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Commons Hansard for 6 November 1979 (Volume 973)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 5.54pm.
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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Employment
Greater London Area
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Northern Region
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Construction Industry Training Board
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Unemployment Forecasts
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Closed Shop
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Baking Industry
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Plymouth
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Inner City Areas
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Trade Union Legislation
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Consett And Stanley
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Alnwick
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Unemployment (Statistics)
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Industrial Relations
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Scotland
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Tehran (British Embassy)
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Coaster "Pool Fisher" (Loss)
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Ten-Minute Speeches
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Isle Of Man Bill
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Rhodesia
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Statutory Instruments, &C
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Orders Of The Day
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Industry Bill
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Industry Money
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Isle Of Man Bill
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Textile Industry
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Written Answers
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Written Answers To Questions
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Lanarkshire
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Home Department
Demonstrations (Police Costs)
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Prisoners (Dependent Relatives)
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Custodial Sentences (Peterborough)
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Prisoners (Employment Histories)
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Metropolitan Police (Burglar Alarm Inspectorate)
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Penal Reform
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Commission For Racial Equality
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Bail Act
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Detention Centres
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Speeding Prosecutions
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Equal Opportunities Commission
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Fires
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Criminal Cases (Annulment)
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Police (Cambridgeshire)
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Animals (Experiments)
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Immigration
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Legal Aid (Tribunal Cases)
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Energy
Electrical Goods (Labelling)
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Coking Coal
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Oil Licences (Seventh Round)
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Energy Demand
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Uranium
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Purchasing Contracts
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Education And Science
Nursery School Children
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Grammar Schools
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Purchasing Contracts
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A-Level Passes
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Kirklees And Oldham
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National Finance
Expenditure (Unemployment Forecasts)
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Tax Demands (Delivery)
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Metal-Using Industries
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Taxes (International Comparisons)
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Officials (Powers Of Entry)
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British Petroleum
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Exchequer And Audit Act
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Value Added Tax (Charitable Organisations)
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Industry Act (Forecasts)
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Exchange Control Act 1947
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Inland Revenue (Special Offices)
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European Community Budget
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National Land Fund
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Employment
Picketing
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Preston
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Trades Union Congress
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West Midlands
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Old Skills
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Unemployment (Statistics)
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Mexborough And Wombwell
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Postal Ballots
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Stockport
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Advisory, Conciliation And Arbitration Service
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Manpower Services Commission
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Skillcentres
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North-West England
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Homeworkers
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Trades Union Legislation
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Employment
Northern Region
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Industrial Tribunals
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Operation Decoration Scheme (Rossendale)
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Disabled Persons
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Electrical Equipment (Approval Service)
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Closed Shop
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Weekly Earnings
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Temporary Employment Programme
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Industrial Disputes (Ballots)
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Purchasing Contracts
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Engineering Dispute (Lost-Days)
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Redundancy Payments
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Unemployed Persons
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Defence
Anzio Camp, Episkopi (Refugees)
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Ussr (Strategic Nuclear Weapons)
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Ussr (Backfire Bombers)
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Eastern Mediterranean
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Royal Air Force (14 Maintenance Unit)
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Missiles (Siting)
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Airfields (Protection)
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Gibraltar Military Base (Maintenance Costs)
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Hydrographic Survey Vessels
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Blast-Proof Shelters (Aircraft)
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Scotland
Redundancies (Dundee)
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Teachers (Salaries)
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Dyslexia
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Housing Management Policies
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School Leavers
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Council Houses (Sale)
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Employment (Dundee)
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Disabled Persons
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Otters
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Parliamentary Boundary Commission
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Transport
Trunk Road Schemes
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Motor Cycle Accidents
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Severn Bridge
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Driving Tests
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Channel Tunnel
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M6
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Environment
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Rate Support Grant
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Employment Transfer Scheme
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Palace Of Westminster (Central Heating)
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Horses
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Plutonium
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Housing Programme
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Inshore Fisheries
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Common Fisheries Policy
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Wales
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Health Service
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Industry Act 1972
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Social Surveys
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Parliamentary Boundaries
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Social Services
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New Dwellings
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