Commons Sitting of 3 March 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. TRANSPORT BILL (PETITION) 244 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
      1. Housing Estates (Accountancy) 233 words
      2. Ordnance Factories 248 words
      3. Electrical Generating Equipment 202 words
      4. Anderson Shelters 133 words
      5. Hospital Stores, Honeybourne 231 words
      6. Shipbuilding, Aberdeen (Electrical Fittings) 133 words
      7. Hinton Aerodrome (Sale) 355 words
      8. Bus and Coach Models 136 words
      9. Surplus Stocks (Sale Tenders) 31 words
      10. Small Arms Factory, Enfield 120 words
      11. Belgian Steel (Delivery) 156 words
    2. HOUSING
      1. Wrought-Iron Piping 136 words
      2. Breeze Blocks (Output) 150 words
      3. Fuel Emergency (Effect) 110 words
    3. MINISTRY OF WORKS
      1. Brick Industry (Amenities Report) 117 words
      2. Imported Belgian Bricks 252 words
      3. Timber Licences 133 words
      4. Civilian Building Control Circular 102 words
      5. New Government Offices, South London 125 words
      6. Surplus Huts (Community Centres) 337 words
      7. Welsh Slate Industry (Report) 200 words
    4. INDIA
      1. Ecclesiastical Establishment (Chaplains) 236 words
      2. Secretary of State's Services 502 words
      3. Political Agent, Malakand (Suspension) 261 words
    5. BURMA CONSTITUTION (KARENS) 147 words
    6. POLAND (AMNESTY) 90 words
    7. U.N.O. (TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL) 168 words
    8. KIEL CANAL (ADMINISTRATION) 213 words
    9. BRITISH COUNCIL (EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE) 64 words
    10. FOOD SUPPLIES
      1. Vegetables (Prices) 172 words
      2. Food Allocation (International Arrangements) 360 words
    11. EMIGRATION FACILITIES 673 words
    12. FISHING INDUSTRY
      1. Exports 145 words
      2. Landings 71 words
      3. Vessels 124 words
    13. AGRICULTURE
      1. Fruit Trees 217 words
      2. Foot and Mouth Disease, Windsor 186 words
      3. Machinery Needs 293 words
      4. Potash Fertilisers 535 words
      5. Prisoner-of-War Labour 247 words
      6. Ex-Servicemen (Training) 219 words
      7. Hay Deliveries 368 words
      8. Double Summer Time 373 words
      9. Women's Land Army (Administrative Staff) 202 words
  5. PALESTINE OUTRAGES (MARTIAL LAW) 1,421 words
  6. DEATH SENTENCES, GOLD COAST (RESPITES) 5,251 words
  7. BILL PRESENTED
    1. PUBLIC OFFICES (SITE) BILL 55 words
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 63 words
  8. TRANSPORT BILL AND TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 60,859 words, 5 divisions
  9. AUSTRIA (CARINTHIAN FRONTIER) 3,274 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 March 1947

  1. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. Motor Car Exports 101 words
    2. Ordnance Factories (Fuel) 84 words
    3. Looted Material, Japan (Disposal) 215 words
    4. MOBILE LABOUR FORCE 129 words
  2. INDIA
    1. Communal Riots (Casualties) 57 words
    2. Service Transport, Calcutta 82 words
    3. Students' Welfare, Great Britain 59 words
    4. Ex-Civil Servants (Employment) 90 words
    5. SERVICEMEN'S SOVIET-BORN WIVES 155 words
  3. AGRICULTURE
    1. Feeding Stuffs Ration 102 words
    2. Prisoners of War (Replacement) 84 words
  4. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Manchurian Soya Beans 65 words
    2. Oilcake and Meal 103 words
    3. Sugar 204 words
    4. Rice Store, London 59 words
    5. Cold Stores 117 words
    6. Cellulose 75 words
    7. Special Allowances (Agriculture) 72 words
    8. Barley Exports 32 words
    9. Carrots(Cattle Feed) 71 words
    10. Potatoes (Profit Margin) 157 words
    11. Milk Processing 76 words
    12. Ex-Servicemen (Retail Licences) 109 words
    13. Sweets (Children) 54 words
    14. Milk, Butter and Cheese Consumption 65 words
    15. Home Canned Fruit 71 words
    16. SOAP RATION 163 words
  5. RAILWAYS
    1. Oil-burning Locomotives 95 words
    2. Movement of Coal 300 words
    3. Special Party (Facilities) 165 words
    4. Haulage Capacity 292 words
    5. Barking Station 121 words
    6. Aberdeen—London 151 words
    7. Conciliation Staffs (Resignations) 213 words
  6. SHIPPING
    1. Ice, Thames Approaches 80 words
    2. Ice-bound Canals 89 words
    3. Troopships (Release) 125 words
    4. Freight Rates 212 words
    5. Sales to Foreign Owners 174 words
    6. Pilotage Services 55 words
    7. L.P.T.B. (TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP) 93 words
  7. ROADS
    1. Grants (Fair Wages Clause) 46 words
    2. Motorcars (Doctors) 80 words
    3. Petrol Stations Committee 60 words
    4. Bus Services, Stoke-on-Trent 109 words
    5. HOUSING (BURST PIPES) 69 words
    6. EMPLOYMENT (FOREIGN LABOUR) 157 words
    7. PALESTINE (FAWZI EL KAUKJI) 124 words
  8. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Requisitioned Industrial Premises 95 words
    2. Potash Supplies 79 words
    3. Factory Developments, North-East Area 124 words
  9. EDUCATION
    1. Basic English Foundation 175 words
    2. Teachers' Training Grants 260 words
    3. Charity, Presteign 148 words
  10. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Blocked Sterling Balances 67 words
    2. Government Surplus (Overseas) 39 words
    3. Purchase Tax (Boilerettes) 66 words
    4. WOMAN DETECTIVE (PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS) 94 words
    5. WEEKLY PERIODICALS (SUSPENSION) 133 words
  11. ARMED FORCES
    1. Recruitment Statistics 302 words
    2. Overseas Personnel (Cost) 101 words
  12. GERMANY
    1. Exit Permits 217 words
    2. Gasworks (Coal Allocations) 76 words
    3. Control Commission 459 words
    4. AUSTRIA (BRITISH NEWSPAPERS) 80 words

Lords Sitting of 3 March 1947

  1. Preamble 14 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. PALESTINE. 785 words
  3. AGRICULTURAL WAGES (REGULATION) BILL. 5 words
  4. COMPANIES BILL, [H.L.] 21,188 words
  5. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 62 words