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Commons Hansard for 23 April 1940 (Volume 360)

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Commons Chamber

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

House Of Commons

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Private Business

Oral Answers To Questions

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Waiting Ships, South Wales Ports

Fuel Overseer, Hornchurch

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (Sales, Japan)

Trade And Commerce

Small Shopkeepers

South-Eastern Europe

Export Credits Guarantee Scheme

Ballykinlar Camp, County Down (Raid)

Dependants' Allowances

Tobacco And Cigarettes (Expeditionary Forces)

Quartermasters

Norwegians And Danes (Enlistment)

Enemy Parachute Landings

Hutments (Wireless Sets)

Commands

Social Gatherings

Recreation Ground, West Lothian

Education Scheme

Casualties (Communications To Relatives)

Printed Acknowledgments

Expeditionary Force (Scottish Banknotes)

Jute Tenters And Under-Tenters

Ordnance Depot, Kinnegar (Labourers' Wages)

Palestine (Parcels)

Auxiliary Territorial Service

Scotland

Allotments

Highlands (Sheep Rearing)

War Charities

Housing

National War Effort

Non-Trading Corporations (Taxation)

Northern Ireland (Imperial Contributions)

Charitable Trusts (Tax Remission)

Bonus Shares

Currency (Metric System)

Local Authorities (Loans)

Government Orders And Regulations (Publication)

Planet Properties Company

Education (Facilities, Liverpool)

Food Supplies (Eggs)

Aliens

Cyprus (Companies, Registration)

Unemployment, Croydon (Government Contracts)

Building Societies (Mortgage Interest)

Business Of The House

Financial Statement (1940–41)

Message From The Lords

Orders Of The Day

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Ways And Means

Financial Statement

Expenditure And Revenue, 1939–40

National Debt

Estimated Expenditure, 1940–41

Estimated Revenue, 1940–I

Public Companies (Limitation Of Dividends)

Mechanical Lighters (Customs)

Mechanical Lighters (Excise)

Drawback Of Duties Under Safeguarding Of Industries Act, 1921

Fees And Penalties In Connection With Leave Permits For Mechanically Propelled Vehicles

Income Tax

Higher Rates Of Income Tax For 1939–40

Taxation Of Income From Foreign Possessions

Rents And Annual Payments

Income Tax On Dividends Paid Without Full Deduction Of Tax

Treatment Of Securities The Income Wherefrom Is Exempt From Tax In Certain Cases

Wear And Tear Of Leased Machinery And Plant

Double Claims For Children Relief

Amendment Of S Ii Of Finance (No 2) Act, 1939

Amendments Consequential On Provisions As To Excess Profits Tax On Interconnected Companies

Miscellaneous

National Defence Contribution

Estate Duty (Amendments As To Various Matters)

Estate Duty (Certain Companies)

Power To Borrow For Certain Financial Purposes

Purchase Tax

Amendment Of Law

Railway Rates And Fares (Increase)

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