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LAYOUT OF BACKGROUND NOTES

4. All background notes should be on PLAIN A4 SIZE PAPER typed in 11⁄2

LINE SPACING. Margins should be set at 10 TO THE LEFT and 10 TO THE

RIGHT. Tabs should be set at 15, 20, 25 etc. When using hyphenated

paragraphs indent once (position 15) type (-) then indent again (position 20) to start

text. Justification should be used at all times. Type face should resemble as near

as possible to the pitch these notes are typed in CG Times (Scalable) 13.5pt.

5. They should be headed in the top left corner in CAPITALS AND

UNDERLINED with the words BACKGROUND NOTE.

6. After "Background Note" carriage return twice and type the title of the

subject covered, again in CAPITALS AND UNDERLINED (ie

PRIVATISATION OF WATER INDUSTRY).

7. The relevant and exact extract from The Queen's Speech in quotation

marks, indented (position 15) and in bold type should then precede the explanatory

background detail.

8.

"Legislation will be introduced to enable the water and sewage functions

of the water authorities in England and Wales to be privatised."

Heads of Information MUST ENSURE that they have the MOST UP-TO-

DATE EXTRACT FROM THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

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