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Commons Hansard for 18 April 1940 (Volume 359)

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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 155c21fc-8240-44e9-9b60-2142ad7a740d)
Private Business (item number 2) (id 3c4d9cdc-8383-4783-bc26-fcff4441bb90)

Oral Answers To Questions
View all Oral Answers To Questions

Unemployment
Benefit (item number 1) (id 8fcc6cfb-d901-441c-8ec6-1db75be9c323)
Ships' Painters (item number 1) (id 55dbcea7-ddb2-444f-8a66-e1f7334f9840)
Part-Time Women Workers (Maryhill) (item number 1) (id f74c180b-2cf3-4278-8449-419b7f9e42e0)
Training Centres (item number 1) (id 70dc2b48-3e7c-4fce-b02a-784c96a50984)

Military Service
Conscientious Objectors (item number 1) (id 7ae47068-f41e-44fb-a2a6-53ff4ed2d91a)
One-Man Businesses (item number 1) (id 2ccd665d-66ca-48d5-986f-79b173e5a74a)
Cost-Of-Living Index (item number 1) (id 828b70cb-d010-44cd-b38e-8595b82d5341)

Civil Defence
Evacuation (Children) (item number 1) (id 9335be01-c766-403a-a355-92da18672880)
Camouflage (item number 1) (id d0dac1c5-e170-48bd-b046-ca0ee03180d8)
Shelters (Falkirk And District) (item number 1) (id cf947bf2-c0a4-4d30-b828-7dff1f6380cb)
Sick Pay Scheme (item number 1) (id 998de854-044b-4b2e-8f55-3a9474681fcc)
Education Authorities' Expenditure (item number 1) (id e3b5f611-ae39-474f-af3a-6e045f04665b)
Munition Workers (Health) (item number 1) (id 9482671d-4cc3-4614-8d76-8b2c0ad63927)
Air Raid Wardens (Refund Of Pay) (item number 1) (id a96190c2-61f2-4def-a731-35d579408b76)
Housing (Post-War Planning) (item number 1) (id 3da7f907-6038-42c0-aa8a-b4ab0888f938)
Tuberculosis (Wales And Monmouthshire) (item number 1) (id 7afdaddd-db8d-4193-aa04-6861d609597f)
Public Assistance (Invalids' Rent) (item number 1) (id a9f7c538-aada-4662-b132-e2991dd0d12b)
Welsh Board Of Health (item number 1) (id 73aca007-36c8-47e5-b156-38802bd355c4)
Naval And Military Pensions And Grants (item number 1) (id ac15b791-d653-49f9-becc-2b51b111429f)
India (Political Situation) (item number 1) (id 6e8d9cf0-d0d1-48fd-b43e-f07bad6a6e34)
Factories (Chief Inspector's Report) (item number 1) (id 619ab031-9cc3-4612-ac1d-98983e951b7e)
Truck Acts (Government Proposals) (item number 1) (id 5e9e0d45-11be-4668-a415-a8215607927f)
South Eastern Europe (Situation) (item number 1) (id 662ce111-c009-4a7e-ac16-b68b7cfcb9d5)
Germans (Designation) (item number 1) (id e436329e-b1e6-4f7d-b361-ff7de4b38c59)

Agriculture
Food Production (item number 1) (id 97627e2c-4b7b-4959-ac75-cdcd57bf6083)
Grassland Ploughing (item number 1) (id 28ae3f30-f31d-435f-86e5-a969a1d677ed)
Farm-Workers (Release From The Army) (item number 1) (id 0ac12cdd-b74c-4a83-98c8-c3d362b28911)
Allotments (item number 1) (id b7009ad7-f80b-4e46-83ad-0d10755ab5bb)
Poultry (Production) (item number 1) (id 74161be7-946d-4364-963d-36082af192a7)
Waste Materials (Utilisation) (item number 1) (id 07d30ba6-a7c8-44bd-80af-4ed61b4ad18a)
Rooks (item number 1) (id 0d901065-b488-4693-b568-f799a9594b95)
Aliens (Regional Advisory Committee) (item number 1) (id 5fa69bdc-ac09-49a6-a9a4-21179360fbb0)
Workmen's Compensation Bill (item number 1) (id 25ff50c0-6cce-47c2-b36b-0633528ea695)
Government Factories (Workers' Conditions) (item number 1) (id 64722c78-3508-4d52-8a39-0e4f4894fc86)
Juvenile Delinquency (item number 1) (id 859f6b1b-82a4-4a29-9b2f-e44e8919a6e9)

