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Commons Hansard for 5 December 1929 (Volume 232)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
25 February 2026 at 9.42am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Unemployment
Borough Exchange (Overtime)
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Exchange Facilities, Grangetown
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Training (F. W. Tomkins)
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Exchanges and Courts of Referees
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Macclesfield Exchange
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Exchange Attendance (Rules)
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Juveniles
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Insurance Fund (Pensions)
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Statistics
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Employment Exchange Buildings
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Women Fishworkers
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Government Departments
Ministry of Labour
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Ministry of Health (Inspectors of Dairy Farms)
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Conscientious Objectors
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Juvenile EmployéS
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Wages (Purchasing Power)
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King's National Roll (Government Contractors)
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Grocery Trade Boards
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Washington Hours Convention
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Joint Industrial Councils
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Prisoners (Flogging)
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Compensation Law (Accident, Tyldesley)
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Criminal Trials (Prisoners' Records)
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Newspapers (Football Competitions)
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Children Act
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Hyde Park (Road Accidents)
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Prosecution, Marlborough Street Police Court (Withdrawal)
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Police
Chief Constable, Nottingham (Appointment)
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Women Police
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Industrial Diseases (Quarrymen, Devon)
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Women Pbobation Officers
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Education
Milk Service
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Certificated Teachers
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Land Acquisition
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Secondary Education, Eston
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Corporal Punishment
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School-Leaving Age (Building Programmes)
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Poor Law
Test Work
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Institution, Newington (Accommodation)
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Appointed Guardians, Chester-Le-Street, (Remuneration)
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Public Assistance Committees (Medical Officers of Health)
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Local Government Employes (Superannuation)
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Hugh Lane Bequest
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Cockington Forge, Torquay
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Housing
Slum Clearance
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Caravans
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British Materials
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Insanitary Dwellings (Inspection)
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Thames Floods (Greenwich)
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Contract Prices
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Council Houses, Maidstone (Rents)
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Rural Housing
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National Insurance (Voluntary Contributors)
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Gas Boilers and Geysers (Poisoning)
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Public Health
Cripples
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Refuse Disposal
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Sanitary Surveyor and Inspector, St. Austell (Salary)
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Ultra-Violet Light Treatment
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Animals (Slaughter)
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Floods, Carmarthen
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National Health Insurance (Share Fishermen)
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Agriculture
Home-Grown Foodstuffs
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Contagious Abortion
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Employment
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Conference (Producers)
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Questions to Ministers
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Business of the House
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Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill
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Chairmen's Panel
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Selection (Standing Committees)
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Message from the Lords
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Orders of the Day
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Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Bill
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Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill
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Highlands and Islands (Medical Service) Additional Grant Bill
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Capital Punishment
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Education (Scotland) Bill
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Football Attendance Forecast Competitions
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Cinematograph Films
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Phosgene Gas
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Broadcasting (Police Messages)
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Books (Supply)
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Young Prisoners, London
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Accidents (Pedestrians)
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Traffic Arrangements, Highgate
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Cross-River Communication, North and South Shields
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Freights (Tomatoes)
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London Traffic (Government Policy)
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Maternal Mortality
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Vaccination Lymph
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Lunatics
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Casual Ward, Woodley
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Pharmacists
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Battersea Power Station
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Subsidies
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Statistics
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Disabled Ex-Service Men (Relief)
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Rating (Assessment Committees, Conferences)
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Local Authorities' Stock
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National Health Insurance (Rheumatism)
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Airship R101 (Engines)
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Motor Cars (Imports)
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Detenus
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Cotton Piece Goods
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Liquor (Imports)
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Civil Aviation (Training Scholarships)
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Telephone Service, Sutherland
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Parcels
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Water Supply, Schools
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Cadet Corps, Secondary Schools
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Afforestation, South Wales
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Statistics
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Exports (United Kingdom and United States)
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Shipbuilding Programme
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Industrial Organisations
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Hong Kong (Orphanages)
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Cyprus (Memorial)
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Collective Marketing
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Horses (Export)
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Irish Cattle (Import)
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Beet-Sugar Subsidy
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Hiring Fair, Brecon
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Government Stock Issues
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Kew Gardens (Employes, Pay)
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Fighting Services (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
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Promotions, Administrative Grade
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Home Office
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Administrative Complaints (Investigation)
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Statistics
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Benefit Disallowed, Crewe
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Pit Mounds, Black Country
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Output, Kent
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South Wales (Statistics)
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State Grants
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Pit-Head Prices
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Accidents (Hilton Main Colliery)
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