Commons Sitting of 27 January 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. MINISTRY OF WORKS
      1. Belgian Bricks 179 words
      2. Bricklaying 47 words
      3. Requisitioned Premises, City of London 149 words
      4. Executive Posts (Appointments) 248 words
      5. King Charles I Statue 173 words
      6. Farm Building,Repairs (Licences) 142 words
      7. Asbestos Sheets 95 words
      8. Building Licence, Leicester 108 words
      9. Royal Hospital, Chelsea (Beds) 70 words
      10. House of Commons Chamber (Rebuilding Progress) 91 words
      11. Eros Statue, Piccadilly Circus (Restoration) 65 words
      12. Food Offices (Converted Buildings) 100 words
      13. Military Camp, Leven (Release) 141 words
      14. Central Heating, Government Offices 241 words
    2. HOUSING
      1. Electrical Fittings 124 words
      2. Bamboo Plantation, Cornwall 132 words
    3. INDIA
      1. Indian Army (Releases) 129 words
      2. Civil Service 164 words
      3. Inter-Asian Relations Conference, New Delhi 56 words
      4. Food Position 328 words
    4. BURMA (LONDON DISCUSSIONS) 288 words
    5. ANGLO-AMERICAN OIL AGREEMENT 111 words
    6. JAPAN
      1. Rural Land Reform 183 words
      2. Labour Organisations 221 words
      3. Holding Companies (Dissolution) 260 words
      4. British Business Representatives 226 words
    7. ITALY (YUGOSLAVS) 142 words
    8. BRITISH ECONOMIC ADVISER, U.S.A. 259 words
    9. SPAIN (BRITISH AMBASSADOR'S WITHDRAWAL) 344 words
    10. VENEZIA GIULIA (BRITISH SOLDIERS) 53 words
    11. TANGIER (EDITIONS INTERNATIONALES, S.A.) 375 words
    12. POLAND
      1. British Note 254 words
      2. British Ambassador 271 words
    13. ARMS STANDARDISATION 129 words
    14. COAST PROTECTION (GOVERNMENT POLICY) 238 words
    15. SOUTH AFRICAN GIFT (MEMBERS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE) 537 words
    16. ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL SITUATION 503 words
    17. HOUSING AND PLANNING (MINISTRY) 224 words
    18. AGRICULTURE
      1. Binders 206 words
      2. Bovine Tuberculosis 344 words
      3. Baling Wire 358 words
      4. National Advisory Service 535 words
      5. Farm Tractors (Gun Carrier Parts) 111 words
      6. Fabian Society Circular 278 words
      7. Spring Wheat 177 words
      8. Grey Squirrel Shooting Clubs 119 words
      9. National Vegetable Research Station 119 words
      10. Foot-and-Mouth Disease 455 words
      11. Machinery (Hire System) 92 words
      12. Forestry (Polish Labour) 239 words
      13. Foxes, Stamford (Destruction) 150 words
      14. Sugar Beet Factories (Closing) 595 words
    19. DAKOTA AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS (INQUIRIES) 1,075 words
  4. ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATY 1,640 words
  5. THEIR MAJESTIES' VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA 841 words
  6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. AGRICULTURE BILL 41,770 words
    2. STATISTICS OF TRADE [MONEY] 110 words
  7. CIVIL SERVICE (EVACUATED STAFFS) 4,044 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 January 1947

  1. MINISTRY OF WORKS
    1. Electrical Components 128 words
    2. Ministry of Fuel and Power (Coal) 101 words
  2. HOUSING
    1. Portsmouth 77 words
    2. Refrigerators 48 words
  3. INDIA
    1. Bombay Riots (British Troops) 39 words
    2. Arrested Indians, Germany 168 words
  4. AGRICULTURE
    1. Flooding, River Ebbw 113 words
    2. Rabbit Control 153 words
    3. Seville Broad Beans 154 words
    4. Marketing Acts 83 words
    5. Afforestation 232 words
  5. NEWFOUNDLAND
    1. Nutrition 149 words
    2. Tuberculosis 109 words
    3. Government Debt 119 words
    4. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS (ACCOUNTS) 125 words
    5. HOUSE OF COMMONS CATERING (DRINKS) 216 words
    6. EGYPT (MURDERED BRITISH SOLDIERS) 108 words
    7. SPAIN (PRISONERS' TREATMENT) 89 words