Education
Public Schools (item number 1) (id 33610825-6117-49ea-9fa6-2696f6736d08)
Elementary Schools, Worthing (Air-Raid Shelter) (item number 1) (id 712a3519-fc02-407e-95c6-398e49a6d41a)
Charitable Trusts (Tax Remission) (item number 1) (id 0ddd3f06-d674-4451-9b5f-8d59e1c9ac15)
State Pensions (item number 1) (id 4755aa72-9447-4b9e-a1e2-1a57f451b051)
Consular Officers (Central America) (item number 1) (id 541aadda-d6c4-494f-bdd9-7201612f4734)

Scotland
Day Nurseries, Glasgow (item number 1) (id dfa13848-c8ce-4d98-bda8-7203fdbad7ad)
Land Workers (item number 1) (id b5e4b90a-2751-450c-84fc-0244c0ae4367)
Price Regulation (item number 1) (id 41b7d81b-638e-482e-841d-9c4bdc54632c)
Economic Warfare (Neutral Countries' Stocks) (item number 1) (id 128c1bb7-b7da-4596-8218-2c0284fc804b)

Ministry Of Information
Publications (Export Permits) (item number 1) (id 9cb1c742-83c0-4383-9a58-fc9ea3d3989a)
German Legation, Eire (item number 1) (id 7889eeeb-8d98-463d-a5cd-7f2ede8f7633)

Ministry Of Supply
Timber (item number 1) (id d51e74ca-0c48-4dc6-a424-fe13a0a12df0)
Contracts (Fair Wages Clause) (item number 1) (id dad119c7-11c4-4e00-a0a0-87ee18f6e0f3)
Business Of The House (item number 4) (id 336eebf4-39ac-45eb-8801-fb791986a9b7)
New Members Sworn (item number 5) (id 718a8378-f3be-48cb-be35-c1e302bdab87)
Bill Presented (item number 6) (id 27019eb4-ae6a-49ef-8fca-777ca2cccc24)
Workmen's Compensation (Supplementary Allowances) Bill (item number 7) (id 430a628d-1ef3-4233-ad34-dedda45085ff)

Bill Reported
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Birmingham Corporation Bill (item number 1) (id d054d1fd-8e22-46d4-8dcb-f5d0177b0840)
National Expenditure (item number 1) (id 750cb8d2-d085-4baa-9d7a-cfa6472b7ee8)
Government Of India Act, 1935 (Proclamations Under Section 93) (item number 9) (id 52e08511-7bf1-4121-9486-0b59a0a2faa5)
Adjournment (item number 10) (id 4ff76f6f-9329-4d98-8e9e-d96d619922b2)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers (item number 1) (id 12a922c7-1a42-48d0-bcdd-0503eb09b44d)
Brazil (British-Owned Securities) (item number 2) (id 1c7bb787-869b-4fa8-b1a1-a8bc272e8da8)
Estate Duty (Bequests For Research) (item number 3) (id 9ce667cc-29a6-486f-8449-98e419f2366b)

