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Commons Sitting of 21 December 1966 Series 5 Vol. 738

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1. Preamble 6 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. SCOTLAND
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1. Non-Graduate Teachers 193 words
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2. Highlands and Islands Development Board (Report) 239 words
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3. Gaelic Language 168 words
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4. Unemployment 390 words
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5. Educational and Recreational Projects (The Highlands) 169 words
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6. Cadco Report 98 words
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7. Housing 246 words
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8. Scottish Economic Planning Board 305 words
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9. Universities (Student Failure) 176 words
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10. Road Accidents 279 words
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11. Fee-paying Schools 489 words
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12. Scottish Special Housing Association 171 words
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13. Houses for Sale (Central Scotland) 124 words
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14. Tourist Trade 527 words
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15. Salmon and Trout Fishing 334 words
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16. Elderly and Handicapped Persons 143 words
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17. Fire Brigade Equipment (Breathing Apparatus) 121 words
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18. Police (Assaults and Accidents) 286 words
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19. Land Use (Highlands) 327 words
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20. Ambulance Service 165 words
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21. Brothels 150 words
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22. Loch Lomond Water Scheme 398 words
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23. Doctors 197 words
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24. Fishing Industry (Subsidies) 278 words
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25. Tayside Study Group 238 words
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26. Life Sentence Prisoners (Release) 742 words
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27. Teacher Training 485 words
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28. Redeployment of Labour 326 words
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29. Police Force (Strength) 87 words
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30. Doctors (Principals and Assistants) 168 words
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31. Agriculture 476 words
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32. Emigration 270 words
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33. Hill Cow Subsidy 149 words
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34. Inverness Prison 201 words
2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Refreshment Department (Losses) 206 words
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3. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (APPOINTMENT) 376 words
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1. ROYAL ASSENT 148 words
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4. "THE TIMES" AND THE "SUNDAY TIMES" 4,244 words
5. BILL PRESENTED
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1. WATER (SCOTLAND) 130 words
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2. ADJOURNMENT 12 words
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3. WAR DISABILITY PENSIONERS 6,005 words
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4. CHILD POVERTY 5,560 words
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5. SCOTLAND (CADCO REPORT) 5,263 words
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6. TOURISM, SPORT AND SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENT 6,481 words
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7. SERVICE MEN'S WIDOWS (ESTATE DUTY) 3,640 words
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8. DECIMAL CURRENCY 7,096 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 21 December 1966 Series 5 Vol. 738

