Commons Sitting of 3 June 1947

  1. Preamble 17 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. DEATH OF A MEMBER 54 words
  4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY BILL 9 words
  5. HOVE CORPORATION BILL [Lords]
    1. SOUTHERN RAILWAY BILL [Lords]
      1. TENDRING HUNDRED WATER AND GAS BILL [Lords] 6 words
  6. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. BRITISH ARMY
      1. Personal Cases 288 words
      2. Soldiers' Treatment, Egypt (Inquiry) 1,511 words
      3. Personnel, Egypt (Clothing Issue) 243 words
      4. Despatches, Malay Peninsula and Singapore (Publication) 140 words
      5. Extra-statutory Pensions 242 words
      6. Territorial Army 264 words
      7. Stored Vehicles (Conditions) 161 words
      8. Personnel, Palestine (Postal Facilities) 302 words
      9. Stanford Battle Training Area 395 words
      10. Transit Camp, Hiltingbury (Use) 86 words
      11. Bureau of Current Affairs 924 words
      12. Dance Incident, Newbury 136 words
      13. Parades, Singapore 167 words
      14. Officers' Uniforms (Superseded Items) 107 words
      15. A.T.S. (Releases) 42 words
    2. GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR (MARRIAGES) 372 words
    3. NATIONAL INSURANCE
      1. Unemployment Benefit 160 words
      2. Approved Society Staffs (Transfer) 310 words
    4. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Manpower 169 words
      2. Displaced Persons 441 words
      3. Cost-of-Living Index (Laundry Charges) 171 words
    5. AGRICULTURE (PRISONER-OF-WAR LABOUR) 207 words
    6. NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFFS 218 words
    7. EQUAL PAY (ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT) 41 words
    8. WAR MEDALS AND DECORATIONS (NEXT OF KIN) 168 words
    9. NEWFOUNDLAND (FUTURE STATUS) 320 words
    10. CIVIL SERVICE
      1. Redundant Post Office Grades 316 words
      2. Resignations (Gratuities) 282 words
    11. EXCISE OFFICE, DENBIGH (CLOSING) 395 words
    12. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      1. Exports (Volume Percentage) 45 words
      2. Paper Making (Home Produced Straw) 109 words
      3. Crombie Cloth (Military Tailors) 160 words
      4. Norfolk Broads (Boat Equipment) 225 words
      5. Textile Machinery Exports 142 words
      6. Clothing Coupons (Old Issues, Invalidation) 281 words
      7. Hong Kong Garrison (Claims) 134 words
      8. Stump Socks 182 words
    13. SCOTLAND
      1. School Children (Defective Speech) 137 words
      2. Housing Contributions 65 words
    14. ROYAL AIR FORCE
      1. Station, Kinloss (Overtime) 173 words
      2. W.A.A.F. (Releases) 123 words
    15. COTTON TEXTILE MACHINERY (EVERSHED REPORT) 160 words
    16. W.R.N.S. (RELEASES) 112 words
  7. INDIA (TRANSFER OF POWER) 4,340 words
  8. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,543 words, 1 division
  9. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION BILL 7 words
      1. NEW CLAUSE.—(Ascertainment of activities to be treated as comprised in an industry.) 1,081 words
      2. CLAUSE 1.—(Power to establish development councils, and purposes thereof.) 7,642 words, 1 division
      3. CLAUSE 2.—(Constitution, etc., of development councils.) 2,100 words
      4. CLAUSE 3.—(Provisions for furnishing development councils with information as to their industries.) 610 words
      5. CLAUSE 4.—(Levies by development councils.) 1,115 words
      6. CLAUSE 5.—(Restriction on disclosure of information.) 189 words
      7. CLAUSE 7.—(Reports, and accounts, of development councils.) 212 words
      8. CLAUSE 9.—(Levies for certain purposes for industries for which there is no development council.) 132 words
      9. CLAUSE 14.—(Power to define activities to be treated as comprised in an industry.) 49 words
      10. CLAUSE 17.—(Short title.) 137 words
    2. FIRST SCHEDULE.—(Functions which may be assigned to development councils.) 21,240 words
  10. CHIEF CONSTABLE, SALFORD (APPOINTMENT) 5,487 words
  11. SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES (ADMISSIONS) 5,472 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 June 1947

  1. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Personal Cases 455 words
    2. Surrendered Arms, Colchester 138 words
    3. Closed Road, Wrottesley Park 28 words
    4. Manpower Economy Committee 298 words
    5. Territorial Army 137 words
    6. Transit Camp, Singapore (Mail) 73 words
    7. Colonial Service 29 words
    8. Military Cemetery, Nijmegen 106 words
    9. Cigarettes, Rhine Army 505 words
  2. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Wales 517 words
    2. Wallasey 36 words
    3. PRODUCTION CAMPAIGN 145 words
    4. HANSARD (VOLUME 429) 39 words
  3. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Hungary (British Credits) 78 words
    2. Sterling Balances 84 words
  4. SCOTLAND
    1. Herring Landings 92 words
    2. Return of Electors 83 words
    3. Shot Man (Police Award) 147 words
    4. Water Supply, Easter Ross 79 words
    5. Housing, Crofting Areas 62 words
    6. POLISH SERVICEMEN (FAMILIES) 190 words
    7. MALAYAN COURTS (CONGESTION) 184 words
    8. NIGHT TRAINS (PRIORITY BERTHS) 164 words
    9. SHIPPING (UNUSED SPACE) 130 words
    10. OLD AGE PENSIONS 117 words
  5. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Horseflesh 214 words
    2. Cake Mixtures 96 words
    3. MENTAL HOSPITALS 109 words
    4. RURAL HOUSING RENTS 108 words
    5. CASUAL POOR 178 words
    6. HARVEST OVERTIME (PRISONERS OF WAR) 104 words
    7. KNACKERS (LICENSING) 89 words
    8. NATIONAL STUD (BUILDING) 129 words
    9. MINING WAGES AGREEMENT 103 words

Lords Sitting of 3 June 1947

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers. 13 words
  3. SOUTH-WEST MIDDLESEX CREMATORIUM BILL. [H.L.] 9 words
  4. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY. 274 words
  5. PRICE OF NEW TAXI-CABS. 197 words
  6. NATIONAL SERVICE BILL. 6,444 words
  7. INDIAN POLICY. 2,868 words
  8. NATIONAL SERVICE BILL. 36,392 words
  9. CERTIFICATE FROM EXAMINERS. 33 words
  10. HELSTON AND PORTHLEVEN WATER. 9 words
  11. HAVANT AND WATERLOO URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL. [H.L.] 6 words
  12. CUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL (WATER, ETC.) BILL. [H.L.]
  13. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. 15 words
  14. WELLINGTON MUSEUM. [H.L.] 15 words
  15. SWINDON GAS ORDER, 1947. 33 words
  16. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 58 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 June 1947

  1. MAINTENANCE OF TRUNK ROADS. 404 words