Sitting of 9 December 1969

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Commons Sitting of 9 December 1969 Series 5 Vol. 793

c209
1. Preamble 7 words
c209
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c209
1. CALDERDALE WATER BILL [Lords] 29 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. TRANSPORT
cc209-10
1. British Railways (Staff Pensions) 181 words
c210
2. Preston-Blackpool South Rail Services 218 words
cc210-1
3. A38 (Cambridge Road Junction) 277 words
cc211-2
4. Channel Tunnel 403 words
cc212-3
5. M6—Fylde Coast Road Link 161 words
cc213-4
6. Breathalysers 244 words
cc214-5
7. Level crossings 345 words
c215
8. New Roads 167 words
cc215-6
9. Articulated Lorries (Road Accidents) 330 words
cc216-7
10. M1 Road Signs (Aldenham and M10 Junctions) 292 words
cc217-8
11. London Primary Roads Network 409 words
cc218-9
12. A38/A370 Junction (East Brent) 324 words
cc219-21
13. Ports Reorganisation (Milford Haven) 446 words
cc221-2
14. A440 (Bridge) 415 words
cc222-3
15. Lorry-Trailer Combinations 447 words
cc223-4
16. Local Authority Road Schemes 213 words
cc224-6
17. Rural Bus Services 548 words
cc226-9
18. Motorways (Building Cost) 1,239 words
cc229-30
19. Road Schemes 191 words
cc230-1
20. Train Derailments 264 words
2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL PLANNING
cc231-2
1. Environmental Pollution 251 words
cc232-3
3. NIGERIA (GENERAL GOWON) 390 words
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4. PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS 406 words
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5. MR. MAURER (DISCUSSIONS) 604 words
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6. PRIME MINISTER OF NORTHERN IRELAND (MEETING) 207 words
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7. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (VISIT) 699 words
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8. UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (VISIT) 327 words
cc239-40
9. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 239 words
c240
10. NEW MEMBERS SWORN 18 words
11. BILL PRESENTED
c240
1. HIGHWAYS ACT 1959 (AMENDMENT) BILL 40 words
c241
5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (SUPPLY) 19 words
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6. STATUTORY INSTRUMENT AMENDMENT 2,297 words, 1 division
7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SUPPLY 4 words
c249
2. ADJOURNMENT 14 words
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8. FOREIGN AFFAIRS 47,339 words, 1 division
cc373-89
9. B.O.A.C. (BORROWING POWERS) 6,226 words
cc390-4
10. DEFENCE POWERS (STRATEGIC GOODS AND MERCHANT SHIPPING) 1,766 words
cc395-404
11. MR. PARGAN SINGH 3,438 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 December 1969 Series 5 Vol. 793

