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Commons Hansard for 21 May 1912 (Volume 38)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
22 April 2026 at 11.36am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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NEW WRIT
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PEIVATE BUSINESS.
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FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACT, 1890.
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NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT, 1865.
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POST OFFICE (FOEEIGN AND COLONIAL PAECEL POST).
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DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS.
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TERRITORIAL AND RESERVE FORCES ACT, 1907.
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SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE ACT, 1875.
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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894, AND MERCHANT SHIPPING (MERCANTILE MAEINE FUND) ACT, 1898.
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PAUPERISM (ENGLAND AND WALES) (HALF-YEAELY STATEMENTS).
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TEADE REPORTS (ANNUAL SERIES).
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ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
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Perso-Afghan Frontier.
Spitzbergen Conference.
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Great Britain and Germany.
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Miss Malecka (Sentence).
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Rotterdam (Consular Report).
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Calcutta Journalists' Association (Lord Crowe's Speech).
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Indian Administration.
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Opium Cultivation (China).
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Weedon Fire Brigade.
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Military Service Age Regulations.
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TERRITORIAL FORCE.
STAFF COLLEGE OFFICERS.
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South African War (Militia Forces).
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Army Council.
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Crimean War (Foreign Legions).
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French Colonial Army.
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Imperial and Local Finance (Committee).
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NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT.
OUTWORKERS.
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CUSTOMS AND EXCISE OFFICERS.
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Land Valuation.
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Lagos (Case of Philip Coker).
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Canada (Visit of British Traders).
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Old Age Pensions.
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Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation).
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ESTABLISHED CHURCH (WALES) BILL.
WELSH COMMISSIONERS.
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DEFINITION CLAUSE.
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Motor Traffic (Metropolis).
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Elementary Schools, Isle of Man.
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Indian Empire (Contracts).
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North-Eastern Railway Company.
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Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
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South Kensington Spirit Museum.
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School Caretakers (Wages).
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National School Teachers (Ireland).
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Wireless Telegraphy (International Conference).
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Finance Bill.
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Convocations of Canterbury and York.
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Secret Service Expenditure.
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Political Offenders Bill.
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Land Purchase (Ireland).
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Valentia Chain Ferry.
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Trinity College and Knight of Kerry Estates.
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Lynch Estate, Barna.
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GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND BILL.
FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES.
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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
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HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S ANSWER TO MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE.
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OFFICES REGULATION BILL.
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT (AMENDMENT) BILL.
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WOMEN'S ENFRANCHISEMENT.
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SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE.
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PATENT MEDICINES (SELECT COMMITTEE).
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CIVIL SERVICES AND REVENUE DEPARTMENTS ESTIMATES, 1912–13.
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BOARD OF TRADE—LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA.
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MANCHESTER ROYAL EXCHANGE BILL [Lords]. (By Order.)
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CIVIL SERVICES AND REVENUE DEPARTMENTS ESTIMATES, 1912–13.
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INDUSTRIAL UNREST.
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CONSCRIPTION.
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Civil Service (Senior Assistant Clerks).
Customs Port Clerks.
Motor Vehicles (Alcohol as Fuel).
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Crown Property (Ireland).
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Land Purchase.
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Old Age Pensions.
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QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, BELFAST.
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APPOINTMENT BY STATUTORY COMMISSIONERS.
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IRISH SERVICES.
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Indian Cotton (Report of Sub committee).
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ESTABLISHMENT STRENGTH.
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South African Railways (British Soldiers).
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Imperial Trade Commission.
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South African War (Total Casualties Irish Regiments).
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Workmen's Houses (White Abbey, County Antrim).
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Jury System (Departmental Committee).
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Columbite and Tantalum (Bengal).
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Coal Strike (Poor Law Relief).
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Diseased Animals (Seizure).
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Dover Workhouse.
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Motor Speed Limits (Metropolis).
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Cardiff Foreshore.
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Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act.
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Loss of Steamship "Oceana."
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"Options and Futures."
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American Steel Bars.
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Mercantile Marine Fund.
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Post Office Stores (Birmingham and Dublin).
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Post Office Bicycles (Irish Contract).
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North Atlantic Cable Messages.
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Telephone Service.
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Inland Telegrams.
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Irish Postal Contracts.
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Postal Delivery, Hornsey.
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Postal Facilities, County Antrim.
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Animals' Contagious Diseases.
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King's Bench Division (Sittings).
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City of Glasgow Friendly Society.
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Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court (Sentences on Youths).
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School Teachers' Superannuation.
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Board of Trade Standards.
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