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Commons Hansard for 7 December 1939 (Volume 355)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
11 May 2018 at 12.13pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Private Business
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Government Contracts (List Of Tenders)
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Unemployment
Juvenile Instruction Centres
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Evacuation (Official Helpers, Insurance)
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Assistance
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Government Factories
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Subsistence Production Society, Monmouthshire
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Statistics
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Doncaster
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Employment Fund
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Aliens (Employment)
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Baking Trade, Scotland
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Vacant Land Settlement Holdings
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Military Training (Medical Examination)
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Civil Defence
Evacuees (Parents' Visits, Assistance)
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Air-Raid Precautions Workers (Equipment)
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Gas-Masks (Children)
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Lighting Regulations (Prosecutions, Swindon)
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Members Of Parliament (Facilities)
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Air-Raid Precautions Workers
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Taxi-Cabs (Head-Lamp Masks)
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Evacuation (Billeting Allowances)
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Casualty Evacuation Trains
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Hospitals (Visiting Hours)
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Hospital Supply Depots
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Emergency Medical Service
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Injured Air-Raid Warden
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Summer Time
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Sentence (Mr J M Kammelard)
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Princess Hohenlohe
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Press Censorship
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Business Visits (Neutral Countries)
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Aliens Tribunals
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Eire Citizens (Immigration)
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Location Of Industry
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Economic Co-Ordination
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Agriculture
Livestock (Slaughter)
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Grassland Ploughing
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Water Gathering Grounds (Cultivation)
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Aerodrome Grass
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Rpices
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Pigeon Shooting
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Waste Paper Collection
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Workmen's Compensation
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Police Court Case (Magis- Trate's Comment)
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Education
Teachers (Military Service)
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North Kensington
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Youth Committees
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Neutral Areas
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Evacuated Children (Oxted)
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Health Services (Dental Treatment)
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Rating (Licensed Premises)
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Ministry Of Pensions (Staff)
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National Wealth
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National Savings Certificates And Defence Bonds
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Premium Bonds
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Newfoundland (War Effort)
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Business Of The House
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Supply
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Ways And Means
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Expiring Laws Continuance Money
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Adjournment
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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Ships In Commission (Dutyfree Stores)
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National Savings Certificates
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Post Office Savings Bank Deposits
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Wine (Imports)
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Old Age Pensions
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Local Authorities' Loans
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Government Printing Contracts
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Armed Forces (Free Railway Warrants)
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War Charities
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Licensed Trade
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Clubs
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Government Departments
Home Office
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Civil Service Recruitment
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Admiralty
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Temporary Clerks (Pay)
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Ministry Of Pensions
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Ministry Of Health
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Post Office (Christmas Work)
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Royal Navy
Sunk Ships (Salvage)
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Reserve Fleet Supplementary Party
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Serving Members Of Parliament
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Good Conduct Badges (Pay)
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Orkneys And Shetlands (Enemy Air Raids)
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Great Britain And Russia
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National Expenditure
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Education
Requisitioned Schools
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Training College Students
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Schools In Evacuation Areas
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Evacuated Children (Medical Services)
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National Fitness Council
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Civil Defence
Sandbag Revetments
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Air-Raid Precautions Expenditure
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Special Constabulary
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Fire Brigade Hose (Price)
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Air-Raid Precautions And Income Tax
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Voluntary Workers
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Lighting Restrictions
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Motor-Car Licences
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Shops (Hours Of Closing)
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South Metropolitan Gas Company
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Reception Areas (Cinema Entertainments)
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Evacuation
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Ministry Of Supply
Ordnance Factories' Employes
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Huts
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Timber Control
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Controllers' Decisions
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Wool And Dyestuffs Control
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British Army
Chiropodists
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Family Allowances
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Horses, Dunkeld, Perthshire
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Military Punisiiments
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Territorial Yeomanry
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Health Statistics
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Serving Members Of Parliament
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Military Training (Medical Boards)
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Food Supplies
Rationing (Travelling Railway Employes)
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Butter And Bacon
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Animal Feeding-Stuffs
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Potatoes
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Controllers' Powers
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Pooling Of Meat
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Transport Organisation
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Housing
Rural Areas
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Palestine (Imprisonment Of Jews)
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Local Authorities' Finance
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Vermin (Cleansing Stations, London)
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Mercantile Marine (Shipbuilding Output)
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Electricity Rationing
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