Commons Sitting of 6 March 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      1. Fuel Allocations 361 words
      2. Fishing Nets 185 words
      3. Hotel Equipment 183 words
      4. Textile Export Allocations 180 words
      5. Light Industry, Ludlow 151 words
      6. Dressing Gowns 198 words
      7. Tariffs and Preferences 661 words
      8. Trade Fair Exhibits 85 words
      9. New Factories, North East 441 words
      10. Timber Mission, North America 40 words
      11. Retail Sales Index 160 words
      12. Japanese Exports 264 words
      13. Vacuum Flasks 180 words
      14. Agricultural Machinery Exports 137 words
      15. Furs (Imports) 130 words
      16. Mining Areas (Consumer Goods) 527 words
      17. 10 cwt. Vans 126 words
    2. OIL SUPPLIES
      1. Petrol Exports 248 words
      2. Oil Conversion 176 words
      3. Petrol Rationing 337 words
    3. COAL INDUSTRY
      1. Exports 476 words
      2. Miners' Allowances 253 words
      3. Horticultural Exhibitors 135 words
      4. Stocks 291 words
      5. Coal Board Cottages 411 words
      6. Quality 207 words
    4. European Goal Organisation 144 words
    5. Coal Charges Account (Debt) 194 words
    6. Face Conveyors, Yorkshire 203 words
    7. ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES
      1. Coal (Thermal Efficiency) 208 words
      2. Outworn Plant 87 words
      3. Consumers' Guarantee 128 words
      4. GAS SUPPLIES 353 words
      5. CIVIL SERVANTS AND POLICE (POLITICAL ACTIVITIES) 375 words
      6. AGRICULTURAL WORKERS (CONSUMER GOODS) 285 words
      7. U.K., U.S.A. AND U.S.S.R. (RELATIONS) 161 words
      8. STUDENTS' GRANTS (WIVE'S EARNINGS) 135 words
    8. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Coal Board Staff (Dispute) 60 words
      2. Directed Miners (Trade Union Membership) 149 words
      3. Reinstated Workers (Discharge) 279 words
    9. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Dollar Expenditure 364 words
      2. International Monetary Fund 90 words
      3. Income Tax (Personal Case) 80 words
      4. Unearned Incomes 120 words
      5. Greece and Palestine (British Expenditure) 581 words
    10. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND PRICES (NEW POLICY) 2,569 words
    11. 1.—TARGET ACREAGES. 122 words
    12. II.—FUTURE AGRICULTURAL PRICES. 433 words
  4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 854 words
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 52 words
  6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. INDIA (GOVERNMENT POLICY) 46,545 words, 1 division
  7. SUPPLY 3 words
  8. CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS AND SUPPLE MENTARY ESTIMATE, 1946–47.
    1. CLASS V
      1. MINISTRY OF HEALTH 4,097 words, 1 division
      2. CLASS X
      3. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (WAR SERVICES) 49 words
      4. CLASS VI
      5. ROADS, ETC. 79 words
      6. MERCANTILE MARINE SERVICES 62 words
    2. CLASS VIII
    3. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S WAR PENSIONS 67 words
    4. CLASS I
    5. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE 44 words
  9. REPORT [28th February]
    1. CLASS X
      1. CONTROL OFFICE FOR GERMANY AND AUSTRIA 87 words
  10. REPORT [19th February] 2 words
  11. CLASS IV
    1. BROADCASTING 47 words
  12. CLASS X
    1. HOME OFFICE (WAR SERVICES) 45 words
  13. CLASS III
    1. SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE, ETC., NORTHERN IRELAND 104 words
  14. CLASS IV
    1. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION 73 words
  15. CLASS V
    1. MINISTRY OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING 69 words
  16. CLASS VI
    1. EXPORT CREDITS (SPECIAL GUARANTEES) 50 words
    2. MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER 47 words
    3. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (FOOD PRODUCTION SERVICES) 50 words
  17. CLASS I
    1. GOVERNMENT HOSPITALITY 46 words
  18. CLASS VII
    1. MINISTRY OF WORKS 8,408 words
  19. EXCHANGE CONTROL BILL 21 words
  20. CLAUSE 23.—(Payment for exports.) 218 words
  21. CLAUSE 37.—(Other powers of Treasury.) 128 words
  22. AGRICULTURAL WAGES (REGULATION) BILL 20 words
  23. CLAUSE 1.—(Transfer to Agricultural Wages Board of power to fix, cancel or vary minimum rates of agricultu ral wages.) 89 words
  24. SUNDAY CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENTS 162 words
  25. ANIMAL FEEDINGSTUFFS 3,733 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 6 March 1947

