Commons Sitting of 18 February 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY (PETITION) 107 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. MINISTRY OF PENSIONS
      1. Surgical Boots (Repair) 169 words
      2. Personal Case 203 words
    2. PRISONERS OF WAR
      1. Arrests, Witney 135 words
      2. Repatriation 409 words
      3. Restrictions (Relaxations) 158 words
      4. European Relief (Subscriptions) 71 words
      5. Snow Clearance 83 words
      6. Toft Hall Camp 122 words
    3. BRITISH ARMY
      1. Personal Cases 741 words
      2. Colour Bar 98 words
      3. Water and Fuel, Long Marston 115 words
      4. Officers (Permanent Rank) 302 words
      5. Italy (Leave) 164 words
      6. Land Requirements (Wales) 588 words
      7. Leave Centre (Düsseldorf) 220 words
      8. Dump. Horley 171 words
      9. Troopship, "Dunera" 201 words
      10. Departmental Stationery 92 words
      11. Personal Cases 292 words
      12. Woodhall Spa Camps 66 words
      13. Complaints 52 words
      14. Requisitioned Houses, Northern Ireland 73 words
      15. Flame-throwers (Snow Clearance) 74 words
      16. Brigadier de Winton (Murder) 185 words
      17. Territorial Officers 312 words
      18. Dutch Troops (Training) 163 words
      19. Indonesia (British Arms) 164 words
    4. POLISH FORCES
      1. General Anders (Pay) 180 words
      2. Arms 37 words
      3. Screening 111 words
      4. Resettlement Corps (Numbers) 68 words
    5. PRIME MINISTE (AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND INVITATIONS) 176 words
    6. DISPLACED PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) 144 words
    7. TREE FELLING LICENCES 131 words
    8. FUEL EMERGENCY (U. S. OFFER) 146 words
    9. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Old Age Pensioners (Investments) 299 words
      2. Smuggling of Money (Confiscation) 221 words
      3. U.S. Loan Drawings 64 words
      4. Non-Sterling Areas (Debts) 33 words
      5. Tax Offices (Lighting) 90 words
      6. Sterling Balances 145 words
      7. Anglo-Argentine Agreement (U.S. Representations) 189 words
      8. Purchase Tax (Invalid Carriages) 158 words
      9. Iraq (Reparations) 131 words
      10. Palestine (Defence Expenditure) 177 words
      11. Latin America (British War Claims) 76 words
      12. Territorial Army Allowances (Tax) 186 words
      13. Banks (Opening) 81 words
      14. Postwar Credits (Repayment Cost) 148 words
      15. Motor Taxation 271 words
      16. Taxicabs (Purchase Tax) 44 words
    10. CIVIL SERVICE
      1. Manpower 94 words
      2. Disabled Ex-Servicemen (Dismissal) 306 words
    11. RAILWAY CLERKS (WAGE CLAIM) 157 words
    12. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      1. Football Pools (Paper) 254 words
      2. South-West Ports (Traffic) 155 words
      3. Fuel Emergency (Production) 275 words
      4. Suspenders 174 words
      5. Sheets and Towels 61 words
      6. North American Timber 103 words
      7. Printing Costs 151 words
      8. New Factories 590 words
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 290 words
  6. PALESTINE CONFERENCE (GOVERNMENT POLICY) 3,340 words
  7. NEW MEMBER SWORN 1,936 words, 1 division
  8. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. SUPPLY 8 words
      1. NAVY SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE. 1946–47 6,119 words
      2. ROYAL ASSENT 103 words
    2. SUPPLY 5,950 words
      1. ARMY SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1946–47
        1. ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF LAND FORCES 22,423 words
      2. CIVIL ESTIMATES, SUPPLE MENTARY ESTIMATE, 1946–47
        1. CLASS III
        2. LAW CHARGES 4,334 words
        3. SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE, ETC. 461 words
        4. LAND REGISTRY 329 words
        5. CLASS I
        6. HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES 48 words
        7. PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE 720 words
        8. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 1,856 words
      3. CIVIL ESTIMATES. 1946–47
        1. CLASS I
        2. MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 3,168 words
        3. CLASS IV
        4. SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION, ETC. 3,016 words
        5. CLASS VIII
        6. SUPERANNUATION AND RETIRED ALLOWANCES. 1,857 words
        7. CLASS X
        8. WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION 46 words
        9. REVENUE DEPARTMENTS
        10. INLAND REVENUE 862 words
        11. CLASS III
        12. LAW CHARGES AND COURTS OF LAW, SCOTLAND 1,930 words
        13. CLASS I.
        14. SCOTTISH HOME DEPARTMENT. 1,702 words
      4. CLASS III
      5. POLICE. SCOTLAND 68 words
      6. CLASS IV
      7. PUBLIC EDUCATION, SCOTLAND 91 words
    3. SUNDAY CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENTS 665 words
      1. ADJOURNMENT 16 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 February 1947

