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reference is not made to undertakings given in the Manifesto or party

political speeches unless there is no other source (Parliamentary

Debate; Hansard; White Paper; official speech; Press Notice etc)

where a Department has a number of contributions on items in The

Queen's Speech, notes relating to separate extracts should be on

separate sheets and NOT stapled together.

;

care is taken to ensure the completeness of a reference: for Hansard

the date and column numbers should be given (ie Hansard, 25

January 1988. Cols 645-647); for ALL publications the full title and

date of publication (ie: "Farm Diversification Scheme", published 15

May 1987); for White Papers the title, date of publication and Cmnd

No (ie: "Intellectual Property and Innovation", published 15 April

1986. Cm 9712). All the above should be shown in the main text

and NOT as a footnote.

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Ministers are accorded the title Mr/Mrs/Miss etc when referred to by

name

there is consistency in the notes prepared when referring to Britain,

Great Britain, UK, HMG, the Government, we/our etc

acronyms and abbreviations are set out in full when they first occur

(ie: The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE))

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