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Commons Hansard for 15 March 1909 (Volume 2)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
5 February 2026 at 10.10am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Private Business
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Agriculture and Technical Instruction Schemes (Ireland)
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Revenue (Collection of Taxes)
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Captain Gorges, alias Gaudeons
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Inns of Court Corps
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Royal Garrison Artillery (India)
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Army Horses (Prizes at Agricultural Shows)
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Ammunition (Condemned and Remade)
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Ballooning and Aeroplane Experiments
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Gymnasia Apparatus (Swedish v. English)
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Aldershot Gymnasium
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Horses for Military Purposes
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Cavalry Depots (Commandants)
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Assistant Financial Secretary, War Office
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Soldiers' Kit
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Quarter-Masters and Riding-Masters (Retired Pay)
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Balloon Department, Aldershot
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Army Aeroplane Experiments
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Cavalry Recruits (Extra Drills)
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Sentence on Dinizulu
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Straits Settlements Opium Farm
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Use of Opium
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Major Trenchard's Expeditionary Force
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Mauritius Legislative Council
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Lagos Hinterland (Duty on Spirits)
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Ekoi and Firearms
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East Africa and Uganda Protectorates
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Oba of Aye (Timber Concession)
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Dinizulu
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Bambaata's Family
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Death Rate (England, France and Germany)
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Exeter Provisional Order
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Speed Limit (Newmarket)
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Unsound Meat (Re-Exportation)
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Boarded-Out Children (Lady Inspectors)
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Captain Gorges, alias Gaudeons
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Customs and Excise Amalgamation
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Deportation of British Subjects (India)
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Relations of the Two Houses of Parliament
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Shanghai-Hang-chau-Ning-po Railway
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Treaty with Siam
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Canton (Han-Kau Railway)
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India Councils Bill
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Houses of Parliament Bill
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Trawling in Prohibited Areas
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Milk Bill
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Canadian Aerodrome
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Examinations for Women Clerkships
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Wages in Dublin Parks
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Assistant Clerks (Leave)
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Territorial Army (Position of Civil Servants)
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Agricultural Education (Scotland)
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Vatersay Farm
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Rates in Island of Lewis
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Naval Short-Service System (Pensions)
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Channel Fleet Command
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Rosyth Dockyard (Granite)
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Apparatus for Gymnastic Purposes (Navy)
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Sir Francis Bridgeman's Command
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Supernumeraries on Nucleus-crewed Ships (North Sea)
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Buoy at Ballyquinton Point (County Down)
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Steamship "Surrey" (Charges against Master)
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British Exports to Norway
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Street Accidents (Doctors' Fees)
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Territorial Force (Postal Employès)
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Lunacy Commissioners (word "Pauper")
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Military Transport (Motor Cars)
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Steam Trawlers in Dundrum Bay
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Antrim Postal Facilities
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Royal Assent
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Presentation of Bills
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Supply
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Civil Service Supplementary Estimates, 1908–9
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Somaliland
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Old Age Pension Committees (Clerks' Fees)
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Old Age Pensions (Civil Service Estimates)
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Irish Land Bill (Land Stock)
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Budget (Mining Royalties)
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Old Age Pensions (Ireland)
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Budget (Dormant Balances and Unclaimed Securities)
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High Wycombe Chairmakers (Fair Wages Clause)
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Naval Gunnery Practice
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Indo-European Telegraph System (Persia)
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South Africa Act
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Irish Fisheries Bill
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Department of Agriculture (Ireland)
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Commissioners of Charitable Donations (Ireland)
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Captain Gorges, alias Gaudeons
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Evicted Tenants Applications (Ireland)
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Deportation of Paupers from Great Britain
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Newtown Moynagh Property, County Meath
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Lansdowne Estate (Fair Rent Applications)
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Maltreating Cattle (Ireland)
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Limerick Assizes (Jury System)
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Criminal Use of Firearms (County Clare)
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Charles O'Farrell Estate (Estates Commissioners)
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Evicted Tenants Act
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Carlow Barrow Drainage Committee
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County Galway (Police Quota)
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Morrogh Bernard Estate (County Kerry)
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Ventry Estate (Mrs. Moriarty)
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Irish National Schools (Assistant Teachers)
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Caldbeck Estate, Ballacolla, Queen's County
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Mr. Arthur Traynor, County Monaghan
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Hamilton Stubber Estate, Queen's County
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Captain Goffs Estate, Roscommon
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Street Accidents (Returns)
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London University
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Colonial Forces (Cost)
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Deer Forests (Highlands)
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Motor Prosecutions (Police Evidence)
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Irish Store Contracts
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Supernumeraries in Nucleus-Crew Ships
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Post Office Life Assurance
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Belfast Post Office
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Old Age Pension Case (Tucker)
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Liquor Shops in Bengal
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Opium in India
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Imprisoned Suffragists
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Mail Bag Cloth
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Civilian Employés (Government Departments)
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High Wycombe Chairmakers (Fair Wages Clause)
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Army Strength (1905 and 1909)
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Island of Lewis
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Upkeep of Roads (Scottish Counties)
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Auxiliary Rural Postmen (Ireland)
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Belfast Post Office
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Letter Service, Bushmills, County Antrim
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Belfast and Lisburn Train Service
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British Trade with Norway
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