Commons Sitting of 2 December 1947 Series 5 Vol. 445

    c169
  1. Preamble 8 words
    2. c169
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    3. c169
  3. DEATH OF A MEMBER 50 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. SCOTLAND
        2. c169
      1. School Buildings, Clarkston 109 words
        2. cc169-70
      2. Vacant Premises, Glasgow 206 words
        3. cc170-1
      3. Cream Separators 246 words
        4. c171
      4. DISABLED PERSONS (UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE) 165 words
    2. BRITISH ARMY
        3. cc171-2
      1. Illegitimate Children, Germany 117 words
        2. cc172-3
      2. Polish Forces 264 words
        3. cc173-4
      3. Territorial Buildings, Northern Ireland 335 words
        4. c174
      4. Young Soldiers (Overseas Postings) 225 words
        5. cc174-5
      5. Ballater Barracks 152 words
        6. cc175-6
      6. Soldier's Wife, Haifa (Passage) 298 words
        7. c176
      7. Officers (Waiting Period) 162 words
        8. cc176-7
      8. Recruiting Advertisement 240 words
        9. c177
      9. Release Benefits 126 words
        10. cc177-8
      10. Requisitioned Premises, Windsor 114 words
        11. c178
      11. Officer's Arrest, Colombo 214 words
        12. cc178-9
      12. Tank Training Ground, Netherlaw 227 words
        13. cc179-80
      13. Brigade of Guards (Dress) 183 words
        14. c180
      14. Regular Engagements (Young Soldiers) 120 words
        15. cc180-1
      15. Missing Valuables, Glucksburg Castle 170 words
    3. PRISONERS OF WAR
        4. c181
      1. Batford Camp (Petrol Consumption) 115 words
        2. cc181-2
      2. Repatriation 384 words
        3. cc182-3
      3. Concert Performance, Ashurstwood 256 words
    4. NATIONAL INSURANCE
        5. cc183-4
      1. Approved Societies' Employees (Compensation) 237 words
        2. c184
      2. Women Contributors 123 words
        3. cc184-5
      3. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (Membership) 195 words
    5. EMPLOYMENT
        6. c185
      1. Ex-W.A.A.F. Officers 50 words
        2. cc185-6
      2. Vocational Training Scheme 177 words
        3. cc186-8
      3. Disabled Persons 761 words
        4. c189
      4. Unemployed Persons (Franked Cards) 166 words
      cc189-90
    6. AFRICAN COLONIES 227 words
    7. NATIONAL FINANCE
        8. c190
      1. Foreign Travel (Switzerland) 66 words
        2. cc190-1
      2. Purchase Tax 400 words
        3. cc191-2
      3. Three per cent. Conversion Loan (Redemption) 111 words
        4. cc192-3
      4. Budget Changes (Notice to Traders) 336 words
        5. c193
      5. Savings Certificates (Purchasing Power) 210 words
        6. cc193-4
      6. Railway Stocks (Exchange of Securities) 106 words
        7. c194
      7. Note Issue 156 words
        8. cc194-5
      8. Income Tax (Wife's Earned Income) 158 words
        9. cc195-7
      9. Capital Issues Committee (Memorandum) 648 words
        10. c197
      10. Postwar Credits 283 words
        11. c198
      11. Ministers of the Crown (Official Residences) 87 words
        12. c198
      12. Tobacco Duty Relief (Lost Coupons) 108 words
        13. cc198-9
      13. PERMANENT SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (DUTIES) 263 words
      c199
    8. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS (FORMS) 46 words
    9. TRADE AND COMMERCE
        10. cc199-200
      1. Softwood Quotas 197 words
        2. c200
      2. Herring Drift Nets 174 words
        3. cc200-1
      3. Women's Footwear (Large Sizes) 273 words
        4. cc201-2
      4. Non-Utility Woollen Cloth 101 words
        5. cc202-3
      5. Building Licences, Lancashire 572 words
        6. cc203-4
      6. Chutney (Export Samples) 56 words
        7. cc204-5
      7. Foreign Import Restrictions 497 words
        8. cc205-6
      8. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 211 words
    cc206-7
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 346 words
    6. c207
  6. NEW MEMBERS SWORN 23 words
  7. BILL PRESENTED
      8. c208
    1. MINISTERS OF THE CROWN (TREASURY SECRETARIES) BILL 64 words
    2. ORDERS OF THE DAY
        3. c208
      1. FINANCE BILL 8 words
          2. cc208-20
        1. CLAUSE 1.—(Beer.) 4,821 words
          2. cc220-4
        2. CLAUSE 2.—(Spirits.) 1,878 words
          3. cc225-33
        3. CLAUSE 4.—(Sweets.) 3,734 words, 1 division
          4. cc233-86
        4. CLAUSE 5.—(Increase of rates of Purchase Tax.) 21,563 words, 1 division
          5. cc286-305
        5. CLAUSE 6.—(Pool betting duty.) 7,819 words
          6. cc305-42
        6. CLAUSE 7.—(Increase in profits tax rates.) 15,049 words, 1 division
      cc343-4
    3. NATIONAL ASSISTANCE [MONEY] 594 words
    cc344-5
  8. CRIMINAL JUSTICE [MONEY] 605 words
    9. cc346-54
  9. SOLDIERS' FAMILIES (ACCOMMODATION) 3,414 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 2 December 1947 Series 5 Vol. 445

