Sitting of 8 April 1971

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Commons Sitting of 8 April 1971 Series 5 Vol. 815

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1. Preamble 6 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. DEFENCE
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1. R.A.F. Training Command (Aircraft) 254 words
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2. Pay, Allowances and Pensions 175 words
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3. Civil Marine Science Programme (Royal Navy Rôle) 189 words
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4. Married Quarters 201 words
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5. Mombasa and South African Ports (Naval Visits) 189 words
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6. Committee on Headquarters 395 words
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7. Non-Polaris Submarines (Armament) 115 words
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8. Fleet Air Arm (Royal Air Force Pilots) 417 words
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9. Young Servicemen 344 words
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10. Conscription 320 words
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11. Recruits (Unpaid Leave) 335 words
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12. Exocet Weapon System 118 words
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13. White Tor, Dartmoor (Flagpole) 689 words
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14. Nuclear, Bacteriological and Chemical Warfare 226 words
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15. Northern Ireland 253 words
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16. South Africa (Guided-Missile Defence System) 152 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Detained Persons (Consultation with Solicitors) 696 words
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2. Children (Witnesses of Character) 577 words
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3. Immigration Cases (Members' Correspondence) 348 words
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4. Electoral Registration Officers (Members' Correspondence) 589 words
3. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Consumer Protection (Parliamentary Commissioner) 329 words
4. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Kirkgate Market, Bradford (Public Inquiry) 159 words
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5. PRIME MINISTER (SPEECH) 350 words
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6. NO. 10 DOWNING STREET (OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS) 227 words
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7. Cabinet (Aviation Supply Minister) 802 words
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8. CIVIL LIST 240 words
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9. WEST MIDLANDS 824 words
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4. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 206 words
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5. TANKER "PANTHER" (OIL POLLUTION) 1,684 words
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6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 534 words
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7. COUNT OF THE HOUSE 185 words
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8. ADJOURNMENT 12 words
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9. LANARKSHIRE (UNEMPLOYMENT) 8,803 words
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10. TOURIST INDUSTRY 5,260 words
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11. CIVIL SERVICE (WOMEN) 5,969 words
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12. AMPHETAMINES 4,320 words
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13. ROYAL ASSENT 67 words
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14. WORLD POPULATION 4,289 words
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15. BRADFORD (ECONOMIC PROSPECTS) 6,287 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 8 April 1971 Series 5 Vol. 815

