Sitting of 8 March 1976

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Commons Sitting of 8 March 1976 Series 5 Vol. 907

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Home Accidents (Electrical Faults) 411 words
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2. Price Check Scheme 2,722 words
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3. Food Subsidies 720 words
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4. Rail Fares 743 words
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5. Special Advisers 138 words
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6. Inflation 754 words
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7. Price Code 204 words
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8. Price Controls (Profits) 386 words
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9. Estate Agencies 412 words
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10. Metrication 712 words
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11. Retail Price Index 316 words
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12. Consumer Advice 258 words
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13. CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 376 words
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4. Oil Industry (State Participation) 860 words
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5. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT AND PRICES) 5,361 words
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1. DETAILS OF SEASONAL TARGET PRICES FOR BEEF FOR 1976–77 221 words
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6. MAPLIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (DISSOLUTION) BILL [Lords] 16 words
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7. AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES 29,125 words
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8. PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE (BROADCASTING) 15,232 words
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9. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 33 words
10. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANKS BILL [LORDS] 7 words
1. Clause 6
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1. AGE LIMIT FOR TRUSTEES 1,250 words
2. Schedule 1
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1. PROVISIONS AS TO THE TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANKS CENTRAL BOARD 4,781 words
3. Schedule 4
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1. SCHEDULE TO BE INSERTED AFTER SCHEDULE 1 TO THE TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANKS ACT1969 1,644 words
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11. ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVERS' AGES AND HOURS OF WORK) BILL [Lords] 7 words
1. Schedule 1
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1. CONSEQUENTIAL AND OTHER AMENDMENTS 9,136 words
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2. DAMAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] 37 words
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3. VIOLENCE IN THE FAMILY 27 words
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1. ADJOURNMENT 12 words
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12. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 3,226 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 8 March 1976 Series 5 Vol. 907

