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Commons Hansard for 17 March 1947 (Volume 435)

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Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons (item number 1) (id b04fc183-b272-45ef-a030-a58064d5a6c4)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 3f7fae57-4f92-4772-8188-88121e7205d9)

Oral Answers To Questions
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India
Punjab Riots (Use Of British Troops) (item number 1) (id f20057f5-1b4c-4bec-b508-304724dc4876)
Indian Army (British Officers) (item number 1) (id f4847e58-2203-4395-9ed0-72fdc91fc68b)
Secretary Of State's Services (item number 1) (id 7eaef7e6-0844-47c2-934f-3dac7bb5b538)
Gurkha Troops (Future) (item number 1) (id aabcd4c2-8e02-4238-814c-e0109953e953)

China
Parliamentary Visit (item number 1) (id 49d583ee-2dbb-44ee-8e3a-5d9e08936637)
Arrests, Peking (item number 1) (id ca4170b3-8f13-4a72-8164-86d398819771)
Rumania (Uk Assistance) (item number 1) (id 1bc2ccf5-4c03-4552-926b-67f80d550f94)

Netherlands East Indies
Situation (item number 1) (id 150a5fd7-d017-4f9d-9b3d-95018fcfd4a8)
British Ships (Dutch Action) (item number 1) (id 169ff0a9-d381-45d8-9ca9-cd096cdecaaf)
Greece (Guerrilla Activities) (item number 1) (id cd0aacc7-4f58-4479-a5cb-f0e3ea592056)
Human Rights Commission (British Representative) (item number 1) (id d2acbdee-6c1b-4322-af94-d26a7f003c9c)
Greece And Turkey (President Truman's Statement) (item number 1) (id bdb826e5-869b-4167-8717-fc897debafc3)

Bulgaria
British Council, Sofia (item number 1) (id 38a63801-fa19-405b-a3aa-dfac5f224121)
Incidents, Sofia (item number 1) (id 8c5df389-ab3e-4301-9b67-858f3c26cf86)
Polish Newspapers United Kingdom (item number 1) (id 5dc2890c-a280-4a51-b324-b6042f304b54)

Food Supplies
Groundnuts (item number 1) (id b0f00959-a673-48d3-93b5-08dbec1fb8ab)
Allocations (item number 1) (id 1c460cac-4d57-4fc0-9ed4-a98fdb4c8f68)
Purchases In America (item number 1) (id cf348a0d-f1b2-4e85-8aac-21c8beab17cd)
Slaughterhouses, Sunderland (item number 1) (id 96001394-4f72-424e-939e-edfdb4c8ca37)
Fats (Fish Hawkers) (item number 1) (id e99e7c51-49ee-4c94-840b-7ed35744bf11)
Manufacturing Meat (item number 1) (id db81df90-c387-41b9-a517-45117d8eb2f4)
Feedingstuffs Coupons (item number 1) (id 2efac477-6237-40db-8149-e737309e7ce9)
Greengrocery Trade (Conditional Sales) (item number 1) (id c510da47-da99-4251-8e2b-b505067ddec1)
Parliamentary Procedure (Government Conclusions) (item number 1) (id 24b4837d-5cef-456a-92bb-2e855b0c9fdb)
Snowbound Areas (Relief Measures) (item number 1) (id 9ac6002d-96a0-4261-91d8-c56650356388)
Business Of The House (item number 4) (id 9e204a05-4823-4293-8acc-4bc73db5f1c9)
Business Of The House (item number 5) (id 4d9312af-fe74-469e-8d90-918e6af10f2d)

Orders Of The Day
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Supply
Air Estimates, 1947–48 (item number 1) (id 642f6268-a7ad-41d3-a689-d0849f42086d)
Number For Air Force Service (item number 1) (id 5479d7c9-afd7-49d3-acc2-d1bac84ee136)
Pay, &C, Of The Air Force (item number 1) (id 33d9627c-a185-485a-8160-4ef783356004)
Technical Supplies And Services (item number 1) (id 901e1fa2-b80a-4ec3-bf7f-10dae3688268)
Works And Lands (item number 1) (id 2ccd0362-d6cd-4b05-a02e-0206b29d139c)
Factories (North-East Development Area) (item number 1) (id 523bb298-9ab2-430d-a7d7-2185118d6d17)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions (item number 1) (id 2928280b-d8f8-4636-9f4c-708d08a07bec)

