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Commons Hansard for 23 February 1914 (Volume 58)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 30 April 2026 at 10.24am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 4a6272e4-dd2b-4291-b6a1-348b0f373adf)
HOUSING OF WORKING CLASSES (IRELAND). (item number 2) (id e4c1ab29-823b-4aa7-acbc-7c1dfd355059)
WILD BIRDS' PROTECTION. (item number 3) (id 4dc9f7ea-dec5-46e9-b2b4-ef583399861a)
PRIVATE BUSINESS. (item number 4) (id 8744b222-616e-4a84-bcf7-22fdc118a5a3)
DOCKYARD PORTS REGULATION ACT, 1865. (item number 5) (id 99749f01-9826-4423-80fe-e68c8a6d14e9)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT, 1858. (item number 6) (id 0bcdfb72-2c5f-42c5-ac82-8ace58ae0e19)
COPYRIGHT ACT, 1911. (item number 7) (id cd3bc484-416a-4459-af8a-3caeafb8c3dd)
PUBLIC SERVICES IN INDIA (ROYAL COMMISSION). (item number 8) (id 1c32ae62-857c-41b3-8506-8da79d8c589e)
POOR RELIEF (ENGLAND AND WALES). (item number 9) (id 2579a395-b4dd-4d42-afc9-d1e1e76ade27)
NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT. (item number 10) (id 0a40943c-0a0f-4bff-8208-a76c46cae5ca)
SHOPS ACT, 1912. (item number 11) (id a6d67cf2-ddd9-4eb2-adc2-18a15d3b9863)
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION SCHEMES, IN DUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES, AND TRADE UNIONS. (item number 12) (id 8838d629-2707-4054-bcaf-2ee380a4372c)

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

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NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT.

SANATORIUM BENEFIT. (item number 1) (id 6cb36987-0ade-438d-9e49-f18a0035dc3c)
ACTUARIAL BASIS. (item number 1) (id c0da7afe-a484-42b7-aa49-7cac3cb16e4e)
ALIENS. (item number 1) (id e5261201-a41b-49ab-b81c-d2049089c747)
PANEL DOCTORS. (item number 1) (id f55df129-c31a-4413-a49c-234e46ae2e47)
DRUG FUND (MANCHESTER DISTRICT). (item number 1) (id 0d03aa85-f76d-4d54-8c99-b75ec47d126a)
INSURED PERSONS (POOR LAW RELIEF). (item number 1) (id 86f4fbe5-373b-4858-8130-4d9ad5682584)
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES (MEETINGS). (item number 1) (id 1733e9b7-eefa-4904-8d2d-1d2e156175df)
INSURANCE STAMPS (POST OFFICE SCALES OF REMUNERATION). (item number 1) (id 7b924e2d-e47f-4978-96f6-416328751660)
Death Duties. (item number 1) (id c84e0dff-193c-4697-b65a-6003af4d1db7)
Supplementary Estimates. (item number 1) (id 380aa4ef-507a-4f3f-9764-82d558b2db6b)
Supply Services. (item number 1) (id b0bc8aa2-0814-4817-9cb9-e1ab3ea3eec2)
Persian Loan. (item number 1) (id 01196c73-c4af-4313-8ccd-3b6e0b601fe3)
Valuation Office, Dublin. (item number 1) (id e92b58ed-dae1-416e-889e-614af3eb2973)
Dundonald (County Down) Postal Arrangements. (item number 1) (id b98cec42-f92d-46ad-a449-1b06d02c3f48)
American Mails (Queenstown). (item number 1) (id 263dd71d-682a-4467-8cdc-b19e9d5fa607)
London Postal Service (Wages). (item number 1) (id a4c0bbd9-ac61-48cb-a08c-be58adc782c7)
Telephone Service. (item number 1) (id 980d296e-f7a1-44a0-953f-654a186ecf7e)
Herring Trawling (Inter-departmental Commission). (item number 1) (id cdf4b470-da00-4bb9-8bda-10588b6a552e)
Chapeltown Sub-postmastership. (item number 1) (id 21d81abe-ac81-4b5e-8742-a240f5aa0f4d)

GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND BILL.

