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Commons Hansard for 13 August 1913 (Volume 56)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 2.34am.
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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Women Suffrage
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National Insurance Act
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Trade Reports (Annual Series)
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Tramway Orders
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Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 To 1906 (Vessels Detained
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Railway Conciliation Scheme
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Tramways And Light Railways (Street And Road)
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Railway Accidents
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Railway Companies (Staff And Wages)
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Railway Servants (Hours Of Labour)
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Taxes And Imposts
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Licensing Statistics, 1911
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Polling Districts (County Of Lancaster)
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Polling Districts (County Borough Of Stoke-On-Trent)
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Factory And Workshop Acts (Dangerous And Unhealthy Industries)
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Supreme Court (Rules)
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Message From The Lords
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National Insurance Act (1911) Amendment Bill
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Mental Deficiency And Lunacy (Scotland) Bill
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Post Office (London) Railway Bill
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Inclosure Acts
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Royal Navy
Dockyard Apprentices (Transference)
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Floating Dock (Cromarty Firth)
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Hms "Recovery"
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Shipwrights
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Oil Fuel
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Gun-Running (Persian Gulf)
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Admiralty Contract (Fair-Wages Clause)
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New Construction
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Rosytii Dockyard
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Devonport Dockyard (Wages)
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Tibet
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Most-Favoured-Nation Clause
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South Africa (Strike Of Miners)
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Liebig Company (Rhodesian Manager)
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Jamaica
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China (Opium Imports)
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Finance Act, 1910 (Increase Of Clubs)
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National Insurance Act
Sickness And Medical Benefit
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Board Of Works Contracts (Glasgow)
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Labour Exchanges (Notification To Trade Societies)
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Workmen's Panels
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Educational Endowments
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Llansannor Church School
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Towyn Church School
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Toltington Charity School
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Trefdraeth Church School
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Continuation Classes (Messrs Rowntree's Factory)
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School Furniture Grants
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School Attendance
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Manchester Ship Canal (Customs And Excise Officers)
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Old Age Pensions
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Tralee And Dingle Mail Service
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Betting Inducements Bill
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Education Bill
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Dependants Of Mr Cody
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Motor Vehicles (Metropolis)
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Prepaid Return Postage Coupons
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Porthcawl (Removal Of Gravel)
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San Francisco Exhibition
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Sentence For Assault (Maidstone)
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Suffragist Prisoners
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Prison Doctors (Salaries)
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Mr George Lansbury (Imprisonment)
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Women Suffrage Pilgrimage (Alleged Assaults On Women)
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Delhi
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Indian Students
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Indian Tea (Import Into Tibet)
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Sitapur Murder Case
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Somaliland: Attack On Camel Corps
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Bills Presented
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Sheriffs Substitute (Scotland) Bill
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Old Sleatord (Lincolnshire) Chapel Charity Bill
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Coombe Street (Exeter) Independent Chapel Charity Bill
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Horsforth (Went Riding) Baptist Chapel Charity Bill
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Marden (Kent) Congregational Chapel Charity Bill
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Foleshill Road (Coventry) Congregational Chapel Charity Bill
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Finance Bill
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Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill
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Temperance (Scotland) Bill
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Clause 1—(Date Of Act Coming Into Operation)
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Clause 2—(Poll Of Electors On Resolution Submitted)
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Clause 6—(Structural Alterations)
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Clause 8—(Amendment Of Law Relating To Clubs)
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Clause 15—(Definitions)
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Mental Deficiency Bill
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Clause 2—(Circumstances Rendering Defectives Subject To Be Dealt With)
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Clause 3—(Power To Deal With Defectives At Instance Of Parent Or Guardian)
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Clause 4—(Power To Deal With Defectives Otherwise Than At Instance Of Parent Or Guardian)
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Clause 5—(Presentation Of Petitions)
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Clause 6—(Procedure On Hearing Petitions)
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Clause 7—(Variation Of Orders)
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Clause 8—(Procedure In Cases Of Persons Guilty Of Offences, Etc)
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Clause 11—(Duration Of Detention Under Orders)
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Clause 12—(Duration Of Detention Not Under Orders)
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Clause 13—(Power To Recover Expenses)
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Clause 15—(Power To Remove To Place Of Safety Pending Presentation Of Petition)
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Clause 16—(Transfers From Institutions For Defectives To Institutions For Lunatics And Vice Versa)
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Clause 17—(Provisions As To Religious Persuasion)
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Clause 21—(Establish Anent Of Coinmissioners)
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Clause 24—(General Powers And Duties Of Commissioners)
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Clause 27—(Committees For The Care Of Defectives)
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Clause 29—(General Powers And Duties Of Local Authorities)
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Clause 33—(Special Provisions As To Lancashire)
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Clause 34—(State Institutions)
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Clause 37—(Power Of Local Authorities To Establish Or Contribute To Institutions, Etc)
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Clause 39—(Visitors Of Institutions)
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Clause 40—(Regulations As To Management Of Institutions For Defectives, Etc)
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Clause 42 —(Ascertainment Of Local Authority Responsible For Providing Accommodation, Etc)
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Clause 43—(Determination Of Residence)
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Clause 44—(Superannuation Of Officers)
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Clause 49—(Provisions As To Approved Homes)
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Clause 50—(Offences With Respect To The Reception, And Detention Of Defectives)
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Clause 55—(Protection Of Defectives From, Acts Of Sexual Immorality, Procuration, Etc)
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Clause 64—(Transfer To Board Of Powers And Duties Of Lunacy Commissioners)
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Clause 67—(Provisions As To Regulations)
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Schedule
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Industrial And Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill
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Clause 1—(Registration Of Society Consisting Of Two Or More Other Societies)
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Clause 6—(Provisions As To Death Duties)
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Bankruptcy Bill
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Clause 1—(Power To Prosecute Offences Summarily)
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Clause 11—(Dealings With Undischarged Bankrupt)
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New Clause A—(Preferential Payment To Creditor An Offence)
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New Clause—(Application Of Act When Receiving Order Made Under 46 And 47 Vict C 52, S 103 (5))
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Second Schedule
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Intermediate Education (Ire Land) Bill
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New Clause—(Powers To Grant Super Annuation Allowance)
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Wibsey (Bradford) Independent Chapel Charity Bill
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Padiham Horeb Union Church Charity Bill
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Roe Street (Macclesfield) Congregational Chapel Charity Bill
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Hatfield (York, West Riding) Calvinistic Chapel Charity Bill
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Kingswood Chapel Charity Bill
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Great Haywood And Tompkin Congregational Chapels Charity Bill
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Preston, Southport, And Gatley Chapels Charity Bill
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Bosden Wesleyan Trust Property Charity Bill
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Bournemouth Hospitals Charity Bill
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Alfriston Chapel Charity Bill
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National Insurance Act
Sanatoria(Lanarkshire)
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Official Statistics (Wales)
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Medical Benefit
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Civil Servants (Convalescence)
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Finance Act, 1909 (Provisional Valuations)
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Arigna Valley Railway Bill
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Women School Teachers (Ireland)
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Dingle Pier, County Kerry
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Dispensary Officers (Ireland)
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Police Tax, County Sligo
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Irish Land Acts
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Education Bill
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Director Of Public Instruction (Bengal)
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Small Holdings (Scotland)
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Insurance Business (Scotland)
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Telephone Service
(item number 1)
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Children In Workhouses (England And Wales)
(item number 1)
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Tramcar And Omnibus Traffic (Greater London)
(item number 1)
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Miners' Wages (United Kingdom)
(item number 1)
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Royalties And Wayleaves (Belgium, France, And Germany)
(item number 1)
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