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Commons Hansard for 20 April 1939 (Volume 346)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 1.22am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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New Writ
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Private Business
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Unemployment
Benefit And Allowances
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Transference
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Domestic Service
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Fifeshire
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Benefit Disallowed
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Household Means Test
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Scotland
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Film Industry (Employés' Conditions)
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Air-Raid Precautions
Employment Exchanges
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Householder's Shelter
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Durham County
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Shelter Policy
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Furniture Industry (Wages And Conditions)
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Spread-Over Holidays
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National Service
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Housing
Manchester And Liverpool
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Road Charges
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Poultry-Keeping (Local Authorities' Estates)
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Building By-Laws
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Local Government Expenditure
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Census Enumerators (Unemployed Men)
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National Health Insurance
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Public Health
Maternity Centre, Whiston
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Iron Lungs (Liverpool)
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Bread (Water Content)
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Proposed Refuse Tip, Monmouth
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Burning Pit-Heap, Wigan
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Old Age Pensiners (Public Assistance)
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Injured Persons (Rehabilitation)
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Public Assistance (Staffordshire)
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Silicosis
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Eire (Passports)
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Sentence, East Sussex Quarter Sessions
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Nazi Organisations And Propaganda, England
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Licensed Premises (Games)
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Aliens
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House Of Commons Proceedings (Broadcasting)
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Ministry Of Supply
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Processions, East London
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Old Age Pensions
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Corporal Punishment
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Masked Police Witness Bootle
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Shoplifting (Children)
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Women Police
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Anglo-German Fellowship
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Musical Instruments Industry (Refugees)
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Business Of The House
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Criminal Justice Bill
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Selection (Standing Committees)
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Standing Committee A
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Standing Committee B
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Standing Committee D
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Scottish Standing Committee
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Orders Of The Day
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Camps Bill
Clause 1—(Power To Make Payments For Promoting Camps)
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Clause 2—(Power To Authorise Recognized Companies To Purchase Land Compulsorily)
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Clause 3—(Exemption From Building Restrictions)
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Clause 4 —(Powers Of Unemployment Assistance Board To Make Arrangements With Recognised Companies As To Employment)
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Clause 6—(Application Of Act To Scotland)
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New Clause—(Annual Reports To Be Made By A Recognised Company)
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New Clause— (Use Of Camps)
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Patents And Designs (Limits Of Time) Bill Lords
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Prevention Of Fraud (Investments) Bill
Clause 1—(Licensing Of Dealers In Securities)
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Clause 2—(Saving Of Certain Transactions)
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Clause 4—(Deposits Or Guarantees Required In Connection With Applications For Principal's Licences)
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Clause 6—(References To Tribunal Of Inquiry)
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Clause 8—(Information To Be Furnished To Board Of Trade By Holders Of Licences)
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Clause 9—(Publication Of Names Of Holders Of Principals' Licences)
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Clause 11—(Provisions As To Building Societies)
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Clause 13—(Restriction On Distribution Of Circulars Relating To Investments)
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Clause 14—(Stock Exchanges And Associations Of Dealers In Securities)
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Clause 15—(Banks, Etc)
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Clause 18—(Offences Committed By Corporations)
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Clause 21—(Laying Of Rules And Regulations Before Parliament)
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Clause 26—(Interpretation)
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Adjournment
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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British Broadcasts (Foreign Languages)
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His Majesty's Ambassador, Berlin
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League Of Nations
Italy And Albania
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States Members
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Libya (Italian Forces)
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Spain
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Jugoslavia
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Ministers Of The Crown (Directorships)
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British Board Of Film Censors
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Air-Raid Precautions
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Income Tax
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Double Taxation
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Lotteries And Betting (Taxation)
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Old Age Pensions (Finance)
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British Capital (Export)
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British Currency (Speculation)
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Armed Forces (Pay And Allowances)
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British Industry (Propaganda)
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Inland Revenue Report
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Government Departments
Established Shorthand Typists
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Typing Staff Superintendents
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Clerical Assistants
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Public Works Loans (Wales)
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Civil Defence
Reserved Occupations Schedule
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Regional Commissioners
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Food (Defence Plans) Department Staff
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Housing (Blackwell District Council)
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Smith V Pearl Assurance Company (Appeal)
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Police Patrol Cars
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Criminal Law Administration
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Agriculture
Marketing Boards (Penalties)
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Tractor Drivers
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Home-Grown Food Supplies
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Women's Land Army
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Tuberculosis Order, Brecon And Radnor
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Bacon Industry
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West Indies (Royal Commission)
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Unemployment
Irish Workers In United Kingdom
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Glasgow Housing Scheme (Painters' Dispute)
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Government Depot, Corsham (Welsh Employés)
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Textile Workers, Dewsbury
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