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Commons Hansard for 21 December 1944 (Volume 406)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 5.29am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Prayers
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Oral Answers To Questions
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National War Effort
Small Builders
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Metal And Engineering Industries (Accidents)
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Retained Factory Workers
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Directed Mineworker
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Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Advisory Council)
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Catering Wages Commission (Assessors)
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Requisitioned Houses (Rents)
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Medical Schools (Women Students)
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India
Officers, Indian Army (Transfer)
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Political Prisoners
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Malaria And Cholera
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Chamber Of Princes
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Provincial Governments
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Channel Islands (Supplies)
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Questions To Ministers
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Parliamentary Machinery
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Afforestation
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Industrial Injuries Insurance (Ministerial Responsibility)
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Liberated Countries (Elections)
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War Charities (Registration)
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Education
Aided Schools (Tuition Fees)
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Secondary Teachers (Remuneration Scales)
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Building Industry (Recruitment)
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Conference Of Allied Ministers
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United States Forces (Duty-Free Parcels)
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France (Currency)
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Opencast Coal Production
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Hair Combs (Shortage)
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British Heavy Tanks (Manufacture)
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Bacon Ration
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Supplies To China (British Air Transport)
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British Army (Disbanded Unit)
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Italian Prisoners Of War (Escape)
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Occupied Germany (Education)
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British Council (Inquiry)
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Baltic Republics (Recognition)
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Business Of The House
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Auxiliary Territorial Service (Overseas Posting)
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Palace Of Westminster (Accommodation)
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Ecclesiastical Committee
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Railways (Control Agreement)
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Passenger Transport Vehicles (Construction Order)
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Royal Assent
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Passenger Transport Vehicles (Construction Order)
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Housing (Scotland)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Public Health
Maternity Accommodation, Wednesfield
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War-Time Nurseries
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Cotswold Maternity Home, Tetbury
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Parrots (Psittacosis)
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Vaccination
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Diphtheria
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Housing
Permanent Housing (Subsidies)
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Private Enterprise
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Costings
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Bomb Damaged Houses (Oil Stoves And Fuel)
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Requisitioned Houses, Malden And Coombe
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Temporary Constructions
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Old Age Pensions
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Pensions And Grants
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Young Offenders (Advisory Council)
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Education
Excepted Districts (Applications)
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Education Committees (Press, Admission)
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Special Schools
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University Grants Committee (Report)
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National Finance
Central And Local Finance
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United States (British Purchases)
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Yugoslavia (Relief Supplies)
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Armed Forces, Far East (Welfare)
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India
Electoral Law
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Public Health (Annual Reports)
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Army Officers (Passage Concessions)
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Burma (Sir R Dorman Smith's Report)
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Rat Extinction
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Condemned Meat (Animal Food)
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Public Clocks (Illumination)
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Channel Islands
Industries (Restarting)
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Relief Supplies
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British Subjects (Broadcasts On Enemy Wireless)
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School-Children (Wage Earning Employment)
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Ministry Of Supply
Advertising Circulars
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Mineral Resources, Wales
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Dogs (Quarantine Regulations)
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Bees (Importation)
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Prisoners (Agricultural Employment)
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Children's Homes And Institutions
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Invalid Chairs (Ex-Servicemen)
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Merchant Steamers (Fuel Experiments)
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Prisoners Of War And Civilian Internees, Far East
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Soviet Russia (British Scientific Contacts)
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Reallocation Of Man-Power (Doctors)
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Trade And Commerce
Rejected Footwear (Coupons Return)
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Children's Shoes
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Toys
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Building Industry (Research)
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Road Accidents (Causes)
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Civil Aviation (Pilots, Conditions Of Service)
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Bbc (Governors And Policy)
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Scottish Land Settlement Committee (Report)
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British Army
Parcels To Overseas Troops
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Convalescent Camp, Central Mediterranean Area
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Officer Prisoners Of War (Rail Travel)
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Aix-La-Chapelle Collieries (Technical Assistance)
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Requisitioned Properties
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Battle Training Area, Norfolk
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Home Leave
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Home Guard (Loaned Firearms And Ammunition)
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Discharged Soldiers (Reinstatement In Employment)
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Officers (Income Tax-Free Allowances)
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Horses
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Austrian Soldiers (Badges)
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Naafi (Surplus, Disposal)
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Allied Forces (Rates Of Pay)
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Italian Prisoners Of War
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Beet Crop, Normandy
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British Prisoners Of War (Food Parcels)
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Royal Navy (Officers' Income Tax-Free Allowances)
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Explosion, Raf Depot, Burton-On-Trent
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Brazil Land, Cattle And Packing Company
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Merchant Seamen (Leave Travel Warrants)
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Medical Research (Expenditure)
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Black-Out Regulations
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British Colonial Forces (Accommodation, London)
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