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Commons Hansard for 15 March 1909 (Volume 2)

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Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 5e008c6f-d985-4891-97d5-aa5f49903f77)
Private Business (item number 2) (id 10f11bda-c50c-4438-8870-abd5f5593972)
Agriculture and Technical Instruction Schemes (Ireland) (item number 3) (id ba3c7ef9-b040-4a00-8b35-49a6e28da474)
Revenue (Collection of Taxes) (item number 4) (id 5dab8294-ccbe-4c50-bc04-8400185d9259)

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Captain Gorges, alias Gaudeons (item number 1) (id d604f500-4203-4dec-9bb6-5c53aaadb5d2)
Inns of Court Corps (item number 1) (id 5f7e2d0f-5782-4837-96fd-08665ce78b95)
Royal Garrison Artillery (India) (item number 1) (id 8765e7f9-fffe-4085-a884-9d330b5b10a1)
Army Horses (Prizes at Agricultural Shows) (item number 1) (id c8cfaa9a-37c1-43bc-9172-17dcc7ebb23c)
Ammunition (Condemned and Remade) (item number 1) (id ff94e4c5-cb75-4236-b15f-69c2cf10c04d)
Ballooning and Aeroplane Experiments (item number 1) (id 6fe87572-0685-4c71-8c84-d9ac521dc4ae)
Gymnasia Apparatus (Swedish v. English) (item number 1) (id 57177799-4799-40be-a86f-52a8f772beb1)
Aldershot Gymnasium (item number 1) (id 363265d8-7062-40a4-9343-5a572bc00b06)
Horses for Military Purposes (item number 1) (id c68afc2a-3811-4c6c-b229-d3ff695203ad)
Cavalry Depots (Commandants) (item number 1) (id ef7d3e9a-1dbb-45ef-a9dc-07010e8480da)
Assistant Financial Secretary, War Office (item number 1) (id 2f76269c-bc71-48f5-acc3-edaa809cdf4d)
Soldiers' Kit (item number 1) (id 2a00fb45-4597-4435-a817-20f421770ded)
Quarter-Masters and Riding-Masters (Retired Pay) (item number 1) (id 050d70cf-3052-4e07-bf47-f579d2f2b8d3)
Balloon Department, Aldershot (item number 1) (id f6d41c72-24ef-4b1c-baba-5681738a0c3d)
Army Aeroplane Experiments (item number 1) (id a3b1d182-36d2-4e88-bdcd-bdf91ab96471)
Cavalry Recruits (Extra Drills) (item number 1) (id a7519094-6a1b-4f0d-a6b2-64743827a54e)
Sentence on Dinizulu (item number 1) (id e311d04f-cd67-4a31-9482-9041bf01cfca)
Straits Settlements Opium Farm (item number 1) (id d989ce8c-10a5-42cc-b14e-cd50af3856a2)
Use of Opium (item number 1) (id d8c62e44-6c2a-46bd-b098-5a17709e2fe7)
Major Trenchard's Expeditionary Force (item number 1) (id 07301899-bce7-47a9-bd8d-0e8c0e00eb70)
Mauritius Legislative Council (item number 1) (id ead91fe6-8922-4c5d-99c1-fab120d109a7)
Lagos Hinterland (Duty on Spirits) (item number 1) (id 2e556916-a2bf-4eb9-a993-50a0f57f9c85)
Ekoi and Firearms (item number 1) (id 79bf6fb9-7914-48f8-a54f-0e87f214ff51)
East Africa and Uganda Protectorates (item number 1) (id b246cefd-ac96-4105-a2ab-11c762179208)
Oba of Aye (Timber Concession) (item number 1) (id dcbd9600-c3f5-4578-bb57-5d01f44cf644)
Dinizulu (item number 1) (id b3ea0c90-0642-4594-aa64-4c70b54153e2)
Bambaata's Family (item number 1) (id 314ab427-7b80-466f-81ec-e3128dd9f339)
Death Rate (England, France and Germany) (item number 1) (id 77b6e4c8-57b6-4a92-a724-b6124a420f06)
