Commons Sitting of 29 January 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. THEIR MAJESTIES' VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA 68 words
  4. TRANSPORT BILL (PETITION) 111 words
  5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. ROYAL NAVY
      1. W.R.N.S. (Demobilisation) 260 words
      2. Uniform and Kit Allowances 186 words
      3. Widows' Pensions 175 words
      4. Sinkings, Corfu (Compensation) 193 words
      5. Dartmouth Cadets (Elementary Scholars) 198 words
      6. Naval Strengths 88 words
      7. Surplus Ships 107 words
      8. Rosneath Estate (Compensation) 253 words
      9. Retirement Requests 102 words
      10. Motor Cycle Patrol, Portsmouth 139 words
      11. "Curacoa" Collision (Compensation) 164 words
      12. Church Attendance, Portsmouth 186 words
      13. Release and Intake 277 words
    2. POST OFFICE
      1. Sub-postmasters (Holidays) 156 words
      2. Savings Department (Evaeuated Staffs) 237 words
      3. Friern Bamet 174 words
      4. Mail Carrying Contract (Termination) 349 words
      5. Wireless Reception, West Indies 141 words
      6. Telephone Service (Outstanding Applications) 214 words
    3. ROYAL AIR FORCE
      1. W.A.A.F. (Duties) 163 words
      2. Waste Allegation, St. Columb 329 words
      3. Research and Tactics (Pooling of Information) 274 words
      4. Shobdon (Work Offers) 100 words
      5. Southern Rhodesia (Mail) 166 words
      6. Electricians (Release) 190 words
      7. Polish Nationals 301 words
    4. CIVIL AVIATION
      1. Operating Costs 655 words
      2. Helicopters 123 words
      3. Airport Commandants 234 words
      4. Tudor II Aircraft (Payload) 89 words
      5. London Airport (Stopped Housing Works) 211 words
      6. Prestwick Airport (Equipment) 232 words
    5. MINISTER OF EDUCATION (PRESS INTERVIEW) 462 words
    6. PALESTINE (GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL) 71 words
    7. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
      1. Officers (Plain Clothes) 42 words
      2. Departmental Staff 144 words
      3. Northern Ireland (Eire Citizens) 248 words
      4. Training Areas (Joint Use) 97 words
    8. FOOD SUPPLIES
      1. Sugar for Manufacture (Subsidy) 256 words
      2. Australian Apples (Price) 101 words
      3. Special Diets Advisory Committee 300 words
      4. Regulations (Enforcement Measures) 1,470 words
    9. DISTILLING (BARLEY ALLOCATION) 375 words
    10. SOAP EXPORTS 85 words
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 32 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING BILL 51,991 words
    2. DEMOBILISATION (CIVILIAN WAR SERVICE) 3,467 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 January 1947