Government Departments
Evacuation (item number 1) (id 894200d5-6283-4e1c-970b-7e934c636394)
Economy (Printing And Stationery) (item number 1) (id 7d7d43b3-a379-4904-a1f6-be9a4ff9b994)
Ministry Of Health (Mesenger's Pay') (item number 1) (id d21ee657-9151-4f18-92c6-522674526b85)
Ministry Of Food (item number 1) (id 2a886efd-38e0-4fab-99f1-9f6f56978ac6)
Ministry Of Agriculture (item number 1) (id f4256108-92c0-4c9a-b898-13ec77e1de5f)
Employment (Post-War Situation) (item number 1) (id ed09ef87-0b55-4a12-be2a-421b9a313b86)
Documents On Oath (Armed Forces) (item number 1) (id 5eaecf21-b09d-4e48-80aa-355e97bdabb5)
Naval And Military Pensions And Grants (item number 1) (id 66a6bff0-b301-474f-bef3-c78cb98de259)
Foodstuffs (Importation) (item number 1) (id 0985020d-3b80-4d1c-9d9b-5e011c1dae27)
Old Age Pensions (item number 1) (id 2329c7ea-0a1a-401c-bd7e-d4dd525b5a2f)

Housing
Loans (Restrictions) (item number 1) (id 03e6b4a8-2d34-4848-9c80-6a33c6cea78d)
Southwark (item number 1) (id 3ba4db8d-2b5c-4bd4-bee8-54ae51520e27)
Rents, Gloucester (item number 1) (id dda0c002-0a25-4528-b42a-612e53efd87b)
National Health Insurance (item number 1) (id ef8b9f84-fc86-47c3-aa85-027adc48af63)
Mortality Statistics (item number 1) (id 77344119-2820-4264-90b5-10e3d93204d6)

British Army
Mechanised Transport Corps For Women (item number 1) (id d207780e-39cd-426d-999a-56c2f93e8283)
Commissions (Conscientious Objectors) (item number 1) (id 709a3f2d-9ead-4091-afcb-1be0211a4353)
Leave (Travelling Facilities) (item number 1) (id f5941f84-dd2f-4f36-9b5d-c43323cae58b)
Officers (Substantive Rank) (item number 1) (id c47d49c5-e42c-43f4-8f70-974ed0027cd9)
Prohibited Area (Scotland) (item number 1) (id 46fb49eb-d62c-4448-b071-0f00c6a030cd)
Medical Officers (Duties) (item number 1) (id c1eb4e0c-7042-4a27-b09e-48f47f89c472)
Officers' Allowances (Southern Command) (item number 1) (id 1c53a881-2fcf-4282-ad7a-9c100dee68b6)
Leave (Special Reasons) (item number 1) (id 1a85a5e3-8181-49d1-a792-470efc6127c1)
War Office Contracts (item number 1) (id fb5973fa-bc60-46d9-8a41-4f107a7b95dd)

Civil Defence
Voluntary Workers (Compensation) (item number 1) (id 023b2c94-85e5-45ae-8ca5-6800c23c09ef)
Air-Raid Shelters (item number 1) (id 9a70acae-27e9-4db8-bced-81f0ac7a5fbc)
Black-Out (item number 1) (id 786e5d25-8483-4190-9c9b-926144a7acac)
Clinics (Temporary Occupation) (item number 1) (id 4d7b4e40-39ec-4f82-998a-7d1d41933840)
Emergency Medical Service (item number 1) (id b296e5e4-b640-4bce-ad42-c43c78198d5f)
Evacuation (Children) (item number 1) (id 3d15174d-1919-45d7-a5bc-097e7c84bdf7)
Emergency Committees (Funds) (item number 1) (id aa06461e-cb74-4fcd-80c4-1d648cd1a7c4)
Medical Service (Co-Ordinating Committees) (item number 1) (id 27e026ed-59af-46bf-8486-c3ba5df44102)
Truck Acts (item number 1) (id 346e3b7d-0d03-4eaa-bced-3c1da5592259)
Wood Pigeons (Protection) (item number 1) (id 8e178f34-15fb-4a66-8b98-fc7e82581e34)
Crime (Statistics) (item number 1) (id bbe7b249-ea4f-4321-ab72-fc2836ec4247)
Taxi-Cabs, London (Petrol) (item number 1) (id 128645d0-7e95-4c51-afc6-18f03f2065d9)
Coal (Exports To Italy) (item number 1) (id 6c3e97bb-6975-41aa-9266-8d58df157f8e)

