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Commons Hansard for 7 May 1985 (Volume 78)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 5.27am.
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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Oral Answers To Questions
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Employment
Wages Councils
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Labour Statistics
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Labour Statistics
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Community Programme
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Long-Term Unemployed Persons
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Gas Industry
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Legionnaire's Disease (Stafford)
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Personal Statement
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Ve Day—40Th Anniversary
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Written Answers
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Written Answers To Questions
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Rate Support Grant
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Council Housing
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Asbestos
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Regal Cinema, Edmonton
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Prime Minister
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Imports
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Manchester Steel Company
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Mobile Radio Services
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British Aerospace
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Honduras
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El Salvador
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Chile
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Ec Directives
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Scotland
Rates
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Agricultural Colleges (Advisory Services)
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Defective Houses
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Young Offenders
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Transport Subsidies (Strathclyde)
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Housing Associations
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Dunblane Bypass
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Hospital Beds
(item number 1)
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Myocardial Infarction
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Coronary Artery Disease (Deaths)
(item number 1)
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Nhs Expenditure
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Hospitals
(item number 1)
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Geriatric Hospitals
(item number 1)
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Cervical Cancer
(item number 1)
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Hospitals (Beds And Nurses)
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Renal Treatment (Funding)
(item number 1)
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Cormorants
(item number 1)
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Rent (Scotland) Act 1984
(item number 1)
(id 4489f17a-aace-4620-ab70-49b45fa20975)
Sexual Offences (Report)
(item number 1)
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Rates
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Birds (Licences)
(item number 1)
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