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Commons Hansard for 20 January 1916 (Volume 78)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 9.06am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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East India (Legislative Councils)
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Local Taxation (Ireland) Account
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Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland
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Civil Services and Revenue Departments (Appropriation Accounts)
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Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland)
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Balkans
Naval Operations in Mediterranean
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Mercantile Marine (Casualties)
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Freights (Limitation)
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Railways Congestion
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Board of Trade and Industrial Development
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Recruiting
Naval and Military Services (Pensions and Grants)
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Education (Metric System and Foreign Languages)
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Assistant - Paymasters (Royal Naval Reserve)
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Firth of Forth and Clyde (Suggested Ship Canal)
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Enemy Aliens
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Foreign Residents
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Special Constabulary
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Press Censorship
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Quadruplex, Limited
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Russian Seamen's Union
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Brotherhood Church Meeting (Disturbance)
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Export Lace Trade (Hours of Employment)
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Inland Letters (Censorship)
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Supply of Doctors
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National Education
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Munitions
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MILITARY SERVICE (No. 2) BILL
Parcels for Troops (Salonika)
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Allies' War Council
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Defence of London
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Building Contracts
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Merchant Seamen (Badges)
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Lord Kitchener's Requirements
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Board of Education
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Situation in Adriatic
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Corn Imports (Freights)
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Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
Conscription of Wealth and Estates
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Serbia and Montenegro (Government Policy)
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National Health Insurance (Referees, Ireland)
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Slaughter of Calves
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Exchequer Bonds
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Gold Coins (Melting for Jewellery)
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Fur Sales
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Vouchers and War Loan Investments
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Bleriot Manufacturing Aircraft Company
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Territorial Force (Promotion of Officers)
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Nerve Shock
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Officers (Age)
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Enlistments
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Discharged Soldiers
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Officers' Servants
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Army Wastage
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Army Medical Services
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Director-General (Salary)
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Quadruplex, Limited
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Aeroplane Service (Fokker Machines)
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Enteric Fever
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Cavalry Regiments (Promotion)
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Railway Trucks and Engines (Repairs)
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Lunacy Institutions (Unwounded Soldiers)
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Naval and Military Services (Pensions and Allowances)
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Territorial Force (Foreign Service)
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Maimed Soldiers (Artificial Limbs)
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Mineral Phosphates
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North-West Frontier of India
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Mesopotamia
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Metric System
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Mail Service (Dunoon and Greenock)
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Orders of the Day
Business of the House
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MILITARY SERVICE (No. 2) BILL
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CLAUSE 4.—(Short Title and Commencement.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Right of Applicant to be Heard by Counsel or Solicitor.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Proceedings Before Tribunals to be Public.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Statement of Special Case.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Register of Persons Enlisted.)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Profits and Wages
Dutch Cube Sugar
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National Debt Services
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Baltinglass Board of Guardians (Milk Contract)
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Exemption Claims
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Army Medical Corps (Promotions)
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Death Sentences
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Prisoners of War (Honours Prior to Arrest)
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British Expeditionary Force, France (Leave)
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Royal Army Medical Corps
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Naval and Military Services (Pensions and Grants)
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Exemptions (Irish Workmen)
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Consultation With the Dominions
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Street Traffic Fatalities
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Deportation of an Alien
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Mercantile Tonnage
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Heavy Goods by Railway
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Freight Charges
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Irish Agricultural Organisation Society
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Flooding at Erne
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Eggs and Butter Imports and Exports (Ireland)
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Irish (Teaching in National Schools)
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Commissioners of National Education (Ireland)
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Franciscan Convent, Athlone (Rates)
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Veterinary Colleges
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