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Commons Hansard for 1 August 1956 (Volume 557)

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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 4d6f769c-cd5a-4057-816a-5de253bf8732)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 0783f4e6-bfc0-4aff-9281-770edf0fbc03)

Private Business
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South Of Scotland Electricity Order Confirmation Bill (item number 1) (id 1f0addf2-134e-4e31-b411-187a19df91a8)

Oral Answers To Questions
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Ministry Of Defence
Egypt (Expenditure) (item number 1) (id a093a874-4470-46f8-b895-73f99c0d2a54)
Greece (Santorini Earthquake) (item number 1) (id 37f6f027-4507-4e3a-bd82-2382c618094f)
Icelandic Fisheries Dispute (item number 1) (id 8f32f268-2857-492b-baa3-bc239121675e)

Egypt
Canal Zone (British Subjects) (item number 1) (id fa2a5786-fa60-476b-8eee-1b12556729bb)
Egyptian Delta Light Railways (British Shareholders) (item number 1) (id 353193b5-332f-4d98-9a30-271e0608a105)
Suez Canal (item number 1) (id 1833505e-24c4-4b72-ad9d-d1c9cdc703a7)
Cuba (British Subject's Death) (item number 1) (id 172796f7-e85a-402c-b4ec-42bf96cff4d4)

Cyprus
Discussions (item number 1) (id 07a87f94-6f15-443d-9fbb-bc7552d9c45c)
Turkey (Guarantees) (item number 1) (id 88089748-a78c-4d56-b17c-d7afad43dc5b)
United Nations Agencies, (British Participation) (item number 1) (id 8095e2b1-9fc5-426e-b8de-93e104186136)
Nuclear Tests (item number 1) (id 7445e536-dd54-4cb9-8a6e-20fb01c4e854)

Middle East
Mr Hammarskjöld's Visit (item number 1) (id 1eae1acf-54d1-46f8-9529-f39c97e1344e)
Supply Of Arms (item number 1) (id c1681129-7a21-4df9-b626-6d5cf4927d42)
United Nations Charter (Committee) (item number 1) (id 5e7e806b-2a8b-4290-998b-763da324e0fa)
Disarmament Subcommittee Meetings (Verbatim Records) (item number 1) (id edb287b6-fe5e-450d-9783-346a93545530)
Germany (Victims Of Nazi Persecution) (item number 1) (id 44ecee5f-49de-4a7d-b477-d5e3f2e4f765)

Cyprus
Pamphlet (item number 1) (id 2594b412-c59f-43b2-8ca6-ab5ef77fc178)

Seychelles
Customs Department (Hydrometers) (item number 1) (id 08883e3e-f467-4ba2-bbcc-72961aec2f87)
Supplies Department (Accounts) (item number 1) (id 7065ea36-975c-4e60-990b-cffe6dbb1007)
Officers (Salaries) (item number 1) (id 286020d9-bb04-4c01-8104-1d4e02a97d1d)

Kenya
All-Party Delegation (item number 1) (id d415ac41-03df-4da5-b1f5-a000fb9e4134)
Prisons And Detention Camps (Memorandum) (item number 1) (id a3b2c8ea-340a-4b6c-8253-e0dfdbbd1987)
Land Consolidation, Nyanza (Demonstrations) (item number 1) (id 71c777de-e823-4952-adde-b06cad1c5e60)
Mageta Island Detention Camp (item number 1) (id 0848617d-d069-4c49-95c5-bab9480f5310)
Rehabilitation Officers (item number 1) (id 1c42c52f-5cfb-4b5a-be4b-21812dd319be)

Colonial Territories
Colonial Development Corporation (Kariba Dam Project) (item number 1) (id a7093728-a9a3-440a-a8a1-680b04814b3d)

Uganda
Sedition (Prosecutions) (item number 1) (id dd671a55-6941-4153-aa86-8761e042291f)
Karamoja District (item number 1) (id df818bd6-9a49-4484-8036-818d06b088cc)

Northern Rhodesia And Nyasaland
African Civil Service (Pay And Conditions) (item number 1) (id 26450910-ae09-42f1-9a7c-b919e552ed2b)
African Congress Boycott (Arrests) (item number 1) (id 5d260acb-a8f9-4452-8a50-6492c3983cd4)

