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Commons Chamber section
Commons Hansard for 4 April 1898 (Volume 56)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
24 March 2018 at 9.05pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Private Bill Business
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Great Eastern Railway (Pensions) Bill
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Lincoln And East Coast Railway And Dock Bill
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Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No 1) Bill
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Chipstead Valley Railway Bill Hl
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Cranbrook And Paddock Wood Railway Bill Hl
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Great Orme Tramway And Tramroad Bill Hl
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Edinburgh And District Water Bill Hl
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Guy's Hospital Bill Hl
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Patriotic Assurance Company Bill Hl
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Swansea Gas Bill Hl
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Waterford City Gas Bill Hl
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City And Brixton Railway Bill
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London, Walthamstow, And Epping Forest Railway Bill
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Andoversford And Stratford-Upon-Avon Railway Bill
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Hartlepool Gas And Water Bill
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Knott End Railway Bill
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Tottenham And Edmonton Gas Bill
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Southend-On-Sea Gas Bill
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Aberdeen Corporation (Tramways) Bill Hl
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Aberystwyth Gas Bill Hl
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Belfast Corporation (Hospitals) Bill Hl
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Lanarkshire And Dumbartonshire Railway Bill Hl
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Mersey Docks And Harbour Board (Various Powers) Bill Hl
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Norton And Halton Roads Bill
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Taff Vale Railway Bill
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Windsor Dock (Cardiff) Bill
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London United Tramways Bill
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Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No 1) Bill
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Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No 2) Bill
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Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No 3) Bill
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Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No 4) Bill
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Divorce Bills
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Harts Divorce Bill Hl
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Petitions
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Army Pensions
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Catholic University In Ireland
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East India (Contagious Diseases)
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Grocers' Licences (Scotland) Abolition Bill
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Local Authorities Officers' Superannuation Bill
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Mines (Eight Hours) Bill
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Old Age Pension Scheme
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Private Bill Procedure (Scotland) Bill
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Sale Of Intoxicating Liquors (Ireland) Bill And Sale Of Intoxicating Liquors On Sunday Bill
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Sale Of Intoxicating Liquors On Sunday Bill
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Returns, Etc
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Trade Reports (Annual Series)
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Treaty Series (No 5 1898)
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Metropolitan Cattle Market
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Papers Laid Upon The Table
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Quit And Crown Rents (Ireland) (Redemption)
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Revenue And Expenditure (England, Scotland, And Ireland)
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Imperial Revenue (Collection And Expenditure) (Great Britain And Ireland)
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Questions
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Ladysmith Camp
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Prevention Of Pollution Of Rivers
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Royal Courts Of Justice
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British Trade With Tunis
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Kew Gardens
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Army And Royal Irish Constabulary Recruits
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Grand Jury Charges In County Wicklow
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Water Analysis At Maidstone
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Report Of The Commissioners Of National Education
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Bonds From Post Office Officials
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Belfast Post Office Staff
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Audits Of School Managers' Accounts
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Milk Imports
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Roscrea, Nenagh, And Birr Mails
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Batoum Shipping Returns
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Sheffield Guardians Election
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Case Of Maria Albons
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Clifden Industrial School
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Sailors And The Shamrock
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Talienwan And Port Arthur
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Russia And Korea
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Wei-Hai-Wei
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Postmen's Park
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Corrugated Iron Cells For Convicts
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Convict Dietary Scale
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Treadwheel At Norwich Prison
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Insane Convicts At Bboadmoor
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Sheriff In Chancery Of Scotland
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Colwyn Bay Urban District Council
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Agricultural Rates Act, 1896
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Irish Local Government Bill Map
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Irish County Treasurers
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Cork Post Office
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Imports Of Arms Into Persia
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Irish Probate Duty Grant
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Indian Currency
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Waziristan
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Gwalior, Gateway At South Kensington
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Government Stationery Contracts
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Salvation Army
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Miners' Permanent Relief Fund
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Military Prisons
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Colonial Office And The German Emperor
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Belfast Footpaths
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Omagh Lunatic Asylum
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India Office (Store Depot) Bill
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Distress At Candia
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Mission Hospital At Nusseerabad
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Indian Educational Service
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Metropolitan Gas Charges
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Spain And The United States
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Ex-Ministers Pensions
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Australian Naval Station
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Telegraphic Charge Anomalies
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Central Telegraph Office
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Shipping Returns
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Foreign Export Of Coal
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Business Of The House
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New Member Sworn
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Orders Of The Day
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Prisons Bill
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Private Bill Procedure (Scotland) Bill
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Customs Offices (Southampton) Expenses
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Telegraphs Grant
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Baths And Washhouses Acts Amendment Bill
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London Buildings Act (1894) Amendment Bill
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Vaccination Bill
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