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Commons Hansard for 7 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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Death of a Member
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Oral Answers to Questions
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National War Effort
Unemployed
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Part-Time Women Workers (Southampton)
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Automobile Association and Royal Automobile Club (Staffs)
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Interviewed Women (Financial Inquiries)
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Stock Exchanges
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Trades Councils (Factory Visits)
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Sheet Metal Workers (Dilutees)
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Laundry Industry
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Training Centres
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Women Workers (Shipyards)
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Cotton Industry (Young Persons)
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Absenteeism
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Radio Engineers (Transference)
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Women Bus Conductors (Training Pay)
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Hospital Collection, London (Flower Sellers)
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Women Interviewers, Scotland
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Civil Defence
Lighting Economy (Movable Blackout)
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Prosecution, Chertsey
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Invasion Exercises
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Personnel (Part-Time Employment)
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Invasion Committees (Voluntary Helpers)
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Agriculture
Requisitioned Land, West Riding
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Farm Cottages (Non-Agricultural Occupants)
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Rats and Mice (Destruction)
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Straw Pulping Plants
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Wages (Women)
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Trade and Commerce
Clothing Coupon Prosecution
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Second-Hand Goods (Price Control Order)
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Boys' Trousers
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Lancashire Cotton Yarns (Weaving, Northern Ireland)
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Business of the House
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Privilege (Member's Speech)
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Madagascar Operations (French Surrender)
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Bills Reported
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National Expenditure
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Business of the House
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Orders of the Day
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Supply. [6th Allotted Day.]
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Public Accounts
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Direction Orders (Prosecutions)
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Munition Factories (Production Adjustment)
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Agricultural Workers' Hostels (Staffing)
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Wages (Government Policy)
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Armed Forces (Pensions and Grants)
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Ambulances (Red Cross Emblem)
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Water Storage, London (Mosquitoes)
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Evacuation
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Military Service (Tuberculosis Officers)
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Direct and Indirect Taxation
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Fuel Rationing Scheme
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Rubber Production, Africa (Malaya Staffs)
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Ethiopia (Postal Services)
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Building Development (British Visit to United States)
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Supplies, Northern Ireland
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Prosecutions
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Post-War Problems (Inter-Allied Consideration)
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African Native Populations (Welfare)
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Air Gunners (Badge)
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British Army (Concert Parties)
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Permanent Commissions
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Board of Trade Prosecutions
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Food Ration Books (New Issue)
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China (Credit Facilities)
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Justices of the Peace (Special Constabulary)
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Police Service
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Tuberculosis (Statistics)
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Fruit-Pickers and Hop-Pickers (Wages and Conditions)
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Grade "C" Farms (Dispossession)
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Animal Medicines
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