8-a926-8158db6c2187)
Economic Forecasts (item number 1) (id 78ad826e-ed6e-4a6a-8719-9aa51d30018e)
Money Supply (item number 1) (id c58847a4-44a3-4a16-9c08-1678684866e5)
Manufacturing Industry (item number 1) (id 559154e0-8141-495b-9177-c81989df472e)
Export Forecasts (item number 1) (id 18441a41-4c14-4c4d-b662-e4412a264eb9)
Exchange Rates (item number 1) (id e5180ebe-0245-4e4b-816e-fce62d1f3802)
Economic Statistics (item number 1) (id ad38e4e7-c2d8-4664-bb61-796d233d20e3)
Manual Workers (Earnings) (item number 1) (id f7cd5832-f6db-4193-a831-53596845cc10)
Stamp Duty (item number 1) (id df607700-d05b-400c-b9d6-e233e2a33e8a)
Oil Companies (Profits) (item number 1) (id 3ec696c7-b802-4cf3-8a23-1baba2e31bcd)
Inflation (item number 1) (id a66fbf7e-cfb1-43ce-ae0b-fe2883cb3506)
Exports (item number 1) (id 864724ff-21ec-4ed3-9bdf-2eb859d22be6)
Royal Mint (item number 1) (id f5d5cf4f-6aa8-4a07-b920-c0883bd3b9d7)
Government Expenditure (International Comparisons) (item number 1) (id cf4c12fa-ce34-4a7f-abda-0b97f4b9a9fe)
Excise Duty (item number 1) (id 312fe87d-cb36-49b3-8ec8-814194a72d81)
Income Tax (item number 1) (id ab88c06b-acd3-4b51-9232-ab379bdad750)
North Sea Oil (Tax Revenue) (item number 1) (id fb7203f4-69d3-47ad-8265-e542c8d5b499)
Home Improvements (Tax Exemption) (item number 1) (id 9a330657-9fa8-4616-a870-37dcfa529582)
Tax Yields (item number 1) (id 030960a4-981d-44f1-8c6f-7ef8a9b80c72)
Extra-Statutory Tax Concessions (item number 1) (id 27ec07e2-75c1-41d4-85e0-bd648c120a4f)
Depositors (Protection) (item number 1) (id 5f0d3948-b69a-46a5-8152-1d68b8f194a6)
Public Sector Borrowing (Exchange Cover) (item number 1) (id 87023ca9-f1a6-4289-b59c-d6e51714a5b5)

Environment

Dobry Report (item number 1) (id ffed00c7-fb6c-4d8c-b6df-7cbe7a6faf08)
Sperm Whale Oil (item number 1) (id 0c787c39-f76f-4eea-952d-59e8c11d520a)
New House Building (item number 1) (id 24dc5655-e2b4-4da1-9896-3277bed0daf3)
Dartmoor (Military Training Areas) (item number 1) (id 12b996a4-bc0b-4158-8274-5a0613183741)
Regional Planning Councils (Manpower) (item number 1) (id 0cd51ba9-acb3-409d-9859-406e1bebd696)
Landlord And Tenant Act 1954 (item number 1) (id ea11d113-0bac-4eed-b2e5-45bdf606af54)
Rented Accommodation (item number 1) (id 9fc1241d-3751-4f89-9929-1da1ffae1fe8)
Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (item number 1) (id cb42fa45-d72c-4e24-a7e5-5f9f3038fb02)
Office Floor Space (item number 1) (id 30f7d157-2e60-49c2-a68f-9bce1e27279e)
High-Rise Dwellings (Newham) (item number 1) (id a50adff2-ffac-45ab-81d3-016f62f3214e)
Council Houses (Sale) (item number 1) (id 244dff98-a757-44d9-a1d4-7593a8cf20ab)
Archaeological Work (Lichfield) (item number 1) (id 89d85115-45fa-4d50-8197-06ba7c5f54d0)
Agrément Board (item number 1) (id 19f759ac-7a6b-4875-ba69-bd6aaea250d6)
Planning Permission (item number 1) (id 2f781dc0-2d48-4e3e-937f-59ccbefbc588)
Town And Country Planning Act 1971 (item number 1) (id fa498562-d73b-410c-9bda-8354f406044d)
Fisheries Organisation Society (item number 1) (id 704edc7a-fe09-4377-a808-252f6715bd9e)
Greater London Council (Sale Of Dwellings) (item number 1) (id 6a18933b-53b0-428c-9ff3-e07fbe3d96ef)
Owner-Occupation (item number 1) (id 45928bc0-94ae-4399-a8eb-1a29a2e1bd95)
Contraceptive Pills (item number 1) (id f2d3397e-2274-4867-a1f4-14170c7cb569)

