Sitting of 24 October 1972

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Commons Sitting of 24 October 1972 Series 5 Vol. 843

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL BILL 176 words
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2. PRIVATE BILLS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS 103 words
4. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR UNOPPOSED RETURNS
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1. ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS UNDER STANDING ORDER No. 9 47 words
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2. CLOSURE OF DEBATE (STANDING ORDER No. 30) 213 words
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3. PUBLIC BILLS 136 words
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4. PUBLIC PETITIONS 32 words
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5. SELECT COMMITTEES 99 words
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6. SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE AND BUSINESS OF SUPPLY 103 words
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7. STANDING COMMITTEES 158 words
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8. SPECIAL PROCEDURE ORDERS 176 words
5. Oral Answers TO QUESTIONS
1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Basle Agreements 219 words
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2. Unemployment 353 words
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3. Value Added Tax 490 words
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4. Standard of Living 514 words
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5. £ Sterling (Purchasing Power) 358 words
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6. Money Supply 485 words
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7. Balance of Payments 236 words
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8. Taxation (Percentage of Revenue) 410 words
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9. Development Areas (Government Contracts) 425 words
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10. Indirect Taxation 434 words
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11. Reserves 248 words
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12. Gross Domestic Product 488 words
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13. National Savings 433 words
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14. Taxpayers (Earned Income) 342 words
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15. Strikers' Families (Social Security Benefits) 459 words
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16. £ Sterling (Rate of Exchange) 212 words
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17. Tax Credits (Confidentiality of Information) 275 words
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18. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SUMMIT CONFERENCE) 857 words
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19. INFLATION 677 words
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20. LANCASHIRE 376 words
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21. MINISTERIAL BROADCASTS 423 words
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6. NATIONAL PARKS (FENCES) 1,027 words
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7. NATIONAL PARKS (FENCES) 36 words
8. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL 304 words
9. Clause 8
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1. CONSTITUTION AND MEMBERSHIP OF GREATER LONDON COUNCIL AND LONDON BOROUGH COUNCILS 1,373 words
10. Schedule 2
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1. CONSTITUTION AND MEMBERSHIP OF GREATER LONDON COUNCIL AND LONDON BOROUGH COUNCILS. 259 words
11. Clause 9
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1. PARISH MEETINGS AND COUNCILS 258 words
12. Schedule 3
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1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND 579 words
13. Schedule 4
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1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN WALES 145 words
14. Clause 27
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1. COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND COUNCILS 106 words
15. Clause 30
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1. RESTRICTION ON COMMUNITY APPLICATION DURING AND AFTER REVIEWS 174 words
16. Schedule 5
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1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW AUTHORITIES IN WALES 149 words
17. Clause 40
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1. RETURNING OFFICERS AT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 174 words
18. Clause 43
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1. ORDINARY DAY OF ELECTION 191 words
19. Clause 44
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1. OMISSION TO HOLD ELECTION OR ELECTION VOID 152 words
20. Schedule 7
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1. CONSTITUTION AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COM MISSION FOR ENGLAND 1,761 words
21. Clause 60
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1. PROCEDURE FOR REVIEWS 251 words
22. Schedule 10
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1. INITIAL REVIEWS IN WALES 162 words
23. Clause 68
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1. TRANSITIONAL AGREEMENTS AS TO PROPERTY AND FINANCE 10,313 words, 1 division
24. Clause 69
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1. VARIATION AND REVOCATION OF ORDERS UNDER PART IV 169 words
25. Clause 72
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1. ACCRETIONS FROM THE SEA, ETC. 123 words
26. Clause 79
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1. QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTION AND HOLD- ING OFFICE AS MEMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITY 152 words
27. Clause 80
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1. DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTION AND HOLDING OFFICE AS MEMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITY 323 words
28. Clause 93
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1. DISABILITY OF MEMBERS OF AUTHORITIES FOR VOTING ON ACCOUNT OF INTEREST IN CONTRACTS, ETC. 387 words
29. Schedule 12
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1. MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES 234 words
30. Clause 99
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1. ADMISSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS TO LOCAL AUTHORITY MEETINGS 1,222 words
31. Clause 100
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1. ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISCHARGE OF FUNCTIONS BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES 6,774 words, 1 division
