Commons Sitting of 13 March 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. TRANSPORT BILL (PETITION) 120 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. PEAT RESOURCES 135 words
    2. COAL INDUSTRY
      1. Coal Board Staff (Local Government Work) 74 words
      2. Contracts of Service 166 words
      3. Nursing Home, Doncaster 196 words
      4. Nightshift Workers (Pay Arrangements) 109 words
      5. Canteen Supplies, Staffordshire 239 words
      6. Householders' Registration 154 words
      7. Miners' Houses (Electricity Cuts) 205 words
      8. Returned Ex-Miners (Concessions) 317 words
      9. Candle Supplies, Durham 183 words
      10. Horticulture 82 words
      11. Churches 303 words
      12. Fuel Restriction (Consultations) 188 words
      13. Domestic Fuel Saving 266 words
      14. Colliery Sidings (Lighting) 113 words
      15. Mines Survey 146 words
      16. European Coal Organisation 575 words
      17. Miners' Allocations 250 words
      18. Coal Board Office Accommodation 70 words
      19. Wagon Clearance, Thurrock 253 words
      20. Apprenticeships 1,073 words
    3. OIL SUPPLIES
      1. Oil Conversion 169 words
      2. Overseas Visitors (Petrol) 207 words
      3. Private Hire Cars 350 words
      4. Petrol Rationing (Staff) 97 words
      5. Paraffin 137 words
      6. Agriculture (Petrol Allowances) 66 words
    4. FUEL AND POWER
      1. Advisory Council 114 words
    5. UNITED KINGDOM MINERAL RESOURCES 150 words
    6. DOG RACING RESTRICTIONS 449 words
    7. JURY SERVICE EXEMPTION 163 words
    8. ALIENS (BRITISH FIANCEES) 196 words
    9. NATIONAL SERVICE (EXEMPTIONS) 209 words
    10. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Restrictive Practices (Building Trade) 564 words
      2. Migration (Technical Classes) 182 words
      3. German Prisoners (Volunteer Workers) 375 words
      4. Fuel Emergency (Hours of Work) 194 words
      5. Polish Miners (Examination) 454 words
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,867 words
  6. MID-WEEK SPORT 1,784 words
  7. DEBATES (SELECTION OF SPEAKERS) 2,203 words
  8. U.S.S.R. DELEGATION (RECEPTION) 163 words
  9. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 22 words
  10. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. SUPPLY
      1. ARMY ESTIMATES, 1947–48
      2. MR. BELLENGER'S STATEMENT 75,775 words
      3. NUMBER OF LAND FORCES 2,748 words
      4. PAY, ETC., OF THE ARMY 41 words
      5. RESERVE FORCES, TERRITORIAL ARMY AND CADET FORCES 697 words
      6. SUPPLIES, ETC. 37 words
      7. WORKS, BUILDINGS AND LANDS 42 words
      8. NON-EFFECTIVE SERVICES 3,596 words
    2. SUPPLY [11th March]
      1. CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS, SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 1946–47.
      2. CLASS I.
        1. HOUSE OF COMMONS 258 words
        2. ADJOURNMENT 17 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 13 March 1947

