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Commons Hansard for 21 July 1947 (Volume 440)

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Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons (item number 1) (id d153789c-f59e-4754-8fdb-2e5ea194350e)
Prayers (item number 2) (id c39edd31-7e25-4d3c-85df-a3f85a7fefff)

Private Business
View all Private Business
Inverness Burgh Order Confirmation Bill (item number 1) (id d4001c7a-7d24-462e-8225-0ba74b46d56f)

Oral Answers To Questions
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Food Supplies
Usa Canned Fish (Dollar Purchases) (item number 1) (id f7fec24c-098a-444d-b784-526088431c0c)
Allocations (item number 1) (id 9d726399-f247-447d-9c0d-2b95a7267362)
Ministry's Staffs (item number 1) (id ef0e7d7f-6cf2-4dc2-9396-2bffaa6ddfa8)
Extra Cheese Ration (item number 1) (id 43b98493-ddb7-4928-912f-2adcb93bfef9)
Price Controls (Bbc Announcements) (item number 1) (id 020af362-2f92-457a-97ab-3712ddebd9c6)
East Midland Food Controller (Resignation) (item number 1) (id 22662c24-0593-4cd8-bbd1-30ed0d0b4aea)
Rye Biscuits (Bread Units) (item number 1) (id 38685a96-a2ae-4f15-8a04-3e554ae0f255)
Argentine Wheat And Maize (Purchase) (item number 1) (id 6d0dd93e-cf08-4c91-a4f1-cf03424a52dd)
Rice And Cocoa (Brazil) (item number 1) (id 9f4aa5d9-92fe-4341-bd8f-88be19d2dd49)
East African Groundnut Scheme (Locusts) (item number 1) (id b0e9a25a-9be3-4b06-97b6-a1a29ca14ed3)
Whale Meat (Distribution) (item number 1) (id 3ccd3b6d-321a-42f2-b28b-e2cd1c212b96)
Calves (Slaughter) (item number 1) (id ab775f30-7b4c-4bfa-87b7-3608fa1608ba)
Beer (Imports) (item number 1) (id 5c208c6c-4e36-4048-bf30-08ab79cb4bde)

Railways
Electric Trains (Sunday Fares) (item number 1) (id cbfc0842-2420-428c-b676-b7d22fb9008d)
Breakdown, Metropolitan Line (item number 1) (id 842d3705-b6dc-4944-8d67-ed43c0a4b40d)
Lost Property (Sales) (item number 1) (id fc47d6ec-f353-43be-be96-8bf3b6421072)
Dining Car, Euston-North Wales (item number 1) (id 1b9e3f5f-b522-4b22-9cab-67db0112cc3d)
Central London Line (Services) (item number 1) (id 09364f4c-92b2-42a0-a8e1-94394d661a4f)
Season Tickets (Students And Trainees) (item number 1) (id bbe64785-09c1-4c3a-aff0-bb06493f617a)
Main Line Companies (Earnings) (item number 1) (id 02174497-c430-4094-849b-9b2ad44e117a)
Wagons (Manufacture And Repair) (item number 1) (id 597ffbc9-9e05-4d93-a2a8-b73010dd2a10)
Wages Award (Cost) (item number 1) (id 87c315d6-21ce-4069-af1e-31e7b7efd993)

Roads
Carriers' Licences (item number 1) (id 2dad0395-b8fb-4624-8e18-c446ec4c207c)
Motor Cars (Spare Parts) (item number 1) (id e1299ce5-76f3-45c1-af0a-28d1f87b6db8)
Pedestrian Crossings (Coloured Surfaces) (item number 1) (id 00ba8798-cba2-4f73-8fb8-13c45b43ad0c)
Concrete Ramps, Crawley By-Pass (item number 1) (id b5db9e13-bc3e-4335-8f2e-1d454f027bf9)
Bath Road, Cranford (Speed Limit) (item number 1) (id ed506a51-7448-409b-8291-6d8947e2c9eb)
Sign-Posting, London Area (item number 1) (id 7b8bda02-6d2a-4693-a6ef-d5019b248df1)
Road Widening, Norwich (Wall) (item number 1) (id d17a315f-d9b0-4d90-925b-52c521979948)
Buses (Standing Passengers) (item number 1) (id 479eaf36-06b2-47d6-95a0-12f7efcf34e8)
Reconditioned Motor Cars (Ex-Service Men) (item number 1) (id e0b4394b-a5dc-49e9-aad6-ef6d1ac4f192)

Shipping
Radio Apparatus Consignment (Loading) (item number 1) (id 11b92c90-b773-478c-a3e3-f2fc3b90eb1f)
British Owned Ships (Registration) (item number 1) (id 7dcf10a4-a61e-4960-a532-0f0aa8322ca5)
European Central Inland Transport Organisation (item number 1) (id b98efb30-05f5-45c3-9c5b-dc619e4e4167)
Lptb (Improved Working Conditions) (item number 1) (id 7570b464-1f4b-4c88-9723-4799314b76e2)
Canned Vegetables (Research) (item number 1) (id 31981859-a479-4888-9052-ad4d59689070)

