Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

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Featuring a project to provide new needles to intravenous drug users in Leith to prevent new cases of HIV and some opposition to it and some criticism of the focus on the new AIDS (control) bill first proposed by Edinburgh MP Gavin Strang that has just gained royal assent and been passed into law.

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Article, including a quote by Gavin Strang, on the importance of the soon to be passed AIDS (control) bill in and of the particular relevance within Edinburgh, as a city with high levels of HIV and AIDS.

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Press statement letter (three copies) outlining that the AIDS (control) bill is coming into royal assent, which Baroness Trumpington has called "a small piece of history". Its principle aims are to ensure that public health authorities across the UK, and voluntary and non-statutory agencies, report not only statistics and case numbers but also report what they are doing in tacking both HIV and AIDS.

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Memorial of the Representatives in Parliament for Scotland regarding the discharge of equivalents, 1716.

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Official report on the parliamentary debates at the House of Commons, Wednesday 18th Ocotber 1916. Contents: 'War', 'Questions to Ministers: "Tanks - origin of constuction, Operations on Somme: Prisoners taken by French.'; 'Consolidated Fund (No. 5) Bill: considered in committee, and reported witout amendment'; 'Government of Ireland. Motion (Mr. John Redmond). Amendment Proposed (Mr. Rawlinson). House divided - majority against motion'.

Scope and Contents File - Correspondence, general File - DNB entries - Craufurd, and Dempster File - Agriculture Folder - Correspondence, Dempster permissions from various institutions File - Banking, Fisheries, Roads File - Boswell and Burke ...

Content Description The charity’s comprehensive archive dates from its origins up to the present day and comprises correspondence, membership and subscription books, press cuttings, photographs and material focusing on specific campaigns, such as the high-profile Uist Hedgehog Rescue (UHR) coalition. As well as capturing a broad sweep of the organisation’s history and activities, the archive also sheds light on key figures in animal welfare, such as the charity’s former director Clive Hollands (1929-1996), a...

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A bound volume containing appendices from the first, second, third, forth, and fifth reports of the commissioners from the Royal Commission of Vivisection. Presented to the House of Commons between 1906-1910.

The content includes transcripts of discussions on the matter of vivisection held in the House of Commons and a final report of these discussions.