Ministry Of Supply
Slates (item number 1) (id fa9cfc17-1ed3-4717-80f1-888360e15f1b)
Chemical Works (Site) (item number 1) (id 85f2a1c8-7e74-4ae4-b710-6b8fb35bdd47)

Royal Navy
Dockyard Workers (Pay) (item number 1) (id e4fa4bd8-7153-46d9-ab42-dcb20852629a)
His Majesty's Ship "Hardy" (item number 1) (id c1ad7ab0-3f29-456a-9864-e3c1d05b1958)
Government Publicity (Cost) (item number 1) (id d47d8c61-4782-4ca4-bc93-178e7287b3f8)
Agricultural Tractors (Driving Licences) (item number 1) (id fe801480-e915-4e9d-9681-95f9472ba24a)

Unemployment
Benefit (Waiting Period) (item number 1) (id f7bb8442-add9-4a43-9fba-f1bd63d086c8)
South Shields (item number 1) (id ea84c85b-c5d3-4e9c-86ac-c612485c682f)
Nurses (item number 1) (id 4d9d35f3-1b48-4f16-9bd0-78dad2395b9c)
Central Register (item number 1) (id ab7f189d-9a48-4031-af05-8e128458af4f)
Architects And Surveyors (Employment) (item number 1) (id da8ce124-597f-4302-a76b-3200ce62db7e)
Chemical Factory (Stoppage) (item number 1) (id 9ffcfa0a-fcca-43d7-bf01-6f04ae9bb6e2)

Military Service
Farm Workers And Timber Fellers (item number 1) (id c5ce62ad-49c5-4a51-949b-542fa771b593)
Exemption Applications (Legal Representation) (item number 1) (id 9d17ad0a-df2c-4c25-87e1-f62e4200a45f)
Land Workers (Notice) (item number 1) (id 376b2fc3-eaa4-4b9e-a3ca-bf85586c1049)
Industrial Health (Holidays) (item number 1) (id db1186bd-bc4c-434d-8375-13fcffde8e8f)

Education
Grants (item number 1) (id faa9aeed-d91f-43a3-a86a-53319e0e42b2)
Schools, Rochester (Reopening) (item number 1) (id 460f9278-3a52-47e6-a782-5a559484c2ab)
Training College Students (Military Service) (item number 1) (id ecd0726f-ef34-4e73-ba20-ea9e1fd22d7d)
African Populations (War Information) (item number 1) (id 4c9eacaa-e115-4433-8c2a-829c2c741fcc)
Japan (British Shipping) (item number 1) (id 80f3a134-c80d-4959-a2d8-0040ffa2172c)
Committee For Economic Peace (item number 1) (id 78a25a9f-3476-4448-937e-49b3e8090273)
Netherlands East Indies (item number 1) (id a31ee803-08f2-4a34-ae21-df2651660b02)
China (British Trade) (item number 1) (id c9a9a71b-bfee-4944-8d90-b12475169af2)
Denmark (British Subjects) (item number 1) (id 62fc27f9-2496-4777-aacb-74400c2d705f)
Far East (United States Policy) (item number 1) (id 76e24e4a-afef-4331-982f-742b321ea791)
Armed Forces (United States Citizens) (item number 1) (id 0c100af6-77ba-42a5-849b-075fb575469a)

Agriculture
Straw (Feeding Value) (item number 1) (id b6b333f8-eebd-4954-8ca6-2b6a1108f277)
Milk (Statistics) (item number 1) (id e38a2754-4c85-4c45-a286-c93ddcfe4bc6)
Lime And Basic Slag (item number 1) (id 274dcdac-f223-4975-8db2-44f9bbfd64ee)
Tractors (Rawreth, Essex) (item number 1) (id 37e42156-e97c-47ac-9ab8-fa8071496313)
Scotch Whisky (Supplies) (item number 1) (id 353c66bc-a333-42d7-954a-f82c8db9f472)

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