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Commons Hansard for 6 May 1942 (Volume 379)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
25 February 2026 at 10.37am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Government of India Act, 1935. (Answer to Address.)
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Private Business
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Aircraft Production
Comptroller and Auditor-General's Report
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Salvage Dump (Railway Siding, Swindon)
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Fleet Air Arm (Aircraft)
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Contracts (Distribution)
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Questions
Northern Rhodesia (Food Production)
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Jamaica (Petrol Rationing and Food Supplies)
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Nigeria (Press Censorship)
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Colonies (Civil Defence)
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Colonial People, United Kingdom (Hostels)
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Trinidad (Processions and Public Meetings)
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Ceylon (Illegal Organisations)
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Overloaded Commercial Vehicles (Tyre Damage)
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Ministry of Information
Professor Mittwoch and Dr. Schacht
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King Ibn Saud's Accession (Broadcast)
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Broadcasts to Arabs
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German Atrocities (Molotov Note)
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Questions
Bombed House of Commons Chamber (Symbolic Stone)
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Atlantic Charter
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Birth Rate
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Electoral Redistribution
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Production
Machine Tool Industry
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Works Magazines
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Russian Aeroplanes and Tanks
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Factories, Liverpool
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Ministry of Supply
Gear Hobbing Machines
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Road Transport Operators (Tyres)
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Scrap Metal
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Director of Scrap Supplies
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New Member Sworn
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Privilege (Member's Speech):
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Business of the House
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Orders of the Day
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Supply
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Secret Session
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Grain and Cereal Pool
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Cooked Foods (Rural Workers)
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Public Luncheons and Works Canteens
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Indian Oilseeds (Purchasing Scheme)
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Restaurant Stocks (Prosecution)
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National Bread
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Rabbits (Trapping)
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Air Raids on Germany (Broadcast)
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B.B.C. News Bulletins
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Street Repairs, London (Sunday Work)
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Pre-Fabricated Buildings
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Mincing Machines (Supply)
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Cotton Industry (Concentration)
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Raw Cotton (Supplies)
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Bombing Offensive (German Targets)
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Air Training Corps
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Royal Air Force Regiment
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Royal Navy (V.A.D., Embarkation Leave)
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Unemployment Statistics (Information to Members)
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Indian Army Units (Mention)
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Food Supply
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Elections (Postponement)
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Colonial Office (Lord Hailey)
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Vatican and Japan
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British Overseas Airways Corporation
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British Subject's Claim
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Income Tax (Information)
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Subsidies
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Civil Aviation (Staffs)
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Mauritius and Malaya (Labour Conditions, Reports)
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Women Passengers (Reserved Compartments)
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King's Cross-Newcastle Railway Service
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L.M.S. Railway (Area Signs)
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