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Commons Hansard for 29 January 1980 (Volume 977)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 7.52pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Prayers
Portsmouth City Council Bill
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Stevenage Development Authority Bill
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United Reformed Church (Lion Walk Colchester) Bill
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Wesley's Chapel, City Road Bill
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Social Services
Expenditure
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Heating Costs
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Benefits (Payment)
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Vaccine-Damaged Children
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Child Benefit
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Disabled Persons
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Industrial Dispute (Supplementary Benefit Payments)
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Drongan
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Nuclear Security
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Corrigendum
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Mr Speaker (Personal Statement)
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Scunthorpe Steel Strike Committee (Letter)
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Safety Of Children In Cars
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Safety Of Children In Cars
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Education (No 2) Bill (Allocation Of Time)
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Business Of The House
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Education (No 2) Bill (Allocation Of Time)
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Residential Homes Bill Lords
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Child Care Bill Lords
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Foster Children Bill Lords
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Close Companies (Interest Payments)
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Education (Tayside)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Education And Science
Cystic Fibrosis (Research)
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Universities (Research)
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Medical Research Council
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Inner London
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Bradford
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Home Department
Arrested Persons (Statistics)
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Red Army Choir
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Parish Council Elections
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Totalisator
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Immigration
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Immigrants (Police Questioning)
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Director Of Public Prosecutions
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Equal Opportunities Commission
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Overseas Development
Overseas Trade Unionists (Grants)
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Bolivia
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Aid
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Lichfield
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Economic Policy
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Fraserburgh
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May Day Public Holiday
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Slough
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Tameside
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Tuc
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Scotland
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Nurses And Midwives (Pay)
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Oslo
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Public Expenditure
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Rhodesia
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Cabinet Ministers
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Employment
Public Employees
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Unemployed Persons
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Farm Safety
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Unfair Dismissal And Redundancy Claims
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Greater London Council Area
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Jobcentre, Liverpool (Advertisements)
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Lost Working Days
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Work Permits
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Skillcentre (Doncaster)
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Wales
Bridgend (Unemployed)
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Wales Tuc
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Handicapped And Elderly Persons (Telephones)
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Steel Industry
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Energy
Power Stations
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Gas Prices
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Gas Industry
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Commercial Fast Reactor 1
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Pressure Water Reactors
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Oil Import Tax
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North Sea Oil (Licences)
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Nuclear Installations (Health And Safety)
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Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
Rhodesia
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Professor Yuri Orlov
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Guyana (Prime Minister)
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Yugoslavia
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Mr Paul Mccartney
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Deep Sea Fishing (South Atlantic)
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National Finance
Corporate Taxation
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Exchequer And Audit Act
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Taxation
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Capital Allowances (Shops And Warehouses)
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Estate Duty (Property In Lieu)
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North Sea Oil
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Departmental Staff
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Trade
Metrication
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Cutlery
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Insolvency
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Airports (Construction)
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Car Tyres
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Holiday Caravans And Chalets
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Building Societies And Insurance Companies
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Transport
Disabled Persons (Orange Badges)
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Bedford Western Relief Road
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Driving Tests
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M25 (Swanley—Sevenoaks)
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A30
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Tachographs
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Motorways (Construction)
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Social Services
Optical Charges
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Community Health Councils
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Industrial Dispute (Benefits)
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Expenditure Cuts
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Christmas Bonus
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Mentally Handicapped Persons
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Abortion Law Reform
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Retirement Pensions
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Mind
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Rampton Hospital
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Vaccine-Damaged Children
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Elderly Persons (White Paper)
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Hearing Aids
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Severely And Terminally Ill Patients
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Health And Hospital Services (North-West)
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Patient-General Practitioner Ratio
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Consultant Surgeons (Shrewsbury)
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Medical Research
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Road Accidents (Hospital Fees)
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Hospital Closures
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Private Patients
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Accident Fees
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Pregnancy Advisory Service
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Dependent Handicapped Persons
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Health And Personal Social Services
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Steel Industry Workers (Benefits)
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Rateable Value Limits
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Rate Support Grant
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Building Regulation Procedure
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Afan Borough Council
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Fair Rents
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Scotland
Robroyston Hospital
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Dog And Game Licences
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Handicapped Persons (Telephones)
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