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Commons Hansard for 21 February 1940 (Volume 357)

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Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons (item number 1) (id 0a73eecf-4461-4770-8d10-fee1ce028d1b)
Private Business (item number 2) (id 773eed98-d7d8-4023-b1c3-8bd7fce070c3)

Oral Answers To Questions
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Japan (British Subjects, Arrest) (item number 1) (id c9c4268c-e424-428a-9b8b-3c1cdeb7c979)
Great Britain And Russia (Negotiations) (item number 1) (id d9e05cdb-4b44-47c8-9bf1-9f4b44abae60)
Apostolic Delegate (item number 1) (id df4dcd32-5f7d-427e-ad9d-0d605f8457b2)
Holland (British Officers' Abduction) (item number 1) (id c31d32c3-e891-4b69-966a-abb5258ea9bd)
British Propaganda In Germany (item number 1) (id 8d752bd3-6d03-4c5b-9fde-34bcb1a480fe)
Russia (British Subject's Claim) (item number 1) (id f30e3fec-da6b-4ed6-946c-50f3ec234df6)
Finland (Foreign Volunteers) (item number 1) (id 511f5918-41ff-4f96-80c6-93dae79eda1c)
German Prisoners (Work) (item number 1) (id 2542e893-4940-46d2-9c7a-09ce8a501c12)

Royal Air Force
Proposed Aeroplane Factory, Warwickshire (item number 1) (id ebc81f96-6689-48ef-899c-a67e7b2cb63b)
Captain Johnson (item number 1) (id ec43c324-93f7-4baa-be11-dfb29f9eef8a)
Aerodromes And Camps (Uncultivated Ground) (item number 1) (id 4861d802-a561-4f00-97f5-7db0e40f900c)
Aerodromes And Factories, Northern Ireland (item number 1) (id 2e84ae3a-2447-409d-931f-d2f5121e005f)
Parnall Aircraft Factory (item number 1) (id c9c54338-6a8f-48da-9d80-37b247a4ab8d)
Building Materials (Bricks) (item number 1) (id efe9c82f-7638-40b1-a9b6-c797ee82e615)
Medical Examinations (T Farr) (item number 1) (id 47c58e29-1176-4587-829a-e0570fb8b3ef)
Civil Aviation (Atlantic Air-Mail) (item number 1) (id cf57688e-aff2-45de-9dc0-42f6d1240a7d)
Gold Coast (Liquor Imports) (item number 1) (id 5fd01692-2940-4b0f-a1fd-4acab21c7476)
Ceylon (Constitution) (item number 1) (id bc0645a5-38ee-4df7-94bd-164863ec0ee3)
Barbados (Trade Union Bill) (item number 1) (id 3d55d6de-643f-489f-b2ab-6bf8b55e9e0c)
West Indies (Royal Commission's Report) (item number 1) (id c16db554-e9d1-4e07-9af7-d8ae842f1360)
Malaya (Tin Resources) (item number 1) (id 0d632cb8-94cc-4ede-84b0-8a6c41c77eb3)
Electricity Supply (Rural Areas) (item number 1) (id 4c2de764-308b-416c-a38a-54a7586f1b51)

Transport
Passenger Vehicles (Dimensions) (item number 1) (id 2568e0d0-0238-49b4-b1f5-2e6bcf0164a3)
Trunk Roads (Workers' Conditions) (item number 1) (id 786581ad-15d0-4441-95b7-faf351bb2a3a)
Coal Supplies And Distribution (item number 1) (id e711fa3f-9ecd-4bfb-a799-89b8518a79d3)
Ministry Of Information (Miss Vera Brittain) (item number 1) (id 5f74874b-e7fd-48a9-9b7c-b47cfe7c7ba6)

Post Office
Telephone Subscribers (Rebates) (item number 1) (id 4748e214-e16c-4bb8-9fa9-d5c62e18aff0)
Temporary Assistants (Belfast) (item number 1) (id 2a7e52fe-9289-4732-b533-722e2ea1319e)
Allies' War Aims (item number 1) (id 7f5248af-0406-4198-b7bc-337156e461ee)
Post-War Export Trade (item number 1) (id 917a9241-b3a4-4af9-9d73-7b01d0e2a01b)
Enemy Air Force (item number 1) (id ba62905f-50d5-4918-b1e1-8465cafd09c9)
Broadcast Speeches (Members Of Parliament) (item number 1) (id ead6e11f-1dd4-401f-949b-31790cf1a996)
Censorship (Newspaper Article) (item number 1) (id 2234ef53-4e8a-4174-ba6f-ff01bebd2d09)

Ministry Of Supply
Brazilian Timber (item number 1) (id 116a0b61-e70a-4b77-9117-06122247d398)
Prevention Of Corruption Acts (item number 1) (id f6cc7d3c-cb53-4153-9f4c-bc657ccf540f)
Household Waste (Salvage) (item number 1) (id 99ec0e9d-aa2f-4b85-be27-5fc19546f4cc)
War Material (Manufacture) (item number 1) (id 2be1afcb-9969-4933-ba61-227fb96a8a35)
Wool Supply And Prices (item number 1) (id 1056bc03-24be-468b-8387-fc0b422dc970)
Government Factory (First-Aid Posts And Working Conditions) (item number 1) (id 8528362f-298c-4259-ad8e-feda31a1b407)

