Sitting of 12 April 1976

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Commons Sitting of 12 April 1976 Series 5 Vol. 909

c885
1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 200 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Retail Prices 1,272 words
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2. Consumer Protection 416 words
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3. Consumer Protection Officers (Powers) 270 words
cc891-2
4. Food Subsidies 478 words
cc892-8
5. Metrication 1,880 words
cc898-9
6. Petrol (Retail Sales) 548 words
cc899-900
7. Nationalised Industries 375 words
cc900-1
8. Hallmarking 301 words
cc901-4
9. Inflation 971 words
cc904-6
10. Electricity Users' Consultative Council 411 words
cc906-7
11. £ Sterling (Value) 412 words
c907
12. Fair Trading Act 1973 267 words
cc907-9
13. National Consumer Council 415 words
c909
14. Price Code 175 words
cc909-12
2. NORTH SEA OIL (PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS) 707 words
4. BILLS PRESENTED
c912
1. RENT (AGRICULTURE) 109 words
c913
2. HEALTH SERVICES 134 words
5. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
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1. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 158 words
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6. BUDGET RESOLUTIONS AND ECONOMIC SITUATION 49,920 words
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1. 2. SPIRITS 106 words
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2. 3. BEER 541 words
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3. 6. HYDROCARBON OIL ETC. 46 words
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4. 4. WINE 4 words
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5. 5. MADE-WINE 79 words
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6. 7. CIDER 281 words
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7. 9. SURCHARGES AND REBATES IN RESPECT OF REVENUE DUTIES 51 words
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8. 10. VALUE ADDED TAX (REDUCTION OF HIGHER RATE) 133 words
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9. 8. TOBACCO PRODUCTS 64 words
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10. 11. VALUE ADDED TAX (MINOR AMENDMENTS) 137 words
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11. 12. VEHICLES EXCISE DUTY (SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR REGISTRATIO MARKS) 63 words
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12. 13. VEHICLES EXCISE DUTY (DISABLED PERSONS) 232 words
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13. 14. INCOME TAX (CHARGE AND RATES FOR 1976–77) 286 words
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14. 15. RELIEF FOR INTEREST (LIMIT FOR 1976–77) 52 words
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15. 16. INCOME TAX (ALTERATION OF PERSONAL RELIEFS) 171 words
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16. 17. INCOME TAX (HUSBAND AND WIFE) 763 words
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17. 18. TAXATION OF BENEFITS FROM EMPLOYMENT (INCOME TAX) 49 words
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18. 19. TAXATION OF CASH VOUCHERS (INCOME TAX) 45 words
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19. 20. CORPORATION TAX (CHARGE AND RATE FOR FINANCIA YEAR 1975) 38 words
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20. 21. ADVANCE CORPORATION TAX (RATE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1976) 36 words
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21. 22. CORPORATION TAX (SMALL COMPANIES) 68 words
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22. 23. CORPORATION TAX (AUTHORISED UNIT TRUSTS AND INVESTMEN TRUSTS) 69 words
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23. 24. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES (INCOME TAX AND CORPORATION TAX) 41 words
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24. 25. CLOSE COMPANIES (CORPORATION TAX AND INCOME TAX) 47 words
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25. 26. APPRECIATION IN VALUE OF TRADING STOCK (INCOME TAX AN CORPORATION TAX) 75 words
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26. 27. DOUBLE TAXATION (IRELAND) 51 words
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27. 28. FOREIGN INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS (INCOME TAX AND CORPORATION TAX) 53 words
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28. 29. FOREIGN UNDERLYING TAX ON COMPANY PROFITS (INCOME TAX AND CORPORATION TAX) 35 words
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29. 30. CAPITAL GAINS 113 words
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30. 31. CAPITAL TRANSFER TAX 37 words
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31. 32. ESTATE DUTY 50 words
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32. 33. STAMP DUTY (EXEMPTION FOR TRANSFERS OF LOAN CAPITAL) 375 words
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33. 34. STAMP DUTY (JOBBERS) 38 words
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34. 35. RELIEF FROM TAX (INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL CHARGES) 54 words
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35. PROCEDURE (FUTURE TAXATION) 169 words
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7. FINANCE 56 words
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8. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 31 words
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9. PROTEIN DEPOSIT AND PRIVATE STORAGE AID 12,225 words
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10. RATING (CARAVAN SITES) BILL [Lords] 7 words
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1. ADJOURNMENT 13 words
cc1094-104
11. SMALL BUSINESSES (GREATER LONDON) 3,514 words
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12. BUDGET RESOLUTIONS AND ECONOMIC SITUATION 4,500 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 April 1976 Series 5 Vol. 909

