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Commons Hansard for 27 September 1939 (Volume 351)

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Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons (item number 1) (id 846161d0-a992-4687-b746-e0d7fc3fb4ab)
New Writs (item number 2) (id b294f66f-7a50-4dea-b0ae-9220dce5d06b)

Oral Answers To Questions
View all Oral Answers To Questions
British War Aims (item number 1) (id 22299ca4-6afb-403c-b1a1-7d3d9f62a671)
Bombing Of Civilians (item number 1) (id e04ec59b-649e-4b6f-8321-e7abf52039bc)

Rolal Air Force
Communiques (item number 1) (id 8dfa5547-0759-4a59-b74d-8e5dc1045199)
Auxiliary Force (item number 1) (id 365abdca-854c-4101-95e9-575c7606d732)
Evacuated Staff (item number 1) (id 5373dca6-3c9d-4da1-8d70-7a502858db35)
Balloon Barrage Crews (Wireless Sets) (item number 1) (id 8dc5ed94-e2eb-4b20-9f0d-18abc10cdbac)
Aircraft Industry (item number 1) (id e320fded-30a2-4868-82ab-d8b8679e076a)

Civil Aviation
England—France Service (item number 1) (id d244f5c1-c3d9-492b-8595-f19aa23ae62b)
Imperial Airways, Limited (item number 1) (id 9e54b293-3848-4921-9cb1-e4bb12401762)

Transport
Railway Advertisements (item number 1) (id 7da7d669-6def-4f5c-ad0d-68deb5540fe9)
Motor Vans, Labels (item number 1) (id 3d3a4e69-f446-448e-9347-6ad16c9c11ec)
Traffic Movement (Fog) (item number 1) (id 68d9e3f1-233d-4d18-a548-dc46a58ab60a)
Motor Vehicles (Requisitioning) (item number 1) (id c8281092-eb45-4cfb-81f8-304e248cf633)
Horse-Drawn Traffic, London (item number 1) (id 4a6793aa-fc74-4bb8-8c21-1706cc9616c8)
Road Hauliers (item number 1) (id c492c8c6-24df-42d6-b75d-fc5a13a5d4f3)
" C" Motor Licences (item number 1) (id 08b507a4-2629-4072-a15f-f8658aae11ac)
Railway Fares (item number 1) (id c3df7168-f7fd-48cb-aa83-0309817c73ca)

Royal Navy
Workers'payment, West Fife (item number 1) (id f7a78f37-d845-45ae-8b3c-46c1fee106ce)
His Majesty's Ship "Courageous" (item number 1) (id 5a96c07b-64c0-476d-9b18-f84b251a24a8)
Airships (item number 1) (id e135ee3a-cd51-4d17-af83-fd004586849b)
German Steamer "Bremen" (item number 1) (id 72eb49ba-dfbf-4ab5-a426-acfb205ec218)
Cocoa Industry (item number 1) (id b8958253-6c7c-4c81-a63a-3e98c9e1de45)
West Indies (Commission's Report) (item number 1) (id d3cc30a5-ff35-438b-b95e-8b8f82d8e094)

Civil Defence
Evacuation (item number 1) (id efbdd627-9522-45f3-8a8d-66353e8f41a6)
Evacuation (Scotland) (item number 1) (id f1162e72-1634-4b3a-836d-f3f288dbbc34)
First Aid Post, East Ardsley (item number 1) (id c3e65d64-83b2-4ab2-aadf-eb2eaaac34c1)
Motor Vehicles (Noise) (item number 1) (id 2fb017c2-5677-4a16-a0c8-f1ef59dd2fa1)
Friendly Aliens (item number 1) (id bfc61355-bdc9-450e-b527-7e09286906bd)
Shops (Early Closing) (item number 1) (id d0ce215c-722d-4857-88c1-67ec83248e63)
Air-Raid Precautions (Workers' Remuneration) (item number 1) (id 76ffafb1-e244-4382-859d-b334bc0de334)
Respirators (item number 1) (id d2756665-e099-4774-af2e-c306e220d6d2)
Compulsorily Closed Business Premises (item number 1) (id 116bc222-6809-45ce-8fad-b56d082328a8)
Horticultural Produce (Sales On Commission) Act, 1926 (item number 1) (id 4d742bfa-4610-4146-ac57-b22081a440a1)

