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Commons Hansard for 16 December 1996 (Volume 287)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 12.32pm.
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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National Heritage
St Bartholomew's Hospital
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British Film Industry
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National Lottery
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Sporting Ambassadors Initiative
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Voluntary Sector
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Arts Promotion
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Important Heritage Sites
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National Lottery Awards
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St Pancras Station
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Listed Buildings
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Lord Chancellor's Department
Magistrates Courts (Suffolk)
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Legal Aid
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European Court Of Human Rights
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European Council (Dublin)
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
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New Member
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Point Of Order
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Fisheries
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Adjournment (Christmas)
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Delegated Legislation
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Northern Ireland
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County Courts
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Financial Services
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European Community Documents
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Community Railway Policy
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Content for Written Answers.
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Environment
Battersea Power Station
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Transport Schemes
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Private Finance Initiative
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Personal Social Services Funding
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Waste Management (Costs)
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Uniform Business Rate
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Housing Registers
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Telecommunications Antennae
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Housing Resources
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Building Research Establishment
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Transport
London Transport Staff
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Jubilee Line
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Trans-European Transport
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Traffic Projections
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Official Ministerial Visits
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Education And Employment
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Training For Work
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Trade And Industry
Nuclear Power Stations
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Coal Industry
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Radiation Experiments
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Electrical Goods (Home Repairs)
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Hawk Aircraft (Indonesia)
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Crown Agents
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Personal Business Advisers
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Business Breakfasts
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Office Of Science And Technology
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Regional Selective Assistance
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Orimulsion
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National Fibre Optic Network
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Defence
Gulf War
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Expenditure
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Future Offensive Air System
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British Aerospace Companies
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Bowman Project
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Industrial Tribunals
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Premature Voluntary Release
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Treasury
Unemployment Benefits (York)
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Typical Family (Definition)
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Inland Revenue
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Ecstasy
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Cattle Cull
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Quota Hopping
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Genetically Engineered Food
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Cattle Insemination
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National Heritage
National Lottery
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Millennium Bids
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Cross-Channel Transport
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English Poetry
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Historic Buildings (London)
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Tourism
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Buckinghamshire County Museum And Art Gallery
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Volunteering
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Wrvs
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Television Violence
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Charity Collections
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Portable Antiquities
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Wales
Hospital Waiting Times
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Housing
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Telephone Tapping
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European Union
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Food Poisoning
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