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Commons Hansard for 17 April 1894 (Volume 23)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 13 January 2026 at 10.31am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 3c85b2f2-ce5e-4f78-afce-74eb6698cdae)
Crown Lands and Cottages (item number 3) (id 949ad69b-d184-4691-95e6-c349a8528005)
Sutherlandshire Sheriff Substitute (item number 4) (id 39918430-bc7a-4aa1-92f3-9ceeab53eea9)
Scottish Fishery Board Cruiser (item number 5) (id daa18732-ff42-434f-9885-c9d3e16ea062)
Insanitary Condition of Ruabon (item number 6) (id 8063dd28-8894-4be7-806b-5e20c78c247e)
Universal Postal Delivery (item number 7) (id 02b3427f-755a-432d-a325-d1dc9e53bfc1)
Ex-Officers and Their Uniforms (item number 8) (id 6a0e115c-4ebe-44d7-ae2f-0a64abe380fc)
Affray Between Water Bailiffs and Fishermen in Moray Firth (item number 9) (id d303a980-538e-46ff-9c8a-e0a2f44744fa)
Lewis Procurator Fiscal (item number 10) (id 2aa376c8-6903-44da-a245-5e19e49cc708)
Cheadle Schools, Staffordshire (item number 11) (id 137fa59e-6a93-4d94-a106-a97e19131fb2)
Killybegs Pier (item number 12) (id 5dd3cedd-b6d2-4682-ad4c-9c9d55677544)
Southern Irish Coast Fisheries (item number 13) (id a62a1ff7-67f4-49a0-9c7b-32df78fede7e)
Consular Appointments (item number 14) (id d1430dd2-0226-4b88-854d-8fe0a2f96823)
Admiralty Contracts (item number 15) (id 1cb93e60-7d3a-4d66-8de1-485a40126751)
Labourers Cottages in the Dingle Union (item number 16) (id 9d3a4f17-3fbe-45ad-9db3-2918584c7be6)
Mortality in Indian Prisons (item number 17) (id af075422-126e-452a-9184-1ae89da4029c)
Offences Under the Merchandise Marks Act (item number 18) (id 70b45fd2-6865-4ece-b629-1d16c86266f8)
The Arran Evictions (item number 19) (id 9621adc2-f4c2-4c25-9afd-a7b2fd1779d6)
The Irish Lights Board (item number 20) (id d01f88c7-62da-4ccd-b6d2-4cf1ecc07a12)
Irish Education Act, 1892 (item number 21) (id 08916f31-71f3-41cc-ae24-7fcd10c6b1fd)
Intermediate Education in Wales (item number 22) (id 8e2489f2-50bc-4228-aa91-2d388fa3233d)
Uganda (item number 23) (id 9c983ebc-3409-437b-ba9e-fb4702d63bf3)
Sussex Parliamentary Electors Return (item number 24) (id 0be1af95-60e0-4f1c-a597-6a14ada308cd)
The Matabele War (item number 25) (id 885fd852-d46e-4d2d-be9a-5459daa9216f)
The Manorhamilton Veterinary Inspector (item number 26) (id ea009ca2-55e9-40e6-a58e-235f52f9e0f5)
Irish Teachers' Gratuities (item number 27) (id 4436cbda-5862-41ef-8635-1105895b7929)
Fort Victoria (item number 28) (id 91a1172d-bfec-4b8d-8a58-6dc624c65ff2)
Led Horses (item number 29) (id 33cb8cb4-c06e-4984-a050-1744d45ad7e2)
The Central Telegraph Office (item number 30) (id 3c252024-e1e1-4f27-a887-7979b6726eb6)
Book Post (item number 31) (id 253c8790-cad3-4e28-95fe-c86c7312b2ce)
Matabeleland (item number 32) (id b5376d71-afad-4188-91d5-863d251da7f4)
The Finsbury Estate of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners (item number 33) (id 7d6b01d9-d8bd-42c3-910d-b74cbdc49612)
The Street Preaching Disturbances at Cork (item number 34) (id c0f8908f-8791-4a83-b99e-ea593e9d950c)
Platelayers and Their Dangers (item number 35) (id d60860b3-87b0-46c2-b8d5-0254835bec82)
Training Colleges for Scotchteachers (item number 36) (id c023e63a-fc21-498c-997e-9727b066e975)
St. James's National School, Hereford (item number 37) (id 1f0bedb1-a92a-4d45-be4e-5b8bbd61a0e2)
Lady Visitors to Prisons (item number 38) (id e35c9738-580f-4e39-a466-9ff877459a70)
Re-Election on Appointment to Office (item number 39) (id 0665415b-d6c1-4610-a307-3ca66671959c)
