Commons Sitting of 17 May 1973

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 94 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      1. Mutton and Lamb Imports 305 words
      2. Common Agricultural Policy 428 words
      3. Agricultural Investment Societies (Investment Limit) 128 words
      4. EEC Agricultural Prices 320 words
      5. Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Interest Rates) 341 words
      6. Food Prices 2,368 words
      7. International Sugar Agreement 822 words
      8. Australian Sugar Imports 366 words
      9. Butter, Cheese and Lamb Imports 526 words
      10. Pigs (Docking) 90 words
      11. Butter Subsidies 348 words
      12. Hardwoods (Diseases) 152 words
      13. MR. IAN SMITH 830 words
      14. MONETARY REFORM (FOREIGN SECRETARY'S SPEECH) 303 words
      15. PRESIDENT POMPIDOU 1,666 words
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 5,254 words
  6. BILL PRESENTED
    1. GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS 145 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. FAIR TRADING BILL 7 words
      1. Clause 15
        1. EXCLUSION FROM SECTION 14 IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN SERVICES 19,793 words, 1 division
      2. Clause 17 461 words
      3. Clause 21
        1. REPORT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REFERENCE TO WHICH S. 17 APPLIES 19 words
      4. Clause 22
        1. ORDER OF SECRETARY OF STATE IN PURSUANCE OF REPORT ON REFERENCE TO WHICH S. 17 APPLIES 5,323 words
      5. Clause 23
        1. PENALTIES FOR CONTRAVENTION OF ORDER UNDER S. 22 3,037 words
      6. Clause 34 1,088 words
  8. Clause 37
    1. ORDER OF, OR UNDERTAKING GIVEN TO, COURT IN PROCEEDINGS UNDER S. 35 18 words
  9. Clause 38 737 words
  10. Clause 54
    1. REPORT OF COMMISSION ON MONOPOLY REFERENCE 440 words
    2. Clause 55
      1. TIME-LIMIT FOR REPORT ON MONOPOLY REFERENCE 128 words
    3. Clause 64
      1. MERGER SITUATION QUALIFYING FOR INVESTIGATION 4,561 words
    4. Clause 74
      1. REFERENCE IN ANTICIPATION OF MERGER 36 words
    5. Clause 83
      1. PUBLIC INTEREST 1,468 words
    6. Clause 100
      1. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN POWERS OF RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES COURT 3,130 words
    7. Clause 104
      1. DESIGNATED SERVICES 21 words
    8. Clause 113
      1. PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE BY DIRECTOR 51 words
    9. Clause 123
      1. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS 46 words
    10. Clause 125
      1. GENERAL INTERPRETATION PROVISIONS 211 words
    11. Clause 126
      1. SUPPLEMENTARY INTERPRETATION PROVISIONS 56 words
    12. New Schedule
      1. SERVICES EXCLUDED FROM SECTIONS 14, 102 AND 104 436 words
    13. Schedule 1
      1. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FAIR TRADING 27 words
    14. Schedule 3
      1. THE MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS COMMISSION 112 words
    15. Schedule 7
      1. POWERS EXERCISABLE BY ORDERS UNDER SECTIONS 56 AND 72 1,286 words
    16. Schedule 10
      1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS 21 words
    17. Schedule 11
      1. ENACTMENTS AMENDEDK 1,567 words
    18. WAYS AND MEANS 39 words
    19. SPORTS COUNCIL 3,849 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 May 1973

