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Commons Hansard for 20 November 1979 (Volume 976)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 7.31pm.
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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British Railways (No 2) Bill
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West Midlands County Council Bill Lords (By Order)
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Tyne And Wear Bill Lords (By Order)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Northern Ireland
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Constitutional Conference
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Terrorism
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Building Regulations
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Extradition
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Irish Republic (Collaboration)
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Parole
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Security
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Helsinki Final Act
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Royal Assent
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Business Of The House
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British Leyland
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Nuclear Power
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Social Security Bill
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Business Of The House
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Social Security Money
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Protection Of Trading Interests Bill
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Welsh Affairs
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Church Hill House Hospital, Bracknell
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Firearms
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Prison Service
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Dunkirk Fire Station, Nottinghamshire
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Prison Staffing
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Fisheries
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Decca Navigation Chains
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Dog Licences
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Boatbuilding Industry
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Premises (Right Of Entry)
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Small Firms
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Retail Trades
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Special Temporary Employment Programme
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Noise
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Mr Anthony Blunt
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Industry
National Enterprise Board
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Chemical Industry
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Plastics Industry
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Special And Tubular Steels
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Public Holdings (Sale)
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Professional Engineers
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Defence
Fleet Air Arm
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Aircraft
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Personnel
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Nato And Warsaw Treaty Organisation (Arms Stocks)
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Arms Sales
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Expenditure
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Research And Development (Expenditure)
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Northern Ireland
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Ulster Defence Regiment
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Education And Science
Expenditure
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Education Cuts (Trade Union Consultation)
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Subsidies (Cambridgeshire)
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School Premises (Scale Of Charges)
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Grants
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Education Vouchers
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Mathematics
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Inner London Education Authority
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Kirklees Metropolitan District Council
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School Records (Parental Access)
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Education (No 2) Bill
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Teachers' Unions (Meeting)
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Assessment Of Performance
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Mathematics And Applied Science
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
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University Teachers (Pay)
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School Building (Wolverhampton)
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16 To 19-Year-Olds
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Examination Results
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Engineers (Degree Courses)
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Science Research Council
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Energy
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Death Grant
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Greenbank Hospital
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