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Commons Hansard for 7 May 1940 (Volume 360)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
11 May 2018 at 2.02pm.
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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Newcastle-Upon-Tyne And Gateshead Gas Bill
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Northallerton Urban District Council Bill Lords
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Commercial Gas Bill Lords (By Order)
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Provisional Order Bills (No Standing Orders Applicable)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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War Department Factories (Welfare Work)
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British Army
Auxiliary Territorial Service
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Conscientious Objectors (Officers)
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Near East Forces (Visits Of Wives Of Personnel)
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Dependants' Allowances
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Patrol Dogs
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Palestine Forces
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Saving Schemes
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Pioneer Corps
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Pay
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North-Western Expeditionary Force
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Soldier's Death (Signalman Kerr)
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Officers (War Substantive Rank)
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Canvas Camps
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Soldiers' Leave
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Special Campaign Pensions
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Golfer Riflemen
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German Invasion Of Denmark
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Scotland
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Housing
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Day Nurseries, Glasgow
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Coal Industry
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Oil Extraction
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Production Council
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Coal Reserves
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Trade And Commerce
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Great Britain And Eire
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Exports (Foreign Payments)
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Private Companies' Accounts (Publication)
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Export Credits
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Government-Owned Commodities (Insurance)
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Allied War Effort (Co-Operation)
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Engineering Industry (Women Workers)
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Secret Session
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Agriculture (War Measures)
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Ministers Of The Crown (Military Service)
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National Finance
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Income Tax Personal Allowance (Refunds)
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Co-Operative Factories (Taxation Of Profits)
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Monetary Policy
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Treasury Bills
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Limitation Of Dividends (Bonus Shares)
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Cosmetics, Bicycles And Restaurant Meals (Taxation)
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Local Authorities (Repayment Of Debts)
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Postage Rates (Overseas Forces)
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Paper Economy
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Armed Forces (Travel Facilities)
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Film "Gone With The Wind"
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Allies And Danish Shipping
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Switzerland (Imports From The Argentine)
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Afforestation
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Aircraft Production (Welfare Work)
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Civil Defence Technical Experts
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Communist Propaganda
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Motoring Offences (Penalties)
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Port Of Liverpool (Black-Out Accidents)
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Education (French Culture And Language)
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Standing Orders
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National Expenditure
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Wey Valley Water Bill
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Orders Of The Day
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Supply
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6Th Allotted Day
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House Of Commons
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Conduct Of The War
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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British Army
Provisions And Stores (Safeguarding)
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Vaccination And Inoculation
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Navy, Army And Air Force Institutes (Prices)
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Officers (War Substantive Rank)
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Cruise Visor
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North-Western Expeditionary Force (Equipment)
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Grade Iv Clerkship (Application)
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Coal Industry
Coal Act, 1938 (Valuation)
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South And South-Western Counties
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Self-Propelled Vehicles
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Medical Benefit (Armed Forces' Dependants)
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National Health Insurance
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State Medical Service
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Medical Committee, Kent
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Old Age Pensions
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Agriculture
Linseed
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Sugar-Beet
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Poultry Population
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Refugees
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Prisons, Borstal Institutions, Etc (Costs)
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Civil Service Pensions
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British Coinage (Threepenny Pieces)
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National Finance
Taxation Statistics
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Tobacco Duty (Armed Forces)
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Non-Essential Expenditure
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Eastbank Secondary School, Glasgow
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Post Office
Finland (Postal Service)
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Temporary Manipulative Employés
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Telephone Directories
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Clacton-On-Sea Air-Raid Damage (Compensation)
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Ministry Of Supply
Transference
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Scrap Metal
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Central Register
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Government Factories (Age Of Employment)
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Finished Steel Imports
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Transference
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Disabled Ex-Service Men
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Military Service (Conscientious Objectors)
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German Propaganda (British Army's Food)
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Railway Service (London And Leeds)
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West Indies (Sugar Industry)
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Ceylon (Metal Toys)
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Printed Documents (Circulation)
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Food Prices
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