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Commons Hansard for 19 December 1956 (Volume 562)

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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 f08bf706-2151-4f47-a8e7-f3c772be631a)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 5bd9c281-7fc0-4da7-8692-4e363344e6ef)

Oral Answers To Questions
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Egypt
British Subjects (Evacuation And Assistance) (item number 1) (id 8479a54a-c5e8-401d-92e6-3ea196ba5568)
British Property (item number 1) (id 3d25c67d-cac1-400b-8352-17687bccb595)
Military Operations (item number 1) (id 68df98cc-e60f-4446-a511-717d40bf386d)
Suez Canal (item number 1) (id 421328b0-f9b3-4dca-9900-e65dd34f6d83)

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Council Meeting (item number 1) (id 7c1164aa-0463-4217-a96d-af7415d8b73a)
United States Base, Iceland (item number 1) (id 2e70da14-a0f2-4315-b3f8-c6f46ebbaddc)

United Nations
Middle East (Situation) (item number 1) (id 0059bd33-476f-4f9b-97ca-69dba9e6eb33)
Palestinian Refugees (Resettlement) (item number 1) (id aed9bd9d-298a-4f09-b772-99f471c10030)
British Subjects, Egypt (Property And Assets) (item number 1) (id 6cb383de-4257-410a-b702-79d077a5997b)
Security Council And General Assembly (Resolutions) (item number 1) (id 3db8b324-39d0-43af-b0e5-31977aa03a98)
Security Council (item number 1) (id 0667638c-8f26-4249-ba1f-16e3e5936be3)
General Assembly (item number 1) (id da033b07-c484-4f9b-a3b6-1d224b0c9f3d)
Hydrogen Bomb Tests (item number 1) (id 71d2325c-1627-4c82-9e38-efb817e102aa)
Cyprus (Broadcasts) (item number 1) (id b6c77411-041d-46fd-a4d4-6643b2b1e54f)
Disarmament (Soviet Proposals) (item number 1) (id b1b4e5b5-66b2-4b9d-bc58-d16078dab0cd)
Straits Of Gibraltar (item number 1) (id 0d16c570-0f29-4f89-acd7-cb96b4573535)
China (Trade) (item number 1) (id b7ec242b-d867-4dcc-a152-c4cf140d661d)
Questions To Ministers (item number 1) (id 98d1332d-da5e-458b-8122-1bbe305204ae)
Suez Canal (item number 1) (id 1e06b2cf-ab58-4b2e-b2ea-7a439df2e986)
Northern Ireland (Situation) (item number 4) (id 04f177ec-58f0-40c2-8465-f3f3e5da89da)
Cyprus (Lord Radcliffe's Proposals) (item number 5) (id 5a4d76d0-4e90-4e42-8558-df12173bfbb3)

Bill Presented
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Aerial Advertising (item number 1) (id f19b82ce-7feb-45c3-b414-98ae865cc6d0)
Business Of The House (item number 7) (id 386f58b1-7de0-469e-b4fe-af70e4b84a5f)

Orders Of The Day
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House Of Commons Disqualification Bill (item number 1) (id 924e0fd3-540a-4858-80c2-b8de113ef692)
Hungary (item number 9) (id cbd05cd2-56ff-4931-bbd9-84fd1990954e)
Sunday Cinematograph Entertainments (item number 10) (id aeac5817-bebb-473d-b68b-d974c9262262)
United Nations (item number 11) (id bd7fd9eb-bbc4-451a-aeb9-cbaa1796bea5)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions (item number 1) (id ddeeb58b-2882-4d5a-a275-4f442dca931c)