  1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Prices 791 words
  2. Dairy Produce (Import Duty) 84 words
  3. Republic of Ireland (Sheep Exports) 242 words
  4. Food Subsidies 88 words
  5. Food Surpluses (Disposal) 77 words
  6. Feeding Stuffs (Additives) 113 words
  7. Sugar Board 296 words
  8. Food Labelling 71 words
  9. Consumer Protection 57 words
  10. Horticultural Products 733 words
  11. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Garter King of Arms 159 words
    2. Children's Footwear 98 words
    3. Domestic Investment 115 words
    4. Ministerial Residences 54 words
    5. Loss of Office (Compensation) 58 words
    6. Value Added Tax 255 words
    7. Purchase Tax Rebates 279 words
    8. Pension Contributions 72 words
  12. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Police Officers' Homes (Searches) 79 words
    2. Crimes of Violence 103 words
    3. Mr. Herbert Chitepo 80 words
    4. Terrorist Organisations 423 words
    5. Sentencing Policy 105 words
    6. Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles 85 words
    7. Joseph Sewell 79 words
    8. Crime Statistics (London) 130 words
    9. Holloway and Brixton Prisons (Out- Patient Clinics) 86 words
    10. Police (Strength) 45 words
    11. Probation Service 58 words
    12. Police (Civilian Employees) 75 words
    13. Prison Building Programme 306 words
  13. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Factory Inspections 134 words
    2. Lonrho Limited 132 words
    3. Professional and Executive Recruitment Service 60 words
  14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Lonrho Limited 85 words
    2. Prices 106 words
    3. Industrial Development Certificates 108 words
    4. North Sea Oil (Supply Vessels) 466 words
  15. COMECON Countries 105 words
  16. Concorde 151 words
  17. Imports 55 words
  18. Exports 229 words
  19. Nationalised Industries (Energy Pricing Policies) 51 words
  20. Textile Exports 81 words
  21. Offshore Oil and Gas (Northern Ireland) 82 words
  22. Advance Factories 108 words
  23. Airports (Security) 120 words
  24. Alumasc Limited, Kettering 53 words
  25. Offshore Oil 79 words
  26. LAND PRICES 37 words
  27. PERTH (PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT) 59 words
  28. BASILDON 26 words
  29. NORTH-WEST INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 114 words
  30. MAY DAY 71 words
  31. DISABLED PERSONS (INCOME) 50 words
  32. VALUE ADDED TAX 27 words
  33. COUNTER-INFLATION POLICY 79 words
  34. NORTH SEA OIL 49 words
  35. PRICES 70 words
  36. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 36 words
  37. OIL DEVELOPMENTS (MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT) 181 words
  38. DEFENCE
    1. Courts Martial Appeal Court (Awards) 72 words
  39. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Teachers (Pay) 125 words
  40. Speech Therapists 127 words
  41. Nursery Schools (Northern Region) 121 words
  42. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Maplin 82 words
  43. Sewage (Coastal Disposal) 166 words
  44. Driving Licences 105 words
  45. A303, Honiton-Amesbury 60 words
  46. Channel Tunnel 106 words
  47. M23 33 words
  48. Planning Appeals 153 words
  49. Aycliffe Development Corporation (Housing) 125 words
  50. Sewage Works, Tiverton 81 words
  51. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Adjournment Debates 130 words
  52. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Aldergrove Airport 57 words
  53. SCOTLAND
    1. Divorce (Legal Aid) 266 words
    2. Nursery Schools 65 words
  54. Hunterston 59 words
  55. Crimes of Violence 79 words
  56. Planning Procedures 59 words
  57. Zetland County Council Bill 27 words
  58. North Sea Oil 73 words
  59. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Dental Goods and Services 555 words
    2. In-patients (Length of Stay) 100 words
    3. Nurses (Height) 48 words
    4. Industrial Injury Benefit 175 words
    5. Family Planning (Brent) 385 words
    6. Spectacle Lenses (Children) 46 words
    7. Disabled Drivers (Vehicles) 775 words
    8. Disabled Drivers 319 words
    9. Dentists (London) 234 words
    10. Dental Treatment 180 words
    11. Medical Certificates 100 words
  60. Hospital Patients and Visitors (Transport) 445 words
  61. WALES
    1. Derelict Land Schemes (Carmarthenshire) 470 words

Lords Sitting of 17 May 1973

  1. Preamble 21 words
  2. TATE GALLERY EXTENSION SITE 300 words
  3. CONCERT HALL BUILDING AND REPAIR GRANTS 432 words
  4. EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND AND WORKERS' HOUSING 473 words
  5. TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY RATE 546 words
  6. LERWICK HARBOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 26 words
  7. MALLAIG HARBOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 27 words
  8. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 99 words
  9. SPECIAL ORDERS COMMITTEE 274 words
  10. EDUCATION (WORK EXPERIENCE) BILL [H.L.] 30 words
  11. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 73 words
  12. COMMONS AMENDMENT 402 words
  13. COMMONS AMENDMENT 64 words
  14. COMMONS AMENDMENT 111 words
  15. PROTECTION OF WRECKS BILL 8,513 words
  16. DOMICILE AND MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS BILL 8,967 words
  17. FERTILISERS (UNITED KINGDOM) (AMENDMENT) SCHEME 1973 176 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 May 1973

  1. IMMIGRATION CONTROL: TRANSFER OF INFORMATION 99 words
  2. FIREARMS CONTROL STATISTICS 239 words