Exeter Provisional Order (item number 1) (id ba074196-04ab-4956-98a0-4aab4b79399e)
Speed Limit (Newmarket) (item number 1) (id dd9d147a-ee8c-42c9-bf70-1b788228ef92)
Unsound Meat (Re-Exportation) (item number 1) (id df851703-46ae-4d80-85ab-569cfcc2dc7a)
Boarded-Out Children (Lady Inspectors) (item number 1) (id e38543a5-f319-46b2-b19b-c5bfed6bbb3d)
Captain Gorges, alias Gaudeons (item number 1) (id 85520cc8-21c6-4a23-a95a-7cf5141e0ed7)
Customs and Excise Amalgamation (item number 1) (id 4b68964d-ce27-48d2-b20c-4a0804b62fb5)
Deportation of British Subjects (India) (item number 1) (id 2b776e5c-7af9-42ac-82e5-75f76dc00c7c)
Relations of the Two Houses of Parliament (item number 1) (id 3d432520-a83c-41f3-8f69-38724f48c348)
Shanghai-Hang-chau-Ning-po Railway (item number 1) (id ff5529cd-a2cd-4706-9665-b0d0a53625db)
Treaty with Siam (item number 1) (id 565fdc34-72ed-43c7-bb64-06acd22b58c0)
Canton (Han-Kau Railway) (item number 1) (id cec92330-4239-48b9-87ea-5e8b71f127bd)
India Councils Bill (item number 1) (id 783ad67c-bae8-4a41-8b07-f79da3d79d48)
Houses of Parliament Bill (item number 1) (id dd538778-a60f-46fb-b13a-f479514fb03c)
Trawling in Prohibited Areas (item number 1) (id f5c938a7-b9bb-47e3-83e3-2e5143cbc378)
Milk Bill (item number 1) (id 50e2ce93-4b0c-473d-9fa9-4a578dd1247c)
Canadian Aerodrome (item number 1) (id 1e5f0b7b-31f1-4a2b-a248-5249e839c67d)
Examinations for Women Clerkships (item number 1) (id aa0b513a-f165-460f-b92d-482bec7022b3)
Wages in Dublin Parks (item number 1) (id 6cd1bef4-a93a-435d-96b7-0a70e33f10fe)
Assistant Clerks (Leave) (item number 1) (id 43bb1c71-4696-4530-9842-086f44aeef6e)
Territorial Army (Position of Civil Servants) (item number 1) (id fd301a2e-2d0b-4f98-b9d3-0cbd5eb71020)
Agricultural Education (Scotland) (item number 1) (id 6470550d-27ee-4a70-8484-3db2768d180a)
Vatersay Farm (item number 1) (id 2eeb89a8-1324-4e16-94dc-f1c1322bcbf3)
Rates in Island of Lewis (item number 1) (id 24a683be-b6c8-40c7-8811-9d09b58f1602)
Naval Short-Service System (Pensions) (item number 1) (id 34c9a668-1291-4425-b587-09bebcb99720)
Channel Fleet Command (item number 1) (id 038fdb63-355d-46da-8169-6412d00a8d3c)
Rosyth Dockyard (Granite) (item number 1) (id 8d8295da-cbeb-48bc-9816-3c5752565a9b)
Apparatus for Gymnastic Purposes (Navy) (item number 1) (id 647b3a54-24df-478d-b0c0-1012befbdeed)
Sir Francis Bridgeman's Command (item number 1) (id ef35bf42-0b7a-41fe-91f3-fbbfc5effe7d)
Supernumeraries on Nucleus-crewed Ships (North Sea) (item number 1) (id 876a2179-9f51-47f8-a642-adf5bd3f3da0)
Buoy at Ballyquinton Point (County Down) (item number 1) (id 89fb7bb0-b4b7-4f46-8cc5-32f27856c8cf)
Steamship "Surrey" (Charges against Master) (item number 1) (id f55c45aa-2ae0-438f-a68e-155a36a0549a)
British Exports to Norway (item number 1) (id db146ba3-6bbc-4033-8378-56844311b342)
Street Accidents (Doctors' Fees) (item number 1) (id bbdc6ce7-f393-4a6b-b7d5-9bae50fe3943)
