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Commons Hansard for 5 May 1909 (Volume 4)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 20 April 2026 at 12.24pm.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 66fb8896-4d51-4e6f-868f-57e91aff5984)
PRIVATE BUSINESS. (item number 2) (id f313606d-ab9e-4fd4-b89b-9e7714fa08fa)
PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL. (item number 3) (id 1afbf811-0e8c-4d76-a8e8-7b364e23fd38)

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

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Proposed Australian Fleet.

Armoured Cruisers (Speed). (item number 1) (id 05255350-72c1-4c51-8c4e-a597e37da0f9)
Dinizulu's Defence. (item number 1) (id 4e37281f-c7c7-4a14-8dcc-359590d08736)
Administration of Mauritius. (item number 1) (id 4242b840-296d-456f-b7dd-61f740b3ac90)
Fiji Islands (Immigrant Inspectors). (item number 1) (id d2e89abb-704b-4988-9d2f-85a2181b1d48)
Trinidad Working Men's Association. (item number 1) (id 51da1a8c-1768-4090-9747-4275312f5b17)
Forestry (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 45854dc9-3520-4939-9cdd-d84cc300a905)
Dairy Instructors (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 3200630e-19fa-4eb3-b07c-e02e1146cc25)
"Bellerophon" and "Dreadnought" (Maximum Speed). (item number 1) (id 1ff3da50-4261-4cf3-9bd4-13c189f9d117)
Armament of Cruisers. (item number 1) (id 29860c6a-f7d3-429e-ba81-3e2e5d91b21b)
Cruiser "Essex" (Complement). (item number 1) (id eb9ed9d7-9482-4a62-8b5b-510b0f1d3189)
Gun-Mountings (Battleships). (item number 1) (id 0d596e5a-1877-4b49-a5bf-78f3b55d5458)
Austrian "Dreadnoughts." (item number 1) (id 4648c2d8-59ba-44d7-aa6b-1f86029ceb40)
Admiralty Correspondence. (item number 1) (id d94cd7a3-a2f1-4537-8ccc-f18e1d8666cd)
German Construction (Acceleration). (item number 1) (id 6031fbfd-e924-4a20-a7d1-0884618597bc)
Coaling Stations (Australia). (item number 1) (id 3c568c4a-b814-408c-adef-716cb348ace7)
Tenders for Battleships. (item number 1) (id 5e73a7ad-e731-46de-9eb8-affbcdc655bb)
Post Office Accommodation, Templetown. (item number 1) (id a90e9b83-debe-4c49-abd2-80b67cbd67ee)
Diseased Meat. (item number 1) (id 0f3c5ba2-cabb-405b-9977-e220d9864434)
Postal Official as Insurance Agent (Dublin). (item number 1) (id 6a1c076f-2239-46e4-b107-6dadaf4dd1f3)
Occupation of Land (Island of Lewis). (item number 1) (id 2e2ffaa7-a878-4f18-92e3-6a5d79380e64)
Vatersay Estate. (item number 1) (id 32b42a3f-7e5c-4ca9-9feb-d594572ef34e)
Beer (Imported). (item number 1) (id 5de368fe-2de5-421f-ba3c-48eaa8ae8219)
North-Eastern Railway. (item number 1) (id 84d0adc1-ec53-4aee-8541-dff632cd3c4f)
Motor Car Taxation. (item number 1) (id 1adcb1f4-1230-4461-8ed9-2e0e986be37c)
Super-tax on Incomes. (item number 1) (id 986d0054-820e-443b-bdca-a1d3098df382)
Budget Proposals (Inland Revenue Officials). (item number 1) (id f6c10de5-3dfc-4696-8d22-147e4ec84bb9)
Liquor Trade Taxation. (item number 1) (id 4f32c094-9ddf-4a31-9810-f6a460b3ffb6)
Development Grant. (item number 1) (id db9f30c3-907e-42e6-81d3-2d13852c96b9)
Departmental Savings. (item number 1) (id 81b5f1a4-3508-42a2-a175-c67b5b5e3453)
Purchase of Shirley Estate (Monaghan). (item number 1) (id 43abe271-b82b-4b59-a7d9-9519721c6c61)
Land Purchase Annuities. (item number 1) (id 1b0ca0ea-f864-46c2-af69-a3b5dbf78a2c)
Sales of Demesnes and Mansions (Ireland). (item number 1) (id f818dfc1-6a59-4ad2-8f8c-d283e40ec1cc)
Land Sales in Ireland (Postponement of Completion). (item number 1) (id 533bb556-bb1a-4927-a45c-c2adbca09691)
Lord Kenmare's Tenants. (item number 1) (id 8f771f96-284d-4d80-98b0-6a5aa7b6286f)
Aerial Navigation (Special Committee Appointed). (item number 1) (id 123cdbe2-9f9d-40a4-be0a-3ca4ff8e0a75)
Admiralty Administration. (item number 1) (id 685e5916-f139-4305-a0d4-0e45940a39d1)
Taxation on Motor Cars and Carriages. (item number 1) (id 880efde4-9acc-47fc-bafd-946c87c54f2f)
Taxes on Land. (item number 1) (id 93da9864-95ec-4a33-9a73-061d7f519d07)
Transfers of Land (Effect of Ad Valorem Duties). (item number 1) (id 577c510a-f8cc-4670-af79-dca5a52283a3)
Tax on Petrol. (item number 1) (id f2adc448-0466-41e5-b3f2-9bf7692b4d13)
Cattle Driving (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 4a0e059f-67e6-4b56-b1d4-c6cf039d7098)
Accelerated Land Sales. (item number 1) (id ceee5daf-ccab-4490-b781-0210d12f8602)
Re-instatement of Cork Tenants. (item number 1) (id 120b4122-5b85-4eec-9590-86d343605140)
Longford Workhouse Fire. (item number 1) (id dbf6c61f-de33-4d22-bd34-3bea1e857364)
National School Inspectors (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 61dfa2ad-af48-471f-8370-059890ef8d6d)
Cavalry Officers' Chargers. (item number 1) (id c2cd522c-3ff5-40fd-b77d-46f932a45141)
Breeding of Remounts. (item number 1) (id b403494f-8f46-4a81-a311-a3f652adc8e0)
Territorial Force (Mikometers). (item number 1) (id e0cf26b8-7a21-419c-9fa1-eecf4ebbddee)
ADMISSION OF STRANGERS (HOUSE OF COMMONS' GALLERIES). (item number 1) (id d7e3ec47-f872-4a37-83e0-32f79bfac40e)
PRESENTATION OF BILLS. (item number 1) (id 1c204535-a6d7-4ced-a0ec-a0aea6d540af)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Ship "Strathyre."