1. ENVIRONMENT
c363W
1. A5, West Midlands (V8 Connection) 89 words
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2. Concessionary Fares 77 words
c363W
3. A63 (Monk Fryston) 58 words
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4. Rail Fares 35 words
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5. Thermal Insulation Blocks 100 words
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6. Lorry Drivers (Contact Lenses) 43 words
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7. Rating 214 words
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8. Pennine Way 144 words
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9. Charter Trustees 610 words
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10. Departmental Property (Maidstone) 46 words
cc367-8W
11. Pay Settlements 103 words
c368W
12. Transport Policy Consultative Document 50 words
cc368-9W
13. Office Building (Development Control) 455 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
cc369-70W
1. Animal Experiments 82 words
c370W
2. Advisory Committee on Cruelty to Animals 186 words
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3. St. Matthew's, Brixton (Meeting Place) 90 words
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4. Remands in Custody 72 words
c371W
5. District Electoral Review (Wales) 48 words
c371W
6. Inquests 170 words
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7. Parole Review Committees 106 words
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8. Shoplifting 66 words
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9. Metropolitan Police (Orders and Regulations) 122 words
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10. USSR Citizens (Visas) 75 words
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11. Pay Settlements 89 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Industrial Democracy 73 words
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2. Pensions 200 words
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3. Television Advertising 91 words
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4. Pay Settlements 70 words
c375W
4. ROYAL MARRIAGES ACT 1772 20 words
5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
c375W
1. Standing Committees 147 words
6. ENERGY
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1. Sports Grounds (Floodlighting) 87 words
cc376-7W
2. North Sea Oil 358 words
c377W
3. Uranium (Purchasing Contract) 160 words
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4. Rossing Uranium Limited 59 words
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5. Coal Gasification 109 words
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6. Plutonium 40 words
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7. Nuclear Power Stations 113 words
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8. Electricity Generating 324 words
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9. Pay Settlements 65 words
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10. Motor Vehicles (Fuel Consumption) 208 words
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11. INQUESTS 117 words
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12. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT TRIALS 76 words
7. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Music 153 words
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2. Maladjusted Children 89 words
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3. Teachers and Schools (Requirement) 126 words
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4. Blind Children 178 words
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5. Agricultural Research Council 286 words
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6. Protein Research 340 words
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7. Advisers and Psychologists (Pay Award) 143 words
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8. Overseas Students 82 words
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9. Vandalism 57 words
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10. Pay Settlements 110 words
8. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Industrial Tribunals and Training Boards 240 words
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2. School Leavers 75 words
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3. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Report) 62 words
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4. Redundancy Payments 181 words
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5. Pay Settlements 107 words
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6. Overtime 670 words
9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Sports Teams 104 words
c391W
2. Cuba (Foreign Minister) 35 words
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3. Pay Settlements 73 words
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4. USSR Residents 189 words
c392W
5. European Judgments Convention 55 words
10. SCOTLAND
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1. Prisoners 157 words
c392W
2. Rent Arrears (Evictions) 40 words
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3. Pay Settlements 91 words
11. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Investment 72 words
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2. Butter 51 words
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3. Inflation 213 words
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4. Fish 80 words
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5. Price Check Scheme 387 words
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6. Mail Order Business 114 words
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7. Credit Transactions 88 words
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8. Pay Settlements 62 words
12. TRADE
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1. Petroleum 81 words
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2. Non-Tariff Barriers 79 words
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3. Companies (Investigations) 65 words
c397W
