Commons Sitting of 25 March 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. SELSEY PENINSULA (PETITION) 141 words
  4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. SWINDON CORPORATION BILL 16 words
  5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. SCOTLAND
      1. Police Appeals 182 words
      2. Mid-Week Football 413 words
      3. Agricultural Binders and Tractors 341 words
      4. East Kilbride New Town 308 words
    2. HOUSING (SCOTLAND)
      1. Modernisation 177 words
      2. Glasgow 711 words
      3. Fife 349 words
      4. Permanent Building 575 words
      5. Allocation of Materials 328 words
      6. Grants 183 words
    3. MINISTRY OF PENSIONS
      1. Stump Socks 224 words
      2. Disablement Assessment (New Rates) 230 words
    4. BRITISH ARMY
      1. R.A.S.C. (Chief Clerks) 199 words
      2. Overseas Tour 174 words
      3. Germany (N.A.A.F.I. Prices) 350 words
      4. Personal Cases 508 words
      5. Training 91 words
      6. General Duties Dress 701 words
      7. Pensions Commutation 106 words
      8. Prisoners of War (Thefts) 121 words
      9. L.I.A.P. 453 words
      10. Squatters, Fort Walney 157 words
      11. Ammunition Dump, Perthshire 401 words
      12. Re-enlistment (Rank) 345 words
      13. Viscount Montgomery's Book 242 words
    5. POLISH SOLDIERS (DETENTION) 187 words
    6. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. P.A.Y.E. Forms 225 words
      2. Imperial Tobacco Company (Issue Proposal) 332 words
      3. Disused Vehicles (Taxation) 97 words
      4. Savings Deposits (Limit) 80 words
      5. Family Allowances (Civil Servants Abroad) 57 words
      6. Capital Issues (Consents) 323 words
      7. Purchase Tax Refunds 92 words
      8. Civil Service Claims 250 words
    7. MINISTERS' RESIDENCES 180 words
    8. IRON AND STEEL EXPORTS 130 words
    9. FLOOD DAMAGE RELIEF (GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE) 422 words
  6. PRIVILEGE (MEMBER'S COMPLAINT) 1,283 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. CONSOLIDATED FUND (No. 1) BILL 12 words
    2. RURAL HOUSING 47,846 words, 2 divisions
    3. DISABLED EX-SERVICEMEN (EMPLOYMENT) 4,010 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 March 1947

  1. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Commissions (African) 81 words
    2. Huts, Whitchurch 108 words
    3. Personal Cases 353 words
    4. Release Groups 331 words
    5. Illegal Jewish Immigrant Camps (Guard Duties) 58 words
    6. War Graves, El Alamein 111 words
    7. Troopship "Rajula" 178 words
    8. Civilian Clothing 139 words
    9. Record Office, Edinburgh (Dispersal) 87 words
    10. Compassionate Cases 129 words
    11. M.E. and E.A. Commands 79 words
  2. PRISONERS OF WAR
    1. Pay 109 words
    2. Camp Staffs 95 words
    3. Correspondence (Members of Parliament) 141 words
    4. Civilian Alien Workers 91 words
    5. Employment, Kincardine and Aberdeen 58 words
    6. B.B.C. (PARTY POLITICAL BROADCASTS) 144 words
  3. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Dollar Expenditure 26 words
    2. Flood Damage Relief 64 words
  4. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
    1. Motor Cars 64 words
    2. Posters (Cost) 76 words
  5. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Common Cold Research (Volunteers) 69 words
    2. Overseas Staffs 109 words
  6. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Bazaars and Jumble Sales (Coupons) 178 words
    2. Cotton and Wool (Foreign Processing) 139 words
    3. Women's Shoes (Licensed Imports) 223 words
    4. Footwear Production 86 words
    5. Fuel Allocation Committees 125 words
    6. Units and Dockets 83 words
    7. Floor Coverings 126 words
    8. Imported Handbags 100 words
    9. Engine Generator Sets (Loan) 94 words
    10. Utility Wool Cloth (Rebates) 170 words
    11. Men's Suitings 121 words
    12. Weights and Measures 129 words
    13. Crockery (Shortage) 113 words
    14. Merino Wools 123 words
    15. Wool Industry (Statistics) 209 words
    16. Exports to Italy and Portugal 83 words
    17. Day-Nurseries (Factory Premises) 80 words
    18. Books (Imports) 183 words
    19. Import Restrictions 87 words
    20. Flood-Damaged Homes (Assistance) 108 words
    21. Box-Making, Aberdeen 131 words
    22. Mining Areas (consumer Goods) 52 words
    23. Mattresses (Output) 92 words
    24. Clothing Coupons (Ex-Servicemen) 45 words
    25. Agricultural Corduroy 128 words
  7. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
    1. Planning Manual 71 words
    2. Stevenage Development Corporation (Pay) 28 words
  8. NATIONAL INSURANCE
    1. Family Allowances 134 words
    2. Old Age Pensions 163 words
    3. Unemployment Benefit, Tottenham 147 words
    4. Retirement Conditions 148 words
    5. Disablement Assessment (New Rates) 79 words
  9. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Miners (Service Release) 99 words
    2. Dispute, Eccles 174 words
    3. Ex-Officers 77 words
    4. Poles 33 words
    5. Placing 90 words
    6. Training, Hartlepools 348 words
    7. Coalmines (Irish Workers) 233 words
    8. Displaced Persons 120 words
    9. Automatic Looms (Overlookers) 41 words
  10. ROYAL AIR FORCE
    1. Mobile Generators 165 words
    2. Leave, Middle East 214 words
    3. West Indian Airmen 96 words
    4. COTTON WOOL 69 words
    5. COLONIAL LOANS (CONVERSION) 194 words
    6. YUGOSLAVIA (FOOD SUPPLIES) 86 words
    7. NAVAL DETENTIONS 94 words

Lords Sitting of 25 March 1947

  1. Preamble 15 words
  2. Prayers. 12 words
  3. WEST AFRICAN EXECUTIONS. 193 words
  4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. 64 words
  5. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 62 words
  6. VIOLATION OF TREATIES. 650 words
  7. MALAYA CONSTITUTION. 745 words
  8. WOOL BALE DISPOSALS. 219 words
  9. COMPANIES BILL. [H.L.] 11,362 words
  10. FLOOD DISTRESS. 164 words
  11. COMPANIES BILL. [H.L.] 25,102 words
  12. THIRD SCHEDULE.
    1. CONDITIONS AS TO INTERESTS IN SHARES AND DEBENTURES OF EXEMPT PRIVATE COMPANY. 74 words
  13. Exceptions for normal dealings of a business nature. 2,690 words
  14. PART II. 772 words
  15. PENICILLIN BILL. [H.L.] 1,385 words
  16. STOCKS OF WOOL TOPS. 1,325 words
  17. SMALL SAVINGS 677 words
  18. CONSOLIDATED FUND (No. 1) BILL. 6 words
  19. CERTIFICATES FROM EXAMINERS. 33 words
  20. COTTON INDUSTRY WAR MEMORIAL TRUST. 9 words
  21. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 82 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 March 1947

  1. SERVICES' LAND REQUIREMENTS. 111 words
  2. BRITISH DEAD IN GERMANY. 204 words