Commons Sitting of 12 March 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. WEST INDIES
      1. Industrial Development, Trinidad 191 words
      2. Trinidad (Trade Unionist's Visit) 199 words
      3. Trade Union Accounts (Audit) 140 words
      4. Development and Welfare Report 90 words
    2. PALESTINE
      1. Exports Boycott 143 words
      2. Jewish Terrorism 526 words
      3. Press Correspondents (Facilities) 119 words
    3. COLONIAL EMPIRE
      1. United Kingdom Imports 82 words
      2. Secretary of State (Despatches) 226 words
      3. Development Schemes (Control) 295 words
      4. Development Plans 461 words
      5. Emigration 292 words
    4. MALAYA
      1. Constitutional Negotiations 96 words
      2. Unrest, Kedah 524 words
      3. Canned Pineapple Exports 152 words
    5. GIBRALTAR (EVACUEES) 399 words
    6. AFRICAN COLONIES
      1. Oilseeds Commission 242 words
      2. Coal Resources, Nigeria 304 words
      3. Welfare and Development Grants 249 words
      4. News Services, Nigeria 253 words
      5. Tuberculosis Treatment 131 words
      6. Labour Officer, Kenya 156 words
      7. Murder Convictions, Gold Coast 248 words
      8. Taxation 238 words
      9. "Weekly Bulletin", Sierra Leone 104 words
      10. Wireless Reception Arrangements 184 words
    7. CYPRUS AND GREECE (PROPOSED UNION) 509 words
    8. HONG KONG
      1. Immigration 265 words
      2. British Government Advances 208 words
    9. MAURITIUS
      1. Sugar Price 222 words
      2. Government Servants' Salaries 170 words
      3. Fisheries Survey 76 words
    10. SOLOMON ISLANDS (WAR DAMAGE CLAIMS) 243 words
    11. FIJI (LOAN) 132 words
    12. LEASEHOLD TENURE 100 words
    13. BERMUDA (WORKERS' PETITION) 127 words
    14. ARMED FORCES
      1. Surplus Huts 226 words
      2. Imperial Defence 312 words
      3. Northern Ireland (Civilian Discharges) 220 words
      4. Deserters (Sentences) 458 words
      5. Use of Manpower 535 words
      6. Egyptian Army (Munition Supplies) 82 words
      7. Strengths 97 words
      8. Mineworkers 185 words
  4. BILLS PRESENTED
    1. NATIONAL SERVICE BILL 91 words
    2. NORTHERN IRELAND BILL 107 words
  5. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. ECONOMIC SITUATION 49,804 words, 2 divisions
    2. CIVIL AVIATION APPOINTMENTS (EX-R.A.F. OFFICERS) 3,817 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 March 1947

