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Commons Hansard for 31 March 1981 (Volume 2)
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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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Social Services
Prescription Charges
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Pharmaceuticals (Manufacture)
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Unemployment And Sickness Benefits
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District Health Authorities
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Death Grant
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Regional Health Authorities (Financial Allocations)
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Disadvantaged Persons (Church Of England And Salvation Army)
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Child Benefit
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Smoking And Alcohol Consumption
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St George's Hospital Site
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Oxford Regional Health Authority
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Hospitals And Charities (Fund-Raising)
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Social Security Bill
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Retirement Pension
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President Reagan
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Greater London Council (Housing Transfer)
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Jennie Aste
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Town And Country Planning Act 1971 (Amendment)
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Town And Country Planning Act 1971 (Amendment)
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Clause 8
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Interference With Vehicles
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Schedule
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Title
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Criminal Attempts Bill
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National Health Service (Dental And Optical Charges)
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Rate Support Grant (Rugby)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Education And Science
Business Schools (London And Manchester)
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Professorships
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Microcomputers
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Overseas Students
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Royal College Of Art
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Home Department
Prisoners (Escorts)
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Probation And After-Care Services
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Goods And Services (Prices)
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Crown Agents
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Police Complaints Board
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Dr Alan Clift
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Send And New Hall Detention Centres
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Radar Gun "Muniavip"
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
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Employment
Civil Servants (Dispute)
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Industry (Birmingham)
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Textile Industry
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Short-Time Working
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Prime Minister
Engagements
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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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Family Support
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Economic Policy
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Pymoor
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Factory Closures
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Budget Leaks
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Engagements
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Energy
Energy Conservation
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New Delhi
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Central Policy Review Staff
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British Gas (Heavy Duty Oil)
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Gas Prices
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National Oil Account
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National Finance
Married Man's Tax Allowance
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Tax Change Ready Reckoner
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Departmental Staff (Price Monitoring)
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Value Added Tax
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Licensed Premises (Revenue)
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Cumbernauld Accounts Office (Vehicle Hire)
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Married Couples (Taxation)
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Housing Expenditure
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Wales
"Care In Action"
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Education (Report)
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Physical Sciences (Degree Courses)
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Upper Afan Valley (Employment)
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School Leavers (Aberavon)
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Wool
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Seat Belts
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Housing Starts
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Social Services
District Heating Schemes (Supplementary Benefit Payments)
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Death Grant
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Disability Pension
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Mobility Allowance
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Heating Allowances (Scotland)
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Medicine (Career Structure)
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National Health Service (Leicestershire)
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Tobacco Advertising (Discussions)
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Smallpox (Research)
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Unemployment Benefit
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Pensioners (Discussions)
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"Growing Older"
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Long-Stay Non-Geriatric Patients
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Medicines Inspectorate
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Overseas Students
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Claimants (Advice)
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Child Support
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Mental Hospitals (Prisoner Patients)
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Non-Payment Of Fines (Imprisonment)
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State Retirement Pension
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Diabetics (Disposable Needles)
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West Cumbria
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Mentally Handicapped Persons
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Supplementary Benefit
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Part-Time Workers (Benefit Payments)
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New Hospital, Goole
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Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex
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Problem Drinkers At Work
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National Blood Transfusion Service
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Royal Western Counties Hospital (Deaf Persons)
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Wessex Health Region (Spinal Unit)
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Progesterone-Only Pill
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Kidney Failure (Treatment)
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Census Forms (Welsh Households)
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Child Benefit
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Industry
British Leyland
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Engineering Council
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Regional Development Grant Scheme
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Private Telephone Exchanges (Maintenance)
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Scotland
Departmental Staff (Price Monitoring)
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Local Authority Housing
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School Leavers (Govan, Glasgow)
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Lead Screening
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Southern General Hospital, Govan (Neurological Institute)
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School Leavers (Job Prospects)
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Police Stations (Tape Recordings)
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Inland Revenue (Mail Movements)
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Environment
Housing (Co-Ownership Societies)
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National Mobility Scheme
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Council House Sales
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Rate Support Grant
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Transport
Vehicle Excise Duty (Evasion)
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Heavy Vehicles (Damage)
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Lorry Operating Centres
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Overloading
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Lorries (Checks)
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Local Authorities (Concessionary Fares)
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Underground Railway (Epping-Ongar)
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Port Of London Authority And Mersey Docks And Harbour Co
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Motorway Cafeterias
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Port Of London
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Departmental Staff (Price Monitoring)
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Forestry
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Small Firms (Procurement Policy)
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Subsidised Butter
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Farm Price Review
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Fishing Industry
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Wool
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