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Commons Hansard for 19 December 1940 (Volume 367)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
25 February 2026 at 10.32am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Western Desert Campaign (Egyptian Parliamentary Congratulations)
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Oral Answers to Questions
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National War Effort
Scottish Livestock Salesmen
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Unemployed
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International Labour Branch
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Pioneer Corps
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Munition Factories (Stoppages)
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Calling-Up Dates
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Civil Defence
Children (Evacuation)
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Furniture (Storage)
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Fire Precautions
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Detentions
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Air-Raid Precautions Co-Ordinatng Committee
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Bombed Areas (Military Assistance)
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Entrapped People (Information)
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Rescue Work (Miners)
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Internees
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Pioneer Corps
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Communist Convention
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Fire Services
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Metropolitan Borough Councils (Rate Estimates)
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Questions
India (Political Situation)
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Negotiations (Herr Hitler)
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German and Italian Peoples
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Household Means Test
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Farm Tenancies
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Polish Civilians, Great Britain
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Blast Furnace Cement
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Conduct of a Member
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Business of the House
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Adjournment (Christmas)
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Publications and Debates Reports
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National Expenditure
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Orders of the Day
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Local Elections and Register of Electors
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(Temporary Provisions) Bill
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Adjournment (Christmas)
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War Situation
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Tangier
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Royal Air Force (Coastal Command)
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Industrial Planning
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Royal Assent
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Industrial Planning
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Civil Defence Services
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Limitation of Supplies Order (Sports Goods)
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Regimental Bands
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Non-Combatant Corps (Leave)
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Surplus Rations
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British Prisoners of War
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Burma and China (Railway)
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Banqueting Hall, Whitehall
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Internees
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Shelters
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Volunteer Fire Patrols
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Auxiliary Firemen, Ruislip (Uniforms)
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Regional Commissioners
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Detentions
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Service Motor Vehicles (Lighting)
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Evacuation
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Producer-Gas
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Supplies, Bristol
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Bread (Price)
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Fruit
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Pigs (Earmarking)
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Potato Subsidy
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Cows, Slaughtering (Glasgow Area)
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Eggs and Onions
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Eire (Exports)
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Private Stocks
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Overcharging (Complaints)
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Unrationed Foodstuffs
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National Milk Scheme
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Armed Forces, Northern Ireland
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Railway Station, Crewe (Loudspeakers)
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Coal Traffic
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Switzerland (German Goods, Re-Export)
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Navicerts (Issue)
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Cigarettes (Size)
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Air-Raid Warnings (Loss of Working Time)
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Transferred Workers (Expenses)
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Unused Factories, Wales
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Government Trainees
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Cinemas, Sunday Opening
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Armed Forces (Sentries, Firing Orders)
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Purchase Tax
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Requisitioned Buildings (Compensation)
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Tools (Replacement Grants)
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Industrial Plant (Depreciation Allowance)
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Income Tax (Barristers)
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France (British Trade Debts)
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Royal Mint (Medal Designs)
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Nominee Shareholding
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Land (Requisitioning)
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Farmers (Credits)
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Bomb Craters (Kent and Hampshire)
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Onions
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Ministry of Agriculture
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Letters (Carbon Copies)
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Military Service (N.A.A.F.I. Employes)
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Tuberculosis
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Birth Rate
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Merchant Shipping (Port Arrangements)
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Amphibious Operations
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Attack, Taranto
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Diphtheria (Immunisation)
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Tuberculosis (Deaths)
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National Health Insurance
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Local Authorities (Requisitioning Powers)
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Doctors (Protection of Practices)
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News Broadcasts
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Censorship
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The Late Marquess of Lothian
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Houses of Parliament (Refreshment Department)
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Palestine (Barristers)
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Kenya (Coffee Sales)
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Smallholding (Damage, Compensation)
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