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Commons Hansard for 5 December 1940 (Volume 367)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
25 February 2026 at 10.30am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Death of a Member
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Oral Answers to Questions
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National War Effort
Unused Tinplate Works, West Wales
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Miners
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Priorities (Allocation)
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Weekly Wages (Day of Payment)
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Civil Defence
Camouflage
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Detentions
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Evacuation
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Internees
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Looting (Sentences)
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Personnel (Conditions of Service)
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Rest Centres (Food)
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Damaged Sewers
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Horder Committee's Report
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Hotel Visitors (Identity Cards)
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Shelters
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Red Cross Society and St. John Ambulance (Casualties)
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Unemployed Miners (Rescue Work and Tunnelling)
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Bournemouth (Visitors)
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Housing Accommodation
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Houses (Requisitioning)
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Homeless Persons (Billeting)
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Enemy Night Raids
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Agriculture
Pigs and Poultry
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Imported Feeding-Stuffs
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Rights of Way
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National Health Insurance
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Old Age Pensions
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Business of the House
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New Member Sworn
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Bill Presented
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Orders of the Day
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King's Speech
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Supply
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Ways and Means
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Expiring Laws Continuance [Money]
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Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932
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Adjournment
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Damaged Property (Ground Rents)
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Evacuation
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Air-Raid Damage (Homeless Persons)
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Rest Centres (Food)
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Shelters
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Air-Raid Wardens' Posts
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Internee
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Personnel (Pay and Conditions)
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Detentions
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Members of Parliament (Information)
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Requisitioned Houses (Rents)
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Old Age Pensions
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Pay and Allowances
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Army Council Instructions
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Hostels
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Billeting Rates
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Home Guard
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Vehicles (Lighting)
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Prisoners of War
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Public Clocks
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Dental Profession (Refugees)
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Staff
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Air Raid, Southampton (Reports)
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Propaganda (Switzerland)
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Bread
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Bananas
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Feeding-Stuffs
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Canadian Evaporated Milk
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Turkeys and Geese (Prices)
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Unemployed
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Production (Organisation)
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Dockers (Employment)
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Hunting (Prohibition)
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Reclamation and Drainage
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Sewage (Phosphates)
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Cigarettes (Price)
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Limitation of Supplies Order
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War Risks (Commodity Insurance)
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Purchase Tax
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Movable Property (War Damage)
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Members of Parliament (Travelling Vouchers)
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Excess Profits Tax (Working Proprietors)
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Spain (Food Supplies)
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War Production (United States and Canada)
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Post Office (Christmas Mails)
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Church Bells (Christmas)
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Civil Service (Eire Citizens)
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Coal Stocks, Surrey
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Government Notices (Welsh Language)
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Conscientious Objectors (Employment)
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