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Commons Hansard for 29 April 1909 (Volume 4)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 20 April 2026 at 12.13pm.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 31e1e58e-a3f5-4a11-9dda-0a43fe7f5cde)

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

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German "Dreadnought" Docks.

Rosyth. (item number 1) (id 8cb0b3d5-6424-4a0e-ba45-23053ab7cf6b)
East Coast Docks for "Dreadnoughts." (item number 1) (id 5ed8d7d5-862b-4476-9c1a-3785ddc09d3b)
Naval Gunnery Fittings. (item number 1) (id eb52f4d8-601c-4061-8305-d630835c7627)
Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture. (item number 1) (id 4e614766-b19a-4bb3-8ec4-d421d6d95b76)
Egyptian Afforestation. (item number 1) (id 95155235-503b-4672-82d5-009fa121008e)
Waterguard Officers (Disciplinary Visits). (item number 1) (id ad312144-2ee2-41c9-b88a-41d12aae630c)
American Duty on Lithographic Transfers (Proposed Increase). (item number 1) (id be9d94ec-1207-4146-9865-8f51a4d04091)
United Kingdom Wheat Acreage. (item number 1) (id ae30ca9b-e133-401d-a242-f92f0f6fd6e3)
Farmers and Wheat Values. (item number 1) (id 51f950f8-79fe-4209-8ef8-623cf2b8fab4)
Cramond Island, Dalmeny. (item number 1) (id 3f4bb014-0277-482b-b962-ee91718fa6b3)
Edinburgh School Board and Catholic Children. (item number 1) (id 5fa6b999-672f-4335-88c2-c029ccf1b85d)
National Debt. (item number 1) (id 686426b2-866b-4eb4-82da-d63f0f8f40ef)
The Church in Wales (Royal Commission). (item number 1) (id e2c00b34-a0b7-4507-ab89-e2b1487f7b2f)
Army Horses. (item number 1) (id 539a8cd7-b6bb-4193-b8d2-8a7b9cc9317d)
Two-Power Standard. (item number 1) (id d34e2b47-950d-477a-9cf5-7472cb683c64)
ORDER OF BUSINESS. (item number 1) (id c0fd07d1-f0dc-4991-95b3-a2eb922ad345)
PRESENTATION OF BILLS. (item number 1) (id bc709b12-5ee7-49c1-be9d-1dd37fa785f4)
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (WAYS AND MEANS). (item number 1) (id d69040ea-5367-446d-a3c0-35b3899eefc8)
CONSIDERED IN COMMITTEE. (item number 1) (id 3baa860c-83fe-49e0-af97-4b29fc4e079c)
BUDGET STATEMENT. (item number 1) (id 43e8ec87-ba94-4970-a250-74762ad40133)
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR 1909–10. (item number 1) (id e466b8c3-ea94-48e5-8ef0-3a2b6f47a903)
EXPENDITURE. (item number 1) (id e024eae1-43c5-4800-a2de-a795cdbb4510)
FINANCIAL OUTLOOK. (item number 1) (id d0f31192-764b-44c0-8021-8244ffa45c73)
NAVAL PROBLEM. (item number 1) (id 56abf329-1dd9-4e0e-ab26-1dd20446521c)
"DREADNOUGHT "BUILDING. (item number 1) (id 8b2d93c2-27a1-411a-b79e-ae066aed132e)
URGENT SOCIAL PROBLEMS. (item number 1) (id 61448082-bf1b-422f-a8e7-f8a1d2462d78)
REMOVAL OF PAUPER DISQUALIFICATION FROM OLD AGE PENSIONS. (item number 1) (id 57d57510-555e-45af-b797-683cf4b755a9)
REDUCTION OF AGE LIMIT IMPOSSIBLE. (item number 1) (id c296982b-c33d-458c-8728-a9a11e76bdbb)
INSURANCE AGAINST INVALIDITY, ETC., IN GERMANY. (item number 1) (id ef8c3ac8-2394-440e-b7aa-899b7277e752)
PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT. (item number 1) (id 096199f1-2584-4ca1-b6ab-2b4b371fb9d3)
INSURANCE AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT. (item number 1) (id 4550582f-ae30-4203-ae38-eb3f91bfee91)
DEVELOPMENT SCHEME. (item number 1) (id fbe7a209-aca7-43d2-b9e2-0aaca001c4dd)
AFFORESTATION. (item number 1) (id 85fb0744-f391-44a8-8429-8040f34a3431)
ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE. (item number 1) (id e0bb94f2-0bcc-4502-ac3c-47b7fd1638af)
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT. (item number 1) (id ee73340f-44ab-457f-b7e1-4bde396165f6)
MOTOR TRAFFIC AND ROAD MAINTENANCE. (item number 1) (id d49336b0-9832-4d37-842a-dd8097619007)