Food Supplies
Rationing (Railwaymen) (item number 1) (id 67e11eeb-ff9b-4909-854e-bde3ecb1a41a)
Seasonal Resorts Jmeat Supplies) (item number 1) (id 38f11a9c-54a4-4b37-90a7-4078562d5723)
Animal Feeding-Stuffs (item number 1) (id 6d404e94-b780-4154-9f1b-c09b4eab38fb)
Bread Prices (item number 1) (id 4f3db0b4-114e-4668-9e03-d655ee5ea4b7)
Rationing (Mercantile Marine) (item number 1) (id f64b10cc-ca91-4363-9757-636384059570)
Allotments And Gardens (Surplus Produce) (item number 1) (id 4fb15869-6d65-45b6-976b-1ca57b4ee169)
Flour (item number 1) (id fa507d01-fffd-4ab2-8801-03d01d23a163)
Business Of The House (item number 4) (id bc074a89-9659-458a-8529-4b70fb99e681)
Message From The Lords (item number 5) (id d163b11e-4b00-4633-97e3-e5a14ab29fb1)
Cotton Industry Bill Lords (item number 6) (id 1e6e27ec-1f4b-496f-8fd4-4d1da44fa2a6)
Special Enactments (Extension Of Time) Bill Lords (item number 7) (id 5cae647d-387b-422b-8d56-5d54b5201bce)
Army (Supplementary Estimates, 1939) (item number 8) (id 26d3ba02-c025-46c2-80c5-80fe456f4625)

Orders Of The Day
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Old Age And Widows' Pensions Bill (item number 1) (id 66d7c541-7afe-4bff-8ac5-382b22c6129c)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers (item number 1) (id 77cfa4e7-3210-443c-96c4-e809715b5258)

Civil Defence
Air-Raid Wardens'posts (Heating) (item number 1) (id dddefe31-0d97-4a53-9d22-82023172f8cf)
Personnel (Wages) (item number 1) (id b98f509a-ffaf-480e-9fe9-44cd46757c62)
Air-Raid Precautions (Schools) (item number 1) (id b6d715a2-8c2c-48b3-8e28-7524b75386ac)
Evacuation (Young Children) (item number 1) (id 9d43c85e-9353-4b85-85b3-bd1886dbfd75)

Post Office
Telephone Service (item number 1) (id 95a8c44e-1110-47cd-8d8f-4c4be3ffd6c2)
Expeditionary Force (Parcel Post Rates) (item number 1) (id 18fe3c30-f484-4b59-8548-5f16ccdcc21e)
Printed Paper (Postage Rates) (item number 1) (id d1b63cdf-c8cd-47a0-81ab-a853bf5f712c)
Television Service (Suspension) (item number 1) (id 5fef40b8-4340-4748-876a-91a82c1ea249)

Russia
Air Forces (Indiscriminate Bombing) (item number 1) (id 7162ead6-f652-4a91-b3f9-975b33b55405)
Finnish War (Mediation) (item number 1) (id cd9816e7-1d73-4959-a8c7-94490af47a5b)
Contributory Pensions (Date Of Payment) (item number 1) (id 4788d62b-b040-4ab0-bcee-6bed69183d9c)
Income Tax (Relief) (item number 1) (id c857364f-8990-46a4-85c1-a60fe26771a6)

Food Supplies
Invalid Diet (item number 1) (id 4ea23c0b-537f-4b94-96c0-95467c394ec8)
Milk (item number 1) (id 3eb8d60d-ef0a-4c03-b6c3-5825ba15422b)
Meat Control (item number 1) (id ddc2378b-a159-40af-af91-bf72f79b3551)
Sausages (item number 1) (id 1def2367-5653-4d7a-b197-8d84663644fb)
Public Kitchens (item number 1) (id 5efa7b24-78b9-4e71-99fd-e49c3060aeb9)
Feeding-Stuffs (Poultry) (item number 1) (id 8f756a75-c003-4365-8f23-956fd2434da1)
Sugar (item number 1) (id afd383c5-e85e-4214-9bd2-72e11e013076)
Retailers' Registration (Licences And Certifcates) (item number 1) (id 2072881b-ceaa-450a-90eb-5ba3df285786)
Mixed Meal (item number 1) (id 1c3d483b-cf70-4b0e-a360-62a62f84ba2d)
Bacon (item number 1) (id 785c07e1-a275-4955-b0e1-c9103326a00e)
Fat Stock Grading (item number 1) (id 3798be33-e2e8-46cb-bcf4-ab3242bbcf7d)
Eggs (item number 1) (id 88ddd93d-e0f9-43e4-b34c-a4875b095a2b)
Cereals (item number 1) (id cd4dabc5-78a9-42ba-a36f-24d715df8efe)

