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Commons Hansard for 31 August 1914 (Volume 66)

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Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons (item number 1) (id 08893e8b-f312-4055-95b3-dd5f793e6668)
Historical Manuscripts (Royal Commission) (item number 2) (id 763bf07f-eb3d-4f82-9c2a-8f2cafe1a7e1)
Trade Reports (Annual Series) (item number 3) (id 00debe6a-d1de-4a50-9ec3-c6337673c9a6)
Marlborough Street Training College (Dublin) (item number 4) (id f6db58fb-f58b-47bd-86a3-1b33bbab3d75)
Magistrates (Ireland) (item number 5) (id 12723a80-211f-4385-9ad7-46f7784279d6)
London (Equalisation Of Rates) Act, 1894 (Accounts Under Section 1 (7) Of The Act (item number 6) (id 9a4ec45e-c1c1-4b1b-8902-fed771b0a844)
Railway Accidents (item number 7) (id aa77de6f-bf84-4cb7-9d3f-bfadeace5307)
Tramways And Light Railways (Street And Road) And Trackless Trolley Undertakings (item number 8) (id 61631f8b-3db9-4e9d-ba31-78e4af9029ad)
Patents, Designs, And Trade Marks Act, 1914 (item number 9) (id 4e99b8f1-2694-4ed2-8d2a-c1e1af7835ba)
Board Of Education (item number 10) (id a99cf763-288c-46f0-b3fa-aa3d298c770b)

War In Europe
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Sympathy With Belgium
Message From His Majesty (item number 1) (id 86679b1d-ffa5-413c-af89-ea24f64bbcd3)

Oral Answers To Questions
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Scottish Herring Trade (item number 1) (id 61fabb53-7927-4664-8e95-0149da7ea276)
National Insurance Contributions (item number 1) (id d1ea0a90-6e38-46da-ad2d-310ae60554fd)
Pottery Goods (item number 1) (id 9af4e40d-8164-4fe0-9218-e62a997c6b40)
Foodstuffs From Denmark And Holland (item number 1) (id 8a335ba2-16ae-4159-8907-24856413d83e)
Unstamped Letters And Post-Cards From Soldiers (item number 1) (id a560eb26-dc66-4117-950d-985b8262c45e)

Correspondence Respecting European Crisis
White Paper (Penny Edition) (item number 1) (id 89708363-28c7-425e-a0ef-e16d67401361)
Horses (Purchases From Abroad) (item number 1) (id 8f96b7bf-b33d-43cd-9f48-ad299363d746)
Islands Of Scotland (Distress) (item number 1) (id e5eb9f04-b057-4b21-85e7-280beb26837e)
British Colonies (News Bulletins) (item number 1) (id 2f7e95bb-ea96-4435-86e3-a0df198d750d)
Sugar Prices (item number 1) (id d95f0cce-b883-4a9c-a2b4-a905859963ef)

Government Moratorium
Extension (item number 1) (id 9339aa59-cdf5-4ed9-88c8-bbfc8fe838e9)
Enemy's Mines (Insurance) (item number 1) (id d2ff4ab5-a699-48cd-870d-847d4cf7315a)
Houses Of Parliament Staff (Reservists) (item number 1) (id f0306569-5654-47d3-9b4b-58b122bb96a3)