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1. BILLS OF INDICTMENT 533 words
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2. AGRICULTURAL LAND TRIBUNALS (CHAIRMEN) 117 words
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3. ELECTORAL LAW (MR. SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE) 46 words
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4. DEVOLUTION 87 words
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5. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER (SECURITY) 81 words
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6. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES CHAIRMEN'S GROUP 56 words
7. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Railway Fares 163 words
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2. Lorry Drivers 500 words
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3. Railways 607 words
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4. "Make Children Happy" (Charity) 65 words
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5. Tobacco Industry (Sports Sponsorship) 57 words
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6. Trade Effluents 82 words
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7. Forms 124 words
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8. Compulsory Purchase Order (Islington) 118 words
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9. Land Management (Departmental Staff) 277 words
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10. Departmental Staff 99 words
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11. M90 54 words
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12. London Rate Equalisation 585 words
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13. Caravans (Rates) 83 words
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14. Railwaymen's Pension Fund 109 words
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15. New Palace Yard (Porch) 149 words
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16. Railway Grants 799 words
8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Metrication 125 words
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2. Pests (Statutory Instrument) 194 words
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3. Foxes 136 words
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4. Sugar Beet 114 words
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5. Badgers 94 words
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6. Forms 338 words
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7. Annual Review White Paper 58 words
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8. Agricultural Land Tribunals 137 words
9. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Police (Civilian Staff) 140 words
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2. Bail 79 words
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3. Indictable Offences 82 words
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4. Departmental Records 101 words
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5. Animal Experiments 126 words
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6. Prisoners 219 words
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7. Firearms 82 words
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8. Seat Belts 102 words
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9. Licensed Premises (Assaults) 63 words
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10. Gay Future (Police Inquiries) 88 words
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11. Ministerial Appointments 134 words
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12. Forms 92 words
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13. Mr. Maurice O'Mahoney 208 words
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14. Licensing Planning Areas 135 words
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15. Civil Servants 123 words
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16. Metropolitan Police Act 1929 60 words
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10. FATAL ACCIDENTS (INQUIRIES) 452 words
11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Crown Agents 97 words
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2. Forms 137 words
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3. Mozambique 61 words
12. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Computer Equipment (Houses of Parliament) 86 words
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2. Civil Servants 198 words
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3. Pay 1,145 words
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4. Staff Manpower 406 words
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5. Dispersal 1,601 words
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6. Forms 121 words
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7. Criminal Law Revision (White Paper) 70 words
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13. DUCHY OF LANCASTER (SPECIAL ADVISER) 102 words
14. DEFENCE
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1. Multi-rôle Combat Aircraft 216 words
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2. Sport 86 words
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3. Departmental Dispersal 62 words
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4. Forms 85 words
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5. Civilian Personnel 144 words
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6. South Africa 42 words
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7. RAF Officers (Civil Employment) 181 words
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8. Institute for the Study of Conflict 79 words
15. ENERGY
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1. Summer Time 151 words
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2. National Coal Board 81 words
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3. Geothermal Energy 86 words
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4. Departmental Staff 131 words
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5. Forms 265 words
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6. Conservation 152 words
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7. Ministerial Appointments 169 words
16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Students (British Council Scholarships) 109 words
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2. Law of the Sea Conference 75 words
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3. Forms 155 words
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4. United Nations University 42 words
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5. Rhodesia 68 words
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6. Mozambique 130 words
17. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Terrorism 145 words
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2. Industrial Promotion 66 words
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3. Departmental Staff 332 words
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4. Forms 121 words
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5. Prisoners 114 words
18. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Arts Sponsorship (Tobacco Industry) 95 words
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2. Historical Records 93 words
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3. School Examination Results 193 words
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4. Ministerial Appointments 135 words
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5. Private Schools (Local Authority Places) 77 words
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6. Teacher Quota 35 words
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7. Forms 98 words
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8. Teachers 122 words
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9. Nursery Schools 123 words
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10. Departmental Staff 133 words
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11. Student Grants 87 words
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12. Overseas Students (Wales) 46 words
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13. British Library 92 words
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14. University of Buckingham 79 words
19. SCOTLAND
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1. Disabled Persons 102 words
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2. Hypertension and Diabetes 65 words
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3. Forms 120 words
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4. Rate Support Grant 81 words
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5. Hospitals 403 words
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6. Speech Therapists 73 words
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7. Departmental Staff 383 words
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8. Neurosurgical Units 163 words
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9. Accidents 143 words
20. INDUSTRY
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1. British Steel Corporation 355 words
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2. Industrial Development Certificates 49 words
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3. Forms 177 words
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4. British Shipbuilders and Aerospace 70 words
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5. Lord Beswick 146 words
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6. British Aerospace Organising Committee 56 words
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7. Chrysler United Kingdom Ltd. 46 words
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8. Steel Corporation (Wales) 55 words
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9. Paper 179 words
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10. Aircraft and Shipbuilding 101 words
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11. National Enterprise Board 229 words
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12. North-East Coast Shiprepairers Ltd. 413 words
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13. Departmental Staff 106 words
21. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Price Code 97 words
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2. Petrol Prices 59 words
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3. Electricity Prices 57 words
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4. Consumer Protection Advisory Committee 84 words
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5. Inflation 90 words
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6. Price Check 443 words
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7. Food Subsidies 53 words
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8. Port Conference Surcharges 53 words
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9. Prices (Taxes) 91 words
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10. Consumer Advice Centres 195 words
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11. Cash-and-Carry Trading 121 words
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12. Ports 69 words
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13. Forms 161 words
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14. Price Increases 169 words
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15. Departmental Staff 74 words
22. TRADE
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1. South Africa 75 words
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2. International Fairs 70 words
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3. Export Credits 157 words
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4. Air Routes (Mole Valley) 91 words
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5. Ministerial Appointments 204 words
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6. Departmental Staff 137 words
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7. Horticultural Produce 107 words
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8. Tourism 53 words
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9. Asbestos 166 words
23. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Inflation 113 words
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2. Personal Allowances 158 words
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3. Income Tax 334 words
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4. Tax Arrears (Rate of Interest) 223 words
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5. Directors' Expenses 321 words
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6. Land Transactions 127 words
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7. One-parent Families 171 words
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8. Public Expenditure 118 words
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9. Assets (Transfer Abroad) 289 words
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10. National Debt 146 words
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11. Value Added Tax 190 words
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12. Sterling-Dollar Parity Rate 158 words
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13. Nationalised Industries Chairmen's Group 64 words
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14. Resources (Growth and Use) 293 words
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15. Forms 139 words
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16. Departmental Staff 129 words
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17. Index-Linked Certificates 105 words
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18. Government Borrowing 212 words
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19. Blind Persons 29 words
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20. Personal Consumption 139 words
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21. Taxes and Duties (Motor Vehicles) 79 words
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22. Widows 72 words
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23. Cost of Living 94 words
24. WALES
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1. Agricultural Price Review 113 words
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2. Forms 308 words
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3. Ministerial Appointments 79 words
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4. Dogs 114 words
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5. Lung Cancer 45 words
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6. Housing Finance 94 words
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7. Speech Therapists 124 words
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8. Houses (Rateable Values) 95 words
25. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Personal Incomes 1,946 words
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2. National Insurance Contributions 633 words
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3. Men 322 words
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4. Retirement Pension 413 words
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5. Earnings Rule 219 words
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6. Invalidity Pension 194 words
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7. Operating Theatres 110 words
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8. Alimony 119 words
26. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Tobacco Substitutes and Additives 73 words
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2. Claimants' Unions 58 words
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3. Mobility Allowance 64 words
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4. Whitley Council (Scotland) 89 words
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5. Smallpox Virus 133 words
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6. Children's Employment 95 words
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7. Leeds General Infirmary 129 words
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8. Forms 152 words
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9. Ministerial Appointments 109 words
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10. Hospitals 307 words
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11. Retired Persons (Wales) 49 words
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12. Modified Baby Milk 112 words
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13. Speech Therapy 238 words
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14. Departmental Offices, Gloucester 94 words
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15. Pay Beds (Norfolk) 96 words
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16. Departmental Staff 122 words
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17. Students 264 words
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18. Women's Pensions 225 words
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19. Ministerial Hospitality 125 words
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20. Alcoholics 1,019 words
27. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Doctors' Wives 161 words
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2. Departmental Staff 242 words
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3. Birmingham 263 words
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4. Hospital Operating Theatres 57 words
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5. Motor Vehicle Components 91 words
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6. Pay Settlements 500 words
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7. Regional Employment Premium 182 words
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8. Forms 132 words
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9. Ministerial Appointments 346 words
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10. Overtime 136 words
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11. Holidays 42 words
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12. Rates and Prices 171 words
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13. Staffordshire 75 words
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14. Community Projects 62 words
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15. Teachers 49 words
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16. Asbestos 68 words
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17. Industrial Tribunals 94 words