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Commons Hansard for 19 December 1947 (Volume 445)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 7.12pm.
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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Ceylon Parliament (House Of Commons Gift)
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Australian Wheat (Uk Purchase)
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National Service Scheme
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Land Acquisition, Shoeburyness
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Geneva Trade Agreement (Rubber)
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Postwar Credits (Hardship Cases)
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Armed Forces (Deserters)
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Bbc Foreign Broadcasts
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Motor Industry (Steel Allocation)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Food Supplies
Feedingstuffs (Subsidies)
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Canteens (Catering Licences)
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Potato Control Offices, Manchester
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Special Surveys
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Pigs (Licences To Slaughter)
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Flour Milling
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Invalid Diets (Confidential Information)
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Heather Honey (Export Licences)
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Oranges (Prices)
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Carrots (Imports)
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Bull Calves
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Potatoes
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Roumanian Maize (Availability)
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Germany
British Personnel (Petrol Ration)
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Control Commission Staff
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Timber (Exports)
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Eritrea (Wartime Proclamation)
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Czechoslovakia (British Council Lecture)
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Siam (Political Developments)
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Italo-Austrian Agreement (Bolzano-Trento Region)
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South Tyrol (Optants Question)
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Greece (Death Sentences)
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Disabled Polish Soldiers (Argentina)
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Agriculture
Executive Committee, Denbighshire (Motor Cars)
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Private Businesses (Salaried Officers)
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Statistics
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Farm Tenancies (Vacancies)
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Wool Clip (Trading Loss)
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Tractor Tyres
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Bank Credits
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Water Supplies (Congresbury)
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Occupied Forest Land (Service Departments)
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Potatoes (Acreage)
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Ministry Of Supply
Fog Dispersal (Testing Facilities)
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Rivets (Saddlers)
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Battle Scrap, North Africa
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Tanks (Road Damage)
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Iron Railings (Scrap)
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Agricultural Small Tools
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Trade And Commerce
New Publications (Licences)
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German Crane Industry (Report)
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Paintings (Import Licence)
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Football Pools (Paper Supplies)
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Ready Made Suits (Waistcoats)
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Education
Vaccinations
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Nursery Class, Macclesfield
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Local Authorities
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Emergency Training Colleges (Students)
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Motor Vehicles (Direction Indicators)
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Railways (London—Stranraer)
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National Finance
Foreign Exchange (Students)
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New Union Goldfields Limited (Capital Issue)
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Usa Boxer's Visit (Dollar Earnings)
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Public Social Services (Expenditure)
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Employment
Edinburgh And Leith
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Leiston
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Brickmaking (Labour)
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National Service (Deferments)
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Aircraft Carrier (Sale To Dutch Government)
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Wreck Removal (Ballyholme Bay)
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Palestine
Firearms
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United Nations Plan
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Jewish Police (Armoured Cars)
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Arab Legion
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Buganda (Deportation)
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Malaya (Credits In Uk)
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Fuel And Power
Coal (Safety Precautions)
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Abadan Petrol
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Allocations (Co-Operative Societies)
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Supplementary Petrol
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Coal Industry
Underground Workers' Earnings
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National Coal Board (Activities)
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Motor Vehicles (National Coal Board)
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Highlands And Islands (Advisory Panel)
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Raf (Hairdressing)
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Ministry Of Pensions
Temporary Messengers
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Hospital Treatment
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Prisoners Of War (Christmas Leave)
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Polish Resettlement Corps (Families)
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British Army
Bakery Accounts
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Occupied Premises, Kensington (Release)
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Personnel, France
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Personal Cases
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Technical Corps (Releases)
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