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Commons Hansard for 3 December 1946 (Volume 431)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
1 May 2026 at 2.17pm.
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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PRIZE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT
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ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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SCOTLAND
Piped Water Supplies
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Agricultural Development (Engineering Shops)
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Register of Sasines (Deeds)
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Water and Drainage Schemes (Grants)
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Closeburn Camp (Polish Agricultural Workers)
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Requisitioned Land, Islay
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Fishing Boat Harbour, Carradale
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Polish Soldiers, Irvine (Incidents)
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Unemployment
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Gordon Castle, Fochabers
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Advisory Council on Education (Reconstitution)
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Public Assistance Institutions (Daily Visits)
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Staple Industries (Output)
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BRITISH ARMY
Tours of Duty (Leave)
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Entertainments
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Service Clubs, Germany (Bread)
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Pamphlet "Control of the Press" (Circulation)
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Re-enlistment
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Ashdown Forest (Release)
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Church Parade, Abbassia
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Deferment Leave
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Demobilisation Delays, Middle East
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PRISONERS OF WAR
Protected Personnel
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Germans (Toy Making)
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Repatriation
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Aircraft Accident (Rescue Work)
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Camps, U.K. (Condition)
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ARMED FORCES (DESERTERS)
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AFRICAN TERRITORIES (INCORPORATION)
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HOUSING (RURAL AREAS)
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OFFICIAL WAR HISTORY, 1914–18 (REMAINING VOLUMES)
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BUILDING OPERATIVES (QUESTIONING)
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GERMANY (BRITISH AND AMERICAN ZONES, FUSION)
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NEW MEMBER SWORN
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TRAFALGAR ESTATES BILL
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CHILDREN'S ALLOWANCES (WIDOWS AND UNEMPLOYED PERSONS)
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MILK RATIONING (PRIORITY CERTIFICATES)
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Written Answers
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Police Appeals
Landlord and Tenant Act
Probation Officers (Age Limits)
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Agriculture, Dumfriesshire
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AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
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FLUORINE HAZARD, PORT WILLIAM
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Purchase Tax
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War Damage Act (Court Decision)
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Cupro-nickel Coins
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Concessionary Coal (Income Tax)
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American Loan (Dollar Proceeds)
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Price of Gold
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Sterling Balances, Sweden
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Forward Exchange Cover
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Entertainments Duty (Living Theatre)
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Silver Prices, Bombay
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Foreign Currency Allowance
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Pensions (Increase) Bill
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Social Survey (Expenditure)
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War Damage Payments (Elderly People)
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Prison Officers (Clothing Allowances)
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Gift Parcels (Exchange Control Declaration)
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Court Cases
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Superannuation
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Recruitment
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SCOTTISH HOUSING REPORT
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STATIONERY OFFICE (SCOTLAND)
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French Woollen Piece Goods
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Foreign Cotton Business
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Cotton Control
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Sugar Imports
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Car Tyres
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Furniture Rationing
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Seaboots (Lifeboatmen)
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Clothing Coupons
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Empire Tobacco
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South Wales Development Area
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Canned Fruits
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Pottery Firms, Stoke
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North Wales Development
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Soap Powder, Hong Kong
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East Indies (Japanese Troops)
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Dunmow Airfield (Traffic)
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Iraq (Parades)
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University Courses
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Demobilisation
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Re-engagement and Re-enlistment
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Communication with M.P.s.
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Territorials (Animal Transport)
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Leave Camp, Ceylon
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Huts. Gunnersbury Park
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Soldiers' Wives (Hospital Treatment)
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Regular Engagements
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N.C.O.s' Arrest, M.E.L.F.
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Young Soldiers (Marriage Allowance)
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Nursing Officers (Lost Kit)
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Connaught Hospital
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Personal Cases
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Amenities (Overseas Stations)
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Territorial Associations
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Sentenced Prisoners
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German Detonators
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Ranker Officers
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Requisitioned Hotel, Cramond
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POLISH SOLDIERS, IRVINE (INCIDENT)
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Arrests, Witney
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Repatriation
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Stevenage (Inquiry)
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Open Spaces, London
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Elderly People
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Personal Gases
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Spinsters (Pensions)
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Dental Fees Dispute. (Settlement)
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Mental Deficients
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Ministry Staff (Trade Union Officials)
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Electricians, Cardiff
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Building Workers, Liverpool
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Cardiff
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Scotland
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Control of Engagement
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South Wales
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Vocational Training, North Staffordshire
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Whitehaven, Cleator Moor and Millom
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Indian Industrial Trainees (Schemes)
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Release Dates
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University Students
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Personal Case
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Call-Up
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YUGOSLAVIA (BRITISH MINES)
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FOREIGN SERVICE (SALARIES AND PENSIONS)
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Tuberculosis Allowance (Personal Case)
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Water Supplies, Horncastle and Spilsby
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Service Pensions
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Welfare Arrangements, Palestine
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Strengths (VE-Day)
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Surplus Weapons and Stores (Disposal)
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Slate Industry (Working Party Report)
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Huts (Disposal)
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OVERSEAS FOOD GIFTS
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Departmental Staff (Tenancies)
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Civil Aircraft Production
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Equipment (Supplies)
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Boy Mineworkers
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Anthracite
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MINISTRY OF PENSIONS (PERSONAL CASE)
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PETROL CONSUMPTION
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LEAD MINES, WANLOCKHEAD
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Control Commission (Reference Books)
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Youth Organisations
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INDIA (COMMUNAL RIOTING, COMPENSATION)
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Internees' Cheques
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War Damage Claims
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SEYCHELLES (BICYCLE LICENCES)
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MALAYANS, GREAT BRITAIN (PASSAGES)
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