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Commons Hansard for 24 October 1973 (Volume 861)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 1 May 2026 at 4.27pm.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id cc6b1492-d0ae-4a78-a386-1b3a92eda718)
PRAYERS (item number 2) (id 0d11bd8d-98cf-45e7-973f-df5d64068c11)
ASHDOWN FOREST BILL [Lords] (item number 3) (id 7e18c6a1-ab94-4c15-9a94-f51e999ee73a)

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

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GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS BILL (item number 5) (id cf68f3c1-9b3d-430e-980c-b3a396f5e09e)
Clause 1 (item number 6) (id a63849db-235a-487c-8a56-b016429289df)
ESTABLISHMENT OF TRADING FUNDS FOR CERTAIN SERVICES OF THE CROWN (item number 7) (id c4ec3f84-2cb9-4e5f-912a-8d06e232df18)
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (item number 8) (id cf0383fa-8de4-4ac1-a79a-8c67a711abca)
GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS BDLL (item number 9) (id 86c6b9c8-f271-49b3-aa06-f6d5be111936)
PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER (SALARY) (item number 10) (id a7a3f594-e94a-4de7-9ab3-93de77623cc4)
ADJOURNMENT (item number 11) (id c68da4a7-4498-4d34-a7a2-57d014e0187c)
ORDNANCE SURVEY (item number 12) (id 0851c700-578e-474f-bd20-f884e5b76d83)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Local Authority Borrowing (Interest Charges)