1. DEFENCE
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1. Gurkha Brigade 57 words
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2. Territorial Army Centres 82 words
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3. Royal United Services Institution 72 words
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4. Computers 91 words
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5. Linesman Mediator 32 words
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6. Northern Ireland 288 words
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7. Persian Gulf and Mozambique Channel (Forces) 56 words
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8. Service Wives Overseas (Payments) 216 words
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9. Trainer Aircraft 58 words
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10. Command-through-deck Cruisers 69 words
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11. Polaris Submarines 48 words
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12. Service Accommodation, Plymouth 120 words
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13. Shipborne V/STOL Aircraft 91 words
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14. Territorial and Auxiliary Volunteer Reserve 51 words
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15. Lightweight Torpedoes 139 words
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16. Illegal I.R.A. Activities (Publicity) 99 words
2. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Selkirk (Unemployment Benefit Claims) 97 words
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2. United Kingdom and E.E.C. Countries (Unemployment) 802 words
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3. United Kingdom and E.E.C. Countries (Wages) 1,900 words
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4. Wool Textile and Engineering Industries, Bradford-Shipley Area 270 words
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5. Brad ford 59 words
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6. Engineering Apprenticeships 109 words
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7. Caterpillar Tractor Company, Birtley 101 words
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8. Wythenshawe Employment Exchange 278 words
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9. Male Unemployment (Durham) 177 words
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10. Plymouth Area (Unemployed Persons) 153 words
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11. British Productivity Council 107 words
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12. Unemployment Benefit and Redundancy Payments 178 words
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13. Cost of Living Index 58 words
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14. New Year's Day (Paid Holiday) 79 words
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15. Oundle School (Work Permits) 86 words
3. AVIATION SUPPLY
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1. R.A.F. (Rolls-Royce Spares) 67 words
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2. Helicopters (Portuguese Army) 100 words
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3. Aircraft (Reduced Take-Off and Landing Characteristics) 107 words
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4. Rolls-Royce Ltd. (Snecma 45H Engine) 103 words
4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Anglo-German Offset Agreement 103 words
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2. General Gowan 63 words
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3. Northern Ireland (Murdered Policemen) 89 words
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4. European Economic Community 715 words
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5. I.R.A. Gunmen (Training) 165 words
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6. Egypt (British-owned Property) 118 words
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7. Sea Bed (Static Weapons) 132 words
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8. Zambia 64 words
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9. Kenya (Farmers) 164 words
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10. Lesotho 130 words
5. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. South-West Regional Hospital Board (Pay Beds) 76 words
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2. Old-Age Pensions' Associations 61 words
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3. Leicester (Waiting Lists for Operations) 206 words
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4. Prescription Charges 95 words
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5. Plymouth Hospitals (Waiting Lists) 95 words
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6. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act, 1970 52 words
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7. Cancer 151 words
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8. Hospitals (In-Patients) 121 words
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9. Doncaster Royal Infirmary 44 words
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10. Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work 182 words
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11. Census (Unemployed Persons) 107 words
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12. Homeless Persons 81 words
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13. Preventive Medicine 224 words
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14. East Europeans (Citizenship Registration) 201 words
6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Steel Industry 579 words
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2. Oil Prices 60 words
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3. Warley (Bankruptcies) 74 words
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4. Tanker "Panther" (Grounding) 449 words
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5. Oil Pollution (Brussels Convention) 88 words
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6. Territorial Waters 217 words
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7. Steel Scrap Supplies 304 words
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8. Heathrow (Aircraft Flights) 109 words
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9. Steel Prices (European Comparisons) 75 words
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10. Chester-le-Street (Job Opportunities) 73 words
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11. Imported Coal (Cost) 327 words
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12. Denmark (Import Restrictions) 57 words
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13. Trade Descriptions Act (Prosecutions) 139 words
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14. Knitted Clothing (Labelling) 60 words
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15. Offshore Airport, Holland (Consultations) 100 words
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16. European Economic Community 139 words
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17. Unemployment, Wales 68 words
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18. Jute Textile Imports 188 words
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19. National Coal Board (Chairmanship) 90 words
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20. Third London Airport 46 words
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21. Tourist Industry 89 words
7. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Selective Employment Tax (Scotland) 86 words
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2. Regional Employment Premium (Scotland) 62 words
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3. Estate Duty 168 words
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4. Hydro-Carbon Oils (Excise Duty) 141 words
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5. Cloth and Knitting Wool (Purchase Tax) 38 words
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6. Capital Gains Tax 44 words
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7. Oil Prices (Balance of Payments) 59 words
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8. Industrial and Provident Societies (Fees) 234 words
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9. Tax Deductions (Non-Cumulative System) 72 words
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10. Income Tax 94 words
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11. Agriculture (Credit) 57 words
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12. Value-Added Tax 138 words
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13. Foreign Currency and Gold Reserves 343 words
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14. Direct Taxation 135 words