German And Austrian Merchant Vessels
Supply Of Goods To Enemy (item number 1) (id e5d6d006-31d9-4c16-b5d6-a1700433f9f4)
British Honorary Colonelcies Held By Germans And Austrians (item number 1) (id ffba0e59-e8e4-4db5-b7f0-a421a6fe6882)
Joint Stock Companies' Dividends (Alien Enemies) (item number 1) (id db0a2e37-6984-4069-98c5-1e7ae17db828)
Wheat Stocks (item number 1) (id da88c9ed-bb22-400b-884f-e2bbab3fb71b)
Mares Impressed (Return To Owners) (item number 1) (id db7776de-c765-4a09-93af-335c88595f7b)
Army Enlistment (item number 1) (id ae28a0d2-aa54-48df-bd80-16b57570aafc)
Soldiers' Wives (Separation Allowance) (item number 1) (id 40d8a233-686f-4af1-b6f0-5f85b5d66e09)
Belgian Refugees (item number 1) (id 8ac2fec6-4ffa-43a5-a516-55fc3b892232)
Engineer Apprentices (item number 1) (id f3f77900-1e50-4f39-99de-4f86c288bda6)
Cable Rates (item number 1) (id 227ae26f-0cf2-4547-811e-ab1bef347177)
Harvest (School Children) (item number 1) (id 382a0b21-8b92-4279-86c8-42b40cee8ac5)
"Call To Arms" (item number 1) (id 33237a13-e171-4398-9035-33bfa0735d18)
Convention Of London (Corn Merchants) (item number 1) (id 1522e1e5-2a85-454e-bd7c-fda2217d98c0)
Lists Of Casualties (item number 1) (id f5557826-26c8-4eff-9914-d5e8d2b277f8)
Land Valuation (item number 1) (id 90d5c6fa-8417-4c26-a971-ca687b81b633)
War Office Land Purchase, Wiltshire (item number 1) (id 49eefe5e-d0fa-4a47-9508-1d9df09010ba)
Parcels For Troops (Dutiable Articles) (item number 1) (id b0a87538-7ce7-4cbe-bf6e-7b507f9d6ee7)

Publication Of Inaccurate News
Prime Minister's Statement (item number 1) (id 3abf3d5b-ba5c-4d04-b52b-92c1484f9c0b)

British Subjects Abroad
Arrangements For Return (item number 1) (id 7e1188c2-818e-4743-815a-756ef813369c)
Precautions Against Epidemics (item number 1) (id 1babef59-830a-4866-9ab0-701db6ac4038)
Insurance Policies (Extra Premiums) (item number 1) (id 17ea8e06-9773-4b3d-92d8-0eb6d9589815)
Troops From India (item number 1) (id d80e2b38-d840-4729-9062-24147856dd33)
West Indian Colonies (Week-End Telegrams) (item number 1) (id dadf66f2-b55b-440a-b827-db8d097ffb94)
Telegraphists' Cramp (item number 1) (id bf976f92-512c-4d61-96ee-8ba865ddecfc)
Foot-And-Mouth Disease (item number 1) (id f25569c7-7788-450d-95d1-12f5655754ed)
Chinese Labour (Gold Coast And East Africa) (item number 1) (id 167e0c1e-0451-454f-a1be-86d5d9653f8a)
Sporting Cartridges (Customs Inspection) (item number 1) (id 7355529a-26e9-48cf-ad1e-b6d2f7076c39)
Income Tax (item number 1) (id 4e11cbd6-9492-450f-8d6e-d62f3eb9d327)
Coolmahan River (Conviction For Using Gaff) (item number 1) (id 81ba7bdf-2bbb-4733-8d35-a584c4199e67)
Land Purchase (Ireland) (item number 1) (id 07ea29f9-3a91-4145-9469-8d4023937282)

Orders Of The Day
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Death Duties (Killed In War) Bill
Clause 1—(Extension Of Remission Of Death, Duties In Case Of Persons Killed In The Present War) (item number 1) (id 365becb7-bc8c-4af3-907f-3495424c1416)
Clause 2—(Remission Of Esiaie Duty In Respect Of Property Passing More Than Once Owing To Deaths Caused By The War) (item number 1) (id 295132a7-32b0-4e5f-89fe-a1789aba5626)

Courts (Emergency Powers) Bill
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Clause 1—(Power Of Courts To Defer Execution, Etc) (item number 1) (id 0801a962-420d-474a-8bc2-ee15f51032bd)
Clause 2—(Short Title, Application And Duration) (item number 1) (id e6fd5a66-b760-49cc-870e-87a6bcd3f0a3)

Motion For Adjournment
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Government Of Ireland And Established Church (Wales) Bills (item number 1) (id 62f94ea2-7267-438f-a8f2-39092edbfef6)
Royal Assent (item number 16) (id 53af7918-e84f-4211-a01f-9509b3c2473d)

