Commons Sitting of 1 April 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. WAR PENSIONS (SEVEN YEARS' LIMIT) 188 words
    2. BRITISH ARMY
      1. Debts of Personnel 111 words
      2. Courts Martial System Inquiry 57 words
      3. B.A.O.R. Families (Cost of Living) 155 words
      4. Meritorious Service Medal 92 words
      5. Palestine (Leave) 112 words
      6. Personal Cases 998 words
      7. Ammunition, Clumber Park 99 words
      8. Walking-Out Dress (Territorials) 174 words
      9. Training Areas, Wales 649 words
      10. Brock Barracks, Reading 197 words
      11. Welfare Committees 665 words
      12. Civilian Posts 264 words
      13. Gibraltar 234 words
      14. Pay and Record Office, Edinburgh 343 words
      15. Release (Voluntary Deferment) 76 words
      16. Snow Clearance 188 words
    3. PRISONERS OF WAR (REPATRIATION) 219 words
    4. HOUSING PROGRAMME 154 words
    5. RATIONING, ISOLATED AREAS 204 words
    6. MINISTRIES OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (CO-ORDINATION) 155 words
    7. LOTTERIES AND BETTING 214 words
    8. INLAND WATERWAYS 428 words
    9. CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER 239 words
    10. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. C.W.S. Bank (Interest Rates) 121 words
      2. U.N.R.R.A. (Cost to U.K.) 107 words
      3. Sale of Securities (Treasury Consents) 210 words
      4. Government Securities (Prices) 207 words
      5. Snow and Flood Damage (Relief) 283 words
      6. Cost of Living (Subsidies) 146 words
      7. Budget (Suggested Concessions) 184 words
      8. Bank of England (Annual Report) 268 words
      9. Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation 315 words
    11. MEMBERS' LATE TRANSPORT 106 words
    12. ENEMY ASSETS (BRITISH BANKS) 49 words
    13. CIVIL SERVICE
      1. Executive Officers (Responsibility) 87 words
      2. Communists 194 words
    14. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      1. Iron and Steel Export 145 words
      2. Gas Mantles 131 words
      3. Newsprint 128 words
      4. Weekly Newspapers (Paper Cut) 276 words
      5. Coupon Floats (Non-Food Shops) 234 words
      6. Milk Bottles 250 words
      7. Flood Losses (Replacement) 447 words
      8. Closed Factory, Aberdeen 229 words
      9. Elastic Braces 86 words
      10. Bazaars (Clothing Coupons) 183 words
      11. Granite Production 135 words
    15. YALTA AND POTSDAM AGREEMENTS (PERSONAL EXPLANATION) 1,098 words
    16. MINISTER'S SPEECH (CORRECTION) 185 words
  4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 32 words
  5. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. NATIONAL SERVICE BILL 47,124 words, 1 division
    2. NATIONAL SERVICE [MONEY] 1,009 words
    3. TRAFALGAR ESTATES (Re-committed) Bill 9 words
      1. CLAUSE 1.—(Termination of Nelson annuity.) 10,046 words, 2 divisions
      2. CLAUSE 2—(Provisions as to Trafalgar Estates.) 3,587 words, 1 division
    4. DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF 50 words
    5. SUNDAY CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENTS 165 words
    6. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS MEASURE 419 words
    7. ADJOURNMENT 16 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 1 April 1947

