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Commons Hansard for 21 January 1947 (Volume 432)
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12 May 2018 at 12.58pm.
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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New Writ
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Oral Answers To Questions
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New Town Corporation, Stevenage
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National Service
Armed Forces Intakes
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University Students
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Released Workers (Recall)
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Mine Optants
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Release Benefits (1947–48 Intakes)
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Agricultural Workers (Class B Release)
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Employment
Agriculture (Foreign Labour)
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Factory Inspectorate
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Staggering Of Holidays
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Poles
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Resettlement Grants (Police)
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Road Haulage Wages Board
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Public Servants (Hours Of Work)
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Building Training, London
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Housing (Scotland)
Flooring
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Edinburgh (Sub-Division Licences)
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Special Housing Association (Materials)
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Programme
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Scotland (School Classes)
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British Army
Workshops, Tel-El-Kebir
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Marriage Allowances (Young Soldiers)
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Huts, Wimbledon Common
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Senior Training Corps
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Dependant's Allowance
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Recruiting
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Polish Armed Forces, South Wales
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Welsh Guards
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Families, Cmf (Accommodation)
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Capital Charges
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Prisoner-Of-War Camp (Fuel)
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War Decorations (Auxiliary Nurses, Far East)
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Military Pacts (Parliamentary Approval)
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Official War History
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Industrial Negotiating Machinery
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Palestine
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Ex-Prisoners Of War (Claims)
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Wages (Government Policy)
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Service Training Areas
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National Finance
Imported Eggs (Cost)
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Saving Certificates (Value)
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Imported Gifts (Purchase Tax)
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Purchase Tax (Works Of Art)
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National Savings
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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Statistics Of Trade Bill
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Statistics Of Trade Money
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Transport Money
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Court Martial, India (Soldier's Detention)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Select Committee On Procedure (Report)
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National Finance
Public Service Pensioners
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Argentine Sterling Balances
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Wages And Price Levels
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Playground Equipment (Purchase Tax)
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Customs (Goods Seizure)
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Licence Duty (Restaurant Cars)
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Income Tax (Deductions Overlap)
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Government Departments
Public Relations Officers
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Pensions
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Research Work (Advisory Committee)
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Canadian Espionage Investigation
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World Trade Conference (Reports)
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Arts Council
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Trade And Commerce
Non-Utility Clothing
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Potash
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Blankets
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Household Linen
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Synthetic Textile Fibre
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Sheets (Transferred Workers)
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"Britain Can Make It" Exhibition
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Locomotives
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Clothing Coupons (Service Personnel)
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Electricity And Gas Orders (Licences)
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Sisal
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Polished Plate Glass
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British Tourist And Holidays Board
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British Army
Leave And Release (Applications)
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Medical Services, Ceylon (Staffing)
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War Graves, El Alamein
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Requisitioned Land, Otley
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Educational Facilities, Burma
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Overseas Commands (Financial Secretary's Visit)
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Python Tour (Reduction)
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Accommodation And Amenities, Palestine
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Road Accidents (Civilian Deaths)
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Enlisted Danes
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Carrying Of Arms, Palestine
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Palestine General Service Medal
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Compassionate Postings (Termination)
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Pay And Record Offices, Edinburgh
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Camp, Northampton Racecourse
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War Pensioners (Special Hardship Allowance)
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Overseas Service (Free Postage Facilities)
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Ex-Officers
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Personnel, Japan (Families)
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Officers (Promotions)
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Personal Case
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Surplus Photographic Materials
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Germany
Belgian Occupation Troops
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Requisitioned Land (Acreage)
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Exports (British Zone)
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Executions
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State Of War (Termination)
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Postal Censorship
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Northern Ireland Orders
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Nationality Conference
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Royal Air Force
Marston Moor Aerodrome (Scientific Instruments)
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Plastic Surgery Patients
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Dismissed Officers (War Gratuity)
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El Adem Camp (Social Events)
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Coal Industry
Absenteeism
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Alarm Clocks (Newcastle)
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Opencast Coal Disposal
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Railway Passenger Services
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"Empire Deben" (Typhoid)
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Transport Inquiries
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Old Age Pensioners (Travel)
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Prisoners Of War
Dr Schumacher's Speech
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Periodicals
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India (Ordnance Service)
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London Metal Exchange
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Public Health
Water Supplies, Whalley
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Burial Grounds And Crematoria
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House Requisitioning, Finchley
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Ministry Of Works (Electricity)
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Newfoundland (Development Plans)
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Mine Optants
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Woollen Trade (Accidents)
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Naval Establishments, (Scotland)
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Education
Secondary School Pupils
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School Leaving Age
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Tonsils And Adenoids (Treatment, Cornwall)
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