1. TRANSPORT
c47W
1. Motorways (Safety Barriers) 45 words
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2. Drivers' Hours (Transport Act, 1968) 61 words
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3. Railway Electrification 141 words
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4. Pedestrian Safety, Thirsk 68 words
c48W
5. Railways Board Computers and Staff (Scotland) 132 words
cc48-9W
6. Learner Motor Cyclists and Scooter Riders 119 words
cc49-50W
7. Ports (Reorganisation) 426 words
c50W
8. Telford—M6 (Roads) 63 words
c50W
9. Commercial Vehicles (Power-Weight Ratios) 52 words
cc50-1W
10. Transport Users' Consultative Committees 86 words
c51W
11. Motorways (Mileage) 73 words
c51W
12. Exhaust Fumes 83 words
cc51-2W
13. Traffic Flow 132 words
c52W
14. Tachographs 50 words
c52W
15. Goods Vehicles 46 words
c52W
16. Speed Limits (Decimalisation) 63 words
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17. Disabled Drivers, Bedford (Parking Spaces) 103 words
c53W
18. A6, Matlock Bath, Matlock Darley Dale and Bakewell (Bypass) 82 words
c53W
19. Transport Systems, London 47 words
c53W
20. Railways Capital Expenditure and Closures, North East Lancashire 64 words
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21. National Bus Company (Transferred Operations) 77 words
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22. Road Haulage Operators (Licensing) 97 words
cc54-5W
23. A30 Exeter-Launceston 247 words
c55W
24. Hythe (Traffic Congestion) 97 words
cc55-6W
25. Tyne Tunnel (Charges) 94 words
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26. Channel Tunnel 188 words
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27. D Ring Road Link Road, Northolt/Hillingdon Area 63 words
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28. Breathalyser Offence Penalties (Terrell Plan) 72 words
c57W
29. Railway Level-crossings 109 words
c57W
30. Canal Bridge, Shireoaks, Worksop 84 words
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31. A590, Arnside Link Road 35 words
cc57-8W
32. M1-M5 Junction 42 words
c58W
33. Buses (London) 74 words
c58W
34. A433, Tetbury and Didmarton (Bypasses) 100 words
cc58-9W
35. Buses Services (London) 88 words
c59W
36. Parking Offences, Dorset (Fixed Penalties) 89 words
c59W
37. Trunk Roads, Dorset (Improvements) 30 words
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38. Old-age Pensioners (Concessionary Fares) 93 words
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39. Ringway 2, London 128 words
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40. Epileptic Persons (Driving Licences) 78 words
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41. Yorkshire-Lancashire Motorway 68 words
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42. Departmental Letters to Members 105 words
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43. Quarterly Car Licences 65 words
c61W
44. South-West Beverley Bypass 122 words
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45. British Railways (Investment) 289 words
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46. M23, Northern Terminals (Inquiry) 110 words
c63W
47. Passenger Transport Authority Meetings (Admission of the Press) 60 words
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48. Toll Charge, Severn Bridge (Decimalisation) 67 words
cc63-4W
49. Entrance Lock, Grangemouth Docks 113 words
c64W
50. Elloughton Bypass 233 words
c64W
51. Freight Transport (Special Authorisations) 64 words
cc64-5W
52. Trains (Time-keeping) 151 words
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53. Road Fund Tax Licences (Lancashire, Cheshire and the High Peak) 351 words
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54. Vehicle Noise 45 words
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55. Parking Offences (Fixed Penalties) 77 words
cc66-7W
56. Parking Facilities 77 words
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57. A2, Dover-Canterbury (Inter-continental Lorries) 123 words
2. HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
cc67-8W
1. Housing (Brent) 211 words
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2. Smokeless Fuel, South Yorkshire (Clean Air Act) 122 words
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3. M11, Chigwell (Service Area) 122 words
cc68-9W
4. Ronan Point 204 words
cc69-70W
5. Mr. V. A. White (Invention) 146 words
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6. Housing Programme (Darlington) 63 words
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7. Rent Tribunal System 144 words
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8. Lower Wye Valley 48 words
cc70-4W
9. Rate Support Grants (Lancashire and Cheshire) 1,593 words
cc74-5W
10. Housing Subsidies (Lancashire and Cheshire) 126 words
c75W
11. Home Ownership 66 words
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12. Local Authority Members (Financial Loss Allowances) 57 words
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13. Food Store, St. James Shopping Centre, Preston (Collapse) 94 words
cc75-6W
14. Gipsies (Hard Stands) 50 words
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15. Water Pollution 256 words
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16. Council House Costs (Lowestoft) 158 words
3. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Local Government Borrowing 60 words
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2. Children Societies (S.E.T.) 42 words
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3. Gaming Machines (Tax) 41 words
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4. Inland Revenue, Scotland (Communications) 78 words
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5. Rates and Taxes (Increase) 123 words
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6. Exchange Control (Bank of England Fee) 46 words
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7. Computers 77 words
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8. Inland Revenue Centre, East Kilbride 93 words