1. SCOTLAND
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1. Old People's Homes, Glasgow 243 words
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2. Schools (Corporal Punishment) 54 words
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3. Technical Training College, East Aberdeenshire 62 words
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4. Hospital Beds (Geriatric Patients) 129 words
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5. General Practitioners (Emigration) 85 words
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6. Medical Lists (Principals) 78 words
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7. North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (Storage Scheme) 78 words
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8. River Esk Bridge, Musselburgh 66 words
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9. Forestry Commission (Labour Force) 58 words
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10. Hunter Committee (Report) 81 words
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11. Commonwealth Games 46 words
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12. Scottish Economy 162 words
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13. Glenrothes Development Corporation (Cadco) 115 words
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14. Seine Net Fleet 103 words
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15. Agricultural Machinery (Grants) 72 words
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16. The Borders (Economic Development) 82 words
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17. Teachers (Salary Conservation) 85 words
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18. Universities (Constitutions) 82 words
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19. Justices of the Peace (Allowances) 96 words
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20. Countryside Bill 30 words
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21. Selective Employment Tax 102 words
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22. Workers, North-East Scotland 121 words
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23. Glenafton Hospital (Geriatric Patients) 109 words
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24. Rootes Limited 83 words
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25. Kidney Machines (Overseas Patients) 179 words
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26. Spey Bridge (Vehicles) 56 words
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27. Housebuilding (Glasgow) 166 words
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28. Comprehensive Schools 101 words
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29. Abortions (Prosecutions) 282 words
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30. Court Cases (Convictions) 51 words
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31. European Economic Community 65 words
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32. Solway Firth Barrage Scheme (Report) 58 words
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33. Road Construction Unit 52 words
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34. Research Establishments (North Sea Projects) 56 words
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35. Exchequer Equalisation Grant (Notional Rent) 77 words
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36. State-Aided Schools (Fees) 61 words
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37. Seed Testing (Station) 62 words
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38. Scottish Office (Regionalisation of Work) 114 words
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39. Floods 149 words
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40. Highlands and Islands Development Board (Recommendations) 183 words
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41. Inner Ring Road, Glasgow (Grant) 67 words
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42. Highlands and Islands (Expenditure) 96 words
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2. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER (MEMBERS' CARS) 86 words
3. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
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1. British Forces, Thailand 122 words
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2. British Forces, Germany 54 words
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3. Fleet Air Arm 132 words
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4. Household Brigade (Racial Discrimination) 52 words
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5. Documentary Film "All the Queen's Men" 37 words
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6. Royal Navy 170 words
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7. Nuclear Bombs (Cost) 66 words
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8. South African Navy 52 words
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9. Joint Maritime War Planning Committee 33 words
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10. Leave Travel (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) 78 words
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11. Malta (Redundant Staff) 88 words
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12. Defence Equipment (United States Purchases) 111 words
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13. Type 82 Destroyer 78 words
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14. Variable Geometry Aircraft 87 words
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15. British Forces, Gibraltar (Cost) 42 words
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16. Phantom Aircraft 51 words
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17. Shortheath, Kingsley and Oakhanger Commons (Road Investigations) 40 words
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18. Training Land 28 words
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19. R.A.F., Far East (Aircraft) 299 words
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20. British Army (Allocation of Entrants) 101 words
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21. H.M.S. "Britannia" (Expenditure) 92 words
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22. Polaris Submarines 201 words
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23. Service Doctors (Pay) 55 words
4. ROADS
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1. Midland Link 51 words
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2. Motorways (Crash Barriers) 95 words
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3. Road Surfaces (Comparative Costs) 99 words
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4. Road Construction Units 116 words
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5. Liverpool-Skehnersdale Link 59 words
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6. South Lancashire Motorway 68 words
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7. A696 Improvement Scheme (Ponteland) 75 words
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8. Expenditure 220 words
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9. Major Projects 124 words
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10. Spine Road, Ashington 109 words
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11. Urban Roads (Tunnel Building) 46 words
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12. A30 (Speed Limit) 52 words
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13. Trunk and Classified Road Schemes 55 words
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14. Classification 159 words
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15. Roads in England Report (Publication) 33 words
5. PORTS
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1. Loch Long and Gare Loch 130 words
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2. East Anglia 99 words
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3. European Economic Community 101 words
6. TRANSPORT
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1. Motor-Cycles (Research and Development) 90 words
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2. Parking of Commercial Vehicles (Hull) 61 words
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3. Yorkshire and Humberside 114 words
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4. Motor Vehicle Tests (Fee) 194 words
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5. Roundabouts (Advisory Rule) 114 words
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6. Motor Vehicles (Noise) 70 words
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7. Driving Licences (Welsh Language) 115 words
7. RAILWAYS
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1. Lansdown Station, Cheltenham 94 words
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2. Liner Trains 80 words
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3. Freight Sundries Service (Co-ordination with B.R.S.) 198 words
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4. Passenger Services (Closures) 3,249 words
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5. Railway Pensioners 31 words
8. WIRELESS AND TELEVISION
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1. Television Interviews (Rhodesia) 57 words
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2. Walkie-Talkie Sets 127 words
9. POST OFFICE
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1. Premium Bonds (Unclaimed Prizes) 53 words
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10. SCOTTISH T.U.C. (DELEGATION) 67 words
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11. WORLD INTEREST RATES 128 words
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12. NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY 153 words
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13. RHODESIA 52 words
14. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Polish Visitor (Visa) 57 words
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2. Piracy and Arson (Death Sentences) 113 words
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3. Prisoners (Escapes) 80 words
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4. Police (Gallantry Awards) 56 words
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5. Convictions (Percentage Rate) 54 words
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6. Firemen (Deaths and Injuries) 196 words
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7. Chemists' Shops (Metropolitan Area Rota) 69 words
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8. Local Government Electors 123 words
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9. Registered Electors (City of London) 85 words
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10. Quarter Sessions (Appeals Against Sentence) 54 words
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11. Racial Discrimination (Complaint) 53 words
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12. Traffic Offences (Statistics) 54 words
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13. House Agents (Clapham) 106 words
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14. Harry Roberts (Apprehension) 38 words
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15. Mountbatten Inquiry (Report) 41 words
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16. Sexual Offenders 67 words
15. ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
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1. South-East Study 155 words
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2. Local Government Service (Pay) 92 words
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3. Productivity (Prices and Incomes) 85 words
16. BOARD OF TRADE
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1. Aldergrove Airport, County Antrim 88 words
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2. Air Freight Services 82 words
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3. Industrial Development Certificates (Northern Region) 85 words
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4. European Free Trade Association 239 words
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5. Aluminium Semi-Manufactures (Monopolies Commission Report) 109 words
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6. Unemployment (Ashington) 84 words
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7. Unemployment (Bridport) 33 words
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8. Infant Milk Foods (Monopolies Commission Report) 65 words
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9. "The Times" (Monopolies Commission Report) 43 words
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10. Wine Sales (Protection of Consumers) 99 words
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11. Pleasure Boats (National Safety Symbol) 58 words
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12. Advance Factories (Mid-Wales) 122 words
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13. Pleasure Boat "Darlwin" 69 words
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14. Industrial Development (Mid-Wales) 81 words
17. ELECTRICITY
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1. Littlebrook D Power Station (Coal Firing) 54 words
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2. Power Line (Seven Springs— Cowley) 73 words
18. GAS
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1. North Sea Supplies 74 words
19. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Prices and Incomes (National Board Report) 143 words
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2. Works Group (Pay Scales) 113 words
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3. £ Sterling (Purchasing Power) 61 words
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4. Net National Income (Public Expenditure) 82 words
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5. Net Expendable Incomes (Invested Capital Requirement) 121 words
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6. Capital Gains Tax and Corporation Tax (Collection Costs) 97 words
20. MINISTRY OF LABOUR
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1. Thomson Newspapers 196 words
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2. Laundry Industry (Wages) 141 words
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3. Productivity (Wage Increases) 120 words
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4. Motor Industry Joint Labour Council 210 words
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5. Unemployment (Ashington and Morpeth) 98 words
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6. Printing Industry (Restrictive Practices) 93 words
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7. Government Training Centre, Denton 176 words
21. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Wines (Labelling) 73 words
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2. Veterinary Drugs (Sale) 235 words
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3. Regional Veterinary Officers 102 words
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4. Beef Production (Grants and Subsidies) 236 words
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5. Beef Cattle (Grain Consumption) 91 words
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6. Fish Prices 67 words
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7. Farm Improvement Grants 147 words
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8. Fatstock Guarantee Scheme 155 words
22. MINISTRY OF AVIATION
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1. Short Brothers and Harland 201 words
23. GIBRALTAR
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1. Grants and Taxation Revenue 233 words
24. BERMUDA
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1. Independence 42 words
25. MAURITIUS
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1. Legislative Assembly (Elections) 192 words
26. COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Rhodesia (Political Detainees) 142 words
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2. Singapore (Defence Treaty) 48 words
27. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. School Building Programmes 1,379 words
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2. The Arts (Yorkshire) 139 words
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3. Education (Public Expenditure) 272 words
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4. Secondary Education (Hertfordshire) 72 words
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5. Higher Education Courses (Fees) 712 words
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28. ITALY (FLOOD RELIEF) 250 words
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29. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (SANCTIONS AGAINST RHODESIA) 93 words
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30. RHODESIA 77 words
31. HOSPITALS
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1. Ambulance Staff (Training) 263 words
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2. Ashington Hospital, Northumberland (Extension) 102 words
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3. Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (Staffing) 137 words
32. MINISTRY OF HEALTH
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1. Hearing Aid (Cordless) 50 words
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2. Cervical Cancer (Smear Tests) 200 words
33. HOUSING
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1. Overspill Schemes 388 words
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2. Rent Determination (Dearne Valley) 118 words
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3. Rented Dwellings 253 words
34. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. University of Rhodesia (Grant) 770 words
35. WALES
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1. Dual-Carriageway Roads 356 words
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2. Road Programme 49 words
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3. Welsh Economic Council 69 words
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4. Government Forms 119 words

