Sitting of 4 August 1975

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Commons Sitting of 4 August 1975 Series 5 Vol. 897

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 26 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. ENERGY
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1. National Nuclear Corporation 233 words
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2. Gas Supply (Rural Areas) 159 words
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3. Oil (Self-sufficiency) 250 words
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4. Coal Industry (Finance) 424 words
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5. Nationalised Industry Chairmen 444 words
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6. North Sea Oil (Nationalisation) 165 words
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7. Power Stations (Coal Stocks) 152 words
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8. North Sea Oil (European Community Proposals) 464 words
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9. Waste Heat Recovery 330 words
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10. Summer Time 322 words
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11. North Sea Oil (Landing) 426 words
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12. Winter Supplies 497 words
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13. Production Targets 624 words
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14. Scotland (Secretary of State's Visit) 346 words
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15. Conservation 446 words
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16. Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme 458 words
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17. North Sea Oil (Extraction) 230 words
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18. Gas and Electricity Disconnections 405 words
2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Mozambique 342 words
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2. World Food Council 299 words
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3. Aid Policy 564 words
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4. Aid Programme 606 words
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5. English Language Teaching 375 words
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6. Food Surpluses (Disposal) 541 words
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5. DEVOLUTION 677 words
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6. RIGHT HON. MEMBER FOR WALSALL, NORTH 790 words
7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS BILL 3 words
8. Clause 14
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1. RATE OF INVALIDITY PENSION FOR PERSONS UNDER PENSIONABLE AGE 8,781 words, 1 division
9. Clause 22
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1. MOBILITY ALLOWANCE 302 words
10. Clause 24
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1. POWER TO MODIFY PROVISIONS ABOUT GRADUATED RETIREMENT BENEFIT 125 words
11. Clause 28
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1. REVIEW AND ALTERATION OF CONTRACTED-OUT RATES OF CLASS 1 CONTRIBUTIONS 135 words
12. Clause 31
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1. CONTRACTING-OUT CERTIFICATES 77 words
13. Clause 33
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1. REQUISITE BENEFIT FOR EARNER 220 words
14. Clause 34
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1. ANNUAL RATE OF EARNER'S PENSION 153 words
15. Clause 35
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1. EARNER'S GUARANTEED MINIMUM 5,271 words
16. Clause 36
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1. REQUISITE BENEFIT FOR WIDOW 367 words
17. Clause 39
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1. FINANCING AND ASSURANCE OF BENEFITS 124 words
18. Clause 41
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1. PREMIUM ON TERMINATION OF CONTRACTED-OUT EMPLOYMENT 48 words
19. Clause 42
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1. PREMIUM UNDER SECTION 41: ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 102 words
20. Clause 43
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1. PREMIUM ON TERMINATION OF CONTRACTED-OUT SCHEME 201 words
21. Clause 51
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1. EQUAL ACCESS REQUIREMENTS 115 words
22. Clause 64
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1. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS 61 words
23. Schedule 1
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1. DEFERRED RETIREMENT 4,205 words
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24. CHILD BENEFIT BILL 3 words
25. Clause 5
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1. RATE OF CHILD BENEFIT 1,614 words
26. New Clause A
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1. REPAYMENT AND DISQUALIFICATION 18,364 words, 1 division
27. Clause 8
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1. SUSPENSION, AND EFFECT OF ADJUDICATION ON PAYMENT AND RECOVERY 174 words
28. New Clause A
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1. PROVISIONS AS TO THE EXCLUSION FROM A FAMILY FOR FAMILY ALLOWANCES PURPOSES OF CHILDREN ENTITLED TO NON-CONTRIBUTORY INVALIDITY PENSION. 834 words
29. Schedule 5
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1. REPEALS 69 words
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30. HOUSING FINANCE (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 3 words
31. Clause 2
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1. RECOVERY OF CERTIFIED AMOUNTS 1,806 words
32. Clause 3
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1. POWER TO CHARGE RATES 1,269 words
33. Clause 4
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1. TERMINATION OF DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT HOUSING FINANCE ACT 1972. 1,175 words
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2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 19 words
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34. HOUSING FINANCE (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 6,168 words
35. Clause 7
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1. RATES—SUPPLEMENTARY 72 words
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2. Title 111 words
36. PETITION
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1. Tidworth Hospital 142 words
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2. ADJOURNMENT 12 words
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3. TOMATO GROWERS (ESSEX) 3,078 words
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4. HOUSING FINANCE (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 1,959 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 August 1975 Series 5 Vol. 897

