Commons Sitting of 22 January 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. SARAWAK
      1. Cession 420 words
      2. Government Officials (Resignation) 405 words
      3. Mr. Anthony Brooke 188 words
    2. MALAYA AND SINGAPORE
      1. Land (Quit Rent) 137 words
      2. Labour Ordinance 52 words
      3. Allocation of Supplies, Singapore 210 words
      4. Commodity Prices. Singapore 138 words
      5. Labour and Economic Conditions 166 words
      6. Tuberculosis 132 words
      7. Legislative Council 228 words
      8. Constitution 714 words
      9. Coconut Oil (Export Control) 52 words
    3. MAURITIUS (CONSTITUTION) 117 words
    4. PALESTINE
      1. Terrorist Activities 388 words
      2. Members' Visits 82 words
      3. Casualties 164 words
      4. Flogged British Soldiers 885 words
    5. MALAYA AND SARAWAK (LOYAL ASIATICS) 275 words
    6. CEYLON
      1. Executive Committee for Home Affairs 85 words
      2. Administrative Posts 156 words
      3. Political Offenders 375 words
      4. Ex-Servicemen (Rehabilitation) 77 words
    7. MALTA (RECONSTRUCTION GRANT) 201 words
    8. KENYA (GENERAL, STRIKE, MOMBASA) 459 words
    9. LEEWARD ISLANDS (ST. KITT'S SUGAR FACTORY) 107 words
    10. GOLD COAST AND NIGERIA (COCOA CROP) 151 words
    11. ROYAL NAVY
      1. Prize Money 72 words
      2. Requisitioned Premises (Rental Compensation) 358 words
      3. Promotions from Lower Deck 280 words
      4. Court-Martial (Personal Case) 326 words
      5. Officers' Training (U.S. Cooperation) 89 words
      6. Detention Quarters (Gas Training) 165 words
    12. POST OFFICE
      1. Australian Food Parcels (Delivery) 130 words
      2. Mails, Yell and Unst 58 words
    13. U.S. MILITARY AND NAVAL BASES 184 words
    14. DESERTERS (SURRENDER CALL) 917 words
    15. BRITISH OCCUPATION FORCE, JAPAN 106 words
    16. FOOD SUPPLIES
      1. Imported Butter (Prices) 352 words
      2. Milk Registration (Personal Case) 206 words
      3. Barley (Use) 191 words
      4. Dominion Offers 64 words
      5. Lemons 131 words
      6. Imported Turkeys 30 words
      7. Feedingstuffs (Exports) 543 words
      8. Jam (Labelling) 42 words
      9. Colchester Co-operative Society 80 words
      10. Unofficial Strikes (Ration Cards) 185 words
      11. Condemned Foodstuffs 108 words
      12. Special Dietetic Allowances (Medical Advice) 2,050 words
    17. SOAP RATION 179 words
    18. SLAUGHTERHOUSES (CONDITIONS) 469 words
  4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 114 words
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,648 words, 1 division
  6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. AGRICULTURAL WAGES (REGULATION) BILL 7 words
      1. NEW CLAUSE.—(Agricultural Wages Committees and Agricultural Wages Board.) 5,058 words, 1 division
      2. CLAUSE 1.—(Transfer to Agricultural Wages Board of power to fix, cancel or vary minimum rates of agricultural wages.) 8,776 words
      3. CLAUSE 8.—(Extension of definition of "agriculture.") 4,785 words
    2. ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) BILL 7 words
      1. NEW CLAUSE (Medical tests.) 2,039 words
      2. CLAUSE 3.—(Amendment as to destination of fees in respect of driving tests.) 292 words
    3. PENSIONS (INCREASE) [MONEY] (No. 2) 1,029 words
    4. ROAD HAULAGE CHARGES 4,769 words
    5. L.N.E.R. PASSENGER SERVICES 15,096 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 January 1947

