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Commons Hansard for 21 December 1955 (Volume 547)

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Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons (item number 1) (id 45d1d717-eb0a-4e30-836a-f59d705cfdaa)
Prayers (item number 2) (id ef99840d-e8a9-437e-8626-54994f262946)

Oral Answers To Questions
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Royal Navy
Dilutees (Pay And Status) (item number 1) (id 704ba89d-4a60-44f6-8312-6bb3835cf571)
Personal Case (item number 1) (id a129d468-57af-4648-8f49-247ae7df1419)
Fire, Admiralty (item number 1) (id 9ea06b9f-8dec-41b0-a2a0-679600054161)
Oil Stocks, Far East (Compensation Claim) (item number 1) (id 01d3a325-03ee-4ff4-97a0-e4abb71a8dda)
Large Fleet Units (Disposal) (item number 1) (id 3ab8ab38-8b9c-4970-88ef-c7821d225847)
Professional Officers (Requirements) (item number 1) (id bc719306-af3c-4914-ac15-793b99b202c7)
Married Quarters (item number 1) (id b11bdd5d-7422-4bcd-bf0f-ea34fa2575ca)
Dockyard, Devonport (Development Plan) (item number 1) (id 730449f4-9c57-4314-bd6e-13ef98f37ded)
Admiralty (item number 1) (id 5157be77-d6bf-4060-b977-e901961ac101)

Post Office
Pensions Provision (item number 1) (id 59021f25-cb6c-4df0-b326-b19e9b0df4d0)
Cable And Wireless Limited (Chairman) (item number 1) (id 8fb06191-ec8c-4f9e-9924-39f80d1363dd)
Savings Certificates (Leaflets) (item number 1) (id 155d125b-b99a-4863-bbaf-921ff2e99c36)
Books And Periodicals (Postal Charges) (item number 1) (id 1ef6e744-b81c-405d-bbfb-aa418716b07e)
Postal Service, Beckley (item number 1) (id 75b45a00-c06c-4756-8282-087e31be74a9)
Mail Handling (Review) (item number 1) (id f5a70b9a-e511-4b20-a42c-a2b58cd8291d)

Telephone Service
Domestic Installations, Blind Persons (Charge) (item number 1) (id 0d5a7c5f-65c1-4bea-8f2a-c1f8eb57a8f2)
Feltham And Hanworth (item number 1) (id fb206cff-475c-4928-a7fe-62d4c6d30684)
Poles (item number 1) (id 5a2ca5c6-07fb-4e4f-a0a0-2a9fdd240e25)
Toll Area Subscribers (item number 1) (id 88a6eee2-98bc-4830-b8b8-45c49dcc61e1)
Kiosks, Leyton (Malicious Damage) (item number 1) (id 37ffa016-6bba-49e2-8e5e-8e8004178f80)

Wireless And Television
Reception, Scotland (item number 1) (id 0f3705c5-09ee-45d1-a874-76876f201669)
Independent Television Authority (item number 1) (id 6ecc1c8b-6d12-4cdd-a52d-c6b84eb479a6)
Events Of National Interest (Discussions) (item number 1) (id d91aa51f-0ff4-415e-850b-a7aa6ffdcfe0)
Olympic Games (Negotiations) (item number 1) (id c983aaf6-80bc-4258-ace4-f43413325775)

Royal Air Force
Prestwick Pioneer Aircraft (item number 1) (id 85c8dbdc-252c-4b3d-8a7c-c4ee075b33ed)
Departmental Accountancy And Economy (item number 1) (id 7391eb67-5f39-47b3-a070-5763eadb0760)
Rain-Making Experiments, Salisbury Plain (item number 1) (id 6bb38e11-76a2-4237-9926-3a9e68a10264)
Doctors, Washington Hall (Terminated Contracts) (item number 1) (id 0079a107-e060-473c-90b6-271f9819fc38)
Personal Case (item number 1) (id cf339c41-2177-442c-83a4-6d2177e2deed)

Shipping
Ports (Mechanisation) (item number 1) (id a119dc51-edb7-4db0-a77d-daf2e314c5a7)
Cyprus (item number 4) (id 5486296a-3f29-4411-ab8e-5b3a51588f1c)
Jordan (Disturbances) (item number 5) (id f5efb429-2268-44b1-8b7e-029018742379)
United Kingdom And Iraq (Special Agreement) (item number 6) (id e31fbc09-8e30-4067-847f-3eb073e8cebf)