1. INDUSTRY
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1. British Steel Corporation 78 words
2. TRADE
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1. Airports Policy 558 words
3. ENERGY
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1. Electricity Generation (Research and Development) 132 words
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2. Coal Industry (Earnings and Productivity) 83 words
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3. Electricity Production Costs 171 words
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4. Offpeak Heating 64 words
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5. Electricity Prices 55 words
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6. Natural Gas (Supply Contracts) 272 words
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7. British National Oil Corporation 71 words
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8. Natural Gas (Dutch Consumers) 131 words
4. INDUSTRY
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1. British Steel Corporation (Management Salaries) 58 words
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2. Industrial Technologies (Committee) 70 words
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3. Waste Paper 66 words
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4. Industrial Research Associations 88 words
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5. Christmas Cards 33 words
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6. Kirkby Manufacturing and Engineering Ltd. 503 words
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7. National Enterprise Board 64 words
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8. Small Businesses (Merseyside) 125 words
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9. Manufacturing 194 words
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10. Training (Gower) 243 words
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11. PROCURATOR FISCALS 190 words
5. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Food Aid 130 words
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2. £ Sterling (Value) 73 words
6. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Tax Reliefs and Allowances 659 words
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2. Income Tax 116 words
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3. Supply Bottlenecks 145 words
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4. Public Expenditure 94 words
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5. Regional Economy 290 words
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6. Dividends and Profits (South Africa) 155 words
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7. Value Added Tax 230 words
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8. Companies (Investment Programmes) 88 words
7. DEFENCE
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1. Northern Ireland 185 words
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2. Gurkha Regiment 62 words
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3. Netley Abbey Hospital 235 words
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4. Anti-tank Guided Weapons 81 words
8. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Prisoners 431 words
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2. Community Projects (Wales) 35 words
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3. Horses (Rodeos) 61 words
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4. Criminal Bankruptcy 99 words
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5. Local Authority Members (Expense and Allowance Claims) 53 words
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6. Shoplifting (Fines) 73 words
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7. Passports (Airport Checking) 285 words
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8. Police Vehicles (Accidents) 1,184 words
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9. Terrorist Activities 47 words
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10. Remanded Persons 75 words
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11. Parole 493 words
9. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration 85 words
10. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Strangers' Bar (Staff) 83 words
11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Infant and Primary Schools (Vertical Grouping) 102 words
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2. Industrial Training (Day-Release) 100 words
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3. Teaching Techniques 88 words
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4. Nursery School Projects 152 words
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5. Infra-red Telescope 111 words
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6. Schoolchildren (Accident Claims) 74 words
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7. Museums and Galleries (Purchase Grants) 235 words
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8. University Lecturers (Pay) 218 words
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9. Staff (Department and UGC) 109 words
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10. Special Schools 125 words
12. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Specialists (Consultation Waiting Times) 41 words
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2. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 418 words
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3. Rent and Rate Rebates 113 words
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4. Supplementary Benefit 226 words
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5. Scottish Minors (Work Abroad) 382 words
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6. Contraceptive Practice (Handbook) 112 words
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7. National Insurance Contributions 119 words
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8. War Pensions 75 words
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9. Invalid Vehicles 432 words
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10. East Anglia (Financial Allocation) 155 words
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11. Disabled War Pensioners 185 words
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12. Social Benefit Claims 149 words
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13. Cigarettes (Carbon Monoxide Levels) 100 words
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14. Optical Services (Macclesfield) 59 words
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15. Educationally Subnormal Children (Training) 148 words
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16. CURE Drug Treatment Centre 356 words
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17. Drug Treatment Patients 174 words
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18. Contributions (Collection) 125 words
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19. Housing Applications (Doctors' Letters) 118 words
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20. Mentally Handicapped Persons 57 words
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21. Supplementary Benefits 426 words
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22. Doctors (EEC Employment) 227 words
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23. European Community (Medical Treatment) 136 words
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24. Retirement Pension (Purchasing Power) 69 words
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25. Benefits (Payment of Rent) 79 words
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26. Disabled Persons 32 words
13. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Soft Toys (Acrylic Fibre) 82 words
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2. Consumer Advice Centres (Cumbria) 88 words
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3. Unsafe Goods 99 words
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4. Music (Copyright Fees) 110 words
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5. Trading Checks 103 words
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6. Consumer Advice Centres 273 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Green Belt Land (Housing) 163 words
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2. Food Imports (Subsidies) 95 words
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3. Cultivable Land 161 words
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4. Fishing Organisations (European Community Grants) 107 words
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5. Agricultural Land and Woodland 168 words
15. TRADE
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1. Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania 169 words
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2. Television and Flat Glass Imports 136 words
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3. Air Travel Reserve Fund Agency 158 words
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4. Textiles (Import Surveillance) 123 words
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5. Chrome 57 words
