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- ↑ Hansard, House of Commons Debates, 4 November 1993: Tony Newton and Margaret Beckett at Column 598 and Simon Hughes at Column 606 of Volume 231.
- ↑ Hansard, House of Lords Debates, 9 November 1977; see Lord Houghton of Sowerby at Column 204-205 of Volume 387.
- ↑ Short Money Archived 2010-04-23 at the Wayback Machine , Standard Note SN/PC/1663, 11 June 2009; see pages 6-7 and footnote 22.
- ↑ Hansard, House of Commons Debates, 4 November 1993: Margaret Beckett at Column 601 of Volume 231.
- ↑ Hansard, House of Lords Debates, 7 June 2000: Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay at Column 1129 of Volume 613.
- ↑ The Joseph Rowntree Inheritance, 1904-2004 Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine , p.11
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