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Commons Hansard for 31 January 1980 (Volume 977)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 7.54pm.
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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Private Business
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Home Department
Police Custody (Deaths)
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Latin America
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Police (Height)
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Junior Detention Centres
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Telephone Tapping
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Charity Commissioners
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Police (Corruption Allegations)
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Immigration Rules
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Fire Precautions Act 1971
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Unconvicted Prisoners
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Quangos
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Business Of The House
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Nuclear Security
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European Community (Council Of Ministers' Meetings)
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Bill Presented
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Agriculture And Pollution
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Royal Assent
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Agriculture And Pollution
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Liaison Committee
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Scottish Horticultural Institutes (Amalgamation)
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Police (Conduct)
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Immigration
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Steven Wilkins
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Joseph Patrick Conlan
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Police (Public Accountability)
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Mr James Kelly
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May Committee
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Wormwood Scrubs
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Gambling Laws
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Live Animals (Experiments)
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Communication Satellites
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Crimes Against The Elderly
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Academy Of Computer Training
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Steel Dispute (Arrests)
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Regina V Bennett And Others (Jurors)
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Chemical Fires
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Reconvictions
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Unsolved Crimes
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Prisoners (Release)
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Detained Persons (Deaths)
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Inspectors Of Constabularies (Reports)
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Heroin Smuggling
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Marches And Processions (Policing Costs)
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Capital Grant Schemes
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Dog Licence
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Food Processing Industry
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Sea Wall Defences (Felixstowe)
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Foreign Lamb Producers (Deficiency Payments)
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Alcohol (Home Brewing)
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Aujeszky's Disease
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Secretary Of State For The Environment
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Fuel Prices
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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France (President)
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Quangos
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Gas And Steel Industries
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Afghanistan
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Salisbury
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Cbi
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Legislative Programme
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European Community (Heads Of Government)
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Pakistan And Yugoslavia
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Information Technology
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East Devon
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Ministerial Broadcast
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Adult Education
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Wales
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Ministers (Gifts)
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Ministers (Correspondence)
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Defence Budget
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Court Of Appeal Judges
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Steel Dispute (Court Of Appeal Ruling)
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The Arts
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European Ministers Of Justice
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Education And Science
Immigrant Children (Luton)
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Employment
Leyton
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1981 Census
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Manpower
(item number 1)
(id 16610b37-6cea-4b8b-8935-ac9b935e0080)
Pensions
(item number 1)
(id 7fbfee6e-b6d7-4533-8405-325944f48faf)
Energy
Coal-Fired Power Stations
(item number 1)
(id df6b5959-d858-47f5-91cd-94452de64cee)
Freight Traffic
(item number 1)
(id a2ce2f4f-183f-4b4f-b174-11e43e793868)
Nuclear Power Stations (European Investment Bank Loans)
(item number 1)
(id 6294cb09-31ec-48d2-be76-61f6b3c8e873)
North Sea (Fire-Fighting And Support Services)
(item number 1)
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Oil Rigs And Platforms
(item number 1)
(id 3605ad74-8a4a-406d-bb33-3a838ab6149d)
Fuel Costs
(item number 1)
(id 109e2d83-710e-4435-a0ea-3cbccdea42cd)
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
(item number 1)
(id 27f98847-b674-43c7-b017-c930f1f4ffaf)
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (Constabulary)
(item number 1)
(id ce49f078-1a81-43e8-b741-c4f16fc45975)
Advisory Council On Energy Conservation
(item number 1)
(id 9bf34f25-13d6-48bb-90f0-9cdc198baf48)
"Harvest" Vitrification Programme
(item number 1)
(id 425b95cd-6050-4ddf-a4a9-64bd29a8c449)
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