Tanganyika
Whitley Council (Draft Constitution) (item number 1) (id 6486d8bd-2b9a-4c3f-a977-3eef1a2cccd7)

Aden
Demonstration (Casualties) (item number 1) (id fa2c0a47-6200-4489-8783-2622764e6702)

Atomic Energy
Radio-Active Materials (Sea Dumping) (item number 1) (id 1323cb24-f895-4448-a4bc-c38308e0b067)
Business Of The House (item number 5) (id 811f9c8a-887e-4ffc-b1c1-bcbf421ef0ec)
British Motor Corporation Dispute (Talks) (item number 6) (id 2b327b4a-8a7d-4b41-a11e-20a3b0e40121)

Economic Statistics
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Sittings Of The House (item number 1) (id 44163d8e-8c97-4f6c-868a-816c0c0cca85)
Adjournment (Summer) (item number 8) (id 9bfddf34-7c4d-4473-80d9-f6aa1a1a56d8)

Public Bodies (Admission Of The Press To Meetings)
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Public Bodies (Admission Of The Press To Meetings) (item number 1) (id 0c6af6ad-5a97-4676-b4c6-341f33321551)

Orders Of The Day
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Consolidated Fund(Appropriation) (No 2) Bill (item number 1) (id 3d36683f-0c5e-4b78-b8dc-b188ae55bc56)
Seychelles (Administration) (item number 11) (id de484d95-b4fa-4e64-ac74-b4c71356295f)
Seretse Khama (item number 12) (id 123affe7-e652-4358-8afd-5b3728ceb03d)
Day Nurseries (Milk) (item number 13) (id e8277afc-a2b2-4146-981d-ec300b0207b2)
Post-War Credits (Income Tax) (item number 14) (id bcae39af-906e-45e8-95a6-96a2eb1de21e)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions (item number 1) (id 0e0999af-3294-4151-877d-6988aebf00a1)
International Economic Co-Operation (item number 2) (id b721effb-7bd2-4591-ae8b-df3df9588819)

Cyprus
Ethnarchy (Public Collection Of Funds) (item number 1) (id 0c82f1cb-fd45-4c83-aa15-3543ed3b703e)
Lord Radcliffe's Visit (item number 1) (id 64af4070-1b20-4b5a-a97f-42c2aa2690f2)
Greek-Cypriot Children (Educational Entitlement And School Attendance) (item number 1) (id e2eff9b5-50fd-45ab-8d1b-f403bb4ab8d1)
Schoolboys (Interrogation) (item number 1) (id a9dd962d-4a77-40ae-bf5a-33f616024d8b)
Terrorists (item number 1) (id 65dc3894-f18f-4141-97f0-1b15b0c0121f)
Archbishop Makarios (item number 1) (id 3f65ff0a-8120-4b73-a00a-232d6a38ed47)

Malaya
Tin-Mining Industry (Wage Negotiating Machinery) (item number 1) (id 8b582fe2-0209-44e0-961d-09268e6070c2)

Gold Coast
Constitution (item number 1) (id 4ff431af-fc34-4e5f-be2c-6600840f146a)
Cocoa Purchasing Company (Report) (item number 1) (id 373a9ad1-caa4-40f1-946b-368ccb1a100f)

Northern Rhodesia And Nyasaland
Ministerial Visit (item number 1) (id c482126d-a48e-4a82-a2f3-9145e9bc9514)

Seychelles
Chief Justice's Judgments (Appeals) (item number 1) (id 448dc4ad-fda2-41d2-a6ea-47d4a8d77175)

Malta
Economic Commission (item number 1) (id d5eb5ba0-61ca-4bca-9dfe-809d9f3edb9d)

Nigeria
Commission Of Inquiry (Membership And Terms Of Reference) (item number 1) (id 8b53c990-f5ee-4ac3-abb9-9f3a46a5e16c)

British Guiana
Constitution (item number 1) (id 862680a1-c0e1-4c00-98a8-a32b75af8868)