Bill Presented
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Agriculture (Safety, Health And Welfare Provisions) (item number 1) (id 96acac18-390a-4075-b08d-2bd24874ae4e)
Kenya (Police Administration) (item number 8) (id 8315d127-a43b-4a44-8fd4-3138c083e7ce)
Town And Country Planning (item number 9) (id 18504a05-39c2-41a0-ad0c-00677d1a9c0b)
Pig Marketing (item number 10) (id 0c9af183-d01b-4e32-a8a7-a1a638af0b38)
Atomic Energy Authority (Staff) (item number 11) (id a6d8da57-3dde-40ce-9412-9337b5b23e1a)
Ministry Of Supply, Euxton (Tenants) (item number 12) (id fd3bf6e8-7613-4d35-954c-48e7b63da820)
Royal Assent (item number 13) (id cd11bf7f-e687-41a9-89d5-8b34994a43d3)
Ministry Of Supply, Euxton (Tenants) (item number 14) (id f8ca46b4-ad3e-4a8b-b9c2-92b20b245ffc)
Lodge Moor Hospital (Aircraft Accident) (item number 15) (id 1cb98cb6-2f30-4f2b-a9d5-0d444eabaf9c)
River Thames (Pollution) (item number 16) (id 2380f985-2931-4dc3-9b9c-1f49972e5aa3)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions (item number 1) (id 127efcb5-a6fc-4b8b-95d6-be344b959a84)

Royal Navy
Official Charts (item number 1) (id a4e21a87-a04c-43f2-b9a9-5e12993091c5)
Table Centre (Dolphin Room) (item number 1) (id da25e469-a267-4101-a586-53fdc3789e97)
Supplies (Local Traders) (item number 1) (id 67e39b24-96e0-420a-b37b-4f9c89bd3fc6)
Furnished Hirings Scheme (item number 1) (id 652a682d-3ce4-4963-bcb1-4fdbe734e780)
Hm Dockyards (Wages) (item number 1) (id 7fa1e547-f959-4dbc-940b-70a5b58d7827)
Beer Supplies (item number 1) (id a66872e5-9be8-4c2a-b271-5b8534895417)

Telephone Service
Exchange, Birmingham (item number 1) (id 9cfab9d8-cabc-47ec-a411-be2f9645d4fb)
Kiosks, Newbattle (item number 1) (id 52f50586-f05b-4656-8991-9b7817c7800a)
London Telephone Directory (A-D Section) (item number 1) (id 66adbd9f-2738-447d-a2d1-ae248897366e)

Post Office
Pillar-Boxes, Midlothian (item number 1) (id 4c57954d-a771-4676-81c5-80dd89533d98)
Postal Deliveries, Brentford And Chiswick (item number 1) (id 960f28e8-3711-4806-8a92-409347e0131e)
Books And Periodicals (Postal Charges) (item number 1) (id 8152e1ec-e621-45b8-badb-ed3c04b18cba)
Telecommunications (Equipment) (item number 1) (id 0ee9b8ae-cd10-4e80-b708-ae9fad10ed0b)

Royal Air Force
Furniture Destruction, Padgate (item number 1) (id 68b04c87-6643-4258-84de-c86ea99cf40f)
Raf Station, Lichfield (item number 1) (id 1ea68e9b-7894-4ae6-a4c3-fe587e85b58b)
Service Vehicles, Dumfries (Parking) (item number 1) (id 5c3aea9f-3a33-4d08-80c4-063059f034b5)

Shipping
International Conventions (item number 1) (id e289ce97-5583-4f76-b7f7-a899971e8f6a)
Tonnages (item number 1) (id c1aa4bdc-3435-49d9-8ef3-f239d76f01b9)

Civil Aviation
Heathfield Airfield (Buildings) (item number 1) (id 48a3a0ff-c87b-4341-b04f-bfd94ba37eb9)
Services, Wales (item number 1) (id 83d88ec0-1130-4612-9568-7464e4754e4a)

Transport
Pensioners (Earnings) (item number 1) (id 7fe56aaa-2213-45ae-a466-cd5d45aed0d0)
Road Haulage Assets (Disposal) (item number 1) (id 46550144-1cab-4b0e-b6de-2d0066fefacf)
Driving Tests, Wolverhampton (item number 1) (id 7870ae99-7bbe-484c-b82d-d22c54d45312)

Railways
Diesel Locomotives (Orders) (item number 1) (id 9e883d09-a7a7-41df-9584-729b5dec2f18)
Train Lights (Roadway Tracks) (item number 1) (id 7366ca30-8d9b-447c-aef2-977cb62e387a)
Passenger Carriages (Fireproof Materials) (item number 1) (id 95480fb6-da6b-456e-9ff1-c07495ed3a47)
Clerical Staff Pensioners (item number 1) (id 76cb152d-21d4-4476-acd3-c1a3fd7cd455)