ULSTER LETTERS. (item number 1) (id 0b413f66-0153-4d74-8c6e-bd3c408ab996)
AMENDED PROPOSALS. (item number 1) (id bc93365f-fc15-463e-9bfd-773ade86de90)
South Wexford Postal Service. (item number 1) (id 5102a6ab-5c42-4952-8f36-ba95cd9ada5f)
Petitions to King. (item number 1) (id d2fa2d15-5221-4c35-9e88-428ff0f210e1)
Moneylenders. (item number 1) (id ff92f5de-5d2e-4bb8-8341-965c7055ed6b)
Imperial Naturalisation Bill. (item number 1) (id 43f250bc-4b9f-4e31-9bae-bce75dac7f0f)
House of Commons (Payment of Members). (item number 1) (id 2548d6ca-5d58-4a90-b0fd-7b7cf1962d7b)
Plural Voting Bill. (item number 1) (id 8665a7de-7db9-422f-91eb-116c085d258e)
Established Church (Wales) Bill. (item number 1) (id 85714faa-f8db-4864-807f-6efea9eaabf5)
Development Commission. (item number 1) (id 925f1458-20ab-4a2f-a10b-ca6a5d5a81aa)
Postal Servants' Grievances. (item number 1) (id fd978cd8-991a-4e8c-8a14-2141969d6741)
Channel Tunnel. (item number 1) (id bdfec4fe-7073-47aa-a76e-35501551d51e)
Loss of Ketch "Mirror." (item number 1) (id 666c28d2-5f10-42f4-b63d-56f8a25644bf)
Building Trade Dispute. (item number 1) (id 83d6b024-b3af-46cc-9f01-a1686b4544d1)
Railway Rates (Milk Trade). (item number 1) (id f26be2af-0bef-4429-beb8-b2f0e33c424e)
Port of London Authority (Dues). (item number 1) (id 2e2eed69-9741-4d5e-a0a9-8cb1e39a8844)
Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal. (item number 1) (id b432ab59-10e6-47f3-962b-7d421b3fa888)
Ford Manufacturing Company (United States). (item number 1) (id 0598a172-d7c2-4cce-8ff5-f3e220874a37)
American Motor Cars. (item number 1) (id 6428ca1a-174e-4c34-a04c-8ec595c8b05a)
Race Suicide. (item number 1) (id e1bc4ecb-0368-4533-8a31-82d892c7ca27)
Blasphemy Charge (T. W. Stewart). (item number 1) (id 94560ace-cd55-404e-936d-1326d1d2097f)
School Plays. (item number 1) (id f656ba07-edfe-4f9b-9ef1-b252aedac643)
DEATH OF MR. BENTON. (item number 1) (id 85438689-11a1-4de4-b0d7-608fb3f681c6)
NEW MEMBERS SWORN. (item number 14) (id 1a83b765-1e38-4935-91a6-6a065915e677)
BILLS PRESENTED. (item number 15) (id 7938a76f-17fc-4533-b59c-42d201555856)
LEASEHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. (item number 16) (id 58240873-31ff-4581-942e-0073844688c3)
RURAL COTTAGES BILL. (item number 17) (id 7bec0349-b514-4ecb-9721-b240805cda62)
DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL. (item number 18) (id 5140c185-feab-4292-b559-f0a8cb8efd83)
CALENDAR REFORM BILL. (item number 19) (id 70659c99-b111-41e5-aaaa-8803748c60d0)
ABSENT VOTERS BILL. (item number 20) (id da39589b-69f4-4f05-a9a0-361d37752a5e)
ILLEGAL TRAWLING (SCOTLAND) PENALTIES BILL. (item number 21) (id 01838844-51e4-45fb-80ac-2320f4aa703d)
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. (item number 22) (id 18a1c5d3-7af9-4fb0-af76-926630f2eb31)
COUNTY AND BOROUGH COUNCILS (QUALIFCATION) BILL. (item number 23) (id d68f2f2f-9c95-40a9-bb32-40426fc5f23e)
SUPPLY. (item number 24) (id 362772bd-4079-4d9a-97c2-959d9601c757)
CIVIL SERVICES (SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1913–14). (item number 25) (id bc72fd4f-6dfe-44e2-849f-63e602919cc7)
Class II.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND). (item number 26) (id e93fdce4-819c-4935-832f-cd7f38b325d5)
Class 1.—HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS. (item number 27) (id b3752372-4104-4e55-8e2d-e4ae53d16c77)
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES REGISTRY. (item number 28) (id e403b6e6-6d50-4d9f-88c3-9438c1a5b49b)
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFICE, ENGLAND. (item number 29) (id c39c01fd-e001-410f-80b2-16741676d195)
LUNACY COMMISSION, SCOTLAND. (item number 30) (id de22f609-44bf-478e-a8da-5ec54b84293f)
HOUSE OF COMMONS (PROCEDURE). (item number 31) (id 920ec29d-d92d-408d-8e4c-cb657f6e07fb)
BLASPHEMY CHARGE (T. W. STEWART). (item number 32) (id 973e3f85-55ba-4253-a259-caa55b97e322)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

EXEMPTION.

MEDICAL BENEFIT.