Colonial Territories
Development Corporation (Requirements) (item number 1) (id 371df4b3-5186-45e9-a595-3ebd539e7dc6)
Trusteeship Council (item number 1) (id cc3ca5bf-82d6-462f-a0cf-1c0ac3b685a1)
Experiments On Living Animals (item number 1) (id e2ca24bf-bf6c-4318-9d89-ce17d1838734)
Colonial Government Publications (Availability) (item number 1) (id 6b8b0984-7203-471c-829c-b5dd2eabc005)

Kenya
Youth Institutes, Kiambu (item number 1) (id 10a4a85f-4646-42e9-822a-dd7c8ad1ce9a)
Agricultural Betterment Fund (Balance) (item number 1) (id d2074b0b-686f-4fa5-b777-97b4f5b1a2b8)
Coffee Marketing Board (African Representatives) (item number 1) (id 1208ad25-7637-46d9-aea3-753a53151239)
Kamiti Prison (Female Prisoners) (item number 1) (id 24447a83-415a-4a49-9b76-8bdd41f99a35)

Royal Navy
H Ms "Perseus" (Survey) (item number 1) (id 8cd6e41e-4e4a-4dee-90c5-b9a432dadffe)
Disused Building, Falmouth (item number 1) (id b7fabd64-cb86-4dbf-92ee-0b6a65314bff)
Her Majesty's Yacht "Britannia" (item number 1) (id 6d12e065-c9d4-4ddf-b547-76146123d57a)
Establishments (Economies) (item number 1) (id f51e71af-38cd-4b09-a167-fa948cdeaf12)
Ships, Londonderry (De-Equipment) (item number 1) (id 926a0ad0-2309-43f1-8599-b19e1f3116b8)
Discharged Men (Security Grounds) (item number 1) (id 621dcb41-ada5-4fbd-a327-5c48f81d24cd)
Holbrook School (Pupils) (item number 1) (id a0a4f5db-b8ae-4dde-8679-e3d0e26a3e46)

Shipbuilding
Steel Supplies (item number 1) (id 0e62882c-c258-4812-8de5-fc75c53853e8)

Post Office
United Kingdom Stamps (New Issues) (item number 1) (id 42f4de3d-af33-4312-85c0-76edbc1a7f1d)
Town Sub-Offices (item number 1) (id 5e042108-bac8-4b51-be8e-dea8c1bb400b)
Longbenton Estate, Newcastle (item number 1) (id c95aa5fd-3039-4f05-b826-22a1c39347b1)

Wireless And Television
Bbc (Vhf Development Plan) (item number 1) (id b5813b4e-7f11-4317-a6d3-4d671567acbb)
Ita (Grant Application) (item number 1) (id bbbe8ff0-c320-4f09-b354-fe289f7600ff)

Telephone Service
Ethnarchy Of Cyprus, London Office (item number 1) (id d5a92ba7-13b9-4eaa-9e37-dffc8c8e8a73)
Test Match Scores (item number 1) (id 788abe5f-a1f2-4e07-8ed9-384a956c81b3)

Royal Air Force
Supersonic Bang, Chichester (Damage Claims) (item number 1) (id 097b9478-cfe3-4756-bcac-4c3005938846)
Maintenance Unit, High Ercall (Closure) (item number 1) (id d8d3c18a-cb61-44d1-bdc8-d31c36757d5f)
Discharge (Security Grounds) (item number 1) (id af3595d3-37ce-4a1e-a5f9-048adc7e9710)
Maintenance Unit, Ruislip (Closure) (item number 1) (id 9ea574c5-9831-44c8-a4c7-2faa86157181)
Meteorological Office, Bracknell (item number 1) (id 18b10896-9d3d-4923-9d45-8ba3ec63704c)

Civil Aviation
United Kingdom—Irish Republic (Agreement) (item number 1) (id b161c8f4-0b9f-496d-950d-43d209c8c449)
London Airport (Petrol Filling Station) (item number 1) (id 6a13e048-17f1-4b26-801a-edcf061b4b0e)
Boac (Britannia Aircraft) (item number 1) (id 1d3c130d-dc55-44e1-9b3c-8ddd41a2aa3b)

Transport
Combine Harvesters (Road Journeys) (item number 1) (id 640b9fa5-dab0-4fda-b1ab-61854a86b0e9)
Motor Vehicles (Fittings) (item number 1) (id a8271ed7-3309-4924-866c-d06039d710a1)
Child Cyclists (Road Safety Report) (item number 1) (id 21255b8d-121f-4df7-810e-39376bba9393)
Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (item number 1) (id 2737820a-80d9-462f-938c-019cb6492b7d)