India
Indian Army (British Officers) (item number 1) (id 4d6a1e3a-7725-42cf-8aa0-a7302248060c)
Political Situation, Punjab (item number 1) (id e92cb030-d9b9-4e07-aeae-480f97330bc7)
Yugoslavia (British Interests) (item number 1) (id e4cb56a5-826b-4397-bd88-da9b0035b1e9)
Egypt And Saudi Arabia (Military Missions) (item number 1) (id 70b08636-8d71-45de-8ba0-a0dd7c753975)
Universal Postal Union (Paris Congress) (item number 1) (id 4adcfa62-64e3-4eac-9e15-52f22e124f71)
Oriental Studies (Inter-Departmental Report) (item number 1) (id 188ec4f5-7fb4-482d-b652-21054eaa9927)
Electrical Generating Plant (Organisation) (item number 1) (id b0973c37-596c-45b3-9209-5b8443448d05)

Agriculture
Training Scheme (Grants) (item number 1) (id f418b26d-d6f5-4a40-b1d5-758b45f54a2f)
Livestock Losses (Severe Weather) (item number 1) (id 9769a434-aacc-44a8-914d-9cefc4ca8771)
Vacuum Flasks (item number 1) (id bd35c73d-3930-4503-861e-d393226da7b2)
Attested Herds (item number 1) (id a4da66be-816e-464f-b6fa-b9792362b2ad)
Forestry Hostel, Farnborough (item number 1) (id e4e26c16-da19-4446-9520-66720172ebb2)
Tractors (Spare Parts) (item number 1) (id 7e950f84-6c84-4f3f-8177-7af31e020757)
"Speed The Plough" Campaign (item number 1) (id 5788a60b-a112-4fbe-b79b-6d66a0a0d839)
Ploughing Grants (Extension) (item number 1) (id 9c20d0f2-07dd-44c6-a9c2-bfe67e8daed9)
Tobacco Growing (item number 1) (id 41024c18-278b-4d1b-96fc-c8e2ab2b2075)
Machinery (Purchases From Usa) (item number 1) (id 53489590-b094-459e-818d-8c6b4ddf7844)

Fishing Industry
Trawlers (Foreign Owners) (item number 1) (id f2f7f57f-f5d7-4c0e-88ff-c270aba1e988)
Overfishing (International Convention) (item number 1) (id 7c47b665-b762-4a9e-b44f-85b74224674e)

Food Supplies
Dried Fruit (item number 1) (id 4ab39959-20cd-4353-b1dc-fbdc0f3200a2)
Wheat (Loans From Uk) (item number 1) (id 660b3b03-4d2e-4c16-aca5-2edbd41160a2)
Allocations (item number 1) (id 4e996b2b-cf0d-49a7-bc81-2d693cd3bce3)
Nourishing Foods (Infants) (item number 1) (id a98b7898-4e84-4d34-b809-d6e61313a8b1)
Manufacturing Meat (item number 1) (id 44b76f51-ad4d-423b-93a4-58895122c831)
Meat (Qualities) (item number 1) (id 490ccfaa-efdd-446f-bc84-c151be14548b)
Replaced Ration Books (item number 1) (id 14a066a4-b584-49d1-9179-eca6cfd84157)
Storage, Oxfordshire (item number 1) (id 85b2d5c1-7b16-42e4-b189-c898c7da632b)
Canned Malayan Pineapples (item number 1) (id 849794c4-f5e1-4b31-b27a-a4ae44f61579)
Milling Capacity (item number 1) (id 155ff2c1-5094-4f67-8aea-3840478c8f2d)
Temporary Staff (item number 1) (id 3445091d-fe5b-411e-934d-c3d3e8f0b02b)
Oatmeal (item number 1) (id d828e359-59d5-4c8b-b2e0-296024b8db79)
Gulls' Eggs (Import Licences) (item number 1) (id e3f3d9b9-a28d-4557-8ea8-08dbad42dc7f)
Fruit And Vegetables (item number 1) (id 61723794-50cc-4a32-a3fc-695064b025f9)
Sweet Ration (item number 1) (id 2c88919c-ffaf-4dee-978d-af0fa1ef2ace)

Roads
Street Lighting (item number 1) (id b3ad485a-cccf-4cf6-beae-a52291b188c8)
Traffic Signals (item number 1) (id 396541dc-3923-4aea-9fb0-47f1b309a2a1)
Snow Clearance (item number 1) (id c51dcf54-48ee-4c3d-a72d-e3e89a2f2ab0)

Inland Transport
Workmen's Tickets (Night Work) (item number 1) (id 4b7abc9b-743e-4e66-83df-c6fc2d62657c)
Severe Weather Conditions (item number 1) (id eea97464-9a6b-4e34-a8da-3640ffdc6087)
Goods Reception (Five-Day Week) (item number 1) (id 1bb70270-963d-4a88-a8b8-1dfc42a07934)
Canal Traffic (item number 1) (id c3032995-741b-4df3-b9b4-0111ed745a06)
Rail And Bus Fares, Sutton (item number 1) (id 86fe4078-bff4-4571-9417-9bb017a9bb06)