  1. ROYAL NAVY
    1. Prize Money 111 words
    2. Warrant Officers 160 words
    3. Royal Hospital School, Holbrook 323 words
    4. Salvage Awards 140 words
    5. Battleship (War Relic) 218 words
    6. TELEPHONE SERVICE (KIOSKS, LONDON) 266 words
  2. POST OFFICE
    1. Mails from U.S.A. 125 words
    2. Mails From Burma (Delays) 98 words
    3. Postal Restrictions (Germany) 86 words
    4. Airmail Letter Postage (U.S.A.) 104 words
  3. ROYAL AIR FORCE
    1. Nursing Service (Releases) 154 words
    2. Redundant Aircrew (Releases) 229 words
    3. Overseas Tour 130 words
    4. Meteorologists (Releases) 115 words
    5. Personnel, India (Employment) 114 words
    6. DEFENCE EXPENDITURE (DEMOCRATIC NATIONS) 104 words
  4. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Cereal Offers 78 words
    2. Canadian Wheat (Shipments) 207 words
    3. Fish Trade, Grimsby (Licences) 138 words
    4. Canadian Wheat (Carrying Charges) 122 words
    5. Slaughterhouse, Penzance 90 words
    6. Unrationed Foods, Special Areas (Supplies) 92 words
    7. Potatoes 154 words
    8. Oatmeal (Rationing) 114 words
    9. West Indian Sugar (Price) 117 words
    10. Coconut Oil 74 words
    11. Cured Herring Exports (Germany) 87 words
    12. Herring Barrels 114 words
    13. Ministry Officials (Powers) 116 words
    14. Condemned Foodstuffs (Haulage Strike) 60 words
    15. Milk 151 words
    16. SOAP RATION 147 words
  5. CIVIL AVIATION
    1. South Wales 195 words
    2. Renfrew (Approach System) 93 words
    3. British European Airways Corporation (Scotland) 81 words
    4. Lisbon (Accommodation) 111 words
    5. Corporations (Staffing Arrangements) 60 words
    6. West Africa 222 words
    7. Kent Accident Inquiry 179 words
    8. F.I.D.O. (Investigations) 125 words
    9. Dakota Aircraft (Load) 182 words
    10. Viking Aircraft (Modifications) 101 words
    11. Flying Boat Base 203 words
  6. GERMANY
    1. Expelled Germans, Poland (Travel Conditions) 344 words
    2. Control Commission Messes 76 words
    3. Postal Censorship 53 words
    4. Volkswagen (Sales) 106 words
    5. Furniture (Requisitioned Premises) 122 words
    6. De-cartelisation Law 86 words
    7. Secret Documents 62 words
    8. JAPAN (FOOD SITUATION) 168 words
    9. ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN (FOREIGN FATHERS) 169 words
    10. ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS, EUROPE 139 words
    11. CONSULAR OFFICE, FLORINA 148 words
    12. ANGLO-SOVIET TREATY 63 words
  7. HONG KONG
    1. University (Future) 117 words
    2. Income Tax 62 words
  8. PALESTINE
    1. Government Policy (Debate) 88 words
    2. Terrorists (Punitive Tax) 61 words
  9. COLONIAL EMPIRE
    1. Mineral Ownership 129 words
    2. Geologists 126 words
    3. Yeast Production 141 words
    4. FIJI (LAND TENURE) 111 words
  10. SARAWAK
    1. Rehabilitation 95 words
    2. Mr. Anthony Brooke 118 words
    3. TRINIDAD (STRIKES AND DISTURBANCES) 1,410 words
  11. AFRICAN COLONIES
    1. Kenya (Game Parks) 244 words
    2. Nigeria (Students) 250 words
    3. Education, West Africa 245 words
    4. Mombasa (Strike) 141 words
    5. Timber (Nigerian Exports) 120 words
  12. MALAYA
    1. Strikes 164 words
    2. Higher Education 539 words
    3. Citizenship and Jurisdiction 232 words
  13. SEYCHELLES
    1. Taxation 236 words
    2. Shop Closing 225 words
    3. MALTA (NAVIGATIONAL AIDS) 140 words
    4. BERMUDA 171 words
    5. JAMAICA (POLICE, EQUIPMENT) 114 words
    6. PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS 64 words
    7. SERVICE LAND REQUIREMENTS 71 words
    8. INDIA (SERVICE TRAVEL CONDITIONS) 99 words
  14. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Herring Barrels (Timber) 55 words
    2. Utility Furniture 88 words
    3. COMMONWEALTH SCIENTISTS (MOVEMENT) 250 words
    4. MISPRINTED BILL 69 words
  15. RAILWAYS
    1. Coal (Calorific Value) 45 words
    2. Paddington 98 words
    3. Horse Transport (Special Train) 162 words
    4. BUS SERVICES (MEMBER'S LETTER) 55 words
    5. MALTING BARLEY 122 words
    6. ELECTRICITY (NEW GENERATING CAPACITY) 127 words
    7. HOUSING (DIRECT LABOUR) 622 words
    8. SOMALILAND (BUDGET) 115 words
  16. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Education Advisory Board 244 words
    2. Dental Officers (Release) 54 words
    3. Married Quarters, Suez 92 words
    4. GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC POLICY (ADVISORY COUNCIL) 276 words

Lords Sitting of 29 January 1947

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932 (COUNTY BOROUGH OF BOLTON ORDER). 59 words
  3. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932 (BOROUGH OF WORKSOP ORDER). 58 words
  4. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932 (BOROUGH OF STOCKTONON-TEES ORDER). 59 words
  5. PROBLEMS OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE. 14,498 words
  6. TRANSFER OF NAVAL VESSELS. 6,770 words
  7. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 56 words