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Commons Hansard for 17 March 1981 (Volume 1)
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12 May 2018 at 6.43am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Defence
Secretary Of State (Visit To United States)
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Trident Missile
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Naval Shipbuilding Orders
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Air Defence
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Shoeburyness
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Rapid Deployment Force
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Armed Forces (Northern Ireland)
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Cruise Missiles
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British Army Of The Rhine
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Light Anti-Armour Weapon
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Foreign Troops (Training)
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Engagements
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Questions To Ministers
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Belize
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Statutory Instruments, &C
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Welsh Affairs
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Business Of The House
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European Communities (Amendment)
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London Hospital Medical Schools
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Preventive Medicine
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Colleges Of Education (Scotland)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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National Finance
Petroleum And Oil Products
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Budget (Cigarettes And Retail Price Index)
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Surgical Appliances
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Family Income
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Gross Domestic Product
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Civil Service Pay Dispute
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Tax And Price Index
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Financial Statement And Budget Report
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Value Added Tax
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Prime Minister
Engagements
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Factory Closures
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Departmental Co-Ordination
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Enhanced Radiation Weapon
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Child Benefit
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Republic Of Ireland (Prime Minister)
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Rapid Deployment Force
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Official Information (Leakages)
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Closed Shop
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Council Of Europe (Consultative Assembly)
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Energy
Gas And Electricity Disconnections
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Coal (Strategic Stockpiling)
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Coal Supplies (Electricity Generation)
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Coal Demand
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Pit Closures
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Coal-Fired Power Stations
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Energy Prices
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Electricity Generation (Cost)
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Electricity Prices
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Gas Supply Contracts
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Fuel Oil Duty
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Home Department
Borstal Training
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Bullwood Hall Borstal
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Chief Constables (Names And Addresses)
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London Metropolitan Police
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Wales
Trunk Roads (South-West Wales)
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Non-Welsh Speaking Children
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Higher Education (Lecturers)
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Teacher Training
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Hospital Admissions
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Home Ownership Schemes
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Ceredigion (Advance Factories)
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Employed Population
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Nissan Project
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Defence
Defence Expenditure
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Saudi Arabia And Emirates
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Rapid Deployment Force
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Cash Limits
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Gazelle Observation Aid
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Cruise Missiles
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Enhanced Radiation Weapon
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Flying Experience
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Av8b Aircraft
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Trident Missile
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Military Co-Operation
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Secretary Of State (Visit)
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Employment
School Leavers
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Community Industry
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Job Release Scheme
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European Community (Unemployed Persons)
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Redundancies (Non-Notification)
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Protective Awards
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Health And Safety
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Holiday Entitlement And Unemployment
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Weedkillers (Ester Formulations)
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Food Prices
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Sugar Beet (Factory Closures)
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Council Of Agriculture Ministers
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Social Services
Benefit Payments
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Fuel Debts
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Self-Employed Persons (Reciprocal Health Benefits)
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Earnings Rule
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Deferment Of Retirement (Single Men)
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Medical Practitioners (New Commonwealth And Near East)
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Tubal Ligation
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Essential Drug List
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London Undergraduate Medical Schools (Reorganisation)
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Hospitals (Appointments)
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Fund Raising
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Radiological Work
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Acute Geriatric Medicine
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Hospital Admissions
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Supplementary Benefit
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Adult Training Centres
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Smoking (Deaths And Diseases)
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Alcohol (Deaths And Diseases)
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Child Benefit (Children In Care)
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Heating And Fuel Benefits
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Poverty Trap
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Christmas Bonus
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Postgraduate Hospitals
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Invalidity Benefit
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Environment
Tobacco Industry (Sports Sponsorship)
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Housing Associations (Revenue Deficit Grant)
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Glazing And Glass Fixing
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Council House Sales (Departmental Circular)
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Housing Benefits
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Housing Revenue Account
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Scotland
Rate Poundage
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Housing
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Hospital Admissions
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Craiglockhart College
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Defence
Rapid Deployment Force
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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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Equipment Purchases
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Neutron Bomb
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Royal Dockyards
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Service Pay
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Defence Industries (Jobs)
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Naval Operations (Fuel)
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Defence Equipment (Sales)
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Defence Equipment (Purchases)
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Military Installations
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Royal Air Force Houses (Dishforth)
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Diego Garcia
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South Korea (United Nations Force)
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Official Cars
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Territorial Army
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Medals (Monetary Benefits)
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Mine Hunters
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Royal Ordnance Factories
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Brussels Treaty
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Senior Civil Servant (Security Risk)
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Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
Hong Kong
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Negative Security Assurance
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Cyprus
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Indian Ocean (Zone Of Peace)
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Brussels Treaty
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