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Commons Hansard for 8 April 1946 (Volume 421)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 1 May 2026 at 1.06pm.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House of Commons (item number 1) (id cb4faf31-5730-4af3-8014-aff61195cae1)
PRAYERS (item number 2) (id d0408167-e607-4513-ba73-e3f7613d217e)

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

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TRADE AND COMMERCE

Bottles (Exports) (item number 1) (id 50346ee6-a7fa-4db8-857a-5150d85a8533)
Chinese Bristles (Air Transport) (item number 1) (id eabfa301-c77d-4b2e-bd32-aaf05ed96df6)
Curtain Materials (item number 1) (id 3df6e84d-2e06-4834-ab25-5896da946afc)
Furniture Manufacture (Scottish Process) (item number 1) (id 43a950e6-dba5-464b-926d-eebaa478ea10)
British Films (Rentals) (item number 1) (id c5df9ee9-fb10-474a-ae57-8ee000780f52)
Industrial Fuel Efficiency (item number 1) (id 0268df00-ffc9-4ff7-9403-c59fe779e18f)
Tourist Industry (item number 1) (id d408c078-6c8f-42e8-9ca8-5ddfee764d75)
Wool Textiles (Exports) (item number 1) (id 876d5cdc-1f42-4f66-8e1f-126ee02a624b)
Ciģarettes and Tobacco (Ex-Service Personnel) (item number 1) (id 4b8ec5d8-99e8-4000-bf3f-a8afdf305f89)
Russia (Gold Payments) (item number 1) (id edf5d0f4-4987-4c45-aea8-9d3597d735f1)
Portuģal (British Aģencies) (item number 1) (id 402eba36-2132-4b03-b67a-bb124688928d)
Retired Police (Clothing Coupons) (item number 1) (id 9ab71a91-43a4-474f-ba31-526068e09651)
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Children's Footwear (item number 1) (id 82cb7d40-940c-4dc0-b548-dfa1e92d6107)
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Newsprint (item number 1) (id 727d691c-4a86-4cda-ae07-165d4694ceeb)
Rayon Piece Goods (Imports) (item number 1) (id f3c70bf3-f55f-4d5f-b4b4-da00ff07c5bf)
Lead (Paint Manufacture) (item number 1) (id f8f600f7-e736-4c97-817f-2b2a8728c130)
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Plywood (item number 1) (id e9899ab5-47c8-4ff7-acc9-bde877180c03)
Army Ankle Boots (Cancelled Contracts) (item number 1) (id 71a480e7-0a68-40ba-8f91-8f275f5ccf75)
Footwear (Coupon Values) (item number 1) (id 279175c9-f610-4397-8add-aa8bd4f887ac)
International Trade Organisation (item number 1) (id 013eb04a-9cc6-48e8-8f0f-f13ff0d6a06a)
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Paper (Production Costs) (item number 1) (id cdd78164-dd4e-4965-9902-e19fcacbc235)
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CLASS VI (item number 6) (id 29a5d4bd-159e-45b1-96f4-8cdea7fa04b3)
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (item number 7) (id e6783eb6-1291-4368-8991-047512886d2c)
FUEL OIL (INDUSTRIAL USE) (item number 8) (id 3d0ce55f-593b-4ca6-bbf9-fd989a33d30d)

