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Commons Hansard for 16 December 1946 (Volume 431)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
1 May 2026 at 2.23pm.
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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TRANSPORT NATIONALISATION
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ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS (PLUG AND SOCKET)
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MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
Surplus Service Vehicles (Civilian Use)
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Housing Components (Instructions)
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Machine Tool Production
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Engineering Advisory Council (Formation)
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Aircraft (British Airlines)
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MINISTRY OF WORKS
Requisitioned House, Eaton Square (Use)
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Building Regulations (Alleged Contraventions)
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New School Buildings, Horley
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Cement and Ancillary Industries (Report)
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Departmental Forms (Local Authorities)
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Horticultural Glass
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Alleged Illegal Building
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INDIA (EUROPEAN EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTS)
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NORTHERN GREECE (INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION)
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POLES, UNITED KINGDOM
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BULGARIA (ARMED FORCES)
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GERMANY
State Documents (Publication)
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Political Leaders (Interviews)
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WAR DECORATIONS AND MEDALS (FOREIGN NATIONALS)
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GROUNDED IMMIGRANT SHIP, SYRINA
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FOOD SUPPLIES
Fish Allocations, Aberdeen
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Windrush Club, Reading (Catering Licence)
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Rationed Goods (Controlled Prices)
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Cauliflowers (Retail Price)
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United States Wheat (Price)
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Imported Poultry (Price)
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Bacon and Milk (Changes)
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Linseed Oil
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Tea
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Canadian Grain (Shipments)
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Meat Imports
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AGRICULTURE
Private Woodland Owners (Fire Insurance)
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Vocational Training
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Main-Crop Potatoes
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Poultry Breeding Stock (Export Licences)
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Allotment, Walton-on-Trent
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Unthatched Grain Stacks
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Cereal Production
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Smallholdings, Yorkshire
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Feeding Stuffs
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Machinery
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Grain Prices
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Hop Growing (Wire)
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Tractor Threshing Machines (Hire Charges)
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Cattle Grazing, Exmoor (Grids)
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Artificial Drying Plants
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Advisory Officers, Norfolk
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Farm Institutes
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Resettlement Grants Scheme
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ROADS
Island Refuge, Old Palace Yard
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"Cat's-eye" Studs
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Caversfield—Launton Road
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Night Parking
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LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD (POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS)
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PERSONAL STATEMENT
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MEMBERS' VOTES (PERSONAL INTEREST)
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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
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TRANSPORT BILL
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HOUSE OF COMMONS (REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS) [MONEY]
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HOUSE OF COMMONS (REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS) BILL
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Schedule.—(The Third Schedule to the Principal Act, as amended.)
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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (SCOTLAND) [MONEY]
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GERMAN NATIONAL (INTERNMENT)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Depot, Crystal Palace
Angle-iron
Steel Allocations
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Card Clothing (Licences)
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Locomotives
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German Scientists (Housing)
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Dr. Schumacher (Government Hospitality)
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TRUST TERRITORIES
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Building Materials
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GREECE (TRIAL)
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UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (INDIANS)
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TRAINING AREAS (ACREAGE)
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Hill Farming (Welsh Committee)
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Water Schemes (Accounts)
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Potato Crop
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Legal Actions (Costs and Indemnities)
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Clyst Drainage Board (Election)
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Cheese Ration (Farmers)
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Licence, Liverpool
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Bread Units (Transfer)
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Indian Tea
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Barley (Conditioning Deduction)
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Canadian Wheat (Shipping Delay)
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Wheat (Stocks and Extraction Rates)
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Milk Registration (Transfer)
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Gift Food
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Gift Parcels
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Egg Packers' Compensation Scheme
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Cranberries
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B and C Licences
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Passenger Services
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Works, Suffolk
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Third Party Liability
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Bus Shelters, London
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Stocks (Dividends)
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Passenger Services
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Over-age Officers
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Reserved Seats
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Hotel, Hunstanton
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Fares
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Accident, Stratford Line
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Overhauls (Foreign Ports)
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Ceylon and Far East (Passages)
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Bunker Coal
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MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (ENGINEERS)
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PENICILLIN (LOZENGES)
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TRANSPORT NATIONALISATION (HOUSES)
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COAST EROSION (RESEARCH)
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STEEL HOUSES
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Empty Seats
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Northern Ireland Advisory Council
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COLONIAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SERVICES
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MAIL CARRYING CONTRACT, LONDON
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L.P.T.B. Guaranteed Stock
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Storm Damage (Insurance)
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CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS (EX-SERVICEMEN)
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Regular Engagements
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Ranker Officers (Marriage Allowance)
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Personal Case
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ROYAL AIR FORCE (PERSONAL CASE)
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GERMANY (TRANSFERRED WORKERS)
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