Roads
Hyde Park Corner (Congestion) (item number 1) (id 03d2c472-4d7e-4ec3-81e0-d32e7d374068)
Blackfriars—Chelsea (Embankment Roadway) (item number 1) (id 80577d4e-1907-4bcc-b5c1-82d40308580c)
Jermyn Street (Congestion) (item number 1) (id 7da75af8-c71d-4b55-a7e5-6c33f3732c5a)
Fareham—Lee-On-Solent (item number 1) (id 90be5b2a-09bc-4197-80fd-302c43bbf94a)
Snow-Clearance Equipment, Scotland (item number 1) (id c230f759-1437-4139-9bba-651314ebb447)
Crofter Counties Scheme (item number 1) (id ce4cf7cc-1a15-4c49-ad1b-e8d7ddee1d25)
Traffic Signs (item number 1) (id 78500c5d-857b-4d9f-8870-3ec1d3f97334)
Accidents, Harthope Viaduct (Glasgow—Carlisle Road) (item number 1) (id d92bacf5-055d-4101-bbfd-ae44ee6513f1)

Ministry Of Defence
Victoria Cross (Centenary Celebration) (item number 1) (id 7237ac83-ba6b-4171-8469-b4ec1cfff739)
Germany (Reunification) (item number 12) (id 7eb1a5ab-bc64-4691-b42a-ff0b6dd210c1)
English Channel (Territorial Claim) (item number 13) (id b5f6e734-c000-4eeb-b131-954853eca3cf)
Moscow Embassy Staff (Evening Classes) (item number 14) (id 7b9a693f-2c2d-41bc-a6f1-557ab7fec42e)
Vietnam (Elections) (item number 15) (id 8f55d342-1c35-4cee-99fd-173458b579be)
China (Trade) (item number 16) (id 52550142-e4b6-4e26-b911-8c07f38f8cf9)
Foreign Office (Cultural Relations Department) (item number 17) (id 186dfc12-2355-4926-94e6-7c56d4d306a0)
United Nations (South-West Africa) (item number 18) (id dcde9a22-3ff3-4d28-a5a8-54f2f0c11ed6)

Gibraltar
Lodging Rents (Service Men) (item number 1) (id df6dd016-77ee-4bf3-bfeb-1e91fc3a8dbf)
Port Development Scheme (item number 1) (id 34d647cc-287b-401e-b91b-e0ff54eb300b)
Fiji (Constitution) (item number 20) (id d2da845b-af75-4117-8869-f8ee6d2302ba)

Cyprus
Maronite Building, Nicosia (item number 1) (id ca413c86-f30c-4c22-b5d0-833477d39a52)
Press Officer (item number 1) (id 3b0607ad-699b-4d89-8cf0-e340e6f9f478)
Sarawak, North Borneo And Brunei (item number 22) (id f7e24c51-2f77-454e-9a15-27170639109b)
Colonial Office (Staff Appointments) (item number 23) (id f72a4c38-573e-4278-b5a5-d4e553ba27fe)

Kenya
Book (Prohibition) (item number 1) (id ff8290e2-7926-4751-8607-a1a23b94f49f)
Multi-Racial School, Nairobi (item number 1) (id 35c92403-0729-4307-b865-25f988747429)
Detained Persons (item number 1) (id 7533f0bb-d935-4928-b7c2-07ef7727ff44)
Colonial Territories (Education) (item number 25) (id e6798f2d-fd2e-4832-98ab-1ef8e302cd37)

Malaya
Shop Assistants (item number 1) (id 7b09aa1d-7ab5-499a-af94-d700825c6354)
Rubber Industry (item number 1) (id 38a7f04e-c785-424c-a0ec-a2f94a2fd494)
East Africa (Information Officer) (item number 27) (id a693be78-b89d-4d33-b442-0c91167c65c0)

Ministry Of Works
Admiralty (Fire) (item number 1) (id 924fb8a9-ce89-4436-b4a8-587270be68f8)

Home Department
Heroin (item number 1) (id 53021862-4940-46dd-a9d6-68f3258cac30)

National Finance
Queen's Hall Project (item number 1) (id 983b9baf-25bd-4f22-8180-319d827465cd)
£ Sterling (Purchasing Power) (item number 1) (id 5c83afe3-e890-43ad-ad53-56ad2f74fd5a)
Weed Killers (Tax) (item number 1) (id a78da095-d121-48dc-9133-762ecca1ff6e)
Purchase Tax (Naval Rank Badges) (item number 1) (id af7effa9-53b9-4c12-9426-63ed81bba449)
Immigrants (Financial Assistance) (item number 1) (id 4a72ff51-bb07-41e9-83eb-6e65cd921403)

Ministry Of Health
Incubators (Premature Babies) (item number 1) (id 9ac20563-fcbb-449e-855d-18c688950fe1)
X-Ray Radiations (Dosemeters) (item number 1) (id 3b44c18b-9c96-4f4f-b77d-c14966f27150)
Textiles (Hospital Purchases) (item number 1) (id 1ef9457c-89d5-40db-bb26-559504064ec3)

