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Commons Hansard for 2 May 1940 (Volume 360)
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11 May 2018 at 2.01pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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New Writ
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Private Business
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Excelsior Philanthropic Society
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Licensed Premises, London (Exemption Orders)
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Munition Works And Dumps (Protection)
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Personnel (Birmingham)
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Voluntary Recruitment
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Air-Raid And Fire Service Personnel (Military Service)
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Street Obstructions (Lighting)
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Factory Inspectorate
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Subversive Propaganda
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Mr H G Cornish-Bowden
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Aliens
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Mr Charles Max Sabritz
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Industrial Accidents
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Education
Private Schools (Inspection)
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Necessitous Children
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Evacuation Areas
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Service Of Youth
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Voluntary Hospitals (Rating)
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Waste Material (Salvage)
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Ministers And Military Service
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Agriculture
Land Drainage
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Cereal Crops Output
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Wheat Subsidy Payments
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Rats (Extermination)
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Armed Forces (Dependants, Medical Treatment)
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Widows' Pensions
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Civilian War Injuries (Compensation)
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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India (Constitution)
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Post Office Workers (Cost Of Living)
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Non-Ferrous Metals (Empire Producers)
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Scottish Teachers' War Service (Civil Pay)
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Munition Workers' Holidays
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Great Britain And Russia (Trade)
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Bills Reported
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Brighton Marine Palace And Pier Bill Lords
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London County Council (General Powers) Bill Lords
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Northallerton Urban District Council Bill Lords
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Christchurch Corporation Bill
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Orders Of The Day
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Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Scotland) Bill
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Clause 1 (Power Of Board To Direct Reconsideration Of Minimum Rates)
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Clause 2—(Appointed Members Of Board)
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Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 To 1934
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Publications And Debates Reports
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Kitchen And Refreshment Rooms (House Of Commons)
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Government Contracts (Major Reid-Kellett)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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National Finance
Superannuation Funds (Income Tax)
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Postage Rates (Overseas Forces)
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Tobacco Duty (Armed Forces)
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Receipt Stamp Duty
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Trade And Commerce
Imports (Returns)
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Wood Pulp
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Eire (London Discussions)
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Housing (Borrowfield, Glasgow)
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Unemployment
Analytical Return
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Greenock
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Durham County
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Juvenile Advisory Committees
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Allowances (Statistics)
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Pontardawe
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Women Labour (Training)
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Military Service
Coal Trade Employés
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Conscientious Objectors
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Eire Citizens In Great Britain
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Unfit Men
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Case For Inquiry
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Reserved Occupations
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Hardship Committees
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British Army
Women Auxiliaries (Health Services)
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Scientific And Technical Qualifications
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Free Railway Travel
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False News (Dissemination)
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North-Western Expeditionary Force (Casualty Lists)
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German Prisoners Of War
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Civil Defence
Evacuees (Postage Rates)
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Air-Raid Precautions (Unpaid Volunteers)
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Aliens (Protected Areas)
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Subsidies From Neutral States
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Factories (Ventilation)
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London University (Evacuation)
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Children (Evacuation)
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Electoral Redistribution
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Breach Of Probation
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Police (Press Photographs)
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Steel Industry (Sir William Firth)
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Armed Forces (Complaints)
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International Post-War Co-Operation
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Food Supplies
Prices
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Flour
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Norwegian Civil Population
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Feeding-Stuffs
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Sugar
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Courts Of Law (Cause Lists)
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Education (Free Milk And Meals, Durham County)
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Housing (Portable Dwellings)
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Economic Warfare (Swisscopper Imports)
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Agriculture
Rats (Extermination)
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Labour Supply
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Income Tax (Directors' Fees)
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Rampton State Institution
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