Commons Sitting of 20 May 1947

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. HAVANT AND WATERLOO URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL [Lords], 12 words
  4. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (IMPROVEMENTS) BILL,
    1. NEWHAVEN AND SEAFORD SEA DEFENCES BILL, 6 words
  5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. MINISTRY OF PENSIONS
      1. Chapel Allerton Hospital 258 words
      2. Personal Case 237 words
      3. Diabetic Cases 96 words
    2. BRITISH ARMY
      1. Personal Cases 1,101 words
      2. Officers' Retirement 140 words
      3. Overseas Establishments 84 words
      4. Requisitioned Premises 319 words
      5. Battalions in Suspended Animation 277 words
      6. Transit Camp, Calcutta 103 words
      7. Royal Educational Corps 96 words
      8. Cadet Force 70 words
      9. South Coast Beach Clearance 219 words
      10. Communications to M.Ps. 132 words
      11. Training Area, Netherlaw 194 words
      12. Harvest Help (Pay) 79 words
      13. Vehicles (British Manufacture) 189 words
      14. Building Material Stores 965 words
      15. "Soldier" 321 words
      16. Staff Instructors (Quarters) 253 words
      17. Palestine 279 words
      18. Territorial Army (Cost) 162 words
      19. Director-General, T.A. 44 words
    3. TRIPOLITANIA AND CYRENAICA (FOOD SITUATION) 322 words
    4. PRISONERS OF WAR
      1. Civilian Workers Scheme 269 words
      2. Repatriation 140 words
      3. Pay, Egypt 155 words
    5. PUBLIC SERVANTS (POLITICAL ACTIVITIES) 206 words
    6. N.A.A.F.I., GERMANY 80 words
    7. NEW BUSINESSES (LICENCES) 369 words
    8. PRODUCTION CAMPAIGN 303 words
    9. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Government Dollar Expenditure Abroad 35 words
      2. Export Credit Guarantees 50 words
      3. Stamped Cheques 224 words
      4. U.S. Loan Drawings 112 words
      5. Sterling Balances 77 words
    10. BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS 180 words
    11. CIVIL SERVICE
      1. Redundancy 173 words
      2. Temporary Staff 202 words
      3. Ex-Service Personnel 245 words
    12. OFFICIAL REPORT, HOUSE OF COMMONS (INDEX) 110 words
    13. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      1. Healds (Yarn Allocation) 139 words
      2. Clothing Coupons 91 words
      3. Paper Supplies (Propaganda) 282 words
      4. Timber Supplies 63 words
    14. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
      1. London Population 186 words
      2. Daccombe Valley (Use) 211 words
    15. NATIONAL INSURANCE
      1. Pensioners' Earnings 207 words
      2. Old Age Pensioners (Complaints) 448 words
      3. Sickness Benefit 257 words
    16. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Older Workers 85 words
      2. N.F.S. Personnel (Training) 59 words
      3. Prisoners of War 185 words
      4. Aliens 804 words
    17. LOCAL LOANS FUND (INTEREST REDUCTION) 732 words
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 31 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING BILL 40,519 words, 1 division
    2. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (SCOTLAND) BILL 3 words
      1. CLAUSE 8.—(Hospital Endowments Commission.) 403 words
      2. CLAUSE 11.—(Regional Hospital Boards, Medical Education Committees and Boards of Management.) 223 words
      3. CLAUSE 14.—(Conditions of service and appointment of officers.) 400 words
      4. CLAUSE 15.—(Health Centres.) 73 words
      5. CLAUSE 17.—(Research.) 183 words
      6. CLAUSE 34.—(Arrangements for general medical services.) 82 words
      7. CLAUSE 43.—(Disqualification of persons providing services.) 159 words
      8. CLAUSE 77.—(Arbitration.) 330 words
    3. TIMBER CHARGES ORDER 58 words
    4. HOUSING, ESK VALLEY 2,518 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 May 1947

