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Commons Hansard for 24 May 1909 (Volume 5)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
11 May 2018 at 12.25pm.
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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Inquiry Into Charities (County Borough Of Bury)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Sergeant Instructors (Territorial Force)
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Colour-Sergeants (Special Reserve)
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Sergeant-Major (Special Reserve)
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Territorial Army (Independent Cavalry)
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British Officers Visiting Germany
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German Reservists In England
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Guns At St Helena
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Private Soldier's Blankets
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Territorial Army (Expenditure)
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Medical Examination (Remuneration)
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Army Service Corps (Vacancies)
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Territorial Army(Cavalry Arms)
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Canadian Infantry Militia
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Army Short Rifle
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Hms "Dreadnought" (Draught)
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Ineffective Warships
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Destroyer "Falcon" (Repairs)
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Torpedo-Boat Destroyers (Gunnery Exercise)
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Destroyers (North Sea Service)
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Hms "Blackwater" (Court Martial)
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Hms "Gladiator"
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Appointment Of Relieving Officers
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Vaccination Act (Sittingbourne)
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Oil Fuel In Royal Navy
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Poor's Furze (Berkshire)
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Trincomalee Harbour
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British Torpedo-Boat Destroyers (Speed)
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Captain Bacon's Letters
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Proposed Pier At Tawin
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Acreage Of Barley (Ireland)
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Holbein's "Duchess Of Milan"
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Agricultural Rates Act Renewal
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Income Tax Proposals
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Housing And Town Planning Bill
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Shipbuilding Programme
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Lord Reay's Committee
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Whitsuntide Recess
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Vatersay Island
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Department Of Agriculture (Scotland)
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Outdoor Relief Act (Friendly Societies)
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Land Purchase In Syre
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Wicklow Farm Stock (Veterinary Attendance)
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Court Of Criminal Appeal (Sittings)
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King's Bench Division (State Of Business)
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Ballysimon Post Office
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Waterford Post Office
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Post Office Clerks And Telegraphists (Technical Allowance)
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Collinstown Post Office
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Royal Mail Contractors (Fair Wage Clause)
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Sunday Postal Work (Scotland)
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American Mails (Fishguard Route)
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Dublin Board Of Works (Secretary's Salary)
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Commissioners Of Public Works (Dublin)
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Pension Committee Clerks (Ireland)
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Shillelagh Board Of Guardians
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University Colleges (Government Grant)
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Steamer "Soudan" (Death Of Asiatic Fireman)
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Whisky Charges (House Of Commons)
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Tobacco Duty (Proposed Increase)
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Liquor Licence Duties
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Stamp Duties, Death Duties And Income Tax
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Pension Officers (Ireland)
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Empire Day
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Naval Programme
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Wreck Of "Isle Of Erin" (Coast Communication)
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Ladies' Gallery Regulations
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Business Of The House
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Presentation Of Bills
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Ways And Means
Budget Resolutions Report
Spirits Imported
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Spirits Distilled In The United Kingdom
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Tobacco (Imported)
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Tobacco (Grown In Ireland)
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Trade Boards Expenses
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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Gratuities To Pension Officers
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Duty On Spirits (Rebate To Hospitals)
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Beer Duty
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Ireland's Taxable Capacity
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Income Tax (British And Irish Proportions)
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Motor Car Tax (Abatements)
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Dog Licences (Ireland)
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National Debt Conversion
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Increased Duties (Estimate)
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Income Tax (Dividend Deductions)
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Admiralty Works Department (Joiners' Petition)
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His Majesty's Dockyards (Skilled Labourers)
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Admiralty (Confidential Official Document)
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Granite (British And Norwegian)
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New Battleships (Contract Price)
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Trading Passes (Kinsale Barracks)
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British Foreign-Going Ships (Failure To Join)
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Steamship "Bencliff" (Engaging Crew At Sunderland)
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Mercantile Marine Offices
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Merchant Shipping Act (Exemptions)
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Death Of Asiatic Fireman At Hong Kong
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Trade Boards
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Evicted Tenant's Claims
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Carriage Of Buttermilk (Belfast)
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Mrs Owen's Property (Kilgrena)
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Visits To Prisoners (Galway)
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Gaelic Athletic Association
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Alleged Outrage On Police Patrol
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Irish Land Bill
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Lessons In Civic Duties (Ireland)
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Ballybrack (Lysaght Estate)
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Purchase Of Estates (Ireland)
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Hopkins' Estate, Errill, Queen's County
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Poor Law (Ireland)
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Reinstatement Application (Mr J Reidy, Killeentierna)
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Irish Land Bill
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Sheriff's Bailiff's Charge, Ballygar (County Galway)
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Removal Of Prisoners (Ireland)
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Old Age Pension Disallowed (Lisgarr, County Roscommon)
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Purchase Of Lands At Kilcarron And Kilquast (North Tipperary)
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Police Patrol, Long Island (County Roscommon)
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West Riding Rivers Board
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Public Health Acts
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Children Act (Alterations In Licensed Premises)
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Old Street Police Court (Charge Dismissed)
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Convictions (First Division)
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Sunday Delivery Of Letters (England And Wales)
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Post Office (Earlier Closing)
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Hobhouse Committee's Report (Depart-Mental Interpretation)
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Postal Arrangements, Dunlewy (County Donegal)
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Post Office Savings Bank (Credit Balances)
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European Troops In India (Sickness)
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Magistrate's Heroism (Midnapore)
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Flax Growing (Ireland)
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Motor Fishing Boats
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Irish Exports And Imports
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Agricultural Statistics (Ireland)
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Trinidad (Telephone System)
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