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Commons Hansard for 20 March 1947 (Volume 435)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 2.25pm.
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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Registration Services (Staff)
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Shanghai Refugees
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Approved Schools (Abscondings)
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Travel Permits
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Mid-Week Sport
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Anti-Semitic Leaflets
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Electoral Franchise (Overseas Residence)
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Air-Raid Shelters
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Police Appeals
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Bombed Sites (Fairs)
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German Prisoners (Voluntary Workers)
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Housing
Fuel Saving Measures
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Rural Areas
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Maximum Price (Private Enterprise)
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Brick Haulage
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Programme
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Requisitioned House, Bristol
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South-West Region
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Public Health
Streptomycin
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Sanatorium, Warwickshire
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Rag Flock
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Young Nurses
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Nursing Home, Doneaster
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Congenital Deafness
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Local Government
Staffs (Disabled Ex-Servicemen)
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Finances (Review)
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County Council Expenditure
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Industrial Hereditaments (Derating)
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Day Nurseries
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Displaced Persons (Welfare)
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Cost-Of-Living Index (Charges)
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National Finance
Bbc (Government Assistance)
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Small Savings
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Overseas Investments
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Engineering Industries Association (Proposals)
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Food Subsidies (Imperial Preference)
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Business Of The House
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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Supply
Navy Estimates, 1947–48
Numbers
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Wages, Etc, Of Officers And Men Of The Royal Navy And Royal Marines And Women's Royal Naval Service
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Victualling And Clothing For The Navy
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Medical Establishments And Services
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Civilians Employed On Fleet Services
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Works, Buildings And Repairs At Home And Abroad
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Non-Effective Services
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Civil (Excess), 1945–46
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Army Estimates, 1947–48
Number Of Land Forces
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Pay, Etc, Of The Army
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Reserve Forces, Territorial Army And Cadet Forces
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Supplies, Etc
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Works, Buildings And Lands
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Non-Effective Services
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Air Estimates, 1947–48
Number For Air Force Service
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Pay, Etc, Of The Air Force
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Technical Supplies And Services
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Works And Lands
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Army And Air Force (Annual) Bill
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Supply: Report 17Th March
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Ways And Means 18Th March
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Consolidated Fund (No 1) Bill
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Defence
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Coal Importation
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Public Health
Dentists
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Water Supply, Penmachno
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Vaccination Officers
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Local Councils (Admission Of Public)
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Housing
Second-Hand Materials
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Local Authority Staffs
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Requisitioned House, Lewisham
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Reconstructed Houses
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Bisf Houses, Corby
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Rating (Middlesex)
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Civil Servants (Aberdeen)
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Education
Choice Of School
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Canteen Equipment
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Teachers (Clerical Work)
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School Omnibuses
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School-Leaving Age
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Teachers' Salaries
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Secondary Schools (Statistics)
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Teachers (School-Leaving Age)
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Matrimonial Causes Rules (Redrafting)
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Trade And Commerce
Box-Making, Aberdeen
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Tariff Reductions
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Coal Allocations
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Tractor Tyres
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Exports (Re-Exportation)
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Imported Japanese Goods
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Agricultural Machinery Exports (Destination)
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Imports
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Clothing Coupons (Disabled Ex-Servicemen)
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Aladdin Lamp Mantles
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Electricity Supplies
Water Power
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Switch-On Hours
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Cookers (Hiring)
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Farm Workers' Cottages (Poles)
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Poplar Power Station
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Dog Racing Restrictions
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Coal Industry
South African Coal
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Applicants For Employment
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Grimsby Fish Meal Co (Allocation)
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Transferred Miners
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Domestic Supplies
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Output (Germany And Durham)
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Royal Navy
Recruitment (Poles)
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Railways (Fuel Saving)
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National Service (University Students)
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Employment
Wage Rates And Conditions
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Unskilled And Semi-Skilled Workers, London
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Old Age Pension
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Royal Air Force
Air Training Corps (Aid)
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