Railways
Priority Trains (Signalmen's Responsibility) (item number 1) (id 1bab2d55-a63f-4121-a241-94de9668071e)
House Ownership (item number 1) (id bff71b74-9d1f-419f-89e0-5ecdb0bb614b)
Efficiency Measures (item number 1) (id 65d0ce9e-55a5-4f30-83a5-de184bb6ba0e)
Coal Traffic (item number 1) (id 170bdea5-85cc-4366-96d1-4fff47866d78)

Shipping
Canadian Cattle (Freight Rate) (item number 1) (id 4aa48c19-f32f-4166-ab9c-d5f7e5c032d8)
United States Ships (British Purchases) (item number 1) (id 4643980b-3da5-4ed2-8921-9daffc2cf025)
Booked Passage (Foreign Ship) (item number 1) (id c6b346f6-6836-4682-93f6-f9d86079b127)

Ministry Of Supply
Steel Sheets (Priority) (item number 1) (id 2e59c61e-8e2e-497c-b9a6-562c5cb0a60f)
Motor Cars (Government Purchases) (item number 1) (id d7716781-3d6b-4fa0-8a0f-2a9551cac7f0)

Ministry Of Works
House Of Commons (Indicators) (item number 1) (id c9901663-eb85-4041-96b7-57c52498a6cb)
Gates And Railings (item number 1) (id e3acc12d-69c3-4987-84fa-532295774f89)
Reconstruction Schemes, Bombed Areas (item number 1) (id c3069309-fd5d-4508-b951-f4a5d9abe4b6)
Port Meirion Hotel, Merioneth (item number 1) (id 0e276761-0ab1-4ac9-aa3a-099c3d715ead)
Requisitioned Houses, Edinburgh (item number 1) (id 6deee229-9293-4466-b888-205e282526a7)
Brick Advisory Council (Technical Report) (item number 1) (id 8a8f9043-6be5-4dad-b1c1-2faa8cd7bdd3)

Housing
Mobile Labour Force (item number 1) (id 15ef1fbb-b128-480f-abfc-4c8bbbb21ca1)
Aluminium Houses (Displaced Persons) (item number 1) (id 35c239ad-ac97-4f3d-a256-11da494d2aae)

Trade And Commerce
Box-Making (Timber) (item number 1) (id dadc4705-357a-4023-a943-ad6554bebd97)
Fishing Nets (Cost) (item number 1) (id 1bef5f68-0758-4a5a-93c7-ad613a4b0512)
Vacuum Flasks (item number 1) (id 6806cb81-b14a-45e1-97a0-ac1f7f84440b)
Us Recreation Hut, Falmouth (item number 1) (id 749b4e5b-0065-4284-ba7e-95cff5ba39cd)
Domestic Coal Supplies, Moorend Mellor (item number 1) (id 2344a8d0-bb41-4f64-a1d7-be4358777a18)
Smallpox (item number 1) (id 7173dbfe-33d1-4adf-bff6-b5a978c3d5f6)
Flooding, St Austell River (item number 1) (id 0213cd48-5388-4bee-85b7-03694d2efc21)
Italian Warships (item number 1) (id 5180895c-3548-49e4-bc8e-26d34d199325)
Paraffin Supplies, Droitwich (item number 1) (id ed412371-c48f-4fa1-a9c4-813c560e83ae)
First-Class Cricket (Mid-Week Matches) (item number 1) (id 0f2c9a1d-2606-4f87-8571-1a11889bfb1c)
Further Education And Training Scheme (item number 1) (id 593e00ae-ecce-4a26-a7fa-cabe4052331d)
National Service (Agricultural Workers) (item number 1) (id cb87aa19-fc26-44ef-8ce9-bf0dbe715dc9)
British Troops In Palestine (Cost) (item number 1) (id 5313e0cc-4387-425f-a6b5-69157398a5ee)
Girls Grammar School, Brentford And Chiswick (item number 1) (id e47cc24e-46b9-4492-9e11-a11890be941c)

Germany
Control Commission (Staff) (item number 1) (id 663a8543-0bd0-44c8-8300-39071e4e4949)
Racehorses (item number 1) (id f70b20e8-d7d8-445b-b773-6c447efd9a0c)
Ruhr Coal Exports (item number 1) (id f83a591c-d7cc-497b-b26a-02f10f81ed67)
Civil Servants (Voluntary Agricultural Work) (item number 1) (id 74559a16-6655-4b9d-9278-2cff74665ec7)
Postwar Credits (item number 1) (id a352b53c-eb63-4069-b3db-a17f9c68bfb3)
Post Office, House Of Commons (item number 1) (id e0412afd-6122-4f8b-98d4-d0ddd9649f10)
National Insurance (Personal Cases) (item number 1) (id 34cf0a88-5159-409f-8c4b-5b857eae1a99)
Colonial Empire (Labour Commissioners) (item number 1) (id 1bd3e62e-663f-42ca-849d-015c9c3672b6)

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