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Commons Hansard for 11 May 1939 (Volume 347)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 1 May 2026 at 12.04pm.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 5e9c4599-47ff-4895-a10a-1bf5a420fce7)
PRIVATE BUSINESS. (item number 2) (id 746f0f48-d62d-4dbd-afce-c030cc67da14)

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

View all ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

UNEMPLOYMENT.

ASSISTANCE. (item number 1) (id 8a59be77-aff1-484a-ba88-9fd95384a09e)
DURHAM. (item number 1) (id 0d13d86d-4ed3-47de-be04-05abeddd15f0)
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. (item number 1) (id b2eead6a-0e93-48ca-b20d-48f73e93d916)
TRACTOR DRIVERS AND AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. (item number 1) (id 735c3298-3d06-44b7-96e9-8db4524f4838)
STATISTICS. (item number 1) (id 4d6d4f51-837d-49a6-bb4b-210108807d35)
JUVENILE TRANSFERENCE. (item number 1) (id 044b99e1-e31a-4a9f-a3d8-d5fcb852d9ee)
SOUTH WALES. (item number 1) (id 40370a7f-9b0e-4145-a4e3-3880fbb9cb08)
SPECIAL AREAS. (item number 1) (id e72b6504-f4fc-4aac-a450-e672c6537ecd)
WOMEN (TRANSFERENCE). (item number 1) (id 20297f8a-6c4e-4f2d-b172-ca2a68e40c87)
MEN OF 20 AND 21. (item number 1) (id bb088035-ac5f-4c70-8cd0-060896dd3998)
NEW FACTORIES, SOUTH WALES. (item number 1) (id d9720849-e384-4b77-a6b5-8e2d3e187d20)
JOURNALISTS (EMERGENCY SERVICE). (item number 1) (id aee023da-6143-4004-af82-f9521a76861d)
HOLIDAYS WITH PAY. (item number 1) (id 9d33f249-62da-4abc-a955-53916a77a791)
MILITARY TRAINING (UNDERGRADUATES). (item number 1) (id d4ceccd6-0a1a-46b0-a92d-147a44f90fe2)
ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS SERVICES, WALES. (item number 1) (id 06387554-9bf3-4822-8cb8-d86c0213d3b8)
LOCAL AUTHORITIES (RATING AND VALUATION). (item number 1) (id 900f3002-1253-4e21-8d85-f0ebeb5305ce)
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING. (item number 1) (id 3782af30-ab80-45d7-861f-a1807dba5bf2)
HOUSING AND SLUM CLEARANCE. (item number 1) (id 5797cd74-bee7-4893-8c9f-ae0a4e70a648)
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL (ADMINISTRATION). (item number 1) (id f58c76f3-2416-4500-ad14-abc408032dc2)
PROPOSED STEEL WORKS, EDALE. (item number 1) (id 7cf22187-d3b6-4cdd-a424-31834b4d9bcb)
NUTRITION. (item number 1) (id 186c06a8-8b73-4151-9976-4f3abd3f3bb5)
MERCANTILE MARINE (CREWS' ACCOMMODATION). (item number 1) (id 6967a60d-3013-42a0-b7f4-7c54288d9499)
CIVIL DEFENCE (EVACUATION). (item number 1) (id 088f6b9d-76ba-4caf-857f-07d2a4cc1b12)
MENTAL DEFIENCY. (item number 1) (id 5324383c-c375-40f5-9e27-b6ffbb61847e)
DENBIGH COUNTY COUNCIL (OFFICES). (item number 1) (id 3a4b3326-922b-4302-8358-12abd08d4f88)
NATIONAL PARKS COMMITTEE (REPORT). (item number 1) (id f4f1f12a-997d-4b75-b922-50fa137b5bde)
AGRICULTURAL DERATING ACT (PUMPING PLANT). (item number 1) (id 44477c31-1135-43a3-8187-ee628c979e26)
SIR DONALD BANKS. (item number 1) (id 6e275e54-9c9f-461c-bb3a-0dd6aa884ce2)
MINISTRY OF SUPPLY. (item number 1) (id cfc898ee-2e57-4ba7-8eaa-2db961c3fddb)
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT (EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN). (item number 1) (id ab61ea04-1e7d-4c66-92f1-f04261bac35b)
FILMS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (item number 1) (id b398f986-a479-4474-a658-364c3caaf5fe)
SPECIAL CONSTABLES (MEDALS). (item number 1) (id 70c591c5-f31a-40a3-9bd5-58bdfcacae85)
METROPOLITAN POLICE (MOTOR PATROL DUTIES). (item number 1) (id 31ae96e6-3767-4182-97c4-2f2ec70b90fb)
CONSTITUENCIES (ELECTORATES). (item number 1) (id 889432eb-7cde-426b-b5d9-7d8e74e68e80)
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES (REPORT). (item number 1) (id 741bb216-8720-49ed-a4f6-c622a9f840fd)
ALIEN (CONVICTION). (item number 1) (id 02bf30e5-0d7f-45a2-9a6a-4e4d6e9ccbed)
SILICOSIS. (item number 1) (id ea52ec84-5cf1-4cde-be46-cea3f2b81694)
ROAD TRAFFIC ACTS (OFFENCES, BIRMINGHAM). (item number 1) (id d13a2d7a-325a-4c50-8c69-46ce69759bb8)
NAZI ORGANISATIONS, GREAT BRITAIN. (item number 1) (id bbd780d0-0480-458d-8db5-e1eee96a771e)
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. (item number 1) (id 702f49a5-f1e4-4dab-8efc-7c58196f0f53)
FIRE BRIGADES ACT, 1938. (item number 1) (id 8e05d7a5-3ce5-4983-a95b-c83579c45186)
ANGLO-RUMANIAN TRADE PROTOCOL. (item number 1) (id b4c9c6ac-08d9-4d1f-8d00-0ddfdbad8d93)
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. (item number 1) (id e2138fd6-7f58-4cce-80b5-e9a82e2be58e)
STANDING ORDERS. (item number 1) (id baf2dbb9-9ab9-4b7e-adcf-c78c8525130f)
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. (item number 1) (id 336dc7a6-790e-42bf-af54-efb472a21edc)
SOUTHERN RAILWAY BILL. (item number 1) (id d7fa6321-fd52-4422-b0c0-d995edb1a862)
SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY BILL [Lords]. (item number 1) (id 114dd94a-54c4-44c9-9924-28cd5f9f303e)
SMETHWICK OLDBURY ROWLEY REGIS AND TIPTON TRANSPORT BILL [Lords]. (item number 1) (id 427ab1a6-d21c-4ac6-9953-2cdcbda1b6f9)
TIVERTON CORPORATION BILL. (item number 1) (id 5c2e4065-8418-405e-b003-c4dcc9cc1bc8)
MILITARY TRAINING BILL. (item number 5) (id 61fd8b91-1256-427a-a22e-ac93b2f39d52)
CLAUSE 3.—(Conscientious Objectors.) (item number 6) (id 65d999e7-1786-4bc9-b352-e9b6842139e7)
CLAUSE 4.—(Medical Examination.) (item number 7) (id ed966cbb-d78d-4a30-96f6-aa76193464a8)
SOLICITORS BILL [Lords]. (item number 8) (id 34efc50f-ce30-4d5f-bfee-d4d4db8f7d90)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