Lords Sitting of 21 December 1966 Series 5 Vol. 278

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1. Preamble 21 words
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2. USE OF IMPORTED HARDWOOD IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS 766 words
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3. GUMMED ECONOMY LABELS 154 words
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4. INDONESIA AND WEST IRIAN PLEBISCITE 741 words
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5. ITALIAN FLOOD DISASTER: BRITISH AID 673 words
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6. THE TIMES MERGER 30 words
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7. GENERAL RATE BILL [H.L.] 127 words
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8. AIR CORPORATIONS BILL [H.L.] 63 words
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9. REGIONAL RAILWAY BOARDS ORDER 1966 4,246 words
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10. HOUSING (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 6 words
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11. INDUSTRIAL REORGANISATION CORPORATION BILL LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL POLICE (SCOTLAND) BILL LEE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK BILL 15 words
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12. ROYAL COMMISSION 56 words
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13. REGIONAL RAILWAY BOARDS ORDER 1966 1,196 words
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14. THE TIMES TRANSFER TO THOMSON ORGANISATION 799 words
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15. COMPANIES BILL [H.L.] 33,077 words
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16. PART II AMENDMENTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE ACT 1923 1,921 words
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17. THE F 111 AIRCRAFT 6,479 words
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18. LONDON BRIDGE BILL 13 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 21 December 1966 Series 5 Vol. 278

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1. PATENT LAW OF PRIOR CLAIMING 99 words