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Commons Hansard for 31 May 1899 (Volume 72)

                From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated 
24 March 2018 at 9.37pm.
            

Commons Chamber

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

House Of Commons (item number 1) (id aab0a512-a3e0-4a5f-946d-b7943d10c071)

Private Bill Business (item number 2) (id 0920f77b-8c3e-4274-9f8a-8dc4d95aaf76)

Woodhouse And Conisbrough Railway (Abandonment) Bill (item number 3) (id 43d1eca9-4f71-4501-9f8e-b5d59c4dc322)

South Staffordshire Stipen Diary Justice Bill (item number 4) (id a94f4ca0-3784-49c8-922d-dbbef2084825)

Belfast And Northern Counties Railway Bill (item number 5) (id 2480d4a7-0114-4d05-ae9b-5314379468cf)

Bootle Corporation Bill (item number 6) (id add4be31-2142-45ec-af67-abc9a86f985b)

Barton-On-Sea Water Bill Lords (item number 7) (id 48b6db31-473e-4548-961f-d259d2c0cfc9)

Glasgow Corporation (Gas And Water) Bill Lords (item number 8) (id 523c9b9f-a500-4334-93fb-c2765e43530f)

Glasgow Corporation (Tramways, &C) Bill Lords (item number 9) (id e4a8ce46-ff7b-4412-86b2-02d8bd7ebe91)

Liverpool Overhead Railway Bill Lords (item number 10) (id 52198752-5dce-4318-94c5-246002e1297a)

London Hospital Bill Lords (item number 11) (id 26a0cf81-0516-4548-9fde-7c65608df789)

Mid-Kent Gas Bill Lords (item number 12) (id 8ce951a0-3d0e-435b-a919-69c9c2bd1ad2)

Oldham Corporation Bill Lords (item number 13) (id d2f87492-a88f-4873-8ac5-d47ecc958aed)

South Hants Water Bill Lords (item number 14) (id 02ed91d3-7195-4dcf-91c0-5b39b9013c68)

Stockton And Middlesbrough Water Bill Lords (item number 15) (id ea0cf5c3-8f31-483e-983b-981e7cfc166e)

Waterford And Central Ireland Railway Bill (item number 16) (id d7f4e25e-5b85-428c-b7de-6bfc50e12958)

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No 2) Bill (item number 17) (id f53e45ea-7644-4527-a1d4-552dee17e730)

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No 5) Bill (item number 18) (id f179d197-9ac3-48a2-a311-a66f0883c935)

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No 6) Bill (item number 19) (id ddeb2209-97b2-4983-a417-0d507cbf74ba)

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No 8) Bill (item number 20) (id 3eb6b9c4-1ba7-43cf-a1f5-a66bc715f8e6)

Housing Of The Working Classes Provisional Order (Borrow-Stounness) Bill (item number 21) (id f5e75285-6f00-498c-b72c-6c291c578e55)

Petitions (item number 22) (id d12f4626-86a9-4768-acd5-556b2bf0263a)

Borough Funds Act, 1872 (item number 23) (id 2caada0a-16cc-4ffe-ad3c-6cfcd419ad05)

Education Of Children Bill (item number 24) (id 4575b798-d2d1-4e54-b173-e16214c94f6b)

Elementary Education (New Bye-Laws) Bill (item number 25) (id c20e39d2-dd90-4b75-85cb-9a82bf52326f)

Ground Rents (Taxation By Local Authorities) (item number 26) (id 50c3308d-74d7-4211-87d6-34dbd965bc6f)

Mines (Eight Hours) Bill (item number 27) (id 84596ffe-691c-4b74-8106-b2751cb6d03d)

Mines (Eight Hours) Bill (item number 28) (id 34034db8-3ead-4561-b1a0-93bd7cf83beb)

Public Health Acts Amendment Bill (item number 29) (id 21df79d6-bc7f-459c-9c7f-ca881511e2eb)

Sale Of Intoxicating Liquors On Sunday Bill (item number 30) (id 14de79b0-bea7-41c8-aba8-83119843a3a1)

Telegraphs (Telephonic Communication, &C) Bill (item number 31) (id c60ec981-d792-4946-869e-5f19bb79aaa9)

