Commons Sitting of 7 August 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL
      1. LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD BILL 222 words
  4. PRIVATE BILLS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS 64 words
  5. NORTH CUMBERLAND WATER BOARD BILL [Lords] 8 words
  6. ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS UNDER STANDING ORDER No. 8 46 words
  7. CLOSURE OF DEBATE (STANDING ORDER No. 26) 218 words
  8. PUBLIC BILLS 94 words
  9. PUBLIC PETITIONS 29 words
  10. SELECT COMMITTEES 95 words
  11. SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE AND BUSINESS OF SUPPLY 111 words
  12. STANDING COMMITTEES 153 words
  13. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (COMMITTEE'S REPORT) 223 words
    2. POLICE
      1. Meeting, Hackney 412 words
      2. Road Accidents (Witnesses' Statements) 150 words
    3. LORRY DRIVER (DISQUALIFICATION) 235 words
    4. CHANNEL ISLANDS (REHABILITATION) 450 words
    5. HOUSING
      1. Building Licence, Worcester 114 words
      2. Unfurnished Accommodation (Rents) 199 words
      3. Easthampstead 278 words
      4. Egremont 85 words
      5. Kingkerswell 59 words
      6. Private Enterprise Building 210 words
      7. Building Contracts (Forms) 168 words
      8. Extended Programmes 172 words
      9. Furnished Houses (Tenancies) 173 words
      10. Cement Supplies, Mirfield 204 words
    6. PUBLIC HEALTH
      1. Nurses (Recruitment) 61 words
      2. Water Supplies 654 words
      3. Maternity and Child Welfare (Film) 276 words
      4. Executive Council. Dorset 265 words
      5. Health Service (Voluntary Organisations) 300 words
      6. Playing Fields, Immingham 144 words
      7. Infantile Paralysis 2,815 words
    7. EDUCATION
      1. Unqualified Teachers, Wales 297 words
      2. Inspectorate (Appointments, Monmouthshire) 192 words
      3. Accommodation 123 words
      4. Women Teachers (Salary Scales) 337 words
    8. HIGH COURT (HOURS OF SITTING) 179 words
    9. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      1. Imported Matches 123 words
      2. Employment, West Cumberland 174 words
      3. Overseas Visitors (Reception) 268 words
      4. Tinplate Industry (Cold Strip Mill, Llanelly) 616 words
    10. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Women in Industry (Appeal) 452 words
      2. Vocational Training Scheme (Building Workers) 442 words
      3. Street Trading (Convicted Man) 349 words
      4. Exchanges (Instructions) 80 words
      5. Foreign Workers 237 words
      6. Coalmining (Poles) 599 words
    11. BRITISH OIL INDUSTRY (REVENUE) 80 words
    12. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (STATISTICS) 72 words
  14. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,266 words
  15. INDIAN CIVIL AND MILITARY SERVICES (TRIBUTE) 1,430 words
  16. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL 12 words
    2. STATE OF THE NATION 47,270 words, 1 division
    3. SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL POWERS) BILL (PROCEDURE) 5,123 words
    4. ROYAL NAVY (BOY ENTRANTS) 3,219 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 August 1947