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32. ANGLESEY MARINE TERMINAL BILL [Lords] (By Order) 12,212 words
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33. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL 7 words
34. Clause 100
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1. ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISCHARGE OF FUNCTIONS BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES 222 words
35. Clause 107
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1. POWER TO CONFER FUNCTIONS OF PARISH OR COMMUNITY COUNCILS ON DISTRICT COUNCILS 312 words
36. New Clause C
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1. TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISCHARGE OF FUNCTIONS 6,125 words, 1 division
37. Clause 109
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1. SUBSIDIARY POWERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES 131 words
38. Clause 110
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1. APPOINTMENT OF STAFF 146 words
39. Clause 120
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1. APPROPRIATION OF LAND BY PRINCIPLE COUNCILS 780 words
40. New Clause D
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1. CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS EXPENDITURE ON CONCURRENT FUNCTIONS 2,133 words, 1 division
41. Clause 134
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1. POWER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO INCUR EXPENDITURE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES NOT OTHERWISE AUTHORISED 589 words
42. Clause 141
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1. POWER TO ENCOURAGE VISITORS AND PROVIDE CONFERENCE AND OTHER FACILITIES 3,902 words
43. Clause 142
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1. PROVISION OF ENTERTAINMENTS 267 words
44. Clause 148
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1. ARRANGEMENTS BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR RECEIPT AND PAYMENT OF MONEY 18 words
45. New Clause "E"
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1. FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION 195 words
46. Clause 151
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1. ACCOUNTS TO BE AUDITED BY DISTRICT OR APPROVED AUDITOR 1,132 words
47. Clause 165
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1. INITIAL EXPENSES OF NEW AUTHORITIES 279 words
48. Clause 166
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1. EQUALISATION OF RATES 449 words
49. Schedule 13
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1. AMENDMENTS WITH RESPECT TO FINANCE AND RATING 207 words
50. Clause 172
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1. PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTIONS 168 TO 171 157 words
51. Clause 174
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1. GENERAL PROVISION FOR TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 185 words
52. Clause 175
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1. PUBLIC HEALTH 452 words
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2. ADJOURNMENT 14 words
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53. HOUSING, ROTHER VALLEY 4,010 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 October 1972 Series 5 Vol. 843

1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Tax Credit Scheme 110 words
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2. Employment (Fiscal Measures) 77 words
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3. Value Added Tax 858 words
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4. Wage Increase Freeze 159 words
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5. Widows (Departmental Advice) 54 words
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6. Non-Wool Fabrics (Imports) 130 words
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7. Immigrants (Tax Relief) 229 words
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8. Nationalised Industries (Subsidies) 266 words
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2. Monetary Policy 56 words
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3. Wages, Salaries and Prices 116 words
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4. Duty-free goods 240 words
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5. European Economic Community 100 words
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6. Uganda (Trade Balance) 62 words
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7. Automated Real Time Investment Exchange 51 words
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8. Duty-Free Goods 116 words
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9. Taxation (Married Women) 401 words
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10. Teachers' Pensions 70 words
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11. Schedule D Assessments 35 words
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12. Income Tax Exemption (Working Pensioners) 48 words
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13. Food Taxation 98 words
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14. International Monetary Fund (Chief Executive) 55 words
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15. Floating £ (Property Incomes) 38 words
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16. The Queen's Silver Wedding Anniversary (Coins) 146 words
17. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Birmingham 213 words
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2. Revolution and Subversion 41 words
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3. Community Industry Scheme 64 words
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4. National Youth Employment Council (Report) 60 words
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5. Hawick Knitwear Industry (Dispute) 66 words
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6. Mexborough and Wombwell 155 words
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7. Sit-In (Stockport/Manchester) 47 words
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8. Industrial Training 119 words
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9. South Shields 82 words
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10. Equal Pay 149 words
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11. Health and Safety (Robens Report) 80 words
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12. Easington 152 words
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13. Factory Inspectorate 118 words
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14. Women Manual Workers (Earnings) 125 words
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15. Government Training Centre (Oldham) 36 words
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16. Dock Labour Scheme (Cost) 57 words
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17. Accidents and Injuries 173 words