  1. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Railway Crossings, Arncott Depot (Accidents) 217 words
    2. Civilian Demonstrations, Padua 171 words
    3. Troops, Japan (Withdrawal) 63 words
    4. Court-Martial Sentences, Port Said 193 words
    5. Police Service, Palestine 143 words
    6. Venereal Disease 136 words
    7. Surplus Diesel Generators 62 words
    8. Civilian Lorry Drivers (Accommodation) 111 words
    9. Deserters (Courts Martial) 71 words
    10. Greek Civilian Claims 281 words
    11. Empress of Scotland Incident (Sentences) 105 words
    12. Personal Case 90 words
    13. Called Up Personnel 91 words
    14. Occupied Establishments. Merioneth 76 words
  2. PRISONERS OF WAR
    1. Service Vehicle Drivers (Fatal Accidents) 86 words
    2. Camp, Aston Abbotts 79 words
    3. U-Boat Commanders 99 words
  3. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Ex-Service Pensioners, Dominions 75 words
    2. Entertainments Duty (Living Theatre) 58 words
    3. Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (Letter) 64 words
    4. Site Values (Taxation) 92 words
    5. Income Tax Returns 156 words
  4. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Business Interests (Japan) 72 words
    2. Company Directors (Change of Name) 177 words
    3. Industrial Guide, Barrow-in-Furness (Paper) 84 words
    4. Paper Supplies (Football Pools) 262 words
  5. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
    1. National Parks 214 words
    2. Laindon-Pitsea Area 67 words
    3. Air Firing Range, Sheppey 58 words
    4. Service Training Areas, Wales 206 words
  6. NATIONAL INSURANCE
    1. Pensioners (Employment) 124 words
    2. Personal Cases 242 words
    3. Voluntary Contributions 129 words
  7. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Essential Work Orders (Cessation) 87 words
    2. Aberdeenshire 377 words
    3. Age Limits 98 words
    4. Exchanges (Emergency Arrangements) 96 words
    5. Industrial Disputes (Stoppages) 170 words
    6. Entertainment and Sport 124 words
    7. Caernarvon 106 words
    8. Cost-of-Living Index 136 words
    9. Coalminers 59 words
    10. Dominion Migration 116 words
    11. training Centres, West Riding 289 words
  8. NATIONAL SERVICE
    1. Release and Call-up 146 words
    2. Exemptions 209 words
  9. SCOTLAND
    1. Remand Home Inmates (Medical Examination) 159 words
    2. Hill Farming Grants 82 words
    3. Police Detention 122 words
    4. Rural Water Supply Grants 115 words
    5. RAILWAYMEN'S CONVICTION 130 words
    6. ALIENS (CHANGE OF NAME) 90 words
    7. GERMAN FIANCEES 287 words
    8. GERMAN PRISONERS (SCREENING) 29 words
    9. GERMANY (VENEREAL DISEASE) 226 words
  10. ARMED FORCES
    1. Manpower Economy 72 words
    2. Medical Officers 114 words
  11. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. Surplus Barbed Wire 135 words
    2. Penicillin 136 words
    3. Agricultural Fencing 130 words
    4. FORCES MAIL. HONG KONG 96 words
    5. ROYAL NAVY (MEDICAL OFFICERS) 69 words
    6. ELECTRICITY REDUCTION ORDER 129 words
    7. RABBIT TRAPPING 74 words
    8. PENSIONS APPEAL TRIBUNALS 239 words
  12. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Potatoes, Northern Ireland 133 words
    2. Oatmeal Production, Scotland 112 words
  13. MEN AND WOMEN TEACHERS 138 words

Lords Sitting of 18 February 1947

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers. 5 words
  3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. 72 words
  4. SITUATION IN TRINIDAD. 1,008 words
  5. PENSIONS (INCREASE) BILL. 7 words
  6. ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) BILL. 7 words
  7. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932 (URBAN DISTRICT OF RAYLEIGH ORDER). 57 words
  8. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932 (RURAL DISTRICT OF ELSTREE ORDER). 58 words
  9. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932 (CITY OF CARLISLE ORDER). 57 words
  10. EXCHANGE CONTROL BILL. 10,599 words
  11. PALESTINE. 2,084 words
  12. EXCHANGE CONTROL BILL. 6,942 words
  13. ROYAL COMMISSION. 56 words
  14. COMPANIES BILL. [H.L.] 11,151 words
  15. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS MEASURE 1947. 1,435 words
  16. TENDRING HUNDRED WATER AND GAS BILL. [H.L.] 44 words
  17. HAVANT AND WATERLOO URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL. [H.L.] DUDLEY CORPORATION BILL. [H.L.] 48 words
  18. TENDRING HUNDRED WATER AND GAS BILL. [H.L.] 11 words
  19. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 64 words