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Commons Hansard for 16 April 1942 (Volume 379)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 25 February 2026 at 10.34am.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 87e29d21-83b9-4635-adb4-3e3ffb4524b3)
Women Civilians (Compensation for War Injury) (item number 2) (id 77e321ac-5eaa-47a8-80e7-919c7ca83f70)

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Prisoners of War (Red Cross Organisation) (item number 4) (id 1ca3e4b3-fcaf-4677-95a7-ae7c9350f217)
Business of the House (item number 5) (id 8313469b-bb2a-4ba7-ab6d-c6b4c5fbb743)
Orders of the Day (item number 6) (id f32f5821-dd5b-4d6a-a149-eb11e2b199c2)
Ways and Means (item number 7) (id 992e5796-73cc-485a-8e89-8b3cd4787b97)
National Loans (item number 8) (id 268733b8-5788-4675-9478-4c13e8a86f01)
Adjournment (item number 9) (id 55a6e23a-2f3f-4e9b-ba39-6335479a7264)

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Hours of Work and Wages (item number 1) (id ee666b2e-f706-4654-add3-08ef0c18e359)
Shops' Inspectors (item number 1) (id cac4d624-566f-4bf6-9d83-bfecd067b751)
University Students (item number 1) (id 25da74dc-3b20-4145-89b7-033aada167d9)
Identity Cards (Examination, White City) (item number 1) (id 1fc93681-eea4-4c8a-92d0-879556beff8e)
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Diphtheria (Immunisation) (item number 1) (id 2f7104c5-7cbe-4259-88c7-9f5ee5d43d69)
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British Restaurants (item number 1) (id 3e5b0cb3-84bf-49c8-8b35-ce14c88cc980)
Milk in Schools Scheme (item number 1) (id 01d16586-f500-45e0-8036-541c7a2cf055)
Sugar (Hidden Stocks, Soho) (item number 1) (id 9312a32a-903e-4139-bb94-8bfb440db6cf)
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Flour (item number 1) (id 8f0385cc-adf2-464c-9eb4-aed0d652f2de)
American Tinned Meat (item number 1) (id db341cf8-9f9f-4353-8864-512e64ddac03)
Workers' Dwellings, Liverpool (item number 1) (id 5554a195-df13-48f5-acf6-d7b2fa17dd5d)
Inter-Allied Relief Bureau (item number 1) (id 3a8b5421-4b7d-4371-91a0-45628726c6cd)
Armed Forces, Mediterranean Area (Mails) (item number 1) (id dcae0727-86dd-41a5-bfc8-51514e3c38ec)
Motor-Cars (Taxation) (item number 1) (id 5cfb0092-ce78-465c-8d89-c3c7c8094dbc)
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Greece (Food Supplies) (item number 1) (id 4001f65e-6cd3-4164-bd4b-88cb817e7b01)
Government Contracts Inquiry (Messrs. Wimpey) (item number 1) (id ca0539cd-0542-4066-af9f-1b398e5329ce)
Clothes Rationing (item number 1) (id f0fc9b55-c8cb-4d44-9d38-40bb903f1353)
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Rooks (item number 1) (id 72235ac7-5105-44ca-87e4-db6ca824ff0f)
Silage Analyses, Yorkshire (item number 1) (id 16cd7ce0-071b-4706-a2e9-c86444a999b9)
Hop-Growing (Acreage) (item number 1) (id 6b88fe1f-532a-40b0-b5e1-40da9bd2211b)
Press Cables (Censorship) (item number 1) (id 4445564a-3923-41a5-be23-c643fb5bdb4e)
House of Commons (Refreshment Department) (item number 1) (id 9a356cf2-0ad0-4fce-af96-8bb4d110e179)
Policewomen (Licensed Premises) (item number 1) (id 456e7ae2-4f5d-4f6d-9bb1-ad49c97f588c)
National Fire Service (Inspections) (item number 1) (id 35bd5083-9a7b-4b3a-b37b-27cf87395eae)
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Internee (item number 1) (id 6f4cd7f0-a416-4595-9300-7e9414fec739)
Czechoslovak Courts-Martial (item number 1) (id 4a7656ae-28fa-40df-82f0-bf4cf556914b)
Poor Prisoners (Legal Aid) (item number 1) (id 1388e1c5-f994-4dc2-8e82-1bf400d47ffb)
Roadmen's Wages (Payment by Cheque) (item number 1) (id f30e84fb-794d-49d7-a8d4-f61179626ffe)
Youth Organisations (item number 1) (id 6e504988-d248-47e2-bc28-442a7b77016e)
India (War Conditions) (item number 1) (id 305c2b34-898f-4cc2-87f2-412a903871be)
Motorists (Lifts to Service Personnel) (item number 1) (id 36af7f37-74bf-445d-a60a-a92eec402282)
Armed Forces (Pensions and Grants) (item number 1) (id d1f96141-62b8-44c3-a56b-d53538a8d2b5)
Palestine (Land Registration) (item number 1) (id 277d83cd-34da-4475-8e19-1e5177310126)
Sierra Leone (Detainee) (item number 1) (id 28f2e197-2a23-45c4-84ea-e8d483c8d083)
West Indies (Land Settlement) (item number 1) (id e5a3324c-bb2c-4561-abea-7f8aa29111ba)
Admiralty Dockyard Tradesmen (Pensions) (item number 1) (id 965ac3e5-4cb9-481b-bdd7-d1bf9e29974f)
Director of Public Prosecutions (Letter) (item number 1) (id 46e0368e-239f-4f2a-adfd-258dfebba8aa)
Home Office (Return of Documents) (item number 1) (id b832236b-af38-4ded-81b1-1ecd099c4ddb)
Questions to Ministers (item number 1) (id 6b2c8edf-818c-4306-b223-ee4ca8187ec1)
Ministry of Aircraft Production (item number 1) (id 1705a1b3-7e05-4242-a638-dbebaaf061cb)
Royal Air Force (Security Police, Northern Ireland) (item number 1) (id e2c3c4c5-55cc-4842-a1d5-81b16b0db631)
Compasses (item number 1) (id 282e73f2-6849-4db2-893a-e5671ea6a489)
Malaya (Casualties) (item number 1) (id 2321610b-1b43-4f87-85c5-64686ecffc66)
Officers (Retired Pay) (item number 1) (id 15e7660a-9627-4130-8bdc-81e0a814e562)
Prisoners of War (Red Cross Organisation) (item number 1) (id 4ccd2d41-52ae-4dd0-bfad-96dcfc59c98b)
Damaged Buildings (Danger to Public) (item number 1) (id 5c2ce6b1-462b-44c1-9c03-a150f90a3fac)

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