SUMMARY OF LIABILITIES. (item number 1) (id 7b499d7c-ce0d-4ffe-8e88-8b8fae43769d)
NATIONAL DEBT AND SINKING FUND. (item number 1) (id 67d62d50-fb93-4592-81a7-ff73d5b5463b)
DIFFICULTIES OF THE ECONOMIST. (item number 1) (id cc65eb62-3ec9-44c5-819d-a4dc1219951a)
PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION. (item number 1) (id 09e19e68-6ef7-4706-abdb-be8ac63435dc)
NEW TAXATION—MOTOR CARS. (item number 1) (id 82c4f7d4-14bb-4574-acf0-dd03c7e98862)
DUTY ON PETROL. (item number 1) (id 26ebc444-adfa-4cca-b108-0c08e8140d20)
DIRECT TAXATION. (item number 1) (id 56957bc3-4ed1-4409-a8fc-e4d94bf0814c)
INCOME TAX. (item number 1) (id 4f5455ae-a755-467c-a22e-2b7001bff3ff)
ABATEMENT ON CHILDREN. (item number 1) (id 1c43b7c9-fc78-4e3d-a22a-f25ac0527fbe)
INCOME (SUPER) TAX. (item number 1) (id d78043e5-1afd-41e2-9f46-3e6d48e11a31)
RESTRICTION OF ABATEMENTS. (item number 1) (id f9f79555-fc0b-4632-9eef-35b66cda117a)
DEATH DUTIES. (item number 1) (id 6c877d84-972d-4eba-9fda-c07113eab2c9)
SETTLEMENT ESTATE DUTY. (item number 1) (id 9030ca92-5b82-4868-87b5-d8a92921021d)
ANOMALY CORRECTED. (item number 1) (id 6e64b8ea-2bac-4197-96c6-89fc6b4fb78e)
LEGACY AND SUCCESSION DUTIES. (item number 1) (id 81360ef5-983e-4cb9-86dd-0026b1d7fd01)
VALUATION FOR PURPOSES OF ESTATE DUTIES. (item number 1) (id 323f2f37-ea2b-4325-977d-89bc67a8344a)
DISPOSITIONS INTER VIVOS. (item number 1) (id b17f68f3-58de-4a2a-ba53-a59869880833)
FREE ESTATES. (item number 1) (id d0bffd9f-cd1c-44e7-8aee-01dde993ef9e)
STAMP DUTIES. (item number 1) (id a899b023-2d26-4d0c-ae08-c4e5eb417a68)
BONDS TO BEARER. (item number 1) (id 3ec83c4e-7b7b-467f-9385-7cc78c8aa5f4)
STOCK TRANSFERS. (item number 1) (id 753f3125-873b-4fc1-a13f-98b7e43c2f41)
"OPTION NOTES." (item number 1) (id d786da0c-1177-4d9a-991e-5d06dcbc25b6)
FURTHER TAXATION OF LICENCES. (item number 1) (id 63324f90-1ddb-47d3-9c3e-d8a0069cad5a)
INADEQUATE ASSESSMENTS. (item number 1) (id 5dde726f-ca1f-42b5-971b-135c70ea7038)
PUBLICANS' LICENCES. (item number 1) (id b16cff33-2558-4f34-96c3-bcfc8b333cf5)
BEER RETAILERS' LICENCES. (item number 1) (id 7d28ac94-fdad-4792-bbce-42103a3bbe58)
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. (item number 1) (id 7654766b-f984-4792-ac73-641c243c1f11)
CLUBS. (item number 1) (id dc4d4cad-4a78-47ab-adbf-94c81ef5134d)
REVISION OF EXCISE LIQUOR LICENCES. (item number 1) (id 8d4944df-3c2a-47c5-a29b-97b2f28a8843)
RETAILERS' LICENCES. (item number 1) (id 180a648a-b62d-4020-b26e-6a2c7d4890bd)
TAXATION OF LAND. (item number 1) (id 4ec5f248-3edc-49af-8063-85e61ca8d47c)
LAND KEPT OUT OF MARKET. (item number 1) (id 42682a26-ae1f-463b-b698-9e184f585714)
MINING BOYALTIES. (item number 1) (id a6e198a6-533a-4b40-a67c-73c33c687db7)
UNEARNED INCREMENT. (item number 1) (id e2c410de-aca7-4d9a-a191-cb04368b8d7e)
DUTY ON UNDEVELOPED LAND. (item number 1) (id 7d202cfa-9d66-4cb3-81f7-6bf55a257e5a)
REVERSION DUTY. (item number 1) (id 23850c24-e2f9-46a8-9d5b-30778b45d86c)
VALUATION OF REAL PROPERTY. (item number 1) (id ce571be2-789a-42f7-9ff5-685f8d94dcb0)
INDIRECT TAXATION. (item number 1) (id 02c6f493-510a-4f88-9add-cec6507b1a5a)
INCREASE OF SPIRIT DUTY. (item number 1) (id 62f7dfd2-ef6b-4ac8-b377-84e9b0a80e2f)
INCREASE OF TOBACCO DUTY. (item number 1) (id b11c7f92-ddc2-4f9f-90f9-4e6ffaef1de3)
FINAL BALANCE SHEET. (item number 1) (id b8fb17ec-3586-44ae-b7e5-38b8b67e932f)
SPIRITS. (item number 1) (id 3705043f-5d13-408c-a814-decd4f87cb2f)
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. (item number 1) (id 8a7b7fa9-17fb-4431-9b80-9523b56c1a9e)
TOBACCO (IMPORTED). (item number 1) (id 0749ad12-972a-47b6-bb7b-26b152871657)
TOBACCO (GROWN IN IRELAND). (item number 1) (id a26fa343-2635-467d-a92f-e7bdaa74d046)
MOTOR SPIRIT. (item number 1) (id 42f0fb48-e4d0-41cd-9669-22061fe9617d)

