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Commons Hansard for 28 October 1915 (Volume 75)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 23 February 2026 at 8.27am.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons (item number 1) (id 1a1516a6-0d7a-47a9-8992-fb6b0bcf1e53)
Private Business (item number 2) (id 86cd5239-0d92-43a7-9a32-57d5bbccc936)
National Insurance Act (item number 3) (id 0951771f-6d06-41f9-b67b-a233a2481ffc)
Message from the Lords (item number 4) (id a680a0a8-356e-4548-a16b-735d78c700f8)

Oral Answers to Questions
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War

American Loan (item number 1) (id 60730ed7-36bc-4d8d-9e91-7be59f1976a8)
Cotton Growing (Egypt) (item number 1) (id f7922707-cb90-4b34-85c4-a7c71fbf2c16)
Enemy Property (item number 1) (id 7f975546-fa70-4dff-9a6d-16bb0d7276f3)
Declaration of London (item number 1) (id 8ef7e984-eda4-4073-9769-2cb8048825f2)
Murder of Miss Cavell (item number 1) (id 5608885a-dde3-4d97-9a54-d3092adb75ca)
Mexico (German Expeditions) (item number 1) (id 0324adc4-6d85-40a2-966c-c0dd591be115)
Central Africa (item number 1) (id 56bdfff0-c96b-433c-ae44-11228b750e17)
Declarations and Conventions (British Obligations) (item number 1) (id 493cdb52-cdd6-48c2-b8f2-8a31a092b8ee)
Murder of Jean Jaures (item number 1) (id 18a87f38-267d-4385-a2d9-8d0b7ce185d3)
Great Britain and Russia (item number 1) (id 5dfc29ab-03ae-4370-bc70-9d94e852ecd8)
Emigration (item number 1) (id 9d7820b5-7760-4b03-a976-55eec28ab2d9)
Cotton for Germany (item number 1) (id 51ab7f8f-a7e2-44f4-b84e-57a88f1c9685)
British Prize Court (item number 1) (id 23611885-84ca-4808-a380-5afae8ea30ba)

Questions
Government Workers (Ireland) (item number 1) (id a36df77b-6560-4477-ba32-a0f2720e7c68)
Hay Purchases (item number 1) (id db2701d2-fe6a-41b2-b6ea-2ca3f5ff6767)
Central Africa (item number 1) (id 02823a49-872c-464f-9e46-23c4523a01d4)
East Africa (item number 1) (id 7508f28e-584a-4aa2-a4e5-ffdfe2da2f14)
Colonial Expeditionary Forces (Pay) (item number 1) (id e5ee5c6b-f5e0-4afd-9bbe-d8a0332405f6)

Aircraft Raids

Defences of London and Paris (item number 1) (id d8cc59e1-39e5-4813-93cf-63ab471f156a)

Questions
German Securities (item number 1) (id 7129d81c-4d40-46df-a422-5cbd55214448)
Motor Car Lamps (item number 1) (id 307bdfea-fd27-447b-8857-aef2dbda24fb)
Fleet Despatches (item number 1) (id c5243475-f56e-4003-8581-425e102a1c72)
H.M. Ships (Names) (item number 1) (id 4581ebe6-7724-40e2-bc21-a23d753e28b1)
Captured German Trawlers (item number 1) (id 14e636d3-c29e-40b2-a746-641073049a0d)
National Reserve (Bounties) (item number 1) (id 5b6e6746-8820-4583-844f-06546dfca94d)
Army Clothing Contracts (item number 1) (id 5d60a3d5-b2a8-4dbc-b390-75559aee5519)
British Dyes, Limited (item number 1) (id 8a871ea1-a142-425e-8973-21533334e8b7)
Coal Prices (item number 1) (id bcd9564c-d648-40de-a3f3-508092755453)
Food Prices (item number 1) (id b3977f5b-1d19-4d60-b5e8-b7fb4313b1b1)
Frozen Meat (Sale Regulations) (item number 1) (id 22b18f6a-e0cc-45ad-a06e-2c6e7e353411)
Argentine Meat Purchases (item number 1) (id fdaf12f2-9c02-4a24-b4f1-ef9e089ed7b0)
Coffee Purchases (German Firms.) (item number 1) (id cae654af-486c-4188-97ee-8553083f1fb8)
Naval and Military Services (Pensions and Grants) (item number 1) (id c8db0698-a45b-4e4b-a463-da6266b9f632)

