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Commons Hansard for 25 June 1947 (Volume 439)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 4.41pm.
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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Malta (New Constitution)
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Fiji (Legislative Council)
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Colonial Empire
Press Conferences
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News Releases
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Commodity Production
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Governors And Civil Servants (Salaries)
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Development Plans (Dominion Assistance)
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Education, Tanganyika
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Trinidad (Cost Of Living)
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Royal Navy
Docks, Rosyth And The Clyde
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Allowances, Greece
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Aircrews (Operational Stars)
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Hms "Terrible," Devonport (Electric Cable)
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Oil Waste Discharges, Cawsand Bay
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Coal Consumption (Tugs)
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Blackburn Aircraft
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Petty-Officers (Pay Code)
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Upper-Deck Ratings (Training System)
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Surrendered German Submarines
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Foreign Service (Reliefs)
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Special Entry Cadets (Grants)
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Prize Money
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Working Hours (Government Policy)
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Bureau Of Current Affairs (Poster)
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Food Supplies
Rural Building Workers (Rations)
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Sugar Allocation
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Pig-Killing (Conditional Licence)
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Agricultural Workers
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Sub-Office, St Pancras
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Dutch Tomatoes (Fob Price)
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Cabbages (Prices)
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Colonial Development (Corporation)
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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Electricity Bill
Clause 43—(Supply Of Electricity To Railways)
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Clause 44—(Use Of Heat From Generating Stations)
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Clause 45—(Power To Break Up Streets For Certain Purposes)
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Clause 47—(Machinery For Settling Terms And ''Conditions Of Employment Of Staff, Etc)
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Clause 48—(Provisions As To Pension Rights)
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Clause 49—(Compensation To Officers In Connection With Transfers)
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Clause; 50—(Application, Amendment And Repeal Of Enactments Relating To Electricity Supply)
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Clause 54—(Provisions As To Prosecutions And As To Offences By Corporations)
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Clause 56—(Provisions As To Regulations And Orders)
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Clause 59—(Interpretation)
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Clause 60—(Application To Scotland)
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First Schedule—(Area Electricity Boards)
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Third Schedule—(Adaptations And Modifications Of Enactments)
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Fourth Schedule—(Enactments Repealed)
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Clause 13—(Vesting Of Assets Of Electricity Undertakings)
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Clause 14—(Provisions As To Undertakings Of Local Authorities)
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Clause 17—(Compensation To Holders Of Securities Of Bodies Other Than Local Authorities)
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Clause 19—(Compensation To Local Authorities)
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Clause 20—(Further Compensation To Local Authorities In Respect Of Capital Works)
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Clause 21—(Control Of Dividends, Interest And Other Payments)
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Clause 22—(Final Payment Of Dividends And Interest)
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Clause 23—(Income Tax Provisions)
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Clause 24—(Re-Opening Of Transactions Resulting In Dissipation Of Assets)
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Clause 25—(Provisions As To Foreign Investments)
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Clause 26—(Establishment Of Electricity Arbitration Tribunal)
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Clause 29—(Determination Of Questions As To Application Of Part Of This Act)
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Clause 30—(Power To Obtain Information)
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Clause 34—(Borrowing Powers Of Central Authority And Area Boards)
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Clause 35—(British Electricity Stock)
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Clause 37—(Treasury Guarantees)
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Clause 50(Application, Amendment And Repeal Of Enactments Relating To Electricity Supply)
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Clause 59—(Interpretation)
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New Clause—(Further Compensation To Local Authorities In Respect Of Severance)
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New Clause—(Bodies To Whom Part 11 Of Act Applies)
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New Clause—(Right Of Pre-Emption For Local Authorities In Respect Of Land-Vested In An Electricity Board)
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New Clause—(Acquisition Of Non-Statutory Undertakings)
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New Clause—(Composite Companies)
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New Clause (Compensation To Composite Companies)
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Ways And Means
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Purchase Tax (Road Vehicles)
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Excise (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles)
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Sunday Cinematograph Entertainments
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Venereal Disease (Overseas Forces)
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Written Answers
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Written Answers To Questions
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Singapore (Housing Shortage)
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Secondary Schools (Bahamas)
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Hong Kong University
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West Africa (Hospital Equipment)
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Dead Sea Mineral Resources
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Cyprus (Wages)
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Government Employees, Mauritius
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Food Supplies
Olympic Games Competitors (Rations)
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Evaporated Milk And Luncheon Meat
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Milk (Illegal Sales)
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Fish (Dumping)
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Citrus Fruit Prices
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Green Onions (Prices)
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Allocation (Widnes)
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Fried-Fish Shop, Hales
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Potato Shortage
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Groundnut Scheme
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Soap Supplies Chingford
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Telephones
Applications, Headington And Cowley
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Third-Party Connections
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Application, Thornton-Le-Moor
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Railway Radio Communication
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Post Office
Postal Services
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Mail-Bags (Losses)
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Political Slogans (Envelopes)
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Canadian Gift Parcels
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Authorised Broadcasting Stations
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Broadcast Announcements (Government Departments)
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Royal Air Force
Allowances (Greece)
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Auxiliary Force (Expenditure)
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Boxted Aerodrome
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Married Quarters (Recruiting Advertisement)
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Waaf (Release Dates)
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Extended Service (Regular Airmen)
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Discharges (Tuberculosis)
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Civil Aviation
Orkney Services
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West Country
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Charter Companies
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Departmental Posts (Qualifications)
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London Airport (Public Enclosure)
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Glasgow-Belfast Service
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Germany
Forest Regeneration
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Electric Generating Plant
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Grain Collections
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Food Situation
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Coal Output
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Senora Peron's Visit
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Hungary (Political Situation)
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Russian-Born Wives
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Poland (Political Arrests)
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Palestine (Us Press Advertisement)
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Trade And Commerce
Individual Output
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Raw Materials (Certificates)
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Grantham Productions, Limited (Factories)
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Clothing Coupons
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County Court, Cromer
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British Army (Air Mail, Italy)
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Tongaland (Vegetable Oil Production)
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Teachers (Statistics)
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Switzerland (International Railway Congress)
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Transport (Children's Half-Fares)
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Workers' Hostel, Featherstone
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Old Age Pensions
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