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Commons Hansard for 13 December 1979 (Volume 975)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 7.03pm.
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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Tyne And Wear Bill Lords (By Order)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Untitled Debate
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Home Department
Television Licence Fees
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Obscenity And Film Censorship
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Court Staffs
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Vehicle Excise Duty (Enforcement)
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School Premises (Public Meetings)
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Demonstrations (Police Costs)
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Chief Constables
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Television Licence Fees
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Local Radio Station, Ayr
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Partly Suspended Sentences
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Civil Defence Corps
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Immigration Rules
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Her Majesty's Prison, Liverpool
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Southall (Disturbance)
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Chief Constables
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Independent Broadcasting Authority
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Organised Religions
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Business Of The House
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Theatre Nuclear Forces
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Consolidated Fund Bill
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Adjournment, 21 December 1979
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Theatre Nuclear Forces
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Supply
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Civil Estimates, 1980–81 (Vote On Account)
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Steel Industry
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Defence And Civil Estimates, Supplementary Estimates, 1979–80
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Defence And Civil Estimates 1980–81 (Vote On Account)
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Consolidated Fund
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National Insurance (Contributions And Earnings Limit)
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Register Of Electors (Service Voters)
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Statutory Instruments, &C
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
Anglo-Soviet Round Table Conference
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Diplomatic Representation
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Chile
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Home Department
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Licensed Premises
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Representation Of The People Act 1949
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Licensing Hours
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Police Recruitment
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Drug Abuse
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Young Persons (Vehicle Offences)
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Sexual Offences
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Refugees (Latin America)
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Citizens Band Radio
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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Schoolchildren (Custodial Detention)
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Parliamentary Boundary Commission
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Senior Attendance Centres
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Immigration
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Corporal Punishment
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Children And Young Persons Act 1969
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Pop Concerts
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Bristol Prison
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Wormwood Scrubs
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Iranian Demonstration (Policing Costs)
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Demonstrations (Policing Costs)
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Firearms And Shotguns
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Police Training College, Dishforth
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One-Day Sales
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Welsh National Broadcasting Committee (Correspondence)
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Departmental Services
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Inflation
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Motability
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Export Prices
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Trade
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Rate Support Grant
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(id e775d7c9-3c80-4eea-af35-956b0224906b)
Housing Association Houses (Sale)
(item number 1)
(id 373badbd-e3b2-4bba-b10e-c0803280a7f8)
Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Farmers (Working Capital)
(item number 1)
(id c52c24df-e67f-4bba-9358-74ba30fdffac)
Green Pound
(item number 1)
(id 85a01e4e-c4fc-4878-8ca1-96655b2135d6)
Food Prices
(item number 1)
(id 33270c16-727b-46c1-a955-be018f5804ed)
Farmers (Bankruptcies)
(item number 1)
(id df818616-3372-44b7-b2ec-116fb33053f5)
Agricultural Development And Advisory Service
(item number 1)
(id 2e7e5aaf-cd32-449f-8388-5cb4b3f38572)
Red Meat Industry Scheme
(item number 1)
(id 0bd54f6e-b39b-4a20-af9c-d00542f65b10)
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