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Commons Hansard for 17 February 1948 (Volume 447)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 8.03pm.
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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New Writ
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Ministry Of Pensions
Disabled Persons (Employment)
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Medical Re-Survey Boards
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Invalid Children's Allowances
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Royal Warrants, 1919 And 1943
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Special Hardship Allowances
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Appeals
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Personal Cases
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British Army
Military Camps (Minister's Visit)
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Recruits (Educational Standard)
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Stores And Ammunition (Clearance)
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Military Prisoners (Handcuffs)
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Young Soldiers (Overseas Service)
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Released Men's Accounts (Debts)
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Requisitioned Property Claims
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Huts, Plymouth Sound
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Houses, Longtown
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Herr Werner Kleindienst (Interrogation)
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Class "Z" Reserve
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Officers' Houses, Austria (Rent)
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Reinforcements, Palestine
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Release Groups, East Africa (Transport Delay)
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Soldiers' Graves (Information)
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Connaught Hospital, Bramshott (Military Patient)
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National Insurance (Ministry's Staff)
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National Service (Locomotive Firemen)
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Ministries Of Food And Transport (Trading Accounts)
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National Finance
Japanese Reparations
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Tourist Travel
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Unemployment Fund (Investments)
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National Coal Board's Magazine
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Linseed Oil Imports
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Betting Tax, Eire
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United Kingdom Debt (Usa)
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Income Tax (Limbless Men)
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Orders Of The Day
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Presentation Of The People Bill
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Representation Of The People Money
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Foreign Service
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Gas Money
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Port Of Glasgow
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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British Army
Edgerton House, Shrewsbury
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Wellington Barracks (Condition)
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Nutrition Commission
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Troops, Kenya (Concessions)
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Prisoners Of War (Family Visits)
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Territorial And Auxiliary Forces Associations
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New Towns
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Employment
European Volunteer Workers
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Cotton Industry (Labour Force)
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Engineering Industry (Wage Rates)
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Vocational Training, Salford
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Prisoners Of War (Bakers)
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Whitehaven And Cleator Moor
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South Wales
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Textile Machinery Makers, Oldham And Barton
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Collinges Mill, Oldham
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Disabled Persons, Birkenhead
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Urban District Councils (Representations)
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National Finance
Personal Incomes
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Revenue And Expenditure Returns
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Purchase Tax
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External Debt
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Road Maintenance (Expenditure)
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Foreign Travel (Students)
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Military Expenditure Abroad
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Advertising Report No 6
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Public Boards (Executive Salaries)
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Entertainments Duty
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Cupro-Nickel Coins
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Unnecessary Expenditure
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Capital Goods
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African Colonies (Paymaster-General's Visit)
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Customs And Excise (Transit Passenger)
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Subsidies
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Officials (Powers Of Entry)
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Transit Of Animals (Amendment) Order
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Captured German State Documents (Publication)
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Government Advertising
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Imported Fruit
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University Expansion (Capital Grants)
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Business Visits, Japan
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Crown Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland)
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Armed Forces Projects, Scotland (Labour)
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Socialised Undertakings (List Of Boards)
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Civil Service
Staff Representations
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Temporary Clerks And Messengers
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Ex-Service Candidates
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Superannuation Act, 1834 (Revision)
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Trade And Commerce
Home Market (Limited Sales)
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Argyrol (Imports)
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Women's Clothing (Export)
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Cloth (Re-Imports)
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Footwear And Clothing (Prices)
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Salvage
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Home Flay Production
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Soda Ash
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Imports
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Anglo-Yugoslav Negotiations
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Cosmetics And Shampoos
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Utility Goods (Prices)
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Anglo-Soviet Trade
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Text Books (Imports)
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Sole Leather
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Overseas Gift Clothing (Coupons)
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Cotton Linters (Imports)
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Factories, Scotland (Usa Ownership)
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Utility Furniture (Infestation)
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Imperial Preferences
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Plain Net Machines
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Scotland (Seed Potatoes)
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Housing (Scotland)
Overcrowded Dwelling, Muirkirk
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Composition Floor Covering
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Ground Floors (Timber)
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Lindsey Houses
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River Forth (Ferry Service)
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Fletton Bricks (Road Transport)
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Coal Exports (Quality)
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Pensions (Appeals)
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Population And Roads (Statistics)
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Sewerage, Llangattock
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Bacon And Eggs (Subsidies)
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Post Office Projects Scotland (Labour)
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