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Commons Chamber section
Commons Hansard for 24 February 1903 (Volume 118)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
25 March 2018 at 1.26pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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The Chairman Of Ways And Means
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Barnsley Corporation (Water) Bill
(item number 4)
(id 2f0d004c-0490-44dd-b47b-53b075643c53)
Bath Corporation Water Bill
(item number 5)
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Beckenham Urban District Council Bill
(item number 6)
(id 3fbaaa57-0dd1-4108-9962-fb923d0f6d7e)
Billingshurst And District Gas Bill
(item number 7)
(id efaf0d9d-bc17-4945-b854-20c2baee3f38)
Blackheath And Greenwich District Electric Light Bill
(item number 8)
(id bbf153e1-6101-445e-adc1-ee0a2046c2c2)
Bridgwater Gas Bill
(item number 9)
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Bristol, London, And Southern Counties Railway Bill
(item number 10)
(id 2d4a0246-be93-497b-8a64-a280a59e0201)
Broadstairs Gas Bill
(item number 11)
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Burgess Hill And St John's Common Gas Bill
(item number 12)
(id 67e5defb-2bac-4c12-a0c3-48f6dd731f14)
Castleblaney, Keady, And Armagh Railway (Extension Op Time)
(item number 13)
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Central London Railway Bill
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Charing Cross, Euston And Hampstead Railway Bill
(item number 15)
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Cheshire Lines Committee Bill
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City And North-East Suburban Electric Railway Bill
(item number 17)
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City And South London Railway
(item number 18)
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Clapham Junction And Marble Arch Railway (No1) Bill
(item number 19)
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Commercial Gas Bill
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Cork Harbour Bill
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Coventry And Arley Railway Bill
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Coventry Electric Tramways Bill
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Crystal Palace District Cas Bill
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Dublin Improvement (Bull Alley Area) Bill
(item number 25)
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Dublin, Wicklow, And Wexford Railway Bill
(item number 26)
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East Ardsley Gas Bill
(item number 27)
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East Ham Improvement Bill
(item number 28)
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Ebbw Vale Water And Improvement Bill
(item number 29)
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Erith Tramways And Improvement Bill
(item number 30)
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Fishguard And Rosslare Railways And Harbours Bill
(item number 31)
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Gas Light And Coke Company Bill
(item number 32)
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Gas Light And Coke Company's Acts Amendment Bill
(item number 33)
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Gateshead Corporation Bill
(item number 34)
(id bbe26467-61c6-41ce-81f1-59d5a345958a)
Gorleston And Southtown Cas Bill
(item number 35)
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Great Central Railway Bill
(item number 36)
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Great Eastern Railway (No 1) Bill
(item number 37)
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Great Eastern Railway (No 2) Bill
(item number 38)
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Great Northern And City Railway Bill
(item number 39)
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Great Northern, Piccadilly, And Brompton Railway (New Lines And Extensions) Bill
(item number 40)
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Great Northern Piccadilly, And Brompton Railway (Various Powers) Bill
(item number 41)
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Great Northern Railway Bill
(item number 42)
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Great Southern And Western Railway Bill
(item number 43)
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Great Western Railway Bill
(item number 44)
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Great Western Railway (Pension Fund) Bill
(item number 45)
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Grindleford, Baslow, And Bake Well Railway Bill
(item number 46)
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Hainault Forest Bill
(item number 47)
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Hampton Court Gas Bill
(item number 48)
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Highland And Invergarry And Fort Augustus Railway Companies (Substituted) Bill
(item number 49)
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Humber Commercial Railway And Dock Bill
(item number 50)
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Hyde Corporation Bill
(item number 51)
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Ipswich Gas Bill
