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Commons Sitting of 27 October 1970 Series 5 Vol. 805

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. MEMBER SWORN 12 words
4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
1. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords]
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1. PRESTON CORPORATION BILL [Lords] 8 words
2. LINDSEY COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords]
3. NORTHAMPTON CORPORATION BILL [Lords]
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4. PEMBROKESHIRE WATER BOARD BILL [Lords] 9 words
5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Price Review 419 words
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2. Agricultural Production 222 words
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3. Agriculture (Support) 596 words
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4. Brucellosis 211 words
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5. Food Prices 1,619 words
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6. Fishmeal 166 words
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7. Egg Authority 81 words
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8. Horticultural Produce (Marketing) 149 words
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9. Lettuce and Tomatoes (Import Tariffs) 255 words
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10. White Fish Authority 374 words
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11. Hill Sheep 222 words
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12. Beers (Gravity) 188 words
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13. Fertiliser Prices 172 words
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14. Agricultural Expansion (Credit) 187 words
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15. Agricultural Incomes and Wages 163 words
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16. "Strategic Plan for the South East" 188 words
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17. Agricultural Marketing Boards 146 words
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18. Agricultural Production and Distribution 72 words
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2. LEGAL ADVICE SCHEME 317 words
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3. COURT ACCOMMODATION, LONDON 474 words
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4. RHODESIA 209 words
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5. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 364 words
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6. SOUTH AFRICA 356 words
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7. COMMONWEALTH (MINISTER'S SPEECH) 203 words
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8. CIVIL LIST 224 words
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9. COMPETITION (GOVERNMENT POLICY) 168 words
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10. SPORTING EVENTS, SCOTLAND (OFFICIAL VISITS) 132 words
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11. UNITED NATIONS (PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT) 696 words
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12. WELSH OFFICE 422 words
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6. OIL TANKERS (COLLISION) 1,903 words
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7. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND TAXATION 13,677 words
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8. NEW MEMBER SWORN 7 words
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9. ADJOURNMENT 13 words
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10. METRICATION 34,737 words
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11. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES 4,878 words
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12. CONSOLIDATION, &c., BILLS 433 words
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13. COAL INDUSTRY 3,138 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 October 1970 Series 5 Vol. 805

1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Grain Crops (Yield) 48 words
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2. 1970 Harvest 100 words
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3. Press Briefings 95 words
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4. N.A.A.S. Services (Cost) 51 words
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5. Agricultural and Fishery Productions (Origin) 86 words
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6. Farming (Costs) 93 words
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7. Tea Prices 53 words
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8. Feeding Stuffs 83 words
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9. Cereal Crops 112 words
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10. Meat Prices 115 words
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11. Milk Prices 32 words
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12. Demands for Information 57 words
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13. Farm Improvement Grants 72 words
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14. Mink 94 words
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15. Nuclear Fall-Out (Protection of Animals) 60 words
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16. Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (Codes of Practice) 69 words
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17. Bulls and Boars (Licensing) 99 words
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18. Ratings 59 words
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19. Fishing Vessels (Capital Grants) 185 words
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20. Horticulture Improvement Scheme 219 words
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21. Capital Grants 944 words
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22. Farming Industry (Financial Support) 75 words
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23. Sugar Agreement 45 words
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24. Sheep Flocks 217 words
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25. Foul Brood 160 words
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26. Warfarin-resistant Rats and Mice 348 words
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27. Departmental Advisory Service 560 words
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28. Brucellosis Schemes 484 words
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29. Trawlers (Gutting Machines) 109 words
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30. Beef Carcase Types (Identification) 77 words
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31. Meat and Livestock Commission 251 words
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32. Bread Prices (Report) 46 words
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33. Whisky and Gin Prices 98 words
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34. Beer Prices 128 words
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35. Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Contracts Scheme) 151 words
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36. Fertilisers (Use) 81 words
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37. Farm Machinery (Investment Grants) 134 words
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38. Farmers (Agricultural Investment) 64 words
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39. Food Prices 120 words
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40. Food Imports 59 words
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41. Spring Wild Oats (Infestation) 54 words
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42. Feeding Stuffs (Prices) 86 words
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43. Milk Producers (Cost Increases) 91 words
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44. Price Review 70 words
