Sitting of 24 March 1970

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Commons Sitting of 24 March 1970 Series 5 Vol. 798

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. MESSAGE FROM THE COUNCIL OF STATE
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1. LONDON GOVERNMENT 79 words
4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. FLINTSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL 9 words
5. GOSPORT CORPORATION BILL
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1. LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL 6 words
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6. BARRY CORPORATION BILL 29 words
7. DONCASTER CORPORATION BILL [Lords]
1. HUDDERSFIELD CORPORATION BILL [Lords]
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1. WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] 6 words
8. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. TRANSPORT
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1. London Underground 498 words
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2. Channel Tunnel 254 words
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3. Train Derailments 221 words
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4. Mersey Underwater Crossings 219 words
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5. Road Construction 494 words
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6. Barrow Link Road 114 words
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7. Ports Bill (Dock Work) 360 words
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8. Crewe-Glasgow Railway Line (Electrification) 535 words
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9. Motorway Construction 484 words
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10. Carrier Operators' Licences (Cost) 564 words
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11. Transport Act, 1968, Section 30 (Special Permits) 146 words
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12. Temporary Staff 117 words
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13. Humber Bridge 259 words
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14. Schools (Experimental Road Markings) 150 words
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15. Third London Airport 180 words
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16. Articulated Vehicles (Anti-Jack-Knifing Device) 249 words
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17. Trains (Punctuality) 234 words
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18. Motor-Car Registration Numbers 191 words
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19. Road Bridge, Defford 199 words
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20. Motorways (Crosswind Hazards) 225 words
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21. Rail Fares 136 words
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22. Railway Stations (Passenger Facilities) 235 words
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23. Chingford and Waltham Abbey (Road Traffic) 186 words
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24. A1, South Mimms 182 words
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25. PRIME MINISTER OF NORTHERN IRELAND (MEETING) 1,167 words
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26. PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION 353 words
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27. HONOURS SYSTEM AND MINISTERIAL PATRONAGE 430 words
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28. NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 1,327 words
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29. BLACKPOOL (UNEMPLOYMENT) 284 words
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30. NEW MEMBER 13 words
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31. ROYAL ASSENT 63 words
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9. NORTHERN IRELAND (INCIDENTS, DERRY) 4,502 words
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10. MURDER (LIFE IMPRISONMENT) 4,232 words, 1 division
11. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. AGRICULTURE BILL 7 words
1. New Clause 1
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1. FARM CAPITAL GRANTS 27,440 words, 1 division
12. New Clause 2
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1. AMENDMENTS AS TO GRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH ALTERATIONS OF FARM STRUCTURE 7,211 words
13. New Clause 3
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1. NEW PROVISION AS TO STANDARD COSTS, ETC. FOR CERTAIN GRANTS 2,362 words
14. New Clause 4
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1. ERADICATION OF BRUCELLOSIS 15,376 words, 1 division
15. New Clause 5
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1. SAVING FOR ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 6,223 words
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16. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 3,542 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 March 1970 Series 5 Vol. 798