Loch Broom (item number 40) (id 38d4c5ee-975c-4da3-96f3-8b80fc958f2e)
Clonakilty Labourers' Cottages (item number 41) (id b1983d55-4d4f-4aa9-ad24-e1961c1c926a)
Surrenders to the Treasury (item number 42) (id 2a0fdb52-912e-45cd-b509-c87d15799de2)
Equalisation of Rates (London) Bill (item number 43) (id 45e2a78b-c1c1-4c46-8a6a-bbb255059e40)
Achill Sound Railway (item number 44) (id 1808bddd-7b09-4e7c-9790-14a58e901388)
Canal Rates (item number 45) (id 6503b6f6-f8fe-4d42-ae21-114fb6e29ede)
Discharged Soldiees as Postmen (item number 46) (id 50672b6c-49b6-4136-a66c-8f62df77b01e)
The Increased Whisky Duty (item number 47) (id b0916b36-1520-4cb5-b074-2aae76e6f067)
The Twelve O'clock Rule (item number 48) (id f9910a22-fb0d-4c26-9fb9-5dc991c5616a)
Privilege (item number 49) (id 65c1e8f1-0782-468b-8538-c445a976453e)
Sittings of the House (Exemption from the Standing Order) (item number 50) (id d9241860-e47b-4de0-9054-70517dbcf5fe)
Orders of the Day (item number 51) (id 75745966-3278-4d12-9600-fa40a1be6b8a)
Standing Committee (Scotland) (item number 52) (id 4ae7b7b5-9e87-4144-aa8e-1d6594a2d623)
Behring Sea Award Bill (item number 53) (id 10130e06-6081-4e16-a066-b6a7fbd1c42d)
Motion (item number 54) (id f2e91f17-5376-46d8-8783-acc073a9d372)
Education Code, 1894 (item number 55) (id 3966d4e7-aa33-47ee-ae0f-2db69c4e9a73)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 4) BILL. (No. 148.) (item number 56) (id e490ae0c-4f50-4ca5-9c56-df3a1d9d1c2e)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 5) BI LL.—(No. 149.) (item number 57) (id c90b1e79-c8f2-4c35-b866-ff353fac5484)
PIER AND HARBOUR PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 1) BILL—(No. 150.) (item number 58) (id ee859742-b070-4702-be49-424af9b83dd1)
SELECTION (STANDING COMMITTEES.) LAW, &c (item number 59) (id cc7f649a-86c6-4969-bbd2-35bb45b1788f)
Message from the Lords (item number 60) (id 969390d7-1a12-4ea6-8860-ef18b3d77a45)
COUNTY COUNCILS ASSOCIATION (SCOTLAND) EXPENSES BILL.—(No. 97.) (item number 61) (id 8acd0b57-5d3f-449a-802c-32c69804c7e5)
WILD BIRDS' PROTECTION ACT (1880) AMENDMENT BILL.—(No. 134.) (item number 62) (id 7cc9ed12-179c-440f-9c0d-b83dc780e2e8)
Motions (item number 63) (id 776b7a8f-69f2-43f6-9fc8-7ee50929e95d)
Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill (item number 64) (id 32fe35fc-ff20-4955-9b8c-875becfa93df)
Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill (item number 65) (id 0bb6c637-f351-4ce2-8fb8-0b6564b6863f)
Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 5) Bill (item number 66) (id 22d76287-57cc-4f56-8995-ebfa12fb17d3)
Universities Representation Abolition Bill (item number 67) (id 780d9bf6-4f66-4547-9c5a-1737de39e1f9)
House of Lords Veto (Abolition) Bill (item number 68) (id ebc39617-95ad-47ac-8c3b-ccb6982eccb5)
County Councillors (Qualification' of Women) Bill (item number 69) (id b7caacd0-91f8-4a32-bc6d-feaf6b5b5def)
Mussel Scalps (Scotland) Bill (item number 70) (id f71e450f-4eb8-4e14-8616-5b4a1a3ff26f)
Public Libraries (Ireland) Acts Amendment Bill (item number 71) (id 34e296df-52d4-478e-872f-cdb9fb385766)
Public Libraries (Scotland) Bill (item number 72) (id 2a38ea89-1c59-48c4-b37b-f49c5e81c1ac)
Poor Law Amendment Bill (item number 73) (id ef828abc-57ae-4ff4-866b-4ae8139408fe)
Wats and Means (item number 74) (id da386a53-4fd6-4739-b991-1909be003123)
Dispensary Committees (Ireland) Bill (item number 75) (id 072af6e4-ff10-4eea-8177-f815c1a28fd1)

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