    8. SENTENCED NEGROES, MISSISSIPPI 110 words
  6. UNITED NATIONS
    1. Economic Commissions 92 words
    2. Relief Organisations 378 words
    3. FOREIGN SERVICE (ALLOWANCES) 126 words
  7. POLAND
    1. Documents (Unauthorised Stamping) 87 words
    2. Elections 68 words
  8. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. International Emergency Food Council 101 words
    2. Canadian Wheat 182 words
    3. Egg Producers (Dividends) 86 words
    4. Milk 145 words
    5. Slaughterhouses (Conditions) 223 words
    6. Poultry Food 79 words
    7. Dried Fruit (Subsidies) 93 words
    8. Dried Milk 59 words
    9. Fresh Fruit Imports 58 words
    10. Syrian Lentils 73 words
    11. Oats Stocks 133 words
    12. Animal By-products 114 words
    13. Margarine 84 words
    14. Brussels Sprouts 133 words
    15. Priority Eggs 85 words
    16. Oatmeal 179 words
    17. Sweet Ration 92 words
    18. Bread Rationing 77 words
    19. Invalids (Special Rations) 96 words
    20. Sugar 246 words
    21. Danish Supplies 198 words
    22. Statutory Order 2087 (Licences) 84 words
    23. Fruit Supplies, Abingdon 147 words
    24. Prosecution, Carmarthen 154 words
    25. Children (Eggs and Milk) 193 words
  9. INLAND TRANSPORT
    1. Services, Beccles and Bungay 114 words
    2. Canals (Abandonment) 102 words
  10. ROADS
    1. Heavy Vehicles (Rear Light) 67 words
    2. "C" Licences 136 words
    3. Traffic Lights, Green Park 167 words
    4. Traffic Congestion, London 142 words
    5. Bus Services, Derbyshire 72 words
    6. Speed Limit, Heston and Isleworth 105 words
    7. Proposed Trunk Road, West Cumberland 71 words
  11. RAILWAYS
    1. Licensed Premises 148 words
    2. Pension Schemes 176 words
    3. Cheap Return Tickets 82 words
    4. Electrification, Suburban Lines 61 words
    5. Fishing Nets, Lowestoft (Delivery) 139 words
    6. Repair and Maintenance 83 words
    7. Royal Trains 63 words
    8. Dartford Loop Line (Services) 128 words
  12. LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD
    1. Closed Shop (Dismissals) 36 words
    2. Cheap Facilities 54 words
  13. SHIPPING
    1. Port of London (Delays) 53 words
    2. Cross-Channel Ships (Northern Ireland) 58 words
  14. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. Linwood Road Factory 55 words
    2. Builders' Light Castings 50 words
    3. Enamelling Process 40 words
    4. Omnibus Building 145 words
    5. Unused Locomotives, Richborough 132 words
    6. Depot, Bourn (Closure) 49 words
    7. Guttering and Spouting 72 words
    8. Steel Joists and Angles Herefordshire 95 words
    9. Copper and Zinc 161 words
    10. Hearing Aid 99 words
    11. Locomotives (Private Builders) 45 words
    12. Pressed Steel Plant (Use) 74 words
    13. Aircraft and Equipment (Manufacture) 33 words
    14. Ordnance Factory Poole 77 words
    15. Radio-Active Iodine (Supplies) 62 words
    16. Light Motor Vans (Delivery) 115 words
    17. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CROWN 162 words
    18. OXFORD CITY BUS COMPANY (STAFF) 167 words
    19. HONG KONG (SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT) 161 words
    20. SHIP REPAIR FACILITIE. PORT OF LONDON 91 words
  15. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Industrial Civil Servants (Claims) 85 words
    2. U.S. Documents (Sale) 47 words
    3. L.P.T.B. Stock (Guarantee) 59 words
    4. POST BOX, WEST LEAZE 102 words
  16. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Consular Reports 237 words
    2. "Britain Can Make It" Exhibition 123 words
    3. Viyella and Dayella 136 words
    4. Gas Mantles 141 words
    5. Lace Industry (Curtain Section) 88 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. Steel Window Frames, Dumfries-shire 104 words
    2. Crofters' Holdings 135 words
  18. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
    1. New Town, Hemel Hempstead 104 words
    2. New Farm Buildings 234 words
    3. HOSPITAL STAFFS (VACANCIES) 127 words