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Commons Hansard for 5 February 1948 (Volume 446)
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12 May 2018 at 7.44pm.
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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Fuel And Power
Basic Petrol Ration (Withdrawal)
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Bankside Power Station
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Grampian Electricity Supply Company (Timber Licence)
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Supplementary Petrol Allowances
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Hire Cars And Taxis (Radius Restriction)
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Foreign Travel (Motor Cars)
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Domestic Heating (Appliances)
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Petrol Supplies, British Empire (Allocations)
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Petrol Offences, Nottingham (Prosecutions)
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Oil Burning Incubator Equipment
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Petroleum Products, British Companies
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Tractor Vapourising Oil (Imports)
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Petrol Coupons (Commercial Travellers)
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Coal Industry
Bunker And Export Coal (Prices)
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Opencast Mining (Farmland)
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Output Records (Incentives)
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Domestic Supplies
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Technical Information (Publication)
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Greyhound Racing, Gosforth
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Licensed Taxicabs, Metropolitan Area
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Wild Birds Protection Acts (Lapwings)
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Fire Services, Kent (Cost)
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Coroner's Inquest, Chichester (Petition)
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Justices Of The Peace (Royal Commission)
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Tate Gallery Pictures (Lane Bequest)
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General Macarthur (Visit)
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Japanese Peace Treaty Talks (Hong Kong)
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Delegated Legislation
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Scientists, Defence Departments (Loyalty Test)
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National Service (University Students, Release)
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National Finance
Purchase Tax
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Foreign Travel (School Children)
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Usa Credit Cheques (Prisoners Of War)
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Tobacco Tokens (Ex-Service Pensioners)
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Business Of The House
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Ballot For Notices Of Motions
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Royal Navy (Technical Equipment)
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Export Target, 1948
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Territorial Army (Recruitment)
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Royal Air Force (Technical Education And Training)
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National Coal Board (Operations)
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Housing (Local Authorities)
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Army Pension Rates
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Auxiliary Air Force (Recruiting)
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Royal Navy (Educational Services)
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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Requisitioned Land And War Works Bill
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Clause 7—(Amount Of Rental Compensation For Requisitioned Land)
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Clause 8—(Maxima For Rental Compensation)
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Clause 9—(Application Of Provisions As To Rental Compensation Where Land Requisitioned Before Commencement Of Act)
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Clause 10—(Amount Of Compensation In Respect Of Making Good Requisitioned Land)
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Clause 11—(Minor Amendments As To Compensation For Taking Possession Of Land)
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Clause 1—(Continuance Of Provisions Of Act Of 1945)
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Clause 2—(Acquisition Of Agricultural Land Where Use In Existing Units Is Affected By Government War Work)
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Clause 3—(Highways)
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Post Office And Telegraph Money
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Post Office And Telegraph Money Bill
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Royal Marines Money
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Royal Marines Bill
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Attempted Rape Bill
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Clause I—(Punishment For Attempted Rape)
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Purchase Tax (Domestic Appliances)
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Hybrid Bills (Procedure In Committee)
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Leather Industry (Warble Fly)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Coal Industry (Underground Gasification)
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Police
Widows' Pensions
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Rent And Clothes Allowances
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Car Parking (Unrestricted Streets)
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Greyhound Racing (Restrictions)
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Day Nursery (Food Theft)
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Arab Legion (Recruiting)
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Hare Coursing
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Prisoners (Fingerprints And Photographs)
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National Finance
Income Tax (Bachelors And Spinsters)
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Anglo-Argentine Negotiations
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Land Acquisition (Compensation)
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Purchase Tax (Overseas Gifts)
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Civil Service
Technical Works (Publication)
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Clerical Officers
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Typographical Association (Fund)
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Statutory Rules And Orders (Index)
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Housing
Birmingham
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Grimsby
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Industrial Areas
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Repairs, Gosforth
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Rents (Rural Areas)
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Farm Workers
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Walsingham District
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Public Health
Infantile Paralysis
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Smoke Abatement
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Playing Fields
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Day Nurseries
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Braille Watches (Orders)
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National Health Service
Doctors' Plebiscite
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Dental Service Regulations
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Consultants And Specialists
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Hearing Aids
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Published Works
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Negotiating Committee (Documents)
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Nationalised Industries (Rating)
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Ambury House, Huntingdon (Purchase)
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Sunderland (Boundaries)
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Education
Teachers' Superannuation (War Service)
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Nettsewell Church School
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Teachers' Salary Scales
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Industry And Commerce (Advisory Council)
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Child Care, Lancashire
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Teacher (Qualifications)
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Malays (Australia)
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India And Pakistan (British Cemeteries)
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Trade And Commerce
Output Statistics
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Household Linen
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Steel Allocation
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Government Factories, Somerset
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Lace Stocks
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Timber Supplies
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Wool Dress And Coat Fabrics
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Leather Prices
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New Factories, South Wales
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Raw Material Supplies, South Wales
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Factory, Stockton-On-Tees
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Roads
Buses And Coaches (Fuel)
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Buses, Bath
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Accidents, Uxbridge- Beaconsfield
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Fletton Bricks (Transport)
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Railways
Special Trains (Sporting Events)
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Locomotives And Wagons
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Shipping (Tankers)
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Ebbw River (Flooding)
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African Colonies
Nigeria (Leopard Society)
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Nyasaland (New Forests)
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National Insurance (Pneumoconiosis)
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Mauritius And Seychelles (Fishing Industry)
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Finland (Soviet Citizens)
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Japan (British Government Officials)
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Iraq (Raf Levies)
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Waaf (Personal Case)
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Rights Of Light
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Food Supplies
Flour Milling
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Pigs (Humane Slaughter)
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Catering Establishments (Meals)
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Maize
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French Wines (Import Arrangements)
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