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Commons Hansard for 17 December 1940 (Volume 367)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
25 February 2026 at 10.31am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Provisional Order Bills (Nostanding Orders Applicable)
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Private Bills
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Oral Answers to Questions
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British Army
Camps, Cove
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Vehicles (Lights)
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Commercial Education (Travelling Expenses)
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Home Guard
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Land Requisitioning (Departmental Go-Ordination)
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Inoculation
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Conscientious Objectors
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Claims Commission
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Troops Under Canvas
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Jamieson Committee
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Civil Defence
Shelters
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Evacuation
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Sentence, Uxbridge
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Demolished Houses (Firewood)
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Greek Nationals (Assistance)
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Ministries (Co-Ordination)
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Coal Industry
Exports to Italy
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Distribution
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Supplies
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Petrol Rationing
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War and Peace Aims
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Limitation of Supplies Order
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Food Supplies
Meat Rationing
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Turkeys
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Victories (Flag Flying)
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Detention of a Member
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Sir Robert Vansittart (Broadcasts)
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National Finance
Old Age Pensions
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Gold Holdings
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Purchase Tax
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Royal Air Force (Ground Personnel)
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Aluminium (Domestic Hollow-Ware)
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Business of the House
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Orders of the Day
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War Damage Bill
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Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1936
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Adjournment
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Dock Labour
Man-Power Reserve (Utilisation)
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Agriculture (Labour Supply)
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Commercial Vehicles (Spare Parts)
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Road Accidents (Insurance)
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Typhoid (Inoculation)
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Members of Parliament (Information)
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Earplugs
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Aliens (Restrictions)
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Internees
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Cement Supplies (Cornwall)
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Pay Corps (Commissions)
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Lighting Restrictions (Infringement)
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Cable Facilities (Eire)
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Requisitioned Premises, Barnstaple
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Coal Supplies
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Air Attack, Bristol (Announcement)
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Loss of Kit (Compensation)
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Books and Pamphlets
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"London's Awake" (Article)
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Steel Girders
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Timber (Tinplate Boxes)
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Alcoholic Liquor, (Restrictions)
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School-Leaving Certificates
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Bread (Price)
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Chocolate
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Milk
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Sugar-Beet Crop (Delivery)
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Afforestation
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Treasury Borrowings
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Purchase Tax
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