1. TRANSPORT
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1. Bramdean (Speed Limits and Traffic) 69 words
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2. Fore Street, Camelford 50 words
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3. St. Columb (Waiting Restrictions) 108 words
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4. Beverley Bypass 78 words
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5. Speed Limits (Rural Areas) 51 words
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6. Bus and Rail Undertakings (Tickets and Contracts) 48 words
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7. Transport Users' Consultative Committees 51 words
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8. East Coast Rail Services 92 words
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9. East Anglia 109 words
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10. Motorways (Kingston-upon-Hull) 95 words
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11. Municipal Bus Services (Travel Concessions) 67 words
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12. Bus Services 156 words
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13. Road Traffic Signals 62 words
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14. Channel Tunnel 57 words
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15. Railways (Sale of Goods) 81 words
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16. Minister (Visit to Scotland) 45 words
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17. A428 Road, Goldington Green 68 words
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18. Invalid Cars, Bedford (Parking) 55 words
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19. Traffic Congestion, Hythe 66 words
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20. Livestock (Carriage) 56 words
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21. Motorway Traffic, Lancashire (Fog) 89 words
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22. M6 Crash Barriers 98 words
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23. Snowfalls 93 words
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24. Heavy Goods Vehicles (Built-up Areas) 87 words
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25. Travel Concessions 92 words
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26. Trans-Pennine Motorways 49 words
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27. Road Accidents 342 words
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28. Main Line Stations (Duty Officials) 43 words
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29. M40 Route 112 words
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30. Motor Vehicles 215 words
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31. Humber Bridge Board 65 words
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32. British Road Services 70 words
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33. London Transport (Administration) 30 words
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34. Pedestrian Crossings (Lighting) 83 words
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35. Railways 457 words
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36. Ministry of Transport (Costs) 66 words
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37. Carriageways (Marking) 100 words
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38. Traffic Flow 106 words
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39. A30 Road (Exeter—Launceston Section) 156 words
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40. Bus Companies (Withdrawal of Services) 87 words
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41. Sheffield-Liverpool Motorway Link 69 words
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42. Railways Board Subsidies (Reports) 78 words
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43. Passenger Trains 137 words
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44. Advanced Passenger Train 53 words
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45. New Motorways 62 words
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46. Fish Lorries (Drivers' Hours) 92 words
2. HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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1. River Medway (Pollution) 71 words
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2. Housing Act, 1969 (Grants) 180 words
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3. Housing, Dorset (Waiting Lists) 76 words
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4. Water Supply, Westbury 130 words
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5. Council Houses (Sale) 128 words
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6. House Prices 132 words
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7. Local Rates (Charges) 190 words
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8. Option Mortgage Scheme 561 words
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9. House Building 86 words
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10. Local Authority Rent Schemes 116 words
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11. Council Houses (Interest Rates) 44 words
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12. Mortgages 168 words
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13. Open Spaces, London 74 words
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14. Housing Subsidies 5,059 words
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15. Building Regulations (Insulation Standards) 92 words
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16. Local Authority Members (Conferences) 142 words
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17. Local Authorities (Housing Land Purchases) 54 words
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18. Local Authority Portfolio Investments 80 words
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19. Local Authority Land (Value) 46 words
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20. Multi-storey Car Parks 67 words
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21. Rate Rebates (Sheffield) 108 words
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22. Mortgage Advances (Sheffield) 133 words
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23. Parliamentary Questions 37 words
3. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Pre-School Play Groups (Tax) 26 words
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2. Gross Fixed Investment 107 words
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3. Gross Domestic Product 127 words
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4. £ Sterling (Value) 553 words
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5. Personal Incomes (Tax) 167 words
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6. Income, Expenditure and Saving 205 words
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7. Personal Allowances (Value) 357 words
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8. Personal Incomes 270 words
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9. Securities (Net Return) 88 words
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10. Purchase Tax 46 words
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11. Companies (Interest Payments) 120 words
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12. Central Bank Rediscount Rates 669 words
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13. Balance of Payments 87 words
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14. Exchange Equalisation Account 48 words
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15. Manufacturing Industries (Investment) 238 words
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16. Whisky and Wines (Tax) 84 words
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17. Real Personal Disposable Income 545 words
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18. Retired Married Couples (Average Tax) 374 words
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19. Parliamentary Questions 35 words
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20. Departmental Staff (Disabled Persons) 162 words
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21. Members and Peers (Overseas Visits) 58 words
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22. Laundries and Dry Cleaners (S.E.T.) 66 words
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23. Central Government (Borrowings) 74 words
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24. Exchange Equalisation Account (Devaluation) 69 words
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25. Selective Employment Tax 395 words
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26. Income Tax 91 words
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27. Personal Savings 71 words
4. PUBLIC BUILDING AND WORKS
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1. Government Departments (Office Space) 470 words
5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL PLANNING
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1. European Conservation Year 536 words
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2. Parliamentary Questions 40 words
6. EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY
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1. Ports (Bristow Committee) 372 words
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2. Unofficial Strikes 254 words
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3. Goods and Services (Control of Prices) 88 words
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4. Gateshead and Northern Region 195 words
7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Rhodesia 134 words
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2. Tonga and British Antarctica (Admiralty Jurisdiction) 152 words
8. SCOTLAND
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1. Transport, Central Scotland 71 words
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2. Council Houses (Rents and Subsidies) 1,576 words
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3. Teachers' Salaries 127 words
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4. Carlisle Road, Airdrie 81 words
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5. Abortion 49 words
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6. Housing Improvement Grants 182 words
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7. Local Authority Mortgages 77 words
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8. Housing Societies 87 words
9. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Arts Council (Grants) 224 words
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2. Youth Service, Gateshead 279 words
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3. Springfield Primary School, Lichfield, (Transfer of Pupils) 98 words
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4. Further Education (Basildon and Brentwood) 116 words
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5. Public Schools Commission (Second Report) 78 words
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6. Drugs Testing (Research Techniques) 119 words
10. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. National Defence (Select Committee) 73 words
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2. Catering 105 words
11. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Hospital Pharmacists 65 words
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2. Mortality (Geographical Variations) 112 words
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3. Scientology (Report) 52 words
12. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Indictable Offences (Firearms) 151 words
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2. Unlicensed Vehicles 74 words
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3. Prisoners (Insurance Stamps) 74 words
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4. SALMON FISHING (CORRESPONDENCE) 63 words
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5. CONURBATION POLICIES (CO-ORDINATION) 59 words
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6. NATIONAL PLAN 48 words
13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Food Prices 1,173 words
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2. Pigs (Gastro-enteritis) 62 words
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3. Apple and Pear Development Council 182 words
14. DEFENCE
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1. Defence Expenditure 166 words
15. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Nigeria 50 words
16. BOARD OF TRADE
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1. Heathrow Airport (Disputes) 85 words
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2. Press Briefings 23 words
17. WALES
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1. Housing Subsidies 115 words
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2. Roads 399 words
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3. Dee Estuary Crossing 72 words
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4. Derelict Land 129 words