Roads
Gateshead—Felling By-Pass (item number 1) (id 895de78d-841f-4ae0-886f-dfac688ea003)
Construction And Improvement Schemes (item number 1) (id 9a01697a-1703-4e33-bc2a-dc69ce60b6ed)
Road, Binbrook Raf Station (item number 1) (id 7dfdb276-84cf-4ae9-8f50-bf596db1b08e)
Road, Wellingborough (Safety Measures) (item number 1) (id 1c43acda-84ec-4667-aec5-cd3efe567cc0)
Motorways (Petrol Filling Stations) (item number 1) (id 0fae7597-a777-46e9-b350-6fc8f1072588)
Land, East India Dock Road (Rateable Value) (item number 1) (id 36e11b49-403b-420c-b5ec-79de0b19e276)
Land, St Albans By-Pass (Cost) (item number 1) (id f0b9b816-dae3-47e7-916c-1712f9df9ae0)
Spondon Level Crossing (item number 1) (id 12289188-d685-44ae-9e63-21f83ddb4b89)
South Wales Radial Road (item number 1) (id 6194a029-6ded-429e-a8be-9feece961af8)
Preston By-Pass (item number 1) (id 7b20b64b-6925-4c8a-b344-bb7294c1b67d)
St Albans—Dunchurch Motorway (Bridges) (item number 1) (id e9c14655-0d63-48f1-89cc-d8e6b65d3ede)

Railways
Superannuitants (Pension Supplements) (item number 1) (id 861c6f98-5ef2-4edb-8d99-1cb0e5431562)
Third Rail Electric System (Circuit Breakers) (item number 1) (id f06e6db4-2a00-48e0-8856-6722431f2125)
Signalling And Continuous Track Circuiting (item number 1) (id af7bfde5-5c3f-4b73-a93d-901661b9ebd4)
Accident Reports (Special Review) (item number 1) (id d769c74a-9192-4537-80d1-d919261a23d6)

Home Department
Corrosive Acids (Transport By Road) (item number 1) (id d8bd46fa-2cb9-4d8c-b5ce-bb65883dcd79)

Ministry Of Health
Artificial Eyes (Fitting) (item number 1) (id ac3fad39-ca45-4a06-8e58-c6c9b563fcbe)
Medical Practitioners (Annual Earnings) (item number 1) (id e3248343-101e-47eb-9ba7-f58034d85597)

Hospitals
Doctors And Nurses, Swindon (item number 1) (id 6ec4cb8d-9f1e-46d3-8552-0e7ecf006059)
Mental Hospital Patients (item number 1) (id 5a6cbb70-a12a-45ea-bfbb-eab0847a0796)
Mental Hospital Nurses (Superannuation) (item number 1) (id 748e95d2-8dd2-42bb-aad2-cf7750d7f660)

Education
Health Education (Handbook) (item number 1) (id b45811ba-92f6-4428-a195-481808769a9b)

National Finance
United Kingdom Grants And Loans (Commonwealth Countries) (item number 1) (id 9b80b535-240f-4f2f-8df3-c91f78c6ca51)
Capital Investment, Northern Ireland (item number 1) (id 4906024a-0b1e-4d48-84b1-6bbe8c5fd279)
Securities (Transfer Of Property) (item number 1) (id a30335c0-30f2-4491-9c28-1ebe4bab4cff)

Local Government
Cemetery, Beddgelert (item number 1) (id dc2ceab5-cfa6-4ea4-8016-cc91e053f6a0)
Nottingham General Cemetery (item number 1) (id d41afcf6-3e9e-4ccc-a5fd-624db275a6b4)
Capital Expenditure Restrictions (item number 1) (id b1a14cdd-9d61-4dde-bd4b-ce39ba261364)

Nationalised Industries
Parliamentary Questions (item number 1) (id 6416fb22-d5f8-4a92-97b7-d5a4d3b40ce1)

British Army
Wiltshire Regiment, Cyprus (Casualties) (item number 1) (id 2f6f1519-c899-42a8-9221-e435eca2a395)

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