Commons Sitting of 11 March 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. OLD AGE PENSIONS
      1. Personal Case 177 words
      2. Claims (New Arrangements) 535 words
      3. Emergency Payments 308 words
      4. Outstanding Claims 330 words
    2. NATIONAL INSURANCE
      1. War Pensioner (Health Insurance) 160 words
      2. Dental Benefit 139 words
      3. Statutory Order (Minister's Powers) 144 words
    3. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Fuel Emergency (Dismissals) 265 words
      2. Vocational Training 100 words
      3. Directed Miners (Trade Union Membership) 185 words
      4. Catering Board Posters 242 words
      5. Controlled Labour (Trade Union Membership) 105 words
      6. Insurance Agents 128 words
      7. Poles (Agricultural Workers) 81 words
    4. NATIONAL SERVICE
      1. Agricultural Workers 234 words
      2. Coal Mining 115 words
      3. Students 109 words
    5. COST-OF-LIVING INDEX 32 words
    6. SCOTLAND
      1. Libraries 389 words
      2. Housing Contributions (Review) 110 words
      3. Economic White Paper 321 words
      4. Sheriffs-Substitute 178 words
    7. WAR PENSIONERS (ADOPTED CHILDREN) 186 words
    8. BRITISH ARMY
      1. Drill Hall, Nottingham 214 words
      2. Austria (Married Families) 207 words
      3. Withdrawn Troops, Japan 131 words
      4. Discharge Purchase 467 words
      5. Men Under 25 37 words
      6. Education Scheme 65 words
    9. PRISONERS OF WAR
      1. Volunteer Workers 461 words
      2. Private Visits (Transport) 293 words
    10. MID-WEEK SPORT 202 words
    11. MILITARY SERVICE BILL 256 words
    12. SERVICE LAND REQUIREMENTS 272 words
    13. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Land Valuation 243 words
      2. Relief Schemes (Dollar Commitments) 295 words
      3. U.S. Silver Import 451 words
      4. U.S. Periodicals (Purchase) 227 words
      5. Post Office Savings (Interest) 29 words
      6. Films (Entertainments Duty) 123 words
      7. Dollar (Purchasing Value) 79 words
      8. War Damage (Value Payments) 199 words
      9. Sterling Balances (Negotiations) 319 words
      10. Brazil (Sterling Balances) 139 words
      11. Polish Forces (Income Tax) 173 words
      12. Imported Gifts (Taxation) 95 words
      13. Tithe Commission (Form) 109 words
    14. CIVIL SERVICE
      1. Claims 312 words
      2. Inspection of Land 480 words
      3. Officials (Powers of Entry) 109 words
      4. TRADE AND COMMERCE
        1. Theatre Industry 170 words
        2. Tariffs 131 words
        3. Blankets 50 words
        4. Agricultural Machinery Export 261 words
      5. ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATY NEGOTIATIONS 802 words
  4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 689 words
  5. STANDING COMMITTEES (REFERENCES IN HOUSE) 298 words
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 22 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. ECONOMIC SITUATION 13,224 words
      1. ROYAL ASSENT 58 words
    2. ECONOMIC SITUATION 45,305 words, 1 division
    3. SUPPLY 9 words
    4. CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS, SUPPLE MENTARY ESTIMATE, 1946–47.
    5. CLASS I
      1. HOUSE OF COMMONS 57 words
    6. ARGENTINE RAILWAYS AGREEMENT 2,513 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 11 March 1947

