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Commons Hansard for 16 July 1947 (Volume 440)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 5.16pm.
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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Royal Air Force
Levies, Aden (Duties)
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Aircraftman's Death (Departmental Error)
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Married Quarters, Syerston
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Free Travel Warrants
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Civil Aviation
Boac Atlantic Services (Base)
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Scottish Advisory Council
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Viking And Dakota Aircraft (Operatingcosts)
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Argentina (Passports, Retention)
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Germany
Agrarian Reform (Draft Ordinance)
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Russian Child (Application)
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Poland (Arrests)
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Jewish Refugees' Camp, Aden
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Jamaica (Unemployment)
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Palestine (Bubonic Plague)
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Tobago
Land Settlement
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Steamship Service
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Medical Service
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Public Works Department (Employees)
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African Colonies
Strike, Nigeria (Disorder)
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Uganda (Taxation)
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Royal Navy (Free Travel Warrants)
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Post Office (Collections And Deliveries)
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Food Supplies
Milk Production
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Whale Meat
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Price Controls (Bbc Announcements)
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Requisitioned Premises, Aberdeen
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Agricultural Marketing Schemes (Report)
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Commercial Docks, Grimsby
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Orders Of The Day
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Finance Bill
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New Clause—(Industrial And Provident Societies)
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New Clause—(Amendment Of Limit On Amount Allowable As Deduction In Respect Of Directors' Remuneration)
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New Clause—(Relief From Estate Duty On Bearer Securities Compulsorily Registered)
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New Clause—(Repeal Or Reduction Of Duties On Legal Professions)
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New Clause—(Exemption Of Transfers Of Stock Guaranteed By Treasury
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New Clause—(Allowances For Obsolescence Of Buildings)
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New Clause—(Changes In Classes Of Goods Or In Rate For Purposes Of Purchase Tax)
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New Clause—(Postwar Refunds Of Excess Profits Tax)
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Clause 1—(Hydrocarbon Oils)
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Clause6—(Intermediate Rate Of Purchase Tax On Certain Goods)
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Clause 7—(Cesser Of Charge And Reduction Of Rates Of Purchase Tax In Respect Of Certain Goods)
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Clause 8—(Commencement Of Two Preceding Sections, And Saving)
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Clause 13—(Relief From Balancing Charges For Certain Cotton Spinning Concerns)
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Clauses 14 10 18—(Retirement And Other Benefits For Directors And Employees)
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Clause 24—(Rate Of The Profits Tax)
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Clause 25—(Exemption Of Individuals And Partnerships Of Individuals From The Profits Tax)
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Clause 29—(Meaning Of "Gross Relevant Distribution To Proprietors")
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Clause 30—(Meaning Of "Distribution" And Provision With Respect To Repaid Loans)
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Clause 32—(Provisions As To Subsidiary Companies)
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Clause 34—(Nationalised Undertakings)
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Clause 40—(Interpretation Of Part Iv)
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Clause 41—(Charge Of Additional Duty)
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Clause 44—(Transitional Provisions As To Compositions For Transfers Of Stock, &C And As To Loan Capital)
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Clause 45—(Savings For Certain Conveyances And Leases)
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Clause 49—(Charge Of Duty On Bonus Issues Of Securities, Etc)
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Clause 50—(Special Provisions As To Issue Of Securities)
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Clause 54—(Relaxation Of Rules As To Use Of Postwar Refunds Of Excess Profits Tax In Case Of Nationalised Undertakings, &C)
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Clause 63—(Short Title, Construction, Extent And Repeals)
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New Schedule—(Purchase Tax: Exemptions, And Reduction Of Rates)
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New Schedule—(Purchase Tax: Amendments Of Seventh Schedules 10 Finance (No 2) Act, 1940, And Finance Act, 1942, Consequential On Exemptions And Reductions Of Rates Provided By Fifth Schedule)
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Third Schedule—(Purchase Tax—Intermediate Rate)
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Fourth Schedule—(Amendments Of Purchase Tax Enactments)
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Fifth Schedule—(Purchase Tax—Exemptions And Reductions Of Rates)
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Seventh Schedule—(Computation Of Profits, Etc, For Purposes Of The Profits Tax)
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Tenth Schedule—(Enactments Repealed)
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Purchase Tax Exemptions (Woven Fabrics)
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Sunday Cinematograph Entertainments
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River Pollution
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Armed Forces (Civilian Lecturers)
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Germany And Austria
Domestic Medical Supplies
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Denazification
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European Reconstruction (Paris Conference)
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British Companies, Rumania (Employees)
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West Africa
Consumer Goods
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Gambia And Sierra Leone (Co-Operative Societies)
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Flood Damage
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Political Offenders, Ceylon
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Dead Sea Mineral Resources
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Pluto Drum (Salvage)
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Food Supplies
Potatoes
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Whalemeat
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Soap Supplies, Reading
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Rochester Air Charter Service
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National Finance
Income Tax (Forces Lodging Allowance)
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Savings Campaign
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Paint Manufacture (Linseed Oil Licences)
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Ordnance Depots (Repayment Procedure)
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