Commons Sitting of 24 April 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. MARRIAGES PROVISIONAL ORDERS BILL 49 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      1. Holland and France 107 words
      2. Timber Control 190 words
      3. Belgian Glassware 87 words
      4. Pottery Industry (Fuel) 405 words
      5. Paper Supplies (Book Publishers) 1,170 words
      6. Japanese Goods (Payment) 219 words
      7. Softwood Imports 175 words
      8. Tourist Trade (Foreign Visitors) 219 words
      9. Wellington Boots 162 words
      10. Tyres (Commercial Vehicles) 383 words
      11. Textile Industry (Re-equipment) 114 words
      12. Furnishing Fabrics 269 words
      13. Overseas Trade Officials (Service Abroad) 110 words
      14. Laundries (Goal) 206 words
      15. Children's Clothing Coupons 335 words
      16. Babies' Wear 121 words
      17. Civilian Clothes (Overseas Troops) 230 words
      18. China Clay Export 405 words
      19. Textiles (Coal) 188 words
      20. Surgical Boots 255 words
      21. New Periodicals for Overseas (Advisory Committee) 520 words
      22. Cotton Thread 130 words
    2. COAL INDUSTRY
      1. Statutory Order 103 (Authority) 211 words
      2. Five-Day Week 255 words
      3. Absenteeism 207 words
      4. Production 226 words
      5. Employment 360 words
      6. S.W. Regional Board Staff 131 words
      7. Personal Case 176 words
      8. Hotels 142 words
      9. Colliery Workers 782 words
    3. SUMMER FUEL RESTRICTIONS (GOVERNMENT PLAN) 3,113 words
    4. PETROL RATIONING 246 words
    5. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OVERSEAS (PROPAGANDA) 179 words
    6. PERIODICALS (TRADE UNION CONSULTATION) 277 words
    7. FLOODS (COMMONWEALTH AID) 480 words
    8. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS 271 words
    9. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Sterling Balances 141 words
      2. Suez Canal Shares 107 words
      3. Silk Stockings (Dollar Expenditure) 128 words
      4. Football (Entertainments Duty) 91 words
      5. Sterling Convertible Agreements 319 words
    10. "BATTLE OF OUTPUT" 212 words
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,269 words
  6. STANDING COMMITTEES (LAW OFFICERS) 963 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. SUPPLY
      1. CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS, 1947–48. 19 words
      2. BRITISH CIVIL AIRCRAFT 31,285 words
      3. FLOODING 10,044 words
      4. CIVIL ESTIMATES, 1947–48
        1. CLASS I
          1. HOUSE OF COMMONS 74 words
    2. ARMY AND AIR FORCE (ANNUAL) BILL 3 words
      1. CLAUSE 3.—(Payments for copies of proceedings of court-martial.) 127 words
      2. CLAUSE 4.—(Liability of officer to maintain wife and children.) 304 words
    3. TRANSPORT [MONEY] (NO. 2) 268 words
    4. SUNDAY CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENTS 163 words
    5. FOOD (CONTROL AND PRICES) ORDERS 7,605 words
    6. EDUCATION (CORPORAL PUNISHMENT). 3,948 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 April 1947