Fire Services

Farm Amalgamation Scheme (item number 1) (id 3b5182ff-1915-49a2-9e2f-dd4b0ec044ad)
Emigration (item number 1) (id c615b619-6b1a-4d12-afa3-26b241aa6543)
Tenancies (Rent Arrears) (item number 1) (id 17bf8b45-388c-4a67-9d5f-fbd245fde59a)
Town and Country Planning (item number 1) (id 65518d5f-51de-4712-a3c1-c681e5305d6a)
Scottish Council on Crime (item number 1) (id 9c77856e-1ec7-4ebd-b82e-6ff79e2381ad)
Vaughan Bequest (item number 1) (id 98a1091b-3cfd-4d4f-91c7-1853322326ad)
Area Health Boards (item number 1) (id 3dc85e5e-cc2a-482f-8571-c86a4f3af4c3)
Training Centres (item number 1) (id e5c4215d-2ed6-42f4-be50-0969fa223be6)
Indonesia (item number 1) (id df96de89-d6a3-44dd-b798-c66f8cb8c284)
Overseas Aid (item number 1) (id 939a90a6-229e-4618-9607-03ceabea6b49)
Pakistan (Flood Relief) (item number 1) (id 3aaa9de2-ac16-4c13-9aa1-b1806cfbc6e5)
Civil and Political Rights (Convention) (item number 1) (id 5c90541a-cf43-4547-8e4b-b1e5b8d2a9a1)
Crown Agents (item number 1) (id 39062330-43e4-49ad-8830-b4e9926c33ce)
Ethiopia (Famine) (item number 1) (id 2b629b8b-866c-473b-9415-e975dbc97129)
Commonwealth Development Corporation (item number 1) (id 51506900-5f0d-4896-96ef-fcab20201367)
M5, Strensham (Fatal Accident) (item number 1) (id 4d07171b-16cd-4f43-8911-30080f4d4b0d)
Local Authorities (Overseas Borrowing) (item number 1) (id da8fc927-2ebb-45bc-8d6c-36745ffc6ad0)
Housing (Elderly Persons) (item number 1) (id 605a58ce-ed56-4c18-bb5f-b50fc4e973a5)
Motorway Cafés (item number 1) (id dab4c064-2f04-4128-bc02-514bc90dc0f0)
Rent Rebates (Manchester) (item number 1) (id dfea0b6d-46c0-4af6-b694-6093361cbd88)
Improvement Grants (item number 1) (id 0c3d075b-1698-44f1-a908-2abb72d31561)
Roof Insulation (item number 1) (id 05ca554b-106d-416a-bd2f-646dbd4bb67c)
Rented Housing (item number 1) (id 056faade-de13-44ab-b373-67d070d726de)
Road Accidents (Caravans) (item number 1) (id 870827a6-ce05-4fc2-8469-54c8596c2834)
Rail Subsidies (item number 1) (id c59bd4e4-08b5-444d-954f-f54b3a4d7bed)
A614, Thorne-Gyme Corner (Accidents) (item number 1) (id e4d7fbfb-2ce8-4ffb-877e-41a1a859cda3)
Roundabouts (item number 1) (id 80df4782-e7eb-49ef-8569-899b8afb054b)
Motor Vehicles (CD Plates) (item number 1) (id a25ce1bc-6b2f-460a-bd73-6d6891dbf809)
Driving Test Centres (Surrey) (item number 1) (id ca091d9a-764a-4ae1-a628-6bc87a881f90)
Housing (Pensioners) (item number 1) (id 2891f723-0125-4429-9bf8-1ff465d84571)
Sewage Disposal (Goole) (item number 1) (id aa633d22-1965-435c-8894-c016fbe0980b)
Driving Tests (Waiting Period) (item number 1) (id 771e3751-b0ab-42ce-aa0c-4b4935fd2710)
Afforestation (item number 1) (id 95b9ac36-647d-4701-b5c2-fb332878ad3f)
Housing Finance Act (Deputations) (item number 1) (id ec3288da-c67b-49dc-a5eb-849fa9e15c7e)
Rents (Yorkshire) (item number 1) (id dcd4a5d2-a7dc-4cbd-9ba2-5103a622295c)
Leisure (item number 1) (id 0017dd37-e8ae-47e0-8087-6350a88c614e)
Rating Valuation (Statutory Deductions) (item number 1) (id 9ad975ff-02c8-4768-9163-30e997d2a152)
Caravan Sites (Mobile Homes) (item number 1) (id b9846134-68a8-4b1b-94da-d4acaceb1682)
Power Stations (Pollution) (item number 1) (id 0fa3fac0-0955-4402-860a-f8389c448aee)
Craftsman S. R. Toms (item number 1) (id 67384d62-0f24-424b-974c-1cfb0114b93b)
Ulster Defence Regiment (item number 1) (id 5c5e5c7d-fa5c-466f-9d49-3211e7b6729e)
Recruitment (item number 1) (id e6acefc8-156c-4e60-8178-6838fc46b6ff)
Milk (EEC Regulations) (item number 1) (id 7e8553f1-98bc-4646-92cf-a06c8628474b)
Beef Prices (item number 1) (id d41a9c46-9766-43f2-800f-72b56d71af0e)
Mackerel (item number 1) (id 78b349ee-30e7-4608-b4c6-536fb93aa963)
Price Reviews (item number 1) (id a59f1a2f-c525-4e4b-a08a-cfcb4cf34ac8)
Cattle Rearing (Grants) (item number 1) (id 767cd4e8-a03f-49ff-aa5f-933d00bf6831)
Animals (Exports) (item number 1) (id 43ae8001-c3ba-42fa-ba3f-0201a21d4874)
Forestry (item number 1) (id 1440535c-c27c-427b-9dcf-7a281a05d332)
Dairy Farming (item number 1) (id b0298192-7d3c-4ccf-8f2b-e952785bb6d4)
Secondary Schools (item number 1) (id 52aaeef5-fa33-4456-b441-e5d2f77a7687)
University of Wales (Institute of Science and Technology) (item number 1) (id c252c964-9aae-4c6d-be71-ff078265fe1c)
University Grants (Service Families) (item number 1) (id 40dae2db-5dd4-427d-bb35-89a9db5a015f)