  1. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Mimosa (Imports) 68 words
    2. Hedging Gloves 52 words
    3. Flax (Acreage Contracts) 49 words
    4. Clothing Outfits (Released Servicemen) 129 words
    5. New Factories, Glasgow 172 words
  2. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Unemployment, Glasgow 208 words
    2. Power Stations 39 words
  3. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Sterling Balances (Anglo-Egyptian Discussions) 153 words
    2. P. A. Y. E. 66 words
  4. COAL INDUSTRY
    1. Industrial Fuel (Poor Quality) 112 words
    2. Domestic Supplies (Distribution) 292 words
    3. Merchants' Deliveries 62 words
    4. Coal Cutting Machines 60 words
    5. Coal Board (Motor Cars) 66 words
    6. Commercial Glasshouses (Fuel Supplies) 111 words
    7. Savings of Coal (Emergency Restrictions) 99 words
    8. Movement of Coal 83 words
    9. Underground Miners 63 words
    10. Exports 330 words
    11. Output Figures 85 words
    12. Coal Requirements (Electricity Board) 163 words
    13. Miners' Transport, Newcastle 120 words
    14. Mechanical Equipment 116 words
    15. Divisional Board, Edinburgh (Accommodation) 135 words
    16. Change of Registration 94 words
    17. N.C.B. Flags (Display) 75 words
  5. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Investigating Officers (Powers) 481 words
    2. Staffs 73 words
  6. ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES
    1. Fluorescent Lighting (Components) 57 words
    2. Severn Barrage Scheme 80 words
    3. Industrial Users 49 words
    4. Electricity Cuts (Scientists and Doctors) 153 words
    5. New Power Stations (Consents) 82 words
    6. Paraffin (Domestic Consumers) 151 words
  7. OIL SUPPLIES
    1. Petrol (Statistics) 123 words
    2. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 52 words
  8. PRISONS
    1. Reading 57 words
    2. Remissions of Sentences 93 words
    3. Released Prisoners (Military Service) 162 words
  9. ALIENS
    1. Naturalisation 77 words
    2. Personal Case 116 words
    3. Immigrants 123 words
    4. Dependants in U.K. 135 words
    5. British Wives of Foreign Nationals 104 words
    6. N.F.S. QUARTERS (POSSESSION) 199 words
    7. SHOP HOURS 78 words
    8. CANCER RESEARCH (VIVISECTION) 171 words
    9. DISORDERS, COVENTRY STREET, W. 79 words
  10. PUBLIC HEALTH
    1. Health Insurance Prescriptions (Pricing) 112 words
    2. Tuberculosis, Southampton 179 words
    3. Mentally Deficient Children 63 words
    4. Tuberculosis (Waiting List) 90 words
  11. HOUSING
    1. Agricultural Workers 132 words
    2. Rural Areas (Priority) 66 words
    3. T.A. Married Quarters (Evictions) 160 words
    4. Squatters, Thurrock 86 words
    5. Sale 95 words
    6. ENNERDALE RESERVOIR (AMENITIES) 256 words
  12. EDUCATION
    1. School Requisites (Forms) 30 words
    2. Window Repairs 66 words
    3. Colleges 87 words
    4. Training Candidates (Hardship) 143 words
    5. Training Grants, Wales 165 words
    6. New Classrooms 85 words
    7. Nursing Schools 46 words
    8. Independent Schools (Inspection) 40 words
    9. Dining Huts 46 words
    10. Child Labour (Agriculture) 257 words
    11. Bollington 115 words
    12. MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (NEW RULES) 192 words
    13. U.K. AND U.S.S.R. (EXCHANGE OF DELEGATIONS) 88 words
    14. UNITED NATIONS (COLLECTIVE SECURITY) 103 words
    15. MOLDAVIA (FAMINE) 138 words
    16. R.A.F. (COMPENSATION CLAIM) 113 words
  13. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. Surplus Goods Sales (Press) 44 words
    2. Elastic Anklets 85 words
    3. Reinstatement (Personal Case) 146 words
    4. Surplus Paint and Varnish 165 words
    5. ARMED FORCES (MINERS) 135 words
  14. GERMANY
    1. Information Services 99 words
    2. Displaced Persons (Employment) 121 words
    3. SPECIAL TRAIN, CARDIFF 128 words

Lords Sitting of 6 March 1947

  1. Preamble 14 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. RECEPTION TO U.S.S.R. DELEGATION. 109 words
  3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. 210 words
  4. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932 (BOROUGH OF LOWESTOFT ORDER). 57 words
  5. CIVIC RESTAURANTS BILL. 10,219 words
  6. CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCILS (RUNCORN -WIDNES BRIDGE, ETC.) BILL. [H.L.] 54 words