War In Europe
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British Press Bureau (item number 1) (id 45b941b1-88b5-4ba4-ad23-d13ba493b970)
"The 'Times' And The Press Censor (item number 1) (id 935e12ea-48f2-46b6-9e4e-0206a9988c95)

Government Moratorium (Extension)
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Announcement By Mr Lloyd George (item number 1) (id d7db2c7f-d550-475e-a4c9-9ec0849ddbae)
Pensions And Separation Allowances (item number 19) (id 2dcbe953-5707-46b0-9fa2-304378191b81)
Importation Of Plumage (Prohibition) Bill (item number 20) (id d7a8b39a-95eb-451a-956c-4dff961152b9)
Places Of Worship Enfranchisement Bill (item number 21) (id cea0492a-6cfb-485e-8bcb-00ee63881c99)
Government Of India (Consolidation) Bill (item number 22) (id 7073ea5d-ab3d-4a4d-b21e-f86097d99bdf)
East India Revenue Accounts (item number 23) (id 0cc489e6-1be7-4683-94e1-7ca087e5897f)
Post Office (Illegal User) Bill (item number 24) (id b4aa24ca-1d5a-4d55-a322-9f8000f25b3e)
Check Weighing In Various Industries Bill (item number 25) (id 59a0bced-f8d1-45ef-bba7-0b17285fc98e)
Direct Representatives Of The General Medical Council Bill (item number 26) (id b4fc7fed-9ae8-4bdf-be9b-79fd8f6963ea)
Government Of Ireland (Amendment) Bill Lords (item number 27) (id 6060dd6e-0b50-4078-af01-48da72c06182)
Message From The Lords (item number 28) (id 6101e556-d791-4f63-8701-19afd79412f7)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers (item number 1) (id d9fc8882-3afa-4644-815a-f046358f2161)

National Insurance Act
Employed Contributors' Cards (item number 1) (id 92bcd476-b2fb-4c7a-bbeb-2c09d5b4f259)
Land Purchase (Ireland) (item number 1) (id 17959cfb-fddc-4359-92f8-fc0dbf9a0bcc)
Irish Land Commission (Report) (item number 1) (id 94626dd5-58f0-44dc-85b0-bd08cc8c0a88)
War Office Contract (Fair-Wages Clause) (item number 1) (id 2de9c8ca-8c76-4f87-8e2d-a11faaf37a7f)
Mercantile Marine (Sight Tests) (item number 1) (id fe4c57ee-524d-4af7-95ff-007f0b9ff4cc)
War In Europe (item number 3) (id 53bd870e-0a41-4e89-aa59-6a1d58eefa41)

Army Enlistment
Newspaper Competitions Bill (item number 1) (id d27f784e-cf80-4cb8-b697-39e3ed494d1c)
Abnormal Food Supplies (Belligerent Powers) (item number 1) (id bae3b26c-fc99-48d7-ac85-4b894f8d9604)
British Field Hospital (item number 1) (id 3685e38a-9f11-403c-b00d-941ed442b900)
Gold Reserves At Home And Abroad (item number 1) (id 72ca56c7-ca85-46a1-9193-d637cdceed3c)
Death Duties (Killed In War) Bill (item number 1) (id 0b456e82-ac44-41f9-b950-30ce95a04752)
Employment Of Workpeople (item number 1) (id dc71516c-2544-4573-9b4c-bbd1bf9db072)
Declaration Of London (item number 1) (id 66942aa2-f532-4157-9ea5-289eb6efa1a9)

French And English Neutrality
Statement By Sir E Grey (item number 1) (id 26ea719c-ff5b-4b63-8138-fe5c6fa59ff2)
Goods In German Steamers (item number 1) (id 642476d3-4d57-4b5a-a908-b81992b72f92)
Metropolitan Police (Ex-Inspector Syme) (item number 1) (id a34d0298-fdf5-4c0f-990e-b0159520aafe)

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