Commons Sitting of 19 March 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. COTTON INDUSTRY WAR MEMORIAL TRUST BILL 6 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. ROYAL NAVY
      1. U-Boats (Generating Plant) 229 words
      2. Wreckage, River Medway 157 words
      3. Lower Deck Promotions 194 words
      4. Court Martial, Rosyth (Christmas Day Lunch) 926 words
      5. Technical Specialist Branches 179 words
      6. Loss of H.M.S. "Glorious" (Report) 482 words
      7. Portsmouth Dockyard (Ex-Trainees) 178 words
      8. Air Force Station, Crail (Future Use) 196 words
      9. Writing of Lines 141 words
      10. Fishing Vessels (Timber Supplies) 389 words
      11. Dockyard Employees (Retirement Age) 433 words
    2. TELEPHONE SERVICE
      1. Kiosk, Dorchester 121 words
      2. Waiting List, Orpington 300 words
    3. POST OFFICE
      1. Air Mail to North America 181 words
      2. Part-time Officers, Henley (Dismissal) 124 words
      3. Personal Case 270 words
      4. Late Collections (Withdrawal) 136 words
      5. Letter Postage Rates 54 words
      6. Food Parcels, Germany and Austria 169 words
    4. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
      1. Third Programme (Hastings Area) 98 words
      2. Radio Reception (Electrical Interference) 108 words
      3. Television Transmissions 103 words
      4. Children's Hour Talks 105 words
    5. ROYAL AIR FORCE
      1. Electricians (Release) 175 words
      2. Benson By-Pass, Oxfordshire 238 words
      3. Luqa Aerodrome, Malta (Facilities) 227 words
      4. Weather Forecasts 313 words
      5. Commissions (Unsuccessful Applicants) 138 words
      6. Cranwell College (Hunt Ball) 240 words
      7. Meteorologists (Recruitment and Release) 276 words
      8. A.T.C. (Cadets) 312 words
    6. AIR DEFENCE (WAR DESPATCH) 55 words
    7. FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY (SPEECH) 426 words
    8. DUTCH FORCES, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES (BRITISH EQUIPMENT) 192 words
    9. ARMED FORCES
      1. Desertion (Sentences) 149 words
      2. Local Overseas Allowances 272 words
    10. FOOD SUPPLIES
      1. Ceylon Tea (Export Duty) 225 words
      2. Packed Meals (Forms) 39 words
    11. CIVIL AVIATION
      1. Service to Venezuela 131 words
      2. Channel Islands (Agreement) 251 words
    12. ACCIDENT INQUIRIES (PUBLICATION OF REPORTS) 229 words
    13. GERMANY
      1. Polish Coal 90 words
      2. Requisitioned House, Kleefeld 274 words
      3. Control Commission (Staff) 59 words
      4. Penicillin 329 words
      5. Miners (Food and Consumer Goods) 109 words
      6. Repatriation Costs 117 words
    14. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA (FOOD PARCELS) 126 words
    15. TRINIDAD (UNEMPLOYMENT) 153 words
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (SUPPLY) 1,639 words, 1 division
  6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. SUPPLY 7 words
      1. CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS, 1947–48 (VOTE ON ACCOUNT) 104 words
    2. DISTRIBUTION OF MANPOWER 44,395 words
    3. SUPPLY [7th March]
      1. CIVIL ESTIMATES, AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS; SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 1946–47 2 words
      2. Class VI
        1. BOARD OF TRADE 74 words
      3. Class II
        1. INDIA AND BURMA SERVICES 74 words
        2. COLONIAL AND MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICES 58 words
      4. Class VII
        1. HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS 43 words
        2. PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GREAT BRITAIN 52 words
        3. PUBLIC BUILDINGS OVERSEAS 43 words
      5. CLASS I
        1. TREASURY AND SUBORDINATE DEPARTMENTS 83 words
      6. CLASS X
        1. ADVANCES TO ALLIES, ETC. 56 words
        2. REVENUE DEPARTMENTS POST OFFICE 8,324 words
    4. FOOD OFFICES (EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL) 3,334 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 March 1947