Scotland
Scottish Special Housing Association (item number 1) (id 2a317f7e-6c59-4938-96cc-2722bf16602c)
Sewerage Schemes (Grants) (item number 1) (id abb2aacd-2af3-4d0a-a659-80fdb810e9ad)
House-Purchase Guarantee Scheme (item number 1) (id f80cba34-23e7-4185-9ad9-928cf0b0d0c9)
Bus Shelters (New Towns) (item number 1) (id 0e226707-ecb0-4b9f-a557-e4e16711b7e9)
Speeding Prosecutions, Kirkcudbright (item number 1) (id 4c539a5e-45c7-499e-9619-f2652287ba63)
Street Works Bill (Representations) (item number 1) (id f111e18f-6cb0-40fc-bcd0-5e734809ed98)

Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Potato Marketing Board (Guarantees) (item number 1) (id 4639b50c-78ff-46d8-8735-435b4edc1964)
Home-Grown Strawberry Pulp (item number 1) (id b2685f81-1ee3-41c1-82e1-c539d0fcba7c)

Education
Training College Grants (Report) (item number 1) (id 35e73c9b-6e0f-4b59-9eb0-efeedcd7d010)
St Patrick's School, Shropshire (Replacement) (item number 1) (id 7e8917d7-96f1-41b5-810e-0ffa6e1e948a)
Burnham Committee's Report (item number 1) (id f90e97b7-f2d8-40de-8d0c-8cd42cfd1383)
Teachers' Widows And Dependants (Assistance) (item number 1) (id 38927347-60b4-4f94-a12d-2581b9433746)
Superannuation Fund (Nut Representations) (item number 1) (id c78f7860-4e35-4d3c-8445-46793ab893b2)

Local Government
Subsidies Bill (Swindon Corporation) (item number 1) (id 00a58193-1963-47b0-8d05-c9a1ef6356c4)
New Valuation Lists (item number 1) (id a9abc2fb-3aab-4a82-9b8d-cce48e16e78d)
New Towns (Employment) (item number 1) (id 66b44d22-1b32-4ebd-ad78-1ca605bfadeb)

Ministry Of Supply
Cotton Textiles (Government Contracts) (item number 1) (id 53dddd1d-d4f2-4f22-8f5d-0887ff0c48ff)
Aircraft Fabrics (Fireproofing) (item number 1) (id 33b012db-8d80-406f-84a5-291480a70500)
Flag Discrimination (item number 1) (id b3541634-6a36-4fee-8f8f-d505875c56bf)
Garage Equipment (Tenders) (item number 1) (id 3202451f-b556-4562-b7ce-5d8e24d486bb)

Trade And Commerce
Canned And Deep-Freeze Vegetables (Sales) (item number 1) (id d2a4e6f7-2dbf-4e35-a1d7-57ef05ebba9b)
Air Ministry Maintenance Unit, Llanberis (item number 1) (id 91be8fb5-af2f-4636-b4c0-bc7e6852e720)
Strawberry Pulp (Imports) (item number 1) (id 8705b745-2ee5-45ac-8b2e-77e810b1bb9e)
Agricultural Machinery (item number 1) (id 09c86a23-668e-4988-a322-f5abedc9dc09)
Hire-Purchase Agreements (item number 1) (id 4c736251-6033-47b0-b187-07756a47f055)
Machinery Imports (Report) (item number 1) (id 2816f39e-f16a-428d-b11a-2d4e0b5fae37)
Monopolies Bill (item number 1) (id d9ef2aae-df14-43e3-9010-f69ab6d362c9)
Monopolies Commission (item number 1) (id daa1cff4-b12b-4534-a7ea-12ea4afd0d8c)
Cotton Industry, Lancashire (item number 1) (id 58f6fa23-0d74-49f5-a765-3d6931004d54)
Cotton Cloth (Imports) (item number 1) (id 51166ef1-60b1-4087-bc3b-f175e210d772)
Us Cotton (Spot Prices) (item number 1) (id bbc7b724-7a86-4046-b9ef-111cf5212e13)
Egyptian Cotton (Spot Prices) (item number 1) (id ae5c67db-916a-428b-bffd-758edd303457)
Imported Goods (Marking) (item number 1) (id 33d96621-2c7a-481f-a8de-4ac979900d50)
Merchandise Marks Act (item number 1) (id 1e64720c-9f22-4511-9655-90606ec1c6d5)
Import Licences (Czechoslovak Manufactures) (item number 1) (id 11376422-b0c7-4fb4-bd4b-dc0af1d14650)

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