  1. SARAWAK (CESSION INSTRUMENT) 77 words
  2. SOLOMON ISLANDS (FOOD SITUATION) 91 words
  3. MALAYA (INCOME TAX) 67 words
  4. KENYA (GOVERNMENT OFFICERS, ACCOMMODATION) 196 words
  5. ROYAL NAVY
    1. Executive Officers Appointment) 172 words
    2. Land Holding 155 words
    3. Sanitary Inspectors Course 98 words
    4. Prisoners (Mail) 52 words
    5. Rosyth Dockyard (Expenditure) 79 words
    6. MERCHANT NAVY (UNION JACK) 203 words
    7. TRAFALGAR HOUSE 95 words
    8. POSTMEN (HEIGHT LIMIT) 132 words
    9. SERVICE DEPARTMENTS (PASSES) 97 words
  6. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Tomatoes (Distribution) 49 words
    2. Biscuits (Cardiff) 51 words
    3. Fish Shop, Chorley (Licence) 108 words
    4. Bread Rationing (Children) 65 words
    5. Invalids (Additional Rations) 429 words
    6. Priority Milk (Invalids) 81 words
    7. Flour (Extraction Rate) 231 words
    8. Imported Fruit (West Riding) 66 words
    9. SLAUGHTERHOUSES (CONDITIONS) 77 words
  7. ROYAL AIR FORCE
    1. Parades 109 words
    2. Marston Moor (Stores Protection) 126 words
    3. Cadets (Examination) 102 words
    4. Married Quarters, Middle East 232 words
    5. Rangoon (Headquarters Strength) 94 words
    6. Miho Station, Japan (Heating) 116 words
    7. Housing Site, Darley Moor 86 words
  8. CIVIL AVIATION
    1. Marine Base 117 words
    2. Exchange Facilities, Croydon 122 words
    3. Corporation Staffs (Questions) 86 words
    4. West End Road, Northolt (Buses) 148 words
  9. GERMANY
    1. Requisitioned Houses 163 words
    2. Combing Plant, Bremen 128 words
    3. Rations (Calorie Value) 102 words
    4. Seized Furniture, Seigen 82 words
    5. Level of Industry Plan 209 words
    6. Food Pilfering 112 words
    7. Trade Relations 127 words
    8. Nationalisation of Industry 46 words
    9. Braille Mail 63 words
    10. Experiments on Human Beings 97 words
    11. Sentenced Nazi Leaders (Supervision) 141 words
    12. State Documents (Publication) 235 words
    13. EXPELLED GERMANS, POLAND (TRAVEL CONDITIONS) 613 words
    14. CHINA (U.S. FORCES) 83 words
    15. YUGOSLAVIA (BRITISH SOLDIERS) 30 words
    16. CZECHOSLOVAKIA (LABOUR TRANSFERENCE) 187 words
    17. U.S. MILITARY AND NAVAL BASES 73 words
    18. GREECE (TRADE UNION LEADERS, RELEASE) 90 words
    19. SURPLUS SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS (DISPOSAL) 33 words
    20. "UNITED NATIONS JOURNAL" (MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT) 76 words
    21. TEMPORARY HOUSES (TARGET) 198 words
    22. ROYAL ARMY EDUCATION CORPS (STRENGTH) 117 words
    23. FIELD-MARSHAL LORD MONTGOMERY (MOSCOW VISIT) 67 words
    24. SOMALIA (ADMINISTRATION) 85 words
    25. SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE 36 words
    26. NATIONAL INSURANCE (PERSONAL CASES) 160 words
    27. MILK AND DAIRIES REGULATIONS 186 words
    28. BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC INTEREST 130 words

Lords Sitting of 22 January 1947

  1. Preamble 14 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. LORD NORMAND. 71 words
  3. LORD TREFGARNE. 21 words
  4. IMPERIAL WAR MEMORIAL. 7,539 words
  5. FOOD SITUATION. 17,955 words
  6. FOODSTUFFS FROM EIRE. 1,213 words
  7. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 58 words