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Orders of the Day — King's Speech – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 October 1947.

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Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Sandwich, a copy of which Order was presented on 27th October, be approved.

Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the County Borough of Birkenhead, a copy of which Order was presented on 27th October, be approved.

Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Urban District of Market Drayton, a copy of which Order was presented on 27th October, be approved.

Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Urban District of Whitley Bay, a copy of which Order was presented on 27th October, be approved.

Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the City of Nottingham, a copy of which Order was presented on 27th October, be approved.

Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup, a copy of which Order was presented on 27th October, be approved."—[Mr. Younger.]

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