Vaccination Acts, 1867 To 1898 (item number 32) (id 5420fb91-9ddf-47eb-b072-d0687a2b12cc)

Inland Revenue (Prosecutions Under Game Laws) (item number 33) (id f9976b26-2876-4855-9c49-9a7bca00f96f)

Fee Grant (Scotland) (item number 34) (id 72d80cee-08fb-4fb8-9d17-024da828f68d)

Trade Reports (Annual Series) (item number 35) (id f7fcb292-2333-4235-801d-c0afff6a5d63)

Diseases Of Animals Acts, 1894 And 1896 (item number 36) (id f496f59d-56fb-431e-8e2e-c87bd58f84d8)

Light Railways Act, 1896 (item number 37) (id c48e5302-d9cd-4f06-845a-545e5e2c198c)

Light Railways Act, 1896 (item number 38) (id 15c81673-3ee0-421e-bdc0-e1a5f4c05f40)

Light Railways Act, 1896 (item number 39) (id 284730c2-808a-4829-a62d-7e7dd4514895)

Gas And Water Works Facilities Act, 1870 (item number 40) (id ebdd8fd4-a556-4565-8b44-7db2a6d9f95f)

Harwich Harbour (item number 41) (id a3c54146-5f9f-496a-8063-30ee4cf93312)

Parliamentary Papers (Whitsuntide Recess) (item number 42) (id defe6568-538b-4fe9-9546-dec532bdc168)

Trade Reports (Annual Series) (item number 43) (id 99e3ed13-f86d-49ed-95bf-06563c112914)

Fishery Board (Scotland) (item number 44) (id 025a518a-0383-4b5d-a4e8-f416861abe36)

East India (Examinations For The Civil Service) (item number 45) (id f6e933f1-c42b-4960-9495-1b158e97a51d)

Local Taxation (Royal Commission) (item number 46) (id 4663f5d3-cd22-4cb5-97a4-917140a947d3)

Wine Duties (item number 47) (id d1b43ab7-426d-4ab7-9404-e2225d58d5f6)

British South Africa Company (Bechuanaland Railway) (item number 48) (id 4b763707-50d1-431c-a82c-03ebbddb61b1)

Paper Laid Upon The Table By The Clerk Of The House (item number 49) (id a722e92d-c993-4294-9e94-9509563d2d35)

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (item number 50) (id aafb232f-c8ab-4f00-96f3-0a3ec98c03c8)

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (item number 51) (id d4482524-60f4-4509-90e9-081802114410)

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (item number 52) (id 4de5b665-103a-4b26-839f-395298526961)

Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (item number 53) (id a9acd6c2-11c6-4bfb-88ce-4c3925b31c55)

Public Business (item number 54) (id 3ac0ae30-aa19-466f-8365-9eae937704e9)

Education Of Children Bill (item number 55) (id edc2083b-f6d7-4396-9702-b820507f8471)

Clause 1 (item number 56) (id 94a31efc-2cf5-4d87-b74c-1b297876075c)

Fine Or Imprisonment (Scotland And Ireland) (Re-Committed) Bill (item number 57) (id dc05f4ee-c95a-4545-9271-45de78d3dd82)

Metropolis Management Acts Amendment (Bye-Laws) Bill Lords (item number 58) (id f16ca69f-5fc9-4029-afdc-42d307b3d71f)

Seats For Shop Assistants (England And Ireland) Bill (item number 59) (id b134609f-7175-4a5c-80e0-1d50b40b5ac1)

Metropolitan Sewers And Drains (item number 60) (id 9fdef03c-72b7-4ece-aa8f-375a66926234)

Public Health Acts Amendment Bill (item number 61) (id 56177dce-d91c-4025-a1fa-bf473632cc06)

Metropolitan Sewers And Drains Bill (item number 62) (id 6b02fefb-cf1d-4337-9753-f81959462733)

Public Petitions Committee (item number 63) (id ff50507b-ccb3-435f-b3d5-193c11c63b8b)

Business Of The House (item number 64) (id 25e9dfa9-72e7-4f03-9b20-8d9e94d570a4)

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