Commons Sitting of 26 March 1974 Series 5 Vol. 871

    c249
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c249
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      4. c249
    1. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL (By Order) 18 words
      2. c249
    2. BURMAH-TOTAL REFINERIES TRUST BILL (By Order) 17 words
      3. c249
    3. CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE BILL (By Order) 17 words
      4. c249
    4. RENFREW COUNTY COUNCIL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 10 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. SOCIAL SERVICES
        2. cc250-1
      1. Policy Objectives 541 words
        2. cc251-3
      2. Mentally Handicapped Persons (Services) 524 words
        3. cc253-4
      3. Attendance Allowance (Disabled Children) 315 words
        4. c254
      4. Pensions (Increase) 71 words
        5. cc254-5
      5. Pensioners (Fuel and Power Costs) 312 words
        6. cc255-8
      6. Disabled Persons (Sharp Report) 1,078 words
        7. cc258-9
      7. Kidney Transplants 147 words
        8. c259
      8. Supplementary Benefit Levels 228 words
        9. cc259-60
      9. Regional Hospitals' Consultants and Specialists Association 251 words
        10. cc260-1
      10. Psychiatric In-patients 403 words
        11. cc261-2
      11. Adoption and Guardianship of Children 307 words
        12. cc262-3
      12. Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield 217 words
        13. cc263-6
      13. Miners' Strike (Benefit) 797 words
        14. cc266-7
      14. Nurses' Pay 388 words
        15. cc267-8
      15. Family Planning 280 words
        16. c268
      16. P70 Invalid Tricycle 274 words
        17. cc268-9
      17. Industrial Injuries Benefit (Overseas Accidents) 212 words
      cc269-70
    2. INDUSTRY AND ENERGY DEPARTMENTS 363 words
      3. cc270-2
    3. MINISTERIAL BROADCAST 442 words
      4. cc272-3
    4. CBI AND TUC (MEETINGS) 393 words
      5. cc273-4
    5. NEW ZEALAND 229 words
      6. cc274-5
    6. HUYTON 352 words
      7. cc275-6
    7. PRESIDENT POMPIDOU 147 words
      8. c276
    8. BRUSSELS 138 words
  5. WAYS AND MEANS
      6. c277
    1. BUDGET STATEMENT 60 words
      2. cc277-8
    2. INTRODUCTION 412 words
      3. cc278-82
    3. THE ECONOMIC BACKGROUND 1,565 words
      4. cc282-9
    4. THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2,476 words
      5. cc289-95
    5. BUDGET JUDGMENT 2,402 words
      6. cc295-7
    6. PENSIONS ETC. 733 words
  6. FOOD SUBSIDIES AND HOUSING
      7. cc297-8
    1. Food Subsidies 438 words
      2. cc298-9
    2. Housing 359 words
    cc299-304
  7. OTHER PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 37 words
      8. cc299-300
    1. Nationalised Industries 324 words
      2. cc300-1
    2. Coal 142 words
      3. c301
    3. Electricity 104 words
      4. c301
    4. Gas 29 words
      5. c301
    5. Railways and Post Office 100 words
      6. cc301-2
    6. General 130 words
      7. c302
    7. Steel 62 words
      8. cc302-3
    8. Defence 275 words
      9. c303
    9. Concorde 117 words
      10. c303
    10. Maplin 60 words
      11. c303
    11. Channel Tunnel 24 words
      12. cc303-4
    12. EEC Budget 121 words
      13. c304
    13. Other Programmes 153 words
    cc304-5
  8. SAVINGS 442 words
    9. cc305-8
  9. TAXATION: INTRODUCTION 847 words
    10. cc308-11
  10. INDIRECT TAXATION 1,462 words
  11. DIRECT TAXATION: LOOPHOLES
      12. c312
    1. Tax Credits 121 words
      2. cc312-3
    2. Taxation of Capital 231 words
      3. cc313-4
    3. Estate Duty 505 words
      4. cc314-5
    4. Land and Property Development 323 words
      5. cc315-6
    5. Taxation of Foreign Income 423 words
      6. cc316-7
    6. Tax avoidance—Life assurance etc. 467 words
      7. cc317-8
    7. Share Option and Incentive Schemes 137 words
      8. c318
    8. Parent/Child Aggregation 89 words
      9. c318
    9. Deposit Purchase Plan 54 words
      10. c318
    10. Capital Gains Tax—Depreciatory Transactions 34 words
      11. cc318-9
    11. The Lump 160 words
  12. DIRECT TAXATION: COMPANIES, ETC.
      13. cc319-20
    1. Company Taxation 320 words
      2. c320
    2. Oil and Gas 313 words
      3. c321
    3. Stamp Duty 122 words
      4. c321
    4. Interest on tax 139 words
  13. DIRECT TAXATION: PERSONAL
      14. cc321-2
    1. General 121 words
      2. cc322-3
    2. Personal allowances and reliefs 450 words
      3. c323
    3. Surtax 107 words
      4. cc323-4
    4. Structure of the Rate Scheme 263 words
      5. cc324-5
    5. Disallowance of Non-Business Interest 422 words
      6. cc325-6
    6. Income Tax Rates 586 words
    cc326-8
  14. CONCLUSION 788 words
    15. cc328-9
  15. PROVISIONAL COLLECTION OF TAXES 110 words
  16. BUDGET RESOLUTIONS AND ECONOMIC SITUATION
      17. cc329-54
    1. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 9,717 words
    cc354-71
  17. ASHDOWN FOREST BILL (By Order) 6,973 words, 1 division
    18. cc371-80
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND (AGRICULTURAL PAYMENTS) 3,143 words
      19. c380
    1. ADJOURNMENT 12 words
    cc381-420
  19. NEWSPAPERS (SCOTLAND) 14,712 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 March 1974 Series 5 Vol. 871