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18. Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath 70 words
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19. Disabled Persons 357 words
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20. Remploy 117 words
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21. Hartlepool 113 words
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22. Government Employees 63 words
18. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Pensions 174 words
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2. Strikers (Supplementary Benefits) 42 words
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3. Attendance Allowance 99 words
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4. Thalidomide Children 212 words
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5. Children in Hospital (Parents' Visits) 190 words
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6. Widows (Departmental Advice) 83 words
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7. Supplementary Benefits 53 words
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8. Pharmaceutical Services 51 words
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9. Illegitmate Births 80 words
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10. Family Planning Services 99 words
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11. Botley Park Hospital 145 words
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12. Funerals (Cost) 82 words
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13. Sydney Hospital (Report) 177 words
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19. Ambulances 128 words
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20. Road Accidents (Emergency Treatment Charges) 35 words
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21. Pre-School Play Groups (Nottinghamshire) 114 words
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22. Pre-School Education and Child Care 434 words
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23. Cytology 145 words
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24. Pension Books (Withdrawal) 136 words
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25. Hospitals (X-Ray Services) 78 words
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26. Industrial Injury Benefit 102 words
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27. American Tourists (Disbursements) 103 words
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28. Industrial Deafness 92 words
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29. Strike Pay (Disregards) 130 words
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30. Montagu Hospital, Mexborough 73 words
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31. Mr. Keshavial Acharya 181 words
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32. Mr. Ralph Fadojutimi 116 words
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33. Ambulance Services (Romiley and Bredbury) 166 words
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34. Elderly Sick and Disabled Persons (Heating) 101 words
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35. Ugandan Asians 91 words
36. AGRICULTURE. FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Land (Dereliction) 62 words
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2. EEC 136 words
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3. Agriculture Safety Inspectorate 206 words
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37. Metrication 215 words
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38. Icelandic Fishing Dispute 252 words
39. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. European Economic Community 136 words
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2. Northern Ireland (Referendum) 96 words
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3. British Citizenship Claimants 192 words
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4. Anglo-Portuguese Pact (Anniversary) 67 words
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5. Terrorism 129 words
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6. Commonwealth Development Corporation 78 words
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7. Ugandan Asians 86 words
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8. Swaziland 205 words
40. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Company Law (Liquidation) 59 words
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41. HS 146 Aircraft 63 words
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42. Rolls-Royce 174 words
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43. Concorde 60 words
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44. Company Returns 721 words
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45. Insurance Industry 155 words
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46. Japan (Ball-bearing Quotas) 77 words
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47. A300B Airbus 49 words
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48. Estate Agents 105 words
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49. Advance Factory, Doncaster 59 words
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50. Member's Letter 81 words
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51. Royston Industries Ltd. 113 words
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52. Mias Group of Companies 114 words
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53. Companies Acts (Enforcement) 62 words
54. ENVIRONMENT
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1. United Kingdom Property Overseas 94 words
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2. House Prices (Profits) 84 words
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3. Local Authorities and Public Boards (Members' Interests) 119 words
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4. Local Authority Members (Expense Allowances) 76 words
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5. Loddon Bypass 38 words
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6. Caravan Sites (West Riding) 136 words
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7. Railways (Grants) 159 words
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8. Railways (South Wales) 43 words
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9. Dropped Pavement Kerbs (Disabled Persons) 166 words
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10. Advisory Committee of Pop Festivals (Membership) 68 words
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11. Alkali Inspectorate 308 words
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12. Clean Air Acts 262 words
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13. Nuisance Abatement 131 words
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14. Road Junctions (Vehicle Parking) 84 words
