Commons Sitting of 6 May 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. DUDLEY CORPORATION BILL [Lords] 6 words
    2. ELECTORAL REGISTERS (RETURNS) 228 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Industrial Disputes (Negotiating Machinery) 148 words
      2. Macclesfield and Congleton 130 words
      3. Apprentices (Maintenance Grants) 103 words
      4. Displaced Persons 201 words
      5. Road Haulage Strike 109 words
      6. Staggered Working Hours 145 words
      7. National Service Age 411 words
      8. Trawler Crews (Trade Unionism) 117 words
      9. Miners, Ayrshire 48 words
      10. Disabled Persons, Scotland 175 words
      11. Joiners, Falmouth 150 words
    2. NATIONAL SERVICE (FISHERMEN) 223 words
    3. SCOTLAND
      1. Land Court Members (Salaries) 197 words
      2. Venereal Disease 184 words
      3. Requisitioned House, Edinburgh 192 words
      4. Herring Marketing 398 words
      5. Teachers (Certificated Status) 184 words
      6. Juvenile Delinquency. 288 words
      7. New Classrooms, Ayrshire 92 words
      8. Legal Aid 115 words
      9. Housing Programme 53 words
      10. Fair Isle (Sea Service) 100 words
    4. MINISTRY OF PENSIONS
      1. Unemployability 235 words
      2. Staff Dismissals, Blackpool 230 words
      3. Personal Cases 216 words
      4. Extra Nourishment 315 words
    5. BRITISH ARMY
      1. Railway Transport Officers 276 words
      2. Personal Case 247 words
      3. Par Beach Minefield 267 words
      4. Postings (Publication) 420 words
      5. Raynes Park Camp 120 words
      6. Reporting Sick 192 words
      7. Fornham Park Camp 288 words
    6. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Government Expenditure, Egypt 170 words
      2. Dollar Purchases (Fruit and Vegetables) 219 words
      3. Merchant Navy (Income Tax) 155 words
      4. Japanese Goods (Purchases) 214 words
      5. U.S. Films (Exhibition Receipts) 83 words
      6. Yen (Exchange Rate) 217 words
      7. Stamping of Deeds 191 words
    7. STATUTORY ORDERS (CHANGES IN LAW) 65 words
    8. BRITISH AUTHORS' ROYALTIES (NETHERLANDS) 223 words
    9. BASIC ENGLISH (COPYRIGHT) 242 words
    10. "COAL" (PAPER SUPPLY) 383 words
    11. CIVIL SERVICE
      1. Pensions 212 words
      2. Salary Claims 202 words
    12. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      1. Electricity Equipment Export 124 words
      2. British Exports (Quality) 133 words
      3. Furniture (Wood Allocation) 463 words
      4. Films (Renters' Quota) 55 words
      5. Perambulators 385 words
      6. Paper Supplies, Italy 311 words
    13. FUEL RESTRICTIONS (RELAXATIONS) 786 words
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,685 words
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,811 words, 1 division
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. NATIONAL SERVICE [MONEY] 135 words
    2. NATIONAL SERVICE BILL 542 words
      1. CLAUSE 1.—(Liability to be called up for service.) 51,254 words, 3 divisions
    3. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING [MONEY] (No. 2) 992 words
    4. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) [MONEY] (No. 2) 327 words
    5. SUNDAY CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENTS 163 words
    6. MATRIMONIAL CAUSES RULES 11,062 words
    7. FLOODING, SALFORD (ASSISTANCE). 1,483 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 6 May 1947

  1. NATIONAL SERVICE (UNIVERSITY STUDENTS) 114 words
  2. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Two-Shift System, London 39 words
    2. Production of Chlorine (Statistics) 42 words
    3. PRE-APPRENTICESHIP SCHOOLS, SCOTLAND (TEACHERS' SALARIES) 98 words
  3. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Compassionate Leave 123 words
    2. Obelisk, Plymouth Hoe (Screen Walls) 89 words
    3. Personal Cases 466 words
    4. Requisitioned Land (Ammunition Shelters) 57 words
    5. Sentries, Palestine 50 words
    6. Last Known Addresses 85 words
    7. R.A.S.C., West Africa (Replacements) 204 words
    8. Civilian Employees 80 words
    9. Primary Training 169 words
    10. Jewish Camps, Cyprus (Guard Duties) 36 words
    11. Re-enlistment (R.A.S.C.) 139 words
    12. Special Campaign Pensions 68 words
    13. PRISONERS OF WAR (FILM EXHIBITIONS) 138 words
    14. COURT-MARTIAL INQUIRY (RECOMMENDATIONS) 77 words
    15. EQUAL PAY (REPORT) 77 words
  4. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Claims Against Japan 97 words
    2. Income Tax (Scientific Research) 55 words
    3. Bank of England (Balance Sheet) 57 words
    4. University Grants Committee 320 words
    5. Information Services 129 words
  5. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Shoe Repairs (Leather Quota) 120 words
    2. Japan 191 words
    3. Imported Bedroom Suites 136 words
    4. Utility Cloth (Export Licence) 90 words
    5. Whisky (Exports to U.S.A.) 64 words
    6. Baby Linen 62 words
    7. Indian Coir Mats 127 words
    8. Imported Straw-Boards (Allocations) 153 words
    9. Night Work, South Coast 50 words
    10. Paper and Newsprint (Consumption) 198 words
    11. Tractor Tyres 102 words
  6. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
    1. Members' Office Accommodation (Abingdon Street) 146 words
    2. Thames South Bank (Layout Proposals) 151 words
  7. NATIONAL INSURANCE
    1. Appointed Day 30 words
    2. Old Age Pensions 299 words
    3. ROAD MAINTENANCE (REDUCED GRANTS) 159 words
  8. INDIA
    1. Indian Army (Pensions) 220 words
    2. British Personnel (Compensation Scales) 46 words
  9. MINISTRY OF WORKS
    1. Requisitioned Properties 108 words
    2. Brick Production (Mechanical Aids) 219 words
    3. PREFABRICATED HOUSES 118 words
    4. PASSPORT AND FRONTIER FORMALITIES (RECOMMENDATIONS) 647 words
    5. GERMAN LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIES (ORGANISATION) 157 words
    6. BLACKBUSHE AIRFIELD (OPERATIONS) 76 words
    7. HUSBANDS BOSWORTH AERODROME (ELECTRICITY SUPPLY POLES) 124 words
    8. HEAVY-MACHINERY EXPORTS (STEEL ALLOCATION) 76 words
    9. COLONIAL SERVICE (CONDITIONS) 150 words
    10. POSTAL DELIVERIES, CARDIFF" 71 words

Lords Sitting of 6 May 1947

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. PEERS AND STATE CORPORATIONS. 510 words
    2. TRANSPORT BILL. 10 words
    3. FORTH ROAD BRIDGE. 626 words
    4. BRITISH OFFICERS' PENSION CODE. 186 words
    5. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 68 words
    6. GOVERNMENT OF BURMA ACT, 1935 (PROCLAMATION UNDER SECTION 139). 3,061 words
    7. GOVERNMENT OF BURMA (TEM PORARY PROVISIONS) ORDER, 1947. 76 words
    8. COTTON (CENTRALISED BUYING) BILL. 10 words
    9. FOREIGN MARRIAGE BILL. [H.L.] 12 words
    10. RURAL HOUSING AND LABOUR. 910 words
    11. TENDRING HUNDRED WATER AND GAS BILL. [H.L.] 19 words
    12. NAZEING WOOD OR PARK BILL. [H.L.] 36 words
    13. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 81 words