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15. Inland Revenue Computer Centre, Washington New Town 128 words
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16. Rates of Growth 129 words
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17. National Resources 276 words
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18. Personal Taxation 634 words
8. SCOTLAND
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1. Schools, Glasgow (Charging of Fees) 578 words
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2. Public Bodies (Trade Union Nominees) 227 words
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3. University Students 91 words
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4. Local Authority School Building 306 words
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5. Teachers (Shortage) 192 words
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6. Local Government Reform 39 words
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7. Private Schools (Pupils) 121 words
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8. Local Authority Schools (Sizes of Classes) 263 words
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9. Local Authority Schools (Pupils) 365 words
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10. Hunterston (Industrial Development) 342 words
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11. Hearing Aids 135 words
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12. Industrial Derating 49 words
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13. GERMANY (PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT) 311 words
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14. NORTHERN IRELAND 50 words
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15. OIL POLLUTION 73 words
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16. POSTAL STRIKE (CARDS) 80 words
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17. TOP SALARIES REVIEW BODY (CHAIRMAN) 109 words
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18. COUNCIL OF EUROPE (DELEGATION) 386 words
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19. PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS (PRIME MINISTER'S NOMINATIONS) 330 words
9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. European Economic Community 66 words
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2. Study of Capital and Finance 142 words
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3. Coypu 101 words
10. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. New Year's Day (Paid Holiday) 114 words
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2. Computers 70 words
11. EDUCATION
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1. Myo-electric arms 145 words
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2. Schools of Architecture (Representations) 74 words
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3. Teachers (Drugs) 111 words
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4. Teachers (National Insurance Contributions) 124 words
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5. Teachers' Pay Dispute (Arbitration Tribunal) 93 words
12. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Local Government Expenditure 233 words
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2. Oil Pollution (Detergents) 235 words
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3. European Economic Community 189 words
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4. Local Government Reorganisation 86 words
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5. Building and Construction Industries 303 words
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6. Harrard Manorway, Bexley (Flyover) 100 words
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7. Inter-Urban Traffic (Motorway Standard Route) 97 words
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8. Grimscar Valley (Proposed Highway) 76 words
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9. Pollution (Tyneside) 111 words
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10. Humber Bridge (Finance) 67 words
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11. Housing (White Papers) 61 words
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12. Housing (Land Availability) 265 words
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13. Tidal Waters Orders 128 words
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14. A66 Road 188 words
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15. Gravel Study Working Parties 118 words
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16. M62-M18 Link 49 words
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17. Special Development Areas, Northern Region 368 words
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18. National Building Agency 88 words
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19. Housing (Direct Labour) 66 words
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20. Construction Industry (Effect of Budget) 370 words
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21. Construction Industry (S.E.T. Levy) 65 words
13. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Local Government Reform (Magistrates' Courts) 106 words
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2. Merseyside (Urban Aid Projects) 988 words
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3. Alcoholism and Habitual Drunken Offenders 99 words
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4. Witnesses (Allowances) 134 words
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5. Police (Pay) 162 words
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6. Public Houses and Hotels (State Management Districts) 170 words
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7. Badgers 40 words
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8. Immigrants (Repatriation) 39 words
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9. Northern Ireland (Consultations) 335 words
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10. Soviet Jews (United Kingdom Admission) 50 words
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11. Overnight Lorry Parking (Tower Hamlets) 68 words
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12. Unlicensed Road Vehicles (Use for Crime) 96 words
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13. Official Secrets Act (Review) 129 words
14. WALES
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1. Cardiganshire (Advance Factories) 62 words
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2. Welsh Office (Establishment) 257 words
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3. Unemployment 32 words
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4. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES) 68 words
15. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members of Parliament (Appointments) 83 words
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2. Television Annunciators 32 words

Lords Sitting of 8 April 1971 Series 5 Vol. 317

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1. Preamble 21 words
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2. KENSINGTON GARDENS: PROPOSED UNDERGROUND CAR PARK 1,045 words
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3. MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS' POCKET MONEY 363 words
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4. B.E.A. AIR FARES ON UNITED KINGDOM ROUTES 587 words
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5. OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS BILL 66 words
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6. COMMONS AMENDMENT TO ONE OF THE LORDS AMENDMENTS 11 words
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7. LORDS AMENDMENT 6,324 words
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8. PRIVATE BILL STANDING ORDERS 1,898 words
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9. FIRE PRECAUTIONS BILL 29,609 words
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10. MINES MANAGEMENT BILL [H.L.] 6 words
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11. CRIMINAL DAMAGE BILL [H.L.] 3,482 words
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12. ROYAL ASSENT 59 words
13. ANIMALS BILL [H.L.]
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1. COURTS BILL [H.L.] 14 words
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2. MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD (ORE BERTH) BILL [H.L.] 32 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 8 April 1971 Series 5 Vol. 317

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1. GIBRALTAR AND PROPOSED CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY 88 words
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2. LEAD CONTENT OF PETROL 149 words
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3. IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND TREATY OF ROME 61 words