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Mr. Ellis Smith Member's Question: If the Minister will move for a Select Committee...
Catalogue reference: ED 34/112
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- 1948, July 22
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Mr. Ellis Smith Member's Question: If the Minister will move for a Select Committee or appoint a Royal Commission or Departmental Committee to investigate and report on the organisation and functioning of all kinds of sports; and how it can be further encouraged, financed and harnessed for the benefit of the nation.
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- Question to the Prime Minister
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- Sports
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