Ministry Of Information
Neutral Countries (item number 1) (id 0e53900f-c434-4640-a449-290629797d0f)
Waste Avoidance (item number 1) (id ec253b3f-ed67-4384-8660-3b14709d5e2c)
France (Liaison Arrangements) (item number 1) (id b85b448b-b336-4d82-8db6-ec222ea18f1a)
Broadcast Programmes (item number 1) (id 43e693f6-8845-4f68-b6e2-0cf6056a0f1b)
British Board Of Film Censors (item number 1) (id 8b729cc9-7028-4d87-b6d8-ea74b8b61117)
Staff (item number 1) (id 3c40da41-6d21-47d6-9194-17f921b8b131)
Germany (British Leaflets) (item number 1) (id ca5e7248-a0ea-4307-b794-a5ddf7b87632)
Inspection (Members Of Parliament) (item number 1) (id c74a8358-6d1f-4986-b69b-aab5b4fcf884)
Nazi Leaders' Fortunes (item number 1) (id ba5d7f96-f63d-468f-ad5d-4d9cb8eb8683)
Old Age Pensions (item number 1) (id 33331087-cc6c-4efe-b9f6-8b0046c7e698)
Prime Minister's Weekly Statement (Publicity) (item number 1) (id 3ae8781f-2d8c-437d-807a-7a5485ff364a)
Location Of Industry (item number 1) (id c2506f1f-a1d6-49aa-abdb-441121a58ced)

Food Supplies
Fish Distribution (item number 1) (id b052f0a3-653e-4396-a9c5-107a90b5fe5b)
Wheat Supplies (Millers) (item number 1) (id eefe5057-8908-43ad-a8f4-d35d4a3bb6ec)
Herring (Price) (item number 1) (id b6983baf-a7dc-43a0-a33e-870380bbc85e)
Sugar Prices (Scotland) (item number 1) (id 0c0105ed-8850-4453-9b9a-821d84e76c18)
Tea Contracts (item number 1) (id 60a77289-ffa4-49f5-9b50-7db2652cf0c7)
Auxiliary Forces (Women) (item number 1) (id e2bfb710-cf53-4e59-9967-aab4c675e46d)

Education
Evacuated Areas (item number 1) (id 54bebb3d-491d-4efc-88dc-b5d62f9b2171)
Evacuee Children (Cost) (item number 1) (id c755343c-d4a2-4c02-ba93-2a87c91a32d3)
War Risks Insurance (item number 1) (id 6a8c6bd3-84ff-4ab4-8879-95a8dff04051)
Closed Post Offices, London (item number 1) (id 10b05f9c-ae3c-4c75-a8b4-893e27799094)
Pithead Baths (item number 1) (id 467fd50e-bf95-4856-9df1-725faa46a0b7)
Army Officers' Uniforms (item number 1) (id 50ab41ad-6db0-4c7d-bdbf-501320ebe3e9)
Crossword Puzzles(Dominions) (item number 1) (id a3ee8018-c531-4428-bbe0-91f98a156db8)
Indian National Congress (Statement Of Policy) (item number 1) (id c608a68b-cc16-4c71-b25f-52b930dbdb55)
Local Government Elections (item number 1) (id 7a06ac22-5aa0-4097-b70e-c0fe89d307c7)
North Sea Action (item number 1) (id d607a3cf-92c6-4108-844c-a797392e827a)
Great Britain And Eire (item number 1) (id 446b2104-2999-419a-bbc8-edd3af2fc7a6)
Business Of The House (item number 4) (id fa27823c-1f95-4545-b8c0-bc4909739b4b)
Revised Financial Statement(1939–40) (item number 5) (id 14fb1d90-4ffb-4c83-851f-9b9589878f6d)