  1. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Military Tattoo, Berlin (Special Trains) 110 words
    2. Leave Ration Cards 207 words
    3. Special Campaign Pensions (Cancellations) 102 words
    4. Alternative Site, Langdale Fell 31 words
    5. Married Quarters, Colchester Garrison 259 words
    6. Commissions (Candidates' Training) 37 words
    7. Marriage (German Women) 76 words
    8. Stanford Battle Training Area 98 words
    9. POLISH TROOPS, STAFFORD AND CANNOCK, WELFARE 135 words
    10. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT, 1946 (OPERATION) 49 words
  2. PRISONERS OF WAR
    1. Clothing (Modification) 62 words
    2. Official War History (Persia Command) 137 words
    3. OVERSEAS PERSONNEL (FAMILY ALLOWANCES) 60 words
  3. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Supplementary Clothing Coupons 44 words
    2. Camera Films 90 words
    3. Footwear (Retail Margins) 82 words
    4. Tanned Kips 76 words
    5. British Industries Fair (Empire Exhibits) 129 words
    6. Hotel Accommodation (Foreign Visitors) 212 words
    7. Timber Supplies (European Countries) 244 words
    8. Wool Stocks 73 words
    9. Cots and Perambulators 201 words
    10. NEW TOWNS (CONSULTATIONS) 77 words
  4. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Manufacturing Industries (Employees) 64 words
    2. Harvest Work (Servicemen) 134 words
    3. Disabled Persons, Oldham 52 words
    4. Increased Wage Rates (Men) 52 words
    5. Appointments Offices (Placings) 134 words
    6. Milk Roundsmen (London Co-operative Society) 61 words
    7. Eastleigh 139 words
    8. East and West Ridings 318 words
    9. European Volunteer Workers (Welfare) 512 words
    10. NATIONAL SERVICE (UNIVERSITY STUDENTS) 36 words
  5. SCOTLAND
    1. Care of Old People (Circular) 64 words
    2. Herring Industry Board 67 words
    3. Foxes 151 words
    4. Industry and Employment (White Paper) 57 words
    5. Smallpox 68 words
  6. AGRICULTURE
    1. Tobacco Growing 84 words
    2. Seed Production and Plant Breeding 97 words
  7. ARMED FORCES
    1. Occupation Troops, Austria and Germany (Cost) 444 words
    2. BRICK AND TILE MAKING (FUEL ALLOCATION) 155 words
    3. Recruitment 49 words
  8. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. Cyclopropane 70 words
    2. Motor Industry Advisory Council (Report) 81 words
    3. Inspectorate Branches (Staff) 58 words
    4. FISHING VESSEL "DOVE" (LOSS) 119 words
    5. SMALL-POX DEATHS, BILSTON 36 words
    6. GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE (BIRTH CERTIFICATES) 129 words
    7. EAST AFRICA (AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS, IMPORTS) 65 words
    8. ROYAL NAVY (MERCHANT NAVY CADETS) 107 words
    9. FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING SCHEME (GRANTS) 207 words

Lords Sitting of 20 May 1947

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers.
    1. CUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL (WATER, ETC.) BILL [H.L.] 283 words
    2. WEAR NAVIGATION AND SUNDER LAND DOCK BILL. [H.L.] 9 words
    3. TRIBUTES TO THE LATE VISCOUNT FITZALAN OF DERWENT. 835 words
    4. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. 465 words
    5. T.U.C. OFFICIAL'S VISIT TO GREECE. 373 words
    6. SOANE MUSEUM. 209 words
    7. PROCEDURE OF THE HOUSE. 108 words
    8. HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES. 579 words
    9. TRANSPORT BILL. 35,923 words
    10. TRAFALGAR ESTATES BILL. 13 words
    11. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 61 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 20 May 1947

  1. TRANSFER OF YUGOSLAVS FROM ITALY. 241 words