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Commons Hansard for 29 April 1947 (Volume 436)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 3.07pm.
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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Old Age Pensions
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Employment
Foreign Domestic Workers
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Displaced Persons
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Joiners, Falmouth
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Trade Practices (Restoration)
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Older Ex-Servicemen
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Trainees
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Foreign Labour
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Coal Industry (Non-Industrial Staffs)
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Students (Release)
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Scotland
Confirmation Of Executors Act
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Prison Rules
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Stacathro Aerodrome
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Agriculture (Vacuum Flasks)
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Prisoners Of War (Handicrafts)
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British Army
Tubercular Patients, South Africa
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War Graves (Removal Of Bodies)
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Palestine (Evacuated Families)
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Works Surveyors (Deferment)
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Arrested Men (Release Period)
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Personal Case
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Tobacco Smoking (Restrictions)
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National Finance
Budget Revenue (Alternative Sources)
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Exchange Equalisation Fund
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South African Shareholders' Tax
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Film Transactions (Dollars)
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Savings (Income Tax)
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Industrial And Commercial Finance Corporation
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Tobacco Duty
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Soane Museum
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Farm Tractors (Oil Tax)
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High Court Judges' Salaries
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Entertainments Duty
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Tobacco Exports (Dollar Content)
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Currency Manipulations
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Sterling Balances
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Unrra (Uk Contributions)
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Information Services
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Civil Service Claim
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Building Societies' Interest
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Trade And Commerce
Teapots
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Paper (Weekly Newspapers)
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Women's Clothes
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Tobacco Exports
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Import Of Books
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London Dock Strike
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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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Transport (Recommitted) Bill
New Clause—(Right To Acquire Acquisition By Commission Of Canal Carrier Undertakings)
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New Clause—(Additional Compensa-Sation To Local Authorities)
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Third Schedule—(Bodies Whose Under-Takings Are Transferred To Commission)
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Fourth Schedule—(Securities To Be Replaced By British Transport Stock)
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Eighth Schedule—(Orders Giving Effect To Schemes)
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Part Ii
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Royal Assent
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Transport (Recommitted) Bill
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Eighth Schedule—(Orders Giving Effect To Schemes)
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Ninth Schedule—(Meaning Of "Average Net Annual Profit" In Relation To Road Transport Under- Takings)
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Fifteenth Schedule—(Enactments Repealed)
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Clause I—(The Commission)
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Clause 2—(Powers Of Commission)
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Clause 3—(General Duty Of The Commission)
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Clause 4—(Powers Of The Minister In Relation To The Commission)
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Clause 5—(The Executives)
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Clause 6—(Consultative Committees)
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Clause 7—(Acquisition By Commission Of Undertakings By Agreement)
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Clause 8—(Compulsory Purchase Of Land)
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Sunday Cinematograph Entertainments
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Adjournment
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Employment
Ex-Prisoners Of War
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Poles
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Steel Industry, South Wales
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Disabled Persons, Wigan
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Training Centre Canteen, Leeds (Mid-Day Meals)
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Coalmining
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Plumbing (Training Scheme)
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Scotland
Economics Departments, Agricultural Colleges (Staffs)
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School Meals Schemes (Staffs)
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Ex-Service Tuberculosis Cases (Institutional Treatment)
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Trade And Commerce
Trade With Germany (Procedure)
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Southern Rhodesian Tobacco Crop
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Docket System
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Newsprint (Weekly Newspapers)
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Empire Cigarettes
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Imported Basketware
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Clothing Coupons
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Tobacco Imports
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Belgium And Holland (Agreements)
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Trade Talks End In Brussels
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Trade Talks With The Netherlands
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Rubber Sales (Ussr)
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Paper Mills (Coal Allocations)
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British Industries Fair
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Waste Wood (Utilisation)
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Over-Production (Prosecution)
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Paper Allocations
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Knitting Wool
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British Army
Baor (Employed Germans)
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Record Offices, Leicester
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Personal Cases
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Late Gunner G Parrish (Inquiry)
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Pay (Income Tax Basis)
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Ammunition Shelters, Agricultural Land
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Officer's Wedding, Loddiswell (Traffic Direction)
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Army Cadet Force (Camp Provisions)
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Ats (New Dress)
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Palestine Forces (Conduct)
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Re Works Services (Civilians)
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Camp Inspections
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Commissions
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Scottish Regiments
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Postwar Credits And Gratuities
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Germany
British Property (Compensation)
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Youth Clubs (Leaders)
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Prisoners (Compassionate Release)
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Palestine (American League Activities)
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Floods Relief Fund (Empire Help)
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