  1. ANGLO-IRANIAN OIL COMPANY (AGREEMENT) 149 words
  2. COAL INDUSTRY
    1. Opencast Production 79 words
    2. Individual Output 162 words
    3. Domestic Supplies 78 words
    4. ELECTRICITY (RESIDENTIAL LIFTS) 172 words
  3. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Whitehaven 287 words
    2. Development Areas (Migration) 49 words
    3. Women 245 words
  4. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Canned Carrots (Dollar Purchases) 25 words
    2. Bank of Brazil (Sterling) 28 words
    3. Income Tax (Personal Case) 75 words
    4. P.A.Y.E. and Postwar Credits 234 words
    5. Government Surpluses (Overseas) 218 words
    6. ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 32 words
    7. CIVIL SERVICE CLAIMS 198 words
    8. APPROVED SCHOOLS (SELECTION) 70 words
  5. ALIENS
    1. Visitor (Work Restriction) 133 words
    2. Italian (Labour Permit) 88 words
    3. Polish Officer (Detention) 158 words
    4. German Orphans 98 words
    5. ALIMONY 68 words
  6. PRISONS
    1. Vegetarians 113 words
    2. Priority Milk 39 words
    3. Holloway 428 words
    4. PUBLIC HOUSES (EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS) 127 words
    5. JUDICIAL SEPARATION (CHILDREN) 105 words
    6. MAGISTRATES' COURTS (STATISTICS) 131 words
  7. PUBLIC HEALTH
    1. Medical and Dental Supplies 59 words
    2. Doncaster (Hospital Facilities) 38 words
    3. Water Supplies 75 words
    4. Illness Survey 124 words
    5. WALES (POPULATION) 89 words
  8. HOUSING
    1. Agricultural Workers 201 words
    2. Ramsey 98 words
    3. Weather Handicap 86 words
    4. Selling Price Increase 56 words
    5. Requisitioned Premises, London 95 words
    6. Uniseco Houses 46 words
    7. Repair Materials 103 words
    8. COASTAL DEFENCE WORKS 141 words
    9. DAY NURSERIES 82 words
    10. LOCAL AUTHORITY MEMBERS (ABSENCE) 72 words
  9. EDUCATION
    1. Building Progress 100 words
    2. Horncastle Junior School 69 words
    3. Basic English 246 words
    4. Students' Grants 145 words
    5. Speech Therapists 55 words
    6. School Lighting 70 words
    7. Boarding Schools 271 words
    8. Teachers' Pensions 249 words
    9. U.N.E.S.C.O. CONFERENCE (REPORT) 44 words
    10. PENSIONS TRIBUNALS (EX-SERVICE MEMBERS) 70 words
  10. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Medicine and Babies' Bottles 119 words
    2. D.D.T. (Cost) 59 words
    3. Expectant Mothers (Coupons) 89 words
    4. Timber Supplies 252 words
    5. Miners (Industrial Coupons) 67 words
    6. British Families, Germany (Clothing) 66 words
    7. Overseas Visitors 98 words
    8. Service Personnel (Clothing Coupons) 167 words
    9. Board of Trade Temporary Staff (Discharges) 123 words
    10. Motorcar Import Prohibition 77 words
    11. Courtauld's Factory, Sellafield 131 words
    12. Electrical Components Works (Coal) 128 words
    13. Chlorine 150 words
  11. MINISTRY OF WORKS
    1. Flats, Westminster (Office Use) 145 words
    2. New Factories (London and Midlands) 97 words
  12. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Middlesex Territorials (Accommodation) 128 words
    2. Cadet Force (Assistance) 263 words
    3. COAL MOVEMENT DELAY 102 words
    4. TRAFFIC LIGHTS (SUNDAY USE) 74 words
    5. SNOWDRIFTS (REMOVAL) 55 words
    6. OLD AGE PENSIONS 89 words
  13. GERMANY
    1. German Troops 52 words
    2. Requisitioned Premises, Hanover 509 words
    3. FOOD TRADING LICENCE, BRENTFORD 144 words
    4. RABBIT TRAPPING 100 words
    5. CHILDREN'S HOMES (SUPERVISION) 180 words

Lords Sitting of 13 March 1947

  1. Preamble 14 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. 207 words
  3. INDIA. 1,351 words
  4. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL. [H.L.] 55 words
  5. CROWN PROCEEDINGS BILL. [H.L.] 42 words
  6. PART I. 1,728 words
  7. PART I. 12,200 words
  8. CERTIFICATES FROM EXAMINERS. 77 words
  9. COMMERCIAL GAS BILL. [H.L.] SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS BILL. [H.L.] 11 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 13 March 1947

  1. PAY OF ARMY OFFICERS IN INDIA. 129 words