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Commons Hansard for 17 April 1945 (Volume 410)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 25 February 2026 at 10.46am.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 0b59f249-51a1-4e87-b5dd-8cbf73631b6e)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 1adeb329-6147-4951-902c-1232c87de9c0)
Private Business (item number 3) (id 69898d40-eccc-4d03-aeeb-dbb3dadc5e87)

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Business of the House (item number 5) (id 483aeb5b-9c59-4b9d-ac73-2eb185cdee00)
New Member (Sponsors) (item number 6) (id eca4c59d-4ddf-4059-9555-b2ac5bede9f3)
New Member Makes Affirmation (item number 7) (id aa446acd-3480-40aa-b383-f4b172ec71f1)
Business of the House (item number 8) (id e59dfb5c-bc2c-4f7c-870b-02b91ddc8050)
President Roosevelt (item number 9) (id 54b759b0-c7a8-40d8-8b66-e60788f44714)
Orders of the Day (item number 10) (id a0dd76d1-11f3-4b9f-bf94-db54acfd74d9)
Supply (item number 11) (id dc459cd2-35b3-430e-a174-8673a3c7bb9b)
Adjournment (item number 12) (id 85ee10df-16a8-4da5-acaa-ef6601559462)

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Butter Fat (Testing Machines) (item number 1) (id 637eeb61-5b4a-4dd1-a87f-12cd11f6777e)
Dunottar Woods, Kincardineshire (item number 1) (id b6d2beff-9591-4904-92bb-9ec490b897a1)
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Statistics (item number 1) (id 6358a1d7-e497-44f6-ae48-d8e6e2324476)
Silicosis (item number 1) (id dff15fc9-d955-47da-aca2-5258b670c2a8)
Domestic Supplies (Stalybridge) (item number 1) (id 27406452-f175-47b7-b089-3cafc85c8f25)
Medical and Nutritional Problems (Committee) (item number 1) (id b24bd871-2399-4856-a313-0282264e7db2)
Wheat Germ (Proprietary Products) (item number 1) (id 8cb216d0-41d9-4552-8a78-65eba2d8c944)
Unrationed Goods (Equitable Distribution) (item number 1) (id de221c33-cfb7-49a6-94cb-954d8b0a27cb)
Sugar (item number 1) (id 080069a9-de0d-44d4-b019-8e272d69fcc3)
Retail Businesses (item number 1) (id 9bdc4444-30d8-48f4-9fc1-8899c1ae5dc4)
Iceland (British Trade Interests) (item number 1) (id 8cb746fc-f0d2-45fd-87dc-bfccaccbf6ad)
Iron and Steel Industry (item number 1) (id eefd60d1-f3fe-44f1-a183-a69f391e3974)
Hand-knitting Wool (item number 1) (id ee85f847-7615-4415-925e-a919cf302aa9)
Furniture Manufacture, Scotland (item number 1) (id b3794bdc-d2eb-4473-b53d-3a16c06c35c0)
Civilian Footwear (item number 1) (id f115ca9c-b773-448b-a256-690d83053eb9)
Retail Businesses (item number 1) (id 8e73d0ab-b10a-4892-b5ab-6c79bf0d2cbd)
Vaccination (Pamphlets) (item number 1) (id ece50c0f-b69f-4511-8e3a-7f83d93e9eda)
Emergency Hospitals (Clothing Contracts) (item number 1) (id 4d900528-455a-44a2-af47-80a0fa21cdd4)
National Camps Corporation (item number 1) (id 4175aced-ea22-4819-8dd0-baf452c7686f)
Institutions and Medical Schools (Repairs) (item number 1) (id 7c4d6952-5dbf-4c07-a2cc-1b0a05fb9071)
Village Halls (Unused Army Huts) (item number 1) (id 4c05d6a9-709e-4549-b746-d7a75e3b7d3d)