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2. HI-JACKING OF AIRCRAFT 113 words
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3. LEGAL AID ADVICE SCHEME (REMUNERATION OF SOLICITORS) 119 words
4. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Departmental Estimates (Select Committee Report) 73 words
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2. Public Expenditure (Select Committee Report) 76 words
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3. Form DN3(S) 99 words
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4. Retirement Pensioners (Taxation) 129 words
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5. Income Tax Law (Simplification) 64 words
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6. P11D Forms 43 words
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7. Economic Situation 82 words
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8. S.E.T. and Income Tax 91 words
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9. Investment Allowances 39 words
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10. Income Tax (Lower-Paid Workers) 52 words
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11. Gross National Product 337 words
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12. Taxation (G.N.P. Percentages) 53 words
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13. Her Majesty's Stationery Office (Bridge Street Branch) 31 words
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14. Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (Section 451) 85 words
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15. Privately-owned Capital Wealth 192 words
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16. Public Expenditure and Private Consumption and Investment 722 words
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17. Cornish Tin-mining Industry 156 words
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18. Newspapers (Government Advertising) 119 words
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19. Members' Salaries 196 words
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20. Taxation Advisers 43 words
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21. Inland Revenue Staff (Consultancy Report) 75 words
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22. Members' Expenses (Tax Allowances) 670 words
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23. Betting Shops (Test Betting Costs) 60 words
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24. Selective Employment Tax 62 words
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25. Government Expenditure and Departmental Administration 76 words
5. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Unemployed Persons (Rent Allowances) 82 words
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2. Wrong Operations 106 words
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3. Consultants and Hospital Medical Officers 743 words
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4. Regional Hospital Boards (Expenditure) 216 words
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5. Domiciliary Midwifery and Maternity Bed Needs (Report) 62 words
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6. Geriatric Patients (Accommodation) 181 words
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7. Domiciliary Physiotherapy Service, North Staffordshire 58 words
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8. Welfare Beds, North Staffordshire 37 words
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9. Aged and Sick, North Staffordshire (Domiciliary Care) 51 words
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10. Hospital Facilities for Children 77 words
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11. Hospitals, North Staffordshire (Waiting Lists) 63 words
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12. Operating Theatre Facilities 37 words
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13. Doctors (Group Practice) 69 words
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14. Family Planning Services 66 words
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15. Vasectomy 84 words
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16. Prostamin 64 words
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17. Out-patient Departments (Waiting Periods) 50 words
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18. Teaching Hospitals, London 65 words
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19. Local Authority Rents 432 words
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20. Rubella (Vaccination) 171 words
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21. Greater London Population 395 words
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22. Rubella and Poliomyelitis (Vaccines) 83 words
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23. Family Allowances 120 words
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24. Casualty Departments 69 words
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25. Mr. G. Johnson, Broadmoor (Laser Beam) 64 words
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26. France (Reciprocal Medical Services) 85 words
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27. Elderly Persons (Welfare) 189 words
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28. Poverty 65 words
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29. Unemployed Persons 68 words
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30. Social Security Contributions 123 words
6. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Police Federation (Wage Claim) 61 words
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2. United States Servicemen (Deserters) 61 words
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3. Riotous and Unlawful Assembly (Convictions) 55 words
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4. Public Expenditure 124 words
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5. Domestic Oil Heaters (Fires) 216 words
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6. Fireworks (Safety Precautions) 127 words
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7. Urban Aid Programme 129 words
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8. Immigration Appeals Act (Bail Provisions) 79 words
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9. Remand Home Facilities (North Staffordshire) 86 words
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10. Metropolitan Police Training School 72 words
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11. Private Hire Vehicles (Hackney Carriage Plates) 125 words
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12. Mr. Ian Smith (Work Permit) 75 words
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13. London Cab Trade 719 words
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14. Parole Board Report (Life Sentence Cases) 314 words
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15. Immigration Appeals Act 52 words
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16. Life Sentence Prisoners (Release) 130 words
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17. Legal Aid Certificates 293 words
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18. Justices of the Peace (Remuneration) 48 words
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19. School Crossing Patrols 249 words
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20. Police (Staffordshire) 258 words
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21. Telephone Salesmanship (Infringement of Privacy) 50 words
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22. Motor Cycles (Fibreglass Petrol Tanks) 88 words
7. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Commission on Industrial Relations (References) 42 words
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2. Training Centres (Nottinghamshire) 65 words
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3. Selective Employment Tax 64 words
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4. Wages and Salaries 444 words