  1. SCOTLAND
      2. cc35-6W
    1. Exchequer Grants, Small Burghs 490 words
      cc36-7W
    2. Population Statistics 553 words
      c37W
    3. Shop Premises (Report) 100 words
  2. BRITISH ARMY
      3. c38W
    1. Food Stocks 51 words
      cc38-9W
    2. Anti-Aircraft Gun Site, New Brighton 80 words
      c39W
    3. Personal Case 66 words
      c39W
    4. Married Quarters (Alternative Accommodation) 163 words
      cc39-40W
    5. Former R.E.M.E. Depot, Montargis 58 words
      c40W
    6. Store Holding Organisation, East Africa 230 words
  3. EMPLOYMENT
      4. cc40-1W
    1. Disabled Persons Employment Corporation 176 words
      c41W
    2. Direction of Labour 181 words
      cc41-2W
    3. Appointments Department (Registrations) 102 words
      c42W
    4. Hargher Clough Works, Burnley 130 words
      c42W
    5. Employment Exchanges (Administration) 50 words
  4. NATIONAL FINANCE
      5. c43W
    1. Olympic Gaines (Government Hospitality) 57 words
      c43W
    2. Purchase Tax 58 words
      c43W
    3. CIVIL SERVICE (RETIREMENT AGE) 148 words
      cc43-4W
    4. STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS 90 words
  5. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      6. c44W
    1. Roumanian Feedingstuffs 63 words
      cc44-5W
    2. Clothing Coupons 295 words
      cc45-6W
    3. Leather (Canadian Preferential Duties) 226 words
      c46W
    4. Board of Trade (Essential Work) 251 words
      cc46-7W
    5. Anglo-Soviet Trade Statistics 652 words
      cc47-9W
    6. Paper Allocation 119 words
      c49W
    7. Film Industry (Consultations) 107 words
      cc49-50W
    8. Haggis (Export to U.S.A.) 208 words
      c50W
    9. Token Import Scheme (Licences) 65 words
      c50W
    10. Anglo-Soviet Trade Negotiations (Resumption) 81 words
      c50W
    11. Racehorses 88 words
      cc50-1W
    12. Export Orders (Foreign Countries) 66 words
      c51W
    13. War Damage Claims, Glasgow 101 words
      c51W
    14. Perambulators 133 words
  6. FOOD SUPPLIES
      7. cc51-2W
    1. Prices (List) 54 words
      c52W
    2. Brazil Nuts (Imports) 81 words
      c52W
    3. Mutton (U.S.A.) 147 words
      c52W
    4. Bananas, Avonmouth (Loss) 87 words
  7. AGRICULTURE
      8. c53W
    1. Forestry Commission (Private Woodlands) 84 words
      cc53-4W
    2. Forestry (Planting Programme) 355 words
      c54W
    3. Volunteer Workers, Radnor 80 words
      c54W
    4. BICYCLE CHAINS, NORFOLK 82 words
      cc54-5W
    5. NEW FACTORIES (WINDOW GLASS) 59 words
      cc55-6W
    6. BETTING CONTROL BOARD (PAYMENTS) 253 words
      c56W
    7. RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES (BOILER GAUGES) 114 words
  8. POST OFFICE
      9. cc56-7W
    1. Football Pool Postal Packages 477 words
      cc57-8W
    2. Telephone Exchange, Kirkby Stephen 78 words
      c58W
    3. ROYAL NAVY (UNIFORM AND KIT ALLOWANCES) 161 words
      c58W
    4. CANE HILL MENTAL HOSPITAL (DETAINED PATIENT) 84 words
      cc58-9W
    5. ELECTRICITY UNDERTAKINGS (RATEABLE VALUES) 218 words
      cc59-60W
    6. EXCHEQUER GRANTS, COUNTY DISTRICTS 184 words
      c60W
    7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL (POPULATION STATISTICS) 171 words
      cc60-2W
    8. SOPHIA EVANS CHARITY, PRESTEIGNE 235 words

Lords Sitting of 2 December 1947 Series 5 Vol. 152

    c1015
  1. Preamble 16 words
    2. cc1015-29
  2. Prayers. 2,369 words
      3. c1015
    1. ARREST OF A PEER. 127 words
      2. c1015
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. 97 words
      3. cc1016-7
    3. TERRITORIAL ARMY PREMISES. 513 words
      4. c1017
    4. TRUNK ROADS. 123 words
      5. c1018
    5. ROAD MAINTENANCE. 136 words
      6. cc1018-22
    6. NEW ZEALAND CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) BILL. 1,444 words
      7. cc1022-3
    7. JERSEY AND GUERNSEY (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) BILL. 399 words
      8. c1023
    8. BURMA INDEPENDENCE BILL. 92 words
    cc1029-48
  3. EMERGENCY LAWS (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL. 7,613 words
    4. cc1048-68
  4. PROBLEMS OF NATIONALIZED INDUSTRY. 8,323 words
    5. cc1068-87
  5. SCOTTISH AFFAIRS. 7,219 words
    6. c1087
  6. HOUSING (TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION) BILL. 33 words
    7. c1087
  7. SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932. 207 words
    8. cc1087-8
  8. ASH CONTENT OF COAL. 79 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 2 December 1947 Series 5 Vol. 152

    cc1088-9WA
  1. SUGAR PRODUCTION. 208 words
    cc1089-90WA
  2. CIVILIAN DRIVERS OF SERVICE VEHICLES. 144 words