4. Wapping Pier Head Properties Ltd. 82 words
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5. Pay Settlements 56 words
13. DEFENCE
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1. Equipment (South African Contract) 138 words
c398W
2. Airborne Early Warning Equipment 86 words
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3. Carrier On-Board Delivery 90 words
c399W
4. Royal Ordnance Factories 312 words
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5. Equipment supplies (Isreal) 94 words
c400W
6. Royal Air Force (Manpower) 163 words
c400W
7. Trade Unions 33 words
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8. Retirement and Resignation 473 words
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9. Civilian Redundancies 67 words
c402W
10. Anti-Submarine War Cruiser 64 words
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11. Pay Settlements 68 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Departmental Purchases 138 words
cc403-5W
2. Cheese 522 words
c405W
3. Protein 269 words
cc405-7W
4. Sheep (Attacks by Dogs) 358 words
c407W
5. Wales (Statistics) 98 words
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6. Rabies 276 words
c408W
7. Windmills 81 words
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8. Pay Settlements 60 words
c408W
9. Skimmed Milk Powder 63 words
cc408-9W
10. Animals (Illegal Imports) 97 words
15. INDUSTRY
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1. F.H. Lloyd Holdings Ltd. 76 words
c409W
2. Nationalised Industries 31 words
c409W
3. Shotton Steel Works 39 words
cc409-10W
4. Multinational Companies 110 words
c410W
5. Metal Market 122 words
c410W
6. Shipbuilding 58 words
cc410-1W
7. Industrial Development Certificates 66 words
c411W
8. European Community (Europe Plus Thirty Report) 76 words
c411W
9. Post Offices (Wales) 65 words
c411W
10. Pay Settlements 59 words
16. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Rates and Rents (Arrears) 145 words
c412W
2. Work Permits 48 words
c412W
3. Immigrant Workers 120 words
cc412-4W
4. Department of Commerce 322 words
c414W
5. Youth Careers Guidance Committee 129 words
c414W
6. Stormont Library 78 words
c414W
7. European Community 51 words
cc414-5W
8. Housing 257 words
c415W
9. Provisional Sinn Fein 83 words
cc415-6W
10. Pay Settlements 101 words
c416W
11. Industry and Trade 110 words
17. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Food and Agriculture Research 242 words
c417W
2. Guinea-Bissau 88 words
c417W
3. Crown Agents 47 words
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4. Oil Prices (International Monetary Fund Facility) 287 words
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5. Pay Settlements 67 words
18. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Dentistry 141 words
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2. Physicians 131 words
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3. Self-employed Persons 242 words
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4. Manchester (Hostels) 183 words
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5. Child Prostitution 70 words
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6. Pensions 279 words
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7. Influenza Vaccines 142 words
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8. Community Homes 148 words
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9. Obscene Material (Therapeutic Use) 67 words
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10. Invalid Vehicles 76 words
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11. Abortion 540 words
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12. Pay Settlements 68 words
c425W
13. Children in Care (London) 95 words
19. WALES
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1. Sheepmeat 261 words
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2. Factory Rents 58 words
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3. Sheep Exports 56 words
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4. Factories 96 words
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5. Welsh Office (Translation Unit) 114 words
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6. Interest Relief Grants 87 words
c428W
7. Hill-Sheep Subsidy 127 words
c428W
8. Pay Settlements 67 words
20. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Tax Allowances 249 words
c429W
2. Public Sector Deficit 150 words
cc429-30W
3. Personal Incomes 212 words
c430W
4. Income Tax 43 words
c430W
5. Sports Sponsorship (Tax Exemption) 34 words
cc430-2W
6. War Pensions 172 words
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7. Rating Appeals 132 words
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8. Animals (Import and Export) 104 words
c433W
9. Imports (Evasion of Duty) 115 words
c433W
10. Value Added Tax 102 words
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11. Oil and Gas Industries (Bank Loans) 125 words
c434W
12. Mortgages 109 words
cc434-5W
13. Petrol 159 words
c435W
14. Pay Settlements 62 words
c435W
15. Self-Employed Persons 141 words
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16. Child Allowance 154 words
c436W
17. Pensions 70 words
c436W
18. Savings Groups 93 words
cc436-8W
19. Pensioners (Taxation) 168 words

Lords Sitting of 12 April 1976 Series 5 Vol. 369

c1879
1. Preamble 28 words
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2. PASSPORTS: JUSTICE REPORT 780 words
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3. STERLING AND OFFICIAL INTERVENTION 264 words
cc1882-3
4. STRANGERS' DRESS 281 words
cc1883-4
5. COMMITTEES ON OPPOSED PRIVATE BILLS 293 words
cc1884-965
6. ENERGY BILL [H.L.] 30,974 words, 1 division
cc1965-80
7. COMPANIES (NO. 2) BILL [H.L.] 5,470 words
cc1980-2021
8. ENERGY BILL [H.L.] 15,642 words
c2021
9. BARONY OF AMPTHILL 11 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 12 April 1976 Series 5 Vol. 369

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1. GALLERY OF MODERN ART 184 words
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2. RHODESIAN AFRICAN STUDENTS 374 words
cc2023-4WA
3. MOZAMBIQUE: PAYMENTS OF AID 78 words