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Commons Hansard for 3 December 1979 (Volume 975)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 6.58pm.
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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Oral Answers To Questions
Wales
Trunk Roads
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Welsh Language Education
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A55
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Expenditure
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Teddington Bellows Limited, Pontardulais
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Arts
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British Steel Corporation
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Scottish Development Agency (Chairman)
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Airfix Industries Limited
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National Heritage Money
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Airports Policy
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Gatwick Airport
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Balance Of Trade
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Steel (Imports And Exports)
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Nuclear Power
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(id ce1c1254-065a-4ae3-9ddf-42fc3a040afa)
Noise Levels
(item number 1)
(id 52d9983e-a528-4188-b49b-b24de85e7f81)
Leeds (Housing Programme)
(item number 1)
(id 65a58518-a791-4cd4-9815-e1c832fad175)
Evaporative Heat Meters
(item number 1)
(id 7585171f-c4d1-4620-aef9-d810cd59f820)
Housing Rents And Subsidies Act
(item number 1)
(id 2f6823a6-ebd6-4ca3-83a2-e635c9587d81)
Housing Investment Programme
(item number 1)
(id dad51bef-307f-4cab-80c7-e10d776957f2)
Council Houses (Sales)
(item number 1)
(id a13428ae-7902-43c6-905e-c0606594385e)
Mortgage Payments And Subsidies
(item number 1)
(id e5de5baf-7cd6-426c-a858-b6fab1a754b8)
Home Owners (Tax Reliefs And Subsidies)
(item number 1)
(id 59d86b3d-e06b-4d02-974b-0e6baadbcf04)
Energy
Coal Liquefaction
(item number 1)
(id 93b61e1d-cc29-495b-8989-4e80db50922d)
Nuclear Policy
(item number 1)
(id c5525eb5-5423-4cd3-a6a1-8b5c09145c08)
Atomic Energy Authority
(item number 1)
(id dfd8a81a-f6d1-4188-a14c-692c8455b32e)
Energy Demand
(item number 1)
(id cf6f131a-0130-4ba0-bc1a-90e89944e591)
Nuclear Waste (Transport)
(item number 1)
(id c9c37493-86f0-470f-9a42-f78747f73265)
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