Social Services

Hospital Waiting Lists (item number 1) (id 4a3c1584-dc3a-46c9-85ad-d1b1b10c911e)
Cottage And Community Hospitals (item number 1) (id b8dce9e5-a02f-413c-b103-0a8eb586c094)
Mobility Allowance (item number 1) (id 1cf11291-744a-4840-84fe-3b294395bfdf)
Outset (item number 1) (id 93d8dd17-9c1f-4a3a-96d1-12102ddeac2e)
European Community (Reciprocal Medical Treatment) (item number 1) (id 81e507bf-63f2-4cf2-b877-c6442a58593b)
Hospital Service (Staffordshire) (item number 1) (id 62b57a46-a98b-4ec0-923e-75e7e5b65180)
Life Support Systems (item number 1) (id f0fa1ba9-b348-46e2-b875-21c49549eb67)
Pensions (item number 1) (id e910bc37-aa44-42ca-a3ee-5cac6b2513e2)
Free Prescriptions (item number 1) (id 7a7b1cfe-46f9-4528-9045-7d0d79c29bcf)
Intensive Care Cots (item number 1) (id 5a61b04c-eece-47aa-adc2-85b0abbeb1e3)
Married Women's Non-Contributory Invalidity Pensions (item number 1) (id 3abcdc39-22f7-4c47-8c08-97489546c46d)
Benefits (Single Parents) (item number 1) (id 216b4179-cede-4bdd-b1d2-87459e0f0cf9)
Dangerous Pathogens Advisory Group (item number 1) (id 2b277e4e-5b7a-49ab-b09e-47fb75dd25bc)
Life Support Systems (item number 1) (id cb3b2251-bf69-4f46-ad16-4af6157c1b58)
Regional Health Authorities (Costs) (item number 1) (id 4dc4eb7d-1e49-449b-9456-e456e30a66b8)
Food Hygiene (item number 1) (id f2b175b4-aa06-491c-b788-8df6206f9d00)
Benefits (Industrial Disputes) (item number 1) (id b5a1c200-6990-4713-a6d2-70bcc28df6b1)
Psychotropic Drugs (item number 1) (id 62068e99-d35d-4e9f-9dcb-aa66e789d432)
Engineering Employers Federation (Report) (item number 1) (id 874ead63-5f32-4bcf-9b2f-c94e9da3c500)

Social Services

Fuel Bonus (item number 1) (id 0a294077-8116-405c-9c4b-15941b759103)
Age Addition (item number 1) (id 1e7198cd-65e6-487b-8323-031368d0511a)
Perinatal And Infant Mortality (item number 1) (id 2e3db0a2-996a-4b69-ac90-395c25d3b93f)
Chiropody (item number 1) (id d17891f7-bec0-44ca-9224-cef7f0d33f07)
Family Allowance (Order Books) (item number 1) (id 736fb580-51f1-4ee6-bcc1-8d676ac0b7f0)
Child Benefit (item number 1) (id 1664ed38-51e1-4447-979d-6f3b160ac1ac)
Departmental Expenditure (item number 1) (id 6e31c5c8-2cc7-473e-b5c7-4d9ec2ec38c9)
Lone Parents (item number 1) (id 51f3cdba-bc84-4e6a-b0dc-8adeff0e0d91)
Benefits And Earnings (item number 1) (id 375cb9a3-761c-4129-9170-d712e9c3fe1b)
Expenditure (item number 1) (id 5fd597d7-9931-4eb1-b607-e8091b600343)
Supplementary Benefit (item number 1) (id d66bbab6-30bd-437a-8e95-f66f14363722)
Unemployment Benefit (item number 1) (id 2b2bbab7-28da-45f7-9822-025848c2ee04)
Invalidity Pensions (Married Women) (item number 1) (id a538d94e-d597-4979-b757-48a307374129)
Child Benefit (Order Books) (item number 1) (id 8406e2c0-948c-4ae0-8d34-0f97edd92796)
National Health Service (item number 1) (id 86fd8353-7465-406f-ab04-c8b5574a3d42)
Hearing Aids (item number 1) (id e1b3fbca-5719-49f0-a44f-cf574145c747)
Radiotherapy (item number 1) (id d803606d-0369-4505-8d42-49a9d181d928)
Tuberculosis (item number 1) (id 6365181d-0bb0-4396-929f-c1101a7fb02b)
Unemployed Persons (Supplementary Allowances) (item number 1) (id 4bbd969a-20c9-4f58-96fc-08156c2a2049)
Benefits (item number 1) (id 4550bf25-3f00-4f10-98cd-25a4f16fdabb)
Invalidity Benefits (item number 1) (id dc6e88e7-1c6e-4f8c-8cb3-f2717bf70711)

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