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Commons Hansard for 2 December 1946 (Volume 431)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
1 May 2026 at 2.14pm.
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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FOOD SUPPLIES
Pigs (Ear-marking)
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Departmental Staff (Ex-Service Personnel)
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Building Workers, Rural Areas
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Christmas Fare
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Burmese Rice
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Oatmeal (Bulk Supplies)
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Eire Cattle
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Danish Beer Exports
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Milk Registration
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Bananas, Orkney and Shetland
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Food and Agriculture Organisation
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1944–45 Harvests (Distribution)
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Jam Labels
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Windsor Food Committee
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Imported Fruit and Nuts (Prices)
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WINES AND SPIRITS (DISTRIBUTION)
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ROADS
Pedestrian Crossings
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Garage Facilities (Railway Stations)
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Traffic Lights
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Thurmaston By-Pass
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New Motor Cars (Priorities)
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Barton Swing Bridge
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Bus Service, Hornsea
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RAILWAYS
Wireless Communication
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Freight Trains (Delays)
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Staff Resignations
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Passenger Services
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Seed Potato Traffic
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AGRICULTURE
Milk Prices
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Sugar Beet
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Flooding, River Trent
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National Advisory Service (Officers)
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SOUTH-WEST AFRICA (INCORPORATION)
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INDIA
Army Officers (Engagements)
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Communal Rioting
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Official War History
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Food Supplies
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GREECE (LEGAL MISSION)
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YUGOSLAVIA (BRITISH MINES)
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RUMANIA (ELECTIONS)
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COTTON (CENTRALISED BUYING) BILL
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MEDICAL SUPPLIES INDUSTRIES
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Retail Grocers
Canadian Wheat (Imports)
Agricultural Products (Comparative Prices)
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Canteens (Cooperative Societies)
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Milk (Tuberculosis Sanatoria)
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Dried Fruits, Huntingdonshire
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Canned Fruit (Distribution)
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Bread Rationing
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Livestock Products (Imports)
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Extra Meat Ration
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Imported Biscuits
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WINES (RESTAURANT PRICES)
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RAILWAY SERVICES, BRIDPORT
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Dock Strike, Singapore
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Colintraive Pier, Argyllshire
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Driving Test
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Parking Places
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Workmen's Fares
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Executive Officials
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Steel Traps
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Output per Head
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Tracklaying Tractors, Yorkshire
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Newsprint (Output)
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Geological Survey
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Airfields
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Disposals Board, Egypt
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Filton Aerodrome (Runway)
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Aircraft, Lyme Regis (Gun Fire)
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Steel (Production)
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Surplus Vehicles (Auction Sales)
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Bricks
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Building Materials (Surplus Stocks)
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Timber (Licences)
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R.A.F. Airfield, Drem
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Surplus Cutlery
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Hay Crop Equipment
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Personal Case
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Brickworks, Skewen (War Damage)
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Building Industry (Overtime)
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Huts (Disposal)
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British Civil Services (Termination)
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Viceroy's Visit to U.K.
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Emigration
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Civil Service (Officer's Annuity)
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BURMA (INFORMATION OFFICE, RANGOON)
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GREECE (PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION)
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VIET NAM (BRITISH REPRESENTATION)
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DEMOBILISATION
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SAVINGS MOVEMENT (PAPER)
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TYRES (AGRICULTURE)
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SQUATTERS (COAL SUPPLIES)
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Outrages
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WAR OFFICE (SECURITY MEASURES)
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British Casualties
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CIVIL AVIATION (ORKNEY)
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CHURCH REFORMS (PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE)
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COUNTY OFFICIALS, TROWBRIDGE (HOUSING)
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LETTER POST (WALES)
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OVERSEAS COMMANDS (TOURS OF DUTY)
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Telecommunications
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Petrol (Doctors)
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Radio Production Officer
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PENSION BOOK
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Personal Case
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Airfields (Future Use)
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