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Commons Hansard for 20 July 1891 (Volume 355)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 13 January 2026 at 10.23am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id fbfebcd3-34a0-423f-8271-16a96eb6012d)
Brine Pumping (Compensation for Subsidence) Bill.—(No. 296.) (item number 2) (id 27f06173-eaee-4da0-bd1a-45713dd1fb07)
School Board for London (SUperannuation) Bill.—(No. 49.) (item number 3) (id 31fb64c8-516c-419a-b591-bb4248422a50)
Town Holdings (item number 4) (id e13908c9-22f1-483d-8c79-67315c685918)
Closure of Debate (Standing Order No. 25.) (item number 5) (id d456c325-0be6-467d-8afe-70bbf39da25b)
Adjournment Motions Under Standing Order No. 9 (item number 6) (id 2e6d9751-ff48-42d2-9d20-4d22983bd445)

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Illiterate Voters at Carlow (item number 1) (id 5d3be344-3cec-40a0-a08e-570498ff47bd)
Telegraph Registered Addresses (item number 1) (id 8f4af5f6-ced2-4c83-b818-5e47c7716eab)
Government Contracts and Workmen's Wages (item number 1) (id 21ec985e-2c59-41ce-bfa4-aabf124830be)
The Licensing Acts (item number 1) (id 5fe71f87-795f-4a85-a01d-b5bf73e06c3b)
H.M.S. Anson—The Wreck of the Utopia (item number 1) (id c7fd7ac8-7bf4-4617-947a-1939f9b2108b)
Aliens (item number 1) (id 57dbcd58-c0e1-4708-9813-f31f6ce794b3)
Egyptian Cotton Crop (item number 1) (id e0f31992-ea11-4f01-b61b-070a6da0955d)
Inspection of Warlike Stores (item number 1) (id 0d3f102d-d583-4264-a911-36e2aa06143f)
Recruiting of the Army and Employment of Discharged Soldiers (item number 1) (id 9a5a27e7-c2eb-4c0f-94ec-c9b2b86544bb)
An Irregular Question (item number 1) (id 213803a1-b29a-47cf-bd58-426876f1e822)
Mail Service at Oban (item number 1) (id 24d6c0b3-3bac-441f-a139-4f8bca7c0db6)
Dr. Klein (item number 1) (id c1cff88b-c503-48f3-b777-36532a5d148a)
Port of Spain (item number 1) (id 4497a13a-2eeb-4065-be40-3cb15dad50a9)
West Indian Dependencies (item number 1) (id 0cf19f16-165d-4478-a2a5-26e75c32ebb3)
The Windward Islands (item number 1) (id ec83be1b-d69e-4ef9-9258-10c1c298cb9f)
Melling School, Ormskirk (item number 1) (id b214d3a2-7f7b-401d-9def-38d3dc3cf3fa)
The Naval Manœuvres (item number 1) (id 751eddcd-e396-4e89-8364-ef6a19962db1)
Women as Factory Inspectors (item number 1) (id a9c05508-ebc5-47f9-835b-5a8a257cb35d)
The Bristol Postmen (item number 1) (id 314e6d91-612a-40a2-b886-d9ae616a2c7a)
The Burial Act (item number 1) (id 3332f47c-5bb5-4732-ab9c-66576f41ac3a)
Momba and Nyanza (item number 1) (id a639f310-8164-4837-8a6a-a35b79499365)
Cape Town (item number 1) (id 4ac5f7a5-0999-4458-a050-511740312f63)
Communication Cords in Railway Carriages (item number 1) (id 198d4478-e0c4-4a69-9e7a-509e33d412da)
Malta (item number 1) (id afbfb448-17ca-44a3-9868-562686ee9aa3)
Cast-Iron Railway Bridges (item number 1) (id 77f8c860-6d6c-4811-a24f-1bd81ba572b4)
Mail Service to Stornoway (item number 1) (id 1c18cc95-4764-4497-86f4-42abd693c276)
Foot and Mouth Disease (item number 1) (id 07932586-2874-485d-8c86-9b0e23215048)
The Albert University (item number 1) (id 4ba484d6-9fa9-422d-80c4-51045f20ace5)
Postmastership of Cavan (item number 1) (id 7f860493-991e-4ae7-b117-d5dd5bd5cdbb)
Irish Mail Service (item number 1) (id ffb709f5-2a0d-459e-a01a-a1e795b62fa1)
Congested District Counties in Ireland (item number 1) (id d0be800e-8e81-4124-9ebd-f993c47ef9d2)
Irish Supplementary Grants (item number 1) (id 16c310ba-70a1-4778-8264-629cd4579f4f)
Mr. P. Synan, of Kilkee (item number 1) (id 2b8b906b-9f9a-4597-8779-3fb68a916db5)
School Fees in Ireland (item number 1) (id be0253c0-38ef-4af5-ad42-448761ec6258)
Salmon in Irish Rivers (item number 1) (id 70dc7e09-c178-4991-94c5-c6d56f5a25df)
Mr. de Cobain (item number 8) (id 06480d65-de4c-4175-a415-00dd8fbbfe42)
Sittings of the House (item number 9) (id 15a943e8-f917-4529-ae41-86f85d5106b1)
Message from the Lords (item number 10) (id 4395cd1c-a704-4677-ba46-c06f5c822265)
Orders of the Day (item number 11) (id a0a70176-20dc-4d60-9b7f-8ec2130d09ab)
Supply—Civil Service Estimates, 1891–2 (item number 12) (id 50a529b7-9ab7-463c-a26b-e8d19c9f4844)
Supply—Report (item number 13) (id cefe0304-0bb8-4f44-8fae-14e8f714dad9)

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