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Commons Hansard for 4 December 1996 (Volume 286)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 12.13pm.
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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Former Prisoners Of War (Compensation)
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Sustainable Development
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Brazilian Mahogany
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Uniform Business Rate (Dorset)
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Electricity Generation (East Lothian)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Trade And Industry
Working Time Directive
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"Industrial Action And Trade Unions"
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Privatised Utilities
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Deregulation
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Utilities (Privatisation)
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Small Firms
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Business Grants
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Singapore Summit
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"Industrial Action And Trade Unions"
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Clean Coal Technology
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Business Failures
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Firework Safety
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Working Time Directive
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Research And Development
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Nuclear Industry
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Investment
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Working Time Directive
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"Industrial Action And Trade Unions"
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Partial-Birth Abortion
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Partial-Birth Abortion
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Points Of Order
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Firearms (Amendment) Bill (Allocation Of Time)
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Schedule 2
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Consequential And Minor Amendments
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Estimates
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Overseas Development And Co-Operation
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Deregulation
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European Community Documents
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Water For Human Consumption
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Former Yugoslavia
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Written Answers
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Written Answers To Questions
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Environment
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Recycling
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Local Government Finance
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Local Government Finance
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Leasehold Reform
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Channel Tunnel
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Environmental Reform
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Regulation Breaches
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Ministerial Responsibilities
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Wind Farms
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Plant And Machinery Advisory Committee
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Local Government Reorganisation (Southport)
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Treasury
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European Monetary Union
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Gold And Foreign Currency Reserves
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Single European Currency
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Women
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Child Care Facilities
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Unemployment (Dagenham)
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Eds Ltd
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North Sea Oil (Tax Losses)
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Budget Papers
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Private Finance Initiative
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Written Parliamentary Questions
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Public Contracts
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Beer Taxes
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Employers Helpline
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Donate-As-You-Earn Scheme
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Inland Revenue Computers
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Local Tax Offices
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Transport
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Wheel Clamping
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Us-Uk Air Service Agreements
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Wheelchairs
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Pupils
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Health
East London And The City Health Authority
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Abortion
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Health Inequalities
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Nhs Doctors
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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General Practitioners (Drugs Expenditure)
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