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9. Exchange Control Frauds 69 words
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10. Trusts 38 words
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11. Taxation (Interest) 36 words
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12. Income Tax (Standard Rate) 55 words
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13. Nickel (Stainless Steel Fixed Price Contracts) 65 words
c80W
14. Works of Art (Capital Gains Tax) 77 words
c80W
15. £ Sterling (Value) 26 words
4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Submarines for Greece (W.E.U. Proposal) 204 words
cc81-2W
2. Rhodesia 290 words
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3. Libya 195 words
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4. European Security Conference 70 words
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5. Falkland Islands (Airfield) 74 words
5. TECHNOLOGY
cc83-4W
1. Oil Rigs, North Sea 311 words
cc84-5W
2. Coal, Gas and Electricity (Prices) 127 words
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3. Opencast Mining (Scotland) 64 words
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4. Australia (Departmental Charter Flights) 70 words
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5. Steel Industry, Scotland (Coking Coal Supplies) 98 words
cc85-6W
6. North Sea Gas (Conversions) 114 words
cc86-8W
7. Computers 871 words
6. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Hospitals, North-East Metropolitan Region (Sites) 1,244 words
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2. St. Mary's Hospital, Harrow Road 84 words
7. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
cc91-4W
1. Teachers' Pay 768 words
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2. Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire 651 words
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3. Drug Dependence (Report) 49 words
cc95-6W
4. Oversized Classes 66 words
8. EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY
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1. Bank Employees (Overtime Pay) 196 words
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2. Government Training Centres (Northern Region) 74 words
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3. Wage Rates and Average Earnings 74 words
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4. Professional and Executive Register 121 words
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5. Agricultural Training Board 125 words
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6. Unemployed Dockworkers, Tilbury 58 words
cc98-9W
7. Unemployment, Brighton 274 words
c99W
8. Unemployed Persons, Grays and Stanford-le-Hope 56 words
cc99-100W
9. Forestry Workers, Scotland 290 words
c100W
10. Wages and Salaries (Increases) 166 words
cc100-1W
11. Commonwealth Immigrants (Work Vouchers) 214 words
c101W
12. Industrial Advisers to the Blind (Exhibition) 74 words
cc101-2W
9. ROAD ACCIDENTS (COMPENSATION) 89 words
10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
c102W
1. Quarantine Kennels 215 words
cc102-3W
2. Farm Machinery 160 words
c103W
3. Annual Price Review (Assumed Costs) 56 words
c103W
4. Experiments on Live Animals 47 words
cc103-4W
5. Temperate Foodstuffs 93 words
c104W
11. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY (SPEECH) 65 words
c104W
12. PRICES AND INCOMES (C-ORDINATION POLICY) 59 words
cc104-5W
13. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 147 words
c105W
14. FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN (DEPARTMENTAL CO-ORDINATION) 51 words
15. DEFENCE
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1. Servicemen Overseas (Foreign Exchange Cost) 133 words
cc105-6W
2. British Forces Education Service Schools, Germany 66 words
16. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Public Documents and Records (Access) 367 words
c107W
2. Sporting Events (Demonstrations) 198 words
cc107-8W
3. Legal Aid 55 words
c108W
4. Newly-qualified Voters Kingston upon Hull 143 words
17. POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
c108W
1. Postage Stamps (Decimalisation) 52 words
cc108-9W
2. Television and Radio Licences (Lancashire and Cheshire) 555 words
cc109-10W
3. Pensioners (Television Licences) 111 words
18. SCOTLAND
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1. Police Force Establishments 238 words
c111W
2. Police (Personal Radios) 82 words
cc111-2W
3. School Auxiliary Aides (Lanarkshire) 102 words
c112W
4. Motorists, Edinburgh (Blood Alcohol Tests) 111 words
c112W
5. Western General Hospital, Edinburgh 167 words
cc112-3W
6. Schools (Gaelic Language) 292 words
19. BOARD OF TRADE
c113W
1. Runway Arresting Systems 64 words
c113W
2. Airlines (Liability to Passengers) 83 words
cc113-4W
3. Forestry Workers 112 words
c114W
4. Third London Airport Site (Foulness) 111 words
cc114-5W
5. B.O.A.C. and B.E.A. (Annual Reports) 96 words
cc115-6W
6. Supersonic Commercial Aircraft 91 words

Lords Sitting of 9 December 1969 Series 5 Vol. 306

c425
1. Preamble 23 words
cc425-7
2. RECRUITING FOR SCOTTISH REGIMENTS 654 words
cc427-8
3. IMMIGRATION CONTROLS AND COMMONWEALTH VISITORS 416 words
cc428-31
4. CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION 1,052 words
cc431-4
5. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE AND PRIVATE SCHEMES 1,171 words
c435
6. GAME BILL [H.L.] 47 words
c435
7. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT 1932 50 words
c435
8. EXPIRING LAWS BILL 4 words
c435
9. POLICE BILL 73 words
cc436-520
10. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SCOTLAND 33,192 words
cc521-43
11. GREECE AND THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE 8,928 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 December 1969 Series 5 Vol. 306

cc543-4WA
1. GOVERNMENT OFFICES: BRIDGE STREET SITE PLANS 114 words
cc544-8WA
2. EUROPEAN SECURITY: PROPOSED CONFERENCE 1,421 words