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Commons Chamber section
Commons Hansard for 16 March 1899 (Volume 68)
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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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London Water (Purchase) Bill
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London Water (Finance) Bill
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East London Water Bill
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East London Water (Temporary Supply Bill
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Metropolitan Water Companies Bill
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West Middlesex Water Bill
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Woking Water And Gas Bill
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South Eastern And London, Chatham, And Dover Railway Companies Bill
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Private Bills
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Midland And South Western Junction Railway (Northern Section) Bill
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Petitions
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Local Authorities Servants-Superannuation Bill
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Old Age Pension Scheme
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Parliamentary Franchise
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Public Health Acts Amendment Bill
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Sale Of Intoxicating Liquors On Sunday Bill
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Returns, Reports, Etc
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Army (Ordnance Factories Estimate, 1899–1900)
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War Office
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Schools (Scotland) (Number Of Scholars, Etc,)
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School Board (London)
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West Indies
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Industrial Schools (Ireland) (Circulars)
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Endowed Schools Act, 1869, And Amending Acts
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Paper Laid Upon The Table By The Clerk Of The House
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Benefices Act, 1898
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Vagrant Children Relieved
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New Mills Urban District Council (Water) Bill
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Cathcart's Divorce Bill—Message From The Lords
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Questions
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Workmen's Dwellings At Bermondsey
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Scotch Universities
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Edinburgh University
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British Sailors In The Mercantile Marine
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Disturbances At St Clement's Church, Belfast
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Imports Of Butter And Eggs
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Great Eastern Railway Employees
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Poison On Agricultural Lands
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The "Tourmaline"
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Destruction Of The Madhps Tomb
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Loans Fund (Ireland) Bill
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Clogher Guardians
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Mr Trews Speeches In Belfast
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St Clement's Church, Belfast
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Chinese Soldiers In British Service
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Listowel Land Cases
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Attempted Train Wrecking At Lambeg
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Auckland Harbour Board
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Irish Resident Magistrates
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Construction Of The Khartoum Railway
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Telegraphs (Telephonic Communication) Bill
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Taxation At St Kitts
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Administrator Of St Kitts
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Clogher Rate Collectorship
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Cyclists In Phoenix Park
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Dublin Excise Officers
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Frauds In The Dublin Excise Warehouse
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Belleville Boilers
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Railway Enterprise In West Africa
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Holyhead And Kingstown Piers
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Government Contracts In India
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Dog Muzzling In Yorkshire
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State Railways In India
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Indian Native Armies
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Lord Leconfield's Tenantry
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Scotch Church In Madeira
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Old Age Pensions In New Zealand
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Germany And The Caroline Islands
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Samoa
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Workmen's Compensation Act Insurances
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"Admiral" Class Of Battleships
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Irish Grand Jury Contracts
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Sales Under Section 40 Of The Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1896
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Wexford Land Appeals
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Irish Teachers' Examinations
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Vaccination Blue Books
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Tourist Traffic On The West Coast Of Ireland
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Friendly Societies And The Land Tax
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Armenian Orphanages
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Galway Voters' Lists
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Clifden Petty Sessions Clerk
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Second Division Clerks
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Naval Medical Officers
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Polling On Arran Islands
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Irish Tithe Rent Charge Bill
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Punishment For Train Wrecking
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Royal Naval Reserve
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Health Of Native Troops In The Soudan
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Expenditure Under The Naval Works Act
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France And The Nile Valley
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Irish Local Government Orders
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Bishopric Of Madagascar
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Irish Judicature Act
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Fees On Private Bills
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North Seas Fishery Commission
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Waima Incident
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India And Bounty-Fed Sugar
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Volunteer Rifle Ranges
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Monmouth Assizes
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America And West Indian Sugar Industry
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British And French Trade
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British Museum Attendants
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Accident On The "Terrible"
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Business Of The House
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Suspension Of The Twelve O'clock Rule
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Orders Of The Day
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Supply (Navy Estimates) 3Rd Allotted Day
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Navy Estimates, 1899–1900
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Business Of The House
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Sale Of Food And Drugs Bill
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Supply 3Rd March
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Army Estimates, 1899–1900
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Universities (Scotland) Acts Amendment Bill
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Licensing Exemption (Houses Of Parliament) Bill
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Metropolitan Gas Companies
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Colonial Loans Fund Bill
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Telegraphs (Telephonic Communication, Etc) Bill
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London Government Bill
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Charitable Loans (Ireland) Bill
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Inebriates Act (1898) Amendment Bill
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Improvement Of Land Bill
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Palatine Court Of Durham Bill Lords
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Solicitors Bill Lords
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Telegraph (Channel Islands) Bill Lords
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Electric Lighting (Clauses) Bill
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Anchors And Chain Cables Bill
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Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Bill
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Town Councils (Scotland) Bill
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Executors (Scotland) Amendment Bill
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Cheap Trains Bill
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Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act (1886) Amendment Bill
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School Board Conferences (Scotland) Bill
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Parish Councillors (Tenure Of Office) Bill
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University Degrees Bill
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