Requisitioned Hotels (Publicity) (item number 1) (id 206c00db-74cb-4557-ac65-b2eee81c35f8)
Stateless Persons (item number 1) (id 7f72958d-0159-4c1d-8bd3-7525257ee053)
Election Agents (Release and Reinstatement) (item number 1) (id 524176a8-984b-4b0d-a79d-c60f21697ee6)
Ex-Prisoners of War (Medical Treatment) (item number 1) (id 7adbec51-fc08-4954-9637-937867422c7a)
Tobacco and Cigarettes (S.E.A.C.) (item number 1) (id 34a25fe5-3e23-496f-8ea1-0fa5f23229f7)
Disobedience to Orders (Salerno) (item number 1) (id 39aa17e3-ac86-434d-bf0e-b74aabb1ac4c)
Cadet Corps, Monmouthshire (item number 1) (id ec6efc13-b19c-48ba-8349-24e3df03a7ac)
Religious Films (item number 1) (id 9d64d0ff-050a-4f4f-b69b-c2e337e9bbd8)
East African Troops (Leave) (item number 1) (id 61759e3d-b78f-402c-8ddd-c06f732259e6)
Camp, Essex (Construction) (item number 1) (id 397a4fa1-5d5e-4b72-8be0-0a27d8691c22)
Holland (Relief Supplies) (item number 1) (id a7a5f682-8b20-4430-9cab-928197d0c385)
Police (Armed Forces, Release) (item number 1) (id 7ec70c6b-1c4c-46ac-8201-9eae95ba06cd)
India (Smallpox and Cholera) (item number 1) (id acb68f87-6cef-461c-a080-a13270fe65d6)
Development Areas (Employment) (item number 1) (id 178912ae-9c2a-4027-a546-630cf2277490)
Demobilisation (Fire Service Personnel) (item number 1) (id 5e9d6fbf-bd54-41af-a0fd-b1993cf479fd)
Holidays With Pay (item number 1) (id 00714e4f-6e48-4fed-af5b-e6453f9ec6f9)
Conscientious Objectors (Appeals) (item number 1) (id 18675c53-3505-4e8a-8379-ecbdd4050e02)
Empty Containers (item number 1) (id 10510232-6064-4cb5-9d4a-071d144e4ec4)
Restaurant and Buffet Cars (item number 1) (id b9699560-c769-4daf-af30-2ba4f999a66c)
Fuel Overseers (Advisory Committees) (item number 1) (id 6891ee06-8a30-4eb8-b948-88834f788b2e)
Newfoundland (Financial Situation) (item number 1) (id 161f1d01-a262-4a32-bc7b-c7431894d44a)
Farm Machinery (Home Manufacture) (item number 1) (id 159d2d0c-da22-4013-9aa7-1f870d58a12d)
Victory Holidays (item number 1) (id bbc8424f-ff30-4e06-9498-9408396eb0d6)
Reinstatement in Employment (item number 1) (id bdbafe9e-d6e5-478b-aac4-0acff72fadc0)
Petrol Allowances (item number 1) (id c5a63a13-dd9b-4013-a5b5-635382129151)
Co-operative Societies (Taxation) (item number 1) (id f62f9f6d-f058-42e2-820f-2e95f17179cd)
Income Tax (Shipyard Workers) (item number 1) (id 69724c3c-206e-4dff-a2b5-a38a6802542c)
Post Office Savings Bank (U.S.A. Cheques) (item number 1) (id 596b6ca2-1135-472c-910d-3f85b53d4b1f)
Pensions and Grants (item number 1) (id fb2f5777-701f-48a3-923a-c407611af5ba)
Board of Trade (Additional Staff) (item number 1) (id 882ab29b-0f6b-4fdf-b4ec-b488b3577122)
U-Boats (Russian Captures) (item number 1) (id 2122f0d0-c50b-4af1-b2b2-7a12710bb86f)
Housing (Subsidies) (item number 1) (id ab56541a-278e-48de-b501-d29cfc904b91)
R.A.F. (Release Conditions) (item number 1) (id 91c466bd-0104-4bad-83cd-aabbc8dc1d1f)
Civilian Personnel (War Injuries Abroad) (item number 1) (id 460924a8-07c3-43a2-b501-bf6c585cce2f)

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