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Commons Hansard for 5 December 1979 (Volume 975)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 6.59pm.
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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Transport And Road Research Laboratory
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M6-Blackburn
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Rural Areas
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Traffic Surveys
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Roads (Resurfacing Costs)
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Road Programme
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European Community (Council Of Transport Ministers)
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M6-M61
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Epping Forest (Road Schemes)
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Railways (Electrification)
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Departmental Expenditure
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Road Programme
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Passenger Railway Network
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Bicycles
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M1-M62-A1 (Road Link)
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Channel Tunnel
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Port Of London Authority
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Trade Unions
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Scottish Affairs
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Question Time (Points Of Order
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Division No 117
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Rhodesia
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Secretary Of State For Employment
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Questions To Ministers
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Tenants' Rights, Etc (Scotland) Bill
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Rhodesia
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Statutory Instruments, &C
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Scottish Anglers Trust
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Scottish Anglers Trust
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Public Expenditure
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Business Of The House
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Petroleum Revenue Tax
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Welsh Grand Committee
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Petrochemical Plant (Braefoot Bay And Moss Morran)
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Written Answers To Questions
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Civil Service
Civil Servants (Political Activities)
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Professional And Technical Civil Servants (Pay Dispute)
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Manpower Reductions
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Seagoing Inland Craft
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Home Department
Aerosols
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Mr R Morgan
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Theatre Museum
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Trade
Pilotage Commission
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Imports
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Textile And Clothing Products
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Married Women's Property Act
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Assessment Of Damages (Northern Ireland)
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Defence
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Signal Equipment
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Army Cadet Force
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Kenya
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Employment
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Job Creation
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Redundancy Payments
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Employment Transfer Scheme
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Antenatal Care
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Industrial Diseases
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Safety Regulations And Codes
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Independent Trade Unions
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Worker Participation
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Polyurethane Furniture
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Work Permits
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Merseyside
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Shipley And Bingley
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Airfix Limited
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Industrial Tribunals
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Shipbuilding, Ship Repairing And Marine Engineering
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Packaging And Labelling (Eec Directive)
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European Community
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National Finance
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Expenditure
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National Savings Bank, Glasgow
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Nationalised Industries
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National Debt
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Competitiveness
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Exchange Controls
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Energy
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Gas Supplies
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Disrepair Certificates
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Minibus Act 1977
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Botley's Park Hospital
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