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Commons Hansard for 5 December 1939 (Volume 355)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
11 May 2018 at 12.11pm.
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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Press Censorship (Dominions)
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Trade And Commerce
War Risks Insurance
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Export Trade
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Tin
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Open-Air Shipyards (Black-Out Hours)
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Mercantile Marine
Boat Drills, Liverpool-Belfast Steamers
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Badge
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Ships (Requisitioning)
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Neutral Shipping (Detention)
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British Army
Dependants' Allowances
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Clothing And Equipment
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Reservists (Calling-Up Notices)
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Beer Supply, Expeditionary Force
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Decorations
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Fresh Liquid Milk
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Reservists' Pay
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Liaison Officers
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Hotels And Restaurants (Admission)
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Entrance Examination
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Soldiers Under 19, Expeditionary Force
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Free Travel Warrants
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Recruits (Choice Of Regiment)
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Horses (Purchase In United States)
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Censorship (Inverness)
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Royal Engineers (Liverpool Docks, Accommodation)
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Officers, Northern Command
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Hospital Accommodation (Northern Command)
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Agricultural Workers
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Canteen (Sunday School Premises, Milnsbridge)
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Leave, Expeditionary Force
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Enlistment Age
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British Prisoners Of War (Parcels)
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Economic Reconstruction
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Transport
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Czech Assets
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Old Age Pensions
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Exchange Control (Dominions)
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Government Departments
Evacuation
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Appointments
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Clerical Work, War Office
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Consumable Goods (Demand)
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Air-Raid Shelters' Cost (Income Tax)
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Prices (Great Britain And France)
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War Wealth
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House Of Commons Official Report (Sale)
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Government Building Contracts
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Personal Communications, German-Controlled Terri Tory
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Scotland
Winter Herring Fishery
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Evacuation (Billeting Allowance)
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Fertilisers
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Public Assistance Allowances
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Russia And Finland
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Business Of The House (Secret Sitting)
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Death Of Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise
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Kitchen And Refreshment Rooms (House Of Commons)
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Adjournment
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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Workmen's Compensation Act
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Licensing Law (Convictions)
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Mr I D Ketter (Detention And Deportation)
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Licensed Trade (State Management)
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Medical Service
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Tax Office, Dover (Air-Raid Shelter)
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Women's Voluntary Service
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Auxiliary Firemen, Scotland
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Black-Out Regulations (Prosecution, Renfrew)
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Camps Corporation
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Health Insurance (Panel Committees)
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Common Lodging Houses
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Venereal Disease
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Trade And Commerce
Electric Torches
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Imported Honey
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Central Price Regulation Committee
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Prices Of Goods Act
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Merchants And State Controls
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Coal Industry
Shot-Firing In Mines
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Annual Report
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Closed Mines And Unemployed Miners
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Safety In Mines
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Electrically-Propelled Vehicles
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Petrol Rationing
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British Army
Machine Gun Training
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Interchange Of Personnel
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Soldiers On Leave (Ration Allowance)
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Vaccination
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Married Soldiers (Separation Allowance)
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Territorial Army
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Black-Out Accidents
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Military Hospitals (Physio-Therapy)
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Service Decorations
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Bread-Baking (Cost)
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Home Defence Units (Greatcoats)
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Pensions And Allowances (Forms)
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Militia Camps
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Post Office
Industrial Health Research Board
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Empire Postage Rates
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Home-Grown Timber
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Ministry Of Supply
Commandeered Land, Denbighshire
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Knitting Wools
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Tanks
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War Stores Manufacture (Small Firms)
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Camps Construction (British Stone)
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Food Supplies
Potatoes
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Bacon-Curing Industry
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Pooling Of Commodities
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Margarine
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War Risks Insurance
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Poultry Industry
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Venison
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Fishing Industry (Statistics)
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Electricity Supply, Llanelly
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Postal Orders As Currency
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Mercantile Marine
United States Tonnage (1914–18 War)
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Neutral Tonnage Chartered (1914–18 War)
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Anglo-French Co-Ordinating Committee
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Income Tax (Armed Forces)
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British Spirits (Consumption And Exports)
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Beer (Exports, Imports And Production)
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Brewers' Licences
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Tin (Price)
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Mortgages
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British Council
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Government Departments
Mines Department
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Age Limit
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Ministry Of Shipping
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Ministry Of Food
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Women Civil Servants And Marriage
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Secondary Schools (Evacuated Areas)
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Military Training
University Students
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Civilian Medical Boards
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Discharge Of Young Men From Employment
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Journalists (Mr D Sutherland)
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Unemployment
Central Register
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Agricultural Workers' Insurance
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Military Training (Conscientious Objectors)
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National Savings Certificates
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Trade Dispute (Cinema Employes)
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