  1. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Clothing Coupons 130 words
    2. Weekly Newspapers (Paper Cut) 123 words
    3. Timber Supplies (Distribution) 122 words
    4. Furniture Dockets 52 words
    5. Imported Raw Materials 108 words
    6. Vacuum Flasks (Permits) 77 words
  2. COAL INDUSTRY
    1. Apprenticeship (Departmental Report) 37 words
    2. Five-Day Week 80 words
    3. Domestic Cooking and Heating (Methods) 135 words
    4. Grouping of Collieries 66 words
    5. Tonnage Allocations, North Wales 157 words
    6. Street Lighting (Coal Consumption) 61 words
    7. Supplies of Equipment 119 words
    8. Monthly Magazine 103 words
    9. Oil Conversion Schemes 198 words
    10. Pithead Price Structure (Review) 125 words
  3. ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES
    1. German Power Station Plant (Importation) 58 words
    2. Menai Straits Water Power Scheme 123 words
    3. PARAFFIN SUPPLIES, SCOTLAND (POULTRY BREEDERS) 97 words
    4. CENTRAL HEATING BAN 147 words
  4. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Not Gainfully Employed 52 words
    2. Students (Maintenance Grants) 124 words
    3. Basic Wage Rates 171 words
    4. INCREASED TOBACCO PRICES 208 words
    5. TAXICABS ("FOR HIRE" SIGN) 163 words
    6. N.F.S. (No. 1 REGION STAFF) 227 words
    7. STANDON APPROVED SCHOOL 129 words
  5. ALIENS
    1. Employment 177 words
    2. Naturalisation 179 words
    3. LICENSED HOUSES (SUMMER TIME) 135 words
    4. MID-WEEK SPORT (BRIGHTON) 106 words
    5. AIR-RAID SHELTERS 135 words
    6. WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICES 256 words
  6. HOUSING
    1. Costs, London 44 words
    2. Wallasey 78 words
    3. Essential Industrial Areas 53 words
    4. Selling-Price Increase 96 words
    5. Local Authority Staffs 90 words
    6. Local Programmes 92 words
    7. Council Tenants (Furniture) 71 words
  7. PUBLIC HEALTH
    1. Streptomycin 90 words
    2. Diphtheria Immunisation 38 words
    3. Medical Vacancies 99 words
    4. Health Service (Nurses) 49 words
    5. Portwey Hospital 93 words
    6. IDENTITY CARDS 91 words
  8. EDUCATION
    1. Text Books 143 words
    2. Land Transfer, Salford 60 words
    3. Castle Street School, Plymouth 89 words
    4. School Journeys, Northampton 161 words
    5. Schools Reorganisation, Kent 52 words
    6. Size of Classes 103 words
    7. Welsh League of Youth (Grant) 71 words
    8. Youth Centre, Chiswick 140 words
    9. Emergency Training Scheme 222 words
  9. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Shortage 110 words
    2. County Court Case, East Dereham 175 words
  10. POST OFFICE
    1. Correspondence Delays, Germany 110 words
    2. Switzerland (Postage Rates) 77 words
    3. TELEVISION SERVICE 75 words
  11. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. Bicycle Spare Parts 66 words
    2. Cotton Wool 82 words
    3. GEORGE V MEMORIAL 118 words
    4. CONCRETE RAILWAY SLEEPERS 92 words
    5. FLOODED AREAS (EMPLOYMENT) 170 words
    6. POLES (REPATRIATION) 88 words
    7. ECONOMIC SITUATION (PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN) 406 words
    8. JAPANESE WAR CRIMES (TRIAL) 76 words
    9. OLD AGE PENSIONS 304 words
    10. WAR SHIPPING LOSSES 70 words

Lords Sitting of 24 April 1947

  1. Preamble 14 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES BILL. [H.L.] 53 words
    2. PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS OF THE SUBJECT BILL. [H.L.] 51 words
    3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. 144 words
    4. CLEARING OFFICE (SPAIN) AMENDMENT ORDER, 1947. 173 words
    5. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 68 words
    6. FORTH ROAD BRIDGE PRO VISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL. 7 words
    7. CONSOLIDATION BILLS. 185 words
    8. TRAFALGAR ESTATES BILL. 1,206 words
    9. FOREIGN MARRIAGE BILL. [H.L.] 2,793 words
    10. TREATIES OF PEACE (ITALY, ROUMANIA, BULGARIA, HUN GARY AND FINLAND) BILL. 10 words
    11. NAVAL FORCES (ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE LIABILITIES) BILL. 10 words
    12. EDUCATION (EXEMPTIONS) (SCOTLAND) BILL. [H.L.] 5 words
    13. MINORITIES IN BURMA. 978 words
    14. CERTIFICATE FROM THE EXAMINERS. 64 words