  1. CIVILIAN WAR CASUALTIES (CERTIFICATE) 60 words
  2. LICENSED PREMISES (CLOSING) 49 words
  3. PUBLIC HEALTH
    1. Institutional Care (Mental Deficiency) 143 words
    2. Water Supply, Halstead 74 words
    3. National Health Service (Local Authorities) 83 words
    4. Blood Transfusion 82 words
    5. Smallpox s.s. "Carnarvon Castle" 161 words
    6. Nurses 92 words
    7. LOCAL AUTHORITIES' STAFFS (WORKING HOURS) 32 words
    8. NATURALISATION (QUALIFICATIONS) 108 words
    9. ALUMINIUM HOUSES, ESSEX 88 words
  4. EDUCATION
    1. School Management (Parents' Co-operation) 81 words
    2. Transport (Ilford) 88 words
  5. EMPLOYMENT
    1. European Displaced Persons 88 words
    2. Football Pools (Canvassers) 61 words
    3. Unemployment, South Wales 208 words
    4. Disabled Person (Petrol Allowance) 90 words
    5. Partially-Disabled Miners 96 words
    6. Unfilled vacancies, Wales 217 words
  6. CIVIL AVIATION
    1. Low-Flying Aircraft 143 words
    2. Corporations (Establishment) 62 words
  7. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Foreign Tourists (Clothing Purchases) 111 words
    2. Children's Raincoats 70 words
    3. Price Regulations (Infringements) 143 words
    4. Northern Coachbuilders, Ltd. (Factory) 94 words
    5. Timber (Importation) 81 words
    6. Re-Sale Price Maintenance (Committee) 97 words
    7. Unemployment Areas 111 words
    8. Trading Estates 169 words
    9. Royal Ordnance Factory, Bootle 105 words
  8. COAL INDUSTRY
    1. Holidays (Local Customs) 133 words
    2. Dirt Tips 130 words
    3. Polish Labour 44 words
    4. Equipment, Fleets Colliery 85 words
    5. Miners' Transport Facilities 100 words
    6. Opencast Working 293 words
  9. FUEL AND POWER
    1. Coke Output (Plymouth) 112 words
    2. Domestic Allocation 783 words
    3. Demonstrations (Petrol) 94 words
  10. ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES
    1. Generation 240 words
    2. Development Programme (Materials) 119 words
    3. U.K. AND U.S.S.R. (1939 TREATY NEGOTIATIONS) 35 words
  11. GERMANY
    1. Civilian Correspondence (Censorship) 65 words
    2. Penicillin 97 words
    3. Travel Documents (Fraulein Heuer) 122 words
    4. Control Commission (Officials' Statements) 98 words
    5. Tinplate 80 words
    6. Land Reform (Compensation) 72 words
    7. INDONESIA (SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION) 160 words
  12. AGRICULTURE
    1. Pigs (Feedingstuffs) 37 words
    2. Prisoner of War (Employment) 106 words
    3. TIMBER (INDISCRIMINATE FELLING) 150 words
    4. WAR PENSIONS (PERSONAL CASES) 206 words
  13. MINISTRY OF WORKS
    1. Temporary Building, Harrogate 147 words
    2. Allotments (Royal Parks) 97 words
  14. MALAYA AND SINGAPORE
    1. Padi Cultivation 59 words
    2. Prefabricated Houses 78 words
    3. Armed Criminals 68 words
    4. HONG KONG (POLICE) 117 words
    5. NORTHERN RHODESIA (EUROPEAN EDUCATION) 120 words
  15. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Ammunition Store, Sandy 94 words
    2. Training Area, Coniston Water 107 words
    3. Personal Case 106 words
    4. Issued Stores (Allied Governments) 344 words
    5. Tank Transporter Company, B.A.O.R. (Complaints) 99 words
    6. TERRITORIAL ARMY (PROMOTIONS) 83 words
  16. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Wheat Supplies 101 words
    2. Food Subsidies 183 words
    3. Meat, south Kensington (Quality) 87 words
  17. ROYAL AIR FORCE
    1. Invalided Officers (Retired Pay) 94 words
    2. Education Advisory Committee (Formation) 306 words
    3. HOUSING ESTATE, PLYMOUTH (PILLAR BOXES) 46 words
    4. ALLEGED OIL POLLUTION, CAWSAND BAY 100 words
    5. EX-GERMAN MERCHANT SHIPS 122 words
  18. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. Mining Machinery (Steel) 64 words
    2. Agricultural Small Tools 118 words
    3. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (STATISTICS) 714 words
    4. OLD AGE PENSIONS 394 words
    5. STATE SERVANTS (PENSIONS AND SICK PAY) 546 words

Lords Sitting of 7 August 1947

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. 221 words
  3. THANKS TO THE SERVICES IN INDIA 5,408 words
  4. ECONOMIC SITUATION. 43,519 words
  5. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL. 30 words
  6. CONSOLIDATION FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. 32 words
  7. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL. 23 words
  8. NORTH CUMBERLAND WATER BOARD BILL. [H.L.] 23 words