Commons Sitting of 4 March 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
      1. New Town (Orders) 358 words
      2. Stevenage (High Court Decision) 119 words
      3. National Parks 141 words
    2. NATIONAL INSURANCE
      1. Old Age Pensions 707 words
      2. Pensioners (Earnings) 408 words
      3. Unemployment Benefit (Compensation Cases) 129 words
      4. Fishermen (Unemployment Insurance) 363 words
      5. Fuel Emergency (Unemployment) 265 words
      6. Statutory Order (Interpretation) 121 words
    3. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Italians 188 words
      2. Coal Mining (Poles) 142 words
      3. Displaced Persons 45 words
      4. Employers' Discrimination 465 words
      5. Hebrides 329 words
      6. Elderly Persons 210 words
      7. Dock Labour Scheme 67 words
    4. NATIONAL SERVICE
      1. Personal Case 407 words
      2. Coalminers 121 words
      3. Rate of Release 621 words
      4. Call Up, 1946–8 109 words
      5. Coalmining 547 words
    5. SCOTLAND
      1. Rural Water Supplies 198 words
      2. Agricultural Tractors 160 words
      3. Hill Farming Grants 70 words
      4. Shops (Security of Tenure) 386 words
      5. Rossie Farm School 226 words
      6. Rural Housing 95 words
    6. SERVICE PENSIONS (WIDOWS' CHILDREN) 310 words
    7. FUEL EMERGENCY (U.S. COAL) 650 words
    8. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Fuel Emergency (Effect) 609 words
      2. Sterling Balances 671 words
  4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,854 words, 1 division
  5. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. SUMMER TIME BILL 24,752 words
      1. CLAUSE 1.—(Summer time and double summer time for 1947 and subsequent years. 15,242 words, 1 division
      2. CLAUSE 2.—(Provisions as to Orders in Council under S.I.) 165 words
  6. POLISH RESETTLEMENT BILL 51 words
    1. CLAUSE I.—(Power to apply Royal Warrant as to pensions etc. to certain Polish forces.) 86 words
    2. NEW CLAUSE.—(Provisions as to discipline and internal administration of certain Polish forces.) 36,780 words, 3 divisions
    3. NEW CLAUSE.—(Residential qualification for naturalisation.) 4,461 words
    4. CLAUSE 2.—(Allowances from the Assistance Board.) 137 words
    5. CLAUSE 8.—(Provisions as to service in the forces.) 588 words
    6. TITLE. 263 words
    7. SUNDAY CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENTS 166 words
    8. ADJOURNMENT 18 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 March 1947

  1. SERVICES LAND REQUIREMENTS 58 words
  2. NATIONAL INSURANCE
    1. Unemployment Benefit 183 words
    2. Personal Cases 297 words
    3. Crofters and Fishermen 99 words
  3. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Disabled Persons, Newcastle 165 words
    2. Glasgow 151 words
  4. SCOTLAND
    1. Fishing Boats (Timber Licences) 71 words
    2. Universities (Agricultural Students) 127 words
    3. Sheriffs-Principal (Private Practice) 45 words
    4. Water Supply and Drainage (Schemes) 431 words
  5. HOUSING (SCOTLAND)
    1. Aluminium Houses (Dampness) 94 words
    2. Glasgow 159 words
  6. MINISTRY OF PENSIONS
    1. Artificial Limbs (Manufacture) 60 words
    2. Disablement Pensions 131 words
  7. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Cable and Wireless Limited (Board) 112 words
    2. Polish Girls' School, Pitlochry 84 words
    3. Private Undertakings (Profits) 56 words
    4. Purchase Tax (Electrical Appliances) 79 words
    5. Gold and Dollar Holdings 50 words
    6. Capital (Movements) 55 words
    7. Adverse Trade Balance (Brazil) 43 words
    8. British Assets, Brazil 108 words
    9. CIVIL SERVICE (STAFF REDUCTIONS) 169 words
    10. COUNCIL OF FOREIGN BOND HOLDERS 66 words
  8. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Tobacco (Imports) 84 words
    2. Cigarettes (Rationing) 42 words
    3. Newsprint 48 words
    4. Basket Making (Willows) 94 words
    5. German Pottery 71 words
    6. Statutory Rules and Orders 184 words
    7. Utility Clothing and Leather 179 words
  9. BRITISH ARMY
    1. N.C.Os. and Men (Fraternisation) 63 words
    2. Married Quarters, Middle East 121 words
    3. T.A. Married Quarters (Evictions) 228 words
    4. Bovington Camp 89 words
    5. A.T.S., London 130 words
    6. Demobilisation 120 words
    7. Requisitioned Premises, New Brighton 112 words
    8. Mention in Despatches (Emblem) 107 words
    9. Personal Cases 201 words
    10. Women Clerks, East Africa 99 words
    11. Home Strength 33 words
    12. O.R. 1 Recruits 89 words
    13. Welsh Battalions 144 words
    14. Local Colonial Forces 122 words
    15. Malayan Soldiers (Pay and Gratuity) 133 words
    16. Record and Pay Offices 306 words
    17. Glenridding Camp 44 words
    18. Deferred Release Officers 337 words
    19. Troops, Denmark 78 words
  10. PRISONERS OF WAR
    1. Pet Rabbits 91 words
    2. Camp Commandants (Allowances) 103 words
    3. Relaxation of Restrictions 74 words
    4. Food 105 words
    5. ASSESSMENT APPEAL TRIBUNALS 74 words
  11. ARMED FORCES
    1. Release Group Numbers 348 words
    2. Coal Mines 161 words
    3. DISTURBANCES, ERITREA (SENTENCES) 304 words
    4. ECONOMIC SURVEY (GOODS AND SERVICES) 74 words
    5. COAL INDUSTRY (INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES) 60 words
    6. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS (PUBLICITY EXPENDITURE) 689 words
    7. ESPIONAGE COMMISSION, CANADA 107 words
    8. GAS OIL SUBSIDY 108 words
    9. FUEL EMERGENCY 85 words
    10. GOVERNMENT PAINT AND DISTEMPER 141 words
    11. SUGAR BEET (LABOUR) 92 words
    12. BILLETING OFFICERS, KENT 311 words
  12. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Sweet Ration 50 words
    2. TUBERCULAR DISEASES (DEATHS) 118 words
    3. Potatoes 193 words
    4. CABLE AND WIRELESS STAFF 74 words

Lords Sitting of 4 March 1947

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. POLICING OF HIGHWAYS AT NIGHT. 94 words
  3. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932 (COUNTY BOROUGH OF BARROW-IN-FURNESS ORDER). 56 words
  4. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932 (BOROUGH OF CHINGFORD ORDER). 57 words
  5. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932 (URBAN DISTRICT OF BOLSOVER ORDER). 56 words
  6. CROWN PROCEEDINGS BILL, [H.L.] 13,894 words
  7. APPELLATE JURISDICTION BILL. 7 words
  8. BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION BILL. 253 words
  9. COUNTY COUNCILS ASSOCIATION EXPENSES (AMENDMENT) BILL. 7 words
  10. AGRICULTURAL WAGES (REGULATION) BILL. 15 words
  11. GIFTS FOR GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. 2,552 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 March 1947

  1. NATIONALITY OF MARRIED WOMEN. 171 words
  2. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 58 words