United Nations
Tanganyika (item number 1) (id abdfd1cf-48de-4503-9802-7bee0ceb4868)
British Somaliland (Reserved Area And Haud) (item number 1) (id 726ce053-9467-40b3-b78d-891cf81d3d81)
British Delegation (item number 1) (id 66bdf7e4-064c-4871-ae60-80cbb7286832)
Hungary (item number 1) (id c56cab0d-33c3-4cc5-8df3-df3a4c5bc22d)
Technical Assistance Programme (Uk Contribution) (item number 1) (id 9a2eb225-9631-4a99-a5b1-e5ac82ecf6ec)
Bagdad Pact (item number 1) (id d2a9a48f-d022-4e82-a9d2-b7bb2c779d91)
Persian Gulf Area (British Interests) (item number 1) (id d0d2ea54-5618-46f5-9975-1ac80ca40464)

Egypt
Aswan Dam (item number 1) (id 0c484c5b-e575-476b-8068-31625f75c235)
Suez Canal (item number 1) (id 73c64d7f-a1e7-418e-aab0-715edb6f964d)
British Subjects (item number 1) (id e07da083-80b8-46df-b98e-3542ee40e1d8)
United Nations Force (item number 1) (id 24d47ca0-b380-43f0-962b-e169a6a99361)
Salvage Vessels (Suez Canal Area) (item number 1) (id b95f900f-1001-4302-91b1-7376e610d7d9)
Military Operations (item number 1) (id bc37ab39-83c3-4a7a-a602-d8833f2c69a5)
Israeli Aircraft Markings (item number 1) (id e75daddf-a08b-4e4f-ae05-e2903930881a)
Port Said (Film) (item number 1) (id 663879b0-34c8-4d22-99a1-c15b4ae40f80)
British Council (Middle East) (item number 1) (id 075fc8f0-3827-406a-bc47-4043f17ee0b2)
Consular Posts (Economies) (item number 1) (id 6fb7b566-4f9e-4a69-9f44-77eac7809731)
European Common Market (Nato Discussions) (item number 1) (id 992922a5-44ae-496b-b2e1-9bc79e37c895)
Hungarian Refugees (item number 1) (id bb8b86ad-db7e-4175-839c-454fb46ff620)
Tripartite Declaration (item number 1) (id 9308269c-6a68-478b-b753-8264361ffdf3)
Mutual Defence Agreements (item number 1) (id 03462206-9357-4065-81ff-95675c4d3c26)
Anti-Slavery Convention (item number 1) (id a767de90-f330-4ac3-be06-309a76a393e0)

Hungary
Relief (item number 1) (id a1b91173-b718-455d-947e-500a170e29a8)
Soviet Forces (item number 1) (id 4314beca-2d82-46e8-a2c7-81a709c2d9d7)
Middle East (White Paper) (item number 1) (id cb8c6e35-db71-4452-8d48-3129f219f75e)
Anglo-German Discussion Centre, Wilton Park (item number 1) (id f61a3eaa-7446-453b-8567-4c22357e993e)
Geneva Conference Powers (Hungary) (item number 1) (id 2a0d0c95-b93d-4014-ae0f-d17a109d2aee)
Disarmament (item number 1) (id 901857d3-4812-4b65-92fd-7217adf3fe11)
Nato (Cyprus) (item number 1) (id 7abe63bd-1f79-4456-86fa-6475b7fefb39)
Refugees, Europe (item number 1) (id 3032b5d1-6899-4deb-9564-227acd285f8c)

Colonial Territories
Uranium And Thorium Supplies (item number 1) (id 4ea95a53-6dae-439b-aac4-b02c847ef18a)

Cyprus
Lord Radcliffe's Proposals (item number 1) (id fc8936cb-dfea-4410-a9b9-f91184f83543)
Prosecutions (item number 1) (id 25e19692-269b-4ed3-9c73-084a93ba4a38)
British Community (Representations) (item number 1) (id d4dcb977-91ec-4277-9485-41a06891f5bd)
Police And Civilians (Protection) (item number 1) (id 27ac83d6-2354-46e1-bdb4-c53b23c26f17)
Newspaper Editor (Charges) (item number 1) (id 1a261ea7-9cfb-4ecd-9a08-62cb5275029e)
Emergency Regulations (item number 1) (id bb0333ac-4079-46f8-afdf-764a84b1a893)

