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Accounts and the abolition of the Composite Rate of Tax and stamp duty on share transactions. The independent taxation of married
women has come into effect.
The ten water and sewerage companies in England and Wales have been sold, continuing my Government's programme of encouraging greater industrial efficiency and wider share ownership.
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An Act has been passed to provide new powers to pollution and waste, and also to reorganise nature conservation in Great Britain.
An Act has been passed to improve aviation and maritime security.
Legislation has been enacted to make further reforms in
industrial relations and trade union law.
Legislation has been enacted to improve maintenance arrangements for lone parents, to give better
better protection for members of occupational pension schemes and to begin changing the structure of disability benefits.
An Act has been passed to improve the National Health Service and the management of community care.
An Act has been passed to institute a legal framework for scientific developments in human fertilisation and embryology.
An Act has been passed to improve the administration of civil justice and increase choice in the provision of legal services.
An Act has been passed to strengthen the law on food safety and
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