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Commons Hansard for 17 October 1950 (Volume 478)
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13 May 2018 at 5.45am.
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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Deaths Of Members
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New Writs
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Oral Answers To Questions
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National Service
Civilian Occupations (Reinstatement)
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Reserved Occupations
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Non-Reservists
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Students
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Employment
Catering Wages (Recommendations)
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Strikes
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North Lincolnshire
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Furniture Trade (Unemployment)
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Fishermen (Unemployment Benefit)
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Scotland
Chemists (Payments)
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Local Authorities' Houses
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House Rents
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Housing, Ayrshire
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War Disability Pensions
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Territorial Army (Efficiency Decorations)
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British Army
Courts Martial
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Malaya (Police Dogs)
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Boxing, Germany
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Operations, Korea
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Home Guard
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Married Quarters
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Commissions (Ex-Service Men)
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Town And Country Planning
Development Charge (Agricultural Hostels)
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Factories, Gosport
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Peak National Park
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Operations, Korea (Gallantry Awards)
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Great Powers (Consultations)
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Conditions Of Employment Order
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Festival Of Britain
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Brewers' Profits
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Pound Sterling (Value)
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Business Of The House
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Member For Belfast, West
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New House Of Commons
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New Member Sworn
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Business Of The House
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Orders Of The Day
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Army Reserve Bill Lords
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Air Force Reserve Bill Lords
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Housing (Scotland) Bill Lords
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Food And Drugs (Milk, Dairies And Artificial Cream) Bill Lords
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Diseases Of Animals Bill Lords
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Public Utilities Street Works Money
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Public Utilities Street Works Bill Lords
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Clause 1—(Purposes Of The Street Works Code, And Works The Execution Of Which Is To Be Regulated Thereby)
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Clause 2—(Parties To Proceedings Under The Street Works Code)
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Clause 3—(Settlement Of A Plan And Section To Be A Condition Of Execution Of Major Works)
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Clause 4—(Procedure As To Plans And Sections, Etc: General Provisions)
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Clause 5—(Procedure As To Plans And Sections, Etc: Provisions As To Works In Controlled Land)
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Clause 6—(Works Not To Be Begun Until After Notice To Authorities And Managers Concerned)
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Clause 7—(Requirements As To Mode Of Executing Major Works, And As To Reinstatement)
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Clause 8—(Requirements As To Safety, Obstruction, Etc, To Be Observed In Execution Of Works)
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Clause 10—(Protection For Transport Authorities)
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Clause 11—(Protection For Sewer Authorities)
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Clause 14—(Storage By Street Authority Of Equipment At Side Of Street)
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Clause 15—(Time For Taking Effect Of The Street Works Code, And Exclusion Of Other Statutory Provisions)
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Clause 16—(Agreements Inconsistent With The Street Works Code To Be Invalid)
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Clause 17—(Exclusion Or Restrictiom Of Requirements Of Consent As To Certain Code-Regulated Works)
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Clause 18—(Liabilities Of Undertakers To Street And Bridge Authorities Or Managers)
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Clause 19—(Liabilities Of Undertakers To Transport Authorities)
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Clause 21—(Cases In Which The Code In This Part Is To Have Effect)
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Clause 22—(Undertakers' Right To Payment For Works Made Necessary By, And Obligation To Facilitate, Road, Etc, Works)
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Clause 24—(Time For Taking Effect Of The Code In This Part, And Exclusion Of Other Statutory Provisions)
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Clause 26—(Requirements As To Undertakers' Works Which Are Likely To Affect Other Undertakers' Apparatus)
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Clause 27—(Power To Prohibit Or Restrict Traffic On Ground Of Execution Of Works, And Liability Of Undertakers For Cost Of Use Of Alternative Route)
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Clause 28—(Restriction On Breaking Up By Undertakers Of Maintainable Highways Recently Closed Or Re-Surfaced)
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Clause 29—(Provisions As To Enforcement)
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Clause 32—(Financial Provisions)
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Clause 33—(Notices, Etc, And Reckoning Of Periods)
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Clause 35—(Application To Scotland)
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Clause 37—(Interpretation (General))
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Clause 38—(Short Title And Extent)
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New Clause—(Protection For Transport Authorities (Special Precautions In Execution Of Certain Works))
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New Clause—(References To Property Held Or Used For Transport Undertakings, And To Powers For Railway Or Tramway Purposes)
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First Schedule—(Definition Of "Controlled Land," And Provisions As To Authorisation Of Works Therein)
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Third Schedule—(Reinstatement And Making Good By Street Authority Or Street Managers After Execution Of Undertakers' Works)
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Sixth Schedule—(Powers For Consequential Modification Of Special Enactments, And For Savings As To Certain Protections And Consent Requirements)
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Seventh Schedule—(Application To London)
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Labelling Of Food Order
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Justices Of The Peace Act (Operation)
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Written Answers
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Written Answers To Questions
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British Army
Troops, Korea (Winter Equipment)
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Call-Up
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Courts-Martial (Procedure)
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Mackinnon Road Store, East Africa (Cost)
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Casualties, Korea (Notification)
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Building (Inquiry, Somerset)
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National Insurance
Unemployment Pay, Dagenham
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Old Age Pensioners
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Sickness (Statistics)
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Personal Case
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Trade And Commerce
Copper Wire (Exports)
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State Purchasing
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Strategic Materials (Export)
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Molybdenum
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Step-Ladders
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Newsprint
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Art Paper (Supply)
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Film, "The Chance Of A Lifetime"
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Usa (Russian Exports)
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Census Of Distribution
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Far East War Damage (Claims)
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Exports To Russia
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Government Imports
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Raw Materials (Contracts)
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Goods (Sale)
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Communist Countries (Trade)
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Transport (Road And Bridge Tolls)
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Scotland (Small-Holdings, Dumfries)
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Colonial Development
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Festival Of Britain
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Unofficial Strikes
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Education (Boarding School Grants)
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Ministry Of Pensions (Personal Case)
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Agricultural Holdings (Appeal Court Ruling)
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National Finance
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Housing Act (Account)
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Russia (Sales Of Gold)
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Taxation
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Post-War Savings
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Government Hostels
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Nylon Stockings
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Farming (Tax Liabilities)
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Regional Industry Boards
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Purchase Tax
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Pound Sterling (Level)
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National Production
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War Damage Claims
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British Residents Abroad (Blocked Funds)
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Currency (Export)
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Central Office Of Information (Staff)
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Road Fund Licences (Perforation)
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The Mint (Annual Reports)
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National Expenditure
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