(item number 52)
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Kent Water Board Bill
(item number 53)
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Lancashire And Yorkshire And London And North Western Railways (Steam Vessels) Bill
(item number 54)
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Leigh Corporation Bill
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Llandrindod Wells Improvement Bill
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London Building Acts (Amendment) Bill
(item number 57)
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London County Council (Electric Supply) Bill
(item number 58)
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London County Council (General Powers) Bill
(item number 59)
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London Hydraulic Power Bill
(item number 60)
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London, Tilbury, And Southend Railway Bill
(item number 61)
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London United Tramways Bill
(item number 62)
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Maidstone Gas Bill
(item number 63)
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Market Drayton Gas Bill
(item number 64)
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Merthyr Tydvil Urban District Council Bill
(item number 65)
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Metropolitan District Railway (Works) Bill
(item number 66)
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Middlesbrough Corporation Bill
(item number 67)
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Midland And Belfast And Northern Counties Railways Bill
(item number 68)
(id 1d50985f-8eaa-499f-9193-f66a7663cce1)
Midland Great Western Railway Of Ireland Bill
(item number 69)
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Midland Railway Bill
(item number 70)
(id aab9b221-6b4b-4678-926e-2a36a125d6b9)
Mullingar, Kells, And Dbogheda Railway Bill
(item number 71)
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Nantyglo And Blaina Water Bill
(item number 72)
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Neath, Pontardawe, And Brynam-Man Railway Bill
(item number 73)
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Nelson Corporation Bill
(item number 74)
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Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Electric Supply Bill
(item number 75)
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New Hunstanton Improvement Bill
(item number 76)
(id 13e1124c-6ad0-4ae1-a9c0-33606023058c)
North-Eastern Railway Bill
(item number 77)
(id eed6fc83-9d6a-46e1-b872-999ec548979d)
North Middlesex Gas Bill
(item number 78)
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North-West London Railway Bill
(item number 79)
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Plymouth Corporation Bill
(item number 80)
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Scarborough Gas Bill
(item number 81)
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Seaeorth And Sefton Junction Railway Bill
(item number 82)
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Sittingbourne District Gas Bill
(item number 83)
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South Shields Corporation Bill
(item number 84)
(id c15f3faa-99c5-49dc-9eec-aba6c770d193)
South Shields, Sunderland, And District Tramways Bill
(item number 85)
(id 5cacd27f-0e56-449e-946f-f26f30afbe2c)
South Yorkshire Joint Railways Bill
(item number 86)
(id 8f5a0467-0762-4935-8c54-ff7edde12eed)
Stroud District And Cheltenham Tramways Bill
(item number 87)
(id f06a8574-b20a-4201-b27a-f2aadad8884a)
Sutton District Water Bill
(item number 88)
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Thames Conservancy Bill
(item number 89)
(id 45d02e0f-9b1a-4715-806a-69ff9157062a)
Thames Steamboat Trust Bill
(item number 90)
(id eb1202c2-f7dc-4694-9e84-4d71ab239494)
Ulster And Connaught Light Railways Bill
(item number 91)
(id 8ddd214a-ae3f-4a17-b924-a45ad22fcba4)
Walker And Wallsend Union Gas Bill
(item number 92)
(id 2387691d-2529-4a97-9ccd-deb9d064dbca)
Watford And Edgware Railway Bill
(item number 93)
(id 18a8a2a8-8d71-4236-9ad6-fa5033c9d9be)
Wellingborough And District Tramroads Bill
(item number 94)
(id 518f80c8-e341-410a-80f3-d34092512190)
West Cumberland Electric Tramways Bill
(item number 95)
(id c5549b9f-f844-4a23-973b-9694f16c0cb5)
Western Valleys (Monmouthshire) Sewerage Board Bill
(item number 96)
(id d578522b-a4e4-4171-856d-352af0d56f1b)
West Ham Corporation Bill
(item number 97)
(id b3cb95b6-ac80-4bf5-99c4-2d24b9fa668c)
West Sussex Water Bill
(item number 98)
(id 99bae087-6022-461c-ade5-6f26a24a204d)
Winchester Water And Gas Btll
(item number 99)
(id 8b38ceff-f47d-423e-b5d2-d3e75423b46a)
Wolverhampton And Cannock Chase Railway (Extension Oe Time) Bill
(item number 100)
(id b6340a2a-a4da-4a02-b3f6-d1d30318cfe7)
Wood Green Urban District Council Bill
(item number 101)
(id 69c96231-28a3-49c6-8e09-b22c2137108c)
Woolwich Borough Council Btll
(item number 102)
(id 131d2ba0-30b1-4230-9818-efd9d7b7f085)
Land Transfer Act, 1897
(item number 104)
(id 082c404b-7c71-498e-bb64-2f104b3936e5)
Sale Of Intoxicating Liquors On Sunday Bill
(item number 105)
(id b50d6e0c-27a0-47e8-a9e7-7b103a56551e)
Navy (Appropriation Account)
(item number 107)