Steamship "Spondilus" (Asiatic Firemen).

Steamship "Cardiganshire" (Death from Beri Beri). (item number 1) (id 560a036e-2d2b-452e-9b1f-6d386234498e)
Limited Partnerships (United Kingdom). (item number 1) (id 326d3e42-b2ff-4685-9ac3-c196d46bba4f)
Old Age Pensions, Ireland (Disallowance). (item number 1) (id 7f2a5386-ba5e-4336-8092-cd1781379c6f)
Property Contributions to Taxation. (item number 1) (id 8994a270-cdf9-4a5a-9bc5-8691a6bc8f3e)
Income Tax Rebate. (item number 1) (id a40f46d7-8b3f-4da8-afb3-18bb33948937)
Revenue and Expenditure Returns (Great Britain and Ireland). (item number 1) (id 54b3571b-a092-41b3-947c-d109e105eb84)
Brewers' Licence Duty. (item number 1) (id eae47a29-d571-4636-a021-12673aef3241)
Ungotten Minerals. (item number 1) (id 7888d1f7-b9b5-4254-aa58-4e0b2d6d01c5)
Leasehold Property. (item number 1) (id 52321f84-d371-436a-a094-f84cda47ef12)
Development Grant. (item number 1) (id 190c2ef9-3499-4945-8050-d13e1d26e884)
Contract Notes of Produce. (item number 1) (id 08afb41a-00e8-4b3e-acfc-e95ddb8f3be5)
Bearer Bond Stamps. (item number 1) (id 596f6a35-70f3-43f6-a86c-8bbc010fb451)
Consols Outstanding. (item number 1) (id 740c3cd7-e98d-4e05-8dec-82e46153b727)
Sporting Land. (item number 1) (id 61a066eb-4be9-49d8-ba34-5583347474d7)
Duke of York's School. (item number 1) (id 03a38935-c362-4624-ac54-91af6853af9c)
Army Forage. (item number 1) (id 4885d3c1-97cc-4e07-b761-dd77a39f8794)
Public Abattoir, Belfast. (item number 1) (id f29a99aa-e87a-41d0-ba19-074f5d62e1f7)
Gas Undertakings, Ireland. (item number 1) (id 95b50522-58c1-4313-a05c-0d3d2d830985)
Labourers' Cottages, Ballymoney Union. (item number 1) (id 53548d1c-071c-466b-ae77-74e9ad4b7b54)
Cregagh District Sewage. (item number 1) (id a2091901-6ade-4d44-b98f-433ec5031a5b)
Manning Estate, County Cork. (item number 1) (id 1ee146f5-2eb2-4288-aeba-53be56fec70a)
Free Constabulary Force (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 655119d2-3d06-40f8-8fed-754c70bfc391)
Royal Irish Constabulary (Cost). (item number 1) (id 4283dcc5-5b64-4244-80f3-6c9c302f1e5b)
Delivery of Letters, Bar of Slattinagh, County Leitrim. (item number 1) (id 9668486a-7e44-4b24-9cb2-61c386e979a5)
Greenock Workhouse (Pauper Labour). (item number 1) (id 5af99d75-2134-4880-afbf-158804d3ab35)
Fireguards. (item number 1) (id a8409361-467f-462a-92be-95a241d8b9a9)

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