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Commons Hansard for 5 May 1942 (Volume 379)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
25 February 2026 at 10.36am.
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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Private Business
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Trade and Commerce
Clothes Rationing
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Household Furniture (Price Control)
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Coupon Offences
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Electrical Advertisements
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Government Departments
Board of Trade (Staff)
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Advisers, Board of Trade
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Contractors (List)
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Committee of Public Accounts (Report)
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Ministry of Food (Trade Directors)
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British Army
Pay Corps
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ManœUvres (Farm Damage)
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Officers (Termination of Employment)
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Engineering Corps
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Food and Clothing (Cost)
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Home Guard
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Modern Scientific Knowledge (Adviser)
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Land Requisitioning
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Royal Parks (Barbed Wire)
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Home Defence
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Camp Chattels (Inquiry)
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Coal Industry
Absenteeism, West Yorkshire
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Miners (Release from Armed Forces)
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Lost Time (Guaranteed Wage)
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Consumers' Registration
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Questions
Sir Patrick Dollan
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Atlantic Charter
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Lord Beaverbrook
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China (Supplies)
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National Finance
Family Allowances
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Government Contracts (Comptroller and Auditor-General's Report)
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Old Age Pensions (Administrative Costs)
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Railway Control Agreement
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Stag Hunting
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Factory Absenteeism (Sentences)
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Questions
Amusement Arcade (Shooting Gallery)
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Charity Trust Deed (Proceedings)
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Singapore and Hong Kong (British Prisoners)
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Munition Factories (Health Precautions)
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Business of the House
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New Members Sworn
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Privilege
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Secret Session
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Standing Orders
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Public Accounts
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Orders of the Day
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Finance Bill
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Unemployment Insurance Acts
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Home Guard
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Miners (Release)
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Parachute and Commando Troops (Pay)
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Motor Cars (Use)
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British Prisoners of War
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Supplies, Clydeside (Quality and Price)
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Miners (Coal Allowance)
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Miners (Release from Armed Forces)
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Output
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Shelters
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Business Premises (Fire Risks)
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Dispensers (Qualified Chemists)
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Officers (Service Procedure and Discipline, Instruction)
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Recruits (Trade Tests)
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Personnel (Postings)
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British Overseas Airways Corporation
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Imported Feeding Stuffs
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National Bread
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Diphtheria, Measles and Whooping Cough
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Medical Practitioners (Hospital Work)
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Requisitioned Land (Right of Way)
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House of Commons, Refreshment Department
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Fishing Gear (Loss by Enemy Action)
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Barlinnie Prison (Punishment)
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Diphtheria (Immunisation)
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Export of Goods (Control) Orders
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Clothes Rationing
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Local Fuel Overseers (Staffs)
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Fuel Rationing Scheme
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Open-Air Theatre, Regent's Park
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Armed Forces (Parcels, Customs Duties)
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War Damage Contribution (Collection)
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Munitions Production (Machine Tools)
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Petroleum Board (Prices)
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