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Commons Hansard for 18 March 1980 (Volume 981)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 9.26pm.
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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Wesley's Chapel, City Road Bill
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Employment
Advisory, Conciliation And Arbitration Service (Small Firms)
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Working Population (Trade Union Membership)
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School Leavers (Employment Prospects)
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Stockport (Redundancies)
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Departmental Efficiency And Productivity
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Textile And Footwear Industries
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Job Vacancies (Recording)
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Electrical Equipment (Certification)
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Employment Bill
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Thatchers (Training)
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North-East Lancashire (Unemployment)
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Iron And Steel Trades Confederation
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Open University
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Manpower Services Commission (Training Services)
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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European Community (Unemployment)
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School Transport
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Motions And Bills (Amendments)
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Defence Sub-Committee
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Division No 230
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New Member
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Statutory Instruments
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Development Land Tax (Amendment)
Land Use
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Trade
Nationalised Industries (Consumer Councils)
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Consumer Protection Advisory Committee
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Manufactured Goods (Imports)
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Herbicide 2, 4, 5-T
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Information Officers
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Woolworth's Store, Piccadilly, Manchester (Fire)
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Takeovers
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Car Radios (Imports)
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London-Peking (Scheduled Air Services)
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Fluoride
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Norfolk Broads
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Drainage Grants
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Countryside (Conservation)
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Information Officers
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Whales
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Scotland
Colleges Of Education
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Manpower Services Commission (Fife Survey)
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Bellshill Skillcentre
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Unemployment (Greenock And Port Glasgow)
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Births
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Social Workers
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Police Officers (Dismissal)
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Scottish Islands Sea Transport (Government Assistance)
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Home Department
Prison Governors
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Civil Defence
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Advisory Committee On Radio Interference
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Poisons Board
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Prisons (Overcrowding)
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Special Constables
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Data Banks
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Prisons
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Illegal Immigrants
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"Athina B" (Indian Seamen)
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Seamen
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Coloured Doctors (Alleged Discrimination)
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Hong Kong (Refugees)
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Metal Detecting Devices
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Children And Young Persons Act
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Special Patrol Group
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Commission For Racial Equality
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Prisoners' Wives And Families (Financial Assistance)
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Obscenity And Film Censorship
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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School Leavers (Social Security Entitlement)
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North Powys
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Birmingham
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Airey Neave Memorial Lecture
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Nationalised Industries (Employee Share Ownership)
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Economic Advisers
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Tuc
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Zimbabwe
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National Economic Development Council
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Industry
Information Industry (Public Procurement)
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Chemical Industry (Capital Investment)
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Telematics Industry
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Companies And Manufacturing Industry (Bank Advances)
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Carpet Industry
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Aircraft And Shipbuilding Industries Act (Compensation Payments)
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Motor Vehicle Imports
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British Shipbuilders
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Social Services
National Health Service (Volunteer Help)
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Prescriptions
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Alcoholism
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Heart Surgery (Waiting List)
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National Health Service Reorganisation (Staff Appeals)
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National Radiological Protection Board Advisory Committee
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Personal Social Services Council
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London Health Planning Consortium
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Rural Dispensing
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Tobacco Sales
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Juvenile Offenders
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Heart Operations
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Self-Employed Persons
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Prisoners' Wives (Financial Assistance)
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National Finance
Citizens Band Radio
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Parliamentary Questions
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Public Expenditure
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Capital Stock And Plant Machinery
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Value Added Tax Appeals Tribunals
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American-Based Banks
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Environment
Fauld (Government Housing)
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Local Authorities (Recreation And Amenities)
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Land Reclamation
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A30
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Careers Service (Leicestershire)
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(id 7c18540a-1279-4bb3-b0e6-23c8749d7ce9)
Industrial Tribunals
(item number 1)
(id 5bbf6cbd-e870-4c2b-9f0d-77e3359e1ae5)
Northern Region
(item number 1)
(id 1b7d19ef-6a58-436a-b37a-29a63cea33cb)
Unfair Dismissal Claims
(item number 1)
(id ba9aff4d-8f47-4737-b14f-9856b48ad801)
Crawley
(item number 1)
(id 911f4336-cfca-4d92-944f-e4d1be099842)
Chemicals (Safety)
(item number 1)
(id 2bf9b033-3f5d-44d9-bd18-59841bcd9e1a)
Residential Establishment And Licensed Restaurants Wages Council Order
(item number 1)
(id 246e6267-0845-4011-b089-93cae042c745)
Job Training And Retraining (Brent)
(item number 1)
(id cd5c187f-c515-47ea-8394-53fc5dda9833)
Northern Ireland
Housing Executive
(item number 1)
(id 4b707ee9-1231-4e93-b39a-99e429f09961)
Industrial Training Boards
(item number 1)
(id dd339635-8d52-498f-ba38-821fdc3c236a)
Consumer Councils
(item number 1)
(id e917048c-4194-4d57-a2ae-4f776f052c2e)
Constitutional Conference
(item number 1)
(id db633e0f-0299-4218-b898-492ffdedd1f9)
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