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Commons Hansard for 17 July 1973 (Volume 860)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 5.42pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Prayers
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Private Business
Oral Answers To Questions
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Social Services
Elderly Persons' Benefits
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Children In Care (Homeless Families)
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Cigarettes
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Hospital Staff (Stoke-On-Trent)
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Health Visitors (Huntingdonshire)
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Hospital Visiting Expenses
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Retirement Pensions
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Family Planning Act Circular
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Vitamins A And D
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Speech Therapists
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Disabled Children (Grants)
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Unemployment Benefit(Earnings-Related Supplement)
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Industrial Disputes (Benefit)
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Manchester Royal Infirmary
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Family Planning
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Community Health Councils
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Hospital Expenditure (Birmingham)
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Food Supplies
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Cancer Research
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Works Councils
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Prices (Prime Minister's Speech)
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Business Of The House
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Rent Act 1968 (Amendment)(Young Marrieds' Homesand Retired Persons'annuities) Bill
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Rent Act 1968 (Amendment) (Youngmarrieds' Homes And Retiredpersons' Annuities)
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Adjournment
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Portugal
Northern Irelandconstitution Bill
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Social Services
Supplementary Benefits (Applicants' Assets)
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Cervical Smears
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Disabled Persons (Hydraulic Chairs)
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Hospital Staffs (Promotion)
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Retirement Pensions
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St John's, Twickenham, And West Middlesex Hospitals
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Wage Stop
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Benefits Payments (Anonymous Allegations)
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Hospital Management Committees (Doctor Members)
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Doctors
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Dentists
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Home Nurses
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Children (Dental Health)
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Pensions (Television Licences)
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Invalid Vehicles
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Confidential Medical Information (Safeguards)
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Home Helps
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Short-Term Benefits (Sick And Unemployed)
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Birmingham Regional Hospital Board
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Death Grant
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Population Movements (Hospital Development)
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Prescription Charges
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Cancer (Deaths)
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National Health Service Reorganisation (Television Programmes)
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St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth
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Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
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Casualty Officers (Manchester)
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Chronically Sick And Disabled Persons
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Chiropodists
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Departmental Staff
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Handicapped Children's Hostel (Huddersfield)
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Employment Of Women
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Hospital Staff (Recruitment)
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Butter Tokens
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National Insurance Tribunals (Allowances)
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Byssinosis (Advisory Committee Report)
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Maintenance Orders
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Medical Machines
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South Ockendon Hospital (Inquiry)
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Hospitals (Complaints Procedure)
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Cancer Research (Zuckerman Report)
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Oncology
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Nurses
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Hartlepool Hospitals (Development)
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West Bromwich (Doctors And Dentists)
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One-Parent Families (Finer Report)
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Corby Health Centre
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Agoraphobia
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Education And Science
Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (Contributions,)
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Suffolks Primary School, Enfield
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School Transport (Rural Areas)
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Sheffield Schools
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Mineral Survey (Scotland)
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Works Of Art (Estate Duty)
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Cancer Research (Zuckerman Report)
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Primary Schools (Oversize Classes)
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National Portrait Gallery
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Defence
Aircraft Noise (Wadborough)
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Harrier Aircraft
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Manston Aerodrome
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Nuclear Tests
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Employment
European Economic Community (British Workers)
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Liquefied Petroleum Gases (Regulations)
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Unemployed Persons
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Hull
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Regional Employment Premium
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Home-Workers (Legislation)
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Environment
Channel Tunnel
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Sewage Disposal
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Road Improvements (Yorkshire)
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Home-Loss Payments
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Coastal Erosion
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Luton Airport
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St Helens Chemical Works
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Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
Law Of The Sea Conference
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Libya (British Assets)
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British Assets
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United Nations Association
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North Vietnam
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Upper Volta (Onchocerciasis)
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Urban Areas
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National Economic Development Council
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Republic Of Ireland (Prime Minister)
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Scientific And Technological Policies
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
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Chester Southerly Bypass
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Traffic Lights (Buckley)
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Chronically Sick And Disabled Persons Act
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Welsh Language Publications (Subsidies)
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Flint And Holywell Cottage Hospitals
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Council Housing (Flintshire)
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General Hospital (East Flintshire)
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Cambrian Mountains National Park
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Welsh National Water Development Authority
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