Royal Navy
Scottish Fishing Boats (Payment) (item number 1) (id 8c325c2b-6b1f-44b2-903a-a23271137b5e)
His Majesty's Ship "Royal Arthur" (item number 1) (id 705f7a45-2ba1-4e4d-9f2b-046e5635285e)
Wireless Operators (Merchant Ships) (item number 1) (id 3d5558bf-dfed-4323-ba8e-1a0b8c045412)
Merchant Ship Construction (item number 1) (id 932c6987-a90a-488e-94e1-d4203b94eaf8)
Fishermen (Response To Appeal) (item number 1) (id 18722a0c-30ea-4be0-b68c-493cb4363bae)
Armament (Merchant Ships) (item number 1) (id 18142dea-6e3e-4213-a5cb-4befdf2dcf0e)
Destroyers, Etc (Welfare Arrangements) (item number 1) (id 6212888c-9b2c-409e-96b9-a06795538fa7)
Officers (Pay) (item number 1) (id 29781993-01d9-4019-803e-c9edc0648764)
Enemy Submarines (Losses) (item number 1) (id 1cd227a6-4e80-4a0f-86ba-045aa4b2dac1)
Officers (Promotion To Flag Rank) (item number 1) (id be674c4a-c043-4d8d-a074-caf221f5f1b3)
Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Barrow Gurney (item number 1) (id 6cbe6707-33b9-4157-9bb9-45776f73e8cb)
Fishing Fleets (Protection From Air Attack) (item number 1) (id 734b1a79-8057-4d76-ac40-81e1f1ea7a1b)

Government Departments
Ministry Of Pensions (North Stafford And South Cheshire) (item number 1) (id f45037e3-ce8b-4542-a791-aa0d7e6f79ed)
Requisitioned Hotels, Hereford (item number 1) (id c47f6b8c-3610-4695-b4f7-8ead2045f533)
Bricks (item number 1) (id 84d1ec67-253c-43b0-84c7-501e30666bdf)
Ministry Of Information (Regional Administration) (item number 1) (id e920c606-5ac3-45a7-9de1-777722172721)
Ministry Of Food (Staff, Wales) (item number 1) (id 3b251b15-aa50-4600-84a5-38c898b37af6)
Naval And Military Pensions And Grants (item number 1) (id 19d33036-743c-4a7b-963f-2770285373f0)
Drury Lane Fund (item number 1) (id cc5ce6ca-d0ff-4f2d-bac5-8bd17748f9c9)
Women Police (item number 1) (id 9c3e1912-1826-4145-8942-a977be8e17d2)

Royal Parks
Water Fowl (Cost Of Feeding) (item number 1) (id fa397c55-6aca-47a6-9284-7ff8611c728a)
Food Production (item number 1) (id bf1618cb-0ef2-48ae-b2a4-a4d4fa58dea4)

Royal Air Force
Building Contracts (item number 1) (id 9f931e73-aa3c-4c98-a7c7-6acc50061f40)
Camps And Hutments (Architects) (item number 1) (id 60e8fc85-5c1d-4ec7-a565-ae4c5892b3e1)
Bristol Channel Towns (item number 1) (id 1a170e66-62b1-48cf-8237-1c1e96d6e1f6)
Requisitioned Land (item number 1) (id ca51cd57-8f74-4b87-901d-8b4254792dfc)
Public Assistance (Relief Scales) (item number 1) (id d8f7cc06-2412-478e-976a-1dbed70ddee7)

Unemployment
Sack And Bag Industry (item number 1) (id fe49e075-1824-430c-9bb8-6e61a43a480c)
Benefit, Seaham (Life Assurance Information) (item number 1) (id 5fd6270b-e127-434d-82f3-c2fc7db2e0e3)
Military Service (Conscientious Objectors) (item number 1) (id 52c8c676-607a-4dce-84a8-033a241e8803)
Commodity Prices (item number 1) (id ee38010c-8555-40fd-9ce7-f3906d9bc2ab)

Coal Industry
Domestic Supplies (item number 1) (id ca260d0e-2b1c-4c15-bcd4-b3e949263e0f)
Output (Statistics) (item number 1) (id 6377b6ef-320a-42dc-943d-18bbc497a38a)
Museums And Art Galleries (Reopening) (item number 1) (id 75bcf5a6-a8ab-43a6-a639-75d3f27ed72b)

British Army
Recruiters (Pay) (item number 1) (id 364b437a-3fa5-4459-991f-81888c48c1d2)
Dependants Extra Allowances, London Area (item number 1) (id 7a955ba6-71fe-44d2-b52c-98bc99378f3c)
Sick Leave (Pay And Ration Money) (item number 1) (id db2fc37f-4806-44a1-b817-84f189f72349)
Denmark (British Milled Offals) (item number 1) (id 92b36497-de3f-4585-9d6a-aa257f685596)

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