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Commons Hansard for 4 December 1947 (Volume 445)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 6.58pm.
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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Boundary Commission Reports (Publication)
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Aliens
Italians (Business Permit)
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Germans (Unauthorised Entry)
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Glass Wool (Sales)
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Red Cross Christmas Draw (Police Action)
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Policec
Cid (Overtime)
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Meeting, Bethnal Green (Extra Duties)
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Sir Oswald Mosley (Release Conditions)
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Channel Islands (Reports)
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Leicester Prison
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Housing
Military Married Quarters (Civilian Tenants)
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Programme, 1948
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Timber Licences, Birmingham
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Digswell Camp, Welwyn (Essential Services)
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Estate, Stanmore (Acquisition)
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Permanent Houses (Erection)
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Piped Water Supply, Langton Herring
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Rent Restriction Acts (Consolidation)
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Electricity Transport Undertakings (Rating)
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Rating Of Site Values (Committee)
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Education
School Transport (Petrol Economies)
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Teachers (Emergency Training)
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Primary School Accommodation, Kent
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Development Plans
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Schools, Devonshire (Milk)
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Universities And Training Colleges (Vacancies)
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Teachers And Students (Exchange)
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The Exchange Of Teachers And Students, 1948
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Hanham Folk Community Centre
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Burma
Major Morgan (Appeal)
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Anglo-Burman Community
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India (Retired Officers, Pensions)
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Trade Unions (Government Consultations)
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Wales (White Paper)
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Lord President Of The Council (Press Statement)
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Socialised Industries (Questions To Ministers)
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Industrial Health Research Board (Secretarial Work)
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Employment
Emigration (Government Policy)
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Midland Factories (Working Week)
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Insurable Workers (Palace Of Westminster)
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Directed Labour
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Training Centre, Hull
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Forces (Agricultural Trades)
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Miners' Hostel, Cowdenbeath
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Training Establishments, Scotland
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Business Of The House
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Business Of The House
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Pensions (Governors Of Dominions, &C) Money
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Agriculture (Scotland) Money
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Ways And Means 1St December
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Sunday Cinematograph Entertainments
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Book Imports (Restrictions)
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War Criminals (Removal For Trial)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Retiring Aldermen (Re-Election)
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Fire Warnings (Air-Raid Sirens)
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Maintenance Allowances
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Housing
Construction Periods
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Coal Miners And Farm Workers
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Rural Houses (Reconditioning)
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Converted Temporary Buildings
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Unoccupied Government Property, Isle Of Wight
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Building Licence, Silkstone
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Public Health (Drug Injections)
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National Finance
Lend-Lease
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Italian And Spanish Currencies
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War Damage (Converted Value Payments)
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Anglo-Iraq Financial Agreement
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Food And Clothing Subsidies
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Anglo-Belgian Financial Agreement
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Universities (Full-Time Students)
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Olympic Games Competitors (Accommodation)
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Southern Rhodesia (Deportations)
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Trade And Commerce
Exports, Sweden
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Plain Crockery
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Imported Belgian Bottles
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Raw Material Imports (Dollar Areas)
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Cable Paper Supplies
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Raw Material Allocations
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Geneva Agreement (Rubber)
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Wellington Boots (Agricultural Workers)
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Baby Garments
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Aircraft Exports
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Men's Wear
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Office Accommodation (Rents And Premiums)
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Typewriter Imports And Exports
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Fuel And Power
Armed Forces, Palestine (Leave Petrol)
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Industrial Allocations, Leicestershire
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Electricity Supplies, Rural Areas
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Regional Petroleum Office, Tunbridge Wells
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Oil Companies (Commercial Arrangements)
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Domestic Allocation
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Hire Car Service, Wimbledon
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Electricity Peak Loads (Staggering Arrangements)
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Supplementary Petrol (Sea Angling Clubs)
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Motor Cars (Gaseous Fuels)
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Local Authority Members (Petrol)
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Coal Industry
Board's Officials (Coal Allowances)
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New Pits
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Selling Agency Contracts
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Marketing Costs
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Operations, Radcliffe
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Village Hall, Skares (Supply)
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Private Distributing Agencies
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Gravesend By-Election (Miners' Parade)
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Output Figures
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Welfare
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Food Supplies
Edible Fat (Export)
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Gift Turkeys (Eire)
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Sweet Ration (Profit Margin)
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Land Registry (Delays)
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Post Office
Temporary Postmen (Dismissals)
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Gift Parcels, Germany Charges)
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Dog Licences
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Armed Forces (Works Projects)
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Germany (Timber Felling Plan)
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Rubber Growers' Association (Letter)
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Raf Airfield, Abingdon (Low Flying)
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National Insurance (Approved Societies)
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