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Commons Hansard for 8 August 1940 (Volume 364)
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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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New Writ
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Employment Exchange, Rishton
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National War Effort
Transferred Workers
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Central Register
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Remuneration
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Women Labour
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Wages
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Interness (Release)
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British Workers (Alien Birth)
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Unemployed
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Skilled Workers (Training)
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Special Areas Commissioner
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Local Authorities
Staffs (Stoppage Of Hollidays)
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Grants
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Paddington Borough Council
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Housing (Statistics)
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Housing (Repairs)
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Jersey Modern School
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Channel Islands (Refugees)
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Armed Forces (Hospital Patients)
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His Majesty's Ship "Duchess" (Lieutenant's Widow)
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India (Constitution)
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Civil Defence
Regulation 39B (Revision Of Penalties)
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Interness
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Treating
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Special Constables (Licensed Victuallers)
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Amazons' Defence Corps
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Glass (Protection)
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Regional Commissioners
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Air Raids
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Pamphlet (" No Munich In The Pacific")
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Gas Masks
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Home Defence (Security) Executive
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Secret Sessions
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Agriculture
Seeds
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Grain (Prices)
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Potatoes (Prices)
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Women Workers
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Detention Of A Member (Advisory Committee)
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Internees (Dominions)
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Questions To Ministers
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Armed Forces (Increase Of Pay)
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Personal Explanation
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Business Of The House (Summer Recess)
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Adjournment
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Orders Of The Day
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Finance (No 2) Bill
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Clause 5—(Entertainments)
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Royal Assent
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Finance Bill
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Clause 5—(Entertainments)
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Clause 11—(Assessment And Collection Of Tax Under Schedule E)
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Clause 12—(Disallowance Of Certain Payments In Respect Of War Risks)
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Clause 13—(Special Provisions As To Mines, Oil Wells, Etc)
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Clause 18—(Charge And Commencement Of Purchase Tax)
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Clause 19—(Chargeable Goods And Rate Of Purchase Tax)
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Clause 20—(Orders As To Purchase Tax)
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Clause 22—(Person Accountable For, And Accruer Of, Tax)
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Clause 27—(Sums Charged By Reference To Tax To Be Stated In Invoices, Etc)
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New Clause—(Exemption For Local Authorities)
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New Clause—(Exemption For Hospitals)
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New Clause—(Exemptions For Registered War Charities)
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Written Answers
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Written Answers
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Civil Defence
Internees
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Railwats (Lights)
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Air Raids (Civilian Casualties)
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Regulation 39B (Revision Of Penalties)
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Air-Raid Precautions (Materials)
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Shelters, Warrington (Grant)
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Fire Engines (Headlamp Masks)
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Motor Vehicles (Immobilisation)
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Local Observer Corps, Shrewsbury (Resignation)
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Bomb Explosions (Hard Surfaces)
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Gas Masks
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Fireworks (Seizure)
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Women's Voluntary Services
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Schools (Shelters)
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Nursing Service
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Emergency Medical Service
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Military Service (Unemployed Men, Calling-Up)
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Employment (County Durham)
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Channel Islands
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Gibraltar Refugees (Accommodation)
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Japan (British Subjects, Detention)
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Great Britain And Russia (Trade Negotiations)
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War (German Statements)
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China, War Material (Anglo-Japanese Agreement)
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British Army
Home Guard
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Malta (Mail Service)
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Auxiliary Territorial Service
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Hospital, Shotley Bridge, Durham
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Food (Waste Prevention)
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Agriculture
Hop-Pickers (Defence Areas)
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Prices
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Seed Production
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Grassland Ploughing
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Livestock Breeding
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Transport
Workers' Facilities (Wigan)
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Lorry Accident, Golborne
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Evacuated Children (Parents' Visits)
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Postal Traffic (Volume)
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Government Departments
Post Office (War Service)
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Ministry Of Information
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Home Office
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Paper Supplies
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Aliens
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Northern Ireland (Exit Permits)
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Bottle Parties
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Recreation (War-Time Facilities)
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Ministry Of Information
Defence Areas (Notifications)
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Empire Broadcasting Services
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"Silent Column" Advertisements
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Northern Ireland (Censorship)
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Broadcasts (United States)
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National Finance
Travel Facilities (Armed Forces)
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Purchase Tax (Newspapers)
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Beer (Specific Gravity)
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Income Tax (Bankruptcies)
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Entertainments Duty
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Education
Evacuation Areas
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School Attendance (London)
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Teachers (Conscientious Objectors)
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Food Policy (Committee)
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Food Supplies
National Milk Scheme
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Bread
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Vegetables
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Tea And Sugar (Red Cross Workers)
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Saccharine (Diabetics)
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Ministry Of Supply
Waste Material (Salvage)
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Flax Shortage
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Clothing (Northern Ireland Manufacturers)
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Exit Permits (Exchange Control)
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Estate Duty (Enemy-Occupied Territory)
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Defence Areas (Trade Losses)
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Antiques And Works Of Art (Sales, United States)
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Old Age Pensions
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