Lords Sitting of 24 March 1970 Series 5 Vol. 308

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1. Preamble 23 words
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2. MOTOR VEHICLES' EXHAUST FUMES 814 words
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3. DEPENDENT TERRITORIES: OMBUDSMEN PROPOSAL 253 words
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4. DECIMAL COINAGE: DESIGN OF NEW PENNY 284 words
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5. IMMIGRATION: PROBLEMS OF KENYA ASIANS 613 words
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6. NORTHAMPTON CORPORATION BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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7. NORWICH CORPORATION BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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8. HAMBROS BANK BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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9. CONSOLIDATED FUND (No. 2) BILL 29 words
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10. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 71 words
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11. CONSOLIDATED FUND (No 2) BILL 17 words
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12. MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL 12,276 words
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13. CZECHOSLOVAKIA: BRITAIN AND RUSSIAN OCCUPATION 11,656 words
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14. ROYAL ASSENT 46 words
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15. CHRONICALLY SICK AND DISABLED PERSONS BILL 10 words
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16. EXPORT GUARANTEES AND PAYMENTS BILL 10 words
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17. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FOOT-PATHS AND OPEN SPACES) (SCOTLAND) BILL 10 words
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18. GAME BILL [H.L.] 15 words
19. NATIONAL TRUST BILL [H.L.]
1. SOUTHEND-ON-SEA CORPORATION BILL [H.L.]
1. WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [H.L.]
1. LIVERPOOL CORPORATION BILL [H.L.]
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1. GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [H.L.] 3 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 March 1970 Series 5 Vol. 308

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1. CRIMINAL APPEALS 178 words
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2. HEROIN ADDICTION 327 words
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3. DESIGNATION OF CONSERVATION AREAS 324 words
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4. HISTORIC BUILDINGS: CRITERIA FOR LISTING 530 words
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5. RABIES INQUIRY 148 words
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6. PEERS' CHILDREN AND COURTESY TITLES 104 words
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7. LIFE PEERS' CHILDREN AND COURTESY TITLES 97 words