Territorial Force (Postal Employès) (item number 1) (id 1d086fa7-98e8-4874-b202-b3a0576f5e04)
Lunacy Commissioners (word "Pauper") (item number 1) (id b3b49130-dd02-44ce-870f-87b4ac262ba8)
Military Transport (Motor Cars) (item number 1) (id 0f87710f-c803-4bf4-b373-bf9b303aae8e)
Steam Trawlers in Dundrum Bay (item number 1) (id da71996d-44f6-4246-98ab-a3a2dacf2a13)
Antrim Postal Facilities (item number 1) (id 8b170501-23cb-4222-b4f4-5405e835aa5f)
Royal Assent (item number 6) (id 27f871fb-d534-4928-a15c-0fb0af75297b)
Presentation of Bills (item number 7) (id cd8def14-77ed-49a4-bc35-0409c848171b)
Supply (item number 8) (id 279d3292-3cd8-43cc-a772-119151b1339d)
Civil Service Supplementary Estimates, 1908–9 (item number 9) (id 955e66a2-b3d9-4eae-b9ce-bf22735b7add)
Somaliland (item number 10) (id 96746f56-3d63-47e9-b6ad-1ee732245478)

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Old Age Pension Committees (Clerks' Fees) (item number 1) (id 8bf79caf-0069-4272-bdfa-3edfec4d0ef5)
Old Age Pensions (Civil Service Estimates) (item number 1) (id 1966fbd5-f91c-4a46-9d03-b1ace8fc1969)
Irish Land Bill (Land Stock) (item number 1) (id 32989f0d-a529-4962-9463-99763058fb7a)
Budget (Mining Royalties) (item number 1) (id 9156aa96-f268-4da6-a4d9-5f8a4a818d9e)
Old Age Pensions (Ireland) (item number 1) (id e2df4dd0-0485-4bdc-8b29-e7d402588c07)
Budget (Dormant Balances and Unclaimed Securities) (item number 1) (id 136fa33a-6d74-4340-9205-9351e7451f8a)
High Wycombe Chairmakers (Fair Wages Clause) (item number 1) (id 05107b76-a077-4392-a4bc-1d873a5ca3d4)
Naval Gunnery Practice (item number 1) (id a4f5c840-6938-495e-a2f5-84850eda5027)
Indo-European Telegraph System (Persia) (item number 1) (id 1858c22b-2741-4b61-981a-a4435510e89d)
South Africa Act (item number 1) (id df4ea45f-40e9-4687-a930-6f10afc4cc2e)
Irish Fisheries Bill (item number 1) (id 2cfcd236-b2bf-4a9f-b7b7-d32bbfae4166)
Department of Agriculture (Ireland) (item number 1) (id 6d5e0441-1fb4-459d-a39a-e6afdc00d9c5)
Commissioners of Charitable Donations (Ireland) (item number 1) (id 3faf9d9f-f692-453b-9e2a-f17933c7e417)
Captain Gorges, alias Gaudeons (item number 1) (id 5d0f43f0-fd11-429d-b1fb-7e33993a5ee1)
Evicted Tenants Applications (Ireland) (item number 1) (id e1e5bae1-d127-41c7-ae0b-664e6ce68c93)
Deportation of Paupers from Great Britain (item number 1) (id fe83da94-fe70-4a29-8113-544b2411b2e1)
Newtown Moynagh Property, County Meath (item number 1) (id e26ca721-e52a-494d-9536-6a9cb544e2a9)
Lansdowne Estate (Fair Rent Applications) (item number 1) (id ea84c81e-f45d-49ff-b0a2-db74e10e6862)
Maltreating Cattle (Ireland) (item number 1) (id 99bb05d2-eac2-48cc-82ea-facb8378429a)
Limerick Assizes (Jury System) (item number 1) (id c2bc1f9d-6a39-469d-9c4c-fcc47938440c)
Criminal Use of Firearms (County Clare) (item number 1) (id 1aed8638-87d4-4dea-99e3-ac9c080d3fc7)
Charles O'Farrell Estate (Estates Commissioners) (item number 1) (id f50255f3-de0c-4781-a31a-adf7ff992c6f)
Evicted Tenants Act (item number 1) (id 32e5b459-856d-46b0-a42d-32c5bd765b99)
