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Commons Hansard for 21 April 1947 (Volume 436)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 2.58pm.
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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Oral Answers To Questions
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Railways
Carriage Of Bicycles
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Passenger Service Cuts (Savings)
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Reservation Of Seats
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Refreshment Rooms, Manchester
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Pension Payments (Lms)
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Lptb (Negotiations)
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Roads
Frost Damage
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Reconditioned Cars (Ex-Servicemen)
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Keynsham By-Pass
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Pedestrian Crossings
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Toll Road (Condition)
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Portsmouth Road Improvement
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Road Junctions (Improvement)
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Ministry Of Supply
Second-Hand Tractors (Price Control)
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Statutory Orders
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Electrical Steel Sheets
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Aluminium
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Oil-Well Drills
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Armaments (Steel Allocation)
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Motor Cars (Doctors)
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British Aircraft (Cost)
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Supply Depots (Mps Visits)
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Disposals Department (Staff)
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Mild Steel (Light Sections)
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Mining Machinery
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Steel Industry, South Wales (Government Decisions)
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Ministry Of Works
Bricks Subsidy
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London Statues
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Removal Of Erections (Licensing)
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Vacuum Flasks (Permits)
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Requisitioned Nursing Home, Middlesbrough
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Building Licence, West Didsbury
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Roofing Tiles
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Wire Netting
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Requisitioned Premises, London
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Production Campaign (Elderly People)
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Fishermen's Training Scheme (Boys)
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Agriculture
Colorado Beetle, London
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Mobile Canteens
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Seed Potatoes
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Green Woodpecker (Protection)
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Flooding (Preparation Of Reports)
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Prisoners Of War (Drivers)
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Trieste (Property Seizure)
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Council Of Foreign Ministers (Press Conferences)
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Unrra (Non-Contributory Countries)
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International Police Force
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Food Supplies
Parcels (Export Restrictions)
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Anglers' Catches, Eire
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Milk Cartons
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Butchers' Margin
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Green Vegetables (Price Control)
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Civil Service (Increase)
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Broadcasting (Frequency Modulation)
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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National Health Service (Scotland) Bill
Clause 5—(Accommodation For Private Patients)
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Clause 22—(Care Of Mothers And Young Children)
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Clause 29—(Appointed Day For The Purposes Of Part Iii)
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Clause 64—(Superannuation Of Officers)
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Clause 79—(Short Title And Extent)
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New Clause—(Powers Of Local Health Authorities Regarding Research)
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New Clause—(Power Of Local Health Authority To Contribute To Expenditure On Co-Ordination Of Services)
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Eleventh Schedule—(Consequential Amendments And Repeals)
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Clause 5—(Accommodation For Private Patients)
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Clause 7—(Endowments Of Voluntary Hospitals)
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Clause 8—(Hospital Endowments Commission)
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Clause 9—(Supplementary Provisions Relating To Transfer Of Hospital Property And Liabilities)
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Clause 12—(Functions Of Regional Hospital Boards And Boards Of Management)
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Clause 15—(Health Centres)
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Clause 27—(Prevention Of Illness, Care And After-Care)
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Clause 28—(Domestic Help)
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Clause 30—(Executive Councils)
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Clause 33—(Distribution Of Medical Practitioners Providing Services)
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Clause 34—(Prohibition Of Sale Of Medical Practices)
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Clause 35—(Compensation For Loss Of Right To Sell A Medical Practice)
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Clause 41—(Disqualification Of Persons Providing Services)
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Clause 42—(Powers Of Secretary Of State Where Services Are Inadequate)
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Clause 45— (Decision Of Disputes)
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Clause 57—(Power Of Trustees To Make Payments To Regional Hospital Boards And Boards Of Management)
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Clause 63—(Qualifications, Remuneration And Conditions Of Service Of Officers)
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Clause 68—(Protection Of Certain Bodies And Their Officers)
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Clause 71—(Regulations And Orders)
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Clause 77— (Expression "Asylum' To Cease To Be Used)
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Adjournment
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Roads
South Coast Road (Diversion)
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Snow Clearance Equipment
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Maidenhead By-Pass
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Bus Service, Reading—Peppard
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Bus Stops, Boat Brae, Fifeshire
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Load-Carrying Vehicles (Allocation)
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Ministry Of Works
Timber Licences, Orpington
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Brick Production, Wales
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Polish Mining Volunteers (Camps)
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Houses Of Parliament (Long-Service Employees)
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Equestrian Traffic Hyde Park
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Reading Prison (Staff Accommodation)
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Requisitioned Flats, London (Use)
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Additional Office Space (Government Departments)
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Transport Division Staff
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Seasonal Brickworks (Coal Allocation)
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Regional Site Control
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Agriculture
Sugar-Beet Areas (Flooding)
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Fowl Pest (Outbreaks)
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Home-Grown Lettuce (Prices)
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Poultry Keeping
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American Grass Seeds (Sowing)
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Flooding, Yorkshire
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India
Provincial Officials (Charges)
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Tea Crop
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Burma Government Services (European Officers)
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China (Uk And Commonwealth Policy)
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Transjordan (Arab Legion)
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Food Supplies
Sugar-Beet Areas (Flooding)
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Eggs (Prices)
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Fats (Colliery Canteens)
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Allocations, Wigan
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Imported Onions
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Avocado Pears
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Meat Rations (Retail Butchers)
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Retail Butchers (Profits)
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Calories
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Soap Ration (Brickyard Drawers)
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Trade And Commerce
Paper Mills (Fuel Allocation)
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Electric Generators (Exports To Poland)
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Lime Sulphur (Tree Washes)
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Vacuum Flasks
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Trading With The Enemy Department
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War Graves (Visits)
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Seychelles (Fisheries Survey)
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Colonial Empire (Groundnut Production)
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Overseas Service Grant
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Armed Forces (Casualties)
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Smallpdx, Lincolnshire
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Scarlet Fever, Raf Station
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Unemployment Benefit, Glasgow
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Size Of Classes
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