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6. Fishing Vessels (Survey Fees) 224 words
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7. Aircraft Noise (Insulation Grants) 178 words
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8. Commodity Stabilisation 84 words
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9. Non-Scheduled Flying 59 words
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10. Nation Life (Liquidation) 184 words
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11. Trade Marks (Patent Office Fees) 85 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
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1. High Speed Train 98 words
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2. Mileage Allowance (Public Servants) 87 words
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3. Railway Employees 70 words
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4. Housing (Campbell Report) 66 words
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5. Conservation Areas (Demolition) 352 words
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6. Building Regulations 372 words
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7. Council Housing Improvements 117 words
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8. Breathalyser Tests 61 words
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9. Northern Region (Ministerial Appointments) 110 words
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10. Petrol (Lead Content) 72 words
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11. Dutch Elm Disease 147 words
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12. Vehicle Tests 58 words
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13. Historic Buildings 639 words
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14. Contaminated Soil (Basingstoke) 104 words
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15. Agricultural Land and Woodland 188 words
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16. Rent Allowances 70 words
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17. Stretford (Bypass) 132 words
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18. Wood-Wool Slabs (Fire Hazard) 159 words
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19. Control of Pollution Act 1974 43 words
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20. Manchester Ship Canal Company 160 words
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21. New Palace Yard 147 words
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22. Council Houses (Renovation) 334 words
17. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. New Hebrides 124 words
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2. Magna Carta (Loan to America) 75 words
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3. Soviet Union (Service Attachés) 355 words
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4. Rhodesia House 193 words
18. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Roads (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) 62 words
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2. Royal Ulster Constabulary 178 words
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3. Housing 81 words
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4. River Lagan (Fencing) 78 words
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5. Local Government (Pay Limits) 156 words
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6. Remands in Custody 57 words
19. SCOTLAND
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1. Civil Service (Pay) 44 words
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2. Invalid Vehicles 38 words
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3. Textile Purchases 75 words
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4. Disabled Persons 172 words
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5. Crofting Counties 61 words
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6. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 126 words
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7. Roads (chippings) 51 words
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8. Terrorist Activities 65 words
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9. A74 115 words
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10. Remands in Custody 43 words
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11. New St. Andrews House (Lighting) 76 words
20. WALES
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1. Ministerial Responsibilities 167 words
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2. Mentally Handicapped Children 46 words
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3. Sheltered Housing Schemes 265 words
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4. Housing 523 words
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5. Rate Support Grant 49 words
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6. Housing (Modernisation) 197 words
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7. Social Services (Recreational Facilities and Amenities) 719 words
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8. Land Acquisition 92 words
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9. Fodder 181 words
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10. Homeless Persons 389 words
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11. Substandard Housing 115 words
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12. Housing Densities 138 words
21. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Trade Unions 118 words
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2. Disablement Resettlement Service 219 words
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3. School Leavers 587 words
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4. Brecon and Radnor 89 words
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5. Footwear Industry 544 words
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6. Cheshire 1,163 words
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7. Bury 249 words
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8. Thanet 374 words
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9. Unemployed Persons 198 words
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10. Christmas Cards 82 words
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11. Statutory Minimum Wage 162 words
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12. Trade Unions (European Community Representation) 63 words
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13. Industrial Relations (Appeals) 100 words
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14. Redundancy Fund 88 words
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15. Kirkby Manufacturing & Engineering Co., Ltd. 370 words
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16. Dangerous Chemicals (Road Transport) 93 words
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17. Merseyside 260 words
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18. Trade Unions (Accounts and Returns) 1,066 words
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19. Annual Census of Employment 195 words
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20. Wigston, Leicestershire 83 words
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21. Humberside (Caravan Industry) 63 words

Lords Sitting of 4 August 1975 Series 5 Vol. 363

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1. Preamble 24 words
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2. CHARITIES: BOGUS ORGANISATIONS 1,047 words
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3. HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION 810 words
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4. DESALINATION 957 words
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5. NIGERIA: PROPOSED STATE VISIT 397 words
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6. McDERMOTT SCOTLAND ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 18 words
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7. LOTTERIES BILL 67 words
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8. COMMONS AMENDMENT TO ONE OF THE LORDS AMENDMENTS AND COMMONS AMENDMENT IN LIEU OF ONE OTHER OF THE LORDS AMENDMENTS. 17 words
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9. LORDS AMENDMENT 912 words
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10. LORDS AMENDMENT 131 words
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11. COMMUNITY LAND (No. 2) BILL [H.L.] 50,058 words
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12. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (MONEY) BILL 23 words
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13. CRIMINAL JURISDICTION BILL [H.L.] 15 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 August 1975 Series 5 Vol. 363

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1. COACH PARKING 105 words
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2. LONDON TAXI FARES 601 words
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3. DEPORTATION RECOMMENDATIONS 160 words
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4. MESOTHELIOMA: MISDIAGNOSIS 262 words