Agriculture
Afforestation (Land Allocation) (item number 1) (id c28dc0ee-223e-434a-b153-c070089239b5)
Warble Fly (item number 1) (id c9ceda81-08ff-4e5e-910c-541988dc3d14)
Five-Furrow Ploughs (item number 1) (id 3a111f8f-7a07-4f4b-b600-5ec3ce403b50)
Wool (Average Price) (item number 1) (id ea81cb4c-8957-43b6-9394-1b734343e837)
Grass Seed (item number 1) (id d15bf2ee-b990-4866-a6f4-c6e1071fe025)
Animal Health Division (Veterinary Surgeons) (item number 1) (id 70bb5b9a-cbf2-40d3-9825-2f8dec541249)
Drainage Works (item number 1) (id 2efc23bd-e8e2-4e00-81f6-044c408f526b)
Crown Houses, Kew (item number 1) (id 11a0d34e-19bd-4cbe-a619-4d75cd05ae5f)
Dominion Food Gifts (item number 1) (id 05e6669d-e1a7-40ce-b66f-1c01c19f79fe)
Newfoundland Fish (Markets) (item number 1) (id b39605f3-40a2-4ddf-b038-353ac9d56f2b)

Ministry Of Supply
Surplus Stores And War Equipment (Sales) (item number 1) (id 50f344ae-27eb-43b5-a711-17bd5ae63fef)
Ordnance Factory, Irvine (item number 1) (id fbb272e9-e9fd-4a01-87a3-2d2d68819555)
Specialised Engineering Equipment (item number 1) (id 6d27feac-1d45-43e9-bac3-f3c5cd938428)
Motor Manufacturing Industry (Report) (item number 1) (id 45bbe5c9-f9af-49d5-82f3-c3131d373d05)
Propeller Turbine Engines (Cancelled Contract) (item number 1) (id 79b16843-2636-4b18-86e3-43948c269bbc)
Burma (Assassinations) (item number 1) (id 3087d9cc-946b-435f-9e15-3f9ba85c859c)
Orders Of The Day (item number 5) (id acb0070c-79f5-4275-9872-802b745ea3e1)
Supply (item number 6) (id 51ef9a02-666b-45ad-b436-86b5373258e5)
Armed Forces, Europe (Currency Losses) (item number 7) (id 2b1d3337-3475-4941-8627-070d571d241d)
Supply (item number 8) (id c72f686f-7335-4df0-8750-30318702cc7e)

Army Estimate, 1947–48
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War Office (item number 1) (id 83aca6e8-529d-419a-8984-61b3a55329e7)
Territorial Army (item number 10) (id 715850a8-2920-4e41-ab66-8dfabf2cfe16)
Greenwich Hospital And Travers' Foundation (item number 11) (id 0ba32c96-f27a-4a27-87e9-82ae138e660f)
Holiday Resorts (Development) (item number 12) (id 6453f687-8200-40bd-84a3-4748033390f0)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions (item number 1) (id f994907a-a526-49de-aaf7-f3b46b88d161)

Food Supplies
Strawberries (Price Control) (item number 1) (id 97baff41-6cff-47be-8894-6d599a169c33)
Tomatoes (Distribution) (item number 1) (id 40fb48c8-241b-4b9c-b431-0064b2c8184d)
Staff Recruitment (item number 1) (id 4c9c4b30-2101-4134-a855-2a0af5f9a455)
Fruit-Preserving Appliances (item number 1) (id 56a351a2-f917-439a-9078-c41c88b27970)

Railways
Goods (Loss And Damage) (item number 1) (id 55f08f38-201d-4072-8990-1b523d1411c8)

Roads
Abnormal Loads (Westmorland) (item number 1) (id 29186547-2773-405d-9e1a-77bfc8caa645)
Maintenance (item number 1) (id cf57f83b-4e92-4395-8575-095c92bbd23a)

Agriculture
Cornish Sand (Transport Subsidy) (item number 1) (id f5e9cfb8-2d36-48c4-9339-1936870e9dd5)
Diploma Courses (item number 1) (id b8b55c1b-a184-49eb-98c2-62985d7b3195)
European Volunteer Workers (Payment) (item number 1) (id ea40060d-d059-48f7-8fab-6402db762597)
Veterinary Inspectors (Salaries) (item number 1) (id b9e22aa3-1194-411f-ac75-a3ea015ad7ec)
Derbyshire Holding (Disposession Order) (item number 1) (id d19c8977-e177-4b63-931f-d7b3653d08e7)
Prisoner-Of-War Labour (Payment) (item number 1) (id 94092cf6-6263-4c96-b502-6ec8fd006a37)
Dominions (Economic Relations) (item number 1) (id c6a17da4-7d41-4f13-9907-71b504c0e95d)

