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Commons Hansard for 15 August 1940 (Volume 364)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
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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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Untitled Debate
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Unemployment
Statistics
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Foreign Artistes (Permits)
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Miners
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Dockers And Stevedores, Southampton
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Industrial Agreements (Trade Unions)
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London Passenger Transport Board (Working Conditions, Kilburn Park)
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National War Effort
Workers' Earnings (Government Contracts)
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Trade Union Cards
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Morris Cowley Works, Oxford
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Canteen Workers (Training)
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Engineers
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Women Workers, London
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Conscientious Objectors
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Messrs Follands, Hamble (Employe)
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Education
Evacuated Children (Communal Meals)
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Teachers (War Bonus)
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Staffs (Head Teachers' Reports)
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Lowestoft (Loan Facilities)
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Civil Defence
Evacuated Children (Parents' Visits)
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Billeting
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Surgical Mobile Units
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Billeting Allowance
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Internment Camps
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Internees
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Anti-Nazi Refugees
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Direction Signs (Removal)
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Exit Permits
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Shelters
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Emergency Reports (Chief Constables)
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Air-Raid Warnings
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Enemy Aliens
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Books
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Coal Supplies (Old Age Pensioners)
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Old Age Pensions
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Red Hill Hospital, Edgware
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Medical Officers And Sani- Tary Inspectors (Salaries)
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Armed Forces Pensions And Grants
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Swinton Committee
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Agriculture
County War Agricultural Executive Committees
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Rabbits
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Sheep
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Fertilisers
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Seeds
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India (Volunteer Organisations)
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Burma (Dr U Ba Maw, Arrest)
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Motor Speed Limit
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Byssinosis
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Channel Islands
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Somaliland Operations
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Business Of The House (Summer Recess)
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Message From The Lords
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Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) (No 2) Bill
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Allied Forces Bill Lords
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Orders Of The Day
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Finance (No 2) Bill
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New Clause—(Exemption For Voluntary Hospitals)
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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 20—(Orders As To Purchase Tax)
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Seventh Schedule—(Purchase Tax (Chargeable Goods))
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Isle Of Man (Customs) Bill
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Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932
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Requisitioned Motor Omni- Buses, Northern Command
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Written Answers
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Written Answers
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British Army
Requisitioned Property (Compensation)
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Retired Medical Officers (Pay)
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Administration
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Vocational Training
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Home Guard
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Technical And Scientific Personnel
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Field Marshals (Emoluments)
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Movement Control
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Arrests
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Jam Supplies
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Czech Nationals
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Government Departments
Conscientious Objectors (Board Of Education)
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Factory Inspectorate
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Ministry Of Labour
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Employment Exchange Building, Hornchurch
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Experiments On Living Animals (Return)
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Civil Defence
Internees
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Horses
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Organisation (Beddington And Wallington)
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Volunteer (Injury, Compensation)
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Emergency Medical Service
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Evacuation
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Refugees
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Defence Regulation 39B
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Seaman's Detention, Grangemouth
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Air-Raid Casualties
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Arp Personnel, Maryhill, Glasgow
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Detentions (Regulation 18B)
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Women Police
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National Finance
Customs And Excise Duties
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War Bonds
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Exit Permits (Money Facilities)
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Evacuated Areas (Bank Overdrafts)
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Polish Government (Italy And Russia)
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China (Red Cross Supplies)
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Pamphlets (Absence Of Imprint)
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Food Supplies
Cheese
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Communal Feeding
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Flour (Wheat Grain)
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Plums
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Armed Forces (Fresh Agricultural Produce)
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Eggs
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Potato Meal
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Milk
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Stocks (Storage)
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Old Age Pensions
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Local Authorities (Staffs)
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Mineworkers, Lingdale (Accommodation)
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National War Effort
Central Register
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Voluntary Workers
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Special Qualifications
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Miners, Durham County (Munitions Work)
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Hosiery Factory, Mansfield (Holiday Notice)
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Application, Perth
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Bottle Parties
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Fire, St Katherine's Wharf, London
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Barking Power Station (Dismissals)
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Exit Permits
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War Neuroses (Treatment)
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Ministry Of Information
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Literature, Circulation (Clergy)
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Burma (Aliens)
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