British Guiana
Public Meetings (Loudspeaker Advertisements) (item number 1) (id 670be6fc-8f40-4001-b28a-f7a51df3f97f)

Singapore
Detained Persons (item number 1) (id a3c60122-e1bd-4610-aee0-aa70a5b0a76b)
Education (item number 1) (id c5d203ad-6caa-4820-b8a2-0b6010970464)

Kenya
Emergency Legislation (item number 1) (id df8801cb-0a99-4f1e-87b4-6f1f17836782)
Detained Persons (item number 1) (id 4b994eb0-da68-4ee4-ba2b-16f9ce8f1dda)
International Red Cross (item number 1) (id ac56fdde-2f21-4b11-b0da-01e97c5a64f0)
Legislative Council Elections (African Franchise) (item number 1) (id 7d389fcd-c9b3-47aa-b58d-efb8ace0c001)

Tanganyika
African Labourers (Wages And Conditions) (item number 1) (id e613f631-9a60-4ca3-acc4-9b195af6bdd1)
Mining Industry (Wages) (item number 1) (id 773e5e6c-e844-42cb-aa06-337b17206c1d)
Extra-Mural Education (item number 1) (id f39eec14-9416-43b4-8b2b-8742c4d0af0b)

Northern Rhodesia
Mufulira Copper Miners (Housing) (item number 1) (id cb67d251-0e57-46e1-a92b-efb3e7c974f1)
African Mineworkers (Restriction Orders) (item number 1) (id 1840f45a-68d9-4aec-bbd2-2444c7b88dc3)
Petauke Co-Operative Marketing Union (item number 1) (id 52619e5c-28c8-4e57-a64c-1b7dea0f243c)

Seychelles
Education (item number 1) (id ff139f69-0b29-4a2e-949b-103ba7d54153)

Hong Kong
Refugees (item number 1) (id 110b8fe6-ecd7-4a02-8c37-25c3aacbb0af)
Roof-Top Dwellers (item number 1) (id 647c7be2-d6bb-41cb-bef3-833ba85d9898)

Nigeria
African Continental Bank (Inquiry Costs) (item number 1) (id 1d647976-d3fe-4c47-9e4b-3d06353af3af)

Jamaica
Passports (item number 1) (id 00e85fce-ef8c-476d-a9d9-b7ac46867d7b)

Sarawak
Constitution (item number 1) (id 688d75ce-70f1-4b27-b72b-4e1595d250b2)

Uganda
Elections (Committee) (item number 1) (id 382b0301-b1df-4dcd-a540-0584f9aa6ea7)
Toro Constitution (item number 1) (id 89e2618a-a7c8-43bf-9cf0-83b635c41cd5)

Trinidad
Trinidad Oil Company (Discussions) (item number 1) (id d3fc7d62-cc32-4050-ab96-544e961ae365)

Bermuda
United States Forces (Facilities) (item number 1) (id 8ff69b3d-8971-4eab-8469-a774dacd43cc)
Ferry Point Bridge (item number 1) (id 8ea3740e-9ece-450c-b570-37c1f17987f0)

Bahamas
Franchise And Taxation Reform (item number 1) (id 3d728c18-a510-4ff0-b589-0370f2194d75)

Ethiopia
Haud And Reserved Area (British Somalis) (item number 1) (id 8058d147-f6ae-44db-81cd-ab166eeeb0c9)

Sierra Leone
Illicit Diamond Mining (Control) (item number 1) (id d79357fc-2fb0-4b39-b395-b9aff2b6212e)
Airfields (item number 1) (id 0e247aee-59dd-4f81-858e-7fe0281e0f6d)
Alluvial Diamond Mining Order (Prosecutions) (item number 1) (id 8bd1f064-1741-4439-b1a6-26b6f6b2e441)

