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Commons Hansard for 5 August 1947 (Volume 441)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 5.37pm.
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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Double Taxation Relief
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China (Parliamentary Delegation)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Employment
Disabled Persons
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Building Trainees
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Working Hours (Adjustment)
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Unofficial Strikes
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Unemployment, Stornoway
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Colliery Workers, North-West Area
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International Labour Conference (Industrial Relations)
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Scotland
Town Planning Exhibition
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Population Statistics
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Wool Control (Tribunals)
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Hydro-Electric Schemes
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Regional Hospital Boards
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Fatal Accident, Strathblane (Inquiry)
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Transferred Tenants, Glasgow
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Housing (Advisory Committee's Report)
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Western Isles (Bridge And Pier Schemes)
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Agricultural Drainage (Committee)
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New Town, East Kilbride
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British Army
Transit Camp, Folkestone
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Territorial Army (Civil Servants)
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Personal Case
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Sweet Ration
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South Africa (Gift To Britain Fund)
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National Finance
Tourist Traffic
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Foreign Travel (Currency Allowance)
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Soldiers' Lodging Allowance (Income Tax)
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Government Stocks
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Articles Of Clerkship (Stamp Duty)
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United States Loan (Withdrawals)
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Soviet Loan Agreement (Interest)
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Sterling Balances
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Food Subsidies
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International Monetary Fund
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Uk Gold Balances, Norway And Czechoslovakia
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Argentine Payments Agreement
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Death Duties (Post Office Savings)
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Middle East And Europe (Uk Expenditure)
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Civil Service (Marriage Bar)
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Business Of The House
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Railway Charges (Increase)
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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Electricity Bill
New Clause A—(Special Provision For Electricity Holding Companies)
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Clause 17—(Composite Companies)
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New Clause C—(Assets Of Electricity Associations To Be Applicable For Compensating Their Officers)
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New Clause D—(Setting Up Of Electricity Appeal Tribunal)
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Town And Country Planning (Scotland) Bill
Clause 21—(Enforcement Of Planning Control)
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Clause 49—(Temporary Provisions For Eliminating Special Value Attributable To Vacant Possession)
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Clause 66—(Determination Of Development Charge By Central Land Board)
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Clause 77—(Land Ripe For Development Before The Appointed Day)
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Clause 78—(Mineral Workings)
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Estimates Sub-Committee (Inquiry, Germany)
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Fats, Cheese And Tea (Rationing) Order
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Colonial Empire (Manpower)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Employment
Housing Sites, Nottingham (Labour)
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Tobacco Industry
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Tinplate Industry, South Wales (Poles)
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Pension Schemes
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Mining And Agriculture
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Disabled Persons Factories, West Riding
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Armed Forces (Released Mine Workers)
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National Finance
War Damage Value Payments
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Glanllyn Estate, Merioneth (Acquisition)
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Tax Reserve Certificates
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Motor Taxation (Limbless Persons)
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Income Tax (Schedule A Repairs)
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Savings Movement
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Retired Prison Officers (Pensions)
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Trade And Commerce
Czech Shoes
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Human Skeletons (Export)
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Tobacco Advisory Committee (Chairman)
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Import Licence Restrictions
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Tree Felling, Abergele
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Tourist Industry (Equipment)
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Card Clothing
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Anglo-Belgian Exhibition, Brussels
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Clothing Coupons (Abdominal Belts)
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Anglo-Soviet Trade Talks, Moscow
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Factory Construction, South Wales
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British Army
War Graves (Relatives Visits)
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Gun Parks, Greenford (Equipment)
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Air Mail, Palestine
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News Letter, Palestine
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Militia Battalions (Names)
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Allowances (Taxation)
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Personal Cases
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Land, Plymouth (Use)
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Garrison, Tripolitania (Married Accommodation)
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Ordnance Depots (Manpower)
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Stanford Battle Training Area
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Nursing Service, India
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Letters (Members Of Parliament)
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Prisoners Of War
Suspected War Criminals
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Sentences
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Camp Amenities
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Wives And Families
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Repatriation
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Voluntary Contributions
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Territorial Army
Royal Armoured Corps, London (Training Areas)
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Annual Training (Pay)
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Non-Regular Officers (Pay)
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Commissions
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Armed Forces
Germany (Diphtheria Immunisation)
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Vaccinations And Inoculations
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Dutch Bees (Importation)
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Food Supplies (Wedding Cakes)
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Ministry Of Works
Building Materials (Production)
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Football Pools, Cardiff (Premises)
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Bricks
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Palestine (Major Farran)
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Aged Sick (Hospitals And Homes)
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Living Animals (Experiments)
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Teachers' Salaries (Direct Grant Schools)
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