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Commons Hansard for 3 April 1947 (Volume 435)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 2.37pm.
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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Education, Bristol (Huts)
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Trade And Commerce
International Trade Conference
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Bazaars (Clothing Coupons)
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Tourist Information Centre
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Clothing Coupons (Extended Period)
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Export Of Houses
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Canadian Leather
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Weekly Newspapers (Paper)
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Glycerine
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Cotton Spinning (Experiments)
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Coal Industry
Low Temperature Carbonisation
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Coal Reserve, Carlisle
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Five-Day Week
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Exports To Holland
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Domestic Allocations
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Opencast Working, Wentworth Woodhouse
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Fuel Emergency (Reinstatement)
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Machinery Production And Export
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Railway Services And Miners' Allowances
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Polish Coal
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Bunker Coal
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Tile Works (Supplies)
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Petrol Rationing (Rural Areas)
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Chief Planning Officer
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Employment
Textile Industry
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Coal Mining (Foreign Workers)
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Public Service
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Building And Civil Engineering
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Dispute, Eccles
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Fuel Emergency (Reinstatement)
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Government Returns (Labour)
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Agricultural Workers (Age)
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Foreign Workers (Agriculture)
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Treasury Deposit Receipts
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Statutory Instruments Act
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Greyhound Racing (Juveniles)
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Aliens (Personal Case)
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Paternity Orders (Children's Allowances)
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Mid-Week Sport
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Driving Disqualification
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Child Adoption
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Standon Farm School (Inquiry)
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Flooding, River Severn
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Requisitioned House, London
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South African Fruit Imports
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Soviet-Born British Wives
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Tea (Maintenance Of Ration)
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Death Sentences, Colonies (Legal Procedure)
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Adjournment (Easter)
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Rare Birds And Mammals (Preservation)
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Unemployment (South Cumberland)
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Postal Reform
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Germany (Education Adviser)
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Coal Board (Public Relations)
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Justices (Political Agents)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Education
Text-Books
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Pension Rights (Personal Case)
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Emergency Training (Ex-Servicemen)
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Training Grants (Conditions)
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Trade And Commerce
Photographic Materials
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Silk Stockings
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Belgian Basketware
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Council Of Industrial Design
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Tractors And Tyres
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New Undertakings, Caernarvon
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Surplus Service Boots (Disposal)
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Surplus Textiles Corporation, Limited
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Vacuum Flasks (Permit Scheme)
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Utility Corduroy
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Clothing Coupons (Ex-Servicemen)
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Baby Wool (Supplies)
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Dutch Furniture (Importation)
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Trusses
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Canadian Lumber (Basis Price)
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Hand-Loom Weaving
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Electricity Supplies
Potential Water Power, Wales
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Undertakings, Scotland (Value)
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Hydro-Electric Generation, Scotland
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Petrol Ration
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Fuel Watchers (Factories)
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Employment
Italians
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Dock Labour, Clyde
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Unemployment Returns
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National Service (University Students' Release)
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Civil Service
Temporary Employees (Ex-Servicemen)
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Clerical Staffs, Blackpool (Discharges)
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Claims
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Conscientious Objectors
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National Finance
Raw Material Imports (Dollar Cost)
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National Property
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Anglo-Spanish Monetary Agreement
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Government Departments (Posters, Cost)
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Aliens
Personal Case
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Refugees
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Atom Research Station
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Standon Farm School (Inquiry)
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Indictable Offences (Statistics)
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Housing
Programme
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Rent Tribunals
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Mining Areas
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St Austell
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Blandford Military Camp
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Market Square, Bicester
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Allocations
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Temporary Houses, Harrow
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Public Health
Local Population Statistics
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Atmospheric Pollution, Oxford
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Health Service (Specialist Hospital Staffs)
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Priority Milk (Doctors' Certificates)
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Portwey Hospital, Weymouth
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Building Licences
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Requisitioned Houses, Bicester
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Roads
Street Lighting
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"C" Licences
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Railways (Passenger Carriages, Conditions)
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Manpower Inquiry Committee
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British Army
Personal Cases
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Liap
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Requisitioned Property (Repair Obligations)
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Primary Training
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Forces In Europe (Loss Of Parcels)
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Commonwealth Parliaments (Commemorative Tablets)
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Polish Resettlement Corps
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National Insurance (Personal Cases)
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Post Office
Expenditure (Scotland)
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Life Insurance Business
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British Broadcasting Corporation (Transmitters)
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Germany And Austria (Displaced Persons)
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Germany
Woodlands (Felling And Replanting)
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Elections (Spd And Cdu Representatives)
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Bizonal Economic And Food Committees
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Ruhr And Rhineland (Food)
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Civil Aviation
Turnhouse And Renfrew Airports
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Pilots' Examinations
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Proposed Marine Airport Site (Cliffe)
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War Graves, St Doulchard (Visits)
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Food Supplies
Oatcakes
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Fish Frying Oils
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Bread Rationing Survey
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Extra Rations (Manual Workers)
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Civic Restaurant, Brentford And Chiswick
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Meat Imports
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Soap Ration
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Nigeria (Criminal Code Ordinance)
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Colonial Armed Forces Personnel
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Jerusalem (Eviction Notices)
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