Government Policy

Prime Minister's Statement (item number 1) (id 82074bd7-7890-4e69-9242-45a102e6dbe2)

Questions
Peace Negotiations (item number 1) (id 17aec429-c096-48f0-839e-2d6c5407a492)
War Debates (Lords and Commons Procedure) (item number 1) (id 8475ca6b-7f44-4e48-934a-e07c5aca7f59)
Cabinet (Attorney-General) (item number 1) (id 90b22788-3f07-4e70-8967-b1369958f8ff)
Ground Lime Railway Rates (item number 1) (id c2fa8903-a92f-49eb-848b-64f570392ce9)
Alien Enemies (item number 1) (id 4a299fc9-e85d-4764-b045-4e4a6302965f)
Irish Linen (item number 1) (id cc4a07b0-8a7a-4bf2-a93b-20d9ad3575ba)
Press Bureau (item number 1) (id b4b66162-7fdb-4cc3-a8db-32cb94acd1c2)
Espionage (item number 1) (id 6d48b84b-8be3-4e82-8af1-8d74326e3279)

Defence of the Realm Act

Society for the Aid of Russian Political Prisoners (item number 1) (id 0e288fb0-1206-4781-bf3e-2a4fb4f1f1be)
Prices of Coal (Scotland) (item number 1) (id f12ac147-6b03-40f8-9b32-db5c76d9e70a)
Increased Rents (Scotland) (item number 1) (id 33801201-4194-4583-bfdc-926dca94cdec)
Explosion at Lerwick (Admiralty Grant) (item number 1) (id 0fc3bc0e-9ae6-4be8-a8d6-faaaefab838c)

Munitions

British and American Contracts (item number 1) (id 0a4c4264-0a0f-4c2e-865f-e244a1aa27ab)
Women Workers (item number 1) (id 5f91cd86-c5c0-436f-afd7-09a5e907954c)
Clyde Workers (item number 1) (id 8488b38c-6390-4b70-8b71-0c850f47b4d7)
Subsistence Allowance (item number 1) (id b5825675-3c9b-4666-aa43-8baefc069b4f)

Recruiting

Mr. Bottomley's Statement (item number 1) (id e27e6b49-b9c3-41a3-afe9-3061d54f2bc0)
Boy Clerks (War Bonus) (item number 1) (id ffcf1596-040d-44ea-90a8-a76d3b676f6e)

Questions
Relief of Distress (East Coast) (item number 1) (id c08a1809-9246-4afe-9307-c2b0ed42a3e4)
Artificial Fertilisers (Supply for Farmers) (item number 1) (id b85c8959-75c4-4c7f-9923-4cb55f40e6dd)
Currency Notes (Enemy Allegations) (item number 1) (id 91dc38b8-0251-4ddf-a027-d1905a095ff1)

Finance (No. 3) Bill

General Commissioners (item number 1) (id 235f8633-c631-476d-ace2-ab94dc8fdfdb)
Excess Profits Tax (item number 1) (id b57457cc-de6e-42ba-992d-809737a627f3)
Income Tax Assessment (item number 1) (id 77638d1e-a18e-4a92-aa16-b3c4a2afbe14)
Building Schemes (Dundee) (item number 1) (id 3bdda070-7735-40e3-a4eb-23b497b0f98a)

