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Commons Hansard for 11 December 1979 (Volume 975)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 7.01pm.
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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Untitled Debate
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Social Services
Hospital Closures
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Residential Accommodation (Mentally Handicapped Persons)
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National Health Service (Reorganisation)
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Social Services (Expenditure)
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Free Welfare Milk And Prescriptions
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Retirement Pension
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Maternity Grant
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Pneumoconiosis
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Supplementary Benefit
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Disabled Children
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Hospital Closures
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Child Benefit
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Longbridge
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Rhodesia
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Mr George Wilkinson (Death)
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Nuclear Missiles (Nato Meeting)
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The Hon Member For Birmingham, Perry Barr
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Northern Ireland(Emergency Provisions)
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Northern Ireland (Appropriation)
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Northern Ireland (Mineral Exploration)
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Northern Ireland (Food Premises)
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Northern Ireland (Perjury)
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Northern Ireland (Representation Of The People)
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Public Accounts
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Civil Service (Dispersal)
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Written Answers
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Written Answers To Questions
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Nuclear Security
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Industrial Relations
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Tuc
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Staffordshire
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Speke Industrial Estate
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International Year Of The Child
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European Economic Community
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Carrickmore, Northern Ireland
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Council House Tenants (Mobility Of Labour)
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Girvan
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Polaris Missiles
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Heating And Thermal Insulation
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Local Authorities (Autonomy)
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National Enterprise Board
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National Heritage Fund
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Industry
Postal Service
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European Investment Bank
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Capital Goods
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Corby And Shotton
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Meccano Limited (Liverpool)
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Home Department
Television Licences
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Alcohol Abuse
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Suspected Persons (Statistics)
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Open Prisons
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Magistrates
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Energy
North Sea Oil (Licences)
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Fuel Debts
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Oil Sales (Policy)
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Organisation Of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Production)
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Oil Consumption
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Employment
Youth Opportunities Programme
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Motor Vehicle Industry (Earnings)
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Unemployed Persons
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Skillcentres
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Industrial Disputes (Lost Days)
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European Community Social Fund
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Pneumoconiosis
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Disabled Persons
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Sheltered Employment
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Private Schools (Careers Advice)
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Sheltered Workshops
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Job Creation
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Trade
Oil Spills
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Civil Aviation (Subsidies)
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Balance Of Trade
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Product Liability
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Car Imports
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Multi-Fibre Arrangement
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Transport
British Railways
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North Devon Link Road
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Transport Costs (Manchester)
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Driving Tests (Stoke-On-Trent)
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Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
Republic Of Ireland (British Citizens)
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Palestine Liberation Organisation
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Apostolic Delegate
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St Helena, Ascension And Tristan Da Cunha
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Environment
Mobile Homes
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Local Authorities (Public Relations Department)
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Unrebated Rents
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Urban Aid Programme
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British Railways (Land)
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Roads (Maintenance Costs)
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Orchard Street, Cambridge (Inquiry)
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Palace Of Westminster
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National Finance
Building Society Interest
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Statistics
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Money Supply
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Motability
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Science Budget
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