EDINBURGH FERRY ROAD.

WESTERN ISLES (PIERS).

WATER SUPPLY (STORNOWAY). (item number 1) (id 7bcea89b-a74f-4368-80f0-a830c8e636c8)
SANDWICKHILL SCHOOL, ROSS-SHIRE (WATER SUPPLY). (item number 1) (id ca0d2bee-c1d0-47b5-ae6d-8426b5bd3d60)
EDUCATION LOANS, RENFREWSHIRE. (item number 1) (id b0e0b455-5691-4111-bd8f-b4977a5825bd)
MILK MARKETING BOARD PENALTIES. (item number 1) (id bd55d8c4-2e84-4006-b254-ef55abf3749c)
TRACTORS (PRODUCER-GAS). (item number 1) (id 2b902234-3838-48b0-8f71-c4f7c5ea3109)
DEFENCE DEPARTMENTS' LAND PURCHASES, CUMBERLAND. (item number 1) (id 0e9d56a0-884b-48d8-a95f-38a10b3053b3)
FOOD DEFENCE PLANS. (item number 1) (id d486bf66-040b-4d16-8c0d-70cdc916f052)
ALLOTMENTS. (item number 1) (id 33b55965-0a43-42fd-b219-14f1e20d124a)
PIGS. (item number 1) (id a930f076-8dd6-431b-8636-628212525726)
FISHING INDUSTRY. (item number 1) (id 4ad99d25-0a4a-480b-85a5-3ded94b2d86b)
FOOTBALL MATCHES (PUBLIC SAFETY). (item number 1) (id 85400c56-8224-46a5-b94f-025ee405d206)
JUVENILE OFFENDERS (COURT PROCEDURE). (item number 1) (id f6adb9e6-4d5b-4170-baca-b22df21998a1)
EXPLOSIONS, LIVERPOOL (TEAR-GAS BOMBS). (item number 1) (id f99a621b-a17e-4558-a915-2477b079bf5f)
LICENSING JUSTICES. (item number 1) (id 46f7e582-4b4d-4fa8-9600-493dcf1ed9ff)
ALIENS (NATURALISATION). (item number 1) (id 45590d44-107c-4959-8d55-46d5c0126112)
POLICE COURT CONVICTION, ENFIELD. (item number 1) (id b89396c1-499b-44ed-95b4-a53c5812ce58)
MOTOR VEHICLES (OFFENCES, BIRMINGHAM). (item number 1) (id 2e189bcf-f635-4857-9e7a-8697c8fc3575)
DEFECTIVE SCHOOLS (WALES). (item number 1) (id 1de5db00-da4c-441d-b478-62bd56003fe3)
MILK-IN-SCHOOLS SCHEME. (item number 1) (id c62553f6-4b6d-4f92-9c1e-f801e4a998e3)
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORSHIPS (WOMEN). (item number 1) (id aefc4263-1592-4eae-889b-038a2dc3e59f)
NEWCASTLE AIRPORT (PILOTS). (item number 1) (id d7ad4a4a-251f-46e6-bdd2-2369977f5b10)
FREE MEALS IN SCHOOLS (LIVERPOOL). (item number 1) (id ca5524e0-868c-4ad5-8b4e-20c3a7731a92)
HESTON AIRPORT. (item number 1) (id 55e96b33-8a76-4cf7-94ac-27801b279680)
WEST INDIES AIR SERVICES. (item number 1) (id 155433ee-d1d6-4978-bef4-5462a62dd46d)
RESERVE AIRMEN (WITHHELD PAY). (item number 1) (id bf4d1320-0ef7-4f2b-96b1-694a132e14ba)
AUXILIARY AIR FORCE (BADGES). (item number 1) (id 3dc5f27e-68a7-44a4-92b2-a521df33ff37)
EUROPEAN SITUATION. (item number 1) (id a7c70343-d7b7-4fc1-bc21-f29914eb23d2)
WORLD'S FAIR, NEW YORK (DAGENHAM PIPERS). (item number 1) (id afc5adae-5af9-486b-ae49-7ea50fd2cb99)
CZECHO-SLOVAKIA (BRITISH CREDITORS). (item number 1) (id 66be4813-2555-4c13-9dc8-819768448b05)