Orders Of The Day
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Ways And Means (item number 1) (id 3c98f25e-db25-4656-ba1d-40f9fab1dffc)
War Budget (item number 1) (id 8e848826-72b0-42ec-8dfc-c366505706fc)
Income Tax (item number 1) (id 8c854cef-3618-45bf-a5f2-2ebd757242be)
Surtax (item number 1) (id d5609484-1b03-4ba0-9e30-4526e6222f37)
Estate Duty (item number 1) (id cc99ec1d-2ec0-487c-a1e2-0e434f17aecc)
Beer, Spirits And Wine Duties (item number 1) (id 4d59b96b-b6ab-4702-863c-e36227b84a91)
Tobacco Duty (item number 1) (id a3506f33-a437-4d97-99a8-03553900bb1f)
Sugar Duties (item number 1) (id 8f27c6a8-a9f0-48a0-85d2-cb6badf1c05a)
War Costs And Economy (item number 1) (id 9cc3cebb-3a18-4805-86d2-a293e2cda3f6)
Excess Profits Tax (item number 1) (id b235ddf8-66eb-4b63-83ba-60eea10db80c)

Customs And Excise
Beer (Excise Duty And Drawback) (item number 1) (id 6acc8be6-16be-467c-8bc6-4f26c918df3d)
Beer (Customs Duty And Drawback) (item number 1) (id af1b5499-b56f-4c2a-a87f-f61b5b0ecaa8)
Spirits (Excise Duty) (item number 1) (id c9a60578-0f5b-4abd-8a6e-853ebfa1d6b3)
Spirits (Customs Duty) (item number 1) (id bcd7a8c9-8a3d-4469-afa6-50d72a92fd40)
Wines (Customs Duty) (item number 1) (id 951adf8c-2e49-43fb-8cc6-cffd61f84cb3)
Sweets (Excise Duty) (item number 1) (id 1c272780-f6e4-4709-9693-07a6e7bd4671)
Tobacco (Customs Duty) (item number 1) (id b0fb553b-5cba-4872-9068-3ad53822853d)
Tobacco (Excise Duty) (item number 1) (id 84e78e6b-b131-4cbf-9495-78ac4cf5fcce)
Tobacco (Drawback) (item number 1) (id bcc034dc-3b17-4b64-baeb-c72f786e433f)
Sugar, Etc (Customs Duties) (item number 1) (id c956b21c-154d-4327-a764-76ed7a2e5dbc)
Sugar, Etc (Excise Duty) (item number 1) (id 8f59720b-4031-437d-9bc6-1186ab2fac8d)
Sugar, Etc (Drawbacks) (item number 1) (id e9dca694-73ab-4276-ab7e-b24ba839282d)

Income Tax
Standard Rate Of Tax For 1939–40 (item number 1) (id 3db53171-18d5-4bc9-937a-a2d4f348ea35)
Higher Rates Of Income Tax For (item number 1) (id 8e129295-109c-457d-a9fb-7399e5e36f49)
Reliefs And Exemption From Tax (item number 1) (id fa178e18-78ec-402b-9c6d-52ad0c1f10ae)
Diminution Of Earned Income (item number 1) (id 202e5c9c-5b4a-45e2-bb0d-c0e99d8b37dd)