Malta
Egypt (Expelled British Subjects) (item number 1) (id ff824649-aa8e-4c8e-b191-da34305f6730)
Constitution (British Immigrants) (item number 1) (id 82157e65-69ff-4941-b369-50a822dd49e8)

British Honduras
Financial Assistance (Delegation) (item number 1) (id 69b09805-7895-459c-8d7d-34992322f675)

African Territories
Passports (Refused Applications) (item number 1) (id 6e43159c-14c2-42f8-a366-ee0012e4ecae)

Nyasaland
Seditious Publications (item number 1) (id d2811f60-bc36-4c23-ac76-b9d955fe40b4)

Royal Navy
Ordnance Design And Inspection Pool (item number 1) (id ecd8078e-3dd3-49b4-acc7-ab6a11a4d410)
Hms "Crane" (Aircraft Attack) (item number 1) (id e24e7252-06ad-4c36-9f94-c36e042555c3)
Personal Case (item number 1) (id 772c61bd-c109-4a9f-81d2-387bb28055ed)
British Base, Bermuda (item number 1) (id 66d414ad-fb7a-4151-84a6-85bacad57f62)
Allied Forces, Mediterranean (Command) (item number 1) (id 8a5ad327-cced-4dfb-b188-c51c64d688ed)
Suez Canal (Clearance) (item number 1) (id ed0eafac-9164-46a6-a679-3a5990fb8453)
British Shipyards (Steel Supplies) (item number 1) (id 4cde17ef-2e93-48ab-96b4-68c4b442db78)
New Tanker Tonnage (item number 1) (id 806c28c4-8bd1-4d8e-8268-b6013816c524)
Dockyard And Repair Facilities (item number 1) (id dd515511-a453-4390-8df7-772c6d0e9554)
First Lord Of The Admiralty (Visit To Port Said) (item number 1) (id 4a82ef3c-203c-4aef-866e-82509a5de1fc)

Wireless And Television
Bbc (Alleged Bias) (item number 1) (id de40ccdd-2ec7-415a-ad31-acec7a291173)
Transmitting Station, Londonderry (Operation) (item number 1) (id 61be5f6a-2c33-49c0-9a40-01a1dda51ee9)

Post Office
Fuel Oils (Increased Costs) (item number 1) (id 54de9fe2-3765-4a9a-ae03-16e89789e4f1)
Installations And Property (Protection) (item number 1) (id 990853b4-4362-418b-8139-6dbd020aa537)
Overseas Mailbags (Loss) (item number 1) (id 798144eb-dae4-4bed-b4d4-67a7fd47524d)
Forces Mail, Cyprus (Delay) (item number 1) (id 4a260cbb-e18d-4b36-a66d-412c62f0c348)

Royal Air Force
Second Hollinghurst Committee (Implementation Of Recommendations) (item number 1) (id 395d99bc-9b06-44c3-800e-a333e2e300a3)
Egyptian Operations (Aircraft) (item number 1) (id 80403f0c-87d6-412c-8c91-d196d74525cc)
French Air Force, Middle East (British Supplies) (item number 1) (id 409637ec-388d-4a57-9b0f-e71a6f4d99c1)
Stations, Jordan (Conditions) (item number 1) (id 3169cfe1-66fc-45c6-a2e5-3683e94b5128)
Station Sports Funds (item number 1) (id f9769bb2-2d50-4ad6-8eb3-a213cb54c2f9)

Civil Aviation
Air Crews (Shortage) (item number 1) (id 916ee7ef-8c77-4b69-8c5b-244a23167bcc)

