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Commons Hansard for 14 May 1947 (Volume 437)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 3.37pm.
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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Burma (Temporary Provisions)
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His Majesty's Return From South Africa
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Private Business
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Brighton Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Provisional Order Bill
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Mexborough And Swinton Traction (Trolley Vehicles) Provisional Order Bill
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Ministry Of Health Provisional Order (Tunbridge Wells) Bill
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Royal Navy
Industrial Workers, Portsmouth
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Foreign Trawlers, British Shipyards
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Scientific Service
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Dockyard Wages, Malta
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Reserve (Fishermen)
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Commander-In-Chief, Portsmouth (Speech)
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Instructor Branch (Commissions)
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Dartmouth Entries
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Hms "Delhi"
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Post Office
Imperial Cable Service
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Crown Post Offices
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Parcel Post, South Wales
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Northville, Filton
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Telephones (Cheap Call Period)
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Postmen
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Royal Air Force
Battle Of Britain (Enemy Losses)
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West Indians
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Malta (Overseas Tour)
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Aircrew Release
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Industrial Workers (Breaks)
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Night Flying
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Education Branch
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Germany
Fusion
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Exit Permit
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Trade Union Movement (Appointment)
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Penicillin Supplies
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Greece (Co-Operative Movement)
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British Broadcasts, Europe
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Minister's Speech
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Armed Forces
Race And Colour Bar
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Desertions
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Retired Pay (Cost Of Living)
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Families, Germany (Rations)
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Food Supplies
Condemned Imported Food
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Polish Troops, Stafford
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Poultry Imports
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"Food And Nutrition"
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Herring Landings, Aberdeen (Sales Ban)
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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Town And Country Planning Bill
Clause 9—(Supplementary Provisions As To Development Plans)
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Clause 10—(Obligation To Obtain Permission For Development)
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Clause 11—(Development Orders)
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Clause 15—(Applications To Determine Whether Permission Required)
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Clause 16—(Supplementary Provisions As To Grant Of Permission)
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Clause 18—(Compensation For Refusal Of Permission In Certain Cases)
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Clause 21—(Enforcement Of Planning Control)
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Clause 22—(Supplementary Provisions As To Enforcement)
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Clause 23—(Powers Relating To Con-Forming Uses)
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Clause 26—(Orders For Preservation Of Buildings Of Special Architectural Or Historic Interest)
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Clause 27—(Lists Of Buildings Of Special Architectural Or Historic Interest)
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Clause 29—(Provisions Supplementary To S 28)
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Clause 31—(Delegation Of Functions To Councils Of County Districts)
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Clause 34—(Temporary Provisions Pending Approval Of Plans)
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Clause 35—(Compulsory Acquisition By Ministers, Kcal Authorities And Statutory Undertakers)
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Clause 36—(Compulsory Acquisition Of Land For Development)
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Clause 38—(Acquisition Of Land By Agreement For Development)
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Clause 41—(Acquisition Of Land By Central Land Board)
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Clause 43—(Amendment Of 9 & 10 Geo 6 C 49 In Relation To Acquisition Of Land Under Part Iv)
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Clause 46—(Power To Stop Up And Divert Highways, Etc)
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Clause 50—(Application Of 9 & 10 Geo 5 C 57 To Purchases By Statutory Undertakers)
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Clause 54—(Ascertainment Of Development Values Of Land)
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Clause 56—(Exclusion Of Small Claims)
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Clause 57—(Vesting And Assignment Of Right To Payments Under Part V)
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Clause 62—(Levy Of Development Charge In Respect Of Certain Development)
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Clause 64—(Payment And Security For Payment Of Development Charges)
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Clause 67—(Powers Of Central Land Board As To Development Carried Out In Contravention Of Part Vi)
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Clause 69—(Existing Development Contravening Previous Planning Control)
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Clause 70—(Existing Development Authorised Subject To Conditions)
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Clause 71—(General Provisions As To Development Authorised Under Interim Development Orders After 21St July, 1943)
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Clause 74—(Land Ripe For Development Before The Appointed Day)
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Clause 75—(Mineral Workings)
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Clause 79—(Land Held For Charitable Purposes)
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Clause 80—(Crown Land)
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Clause 82—(Requisitioned Land)
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Clause 87—(Other Exchequer Grants To Local Authorities)
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Clause 90—(Power Of Local Authorities And Statutory Undertakers To Contribute Towards Expenses Of Local Planning Authorities, Etc)
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Clause 92—(Default Powers Of Minister)
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Clause 94—(Powers Of Entry)
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Clause 95—(Local Inquiries, Etc)
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Clause 98—(Provisions As To Ecclesiastical Property)
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Clause 102—(Regulations And Orders)
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Clause 104—(Amendments And Repeals)
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Clause 105—(Special Provisions As To London)
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Clause 107—(Interpretation)
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Clause 108—(Short Title And Extent)
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First Schedule"—(Local Administration)
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Second Schedule—(Excepted Enactments For The Purposes Of Section 11)
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Fifth Schedule—(Special Provisions Relating To Development By Statutory Undertakers)
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Sixth Schedule—(Procedure For Making Orders Under Section 46)
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Seventh Schedule—(Enactments Amended)
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Eighth Schedule—(Enactments Repealed)
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Ninth Schedule—(Transitory Provisions And Provisions Consequential On Repeals)
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Consolidation Bills
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Sunday Cinematograph Entertainments
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Cocoa Prices Order
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British Prisoners Of War (Pay)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Hms "Leander" (Ratings' Release)
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Post Office
Trunk Telephone Service (Government Departments)
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Savings Bank (Fraudulent Withdrawals)
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Revised Postal Services, Darwen
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Pay
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Royal Air Force
Maintenance Unit, Goring Heath
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Harvest Work (Special Leave)
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Siren, Padgate
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Heston Airport (Closure)
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Military Supplies, Middle East Countries
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Food Supplies
Tea
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Meat (Monthly Saving)
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Consumption Figures
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Imported Cheeses (Points Values)
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Slaughterhouses (Inspectors' Visits)
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Biscuits (Public Houses)
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Imported Onions (Profit Margins)
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Jam And Marmalade
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Sausages (Meat Content)
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African Colonies
Dehydration Factory, Kenya
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Management Of Cattle, Nyasaland
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Interim Wage Award, Mombasa
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Seditious Article, Uganda (Convictions)
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Commission Of Inquiry, Gold Coast
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Mauritius
Sugar Industry (Commission Of Inquiry)
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Electricity
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Immigrants
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Jamaica (Retail Profit Margins)
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Singapore (Legislative Council, Constitution)
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Telescopic Airscrews (Experiments)
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Coal Board (Payments To Mineworkers)
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Disablement Pensions (Mental Cases)
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Newly Appointed Teachers
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Old Age Pensions (Personal Case)
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Requisitioned Space, Horseferry House
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