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Commons Hansard for 20 February 1980 (Volume 979)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 8.57pm.
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
Oil Conservation
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Motorway Network
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British Railways Board
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Channel Tunnel
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British Railways (Subsidiaries)
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M6 (Barthomley Link)
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Port Of London Authority
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Driving Test Centres
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Bypasses
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Road Construction
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Driving Tests
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M1
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Trunk Road Schemes
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British Railways (Freight)
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Motorways
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Motorway Accidents
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Motorway Service Areas
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Transport Supplementary Grant
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Civil Service
Pensions
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Staff Side (Meetings)
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Computer Maintenance
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Redundancies (Scotland)
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Staff Side (Meetings)
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Departmental Expenditure
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Rhodesia
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European Community (Agriculture Ministers' Meeting)
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Overseas Aid
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Steel Industry (Picketing)
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Scottish Economy
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Civil Defence
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Home Department
Immigration Rules
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Police Officers (Compensation)
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Equal Opportunities Commission
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Bbc And Harlech Television
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Police Officers (Compensation)
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Custody And Kidnapping Of Children (European Convention)
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Bbc (Advertisements)
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Civil Defence
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Police (Merseyside)
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Vagrancy
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Civil Service
Office Management Services
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Manpower
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Expenditure
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Race Relations
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Government Departments (Efficiency Techniques)
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Pay Research
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Cycle Allowance
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Industry
Steel Industry
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Benefit Payments (National Giro)
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Welsh Language
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Ocean Resources
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Assistance To Industry (North-East Lancashire)
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Employment
Male Employees
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Wages Councils
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Lost Working Days
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Departmental Manpower
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Apprenticeships
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Job Release Scheme
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Manchester
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Labour Force (Lancashire)
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Census Of Employment
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Temporary Short-Time Working Compensation Scheme
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Work Permits
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Registered Unemployment
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Computer Operators
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Textile And Clothing Workers
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Transport
Motor Cycle Safety
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Dvlc, Swansea
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Road Accidents
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M3 (Inquiry)
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British Railways
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Bypasses
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Imported Trucks (Type Approval Scheme)
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Hazardous Substances (Carriage By Rail)
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A27 (Chilworth)
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Commuter Trains (Cycle Ban)
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Minibuses (Rural Areas)
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British Railways (Subsidiaries)
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M3 And M27 (Winchester)
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Waterways
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Roads (Expenditure)
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Motorways (Surface Noise)
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Bus Purchases (Capital Grant)
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Heavy Lorries
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Traffic Commissioners
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St Ann's Square, Manchester
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Transport Supplementary Grant
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Concessionary Fares
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Road Safety (Central Crash Barriers)
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Armitage Inquiry
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Road Users (Taxes And Duties)
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Disabled Persons (Orange Badge Scheme)
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Haslingden Bypass (Rossendale)
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Central Line (Epping-Ongar)
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Railways (Electrification)
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M25
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Industrial Costs (Transport Element)
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London-Manchester Express Train Derailment
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A46 (Leicester Bypass)
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Commons Commissioners
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Social Services
Industrial Injuries Scheme
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Paul Brown
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Pensions And Benefits (Comparisons)
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Health Centres
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Regional Health Authorities
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Industrial Injury Benefit (Pearson Committee)
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Medical Profession (Pay Claims)
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Benzodiazepines
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Steel Dispute (Benefit Payments)
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Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
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Industrial Diseases
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Health Education
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Cigarette And Tobacco Advertising
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Invalidity Benefit (Mr Houghton)
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Chiropodists
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Disabled Persons
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Pharmacists (Pay)
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Cruelty To Animals
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Emergency Food Stocks
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Farmers (Cash Flow)
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Nuclear Energy (Waste Heat Utilisation)
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Sugar
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European Community (Council Of Agriculture Ministers)
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Vessel Licensing
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National Finance
Mortgage Interest Relief
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Tax Exiles
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Tax Evasion
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Civil List
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Parliamentary Questions
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Income Tax
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Money Supply And Domestic Credit Expansion
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Sterling
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National Finance
Direct Taxation
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Wines And Spirits (Taxation)
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Gilt-Edged Stock
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Widow's Allowance
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Environment
Local Authority Schemes
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Common Land
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Whale Meat
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Park Court, Coventry
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Areas Of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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Community Land Accounts
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Local Government, Land And Planning (No 2) Bill
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Housing Investment Programmes
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Defence
Private James Darkin
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Military Helicopter Operations (Battersea Heliport)
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Chemical Warfare
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Service And Civilian Personnel (Wales)
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Private Contract Cleaners (Woolwich)
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