Training Centres (item number 1) (id 3dca7879-cfb1-49c3-9098-e383bfebd211)
Earnings (item number 1) (id 4ce4612e-9fa1-4859-84f9-80a35981ebb4)
Trade Unionism (item number 1) (id cae99c4c-e804-49bb-9659-5578ad2d986b)
Oil Industry (Scotland) (item number 1) (id 35769d4c-d035-4d50-bd5e-785e66e58d15)
Employment Exchanges (item number 1) (id cc2e38e7-ec2b-4c2b-aed7-1e80aefb8dd9)
Building Apprentices (Scotland) (item number 1) (id 34d2a326-00cb-4ac1-a96b-2c1c045fc3c7)
Social Inquiry Reports (item number 1) (id 9033c79d-1563-46ee-a21d-bb1f22335040)
Petty Sessional Courts (item number 1) (id 61d10359-f779-4d9e-848a-9efc7e1fe3d9)
Metropolitan Police (item number 1) (id 0ff4f532-f929-4c7b-a542-a3c0b7a683cf)
Prison Officers (Wandsworth) (item number 1) (id abac9c9e-9da2-49f2-acca-feacf0a102b6)
District Councils (Elections) (item number 1) (id 97a1e809-2a40-4ae2-8d12-b0637cc460f1)
Value Added Tax (item number 1) (id b83a6009-adcd-4469-ae98-997857f29a2b)
Uncollected Tax (item number 1) (id b22046a4-1222-4796-a290-a488b196796d)
Inland Revenue Staff (item number 1) (id c962cd88-018d-4495-b988-10065f5f6c6c)
Stock Options and Share Incentive Schemes (item number 1) (id c583636c-f38f-4a9c-b006-e5a8d3df9c29)
Stock Options (item number 1) (id 3c1755f8-0e5d-4f75-a89b-7911913bb154)
Investment Surcharge (item number 1) (id e917cf09-0c9d-45ec-a78a-dbcfbcbd35b9)
Capital Investment (item number 1) (id b5709459-010a-4765-930a-a56931e6c9d4)
Investment and Dividends (item number 1) (id a5c67154-7122-4b95-977e-95d86864596f)
Income Tax (item number 1) (id 1aa7abfe-780c-4461-9e33-0675ac74a55d)
United Kingdom—EEC Trade (item number 1) (id 4a27e125-45ac-4067-a5c4-b7ae05ff08d3)
Tax Evasion (item number 1) (id f3775f7c-0e5e-4ea7-9be9-57e9140218b2)
Government Securities (item number 1) (id 3d6640f1-5316-4075-bb9d-6823aac1767a)
£ Sterling (Value) (item number 1) (id d0355857-13dc-4ee5-8bac-04cbbed28ff5)
Assembly (Premises) (item number 1) (id 6c6319b9-cc4b-4734-bbbd-728374a29d11)
Terrorism Prevention (item number 1) (id 26f3fd94-bbb5-4857-a50e-5ceb453f7fca)
Housing (item number 1) (id a40f10bb-a2f0-4650-ab1d-c2618d0cf39c)
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act (item number 1) (id fb570ab8-b006-459b-8ed5-d528f19addce)
Armed Forces Pensions (item number 1) (id dcc552cc-928c-45bd-9f15-8cb95352d83b)
Earnings Rule (EEC Countries) (item number 1) (id 24b73093-3757-4bca-8d9b-17aecdfc0138)
Deferred Retirement (item number 1) (id f43ec20c-0eee-41ed-abf6-8ada76dc4d02)
Lea Castle Hospital (Patient's Death) (item number 1) (id 355bede3-fe46-49be-9a3b-29c223c20d8c)
Health Districts (Manchester) (item number 1) (id ec5cc307-9c1f-4f50-b71e-c2e05c404468)
Retirement Pensioners (Food Prices) (item number 1) (id 396470be-4ca2-4eb5-ae8a-e06ff105f915)
Family Income Supplement (item number 1) (id 30c54b75-720a-4747-8989-13136e1dd8dd)
Over-80s Pension (item number 1) (id d06dacb8-feeb-4fdb-bf13-e503fa43660a)
Adoption (Houghton Report) (item number 1) (id 3bad15dd-30fd-4606-b34d-bbdd46617acf)
Oil Prices (item number 1) (id 86bc598e-8f37-4857-b2d3-0e24fbec2b41)
North Sea Oil and Gas (item number 1) (id f321a0f1-ddc9-4e14-8647-3cd676634940)
Northern Region (item number 1) (id a6454d58-50d1-4ac0-91fe-b87c3dbb4655)
Aircraft Manufacturers (Assets) (item number 1) (id 5c6dd4c9-4ac5-4902-a0aa-839ca0aafa72)
Monopolism (item number 1) (id 4e8e1b9e-ef7f-4dda-adf8-82b63911e567)
Machine Tool Manufacturers (Assets) (item number 1) (id e88ecea7-63c8-40e9-84ff-e221515ff9db)
Coal (EEC Imports) (item number 1) (id 92cb1452-7131-4f20-8ce8-559dadad7d03)
Industrial Concentration Ratios (item number 1) (id 05186a40-f8c1-4fb0-afe9-6f18e63ba4b0)
Oil Spillage (Single Buoy Moorings) (item number 1) (id 38306c5b-3aa5-4aae-b373-1a5eddc36af7)
Development Areas (item number 1) (id d4c33630-84c3-4736-bbfd-db7cc4a50c2d)
Company Returns (item number 1) (id 18d4c5ef-37e2-40af-b783-24fe2b7453c0)
Petrol Rationing (item number 1) (id a3c75390-ae71-4094-98d0-3ac2d55ebc48)
Company Profits (item number 1) (id 1a128bb8-7ac0-4416-b53a-4232eaa9c0b1)
Price Commission (item number 1) (id 38511d6c-4983-4867-9417-cf5ab2d3eb7f)
European Patent Convention (item number 1) (id 44ed06dc-096e-44af-a278-169348271d79)
Staff (item number 1) (id 36a51e1f-fa00-40c4-8622-1fe64e73bb90)

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