  1. AFRICAN COLONIES
    1. Air Services 116 words
    2. Tanganyika (Road Policy) 88 words
    3. Labour Conditions 246 words
    4. Mass Education, Kenya 94 words
    5. Hospital Accommodation, Bathurst 162 words
    6. Murder Trials, Tanganyika 250 words
    7. GIBRALTAR (HOUSING) 140 words
    8. HONG KONG (NURSES INTERNMENT PAY) 163 words
  2. ARMED FORCES
    1. Dental Officers 63 words
    2. Deserters 512 words
    3. Occupation Forces, Japan (Gift Shops) 110 words
    4. Release Group Numbers 162 words
  3. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Vegetable Oils 138 words
    2. Copra and Coconut Oil 63 words
    3. Fish Frying Fat 100 words
    4. Potatoes 362 words
    5. Canned Fruit and Vegetables Order 86 words
    6. Imported Flour 73 words
  4. ROYAL NAVY
    1. Widows' Pensions 87 words
    2. Scientific Officers (Revised Salary Scales) 118 words
    3. Maltese Staffs (Allowance Rates) 127 words
    4. Swordfish Aircraft 100 words
    5. R.N.V.R. Air Squadrons (Formation) 206 words
    6. Pensions 361 words
    7. Naval Aviation 222 words
    8. Central Park, Plymouth 138 words
    9. Captains and Commanders 79 words
    10. R.N.V.R. (Strength) 83 words
    11. Personal Case 125 words
    12. Sea Cadet Corps 127 words
  5. TELEPHONE SERVICE
    1. Kiosk, Sheldon 26 words
    2. Island of Scarp 70 words
    3. Reepham Exchange, Norfolk 66 words
    4. Farmers, Isolated Districts 100 words
    5. Walthamstow 145 words
    6. Instruments, London 39 words
    7. Middleton 113 words
    8. Radio-Telephone Service (Atlantic Liners) 71 words
  6. POST OFFICE
    1. New Post Office, Sheldon 70 words
    2. Commemorative Stamps 73 words
    3. Sub-Office, Hale End Road, London 68 words
    4. Staff Associations (Recognition) 71 words
  7. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
    1. Television Programmes 29 words
    2. Staff Representation 97 words
  8. ROYAL AIR FORCE
    1. Police (Release) 69 words
    2. Physiotherapists (Pay) 109 words
    3. Locally-entered Staffs 48 words
    4. Miho Camp, Japan 315 words
    5. Observer Corps Allowances 107 words
    6. Hereford Station (Complaints) 134 words
    7. Old Court Hall, Godmanchester 131 words
    8. India (Postal Rates) 122 words
    9. Meteorological Office (Poles) 76 words
    10. War Service Grant (Regulars) 158 words
  9. CIVIL AVIATION
    1. Pilots and Navigators (Examinations) 97 words
    2. West End Road (Bus Service) 85 words
    3. London Airport (Telephone Facilities) 100 words
    4. Airways Titles (Initials) 140 words
    5. Channel Islands 144 words
    6. Pakenham Report (Publication) 72 words
  10. GERMANY
    1. Excavator Factory, Hamburg-Altona 96 words
    2. Subversive Organisation 120 words
    3. Control Commission Staff 459 words
    4. Postal Censorship 67 words
    5. British Train (Border Incident) 130 words
    6. De-Nazification 41 words
    7. Socialisation of Industry 184 words
    8. British Personnel (Marriage) 69 words
    9. Scouts and Guides 41 words
    10. Machine Tools 92 words
    11. Armed Forces Amnesty (Aircrews) 89 words
    12. War Crimes Trials 103 words
    13. Shipbuilding 146 words
    14. Books and Newspapers 175 words
    15. Schools 74 words
    16. FOREIGN SERVICE ALLOWANCES 231 words
    17. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMISSION 93 words
    18. FALKLAND ISLANDS (ARGENTINE CLAIMS) 98 words
    19. MOLDAVIA (FAMINE) 46 words
    20. S.E. ASIA COMMISSION (STAFF) 42 words
  11. BRITISH ARMY
    1. War Excess Rules (Rejoined Men) 130 words
    2. Remand Prison, Singapore 73 words
    3. Personal Case 123 words
  12. AGRICULTURE
    1. Seed Potatoes 66 words
    2. Farm Tractors (Production) 72 words
  13. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Further Education and Training 116 words
    2. Austrian Domestic Workers 121 words
  14. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Claims 59 words
    2. Recruitment 106 words
    3. OLD AGE PENSIONS 145 words
    4. SERVICE LAND REQUIREMENTS 70 words
    5. MOBILE GENERATORS (DISPOSAL) 124 words
    6. VISITING BUSINESSMEN (PETROL) 185 words
    7. JAPAN OCCUPATION FORCE (CURRENCY) 122 words
    8. MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCES 197 words

Lords Sitting of 12 March 1947

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. COAL FROM AMERICA. 207 words
  3. TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES. 12,598 words
  4. MOLD GAS ORDER, 1947. 56 words