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Commons Hansard for 31 July 1940 (Volume 363)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
11 May 2018 at 2.58pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Austrians
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Anglo-Japanese Agreement (Burma)
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Aircraft Production
Aluminium (Controller)
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Used Aeroplanes (Sale Abroad)
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Member's Services
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Armed Forces (Railway Dining Cars, Tips)
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Ministry Of Information
British Broadcasting Corporation (French Broadcasts)
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Postal And Telegraph Censorship
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Newspaper Articles (Women Censors)
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War-Time Social Survey
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British Prisoners Of War
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Local Administrators (Photographs)
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Steamship "Lancastria (News Of Sinking)
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Overseas Publicity
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Telegraphic Communication, Unoccupied France
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Civil Defence
Air-Raid Precautions (Chief Engineer)
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Prosecutions (Review)
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Internees
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Friendly Society Members (Death On War Service)
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Food Supplies
National Milk Scheme
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Fruit (Prices)
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Potato Meal
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Meat Deliveries (Butchers' Charges)
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Local Food Offices (Staff Appointments)
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White Bread (Vitamin B1)
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Butter, Tea And Bacon (Consumption)
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Tea Rationing (Announcement)
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Diabetics (Supplementary Butter And Margarine Rations)
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Message From The Lords
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Emergency Powers (Defence) No 2 Bill
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Customs And Excise
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Beer (Excise)
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Beer (Customs)
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Wines (Customs)
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Sweets (Excise)
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Tobacco (Customs)
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Tobacco (Excise)
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Tobacco (Drawback)
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Entertainments (Excise)
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Income Tax
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Standard Rate Of Income Tax For 1940–41
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Higher Rates Of Income Tax For 1939–40
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Alteration Of Certain Reliefs
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Assessment And Collection Of Income Tax Under Schedule E
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Life Insurance
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Payments In Respect Of War Risks Indemnification
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Miscellaneous
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Purchase Tax
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Rates Of Estate Duty
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Excesss Profits Tax
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Tobacco (Customs)
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Entertainments Duty
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Income Tax
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Purchase Tax
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Report 25Th July
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National Defence Contributions
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Finance (No 2) Bill
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Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939
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Channel Islands
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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Mails (Near East)
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National Finance
Post Office Pensions
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Driving Licences
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Treachery Act
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Hong Kong (Evacuation)
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Ministry Of Supply
Hyganic, Limited
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Wire Netting
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Newspapers (Unsold Copies)
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Railway Workshops
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Scrap Metal
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Waste Material (Salvage)
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Wool Clip
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Government Trainees (Northern Ireland)
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Royal Air Force (Bombing Range, New Forest)
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