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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
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PRAYERS
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ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
Shirts (Demobilisation Centres)
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Government Factories (Use)
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Surplus Motor Vehicles
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Ordnance Factories (Redundancy Discharges)
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X-Ray Industry
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Engines (Fishing Craft)
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Ordnance Factory Housing Estates
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Ordnance Depot, Melmerby
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27, Turner Street, Manchester (Occupation)
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Northolme Estate, Earby
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Elastic Stockings
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Hypodermic Syrinģes, St. Pancras
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Westcott Experimental Station (Employees' Housing)
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Electric Motors
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Steel Sheets (Domestic Hardware)
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Motor Car Steerinģ Equipment
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Motor Cars (Exports)
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TRADE AND COMMERCE
Bottles (Exports)
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Chinese Bristles (Air Transport)
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Curtain Materials
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Furniture Manufacture (Scottish Process)
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British Films (Rentals)
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Industrial Fuel Efficiency
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Tourist Industry
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Wool Textiles (Exports)
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Ciģarettes and Tobacco (Ex-Service Personnel)
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Russia (Gold Payments)
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Portuģal (British Aģencies)
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Retired Police (Clothing Coupons)
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Requisitioned Factory, Chiswick
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Children's Footwear
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Cotton Spinning Industry
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Industrial Clothing Coupons
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Newsprint
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Rayon Piece Goods (Imports)
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Lead (Paint Manufacture)
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Pine Derivatives (Imports)
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Plywood
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Army Ankle Boots (Cancelled Contracts)
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Footwear (Coupon Values)
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International Trade Organisation
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Import Licensing System (Relaxation)
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Paper (Production Costs)
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H.C.T. TROOPS, PALESTINE (MUTINY)
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AGRICULTURE
Barbed Wire
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Broccoli Seed (Imports)
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Veģetable Growinģ (Allotments)
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Prisoner-of-War Labour
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Men and Women Employees
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FISHING INDUSTRY (WAR DEBRIS, ESSEX COAST)
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FORESTRY (PLANTING PROGRAMME)
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DOMINIONS (SERVICEMEN'S WIVES, PASSAGES)
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INDIA
Shooting Incident, Bombay (Report)
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U.S. Army Stores, Calcutta
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BURMA (SHAN STATES)
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MANCHURIA (RUSSIAN EVACUATION)
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OUTER MONGOLIA (GOVERNMENT)
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L.P.T.B. (RETIREMENT AGE)
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RAILWAY TERMINI (CROWD CONTROL)
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SUPPLY
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AGRICULTURE (MANPOWER)
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CLASS VI
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
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FUEL OIL (INDUSTRIAL USE)
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Written Answers
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Ordnance Factory, Bridgend
Surplus Batteries
Joiners' Tools
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Stores, Leicester
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Liquid Paraffin
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M.A.P. Estate, Ilkley (Rents)
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Electricity Supply (Farms)
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Bulb Growing, Norfolk
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Prisoner-of-War Labour
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Spring Balances (Milk Board Sale)
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Grain Sacks (Size)
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Flood Prevention, Severn
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Piģ Keepers (Kitchen Waste Order)
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Phosphatic Fertilisers
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W.L.A. Hostels. Wiltshire
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DOG DISTEMPER PROPHYLACTICS
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FISH OILS (HOME WATERS)
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HUANALAND (COAL AND IRON)
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Perambulators
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Golf and Tennis Balls
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Furnishing Fabrics
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Jewellery and Silver (Exports)
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Children's Footwear
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Household Textiles
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Works of Art (Export Licences)
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Furniture
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Sports Clothing (Coupons)
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INDIA (ELECTIONS)
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AUSTRIA (U.N.R.R.A. SUPPLIES)
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BULGARIA (GOVERNMENT)
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ICELAND (UNITED NATIONS MEMBERSHIP)
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GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE (VISAS)
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FAR EAST (FOOD SUPPLIES)
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MERCHANT NAVY (INOCULATION AND VACCINATION)
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Pedestrian Crossings
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Controlled Undertakings, Scotland
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Public Vehicles (Axles)
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Omnibus Services, Shropshire
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Restaurant Car Charges
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London-Glasgow
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Timber Huts (Orkney)
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New Factories
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National Buildings (Architects)
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Richmond Park
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Bricks (Importation)
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Rat Catching
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REQITISITIONED PREMISES (RENT)
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Voluntary Hospitals (Finance)
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Mental Patients
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R.A.F. (DEMOBILISATION)
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ARMED FORCES (EIRE CITIZENS)
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DEMOBILISATION (AGRICULTURAL WORKERS)
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NATIONAL INSURANCE (NON-EMPLOYED PERSONS)
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BELGIAN CONGO (AIR-MAIL SERVICE)
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MORRISON SHELTERS (COLLECTION)
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VICTORY CELEBRATIONS
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OILS AND FATS (SHORTAGE)
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Dilutee Shipwrights, Portsmouth Dockyard
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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
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Promotions (Equivalent Ranks)
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Temporary Reserve Officers
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ELECTORAL REFORM (CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS)
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