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Commons Hansard for 8 July 1946 (Volume 425)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 11.21am.
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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New Writ
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Food Rationing (Petition)
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Private Business
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Northmet Power Bill
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Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital And Central London Ophthalmic Hospital (Amalgamation Etc) Bill Lords
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West Sussex County Council Billlords
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Roads
Speed Limit, London Parks
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Trunk Roads (Tree Planting)
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Western Avenue And Kingston By-Pass (Improvements)
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Toll Roads And Bridges
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North Of Scotland (Regional Commissioner)
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Bus Companies (Season Tickets)
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Haulage Organisation (Abolition)
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Vehicles (Statistics)
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Road-Making Equipment
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Shipping
Lms Vessels (Release)
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British Tonnage (United States Chartering)
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Old Vessels (Transfer)
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Engineers (First-Class Certificates)
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Food From South America
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Crofter Seamen (Employment)
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Docks And Harbours (Dredging)
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Unemployed Port Workers (Transfers)
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Railways
Cheap Day Tickets
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Sleeping Accommodation
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Central Station, Sunderland
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Agricultural Produce (Damage By Fire)
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Sleeping Accommodation
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Electrification (Scotland)
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Ministry Of Supply
Surplus Motor Vehicles (Germany)
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Government-Owned Steelworks
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Motor Cars (Government Departments)
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Penicillin
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Magnesium Factories (Use)
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Newchurch Hall, Culcheth
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Housing Estates, Yorkshire (Rents)
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War Medal Ribbon (Supplies)
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>Unrra (Questions To Ministers)
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War Casualties, Scotland
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President Roosevelt (National Memorial)
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Austria (Control Agreement)
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"Germany Under Control" Exhibition (Provincial Tour)
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Agriculture
Poultry Feedingstuffs
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Feedingstuffs
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Ploughing-Up Orders (Smallholders)
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Temporary Silos
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Seeding Units
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Motor Mowers
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Livestock (Unrra Purchases)
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Tractors (Priority Orders)
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Growing Corn (Opencast Coal Workings)
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Acquired Land, Atcham (Housing)
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Bechuanaland (Future Status)
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Trade And Commerce
Gas Mantles, Herefordshire
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Newsprint
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Hides, Skins And Leather
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Crêpe Rubber
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Flax Factory, Easingwold (Holiday Pay)
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Perambulators
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Business Of The House
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Clause 28—(Power Of Minister Of Transport To Stop Up And Divert Highways, Etc, In The Interests Of Civil Aviation)
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Clause 32—(Provisions As To Displacements From Land)
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Clause 35—(Expenses Of Part Ii)
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Clause 51—(Expenses Of Part Iii)
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New Clause—(Staff Appointments)
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New Clause—(Discontinued Services)
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Clause 1—(Establishment And Constitution Of British European Airways Corporation And British South American Airways Corporation)
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Clause 5—(Employment Of British Subjects And Use Of Aircraft Registered In His Majesty's Dominions)
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Clause 23—(Reservation Of Certain Air Services To The Three Corporations And Their Associates)
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Clause 25—(Amendments And Adaptations Of 2 & 3 Geo 6 C 61)
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Clause 27—(Power Of Minister To Obtain Rights Over Land)
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Clause 29—(Power Of Minister To Impose Restrictions On Land In The Interests Of Civil Aviation)
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Clause 36—(Air Transport Advisory Council)
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Birth Rate
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Roads
Bus Services, Oxfordshire
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Otley Bridge (Control System)
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Furniture Removal Trade
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Traffic Conditions, Durham
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Thames Flow, Sandford
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Agriculture
Allotments
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Dispossessed Farmers
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Grass Drying
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Handley Common, Salisbury (Cropping)
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Trade And Commerce
Spain
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Departmental Decisions
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Furniture Industry Working Party
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Cigarettes
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Rubber
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Steel (Export)
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Sodium Chlorate
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Men's Clothing
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Textile Machinery (Closed Mill)
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Clothing Coupons
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Surgical Footwear
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Silicotic Workers North Wales
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War Office Surplus Buildings
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Departmental Correspondence
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Book Exports (Greece)
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Timber
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Paint Industry (Raw Materials)
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Wool Control (Sales To Russia)
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Bedsteads (Local Authority Houses)
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China (Good Will Mission)
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Cotton Buying Commission
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Perambulators
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South Wales Ports
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India
Religious Liberty
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Anglo-Indian Community (Representation)
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Indian Workers, Ceylon
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Labour Investigation Committee (Reports)
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Prisoners Of War, Germany
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Ics And Police
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Burma (Cost Of Living)
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Passports And Visas
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Spain (Nazi Agents)
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Palestine (Jewish Agency, Government Action)
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Food Supplies
Mobile Canteens (Farm Workers)
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Channel Island Tomatoes (Entry Ports)
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Fish Prices
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Nuts And Tropical Fruit
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Bread Rationing
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Stone-Ground Wheatmeal
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National Flour (Composition)
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Increased Meat Ration (Duration)
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Groundnuts
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Apples
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Potatoes
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Oil Seeds (Supplies)
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Milk Ration (Priorities)
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Whitsun Ceremony, St Briavells (Bread)
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Barley
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Cereals For Germany
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Shaving Soaps And Creams
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Poles
Military Uniform
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Accommodation And Food
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Prisoners Of War (Work Incentives)
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Army Camps Merioneth (Civilians)
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Unemployment Bnefit Claim
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Civil Aviation (Great Britain—Ireland)
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Children's Health London
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Continental Mails (House Of Commons)
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Employment
Training (Building Trades)
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North Staffordshire
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Trawler Fishing (Court Of Inquiry)
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South Wales
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Woollen And Worsted Industry
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Hosiery Trade
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Glasgow
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Ramsgate And Margate
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Auxiliary Air Force (Welsh Squadrons)
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Gateways, Hyde Park (Accidents)
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