  1. ROYAL NAVY
    1. Devonport Dockyard (Electrical Power) 149 words
    2. Royal Marine Barracks, Devonport (Newspaper Delivery) 67 words
    3. Requisitioned Premises, Glasgow 53 words
    4. Requisitioned Dwellings, Portsmouth 42 words
    5. Cloth Suits 95 words
    6. MAILS TO WEST AFRICA 47 words
    7. B.B.C. (WEATHER BROADCAST) 89 words
    8. R.A.F. (TRANSIT CENTRE, AUSTRIA) 110 words
    9. FOOD POINTS AND CLOTHING COUPONS 82 words
    10. ARMED FORCES (CIVILIAN WORKERS) 201 words
  2. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Empty Milk Bottles 110 words
    2. Milk Allowance (Old People) 125 words
    3. Bitter Oranges (Allocations) 137 words
    4. Imported Fruit (Department's Purchases) 95 words
    5. Bread Coupons 155 words
    6. CIVIL AVIATION (ABERDEEN-LONDON) 82 words
  3. GERMANY
    1. Coalminers (Displaced Persons) 164 words
    2. Derequisitioned Property 44 words
    3. Food and Clothing Parcels (Despatch) 100 words
    4. Displaced Families, Dortmund 124 words
    5. Venereal Disease 60 words
    6. Consumer Goods 100 words
    7. Delayed Letter 70 words
    8. SPAIN (POLITICAL CONDITIONS) 41 words
    9. HUNGARY (BRITISH NOTE) 235 words
  4. AFRICAN COLONIES
    1. Kenya Tailoring Trade 89 words
    2. Native Administration Salaries, Nigeria 375 words
    3. Direct Taxation, Uganda 188 words
    4. Consumers' Co-operative Societies (Supplies) 100 words
    5. Nigerian Cocoa Marketing 61 words
    6. Customs Department, Gold Coast (Inquiry) 134 words
    7. Anti-Malarial Drug 125 words
    8. Mass Radiography, West Africa 78 words
    9. Medical Service, Sierra Leone 200 words
    10. Pig Production, Kenya 134 words
  5. COLONIAL EMPIRE
    1. Trade Union Advisers 159 words
    2. Annual Statement 78 words
  6. MALAYA
    1. Indian Disturbances, Kedah 140 words
    2. Administrative Staff 65 words
    3. Government Pensioners 100 words
    4. Medical Service 169 words
    5. Revised Constitution (Consultations) 142 words
    6. Non-Interned Asiatic Civil Servants (Back Pay) 180 words
    7. MIGRATION TO SOUTHERN RHODESIA 108 words
    8. CEYLON (EXPORT DUTIES) 153 words
  7. PALESTINE
    1. Illegal Immigrants 194 words
    2. Immigration Certificates 81 words
    3. Casualties 112 words
    4. Arab Petroleum Workers, Haifa (Dispute) 222 words
    5. CANAL (MEDITERRANEAN—GULF OF AKABA) 61 words
    6. AUXILIARY ADMIRALTY BUILDING (REMOVAL) 44 words
  8. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Restrictive Practices (Employers) 58 words
    2. Industrial Ten Coupons (Teachers) 83 words
    3. Clothing Coupons (Hospital Cleaners) 69 words
  9. COAL INDUSTRY
    1. Street Sales, S.E. London 88 words
    2. Domestic Allowances (Old People) 56 words
    3. ORDNANCE FACTORY, BARNLOW 68 words
  10. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Camp, Tynemouth Castle (Conditions) 52 words
    2. Personal Case 172 words

Lords Sitting of 19 March 1947

  1. Preamble 14 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. TUDOR I AIRCRAFT. 586 words
  3. BRABAZON I TRIAL FLIGHTS. 74 words
  4. THE ECONOMIC SITUATION. 41,613 words
  5. COTTON INDUSTRY WAR MEMORIAL TRUST BILL 11 words
  6. WEAR NAVIGATION AND SUNDERLAND DOCK. 98 words
  7. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE TRACTION BILL. 50 words
  8. PUBLIC OFFICES (SITE) BILL. 14 words
  9. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 63 words