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cliefs, which have been extended in the Finance Bill.
Income Tax
Mir. Lawson asked the Chancellor of he Exchequer if the cost of £52 million In 1978-79 and £56 million in a full year given in Table 16 of the Financial State- ment and Budget Report as the effect of extending the basic rate band by £250 o £5.250 includes the consequential cost of raising the starting points for each of the higher rate tax bands.
Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 15th May 1978; Vol. 950, c. 711, gave the following injor-
mation:
No. The cost of changes proposed in the higher rate bands was given separately.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS
Vietnam (Refugees)
28. Mr. Wall asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further action he is taking at the United Nations regarding refugees from South Vietnam.
Mr. Rowlands: The Government con- tinue to extend support to the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to whose special pro- gramme for refugees in South-East Asia we contributed £750,000 in the year end- ing March 1978.
Falkland Islands
29. Sir Nigel Fisher asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the occupation by Argentinians of one of the Falkland Island Dependencies.
Mr. Rowlands: I refer the hon. Mem- ber to the reply I gave on 12th May to the hon. Member for Essex, South-East (Sir B. Braine)-(Vol. 949, c. 619-20.]
Mong Song
30. Rear-Admiral Morgen-Giles asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he is satisded with the progress of the cam- paiga against drugs in Hong Kong: and whether he will make a statement.
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Mr. Rowlands: Drug abuse remains a major problem in Hong Kong. But stren- uous efforts are being made, with encour- aging results, to stop traficking in nar- cotics, to treat and rehabilitate addicts, and to educate the public against drug abuse.
Pravda
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Mr. Sproat asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with regard to Basket III of the Helsinki Agreement, what latest estimate he has made of the number of copies of Pravda, and any other Soviet newspaper or maga. zine, on open sale to members of the public in the United Kingdom; and whether any special ban exists to prevent open sale of as many copies as any per- son may wish to buy.
Mr. Rowlands: There are no discrimi- natory measures or limits affecting the open sale in the United Kingdom of news- papers from the Soviet Union or any other country. The Government do not keep statistics on these sales.
Cambodia
Mr. Wall asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further action he is taking with the United Nations regarding genocide in Cambodia.
Mr. Rowlands: We shall continue to press for an international investigation. Meanwhile, we shall submit additional information to the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protec- tion of Minorities when it considers Cambodia in August following our initiative in March at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
USSR Citizens (Visas)
Mr. Litterick asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the average time taken to process a visa application from a citi- zen of the USSR wishing to visit the United Kingdom during the last 12-month period for which this information is available.
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Mr. Rowlands: The time taken varies with the circumstances of individual applications and detailed statistics are not kept. The great majority of applica- tions are processed, and visas issued,
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