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Ordnance Factory, Bridgend

Surplus Batteries

Joiners' Tools (item number 1) (id 720baffd-3133-48d6-87e8-8860a59c4f89)
Stores, Leicester (item number 1) (id 6f7ea6cf-d98b-4ac1-832f-fe31c2cb7055)
Liquid Paraffin (item number 1) (id 6eb7a6fd-a60e-4e02-9c4b-9aee82a298e4)
M.A.P. Estate, Ilkley (Rents) (item number 1) (id 6fa821d0-e913-44cf-8e56-529210a116fc)
Electricity Supply (Farms) (item number 1) (id 90868399-f4f9-4789-845b-56c8fdbe9659)
Bulb Growing, Norfolk (item number 1) (id 1908a7b6-681d-4714-b51c-b0893dee77cf)
Prisoner-of-War Labour (item number 1) (id 65e3d124-3f87-4060-bfa1-6b450f081f44)
Spring Balances (Milk Board Sale) (item number 1) (id a9aad335-1a0d-4622-b241-7682a9aca472)
Grain Sacks (Size) (item number 1) (id 18e79a5a-6f3b-4bdd-bead-c9676fa57a6c)
Flood Prevention, Severn (item number 1) (id f22135ce-264e-4392-a0bd-241f49cd958c)
Piģ Keepers (Kitchen Waste Order) (item number 1) (id 5f6f3d3a-5446-47d2-9a98-333b90a15902)
Phosphatic Fertilisers (item number 1) (id e20a3955-2ae6-4668-b4e7-88ef5730dbdf)
W.L.A. Hostels. Wiltshire (item number 1) (id 73aa0e4d-5fef-4be9-88c2-fab3bf532459)
DOG DISTEMPER PROPHYLACTICS (item number 1) (id 7dc145b6-ff6f-4b50-a588-ae1577d992f8)
FISH OILS (HOME WATERS) (item number 1) (id 93382c23-5eb6-4433-bbdd-826b8ba58648)
HUANALAND (COAL AND IRON) (item number 1) (id 467b7afe-701d-432c-8fa4-0f2d72404e0c)
Perambulators (item number 1) (id 4fae288f-dfcb-4691-add3-0fcce313c99f)
Golf and Tennis Balls (item number 1) (id 03a70eb5-26b0-4b2f-8686-c25a939ae803)
Furnishing Fabrics (item number 1) (id 307b0e14-b7a1-4b56-97aa-673f79c6cab7)
Jewellery and Silver (Exports) (item number 1) (id fa657c7c-5b06-4d66-9a47-58f36f22d517)
Children's Footwear (item number 1) (id 985e7eb4-3bae-403e-be23-8db60a8e150a)
Household Textiles (item number 1) (id 8faeebc6-65f6-4e9d-9135-af362c272ed8)
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Furniture (item number 1) (id 3c1eb606-8d2d-47ce-a56a-7919d38435f3)
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INDIA (ELECTIONS) (item number 1) (id cfb194d6-f821-452c-9509-81db0c7dfe45)
AUSTRIA (U.N.R.R.A. SUPPLIES) (item number 1) (id f62de56c-04a2-4061-9332-bc95318fd637)
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ICELAND (UNITED NATIONS MEMBERSHIP) (item number 1) (id 10949049-0855-4436-8467-9e8d50cc304f)
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FAR EAST (FOOD SUPPLIES) (item number 1) (id d0417f92-5843-4fd0-9342-8403aa3875ff)
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Pedestrian Crossings (item number 1) (id 9bc01107-38b2-4100-91bd-92a9a22ca8a2)
Controlled Undertakings, Scotland (item number 1) (id e7fe96c3-086e-4f99-b4cc-1f149d5fc956)
Public Vehicles (Axles) (item number 1) (id e1385f76-7966-42b4-a131-9c5ded05b59a)
Omnibus Services, Shropshire (item number 1) (id 177bbf8d-a14d-4ac0-88ee-b03c12effa5a)
Restaurant Car Charges (item number 1) (id 9a693007-d203-479e-8559-ab189a46ba54)
London-Glasgow (item number 1) (id 8049e480-707a-4fc4-9ca3-9b805c44ec22)
Timber Huts (Orkney) (item number 1) (id 8eff1154-d9db-4cac-a61c-91e5f731d5b6)
New Factories (item number 1) (id 710372f2-0192-4170-87da-2b67484e3825)
National Buildings (Architects) (item number 1) (id 482498b2-5141-4ebb-899e-314edce8a1f8)
Richmond Park (item number 1) (id b86d8fc9-db57-4e61-91d8-16c15f362921)
Bricks (Importation) (item number 1) (id cc73ba70-0ce5-4b8d-ac93-a002d166e19f)
Rat Catching (item number 1) (id b9bab59a-94a1-4fd2-b8f6-97f12195c329)
REQITISITIONED PREMISES (RENT) (item number 1) (id b5cc887b-ea39-4ff7-bd3a-6efc51a70273)
Voluntary Hospitals (Finance) (item number 1) (id d7c72f87-6598-4684-9dcc-30c44167bbae)
Mental Patients (item number 1) (id 7a30a77b-3c60-4409-b599-e308353a1a35)
R.A.F. (DEMOBILISATION) (item number 1) (id 51e87167-ebd8-436b-9556-e85329ac36ff)
ARMED FORCES (EIRE CITIZENS) (item number 1) (id 4b28f726-eb7e-4f2f-8e5b-a49bb400ff98)
DEMOBILISATION (AGRICULTURAL WORKERS) (item number 1) (id c5f0fc36-5dfe-4960-a33f-ee63de0139de)
NATIONAL INSURANCE (NON-EMPLOYED PERSONS) (item number 1) (id 3e8de42f-9a9c-452d-a402-2bb1b8a772a7)
BELGIAN CONGO (AIR-MAIL SERVICE) (item number 1) (id 95fa7fe1-665a-4cd8-826d-1d9d2b24e524)
MORRISON SHELTERS (COLLECTION) (item number 1) (id 3f0fa72f-bd44-4f68-9fa7-c2daeaef3086)
VICTORY CELEBRATIONS (item number 1) (id ebbafeca-e75d-4c57-a63a-3f6974b7b48e)
OILS AND FATS (SHORTAGE) (item number 1) (id 88caba67-5a66-4176-ae4b-81517a77be68)
Dilutee Shipwrights, Portsmouth Dockyard (item number 1) (id 3f72cfaa-3f72-4782-9739-6335a9841c6b)
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY (item number 1) (id f1c20711-cdba-4218-a927-85f9edbfa053)
Promotions (Equivalent Ranks) (item number 1) (id 0b04e78a-f7c3-4c81-962d-c81d42da5ee9)
Temporary Reserve Officers (item number 1) (id 3059323a-3c1d-46da-99ea-7f2ec9c5add8)
ELECTORAL REFORM (CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS) (item number 1) (id 38b0e375-5d15-4e08-b6ce-e806c2b2070c)

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