ROAD ACCIDENTS (CHESHIRE). (item number 1) (id 4e399ccd-e40c-4920-a63a-edd28e11a892)
TOLL BRIDGES. (item number 1) (id de3261e5-8c1b-41e2-bf3e-14fa1d33a85a)
SUGAR SUPPLIES. (item number 1) (id 0bcdc578-be3c-420a-99be-e935d7ee0614)
LIFE INSURANCE (REPUDIATED POLICIES). (item number 1) (id a12439ff-6fe7-4954-98fc-b997138fea2a)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYÉS (TERRITORIAL SERVICE). (item number 1) (id 1f8df0ec-5a50-4ae6-9163-7b40275547be)
WIDOWS' PENSIONS (DISALLOWED CLAIMS). (item number 1) (id d93e29af-a6e9-494a-bc22-a8308c2206d5)
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (RATING STATISTICS). (item number 1) (id 3beeda72-9e7e-4607-8c99-b3576a5bebdc)
ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS SERVICE, WALES. (item number 1) (id 32d1025c-ca62-4ba2-a873-9215670c8039)
EVACUATION. (item number 1) (id 0e2be11f-60c9-442b-9362-17b9b97db5aa)
VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS. (item number 1) (id 10710fb4-7945-49e6-a250-effb304691ac)
RETAIL MOTOR INDUSTRY. (item number 1) (id c5a5d4e9-a569-4617-bd85-55283597ba8d)
PRODUCTION STATISTICS. (item number 1) (id dcaf980e-ae81-4dca-ab74-650527467c03)
MINES ACCIDENTS, SOUTH WALES. (item number 1) (id 659e65ea-e97c-4eaf-a08c-602358013945)
COAL-CUTTING MACHINES AND CONVEYORS. (item number 1) (id ccdb856c-ab40-484b-a848-533bf553739e)
CAMOUFLAGE. (item number 1) (id e148f43d-7bcb-469d-99e7-23baff3a4f2b)
CLOTH CONTRACTS. (item number 1) (id 44ae20be-a596-45b3-8019-e8c8d1d6b37a)
NATIONAL DEFENCE COMPANIES. (item number 1) (id fceeb88e-22ca-4be2-aad7-353e485cd954)
HOME-GROWN FOOD SUPPLY. (item number 1) (id 25debdd7-3dd3-4d6e-8c7c-958460c3a64b)
OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS. (item number 1) (id 4c7bc97c-5dbe-4bd4-a598-43a4cdfdc5bb)
5TH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. (item number 1) (id 280c6d90-904a-4e9a-8d5c-cd994e2bb5d7)
SOLDIERS' PAY (STOPPAGES). (item number 1) (id 6a943810-aed6-432c-bc23-fb3d78fde897)
MOBILISED TERRITORIALS (FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS). (item number 1) (id bacafe44-a2fa-4f88-b33c-1ae7dc696988)
MILITARY TRAINING BILL (SOLDIERS' PAY). (item number 1) (id 3eead4ea-bc01-4c7e-8ef8-e9fb222f3f2e)
CONTINENTAL ARMIES (PAY AND ALLOWANCES). (item number 1) (id b38040cd-c3cd-4967-ae5a-dc7aef3c986b)
AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS. (item number 1) (id 22e2c686-63f1-4b51-8967-1eb70faae736)
ROYAL NAVY (ELDERLY PENSIONERS). (item number 1) (id 0f0d4e91-ab6d-4534-a5bf-1b8205515322)

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