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Commons Hansard for 30 October 1947 (Volume 443)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 6.05pm.
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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Member (Sentence)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Housing
Farmworkers And Miners
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Building Costs
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Heating Services (Coal Charges)
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Construction Programme
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Rent Control (Legislation)
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Schemes, Lyme Regis (Local Labour)
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Application Lists
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Statistics
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Police House, Kempston (Tenancy)
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Public Health
Deaf Aids
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Water Supply, Newark Rural District
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Mass Radiography Sets
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Municipal Nurseries
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Sutton Coldfield Hospital (Linoleum)
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St Lennard's Hospital, Shoreditch
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Hospitals (Staffing)
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Arundel Hotel, London (Release)
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Local Authority Employees (Territorial Army)
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School, Highbridge (Examination Papers)
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Newfoundland (Future Status)
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Indian Army Personnel (Memorial Scrolls)
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Trade And Commerce
Scientific And Technical Periodicals (Paper)
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Personal Case (Reply To Letter)
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American Non-Fiction Books (Import Restrictions)
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Development Councils
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Hedging Gloves
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Burma (Anglo-Burman Community)
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Cost Of Living Index
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Employment
Farmworkers (Military Service)
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Trade Practices
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Wages And Conditions (Departmental Branch)
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Petrol Ration Withdrawal (Effect)
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Industrial Electricity Load
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European Volunteer Workers
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Statistics
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Emigration
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Prisoners Of War (Skilled Workers)
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Armed Forces (National Service Intake)
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National Finance
Customs Regulations (Personal Effects)
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Exchange Control Act (Examining Staff)
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Petrol Ration Withdrawal (Dollar Saving)
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Tobacco And Snuff (Pensioners)
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Kashmir (Situation)
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Business Of The House
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Confidential Information (Disclosure)
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Privileges
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Housing
Requisitioned Flats (Coal Bunkers)
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Unfit Houses (Rents)
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Rural Houses (Reconditioning)
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Ex-Service Men (Priority)
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Hereford
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Cracked Pottery
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Compensation Water
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National Finance
Gold Reserves
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Postwar Credits
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Imports (Hard Currency Areas)
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Central Office Of Information
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Excess Profits Tax (Refunds)
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Balance Of Payments
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Civil Service (Scientific Officers)
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Baltic Republics (London Assets)
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Government Departments (Motor Vehicles)
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Trade And Commerce
Business Travellers (Priority)
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Film Studios (Closing)
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Export Trade Research Organisation
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Anglo-Russian Trade Negotiations
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Tilley Mantles
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Furniture
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Newsprint
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New Factories, North-East Area
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Bridging Material (Gift To Poland)
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Hardwood Stocks
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Production (Industrial Workers)
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Trade Negotiations
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Fuel And Power
Petrol Rationing
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Oil Imports (Sources)
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Petrol (Fob Price)
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Petroleum Hoard (Dissolution)
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Coke Ovens (Coal Supplies)
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Logs (Retail Price)
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Charter Aircraft (Fuel Allowance)
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Domestic Coal
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Local Fuel Overseers
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Coal-Oil Conversion
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Gas Undertakings (Oil Subsidy)
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Petrol Purchases (Payment)
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British Electricity Authority (Membership)
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Coal Industry
Opencast Operations, Lyme Park
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Prices
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Clerical And Administrative Workers
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Foreign Workers
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Future Output Estimates
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Quarterly Statistical Statement
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Bristol Coalfield (Development)
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Married Women (National Status)
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Maintenance Allowances
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Police
Numerical Strength
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Pay And Conditions
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Duties
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Alimony (Legislation)
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Premises, Bermondsey (Police Search)
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Bathing Accidents Tower Bridge
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Boundary Commission Reports
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Prisons And Borstal Institutions (Dietary)
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Convicts (Discharge Arrangements)
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Public Meetings Hackney
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Poor Persons Defence (Counsel's Fee)
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Vivisection (Experiments)
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Probation Statistics
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Child Care
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Ministry Of Supply
Transport Pools (Petrol Consumption)
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Surplus Vehicles, Cornbury Park (Sale)
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Coaching Tours (Petrol Allocations)
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Long Leaseholds
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Germany
Petrol Allowance
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Tyres
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Economic Conference, Paris (Paper)
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Armed Forces (Petrol Consumption)
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Anti-Invasion Obstacles, Colchester Area
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British Army
Vehicle Reserve Depot, Leicestershire (Civilians)
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Establishments, Leicestershire (Petrol)
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Infantry Training Camp, Omagh
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Transjordan Frontier Force (Headquarters)
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Austria (Mail)
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Fishing Industry
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National Insurance
Unemployment Fund
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Old Age Pensions
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Burnham Committee Recommendations
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Tomato Distribution, Newport Pagnell
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Royal Navy (Commissioned Ships)
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Malayan Union (Banishments)
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African Colonies
Dismissed Official, Buganda
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Northern Rhodesia (Housing Plans)
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West African Cocoa (Price)
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Deportation Order, Kenya
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