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5. FIRMS 276 words
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6. EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS 330 words
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7. Trade Union Reform 74 words
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8. Ceramics, Glass and Mineral Products Training Board 56 words
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9. Training Centre (Advertisement) 59 words
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10. Fishing Industry (Training Board) 84 words
8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Aircraft (Hi-jacking) 123 words
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2. Middle East (United Nations Location) 30 words
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3. United Nations (China) 87 words
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4. U.N.E.S.C.O. (National Targets) 126 words
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5. European Economic Community (Hong Kong) 132 words
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6. International Organisations (Parliamentary Delegations) 255 words
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7. Suez Canal (British Ships) 109 words
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8. British Virgin Islands (New Stamps) 100 words
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9. Treaty of Rome (English Translation) 87 words
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10. South African Foreign Minister (Meeting) 78 words
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11. South Africa (Sale of Arms) 82 words
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12. European Economic Community 460 words
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13. Soviet Bloc (Computer Sales) 115 words
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14. Rhodesia 49 words
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15. West Germans (Access to West Berlin) 89 words
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16. Republic of Ireland (Supply of Arms) 86 words
9. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Rents 301 words
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2. Rating System 48 words
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3. Central Advisory Water Committee 45 words
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4. Water Resources 75 words
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5. Rating Regulations 80 words
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6. Thames Barrage 49 words
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7. Traffic Noise 52 words
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8. Derelict Land 131 words
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9. Public Expenditure 137 words
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10. Council Houses (Easington) 54 words
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11. Local Authority Records 75 words
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12. Housing Programme (Hackney) 53 words
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13. Transport Act (Non-Display of Licences) 78 words
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14. Road Licences 92 words
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15. Rating Review 69 words
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16. Devolution 73 words
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17. Recreational Provision, Birmingham 114 words
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18. Highway Code 66 words
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19. Contracts for New Works (Metrication) 113 words
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20. Rent Act, 1968 162 words
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21. Royal Parks 87 words
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22. Working Party on Refuse Collection 159 words
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23. Colliery Shale Heaps 61 words
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24. Pillion Passengers (Accidents) 71 words
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25. Motor Vehicle Passengers (Accidents) 74 words
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26. Caravan Sites 52 words
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27. The Planning of the Coastline 87 words
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28. Fire Prevention (Sprinkler Installation) 129 words
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29. Housing (Interest Rates and Subsidies) 62 words
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30. Freehold Land (Rent Charges and Chief Rents) 69 words
10. AVIATION SUPPLY
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1. Aircraft Development (Government Support) 402 words
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2. European Airbus 116 words
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3. Supersonic Tests (Damage Claims) 196 words
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4. Aircraft Exports 467 words
11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Computer Industry 65 words
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2. Dessert Apples 126 words
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3. Discharge of Oil 321 words
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4. Hotel Industry 88 words
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5. Fraudulent Directories 79 words
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6. Hall-marking 45 words
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7. Brewing 53 words
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8. Gas Central Heating 90 words
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9. Banks Report (Computer Programmes) 68 words
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10. National Coal Board (Rents) 91 words
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11. Investment Grants 142 words
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12. British Steel Corporation 198 words
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13. Development Area Policies 75 words
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14. Coal Mining 61 words
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15. Industrial Reorganisation Corporation 66 words
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16. Gas Industry 88 words
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17. International Computers Ltd. 96 words
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18. Millbrook Power Station 29 words
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19. Nuclear Reactors 156 words
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20. Travel Organisers 53 words
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21. Future Demand for Garage Workshop Services 58 words
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22. Air Mishap (Rome) 167 words
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23. Second-force Airline 151 words
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24. Airlines (Safety Record) 226 words
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25. Heathrow Airport (Night Flights) 69 words
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12. REORGANISATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 48 words
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13. NORTH EAST (MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY) 37 words
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14. PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA (TALKS) 42 words
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15. MIDDLE EAST 52 words
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16. SOUTH AFRICA (ARMS SUPPLY) 56 words
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17. CENTRAL POLICY REVIEW STAFF 41 words