  1. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Disabled Persons (Light Work) 151 words
    2. Mining Industry (Entrants) 64 words
    3. Cost-of-Living Index (Wage Agreements) 210 words
    4. Aliens (Personal Case) 106 words
    5. Building Trade Trainees, Wrexham 186 words
    6. Electricians, London 87 words
    7. Working Hours (Schemes) 72 words
    8. Displaced Persons (Agriculture) 295 words
    9. NATIONAL SERVICE (APPRENTICES) 194 words
  2. SCOTLAND
    1. Tenancy Notice (Glasgow) 109 words
    2. Central Hotel, Annan 90 words
  3. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Imported Feedingstuffs (Government Purchases) 76 words
    2. His Majesty's Judges (Salaries) 67 words
    3. Fuel Emergency (Financial Loss) 41 words
    4. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS (POWERS OF ENTRY) 60 words
  4. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. U.S. Shoe Making Equipment 87 words
    2. Merino Wool (Auction Sales) 140 words
    3. Herring Nets 111 words
    4. Factory, Hayes (Acquisition) 109 words
    5. Lorries, Sheffield (Tyres) 112 words
    6. Employment Needs, Barrow-in-Furness 177 words
    7. Electrical Plant (Shipments to U.S.S.R.) 130 words
    8. Clothing (British Families, Germany) 246 words
    9. Industries (Manpower) 215 words
    10. Crockery, London 66 words
    11. Industrial Development, North Staffordshire 205 words
    12. Cotton Goods (Exports) 105 words
    13. Paper Consumption (Football Pools) 65 words
    14. BRITISH TOURIST AND HOLIDAYS BOARD 146 words
  5. BRITISH ARMY
    1. General Duties Dress 155 words
    2. Personal Cases 655 words
    3. Currency Losses 67 words
    4. Soldiers' Treatment, Egypt (Inquiry) 87 words
    5. Surplus Cinema Equipment 134 words
    6. Release (M.E.L.F.) 124 words
    7. Warrant Officers, Woolwich (Posting) 85 words
    8. Polish Units, Middle East 88 words
    9. Sentenced Personnel, Singapore (Conditions) 88 words
    10. Regular Officers (Retirement) 97 words
    11. Recruits (Classification) 183 words
    12. Chadwell St. Mary Camp 120 words
    13. Transferred Men (Release) 92 words
    14. WAR GRAVES (VISITS) 83 words
  6. PRISONERS OF WAR
    1. Camp, Bridgend 66 words
    2. Correspondence 131 words
    3. YUGOSLAV REFUGEE CAMP, NAPLES (MURDER) 1,024 words
  7. RAILWAYS
    1. Hours of Work (Clerks) 74 words
    2. Footbridge, Hornsey 80 words
  8. PUBLIC HEALTH
    1. Copthorne Military Hospital 46 words
    2. Permanently Disabled Persons 72 words
    3. BASIC ENGLISH FOUNDATION 311 words
    4. ARMED FORCES (VOCATIONAL TRAINING) 155 words
    5. GOVERNMENT BUILDING PROGRAMME 131 words
    6. FULL EMPLOYMENT (ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RESOLUTION) 769 words
    7. L.P.T.B. (FUEL SAVING) 113 words
    8. ELECTRICITY MAINS (AMENITIES) 158 words
  9. MINISTRY OF PENSIONS
    1. Hospital Visits (Travel Facilities) 156 words
    2. Attendance Allowances 181 words
    3. Widows' Pensions 74 words
    4. 100 per cent. Disability Pensioners 297 words
    5. Disablement Awards 283 words
    6. RADAR MECHANICS, R.A.F. 130 words
    7. INDIAN GOVERNMENT (BRITISH CIVILIANS) 235 words
    8. ELECTRICITY GENERATORS (U.S.S.R. ORDERS) 68 words
    9. FORESTRY COMMISSION EMPLOYEES 233 words
    10. APPROVED SCHOOLS AND BORSTAL ADMISSIONS 224 words
    11. OLD AGE PENSIONS 184 words
    12. GERMANY (CONTROL COMMISSION, STAFF) 102 words

Lords Sitting of 11 March 1947

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. FOOD PRODUCTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE. 188 words
  3. THAMES RIVER WALK. 453 words
  4. COMMITTEE ON ROAD SAFETY. 219 words
  5. RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK. 609 words
  6. POLISH RESETTLEMENT BILL. 10,862 words
  7. COMPANIES BILL. [H.L.] 18 words
  8. ACCOUNTS. PART I. 129 words
  9. PART IV. 9,961 words
  10. ROYAL COMMISSION. 33 words
  11. COMPANIES BILL. 1,436 words
  12. SIXTH SCHEDULE. 1,123 words
  13. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE TRACTION BILL. 22 words