Roads
Pedestrian Crossing, Framwellgate Moor (item number 1) (id 6b384a4e-1df7-4892-9713-39afdccc564b)
Programme (item number 1) (id 983d408c-055d-49ca-a70f-f9e516e08c9a)
Roundabout, Barnet By-Pass (item number 1) (id 7535710f-054f-4fb0-bd09-8424d8d6109a)
Traffic Lights (Installation And Upkeep Costs) (item number 1) (id ae11440d-88e6-4ff3-a8a0-dc999ca3041f)
Congestion Areas, London (Redesign) (item number 1) (id d38f536b-9510-4da7-a68d-4591c613e4a0)
Horsham St Faith Airfield (Public Highways) (item number 1) (id 0dea0fd0-9e28-40c4-80a9-74e17899d09a)
Street Name-Plates (item number 1) (id c00294b5-d627-4307-9460-1b84d3e82d45)

Shipping
British Ships (Transfer Of Flag) (item number 1) (id cdc69cfe-8566-45d1-994c-063a105564a2)
Tankers (item number 1) (id 97e457a8-0963-446d-b139-5278185584c4)
Mv "Scottish Trader" (Requisition) (item number 1) (id 2072d0e6-69a9-4e32-98ce-bbc0ba2af096)

Transport
Fares (Pensioners) (item number 1) (id da589687-9e1b-4599-85a6-cc807ec04cf2)
Motor Fuel Rationing (item number 1) (id 7819fda7-7b3d-4ceb-b167-271c75fce1cf)
Hungarian Refugees (Transport To Commonwealth Countries) (item number 1) (id 05aef925-02a7-42ed-a778-ca49ba3e1c25)

Ministry Of Defence
Coi Films (Middle East Operations) (item number 1) (id 93c13a79-d0fe-404d-8ab5-c4048363de3f)
Egyptian Operations (Cyprus Troops) (item number 1) (id 06ad38e7-4004-4597-ab96-436314adaf32)
British Forces, Egypt (Post-Cease-Fire Casualties) (item number 1) (id 0e9320eb-4105-432c-a890-147aa2c9ed20)

British Army
Russian Rifle (Performance) (item number 1) (id 9f7bd45f-7c96-4fc4-b1c7-9d594675dde6)
Smuggling Incident, Port Said (Captured Ammunition) (item number 1) (id 025c80f0-f6b7-47ca-b7c3-8b06decc0df3)
Government Property, Suez (Value) (item number 1) (id bc6f0d71-aba1-4c4d-a17a-39dbb29f7e15)
Egypt (Interned British Subjects) (item number 1) (id a084914e-f606-4530-a9f5-a60e9b196cc4)
Personal Case (item number 1) (id 46ab16f2-508a-4030-8ee7-cfdfe7883591)

Hospitals
Mental Patients (item number 1) (id 44d33ba2-912e-43e5-ab95-1b23a19d889c)

Southern Rhodesia
Native Councils Bill (item number 1) (id 55f756d3-8b1c-45a2-abfd-ffe93bfa273f)
"Pygmalion" (Productions) (item number 1) (id 616522e7-966b-457e-912f-616390815db1)

National Finance
Civil Service Superannuation (item number 1) (id 04cd95c3-f12d-4d38-84c9-1536753db0cd)
Statistical Digest (Salaries And Wages) (item number 1) (id 97a2f167-6c5b-4934-9842-02c826eef2a6)

Pensions And National Insurance
Death, West Bromwich (Pneumoconiosis) (item number 1) (id 6ffb8df5-ecea-4e03-b9d5-7827beaf0562)
Foundry Workers, West Bromwich (item number 1) (id cff55496-8418-4fd9-a4c3-14ac429e950e)
Reciprocal Agreements (German Federal Republic) (item number 1) (id e9ab3952-08fc-430d-99b7-1490e0791a2b)

Scotland
Nuclear Power Stations (item number 1) (id 9e945153-2ebe-4d64-a98f-7fa7db254533)

Trade And Commerce
Herbs (Import Duty) (item number 1) (id 463ac0d2-110c-44ad-a513-109944d240c5)

Ministry Of Works
Buckingham Palace (Commemorative Gates And Pillars) (item number 1) (id 18ae5dee-3c25-4a29-babf-9cc57bd2eba8)

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