Carlow Barrow Drainage Committee (item number 1) (id 4dc492c8-de9d-4619-85aa-b98018b9ed2a)
County Galway (Police Quota) (item number 1) (id 1ce3f771-060c-4c00-8260-4f467632be6c)
Morrogh Bernard Estate (County Kerry) (item number 1) (id 880a0454-afbe-40ad-9e24-914501bb557f)
Ventry Estate (Mrs. Moriarty) (item number 1) (id 902e183c-16e9-4909-8ccc-59580b477fe2)
Irish National Schools (Assistant Teachers) (item number 1) (id 3323970e-492a-4a80-8995-6f410ea95bfc)
Caldbeck Estate, Ballacolla, Queen's County (item number 1) (id 884e1aa7-40fd-473c-b1c0-e7f5743f0225)
Mr. Arthur Traynor, County Monaghan (item number 1) (id a6061e8e-21a6-4908-9b30-6a87d6bb192c)
Hamilton Stubber Estate, Queen's County (item number 1) (id bc823f1e-9149-4b9b-a12e-c9655139fbea)
Captain Goffs Estate, Roscommon (item number 1) (id 7b23190c-3979-4fb9-8eaf-8e1f86688b50)
Street Accidents (Returns) (item number 1) (id 14ac3a82-40be-4b1f-bcce-1fa56bb5e1c9)
London University (item number 1) (id 598a132f-3328-4c21-a8b9-69960c3556b2)
Colonial Forces (Cost) (item number 1) (id 2572646d-defc-45c1-a585-be0b55dfbce6)
Deer Forests (Highlands) (item number 1) (id 2f8229a4-3367-42ce-bfa2-4f6f1e12d151)
Motor Prosecutions (Police Evidence) (item number 1) (id bd8d694c-433d-4020-a77b-f5648d8afa74)
Irish Store Contracts (item number 1) (id 0afb88cc-70d5-4e62-9bda-109ae363d20a)
Supernumeraries in Nucleus-Crew Ships (item number 1) (id bc7d139d-5458-4ac7-b96f-461cce0e07db)
Post Office Life Assurance (item number 1) (id 4dd1879e-4f4b-4d66-b6f1-384446f9c6b6)
Belfast Post Office (item number 1) (id cb2bc6a3-ebb2-4cb0-947e-bd3a5679ab64)
Old Age Pension Case (Tucker) (item number 1) (id fd22d894-39ee-4696-8415-fb6df3298503)
Liquor Shops in Bengal (item number 1) (id bf430506-bee1-4c8b-ade6-012f07133268)
Opium in India (item number 1) (id 338f4518-c96b-4404-ad02-846dcf2c32f2)
Imprisoned Suffragists (item number 1) (id 1adf9f1c-08e3-4f3c-b192-e3553d2340a4)
Mail Bag Cloth (item number 1) (id 053e02a2-c1e6-4507-9274-68ac02da3b31)
Civilian Employés (Government Departments) (item number 1) (id d6ca72e2-4429-4692-af31-b3956083ef55)
High Wycombe Chairmakers (Fair Wages Clause) (item number 1) (id cd96c392-49de-4f51-b381-3ae31a51965d)
Army Strength (1905 and 1909) (item number 1) (id aaf66e2c-8229-49b1-addd-0659dd67d8a1)
Island of Lewis (item number 1) (id 5861e244-6213-474e-9d48-a4b6cd940627)
Upkeep of Roads (Scottish Counties) (item number 1) (id f120a816-b973-4c4b-80e0-c79b4d1f4ad1)
Auxiliary Rural Postmen (Ireland) (item number 1) (id e6fca2a9-9adc-4070-83f1-5dbd6d7185cc)
Belfast Post Office (item number 1) (id 0e78c8b3-250f-4ad3-9673-9bfa624d5122)
Letter Service, Bushmills, County Antrim (item number 1) (id db1ac9c4-41e0-4457-8660-4b355c4260a3)
Belfast and Lisburn Train Service (item number 1) (id f4e997ba-dbe1-4e8b-b07a-43538f8e2523)
British Trade with Norway (item number 1) (id 4323a527-ed18-4ab1-867e-a18b050cd11d)

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