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Commons Hansard for 4 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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ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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CIVIL AVIATION
Resignations
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West Country
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Vikings
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Pilots (Training)
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London—Manchester
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Croydon
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Prestwick (Blind Approach)
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Orkney and Shetland
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Dakotas (Scotland)
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Empty Seats
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Switzerland
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F.I.D.O. (London)
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Lympne (Night Landing)
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GERMANY
Volkswagen (Price)
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Food and Fuel Shortage (Deaths)
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Reparation Plants
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Newspapers and Periodicals
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Transferred Workers (U.S.S.R.)
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British Personnel (Marriage)
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Hamburg Project
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Minister's Visits
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De-Nazification
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Co-operative Movement
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Blind Welfare
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Kiel (Demolitions)
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Polish PWX
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Dr. Schumacher
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"British Zone Review"
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Skimmed Milk Ration
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Official Transport (Use)
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AUSTRIA (HARVEST)
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JAPANESE WAR (CONCLUSION)
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HOUSING EXPENDITURE (RECOMMENDATIONS)
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ATOM BOMB (PROHIBITION)
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ARMED FORCES
Sentences (Review)
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Demobilisation (Rate of Release)
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Service Vehicles (Number Plates)
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Deserters
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FOOD SUPPLIES
Biscuits
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Tomatoes
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Egyptian Eggs
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Butchers (Profit Margin)
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Wedding Cake (Despatch Abroad)
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Milk (Elderly People)
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Ceylon Tea
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KOREA
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POLES (REPATRIATION)
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ANGLO-CHINESE RELATIONS
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POLAND (BRITISH PRESS REPRESENTATIVES)
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BRITISH BOYS (BELGIAN AWARDS)
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NEW MEMBER SWORN
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TRANSPORT BILL (PRINTING ERROR)
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STATISTICS OF TRADE BILL
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EXCHANGE CONTROL [MONEY]
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EXCHANGE CONTROL BILL
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CLAUSE 1—(Dealings in gold and foreign currency.)
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CLAUSE 2.—(Surrender of gold and foreign currency.)
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CLAUSE 3.—(Bailees of gold and foreign currency.)
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CLAUSE 4.—(Travellers' cheques, etc.)
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CLAUSE 5.—(Payments in the United Kingdom.)
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CLAUSE 6.—(Payments outside the United Kingdom.)
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CLAUSE 7.—(Compensation deals.)
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CLAUSE 8.—(Issue of securities.)
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CLAUSE 9.—(Transfer of securities and coupons.)
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CLAUSE II.—(Substitution of securities and certificates outside United Kingdom.)
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CLAUSE 15.—(Deposit of certificates of title.)
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RETAIL BUSINESSES (EX-SERVICEMEN)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Principal Industries (Public Ownership)
Anglo-American Zones (Control)
Control Commission (Vacant Posts)
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Executive Officers (Responsibilities)
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Bread and Cereals Ration
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Jersey Tomatoes (Exporters' Accounts)
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Rations (Athletes)
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School Milk (Holidays)
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Provisional Government (Assurances)
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British Press Representatives
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Singapore (Administration)
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Brazilian Rice
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Custodian of Enemy Property (Finances)
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Wild Pigs (Depredations)
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Auxiliary Hospital, Singapore (Staff's Services)
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HONG KONG (JAPANESE WAR MEMORIAL, REMOVAL)
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Nigeria (Cost-of-Living Investigations)
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Furniture (Exports to U.K.)
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RUMANIA (ELECTIONS)
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Cost-of-Living Indices
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Development Plans
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Bacca and Toddy
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Food Position
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Tourist Trade (Development)
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War Damaged Property (Cost)
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Pensions
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BRITISH GUIANA (WORTMANVILLE HOUSING SCHEME)
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Confectionery Manufacture (Sugar)
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Disturbances, May Pen (Inquiry)
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Legislative Council
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Sugar Industry (Subsidy)
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Acts of Violence
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Member's Letter
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GIBRALTARIAN REFUGEES (WAR DAMAGE CLAIMS)
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MAURITIUS (DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE PLAN)
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EX-INTERNEES, FAR EAST (DISABLEMENT AWARDS)
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Electrical Branch (Officers' Qualifications)
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Corvettes (Sale to Eire)
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Corfu Channel (Mines)
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Assistance to Chinese Navy
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Demobilisation Leave
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Training Areas (Merioneth)
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"Maxwell Brander" (Explosion)
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Landing Craft (Delivery)
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Staging Post, Istres
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Used Bicycle Parts
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Airfields (Civil Use)
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Demobilisation
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Police (Release)
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Transport Conversion Units
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Trinidad (Airmen)
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Courts Martial (Review)
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Air Mail Rates
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Kenya (Parcels)
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Wireless Licences (Old Age Pensioners)
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Telephone Surcharge
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Letters (Delayed Delivery)
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Parcels (European Countries)
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Departmental Costs
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Civil Administration (Cost)
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Hargeisa Hospital (Staff Strike)
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Malta (Children's Holiday Visits)
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Germany (Children's Holiday Visits)
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EMPLOYMENT (BLACKWOOD)
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DEMOBILISATION
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MILITARY SERVICE (RESERVED WORKERS)
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POLES, MADRID
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ANGLO-FRENCH FINANCIAL AGREEMENT
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YOUTH SERVICE
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MOTOR INDUSTRY (STEEL SUPPLIES)
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BOMBS, LONDON (WEIGHT)
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Railway Servants' Privileges
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Securities (Values)
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AGRICULTURE (NORTHERN AREAS)
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Empire Tobacco
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Furniture Imports
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ARMED FORCES (LONG SERVICE)
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