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Commons Hansard for 28 July 1953 (Volume 518)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
11 May 2018 at 8.10pm.
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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National Finance
Rivers Act (Effluent Plant Expenditure)
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Bank Bills (Discount Rates)
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Purchase Tax (Retail Stocks)
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Usa Charities (Uk Subscriptions)
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Northern Ireland And Uk (Financial Relations)
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Panamanian Shipping Companies (British Capital)
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Foreign Travel Allowance
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Public Expenditure
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Engineering And Technology (University Grants)
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Dividends
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Balance Of Payments
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Stationery Office (Printing Charges)
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Local Authority Loans
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Whisky (Excise Duty)
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Wales
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Wages And Production (Chancellor's Speech)
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Capital Investment (Movement Of Labour)
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Tobacco (Dollar Purchases)
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Heavy Capital Goods
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Po Savings Bank Books (Tax Notices)
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Omnibus Industry (Tax)
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Dartmouth Naval College (Entrance Examination)
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Local Government
Agricultural Land (Restoration)
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Alkali Inspector, Trafford Park Area
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Mining Subsidence
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Local Government Reform
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River Gipping (Pollution)
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Flood Relief Funds (Devon And Somerset)
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Co-Ordinating Ministers (Responsibilities)
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Ministerial Press Conferences
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Disarmament (Government Policy)
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Korean Armistice (Un Assembly Meeting)
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Proposed Foreign Ministers' Conference
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Soldier's Death, Moston Hall Hospital
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Ministerial Statements, House Of Lords (Mr Speaker's Ruling)
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Business Of The House (Supply)
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Civil Estimates And Supplementary Estimates, 1953–54
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Class X
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Estimates For Revenue Departments, 1953–54
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Navy Estimates, 1953–54
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Army Estimates, 1953–54
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Air Estimates, 1953–54
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Traffic Congestion And Road Accidents
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Class X
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Non-Effective Charges (Pensions)
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Estimates For Revenue Departments, 1953–54
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Ministry Of Defence Estimate, 1953–54
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Navy Estimates, 1953–54
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Army Estimates, 1953–54
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Air Estimates, 1953–54
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Ways And Means 23Rd July
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Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill
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School Crossing Patrols Money
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School Crossing Patrols Bill Lords
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Clause 1—(Arrangements For Patrolling School Crossings)
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Clause 2—(Power Of School Crossing Patrols To Stop Traffic)
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Clause 4—(Application To Scotland)
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Licensing Bill Lords
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Ministry Of Pensions (Transferred Staff)
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Army Act And Air Force Act
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Railway Branch Lines (Closure)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Cotton Mills (Rating Assessments)
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National Finance (Pensions And Superannuation)
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Civil Service Commission (Special Entry Examination)
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Housing
Subsidies
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Housing Site, Kensington
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Programme
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Council Houses (Sale To Tenants)
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Houses (Controlled Prices)
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Rent Burden (Distribution)
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Prefabricated Houses, Manchester (Open Fires)
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Rent Tribunals (Closure)
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Local Government
London Development Plan (Inquiry Report)
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New School Project, The Morfa
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Sewerage Scheme, Garn Dolbenmaen
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New Mineral Line, Northumberland
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Bucklersbury House
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Private Bill Procedure
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Coast Protection
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Water Supply, Piltdown Area
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Historic Buildings (Private Ownership)
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Ministry Of Works
Bricks, Cement And Roofing Tiles
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Historic Buildings And Royal Parks
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Dover House (Structural Repairs)
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"Burghers Of Calais" Sculpture
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Coronation Ceremony (Films)
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Nuclear Research (European Organisation)
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Employment
Night Baking
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Older Persons
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Industrial Disputes Order
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Foundry Workers, Falkirk—Bonnybridge
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Notification Of Vacancies Order
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Ironfoundries (Conditions)
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Remploy Project, Redruth
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Engineering Industries
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Disabled Persons, Caernarvonshire And Merioneth
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National Service
Defective Vision And Hearing
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University Students
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Government Policy
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Personal Cases
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Scotland
Electricity Supply
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Farmworkers' Houses, Roxburgh And Selkirkshire
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Condemned Requisitioned Houses
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Freight Charges, Highlands And Islands
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Blown Timber (Forestry Commission Assistance)
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Pig Breeds
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Housing Subsidies And Statutory Contributions
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Vaccination
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Education, Scotland
University Students
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Mathematics And Science Teachers (Committee)
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Lanarkshire
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Cost Per School Place
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British Army
Personal Cases
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Moston Hall Hospital (Staff)
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Deceased Soldiers (Uk Internment)
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Z Reservists (Form D406 (Ro))
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Land, Dunbartonshire (Purchase Negotiations)
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Gun Site, Trecastle
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Soldier's Death, Derna
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Civilian Medical Advice And Treatment
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Medical Reports (Disclosure)
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Trade And Commerce
Anglo-Soviet Trade
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Hire Purchase And Credit Sales (Mobile Shops)
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Buckie-Peterhead Area
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Film Production Fund
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Merchandise Marks
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Co-Partnership And Welfare Schemes
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Cast-Iron Goods (Exports)
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Monopolies Commission (Non-Ferrous Semi-Manufactures)
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Semi-Manufactures Of Copper And Copper-Based Alloys
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Solid-Fuel Room Heating Appliances
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Northern Ireland (Pig Smuggling)
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Ministry Of Health
Vaccination Deaths
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Diphtheria Immunisation
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Smallpox Deaths
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Pneumonia Deaths
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Handicapped Children, Breconshire (Welfare)
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Telephone Service, Harlow New Town
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Primary Schools, Wales (Unsuitable Premises)
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Nationalist China (Icao Relationship)
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Ministry Of Supply (Radar Research)
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