Commons Sitting of 22 April 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
      1. Conservation of Wild Life (Report) 85 words
      2. Interim Preservation Orders 93 words
      3. Animal Clinics 135 words
      4. Bankside Power Station (Site) 932 words
      5. National Parks (Hobhouse Report) 55 words
    2. NATIONAL INSURANCE
      1. Regional Controller, South-West England 240 words
      2. Personal Cases 605 words
      3. Disabled Ex-Servicemen (Consultations) 80 words
      4. Unemployment Benefit (Waiting Days) 191 words
      5. Unemployment Assistance, North Staffordshire 327 words
      6. Silicosis Medical Board, South Wales 254 words
    3. OLD AGE PENSIONS
      1. Pension Books 401 words
      2. Local Authority Rates 145 words
    4. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Women (Recruitment) 209 words
      2. Men (Retirement Age) 35 words
      3. Foreign Workers 103 words
      4. Resettlement Advice Offices 137 words
      5. Persons Over 45 217 words
      6. Ex-Prisoners of War 592 words
    5. NATIONAL SERVICE (ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS) 185 words
    6. HOUSING (SCOTLAND)
      1. Requisitioned Houses, Edinburgh 211 words
      2. Aluminium Houses, Eastriggs 92 words
      3. Modernisation 290 words
    7. SCOTLAND
      1. Tenure of Shop Premises (Report) 522 words
      2. Potato Gathering (School Children) 259 words
      3. Double Summer Time 380 words
    8. BRITISH ARMY
      1. Civil Prison, Singapore 147 words
      2. Personnel, Egypt (Kit) 149 words
      3. Political Organisations, Eritrea 203 words
      4. Land Mines, Norfolk (Removal) 508 words
      5. Personal Case 119 words
      6. Territorial Army (Recruitment) 160 words
    9. ROYAL TOURNAMENT, OLYMPIA 189 words
    10. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Unused Credits 138 words
      2. Illegal Jewish Immigrant Camps (Cost) 62 words
      3. Flood Damage, Salford (Assistance) 345 words
      4. P.A.Y.E. Forms 174 words
      5. Agricultural Disaster Fund (Farmers' Donations) 235 words
      6. Tobacco Duty 64 words
      7. Overseas Travellers (Allotments) 70 words
      8. Anglo-Italian Financial Agreements 298 words
      9. Sterling Balances (Norway) 174 words
    11. CIVIL SERVICE (STAFFS) 302 words
  4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,559 words, 1 division
  5. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. WAYS AND MEANS 5 words
      1. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
        1. HYDROCARBON OILS (CUSTOMS) 191 words
        2. TOBACCO (CUSTOMS) 460 words
        3. TOBACCO (EXCISE) 209 words
        4. TOBACCO (DRAWBACK) 268 words
        5. ARTIFICIAL SILK (CUSTOMS AND EXCISE) 435 words
        6. ALLOWANCE FOR ARTIFICIAL SILK USED IN TYRES (CUSTOMS) 58 words
      2. PURCHASE. TAX
        1. PURCHASE TAX (INTERMEDIATE AND HIGHER RATES) 165 words
        2. Table 65 words
        3. No. 7. Purchase Tax (Exemptions and Reductions of Rates) 87 words
      3. Table
        1. Part I 30 words
        2. Part II 114 words
        3. Part III 30 words
      4. INCOME TAX
        1. CHARGE OF TAX 149 words
      5. PERSONAL RELIEFS 437 words
      6. FARM ANIMALS 123 words
      7. DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF 65 words
      8. TRANSFERS OF ASSETS UNDER COAL INDUSTRY NATIONALISATION ACT 67 words
      9. EXCEPTIONAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCES 71 words
      10. BENEFITS PROCURED FOR DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES 81 words
      11. PROFITS TAX AND EXCESS PROFITS TAX PROFITS TAX 69 words
      12. EXCESS PROFITS TAX 54 words
      13. LEGACY AND SUCCESSION DUTIES
        1. CHARGE OF ADDITIONAL DUTY 117 words
      14. STAMPS
        1. CONVEYANCES, TRANSFERS AND LEASES 225 words
        2. STOCKS, MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND LETTERS OF ALLOTMENT, &C. 185 words
        3. LOAN CAPITAL, BONDS, MORTGAGES, &C. 102 words
        4. BONUS ISSUES OF SECURITIES 169 words
      15. MISCELLANEOUS
        1. ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES RESERVES FUND 29 words
    2. HYDROCARBON OILS (CUSTOMS) 3,824 words
    3. TOBACCO (CUSTOMS) 32,201 words, 2 divisions
    4. TOBACCO (EXCISE) 3,275 words
    5. TOBACCO (DRAWBACK) 403 words
    6. ARTIFICIAL SILK (CUSTOMS AND EXCISE) 699 words
    7. ALLOWANCE FOR ARTIFICIAL SILK USED IN TYRES (CUSTOMS) 1,357 words
    8. PURCHASE TAX (INTERMEDIATE AND HIGHER RATES) 13,028 words, 1 division
    9. PURCHASE TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND REDUCTIONS OF RATES) 4,630 words
    10. FINANCE (SAVINGS BANKS) 1,681 words
    11. COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES 7,430 words, 2 divisions
    12. SUNDAY CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENT 163 words
    13. GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR (EMPLOYMENT) 4,027 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 April 1947

