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Commons Hansard for 23 October 1946 (Volume 427)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 12.18pm.
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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Italy (Displaced Persons)
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German-Soviet Secret Protocol
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British Information Services, Usa
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Shanghai Municipal Council (Employees)
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Tripartite Negotiations, Moscow, 1939
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Rumania And Hungary (Deported Persons)
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Former Italian Colonies
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Poland (British Detainees)
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Mufti Of Jerusalem
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Unrra Supplies (Continuation)
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Foreign Service (Confidential Work)
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Anglo-Soviet Agreement
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Goering's Suicide (Inquiry)
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Greek Plebiscite (Observers)
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Passport And Frontier Facilities
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Archbishop Stepinac (Sentence)
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Visas (Uk And France)
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Royal Navy
Training Areas
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Centralised Messing
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Sea Cadet Corps (Grants)
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West Indian Sugar Shipment
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Fleet Air Arm (Civilians)
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Recruitment And Re-Engagement
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Pensions
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"Battle Of The Atlantic"
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Electrical Branch (New Formation)
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Merchant Navy (Flags)
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Royal Air Force
Senior Officers (Press Articles)
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Spare Hangars
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Training Areas
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Posting System
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Attestation Form
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Aircraft Accident, Nigeria
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Personal Cases
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Production Drive
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Wales (White Paper)
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South African Union (South-West Africa)
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Germany
Illegitimate Children (British Soldiers)
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Demolition, Hamburg
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Grain Harvests
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Political Intelligence Department
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Nuremberg Trials (Publicity)
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Food Supplies
Channel Islands
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Coin Meter Collectors
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National Flour (Calcium)
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Peach Imports
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Beer Production
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Colchester Co-Operative Society (Licences)
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Rat Destruction
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Destroyers, Corfu (Mine Explosions)
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Foreign Affairs
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Non-Repatriable Refugees
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Food Supplies
Raspberries, Scotland (Prices)
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Voluntary Farm Workers
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Retail Licence, Liverpool
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Extra Cheese Ration
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Pork (Imports)
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Tea
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Fats (Fish Friers)
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Fruit And Vegetables (Licences)
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Overall Consumption Statistics
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Condensed Milk (Metal Tubes)
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Milk Distribution
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Bread Rationing
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Breakfast Cereals
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Spanish Grapes (Prices)
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Nuts
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Vegetable Prices
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Dried Fruits
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Brewers' Barley
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School Canteens (Flour)
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Cold Storage And Transport
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National Flour (Chalk)
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Danish Supplies (Payment)
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Sweets (Christmas)
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Soft Fruit
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Barley Exports
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Soap Substitutes
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Trade And Commerce
Production Advisory Officers
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Lace Curtains (Yarn)
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Sports Goods And Games (Timber)
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Norwegian Soft Wood
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Ships (Far Eastern Ports)
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Stationery And Envelopes
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Unrra Supplies (Export Figures)
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Food Containers
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Royal Air Force
Young Married Officers (Grants)
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Cement Works, Rushall (Release)
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Married Regulars (Overseas Service)
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Surplus Blankets
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Surplus Huts
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Recruiting (Progress Reports)
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Slipway, Kerrera Island
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Bomb Stores
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Overseas Staff
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Married Quarters
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Malaya
Labour Departments
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Rice Ration
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Economic Situation
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Telephone Equipment
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Heavy Workers (Rations)
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Motor Vehicle Allocation
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Sentenced Soldier
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Governors' Salaries And Expenses
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Civilian Casualties
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Singapore Cane Factory (Claim)
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Estate Duties
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Business Claims, Singapore
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Appropriated Property (Return)
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Labour Advisory Board
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Burglary And Theft, Singapore
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Plantation Watchmen (Pay)
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Palestine (Detainees)
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African Colonies
Cocoa Prices
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Nigeria (Maize Fanners' Claim)
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Education (West Africa)
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Kenya (Education)
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Sisal Levy
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Cameroons (Ex-Enemy Plantations)
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Power Supplies (Nigeria)
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Buganda Deportees
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Bananas And Cocoa Marketing
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Ground Nuts
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Colonial Service (Retirements)
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Pan-African Congress
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Colonial Empire
Civil Service Pensions
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Industrial Development
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Sedition And Deportation Ordinances
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Falkland Islands
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Cyprus (Government Policy)
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West Indies
Bermuda (Teachers' Salaries)
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Bahamas Labour Board
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Colour Bar
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Passports
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South East Asia (Economic Coordination)
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Hong Kong (Naafi Goods, Duty)
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Ministry Of Supply
Motor Cars (Production)
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Fret-Saw Blades (Exports)
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Bi-Focal Lenses
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Rimless Glasses
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Hearing-Aid Batteries
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Education
Deaf Pupils (Special Schools)
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Building Industry (Preparatory Training)
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Part-Time Education
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Remuneration Of Teachers Order
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British Army
Greece (Cost)
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Reme (Release)
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Training Area
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King's Rules And Regulations
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Rumanian Oil (British Interests)
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Opencast Mining (Excavator)
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