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Commons Hansard for 27 March 1980 (Volume 981)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 9.30pm.
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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Home Department
Metropolitan Police
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Television Signals (Retransmission)
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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Penal System (May Report Recommendations)
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Rural Policing
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Local Radio
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Civil Defence
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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Detention Centres
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Violent Crime And Murder (Scunthorpe)
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Firearms
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Parliamentary Boundary Commission
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Littleport
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Elderslie
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Cruise Missiles
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Business Of The House
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Social Security Benefits (Uprat1ng)
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Bill Presented
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Port Of London (Financial Assistance)
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Orders Of The Day
Ways And Means
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Amendment Of The Law
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Budget Resolutions And Economic Situation
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Select Committee On European Legislation, &C
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Olympic Games
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Employment
Statistical Section (Manpower)
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Manchester
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South Crofty Tin Mine (Radon Gas)
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Women's Refuges (Aid)
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Herbicide 2,4,5-T
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Homes Insulation
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Redundancies (Keighley)
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Wages Councils
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Trade
Exports (United States Of America)
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Japan
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Petrochemical Products (Imports-Exports)
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Polyester Filament And Yarn
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Imports (Counterfeit Goods)
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Education And Science
Student Awards
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Teaching/Non-Teaching Staff Ratios And Costs
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University Grants
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Prime Minister (Engagements)
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Nuclear Weapons (Angloamerican Control
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European Community—Ussr Relations
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Longhaven
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Stowmarket
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Cabinet Membership
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European Commission On Human Rights (Individual Petition)
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Olympic Games
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Mr John Lippitt
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British Lions (South African Tour)
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Industry
Platinum
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Airbus Industrie (Project)
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Meriden Co-Operative
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Nationalised Industries (Purchasing Policies)
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
French Herring Catches
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Fish Landing Facilities (Hull)
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Vegetable Crops
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Covent Garden Publicity Drive
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Live Animals And Birds (Exports)
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Social Services
Members' Correspondence
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Constant Attendance Allowance
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Radiographers, Speech Therapists And Occupational Therapists
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Disabled Persons
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Non-European Ethnic Minorities
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Written Question (Replies)
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Field Workers-Administrators
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Home Department
Polling Stations
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Prisoners (Maintenance Costs)
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Indecent Material (Public Display)
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Telephone Tapping
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Departmental Surplus Property
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Visas (Visitors From Warsaw Pact Countries)
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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Fire Services (West Yorkshire)
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Civil Defence
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Parliamentary Constituencies (Boundary Commission Inquiry)
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Association Of Chief Police Officers
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Patrick O'hagen (Exclusion Order)
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Traffic Regulations (London)
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Detention Centres
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Police Complaints Board
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Television Licence (Investigators)
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Representation Of The People Act (Irish Citizens)
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Special Constables
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Special Patrol Group
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Picketing
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Local And Regional Sound Broadcasts
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Citizens Band Radio
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Prisoners On Remand
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Mental Attacks (Protection)
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Immigration Officers Housing (Guidance)
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Polyurethane Foam (Fire Risk)
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Borstal Trainees (Classification)
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London Transport (Vandalism)
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Prison Building Programme
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Rhodesian Citizens
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Local Government Districts (Electoral Arrangements)
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Illegal Firearms (Amnesty)
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Commission For Racial Equality
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Scotland
Departments Of Agriculture And Fisheries (Economics And Statistics Unit)
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Stock And Cropping Returns
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Agricultural Machinery Census
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Attacks On Prison Officers
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Borstal Trainees
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Prison Building Programme
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Attacks On Borstal Staffs
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Local Authority Staff (Pay)
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Mr Jimmy Boyle
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Housing Transfers
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Dundee District Council (Boundaries)
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Transport
A13-A2 Link (Falconwood)
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Two-Wheeled Motor Vehicles (Classes)
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Mopeds And Motor Cycles
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Mopeds
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Traffic Signs (Regulations)
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Liverpool Inner Ring Road And Salford Docks Spur
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Hovercraft Services
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Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
British Lions Rugby Tour
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Czechoslovakia (Arrested Persons)
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Energy Counsellors (Washington)
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Missing Persons
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Deceased Persons (Repatriation)
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Children (Unlawful Removal Abroad)
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British Nationals Abroad (Repatriation)
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Energy
Spent Fuel Elements (Processing)
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Electricity (Demand And Capacity)
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North Sea Oil (Block 163/6)
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Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant
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Environment
Homes Insulation Scheme
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British Waterways Board
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South Coast Beaches (Chemicals)
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Local Authority Staff (Pay)
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Local Government (Building Control Services)
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Mobile Homes Act 1975
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Small Firms (Rate Relief)
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Radioactive Waste
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Water Charges
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Northern Ireland
P And A Duffy And Company (Legal Aid Payments)
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European Social Fund (Receipts)
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European Regional Development Fund
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European Agricultural Guidance And Guarantee Fund
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Sporting Activities (Licences)
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Adult Educational Guidance
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