Local and Imperial Taxation (item number 1) (id 088117a1-dc5c-45f7-b781-0c3dbb0dae6f)
Friendly Societies Registered. (item number 1) (id 0030de23-4e7f-4eb0-90f5-562035943f4d)
Public Works Loan Board. (item number 1) (id c4bf5555-999b-4d77-ac3e-6bf9655cbecb)
Home Grown Tobacco. (item number 1) (id 8cc061ff-7310-4641-96ed-d7bf637a2305)
Undeveloped Land Duty (Exemptions). (item number 1) (id 83827b03-13d1-4c2a-a8c7-948d16e773b7)
Income Tax Returns. (item number 1) (id 7b5fea67-1d84-4619-bdd2-65f9e63392c5)
Road Improvement Fund (Armagh). (item number 1) (id 2a50a1ec-a047-4c6b-98bd-49fed591b2c7)
District Probate Registries (Clerks). (item number 1) (id fa28b03a-b6ee-430f-8027-f339a01a26cd)
National School Teachers (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 680aca94-efc9-48b0-909d-a682a6aa361f)
Foot-and-Mouth Disease. (item number 1) (id a1118225-cf0d-4818-8eb3-d9f0d262e036)
Evicted Tenants (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 30fe1991-f114-43c4-b01c-26b607cd4daf)
Local Government Board, Ireland. (item number 1) (id 9cbd7d9e-0219-4d4b-9e2c-b385a11583ab)
Land Purchase (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 8a03afc1-9a4f-4355-a80e-d9fcea547bcc)
Clontafleece National School, County Down. (item number 1) (id e0ad6179-7481-4111-8355-28f71e0e8418)
Old Age Pensions (Ireland). (item number 1) (id aab68759-ec52-468d-8d74-7cf8a518d185)
Registration of Births and Deaths. (item number 1) (id ebb7dbdc-dbe3-4bb6-bc21-e95f880d025a)
ROSYTH DOCK WORKS (ACCIDENTS TO WORKMEN). (item number 1) (id 81dcf913-3293-4d42-9cc2-a0fd82ea311a)
CROMARTY NAVAL BASE. (item number 1) (id 0e42e869-3d03-490c-ad70-7c197f7dba99)
Special Reserve. (item number 1) (id db96bf50-9cec-45b3-8456-2bfa43697cab)
Government Buildings (Shannon). (item number 1) (id 24cc5007-f4ac-4330-9212-06bae01baf30)
SHORTAGE. (item number 1) (id 2ee6f728-dbae-4189-b057-cb8d72b76bad)
QUICK-FIRING GUNS. (item number 1) (id 41da3e08-f122-41d8-a399-9b2100b17ede)
RATIONS. (item number 1) (id 528008f6-4da5-402d-b99e-e25041821932)
SUNDAY RIFLE PRACTICE. (item number 1) (id a47b9633-e3ac-43e7-978c-979ae736d475)
TROOPS IN IRELAND (item number 1) (id 81e8cde9-3ac1-4a07-bc18-d7fa6e18507d)
Catholic Inspectors of Schools. (item number 1) (id 8398751a-3dbb-42ad-83fc-451794c68499)
Feeble-Minded Person (Conviction at Rotherham). (item number 1) (id f76209db-389e-40dd-859e-779d9fb26ace)
Trade Dispute (Assault). (item number 1) (id 8169c25c-83b2-470d-a753-49982ba2e0a3)
Cyprus Government. (item number 1) (id 27d7fce6-eb57-437f-9cf3-a144bc1ba29c)
Refugees at Berbera. (item number 1) (id 47bbb590-81c9-4c50-b5b0-4cdc9626f308)
Indentured Labour (Somaliland). (item number 1) (id b7f94e4e-b955-4a7d-a988-b76d3b08ec83)
Tonnage Tax (Havana). (item number 1) (id 71e6b71f-c748-4dad-af77-2cac226d4ee5)
Government Buildings, Delhi. (item number 1) (id 4e46ea18-a5fb-449d-a749-ca2b40f2424c)
Civil Service (Royal Commission). (item number 1) (id e25e5d85-b404-48e9-98ad-2a6971b5e89b)
Sir Stuart Samuel. (item number 1) (id 55620517-79cc-4a8d-8001-e0bc63b297bf)
Rural Education Conference. (item number 1) (id c2b3ac5e-8f86-4126-aae5-9fa068802903)
Vaccination. (item number 1) (id 06448f1d-bb37-4dc9-b4f8-1dd180470fd8)
Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum. (item number 1) (id 8ab8dcb6-9e05-417f-807a-c3e8e9b2610a)
Emigration Statistics. (item number 1) (id dcf9b13d-6787-4ca1-8889-d9d081dd8411)
Bromham Parish Council. (item number 1) (id e7889444-5195-4dda-8395-fd112c8ad326)
Woolwich Post Office. (item number 1) (id 979173be-ee1a-49ed-9027-04c8ed872399)
Engineering Grade, National Telephone Company. (item number 1) (id 0c7db2c8-0010-4859-a13d-df5fc3063c40)
London Institution. (item number 1) (id 9e3c00ab-cdd1-44b9-b2da-298415908be2)
Post Office (Women and Girls). (item number 1) (id 8a387555-ab8b-4cec-902d-5aa9b7bb7dd5)

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