  1. MINISTRY OF PENSIONS (PERSONAL CASE) 236 words
  2. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Overseas Personnel (Speculation) 103 words
    2. East Africa Command (Group Releases) 182 words
    3. Training Area, Penmaenmawr (Release) 117 words
    4. Detentions, Tahag 118 words
    5. Supply of Goods (Colchester) 87 words
    6. Venereal Disease 78 words
    7. Compassionate Leave 108 words
    8. Germany (N.A.A.F.I. Supplies) 92 words
    9. Soap Issue (Italy) 98 words
    10. Prestonfields Camp, Edinburgh 73 words
  3. PRISONERS OF WAR
    1. Camp, Abergavenny 104 words
    2. Transit Camps (Amenities) 126 words
  4. NATIONAL INSURANCE
    1. Scheme of National Assistance 80 words
    2. Local Offices 132 words
    3. Family Allowances 57 words
    4. Insured Persons, Cumberland 81 words
    5. Extended Unemployment Benefit, South Wales 138 words
    6. Dental Benefit 168 words
    7. OLD AGE PENSIONS (CLAIMS) 184 words
  5. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Grounds of Dismissal 78 words
    2. Temporary Clerks' Organisations (Recognition) 113 words
  6. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Food Subsidies 55 words
    2. Former Prime Minister (Pension) 68 words
  7. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Mining Machinery Exports 168 words
    2. Newsprint 135 words
    3. Gas Mantles 138 words
    4. Boot and Shoe Production (Fuel Emergency) 64 words
    5. Hosiery Industry, Hong Kong (Rehabilitation) 106 words
    6. Motor Cars (Imports) 160 words
    7. Merino and Crossbred Yarns 89 words
  8. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Building Industry (Inquiry) 62 words
    2. Prewar Trade Practices (Restoration) 102 words
    3. Disabled Persons, Normanton 128 words
    4. Building Trade Trainees, Edinburgh 63 words
    5. Poles 107 words
    6. Disablement Advisory Committees 90 words
    7. Re-employed Miners (Allowances) 32 words
    8. Factory, Eccles (Labour) 77 words
    9. Paint Industry (Employees) 126 words
    10. Training Facilities, North Staffordshire 145 words
  9. NATIONAL SERVICE
    1. Students 166 words
    2. Farm Workers 53 words
    3. Statistics 110 words
    4. COST-OF-LIVING ADVISORY COMMITTEE 41 words
  10. HOUSING (SCOTLAND)
    1. 1947 Programme 79 words
    2. Ex-Servicemen 78 words
    3. Rural Workers 74 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. Bracken Cutting Scheme 130 words
    2. Continuation Classes (Salaries) 73 words
    3. COAST PROTECTION 91 words
    4. MOTOR CARS (PRIORITY) 83 words
    5. CANCER 42 words
    6. NORTH ATLANTIC SHIPPING 139 words
  12. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. Cast-Iron Scrap, Aberdeen (Supplies) 94 words
    2. Directorate of Disposals (Staff) 83 words
    3. Cable Clips 61 words
    4. Steel (Motor Industry) 63 words
    5. Armaments (Steel Consumption) 67 words
  13. COAL INDUSTRY
    1. Five-day Week 50 words
    2. Compensation Cases (Employment) 198 words
    3. EAST AFRICA (DISEASES) 94 words
    4. JAPANESE YARN (PRICE) 78 words
    5. CROPS, SOMERSET 94 words
    6. PILLAR BOXES 171 words
    7. EMERGENCY POWERS (DURATION) 72 words
    8. TEACHERS (APPOINTMENT) 171 words
    9. HUNGARY (BRITISH NOTE) 135 words
    10. BURMA FRONTIER AREAS (AGREEMENT) 200 words
  14. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Potatoes 87 words
    2. Milk 65 words
    3. Canned Bacon 91 words

Lords Sitting of 1 April 1947

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. CIVIC RESTAURANTS BILL. 9 words
  3. COTTON INDUSTRY WAR MEMORIAL TRUST BILL. 4 words
  4. SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT OF DELINQUENCY. 377 words
  5. COAL IMPORTS. 178 words
  6. GERMAN PRISONERS AND AGRICULTURE. 504 words
  7. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. COUNTY BOROUGH OF BARNSLEY ORDER: URBAN DISTRICT OF NORTHWICH ORDER: URBAN DISTRICT OF WARE ORDER. 48 words
  8. COMPANIES BILL. [H.L.] 7,544 words
  9. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND)BILL. [H.L.] 63 words
  10. AIDS TO AIR NAVIGATION. 11,796 words
  11. HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES. 38 words
  12. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. 104 words
  13. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. 36 words
  14. WEAR NAVIGATION AND SUNDERLAND DOCK BILL. [H.L.] 10 words
  15. MOLD GAS ORDER. 49 words
  16. HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES. 15 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 1 April 1947

  1. MANPOWER AND POSTAL SERVICES. 284 words