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18. DEPARTMENTAL TITLE 58 words
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19. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT (IMPLEMENTATION) 78 words
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20. SPEECH, ALNWICK 37 words
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21. PARLIAMENTARY RECESSES (MINISTERIAL DUTIES) 94 words
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22. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POLICIES 97 words
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23. APPOINTMENTS 47 words
24. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Security Measures 51 words
25. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Pensions 283 words
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2. Salaries 502 words
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3. Nationality Regulations 61 words
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4. Nationalised Industries (Chairmen's Salaries) 85 words
26. DEFENCE
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1. Supersonic Flying (Claims) 240 words
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2. Gurkha Brigade 133 words
27. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Public Expenditure 122 words
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2. Schools, High Crompton 268 words
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3. Nursery Schools 437 words
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4. School Meals 116 words
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5. School Building 56 words
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6. Classes (Primary Schools) 49 words
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7. School Children (Cornwall) 78 words
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8. School Places (Cornwall) 171 words
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9. Primary School, Braunstone 103 words
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10. Horses (Experiments) 81 words
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11. Secondary Education (Teesside) 52 words
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12. University Grants Commission 111 words
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13. International Institute for the Management of Technology 124 words
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14. Teachers 114 words
28. HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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1. National House-Builders' Registration Council 101 words
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2. Manchester (Land) 138 words
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3. Housing Redevelopment Schemes (Islington) 83 words
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4. Town Redevelopment Schemes (Shopkeepers' Losses) 60 words
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5. Local Government Employees (Pensions) 116 words
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6. Council Houses, Wandsworth 57 words
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7. Land Commission Staff (Qualified Valuers) 28 words
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8. Road and Redevelopment Schemes (Compensation Payments) 61 words
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9. Steelworks, Corby (Air and Water Pollution Regulations) 135 words
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10. Industrial Development Act, 1966 40 words
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11. Land, Wandsworth (Development) 78 words
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12. Northumbrian River Authority 328 words
29. POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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1. Second-class Post 50 words
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2. Postal Charges (Inquiry) 44 words
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3. Telephone Coin Boxes (Decimalisation) 61 words
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4. East Flintshire (Wireless and Television Reception) 159 words
30. SCOTLAND
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1. Arran (Ferry Service) 113 words
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2. Council House Subsidies 41 words
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3. Cattle 491 words
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4. Pupil-Teacher ratio (Glasgow) 41 words
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5. Agricultural Rating 58 words
31. WALES
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1. Saltney (Smell Nuisance) 141 words
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2. Road Bridge, Bangor-on-Dee 117 words
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3. Queensferry-Shotwich Road 98 words
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4. Local Government Reorganisation (Glamorgan and Monmouthshire) 39 words

Lords Sitting of 27 October 1970 Series 5 Vol. 312

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1. Preamble 43 words
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2. GENTLEMAN USHER OF THE BLACK ROD 73 words
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3. TRIBUTES TO SIR GEORGE MILLS 1,200 words
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4. EUROPEAN SECURITY: PROPOSED CONFERENCE 717 words
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5. FIREWORKS SALES: EXPLOSIVES (AGE OF PURCHASE) BILL 1,617 words
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6. INLAND WATERWAYS: NAVIGATION RIGHTS 512 words
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7. THE MALAGASY REPUBLIC 343 words
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8. OIL TANKERS' COLLISION AND POLLUTION DANGER 113 words
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9. READING CORPORATION BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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10. AMOCO (U.K.) BILL [H.L.] 833 words
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11. BILL OF RIGHTS [H.L.] 39 words
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12. CONSUMER PROTECTION BILL [H.L.] 89 words
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13. CONSUMER PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 17 words
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14. WATER RESOURCES BILL [H.L.] 3,554 words
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15. OIL TANKERS' COLLISION AND POLLUTION DANGER 2,002 words
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16. WATER RESOURCES BILL [H.L.] 3,841 words
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17. DRUGS (PREVENTION OF MISUSE) ACT 1964 MODIFICATION ORDER 1970 1,443 words
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18. PUBLIC SPENDING AND ECONOMIC POLICY 9,964 words
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19. DRUGS (PREVENTION OF MISUSE) ACT 1964 MODIFICATION ORDER 1970 233 words
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20. COPYRIGHT BILL [H.L.] 71 words
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21. PROFESSIONAL BOXING AND INJURY RISK 9,140 words
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22. BRIDGE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, BANBURY HILL [H.L.] 3 words
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23. FALMOUTH CONTAINER TERMINAL BILL [H.L.] 11 words
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24. PORT OF TYNE BILL 4 words
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25. MONMOUTHSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL 32 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 October 1970 Series 5 Vol. 312

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1. PEERAGE ACT AND COURTESY TITLES 351 words
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2. IMMIGRATION APPEALS 374 words