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15. Council Tenants (Local Authority Subsidy) 67 words
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16. Operation Eyesore 67 words
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17. Rate Rebate Forms 111 words
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18. Rent Rebates (Attendance Allowances) 124 words
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19. Council Housing (Deceased Tenants' Relatives) 93 words
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20. Railways (Nottinghamshire) 116 words
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21. Heavy Lorries 129 words
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22. European Economic Community 79 words
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23. Radio-Chemical Inspectorate 135 words
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24. CBI AND TUC (TALKS) 89 words
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25. POST-APOLLO PROGRAMME 43 words
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26. PRESIDENT NIXON (MEETING) 53 words
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27. GOVERNMENT OFFICES (DISPERSAL) 98 words
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28. ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY 125 words
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29. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SUMMIT CONFERENCE) 74 words
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55. CHANCELLOR BRANDT (DISCUSSIONS) 59 words
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56. PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS 114 words
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57. PARLIAMENTARY BUILDING 79 words
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58. MARRIED WOMEN (DOMICILE) 102 words
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59. IMPRISONED DOCKERS (COUNSEL'S FEES) 188 words
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60. COMPANY RETURNS (PROSECUTIONS) 59 words
61. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Old Primary Schools 1,152 words
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2. Nursery Education 6,588 words
62. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Ugandan Asians 528 words
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2. Adoption (Houghton Report) 56 words
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3. Overseas Citizens (Entry Control) 89 words
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4. Day Nurseries 584 words
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5. Taxis (Preferential Service Agreements) 80 words
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6. Police (Protection Against Transfer) 82 words
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7. Broadmoor (Release of Patients) 58 words
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8. Play Groups 200 words
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9. Explosives Inspectorate 110 words
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10. Jury Service (Women) 85 words
63. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Green Paper 32 words
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2. Civil Service 162 words
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3. Prison Warders 59 words
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4. Electoral Roll 116 words
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5. Local Government Elections 42 words
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6. Referendum 46 words
64. SCOTLAND
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1. Power Stations 44 words
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2. Electricity Boards (Merger) 48 words
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3. German Investment 84 words
65. WALES
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1. School Staffs (Political Release) 83 words
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2. Railway Network 79 words

Lords Sitting of 24 October 1972 Series 5 Vol. 335

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1. Preamble 23 words
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2. OIL REFINERY SITES 621 words
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3. SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS: LAND USE STUDIES 540 words
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4. WORLD POVERTY AND THE UNITED NATIONS 704 words
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5. INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND CAPITAL GAINS TAX 657 words
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6. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES: SUMMIT CONFERENCE 4,552 words
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7. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL 38 words
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8. QUEEN ANNE'S MANSIONS BILL [H.L.] 22,008 words
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9. DUNDEE EXTENSION ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 3 words
cc2118-21
10. MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ADMISSION CHARGES BILL [H.L.] 28 words
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1. COMMONS AMENDMENT 1,403 words
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11. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL 44 words
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1. COMMONS AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN OF THE LORDS AMENDMENTS 17 words
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2. LORDS AMENDMENT 372 words
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3. LORDS AMENDMENT 3,322 words
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4. LORDS AMENDMENT 324 words
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5. LORDS AMENDMENT 221 words
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12. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (FAMILY PLANNING) AMENDMENT BILL 31 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 October 1972 Series 5 Vol. 335

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1. CRIMES OF VIOLENCE: PREVENTIVE ACTION 331 words
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2. TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS AND UNITED KINGDOM BASES 136 words
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3. UGANDA ASIANS: UNITED KINGDOM ENTRY PERMITS 253 words
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4. GUERRILLA ORGANISATIONS AND U.N. COMMITTEES 115 words
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5. C.D.C. INVESTMENT IN TUNISIA 74 words
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6. AIRCRAFT SAFETY 170 words
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7. HER MAJESTY'S SILVER WEDDING: COMMEMORATIVE COIN 152 words