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Commons Hansard for 4 June 1980 (Volume 985)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
1 May 2026 at 5.17pm.
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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ENVIRONMENT
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Rating System
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Structure Plans
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Amble North Pier
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Housing Associations
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First-time Buyers
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Building Regulations
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Local Authority Staff
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Structure Plans
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Ordnance Survey Maps
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Elderly and Disabled Persons (Housing)
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Local Authorities (Private House Sales)
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Rural Areas (Aid)
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Planning Applications
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Option Mortgage Scheme
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Housing Investment Programme (Transfer of Resources)
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TENANT AND LEASEHOLD PROTECTION
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TENANT AND LEASEHOLD PROTECTION
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FINANCE (No. 2) BILL
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Clause 68
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ENTERPRISE ZONES
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Clause 91
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INCREASE OF PETROLEUM REVENUE TAX
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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
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FINANCE (No. 2) BILL
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IRAN (SANCTIONS)
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IRAN (EXPORTS)
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High Court Attendances (Officers of the House)
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SPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA
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Written Answers
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Hospital Policy
Hygiene
Ronald Sailes
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Small Businesses
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Departmental Staff
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Essential Minerals
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Leicester
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Derelict Land
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Business Premises (Insulation)
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Consulting Engineers (Exhibition)
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Apprenticeships
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Departmental Programme
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Ethnic Minorities
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Unemployed Persons
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Women Workers
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Departmental Staff
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Family Expenditure
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Civil Servants (Transport)
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Mr. Ray Smith (Speech)
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British Sugar Corporation (Takeover)
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Exporters
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Domestic Gas Appliances
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Cream
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European Community (Commercial Agents)
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South Africa
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Textile Industry
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NURSES (PAY)
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Forestry Commission
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Trees
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National Parks
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Electricity Showrooms
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Blind Persons
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Higher Education Centres (Full-time Students)
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Cranfield Institute of Technology
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School Leavers
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School Premises (Non-alcoholic Liquid Refreshments)
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Glue Sniffing
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Islamic Studies
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Overseas Students
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Initial Teaching Alphabet
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Fourth Television Channel (Welsh Language Programmes)
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Identity Laws
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Southall (Disturbance)
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Robberies (Use of Shotguns)
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Prisoners (Repatriation)
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Iranian Nationals
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Iran (Sanctions)
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Middle East
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Greece (Membership)
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Public Bodies (Current Cost Accounting)
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Slaughterhouses
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Medical Insurance Schemes
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Invalidity Pensioners
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Industrial Disputes (Tax Rebates)
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Personal and Family Allowances (Budget Strategy)
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Charities (Tax Relief)
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Recovery of Tax
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Multiple Taxation
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Retail Price Index
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Investment Income Surcharge
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Child Allowance
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Personal Taxation
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Civil Servants (Transport)
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Value Added Tax
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Health Physicists
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Departmental Staff
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Staff Vacancies
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Widow's Pensions
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Coal Imports
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Electricity Showrooms and Sales Offices
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Gas Showrooms and Sales Offices
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Rates
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Primary Schools
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M25 (Completion)
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Tyres (Regulations)
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Goole Inner Bypass
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Motorways and Trunk Roads
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Motorway Construction
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Sea Birds (Pollution Deaths)
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Departmental Staff
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Olympic Games
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Planning Applications
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Co-ownership Schemes
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Enterprise Zones
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Common Land
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Water Meters (Domestic Properties)
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Council Rents
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Housing Investment Programme
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Urban Aid Programme
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New Towns (Transfer of Assets)
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Rates
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Council House Repairs
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Countryside Commission
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House Building
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Structure Plans
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Dwellings (Statistics)
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Insulation Grants
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" The Strategy for Corby "
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Rent Acts
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Damp Damage (Assistance to Householders)
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Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations
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Directorate-General of Design Services
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Effluent Lagoons
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Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act
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Property Services Agency
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Lupin Close, West Drayton
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House Building
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Urban Aid Programme
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Derelict Land Clearance Areas
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Supplementary Benefits
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Rent and Rate Rebates
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Unemployment Benefit (Merseyside)
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Mental Hospitals
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Didcot Office
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Invalid Vehicles
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Disabled Persons
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Westminster Hospital
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Invalid Care Allowance
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Mobility Allowance
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Attendance Allowance
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