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Commons Hansard for 23 March 1909 (Volume 2)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
5 February 2026 at 10.11am.
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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Oral Answers to Questions
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Questions
Admiral von Tirpitz's Speech
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Affairs in Persia
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Egyptian Revenues (Army of Occupation)
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Indo-European Company (Tabriz)
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Limitation of Armaments (Germany and Great Britain)
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Europeans in Persia
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His Majesty's Visit to Russia (the King's Official Business)
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Indian Subjects (Opening of Letters)
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Condition of India (Papers)
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National Telephone Company (Discharge of Staff)
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South-Eastern District Post Office
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Telegraph Communication (Recent Storms)
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Postmen (Medical Attendance)
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Aliens Act (Regulations)
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Mail-Bag Canvas
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Lighted Matches
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Allowance to Policeman's Widow (Leeds)
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Disestablishment (Welsh Church Commission)
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Infectious Diseases (School Attendance)
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Vaccination (Exemption)
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Small-pox (Bristol)
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Poor Law Superannuation (Metropolitan Asylums Board)
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Dairies and Cowsheds (Cleanliness)
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Costs in Criminal Cases
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House-purchase Companies (Lottery Acts)
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Cost of Living (United States)
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Preferential Railway Rates (France)
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French Customs Tariff
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Quarrymen's Wages (Norway)
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Board of Irish Lights
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Buoy at Strangford Bar
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London Tube Railways (Conciliation Scheme)
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Imports of Milk and Cream
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Exports of British Potatoes
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Training Colleges for Teachers (England and Wales)
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House Purchase Companies Drawings
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Scottish Railway Companies and Traders
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Continental Railway Systems (Official Investigation)
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Navy (Scrapping old Ships)
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Hops Bill
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Absence of the Sovereign
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Foreign Office Vote
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British and Foreign Granite (Official Inquiry)
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Shipbuilding Programme (Thames District)
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Kew Gardeners
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Thorney Estate (Purchase Negotiations)
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Godfrey Ermen Memorial School, Eccles
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School Attendance, Halifax
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Board of Agriculture (Housing Accommodation)
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Paris Embassy (Reconstruction and Repairs)
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Inland Revenue Officers (Instructions)
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Old Age Pensions (Delayed Claims)
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Land Purchase Agreements (Land Act, 1903)
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Territorial Force (Water Carts Regulations)
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Army Horses (Purchases at Home and Abroad)
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New Zealand Offer of Battleships
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Geeat Northern, Geeat Central, and Great Easteen Railway Companies
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Proposed Working Union
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Naval Policy
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Vote or Censure
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Presentation of Bill
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Notices of Motion
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Sweated Industries (Importation) Bill
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Business of the House
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Army Annual Bill
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Private Business
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Glamorgan Water Board Bill
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Oldham Corporation Bill
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Aldershot Gas and Water Bill
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Land Values Taxation
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Imprisoned Suffragettes
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (India and France)
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Official Report (House of Commons)
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Housing and Town Planning Bill
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Small Holdings (Worcestershire)
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Tuberculosis
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Post Office (Southern Engineering Distirct)
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Potatoes Exported from Great Britain
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Industrial Insurance Policies
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Civil Service (Assistant Clerks)
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Customs (Preventive Staff)
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South Africa Garrison
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Murder Charge (Hong Kong)
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Kenmare Estate (Fair Rent Applications)
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Imperial Tobacco Trust
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Status of Naval Writers
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Admiralty Works Department (Devonport)
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H.M.S. "Medusa" (A Fatal Accident)
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Naval Lighters
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Post Office Casual Labour
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Sale of Food (Wrappers, etc.)
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Oriental Languages (Treasury Commission)
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British Potatoes (Natal and Malta)
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