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Commons Hansard for 28 April 1980 (Volume 983)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 10.07pm.
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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Oral Answers To Questions
Industry
Inmos
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Manufacturing Industry
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Small Businesses
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Small Firms Counselling Service
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Northern Region
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Genetic Engineering
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Public Purchasing Policy
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Tuc
Enterprise Zones
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Lucas Aerospace
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Black Country Districts
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Small Businesses (Paper Work)
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Post Office
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Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited
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Development Area Status (Neath-Resolven)
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Indictable Offences (Trial Delays)
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Director Of Public Prosecutions
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Shoplifting (Elderly Persons)
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Bristol Disturbances (Chief Constable's Report)
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Tenerife Air Crash
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Birkenhead (Unemployment)
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Iran
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Welsh Affairs
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Defence Estimates 1980
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Ussr Trade Inspectors
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Employment
Member's Correspondence
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Pneumoconiosis Compensation
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Health And Safety
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Pentachlorophenol
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Job Vacancies
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Unemployment Statistics
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Unemployment (Redundancy Payments)
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Barking (Explosion)
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Employee Activity Rates
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Unemployment Benefit Claimants
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National Finance
Channel Islanders (Capital Transfer Tax Claims)
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Educational Charities (Value Added Tax)
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Widows (Allowances And Pensions)
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Herbicide 2, 4, 5-T
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Value Added Tax (Children's Wear)
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Sperm Whale Oil
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North Sea Oil (Tax Yield)
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Fiscal Drag (Additional Revenue)
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Value Added Tax (Educational Visits)
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Index Of Industrial Output
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Teachers' Salaries
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Income Tax
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Foreign Exchange Gains And Losses
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Domestic Rates (Abolition)
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Earl Mountbatten Of Burma (Strasbourg Speech)
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Foreign And Commonwealth Secretary
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Industry
National Enterprise Board
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Regional Development Assistance
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Merseyside
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London Chamber Of Commerce And Industry
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West Durham (Job Creation)
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Nationalised Industries (Chairmen)
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British Steel Corporation
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Manufacturing Industry (Investment)
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Shipyard Employment Figures
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Development Areas
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Energy Conservation
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Scotland
Fife Health Board
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Teachers (Pay)
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Area Health Boards
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Hampden Park Project
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Strathclyde Region
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Education And Science
Scientific Research
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Palestinian Students
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Schools (Per Capita Spending)
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Expenditure
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Inner London Education Authority
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Jury Vetting
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Director Of Public Prosecutions
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Evidence (Disclosure To Defence)
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Royal Commission On Legal Services
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Energy
Natural Gas
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National Oil Account
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Crude Oil And Refining And Tanker Capacity
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North Sea Installations (Safety)
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Fuel Supplies (Rural Areas)
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Coal Mining Industry
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Nuclear Accidents (Warning Arrangements)
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Conservation
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Oil Reserves
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Nuclear Reprocessing Plant Cap De La Hague
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Mineworkers Redundancy Payments And Similar Schemes
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Environment
Water Charges
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Local Authority Staff
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Planning Decisions
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Health And Safety At Work Etc Act
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Rates (Kent)
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Olympic Games (Alternative Events)
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Home Department
Firearms Acts (Departmental Guidance)
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Criminal Statistics
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Immigration
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Deportation
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Murder Statistics
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Pucklechurch Remand Centre (Disturbance)
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Minimum Use Of Force Tactical Intervention Squad
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Prisoners' (Sleeping Accommodation)
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Retained Property (Police Receipts)
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Football Matches (Disturbances)
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Operation Countryman
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Police Detainees (Drugs And Sedatives)
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Manchester Prison
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Civil Defence
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Juvenile Offenders
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Cannabis
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Cap De La Hague Nuclear Reprocessing Plant
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Animals (Experiments)
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World Adminstrative Radio Conference
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Woolworth Store, Manchester
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Bristol (Demonstration)
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Polyurethane Foam (Fire Risks)
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Wales
District General Hospital (Bangor)
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United Nations Act 1946 (Orders In Council)
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European Court Of Human Rights (Channel Islands Cases)
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Copyright
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Patent Office
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Insolvency Law Review Committee
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Upholstered Furniture (Safety) Regulations
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Fires (Smokers' Materials)
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Oil Companies (Retail Rice Outlets)
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Transport
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British Transport Police
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Disabled Persons
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Foreign Firms (Failures)
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European Agriculture Guidance And Guarantee Fund
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Nuclear Policy
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Invalidity Benefit
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Mentally Iii Persons (Oxford)
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Sick And Disabled Dependants
(item number 1)
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Supplementary Benefit Recipients (Rent Payments)
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Secure Accommodation (Essex)
(item number 1)
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Pentachlorophenol
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Invalidity Pension
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Supplementary Benefit
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Chronically Sick And Disabled Persons Act (Provision Of Telephones)
(item number 1)
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Elderly Persons' Homes (Staffing Ratio)
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Home Helps
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Benefits (Increases)
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Industrial Injury Benefits
(item number 1)
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Benefits (Social Security (No 2) Bill)
(item number 1)
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Elderly Persons (United Nations' Resolution)
(item number 1)
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Social Security (No 2) Bill
(item number 1)
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National Insurance Benefits (Child Support)
(item number 1)
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Pharmaceutical Firms (Clinical Trials)
(item number 1)
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