  1. EMPLOYMENT
      2. c95W
    1. Retail and Food Price Indices 59 words
      c95W
    2. Unemployment Register (Computerisation) 109 words
      cc95-6W
    3. Hawick Knitwear Manufacturers (Threshold Payment) 103 words
      c96W
    4. Safety and Health 54 words
      cc96-8W
    5. Training 972 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT
      3. c99W
    1. Local Authorities (Car Allowances) 103 words
      c99W
    2. Private Street Works Act 35 words
      cc99-100W
    3. Local Government Staff 162 words
      c100W
    4. Rates 170 words
      c100W
    5. Ipswich Council (Staff) 69 words
      cc100-1W
    6. Ipswich Southern Bypass 244 words
      c101W
    7. Local Government Expenditure 74 words
      cc101-2W
    8. Disabled Drivers (Badges) 78 words
      c102W
    9. Cooling Systems 78 words
      c102W
    10. District Heating 59 words
      cc102-3W
    11. Thermal Insulation 138 words
      c103W
    12. Demolition 84 words
      c103W
    13. British Library 62 words
      c103W
    14. Mortgage Interest Rates 92 words
      cc103-4W
    15. Maplin 106 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      4. c104W
    1. Commonwealth Countries 194 words
      cc104-6W
    2. United Nations (Debtor Countries) 548 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
      5. c106W
    1. Taxi Trade 64 words
      cc106-7W
    2. Michael Edward Hunt 41 words
      c107W
    3. Chilean Refugees 47 words
      c107W
    4. Local Radio 42 words
      c107W
    5. Television Licences (Pensioners) 327 words
      cc107-8W
    6. Privacy 71 words
  5. INDUSTRY
      6. c108W
    1. Polymers 107 words
      cc108-9W
    2. Merseyside 65 words
      c109W
    3. Departmental Consultations 81 words
  6. NATIONAL FINANCE
      7. c109W
    1. Professional Subscriptions 54 words
      cc109-10W
    2. Widows (Taxation) 206 words
      cc110-1W
    3. Wages 729 words
      c111W
    4. Value Added Tax 30 words
      cc111-2W
    5. Public Debt 205 words
      cc112-3W
    6. Capital Outflow 79 words
      c113W
    7. Public Expenditure (Scotland) 117 words
  7. SCOTLAND
      8. c113W
    1. Crofting Tenure 41 words
      cc113-4W
    2. District Heating 65 words
      c114W
    3. School Building (Lanarkshire) 138 words
      cc114-5W
    4. Social Workers (Training) 190 words
      c115W
    5. Social Work Advisory Council 85 words
      cc115-6W
    6. Schools (Dundee) 101 words
  8. TRADE
      9. c116W
    1. Wolverhampton Group of Steel Companies 82 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 March 1974 Series 5 Vol. 871

