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- 1 2 "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 18 Jul 1996". Office of Public Sector Information. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ↑ Planning Functions Order
- ↑ "The Sheffield Development Corporation (Dissolution) Order 1997". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ↑ House of Lords Debates Hansard
- ↑ Hansards Debates Archived 2003-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Hansards written answers Archived 2007-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Yorkshire Today article