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Darlington Postmen.

Hampstead Post Office.

Post Office Servants, Ireland (Weekly Half-Holiday). (item number 1) (id 9c2a7ecf-54bf-41a6-8771-ddd0ff651285)
Purchase of Horses by Foreign Agents. (item number 1) (id 3c96b2af-cd1c-4eec-9c1b-68a162de7ecd)
Army Meritorious Service Medal. (item number 1) (id bf392928-2ad5-4c8e-b309-6a4568d7ecad)
War Office Contracts (Women Workers). (item number 1) (id 2b99dd48-9e59-40ca-9521-5d4e7a3058da)
Military Training (Port Clarence). (item number 1) (id 8be335b0-c429-4799-8eda-ac1855087238)
Beri Beri. (item number 1) (id 6d61880e-6aec-4980-a4f0-fae7cf3f2bc9)
Workhouse Maternity Wards. (item number 1) (id 95e33568-e8f6-4958-b9b1-24fcc2842b0a)
Irish Guarantee Fund. (item number 1) (id 6477cadb-6391-46ff-b3ce-aec3604a914b)
Historical Manuscripts. (item number 1) (id a51ef37e-b79e-45cb-b66c-63dc12d7b73e)
Morocco (British Subjects). (item number 1) (id 487e1618-b4f6-4fcd-948e-3d92b564119f)
Food Supply for Tabriz. (item number 1) (id 51dc9458-caa2-425c-880e-d351ffaca5d9)
Church Elementary Schools Transferred. (item number 1) (id da8f0485-a6c1-44db-9b85-da3ee2db5a8b)
United States Navy. (item number 1) (id 80c55592-6a3a-4ad5-9d78-67318aeedec1)
Unemployed Question. (item number 1) (id 52ad7fef-d2a0-4fdb-a88a-f499aa66bee3)
Lands at Cullinagh, County Waterford. (item number 1) (id 52abc1ac-da46-4ac6-850a-3278fdfb6d4e)
Labourers' Cottages (Arbitration). (item number 1) (id e7276238-9f07-4d34-93b2-a24380b73601)
Crosbie Estate, Ballylongford, North Kerry. (item number 1) (id c6c53901-1a5e-45bb-ad2b-448736fb95bb)
Blacker-Douglas Estate, Tullihinal, North Kerry. (item number 1) (id e8c5e6ad-a2a6-4708-93fd-f7eedc661cc7)
Sub-Tenant Transactions, Granard, County Longford. (item number 1) (id fd66d7d0-3a5e-44cb-ab93-4d8147d05d2e)
Old Age Pension Withdrawn (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 0f8018d4-2488-4ea1-9e3f-e8b8ed37ddab)
Hopkins Estate, Ballybrophy, Queen's County. (item number 1) (id e0f07f10-b6d4-42e0-a98a-02f2a59febf3)
Bankruptcy Jurisdiction (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 16393b68-9cca-4509-bdac-57852f060450)
Galway Assizes. (item number 1) (id dc4ed347-1fdc-4680-bbb4-12e32e06e405)
Labourers' Cottage Plots (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 4c3ffeae-7337-4d63-ac64-ab62ff9291c4)
Wreckage, Blackwater, County Wexford. (item number 1) (id f57a0aef-abb9-4102-bcee-25a3e7cf959b)
Charge against Taxi-Cab Driver. (item number 1) (id 6bc6a563-0a02-4270-9907-4ade8434d564)
Police Clothing (Women Workers). (item number 1) (id af711026-316b-4e6a-9d80-da9a46cd2888)
Charge of Kidnapping (Barnet). (item number 1) (id c09b5477-e2a6-4497-9c39-330a900ccf77)
Inebriates Bill. (item number 1) (id 8330bb8e-88ef-4e41-afac-c0bbc80d61e4)

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