  1. SOCIAL SERVICES
      2. c65W
    1. Victoria Memorial Jewish Hospital, Manchester 80 words
      c65W
    2. Hospital Beds (Cornwall) 62 words
      c65W
    3. Nuneaton District General Hospital 51 words
      cc65-6W
    4. Earnings Rule 107 words
      c66W
    5. Social Security Act 1973 51 words
      c66W
    6. Leprosy 55 words
      c66W
    7. Redditch District Hospital 66 words
      cc66-7W
    8. Pensions and Benefits (Reviews) 83 words
      c67W
    9. Retirement Pensioners 77 words
      c67W
    10. Local Authorities' Services Staffs 73 words
      cc67-8W
    11. National Insurance Contributions 69 words
      c68W
    12. Abortion 49 words
      c68W
    13. Television Licences (Elderly Persons) 67 words
      c68W
    14. Medical Services (Self-Employed Persons) 57 words
      cc68-9W
    15. Christmas Bonus 75 words
      c69W
    16. Prescription Charges 125 words
      c69W
    17. Bexhill Hospital 56 words
      c69W
    18. Hospital Technicians (Pay) 69 words
      cc69-70W
    19. Health Centres 56 words
      c70W
    20. Smoking 58 words
      c70W
    21. Single Women 57 words
      c70W
    22. Lower Income Groups (Fuel Costs) 65 words
      cc70-1W
    23. Dental Services 76 words
      c71W
    24. Pensions (Scotland) 63 words
      c71W
    25. Disregards 96 words
      c71W
    26. Heart Disorders (Children) 87 words
      cc71-2W
    27. Free Milk 363 words
      cc72-3W
    28. Macclesfield and Congleton 87 words
      c73W
    29. Disabled Persons 54 words
      c73W
    30. Poverty 112 words
      cc73-4W
    31. Benefits (Claimants) 183 words
      c74W
    32. Telephones and Home Aids 194 words
      cc74-5W
    33. Allotment Land 90 words
      c75W
    34. Prescription Charges 91 words
      c75W
    35. Diabetics (Disposable Needles) 73 words
      cc75-6W
    36. Family Allowances 73 words
      c76W
    37. Attendance Allowance 130 words
      c76W
    38. Benefits 49 words
      c76W
    39. Family Planning 55 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT
      3. cc76-7W
    1. Social Service Departments 106 words
  3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      4. c77W
    1. Dyslexia 134 words
      c77W
    2. Student Grants 64 words
      cc77-8W
    3. 11-plus Examination 57 words
      c78W
    4. European Organisation for Nuclear Research 52 words
      c78W
    5. Polytechnics 150 words
  4. DEFENCE
      5. c79W
    1. Shoeburyness 76 words
      c79W
    2. Northern Ireland 185 words
      cc79-81W
    3. Service Widows' Pensions 537 words
  5. ENERGY
      6. cc81-2W
    1. Electricity Generation 232 words
      c82W
    2. Departmental Dispersal 77 words
      cc82-3W
    3. Fuel Efficiency (Electricity Transmission) 248 words
      c83W
    4. Advisory Council on Research and Development for Fuel and Power 265 words
      cc83-4W
    5. Magneto-hydrodynamic Generation 209 words
      c84W
    6. Electricity Storage 62 words
      cc84-5W
    7. Shale Oil 131 words
      c85W
    8. Fluidised Bed Combustion 48 words
      c85W
    9. Departmental Scientific Staff 199 words
      cc85-6W
    10. Chemical Fuel Cell 106 words
      c86W
    11. Solar Energy 85 words
      cc86-7W
    12. Nuclear Reactors 228 words
      cc87-8W
    13. Gas Supplies 293 words
      c88W
    14. REGIONAL AID 31 words
      c88W
    15. OVERSEAS VISITS 38 words
  6. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      7. c88W
    1. Questions to Ministers 43 words
  7. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
      8. cc88-9W
    1. Price Code 314 words
      cc89-90W
    2. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE 393 words
  8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      9. cc90-1W
    1. Ministerial Responsibilities 113 words
      c91W
    2. Beef and Pigs (Production Costs) 141 words
      c91W
    3. Milk 127 words
      cc91-2W
    4. Horticulture (Fuel Costs) 69 words
      c92W
    5. Cheap Food Sources 165 words
      cc92-4W
    6. Pig Production 185 words

Lords Sitting of 26 March 1974 Series 5 Vol. 350

    c511
  1. Preamble 23 words
    2. c511
  2. THE LORD BISHOP OF MANCHESTER 23 words
    3. c511
  3. LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS 37 words
    4. c511
  4. LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH 47 words
    5. cc511-5
  5. CHILE: UNITED KINGDOM AID AND ARMS SUPPLIES 1,381 words
    6. c516
  6. PUBLIC RECORDS: MINISTERS' PAPERS 295 words
    7. c517
  7. DEFENCE COSTS 296 words
    8. cc518-22
  8. EUROPEAN DEFENCE: PRESENCE OF U.S. FORCES 1,331 words
    9. c522
  9. ZETLAND COUNTY COUNCIL BILL 12 words
    10. c522
  10. STATUTE LAW (REPEALS) BILL [H.L.] 85 words
    11. c522
  11. FARRIERS (REGISTRATION) BILL [H.L.] 110 words
    12. cc522-31
  12. CONTROL OF ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS BILL [H.L.] 3,346 words
    13. cc531-78
  13. ELECTORAL REFORM 18,616 words
    14. c578
  14. BARCLAYS BANK INTERNATIONAL BILL [H.L.] CRUDE OIL TERMINALS (HUMBER) BILL [H.L.] CLERICAL, MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE BILL [H.L.] GREAT NORTHERN LONDON CEMETERY BILL [H.L.] UNITED KINGDOM TEMPERANCE AND GENERAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION [H.L.] WRIGHTSON NMA LIMITED [H.L.] 26 words
    15. c579
  15. EASTBOURNE HARBOUR BILL [H.L.] RIVER WEAR BARRAGE BILL [H.L.] 24 words
    16. c579
  16. SYNODICAL GOVERNMENT (AMENDMENT) MEASURE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION (AMENDMENT) MEASURE 30 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 26 March 1974 Series 5 Vol. 350

    cc579-80WA
  1. CIGARETTE TOBACCOS 202 words