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Commons Hansard for 30 October 1979 (Volume 972)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 5.32pm.
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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Oral Answers To Questions
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Defence
Arms Sales
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Ex-Service Men (Pensions)
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Nato Defence Ministers
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Hydrographer To The Navy
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Nato Defence Ministers
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Expenditure
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Tornado Aircraft
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Cyprus
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Officers And Aircrew Selection Centre
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Low-Flying Aircraft (Wales)
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Expenditure
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Tornado Aircraft
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Arms Sales
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Anglesey
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Legal Services (Royal Commission's Report)
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Immigration Rules
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Orders Of The Day
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European Communities (Greek Accession) Bill
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University College London Bill Lords (By Order)
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Ministry Of Overseas Development (Dissolution)
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St Mungo's Academy, Alloa
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Education And Science
Research Councils
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Nursery Education
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Norfolk Education Committee
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School-Leaving Age
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Teachers
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Disabled Students (Discretionary Allowance)
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Disabled Children
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Disabled Students (Access To Buildings)
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Small Businesses (Purchasing Contracts)
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Home Department
Police National Computer
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British Broadcasting Corporation (Welsh Language Programmes)
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Schoolchildren (Remand)
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Suspected Persons (Merseyside)
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Wakefield Prison (Female Probation Officers)
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Maximum Security Prison (Low Newton)
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Low Security Prison (Wymott)
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Custodial Sentences
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Detention Centres
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Young Persons (Custodial Sentences)
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Open Prisons
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Maximum Security Prisons
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Sedition (Irish Republican Army)
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Postal Voting
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Fire Service And Police Pensions
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Wormwood Scrubs Prison
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Airguns
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Young Persons (Remand Statistics)
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Local Police Stations (Closures)
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Detention Centres (Statistics)
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Small Businesses (Purchasing Contracts)
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Greater Manchester
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Tuc
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Rugby
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Security Services (Manning)
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Works Of Art
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Employment
Unfilled Vacancies
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Disabled Persons
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Benefits
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Unemployed Persons
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Rehabilitation Courses
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Socioeconomic Groups I To V
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Small Businesses (Purchasing Contracts)
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Occupational Cancer
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Departmental Staff (Powers Of Entry)
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Scotland
Mrs Maggie Jones
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Secondary School Teachers
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Teachers (Unemployment)
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Community Radio Services
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Newly Qualified Teachers
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Curriculum
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Cumminestown (Health Centre)
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Households (Statistics)
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Acute Hospital Beds (Tayside)
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Grampian Region (School Teachers)
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National Finance
Share Ownership
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Works Of Art
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Inspector Of Foreign Dividends
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Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
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Business Premises (Powers Of Entry)
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Small Businesses (Purchasing Contracts)
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Short-Time Working Compensation Scheme
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European Community (Budget Contributions)
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Transport
Mentally Handicapped Persons (Concessionary Fares)
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Goods Vehicles (Convoys)
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Driving Tests
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Departmental Staff (Powers Of Entry)
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Small Businesses (Purchasing Contracts)
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Motor Cycle Training (Report)
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Environment
Domestic Rates
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Local Authorities (Expenditure)
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Inter-City Partnership Areas
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County Structure Plans
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Small Businesses (Purchasing Contracts)
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Ordnance Survey (Review Committee)
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Defence
Recruitment Costs
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Nato
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Northern Ireland
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Land Forces (Europe)
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Her Majesty's Dockyard, Devonport
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Theatre Nuclear Weapons
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Air Defence Procurement Policy
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Small Businesses (Purchasing Contracts)
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Tornado Aircraft
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Officers (German Language Qualification)
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Energy
Solar Energy
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Departmental Staff (Powers Of Entry)
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Oil Supplies
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"Plan For Coal"
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British National Oil Corporation
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Small Businesses (Purchasing Contracts)
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National Oil Account
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Social Services
Mentally Handicapped Persons
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Rubella
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Radiation Exposure
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International Year Of The Disabled Person
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