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Commons Hansard for 12 December 1946 (Volume 431)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
1 May 2026 at 2.22pm.
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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VIVISECTION
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EDUCATION
Russian Language Lessons
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Rural Areas
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Further Education and Training Grants
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Unqualified Teachers (Salaries)
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Corporal Punishment
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School Milk (Holidays)
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Size of Classes
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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (APPOINTMENT)
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TRADE AND COMMERCE
Scheduled Areas (Leith)
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Children's Clothing Coupons
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New Towns (Industries)
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British Institute of Management (Chairman)
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Clothing Coupons (Ex-Service Personnel)
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Crêpe Sole Rubber
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Linseed Oil
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Glue
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Production Campaign (Paper)
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ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
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EMPLOYMENT
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Local Authorities (Trade Union Membership)
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Disabled Persons, South Wales
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Brockworth Hostel (Inquiry)
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Coal Industry (Bevin Scheme)
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Danzig Citizens (Permits)
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Local Government Service
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NATIONAL SERVICE
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NATIONAL FINANCE
Food Subsidies
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U.N.R.R.A. (Contributions)
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FOREIGN SECRETARY (BIOGRAPHY)
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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
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INDIA (CONSTITUTION)
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INCUMBENTS (DISCIPLINE) MEASURE
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ADJOURNMENT.
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Building Programme (Priority)
Teachers
Employment in Entertainments
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Personal Cases
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Further Education and Training Grants
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Mobile Dental Clinics, Rural Areas
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Medical Inspection Rooms
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Hut Accommodation
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Direct-Grant Schools (Admissions)
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UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (INDIANS)
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Belgian Glass (Imports)
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Light Leather (Licences)
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Clothing Coupons
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Utility Hosiery
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Timber Imports
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Cigarettes and Tobacco (Supplies)
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Silvered Sheet and Plate Glass
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Underwear
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Cotton Mill, Oldham (Sale)
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Household Linen
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Utility Furniture (Downpointing)
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Paper Quota (Bibles)
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Glass Exports
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War Damage Claims
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Working Parties (Proposed Legislation)
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Italian Piecegoods (Re-export)
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Outsize Woollen Clothing
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Agricultural Machinery (Exports)
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American Experiments
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Windpower
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Neasden Power Station
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Poles
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New Power Stations (Consents)
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Load Shedding (Cause)
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Dermatitis
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Scotland (Production)
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Mining Subsidence (Names of Committee)
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Production and Manpower
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Local Fuel Overseers
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Imports
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DISTRICT HEATING, URMSTON
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GAS AND ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
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CAR PARKING, PICCADILLY CIRCUS
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DOG RACING (YOUNG PERSONS)
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FASCIST ACTIVITIES
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CHANNEL ISLANDS (WAR DAMAGE)
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NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE (ACCIDENT, LOUTH)
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DEFENCE REGULATIONS (SENTENCES)
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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY (FUN FAIRS)
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SHOP WINDOW LIGHTING
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BORSTAL DETENTION
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ELECTORAL REGISTRATION
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BIRTH CERTIFICATES (REFORM)
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Sites (Temporary Houses)
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Heathrow Airport
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Flood Damage (Compensation)
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Water Supplies
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Rural Houses (Sub-Committee's Report)
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Fruit Pickers' Huts
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COAST EROSION (CHICHESTER)
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Luton Sewerage (River Lea, Pollution)
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Mass Radiography
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Student Nurses
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Sanatorium Treatment (Seaman)
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Vaccination
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Food and Drugs (Milk and Dairies) Act
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Diphtheria Diagnosis
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Flooding
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Passenger Services (North Staffordshire)
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Car Parking, London
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FLOODING (RIVER AIRE)
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NATIONAL SERVICE STATISTICS
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Nocton Hall Hospital
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Technical Branch (Reorganisation)
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CIVIL AVIATION (CORNWALL)
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Reparation Plants
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Sierra Leone (Income Tax)
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Yellow Fever
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Geological Survey
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