Questions
British Command at Salonika (item number 1) (id 25cca2a4-8488-4d56-bccd-51dd55925fe6)
National Education (Ireland) (item number 1) (id 45d1de2c-1cc4-45bb-94d9-c7e40bff95be)
Dublin Metropolitan Police (item number 1) (id 1c34ff4b-9263-4079-9921-40e9e7f193d3)
Parliamentary Police (item number 1) (id 106a1208-e902-4e01-86a2-7659acd0e427)
Vivisection (item number 1) (id 6e729045-c695-48a1-93a6-9a7c609166b2)
London Education Authority (Compulsory Purchase Proposals) (item number 1) (id ccc52810-d926-4429-8c20-e9913d618956)
Business of the House (item number 1) (id 180a6108-0e21-4a6f-aa75-21dd4f1291be)
Orders of the Day (item number 6) (id 94e20771-dee1-46bd-868b-fd317f2db595)
Clubs (Temporary Provisions) Bill (item number 7) (id e21a9660-19f9-42db-86b0-271c25cda51a)
Ulster Canal Bill (item number 8) (id b069a2c7-5dce-4192-8dec-61ed8f33d4f5)
Ulster Canal Bill (item number 9) (id 53468bb2-dd1b-493b-a1c1-8afc13c97537)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Questions
Casualties (item number 1) (id 5490f8e4-d413-4a77-8e57-274933f32ab7)
Tithe (item number 1) (id 1fe10128-dbdb-4bd5-bb78-114be53e094c)
Hay Purchases, Ireland (item number 1) (id d0dfd2c1-3c59-400f-b6a0-f7a18cff43d8)
Indian Army Promotions (British Officers) (item number 1) (id 30950e85-5746-4a90-a1c8-68bfed49453d)
Transmission of Newspapers (item number 1) (id ee120c35-6331-4dec-a5e9-8a4e924984e2)
British Troops (Prisoners) (item number 1) (id c47dbb73-f409-45b3-b225-f3f025072818)
Inoculation (item number 1) (id 7ff0658f-157e-4833-bf3d-d76ca2d88a79)
Steel Helmets (item number 1) (id cbda1138-0308-4852-bd88-9e427beb96b0)
Welsh Soldiers' Letters (item number 1) (id ec064619-5eb4-438a-8a38-8c2e1ac3c974)
Home Service (item number 1) (id e2f66dd3-570c-454d-af3e-45b0708f2d28)
Army Meat Supplies (item number 1) (id 5042cf34-8c33-47ae-bfec-dc2d9050830b)
Non-Commissioned Officers and Men (Commissions) (item number 1) (id 1fbfeace-bcdb-40ec-8862-93359e6a9542)
Royal Dublin Fusiliers (item number 1) (id cc405cfd-c62b-4ad2-a75d-c093950c9980)
Gum-Boots (item number 1) (id 544c3cdc-6dd9-4bc4-adbd-4c3786e17d40)
Military Notices (City of Galway) (item number 1) (id f8201771-c98f-4810-a520-6dc7eabc9b11)
Cast Horses (item number 1) (id 975a1207-b6e3-43d0-a61f-5b022810570d)
Munitions (Members Assisting) (item number 1) (id 30586568-bf62-410b-8095-6f2e449a7560)
Persian Gulf Operations (item number 1) (id 06810153-4587-4250-81d6-f63bd22c6048)
Parcels for Troops (Postage Rates) (item number 1) (id 4222661f-d3e0-4fa3-a017-dc86c6a48efe)
Coal Prices (item number 1) (id a873d45a-924e-4fdb-8c22-ee3df400d829)
Fuel (Transit Charges) (item number 1) (id e8c2e8f5-2783-451a-a643-35de4f947e36)
German Merchandise Imported into United States (item number 1) (id 7f3d58a2-e4a3-4fa4-b689-764387000c4a)
Insurance Against Air Risks (item number 1) (id 0af58792-c64b-4e83-af55-b562120b7840)
Food Prices (item number 1) (id 5590b881-64cb-4e51-aa83-f2ccf8da8adb)
Forest of Dean (item number 1) (id 56c48b88-364e-48ac-bc1b-c531d80eb1b2)
Company Capital Issues (item number 1) (id 24fd2307-3179-4e44-90e4-f5be50151217)

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