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Commons Hansard for 20 August 1940 (Volume 364)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
11 May 2018 at 3.13pm.
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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British Army
Home Guard
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Business Advisory Committee
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Rations (Plums)
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Junior Officers (Pay And Allowances)
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Missing Soldiers (Pay)
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Food Wastage, Camps
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Troops, Iceland
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Quartermasters Retiring Age
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Voluntary Allotments To Dependants
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Paper Bags
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Dependants' Allowances
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Local Defences
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Internees
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Coal Industry
Northern Ireland
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Miners (Short-Time Employment)
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Domestic Supplies
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Trade Position
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Children's Overseas Reception Scheme
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Economic Warfare
Germany And Occupied Territories (Food Supplies)
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Coffee Exports, Germany
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Movement Of Goods, France
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Old Age Pensions
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National Finance
Suez Canal Company
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National Savings Certificates
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National War Bonds (Companies' Assets)
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Land Acquisition, Abbotsinch
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Bank Of England (Directors)
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National War Bonds (Death Duties)
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Government Departments (Telephone Messages)
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Civil Defence
Shelters
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Arm Bands
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Air-Raid Experience
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Plate-Glass Windows (Protection)
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Enemy Aliens
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Workers (Personal Injuries)
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Air-Raid Warnings
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Licensed Trade (State Management)
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Armed Forces Pensions And Grants
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Agriculture (Production)
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Overtime War Work (Factory Employés' Earnings)
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Conscientious Objectors
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Royal Navy (Emergency Clothing)
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Royal Air Force
Entertainments
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Wireless Operators (Students)
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Albania
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New Member Sworn
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War Situation
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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British Army
Uniform And Equipment (Compensation For Loss)
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Home Guard
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Cooks (Training)
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Enemy Long-Range Guns
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Enemy Prisoners Of War (Diet)
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Requisition Claim Forms
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Billets, Sussex (Sanitary Conditions)
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National Finance
Wages Rates (Government Contracts)
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Excess Profits Tax (Mining Companies)
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National War Bonds (Companies' Assets)
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Requisitioned Premises Compensation)
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East Africa (Defence)
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Malaya (Tin Production)
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Post Office
Wireless Receiving Licences
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Telephone Contracts
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War Risks Insurance (Purchase Tax)
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Home Produced Fuels (Inter- Nal Combustion Engines)
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Civil Defence
Internees
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Workers (Personal Injuries)
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Helmets And Respirators
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Emergency Medical Service
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Central Medical War Committee
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Road Transport Organisation
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Drainage Scheme, Gravesend
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Transport (Level Crossings, Wilderspool)
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British War Memorials (France And Belgium)
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Ministry Of Information (Broadcast)
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Food Supplies
Plums
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Defence Areas (Gardens)
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Bread
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Milk
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Boy Harvesters (Tea And Sugar Rations)
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Fruit Preserving (Sugar)
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Eggs (Price)
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