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Commons Hansard for 14 May 1942 (Volume 379)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
25 February 2026 at 10.39am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Private Business
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Oral Answers to Questions
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National War Effort
Holidays
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Jewellery Trade, Birmingham
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Public School Boys and Girls
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Boys' Wages, Wiltshire
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Prosecutions
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Training Centres
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Unemployment Benefit
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Scottish Salmon Fisheries
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Public Health
Tuberculosis
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Scabies
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Young Workers (Dental Treatment)
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Central Advisory Water Committee (Report)
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Milk Inspections
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Midwives' Salaries Committee
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State Service
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Civil Defence
Persons from Neutral Countries (Identity Cards)
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Exit Permits to Northern Ireland
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National Fire Service
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Wardens Service
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Shelters
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Questions
Police Widows' Pensions
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London Dance Halls (Thefts)
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Permanent Secretary to the Treasury
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Old Age Pensions
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Temporary Probation Officers
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Education
School Meals
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Government Policy
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Church Services, Lewes (School-Time Attendance)
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Physical Training (Sports)
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Younger Teachers (National Service)
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Agricultural Work (Children)
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School Attendance, London Area
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School Medical Service
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Youth Committees
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National Finance
Income Tax (Children's Allowances)
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Select Committee on National Expenditure (Reports)
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Tobacco (Old-Age Pensioners)
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Stock Conversion
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Excess Profits Tax (Consulting Engineers)
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Farmers' Lime Supplies (Summer Delivery Payment)
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Business of the House
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Orders of the Day
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Finance Bill
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Business of the House
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Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Bill
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Pensions (Mercantile Marine) [Money]
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Anglo-Venezuelan Treaty (Island of Patos) Bill [Lords]
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Coal (Valuation Procedure) Rules, 1942
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Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Railings Removal (Compensation)
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Ceylon (Rice Rationing)
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War-Time Nurseries
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Employment Exchanges (Staff)
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Private Employment Agencies
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Civil Defence Personnel
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Blind Workers
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Essential Work Orders (Prosecutions)
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Juvenile Workers, Recruitment (Committee)
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Employment (Statistics)
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Tuberculosis (Mental Hospital Patients)
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British Prisoners of War
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Pioneer Corps (Officers' Age Limits)
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Army Council Instructions
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Armed Forces (Pensions and Grants)
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Petrol Rationing (Mobile Canteens)
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War Agricultural Committees
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Private Fishing Rights
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Sweets and Chocolates (Rationing)
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Wholemeal Bread
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Fire-Extinguishing Materials and Liquids
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National Fire Service
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Shelters, Newcastle-On-Tyne
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Family Allowances
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Hours of Work
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Advertising
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Mail-Car Service, Sutherland
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County Court Offices (Closing Times)
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Women Police
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Scotland (Population Statistics)
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