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Commons Hansard for 20 December 1945 (Volume 417)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 9.30am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Prayers
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Message From The King
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Education
Teachers' Training (Universities' Contribution)
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One-Teacher Rural Schools
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Demobilisation
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Maintained Schools (Freedom)
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Malvern College (Release)
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Boarding Schools
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National Foundation For Educational Research
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Radio Transmission(Amateurs)
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Post Office
Demobilisation
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Charges
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Telecommunications Research And Development
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Hong Kong (Postal Facilities)
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Telephone System (Accounts)
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Cable Rates
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Automatic Telephones
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Metropolitan Police Courts (Rate Contributions)
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Wild Birds Protection Act
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Coloured British Subjects (Hotels And Restaurants)
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Juvenile Delinquency
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Parish Council Elections
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Employment
Staggered Holidays (Co-Ordination)
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Catering Wages Commission (Report)
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Unemployment Statistics
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Labour Control
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Civil Service (Temporary Clerks)
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Anglo-American Reciprocal Aid
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Government Industrial Employees (Paid Holiday)
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Irish Citizens (Imprisonment, England)
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Metropolitan Police (Training)
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Distressed Persons, Europe
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Royal Irish Constabulary Pensioners
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Fascist Activities
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Borstal Allocation Centre (Ham Common)
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Land Settlement
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Royal Assent
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Land Settlement
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Army Officers (Deferred Release)
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Weedon Ordnance Depot
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Octu's (Commanding Officers' Visits)
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Borstal Inmate's Death
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Civil Service (Control Of Employment) Order
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Paper Supplies (Allocation)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Housing
Essex (Statistics)
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Municipal Schemes (Architects)
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Schemes (Acceleration Of Consents)
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North-East Housing Association
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Permanent Houses, London (Labour)
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Spare Accommodation (Appeal)
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Prefabricated Permanent Houses
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Bomb-Damage Repairs (London)
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Alexandra Park
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Temporary Houses
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Bricks
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Private Builders (Licences)
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Copper Water Pipes
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Bricks And Cement
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Doors
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Special Repair Service
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Howard Houses, Gosforth
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Accommodation, London (British Council And Cema)
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Baths (Government Stores)
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Leasehold Property
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Public Health
Hospital Staffs, West Ham
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Hospital Survey(West Midlands)
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Tuberculosis Sanatoria (Staffing)
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Dentistry (Teviot Committee, Final Report)
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Tuberculosis Patients (Allowances)
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Generating Station, Bristol (Grit)
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London Government (Committee)
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Acquisition Of Land (Village Halls)
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Local Authorities
Deputations To Minister
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Members In Hm Forces
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Asylums Officers (Superannuation)
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Statutory Undertakers (Land)
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Harnessed Animals
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Atomic Energy(Experiments On Animals)
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Wardens' Post, Polesworth
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Wild Birds Protection Act
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Right Club (Names)
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National Fire Service
Siren Alarms
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Shaftcsbury (Contribution)
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Fascist Activities
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Armed Forces (Deserters)
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Watch Committees (Functions)
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Trials In Camera (Publication)
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Trade And Commerce
Wash Boilers (Prices)
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Preferential Tariffs (Primary Producers)
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Household Textiles (Shortage)
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Sports Goods (Shortage)
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Cinemas (Advertising Circulars)
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British Films (Quota)
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Tobacco Imports
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Ddt
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Clothing Coupons (Regular Service Personnel)
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Royal Navy
Demobilisation
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Requisitioned Property
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Ratings (Commissions)
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Mail, Far East
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Royal Air Force
Demobilisation
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Russian Language Tuition
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Lakenheath Airfield
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War Prisoners, Burma (Publicity)
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Personal Cases
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British Army
Released Refugees(Address)
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Germany
Wehrmacht, British Zone
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Spanish Republican War Prisoners
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Coal Supplies (Quality)
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Pensioners (Rent)
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Purchase Tax
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Road Fund Licences
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Outdoor Advertisements
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Royal Ordnance Factory, Glascoed
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Post Office
Telephone Kiosks (London)
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New Telephone Exchange, Oxford
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Air Mail (East Africa)
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Pensions And Grants
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Agriculture
Land Holdings (Ex-Servicemen)
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Tuberculosis (Cattle)
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Siam (Negotiations)
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Economic And Social Research (Committee)
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House Of Commons Refreshment Department
(item number 1)
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Civil Aviation (Brabazon Committee Reports)
(item number 1)
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