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Commons Hansard for 22 October 1973 (Volume 861)

                From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 
1 May 2026 at 4.26pm.
            

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House of Commons

PRAYERS

Glasgow (Strathclyde)

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TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Concorde

Insolvent Companies (Directors)

Oil Rigs (Grants)

Sale of Goods (Prices)

British Airways Board

Tourist Projects (Grants)

Advance Factories (Northern Region)

Coal (Electricity Generation)

Bank Charges

Regional Employment Premium

Aircraft Noise

Scottish Energy Commission

EEC Investment

Package Tours (Complaints)

Coal Production

Consumer Advice Centres

Rolls-Royce

HS146

Ship Repairing (Report)

London and County Securities

Tracked Hovercraft

Smokeless Fuel (Prices)

European Space Conference

WINDSCALE

MIDDLE EAST

CLERK OF THE HOUSE (RESIGNATION)

HOUSE OF COMMONS (ADMINISTRATION)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL

NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL

CHAIRMAN

CHANGE OF NAME OF REGION, ISLANDS AREA OR DISTRICT

ALLOWANCES FOR ATTENDING CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

SCHEMES

ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISCHARGE OF FUNCTIONS BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES

APPOINTMENT, ETC. OF STAFF

POWER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO INCUR EXPENDITURE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES NOT OTHERWISE AUTHORISED

CAPITAL EXPENSES

ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY ACCOUNTS IN SCOTLAND.

REPORTS TO COMMISSION BY CONTROLLER OF AUDIT

ACTION BY COMMISSION ON REPORTS BY CONTROLLER OF AUDIT

DETERMINATION AND LEVY OF REGIONAL, DISTRICT AND GENERAL RATES

PERSONS TO WHOM S. 112 APPLIES

VARIATION OF STANDARD SCHEME BY RATING AUTHORITY

GRANTS TOWARDS RATE REBATES

EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENTS

HOUSING

PREVENTION OF RIVER POLLUTION

POLICE

WATER

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

BURIAL GROUNDS

MISCELLANEOUS PLANNING FUNCTIONS

MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS OF LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACTS

MISCELLANEOUS LICENSING, REGISTRATION AND RELATED MATTERS

REMOVAL OR RELAXATION OF CONTROLS AFFECTING CERTAIN LOCAL AUTHORITY FUNCTIONS

TWEED FISHERIES COMMISSIONERS

PROPERTY HELD ON TRUST

LOCAL ACTS AND INSTRUMENTS

ABOLITION OF FIARS COURTS FOR COUNTIES, ETC.

AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION OF ELECTION LAW

AMENDMENTS WITH RESPECT TO FINANCE

AMENDMENT OF ENACTMENTS RELATING TO ROADS

AMENDMENT OF ENACTMENTS RELATING TO RIVER PURIFICATION

AMENDMENT OF ENACTMENTS RELATING TO WATER

AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN ENACTMENTS RELATING TO TRANSPORT

AMENDMENT OF ENACTMENTS RELATING TO PLANNING

RELAXATION OF CONTROLS

ADAPTATION AND AMENDMENT OF ENACTMENTS

AMENDMENTS OF BURGH POLICE (SCOTLAND) ACTS 1892 TO 1911

REPEALS

ADJOURNMENT

SOUTH YORKSHIRE WATERWAY

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Company Law

South Africa

Construction Firms (Bankruptcies)

Central Companies Registry

Petroleum Coke (Imports)

Electricity Prices

Concorde

Heathrow (Night Flying)

Resale Prices Act (Petrol Companies' Sales)

Energy Supplies

Fuel Requirements

Heating and Ventilation Engineers (Status)

Newsprint

Government Factories (Lanarkshire)

Commodity Prices

Crude Oil

International Computers Ltd. (South African Sales)

American Nuclear Reactors (Safety)

Large Companies (Asset Value)

North Sea Oil and Gas Companies

Mineral Wealth

Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (Asset Value)

Price Commission

Leicester (Employment)

North Sea Oil Supply Ships

Noise Advisory Council (Report)

Heathrow (Aircraft Utilisation)

EEC Investment

Coal Industry

Package Tours (Complaints)

Sugar Refining

Financial Trusts (Investigations)

Postage Rates (Greeting Cards)

Giro

Overseas Borrowing

Post Office Superannuation Fund

A55, Northop (Traffic Lights)

A5, Llanfair PG (Bypass)

Health Centre, Holyhead

Welsh Digest of Statistics

Council Tenants (Lodger Charges)

National Sports Centre

Banking Assets

Investment Flows (EEC)

Government Expenditure

Family Incomes

Foreign Debt (Public Sector)

Single Persons (Classification)

Value Added Tax

State Corporation Assets

Industrial Productivity

Tax Evasion

Money Markets

Invisible Earnings

Governmental Expenditure Abroad

Nationalised Industry Borrowing

European Regional Fund

Transfer Pricing

Government Purchasing and Borrowing

Nationalised Industries (Interest Payments)

Mortgage Interest

Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation

Profits

Heavy Goods (River Transit)

Sand and Gravel Extraction (Bedfordshire)

Green Belt (Housing)

Empty Houses

Rent Allowances

Forth Ports Authority (Appointments)

New Palace Yard (Car Park)

Home Loss Payments

Heavy Lorries (Routes)

Water Resources Board (Annual Report)

Planning Appeals (Wiltshire)

Sports Centre, Knottingley (Loan Sanction)

Planning Inquiries (Architects)

Development Land

M18 (Service Area)

Lorry Park (Newcastle-under-Lyme)

Water Supplies (Harlow and Stevenage)

Local Authority Developments (Notice to Residents)

Departmental Offices (Dispersal)

Workers' Mental and Physical Capacity

Widows, Separated and Divorced Women

Mutton and Lamb Imports

Food Prices

Royal Military Police (Northern Ireland)

Royal Yacht

Home-grown Grain Crop

Rubber Bullets

Thomas Friel

Medical and Dental Officers (Pay)

West Indian Children (ESN Schools)

Overseas Students

Handicapped Children

Commonwealth Teacher Exchange

West Riding County Library

Public and Direct Grant Schools (Assets)

Youth Service Policy

Teachers

Independent Schools

School Building Projects (Wolverhampton)

Nursery Education

European Investment Bank

European Assembly

British Antarctica (Mineral Surveys)

Falkland Islands (Mineral Surveys)

European Political Union

Hong Kong

Immigration and Nationality Inquiries

Business Management Studies

Local Government Superannuation

Rathlin Island

Government Expenditure (Travel and Hospitality)

Foreign Acquisitions

Regional Employment Premium

Doctors (Charges to Patients)

Housing

Pensioners (Chippenham)

Hospitals (Complaints)

Supplementary Benefit Recipients

"Near Relative" (Definition)

Benefits (Fraudulent Claims)

Common Market Commission

Fire Brigade, Glasgow (Industrial Dispute)

Scottish Council on Crime

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