  1. NATIONAL INSURANCE
    1. Contributory Pensions 279 words
  2. Correspondence Delay 203 words
  3. Sickness and Unemployment Provisions 94 words
  4. Pension Cases 164 words
  5. COST-OF-LIVING INDEX 110 words
  6. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Disabled Juveniles 85 words
    2. Poles 71 words
    3. STUDENTS (RELEASE) 106 words
    4. CIVIL SERVICE (DISTRESS LEAVE) 107 words
  7. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. State Pensioners 85 words
    2. Oslo Union Company Debentures 82 words
    3. Government Property Insurance 83 words
  8. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Vacuum Flasks 74 words
    2. Rubber (Sales to U.S.S.R.) 67 words
    3. Sweden 103 words
    4. Clothing Coupons (Service Personnel) 122 words
    5. Baby Linen 96 words
    6. Utility Clothing Labels 72 words
    7. German Textiles 112 words
    8. Electrical Equipment Export 118 words
    9. Children's Clothing Coupons 129 words
    10. New Factories, South Wales 156 words
    11. Bathing Suits 84 words
    12. Textile Industry (Re-equipment) 54 words
    13. Wool Stocks 62 words
    14. Scottish Hosiery Exports 36 words
    15. Herrings (U.S.S.R.) 54 words
    16. Imported Flower Boxes 146 words
    17. Civil Supplies to Russia (Payment) 128 words
    18. Boatbuilding Timber 109 words
    19. Streptomycin 158 words
    20. Soviet Cotton Purchases 112 words
    21. Denmark 105 words
    22. GERMAN PRISONERS (REMITTANCES) 100 words
  9. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Soldiers' Letters to M.P.s 121 words
    2. Personal Cases 475 words
    3. War Graves (Visits) 147 words
    4. Hudswell Camp, Corsham 104 words
    5. Training Areas, Norfolk 145 words
    6. Cigarettes 152 words
    7. Land Mines, Norfolk (Removal) 72 words
    8. Mail Delays, Middle East 89 words
    9. Works Surveyors 316 words
    10. General Wingate 79 words
    11. Accused Officers (Recall) 132 words
    12. T.A. Storemen 117 words
    13. EXECUTIONS, PALESTINE 49 words
  10. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. Raw Materials (Controlled Prices) 99 words
    2. Non-Industrial Civil Servants 97 words
  11. AGRICULTURE
    1. Tobacco Growing 83 words
    2. Sheep Losses, Northumberland 133 words
    3. Fruit Trees 141 words
  12. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Hoop Iron (Fish Boxes) 114 words
    2. Meat Rations 137 words
    3. Export Biscuits 91 words
    4. Coffee Prices 66 words
  13. HOUSING (SCOTLAND)
    1. Four-Apartment Houses 64 words
    2. Housing Associations (Contracts) 173 words
    3. FOREST ROADS, NATIONAL PARK AREAS 123 words
    4. MOBILE LABOUR FORCE 227 words
    5. GERMAN ASSETS (NEUTRAL COUNTRIES) 125 words

Lords Sitting of 22 April 1947

  1. Preamble 15 words
  2. Prayers
    1. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (SCOTLAND) BILL. 12 words
    2. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 65 words
    3. FIVE-DAY WEEK FOR MINERS. 767 words
    4. EXPENDITURE ON U.S. TOBACCO AND FILMS. 613 words
    5. TREATIES OF PEACE (ITALY, ROUMANIA, BULGARIA, HUN GARY AND FINLAND) BILL. 8,993 words
    6. NAVAL FORCES (ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE LIABILITIES) BILL. 2,547 words
    7. ARMY AND AIR FORCE (ANNUAL) BILL. 802 words
    8. EDUCATION (EXEMPTIONS) (SCOTLAND) BILL. [H.L.] 847 words
    9. MR. WALLACE'S BROADCAST, 3,513 words
    10. CERTIFICATES FROM EXAMINERS. 32 words
    11. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (MONEY); 17 words
    12. NAZEING WOOD OR PARK [H.L.]; 14 words
    13. FELIXSTOWE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL; 24 words
    14. LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY,
      1. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS). 9 words
    15. COMMERCIAL GAS BILL. [H.L.] 35 words
    16. SWINDON CORPORATION BILL. 38 words
    17. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 52 words
    18. GOVERNMENT OF BURMA (TEM PORARY PROVISIONS) ORDER, 1917. 93 words
    19. CLEARING OFFICE (SPAIN) AMENDMENT ORDER, 1947. 97 words