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Commons Hansard for 20 November 1947 (Volume 444)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 6.30pm.
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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Trade And Commerce
Film Studios (Unused Space)
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Timber
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War Damage Payments
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Glass Industry (Soda Ash Supplies)
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Anglo-Danish Trade Discussions
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Foreign Buyers (Facilities)
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Clothing Coupons
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Bulgaria (Trade Relations)
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Roumania (Trade Relations)
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Ladder-Proof Stockings
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Mining Timber (Prices)
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Utility Cloth (Marking)
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Gramophone Records
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Coal Industry
Pit Head Cost
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Record Output, Glen Rhondda
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Anthracite Deliveries, Maidstone
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Nationalisation (Compensation Procedure)
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Opencast Mining (Agricultural Land)
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Domestic Supplies
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American Coal (Imports)
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Coal Board Official (Labour Party Meeting)
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Fuel And Power
Petrol Allowances
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Heating Plants (Liquid Fuel)
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Petrol Requirements (Sterling Area)
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Hire Cars (Radius Restrictions)
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Shop Lighting (Christmas Season)
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Persian Oil (Supplies)
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Civil List (Select Committee)
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Nursing Services, Far East (Defence Medal)
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Cancer Research (Government Grants)
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Employment
European Volunteer Mineworkers
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Photography (Vocational Training Scheme)
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Wamen's Hostel, Cheltenham
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Nursing And Maternity Homes (Staffing)
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Directed Workers (Appeals)
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North-West Regional Board (Chairman's Statement)
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Production Targets (Trade Unions)
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National Finance
Sterling Balances (Belgium)
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Capital Investment (White Paper)
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Postwar Credits (Estate Duty)
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Textile Imports, Commonwealth Countries
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Agriculture (Priority Supplies)
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Demonstration, Westminster
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Business Of The House
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Steel Supplies (Selective Priorities)
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Orders Of The Day
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Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Bill
Clause 1—(Continuation For Furtherperiods Of Certain Defence Regulations)
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Clause 2—(Permanent Enactment Of Certain Defence Regulations)
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Clause 3—(Further Extension And Amendment Of Enactments Relating To Ploughing Grants)
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Clause 4—(Further Extension Of Emergency Enactments Relating To Agriculture)
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Clause 5—(Further Extension Of Certain Other Emergency Enactments)
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Clause 7—(Extension Of Defence Regulations And Enactments By Order In Council In Pursuance Of An Address Of Both Houses)
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Clause 11—(Repeal Of S 3 Of Ships And Aircraft (Transfer Restrictions) Act, 1939)
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Clause 12—(Short Title And Interpretation)
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First Schedule
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Second Schedule
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Jersey And Guernsey (Financial Provisions) Money
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Jersey And Guernsey (Financial Provisions) Bill
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Budget Disclosure
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Sunday Cinematograph Entertainments
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Disability Pensions (Personal Case)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Trade And Commerce
New Businesses (Ex-Service Men)
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Exports (Argentina)
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Wool Yarns
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Bayer Company Shares (Sale)
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New Factories, Development Areas
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Raw Materials Allocation (Development Areas)
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Sparking Plug Insulators (Imports)
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Lorry Tyres, Lincolnshire
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Patents And Designs (Legislation)
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War Damage Payments, Portsmouth
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Fuel And Power
Car Hire Services
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Petroleum Board (Dissolution)
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Motor Cyclists
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Coal Distribution
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Petrol (Average Consumption)
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Farmworkers (Military Service)
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Unemployment, Dartford And Erith
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Performing Elephant, Birmingham
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Approved Schools And Remand Homes (Corporal Punishment)
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Royal Wedding (Press Representatives)
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Mr Mikolajczyk (Entry Permit)
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Police
Essex (Romford Division)
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Worn Tyres (Prosecutions)
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Wireless Masts (Siting)
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Motor Lorry Escort
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State Management Breweries (Strike)
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Visa Application, Germany
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Fascist Activities
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State Lotteries
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Anti-Semitic Activities
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Housing
Rebuilt Houses (Tenancies)
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Key Workers
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Exeter
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Plympton St Mary
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Nottingham
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Birmingham
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Marnhull And Childe Okeford
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Public Health
Water Supply, Bingham
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Greater London Water Supply (Committee's Report)
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Mental Hospital Accommodation
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Private Nursing And Maternity Homes
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Diphtheria Immunisation
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Public Assistance Institutions (Correspondence)
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Education
Youth Leaders (Training Courses)
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Buildings (Special Schools)
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Women Teachers (Equal Pay)
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Harrow County Grammar School
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Rewards And Punishments
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Transport Arrangements
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Ministry Of Works
Imported Baths
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Building Operatives, Exeter
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Rural Building Labour
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Burma—Siam Railway
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British Representatives Abroad (Economy)
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Food Supplies
Miners' Rations
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Roumanian Feedingstuffs
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Refined Sugar Exports
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Canned Fish
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Southampton Docks (Food Parcel Thefts)
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Street Lighting (Fuel Economy)
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Export Targets (Discussions)
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Ministers (Chartered Aeroplanes)
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Conditional Legacies
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National Health Service (Post Office Employees)
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Post Office Advisory Council
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