Ministry Of Supply
Raoc Depot, Melmerby (item number 1) (id 2dec71af-1ca7-4ec1-a96a-ba96de4bc7bd)
Seconded Aircraft And Airmen (item number 1) (id 55a79ca9-0b80-4737-877b-1e51f68cb8f0)
Drivers Pool (Wages) (item number 1) (id ec8c1367-afb6-40c2-a737-06f6b6854af7)
Short Brothers, Ltd (Balance-Sheet) (item number 1) (id a178662a-1511-4a3a-bce0-5f5b345992fc)
Coalface Machinery (Production) (item number 1) (id 2fdce557-1b65-44a4-8fbf-a27206d0816c)
Electric Fires (Home Market) (item number 1) (id 7bad1cb3-4492-4fed-8caa-6d2eee452fa2)
Card Clothing (Allocation) (item number 1) (id 394e409f-a049-4f3f-9e31-2c1d26617c2c)
Metals (Contracts) (item number 1) (id 6bb90de1-bac0-4aeb-8376-c47b8163524b)
Railway Wagons (Production) (item number 1) (id b15cf8ff-5b2e-4b78-8178-af665d65632e)
Isotopes (Us Supplies) (item number 1) (id 1a8cf20e-fe1e-45c1-a314-bdc995210373)

Houses Of Parliament
Towels (item number 1) (id e032f2da-5743-49ca-81eb-702505b2ae76)
Acoustics (item number 1) (id a35d8f73-42f1-4484-9709-9ca333db4721)

Ministry Of Works
Cement Supplies (item number 1) (id ce2d801e-d3c1-4ffe-9b22-1d9da3444e7a)
Office Accommodation (Government Departments) (item number 1) (id cfb515e0-f4a3-4111-a341-d2dc6506bbda)
Green Park (Grass Re-Sowing) (item number 1) (id e8994aad-88ec-4b3b-9857-aca0a005b476)
Teachers' Training Colleges (item number 1) (id 4415d716-ed82-446e-b744-7eeab68c852d)
Hostel, Doncaster (Eviction Notices) (item number 1) (id fea6bf2e-610f-4fc9-aa2c-a58b75c47c52)
Building Licences (Infringements) (item number 1) (id fbbfaf84-f940-4894-9dd3-4b0917c1a4e0)
Brick Stocks (item number 1) (id 20a101a2-a4e7-47d5-a8b7-034d0cf48460)

India
Officers And Officials (Removal Allowances) (item number 1) (id ce69e85a-2934-4f05-8e64-a66e2c7a22d2)
Objects Of Art (Exchange) (item number 1) (id 23ce47ca-b279-41a8-8976-49c0b49fda64)
Government Employees (Guarantee) (item number 1) (id c3fc99a6-9eca-46a4-ba50-a2f9a86caffa)
Burma Services (Proportionate Pensions) (item number 1) (id 94503e8c-c412-4506-a0b1-9a5991f96c39)
Displaced Persons (Germany And Austria) (item number 1) (id 85e9ad35-5e78-48a8-9069-9a44c73453df)

Germany
Land Reform Proposals (item number 1) (id bf3a9ef4-039a-43db-aba9-a918815fdc37)
Coal Production And Distribution (item number 1) (id e70fa3a4-c853-4d5c-aefa-1a0894bd3b3f)
Ruhr Heavy Industries (item number 1) (id ff6805db-7f39-4e68-a5c5-677a83f894c0)
Armaments Plants Destruction (item number 1) (id 1b919e89-6984-4e01-a68f-cf36c7bfbafc)
Letters Censorship (item number 1) (id 05283d15-a797-4566-afee-dec9cbb769ac)
Internment Camps (item number 1) (id 7a2d3445-5d6c-449a-b39b-ca987cb7bfbd)
British Forces, Greece (item number 1) (id a76c88f4-5b14-4637-849c-0c14b24fb788)
Airways Corporations (Financial Losses) (item number 1) (id e3e5f149-e06a-461c-bbcd-382f75f424df)
West African Cocoa (Price) (item number 1) (id 0f358528-6b53-4fbb-ae22-26d63585b270)
Ship Repairs (Labour) (item number 1) (id f397b439-1bfe-4ceb-948a-570091830be6)

National Finance
Income Tax (Football Pools) (item number 1) (id 4f80bcc2-74b8-4c5f-b108-3c1a40a35632)
Anglo-Egyptian Financial Agreement (item number 1) (id 848315af-10de-4ba1-95fa-b98d8be8f19f)
Government Departments (North-Western Region) (item number 1) (id abe9a3fd-8e29-451b-be37-06be435827f0)
Tangmere Aerodrome (Closed Roads) (item number 1) (id b4e6227f-b810-4d7d-a3da-9ca5baf14f17)
Postal Orders (South Africa) (item number 1) (id 2e63101f-cbb5-424d-b811-e1f89298573b)
Old Age Pension Claims (Delay) (item number 1) (id 4d1cde11-c233-46d0-b177-f44d02e403f1)
Jewellery Imports (item number 1) (id 88969c65-c3b9-44e7-bbac-8af1f4a114cc)
Regional Hospital Boards (Members Of Parliament) (item number 1) (id 395df708-a801-4116-a48c-9936f0fdb462)

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