(id d63e7fc2-78df-47ab-a779-0f0a7bdc6bbf)
Trade Reports (Annual Series)
(item number 108)
(id a7c89990-3cc7-4b46-8e56-a06f244f2405)
Technical Instruction Act, 1889
(item number 109)
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Technical Instruction Act, 1889
(item number 110)
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Technical Instruction Act, 1880
(item number 111)
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Census, 1901
(item number 112)
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Civil Services (Supplementary Estimates, 1902-3)
(item number 113)
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British South Africa (Taxation Of Natives)
(item number 114)
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Brewers' Licences
(item number 115)
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Pauperism (England And Wales) (Monthly Statements)
(item number 116)
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Questions And Answers Circulated With The Votes
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Cotton Cloths Factories Acts—Home Office Prosecutions
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Licences Refused For Reasons Other Than Misconduct
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Newton Abbot Post Office—Increased Salary For Staff
(item number 1)
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Telegraphic Addresses Of Dublin Bookmakers
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South Africa—Beer Duty In The Transvaal
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Southafrica—Loss On Sale Of Blockhouses
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Mails To Japan, Australia, Etc—Respective Times Taken In Transmission By Alternative Routes
(item number 1)
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House Of Commons Ventilation—Recommendations Of Select Committee
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Women Typists In The Civil Service—Alleged Grievances
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Income Tax—Dates For Payment In England And Scotland
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Navy—Increased Pensions To Petty Officers
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Leicestershire County Council's Education Scheme—Board Of Educations Objection
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Ireland—Suggested State Lunatic Asylum For Alcoholic Lunatics
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Ireland—Fair Rents In The Trim Districts—Case Of John Flynn, Etc
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Questions In The House
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The War Commission
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Surrenders In South Africa
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Parcels Post For Agricultural Produce
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Appointments To Postmasterships—Unsuccessful Candidates
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Cattle In The United Kingdom
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Aliens In London—Police Arrests
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Women On Education Committees
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Railway Rates In Ireland
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Technical Instruction In Ireland—Grant In Aid
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Land Purchase In County Sligo—Land Commission Advances
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Imprisonment For Contempt Of Court—M'elligott's Case
(item number 1)
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Marine Works In Ireland
(item number 1)
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United Irish League—Inniscarra Meeting
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Betting Offices In Ireland
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Royal Irish Constabulary—Pay And Pensions
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Alleged Forged Will—Case Of Thomas O'keeffe
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Irish Local Taxation Pund—Expenses Of Midwives
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Afforestry In Ireland
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The Colonial Secretary
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Reform Of Parliamentary Procedure
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New Bills
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Ingest Bill
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Liquor Traffic Local Veto (Wales) Bill
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Prevention Of Pollution Of Rivers And Streams Bill
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Public Health Bill
(item number 1)
(id 531b788c-5470-4562-a4fe-06b3baf8bf9c)
Trade Unions And Trade Disputes Bill
(item number 1)
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Local Government (Ireland) Bill
(item number 1)
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Aged Pensioners (No 2) Bill
(item number 1)
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Bank Holidays (Ireland) Bill
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(id 5769d593-8459-46b7-bfc2-9484327ae886)
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