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Commons Hansard for 28 July 1947 (Volume 441)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 5.32pm.
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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Roads
Selby Toll Bridge (Purchase)
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Cookham Toll Bridge (Transfer)
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By-Pass, Redhill
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Masked Approaches (Guard Rails)
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Improvement Works, Whitworth
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Bus Shelters (Factory Gates)
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Temporary Thames Bridges (Removal)
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Cross-Channel Sailings (Northern Ireland)
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Lptb (Road And Rail Services)
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Ministry Of Supply
Reconditioned Motor Cars (Ex-Servicemen)
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"Royal Ordnance Factory News" (Paper)
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Aluminium Houses
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Surplus Motor Cycle Tyres (Disposal)
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Dairy Byre Fittings (Steel Tubing)
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Ministry Of Works
Cement Supplies (South-West Area)
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Richard Cœur De Lion Statue (Repair)
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Westminster Hall (Roof Repairs)
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Temporary Office Buildings, Chessington
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Factory Construction (Barrel Vault Roofing)
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Welsh Slate Inquiry (Recommendations)
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Slate Supplies, Birmingham
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Abinger Hill School (Alterations)
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Agriculture
Fen Banks (Flood Damage Repairs)
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Tractors
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Wages And Prices
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Calves (Slaughter)
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Grass-Drying Equipment (Manufacture)
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Working Capital (Borrowing)
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Winter Losses (Loans)
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Horses (Slaughter)
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Vacuum Flasks, Cornwall
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White Fish Commission (Reconstitution)
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Forestry Commission (Utilisation Officers)
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House Of Commons Catering (Missing Table Ware)
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Savoy Hotel (Building Licences)
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Spain (Paris Conference)
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Anglo-Soviet Trade Talks Moscow
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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Housing
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Companies Bill Lords
Clause 46—(Appointment And Powers Of Inspectors To Investigate Ownership Of Company)
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Clause 69—(Nominee Shareholdings)
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New Clause—(Numbering Of Shares)
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Clause 3—(Circulation Of Members' Resolutions, Etc)
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Clause 4—(Right To Demand A Poll)
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Clause 7—(Exemption From Obligation To Print Certain Resolutions, Etc)
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Clause 9—(Alternative Remedy To Winding Up In Cases Of Oppression)
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Clause 18—(Meaning Of "Holding Company" And "Subsidiary")
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Clause 23—(Extensions Of Disqualifications For Appointment As Auditor)
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Clause 24—(Appointment And Remuneration Of Auditors)
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Clause 26—(Director And Secretary)
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Clause 27—(Particulars Of Directors And Secretaries)
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Clause 29—(Removal Of Directors)
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Clause 30—(Retirement Of Directors Under Age Limit)
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Clause 31—(Duty To Disclose Age To Company)
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Clause 33—(Power To Restrain Fraudulent Persons From Managing Companies)
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Clause 35—(Prohibition Of Loans To Directors)
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Clause 37—(Register Of Directors' Shareholdings, Etc)
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Clause 46—Appointment And Powers Of Inspectors To Investigate Ownership Of Company
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Clause 48—(Power To Impose Restrictions On Shares Or Debentures)
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Clause 53—(Contents Of Annual Return)
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Clause 60—(Allotment Of Shares Of Debentures To Be Dealt With On Stock Exchange)
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Clause 62—(Reports To Be Set Out In Prospectus To Which S 35 Of Principal Act Applies)
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Clause 67—(Statements In Lieu Of Prospectus)
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Clause 68—(Interpretation Of Provisions Relating To Prospectuses, Etc)
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Clause 80—(Membership Of Holding Company)
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Clause 91—(Amendments As To Preferential Payments)
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Clause 112—(Accounts Of Foreign Companies)
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Clause 113—(List Of Directors)
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Clause 115—(Bankruptcy)
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Clause 122—Construction And Application Of Principal Act And This Act
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First Schedule—(Accounts)
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Third Schedule—(Conditions As To Interests In Shares And Debentures Of Exempt Private Company)
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Sixth Schedule—(Provisions Applied To Unregistered Companies)
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Ninth Schedule—(Enactments Repealed)
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Horticultural Containers (Shortage)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Railways
Mineral And Box Wagons
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Fares
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Greenbank Goods Depot
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District Line, Barking
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Goods Traffic, Lancashire
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Agriculture
Volunteer Camps
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Prisoners Of War
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Cornish Sand
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Poultry Industry
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Imported Combined Harvesters (Missing Parts)
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House Of Commons Catering (Missing Table Ware)
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Uk And Ussr (Cultural Relations)
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China
British Property (Claims)
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British Merchant Shipping
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Germany (Professor Planck)
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Japan (British Parliamentary Delegation)
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British Forces, Greece
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Food Supplies
Egyptian Onion Imports
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Orange Juice
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Dehydrated Soups (Packing Materials)
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Game And Wild Birds (Prices)
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Horticultural Containers
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Pilchards (Margarine Production)
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Quick-Freezing Plants
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Cornish Potatoes
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Isolation Hospital, Shaftesbury (Use)
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Housing
Aluminium Houses
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Vacant Property, Ruislip
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Rural Housing Subsidy
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Ss "Carnarvon Castle" (Chicken-Pox Case)
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Old Age Pensions Claims
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East Africa (Inter-Territorial Services)
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Armed Forces (Educational Pamphlets)
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Postmen (Reduced Number)
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Training Courses (Ex-Servicemen)
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British Army, Greece (Local Allowances)
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