Miscellaneous
Estate Duty (Increased Rates) (item number 1) (id cc48f4ba-cec1-46ce-8193-36da54dfb95e)
Charge Of Excess Profits Tax (item number 1) (id c2f58aef-3b46-4dae-a59c-25042e201b01)
Food (Defence) Bill (item number 1) (id 7d03fdd9-80a7-44aa-83ec-7a032e4fbdde)
Loans Facilities Bill (item number 1) (id f05f8fe6-31a8-4135-a2e2-52295e08ef47)
Poultry Industry Bill Lords (item number 1) (id 8e86e0df-a6ed-4f69-8c85-b951dfc4acd5)
Adjournment (item number 1) (id a298d583-10d3-4528-b9fb-070e79603ba8)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers (item number 1) (id 546e101e-d770-42e8-b6d6-0440d97a7be8)
Government Appointments (Remuneration) (item number 2) (id 4d96697f-5c2c-4c89-9627-3b8e18d3cd3b)
Ministry Of Information (item number 3) (id 09022e15-5ec8-4a35-ace0-e74f5496d6b5)
Emergency Orders (item number 4) (id 2c64b069-2865-4759-a2b0-6d46fcc6bd68)

Civil Defence
Air-Raid Shelters (item number 1) (id e69c4935-5702-46c4-875d-1ba3d8f30627)
Air-Raid Wardens (item number 1) (id 10f32e1a-35cf-423f-8fbf-45eeee19b2ef)
Burning Pit-Heaps (item number 1) (id fafc7954-dea7-4ddc-a7ad-d36729b6aacf)
Black-Outs (Price Of Materials) (item number 1) (id 36423303-2093-4ab9-8a91-d6f238ddea58)
Evacuation (Children's Clothing) (item number 1) (id 31b0fcf1-d765-4d81-a17c-25003d88d97d)
Cinemas, Hull (item number 1) (id bb2018e6-f070-45bc-b3e3-a63abbaec0fe)
British Union Of Fascists (item number 1) (id 8b72087f-b0bf-4e38-955f-a5eebeb3aae3)

Mercantile Marine
Foreign Seamen (War Risk Payments) (item number 1) (id 4c2fb7b1-8ef8-4fce-b171-591a6937f40d)
Ship Registration Transfers (item number 1) (id b3cfd7ec-3e8d-4899-a074-5fe931141a9a)
Lost Tonnage (Submarine Attacks) (item number 1) (id f916b87b-8c66-4943-9845-40c9214f1ecf)
Government Contracts (Workers' Wages) (item number 1) (id 8068807b-8540-4187-b845-5efbc14f4b45)
Unemployment Assistance (Cost Of Living) (item number 1) (id df8e19c0-aae9-4749-baed-6b811c85432d)
Petrol Rationing (item number 1) (id d92553d0-7c07-4a9b-8438-528800133514)

Transport
Road Improvement Schemes (Postponement) (item number 1) (id fe598b30-cf58-4613-be05-847c8b11f819)
Members Of Parliament (Motor Car Passes) (item number 1) (id 409983ef-2e11-4c5c-a962-39f3cd0006bc)
Post Office Savings Bank (item number 1) (id 3d55bd23-4955-4bd0-8b32-2a05a7c1c083)

Royal Navy
His Majesty's Ship "Thetis" (item number 1) (id ad693a47-aebe-4845-8b74-47f05819b26e)
Volunteer Supplementary Reserve Officers (Marriage Allowance) (item number 1) (id a26ca5b3-3290-4a7e-8041-a1710190f1f7)
British Guiana (Labour Contracts) (item number 1) (id e99e0fe6-bd49-40fc-99bd-7cfc63be56be)
British Army (Pensioners' Mobilisation) (item number 1) (id 54c41ecd-28be-48db-ab47-4c35e3607aea)
Flax Supplies (item number 1) (id 016ca057-c956-43d9-a20a-da8ae505682f)
Eggs (Prices) (item number 1) (id 5371dfcf-61ee-44ae-835c-6035f7fe1159)

Agriculture
War Risks Insurance (item number 1) (id 511e3b7b-5fbc-47b5-8ace-7d91ab0e4cdb)
Farm Workers' Wages (item number 1) (id 10eb5402-10ed-44e7-9bc0-f8c239e2850a)
Housing (Renfrewshire) (item number 1) (id 8e2106fd-71e7-4c83-b97b-2c44a77fd332)

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