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Commons Hansard for 29 February 1916 (Volume 80)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
30 April 2026 at 1.16pm.
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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COMMITTEE OF SELECTION.
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STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
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COMMITTALS (IRELAND).
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IRISH UNIVERSITIES ACT, 1908.
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TREATY SERIES (No. 1, 1916).
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SHOPS ACT, 1912.
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PUBLIC RETRENCHMENT.
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NATIONAL DEBT (MILITARY SAVINGS BANKS).
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DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS AND PESTS ACTS, 1877 AND 1907.
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POST OFFICE (FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PARCEL POST).
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MUNITIONS.
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PUBLIC TRUSTEE.
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EAST INDIA (INDIA OFFICE, RETIREMENT AT SIXTY-FIVE).
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EDUCATION (SCOTLAND).
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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES, INDUSTRIAL> AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES, BUILDING SOCIETIES, TRADE UNIONS, Etc.
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ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
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ENLISTMENT AGE.
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MEDICALLY UNFIT.
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TERRITORIAL FORCE (DISCHARGES).
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TRAINING CENTRES (SALISBURY AND RIPON).
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RE-ENLISTMENT (BOUNTIES).
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ROYAL FLYING CORPS.
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REGISTERED PLUMBERS.
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DERBY SCHEME (VACCINATION).
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APPEAL TRIBUNALS.
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EXEMPTIONS.
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AGE LIMIT.
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TERRITORIAL UNITS.
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OPPOSITION TO COMPULSORY SERVICE.
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SEPARATION ALLOWANCE.
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TEACHERS ATTESTED (SCOTLAND).
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STARRED WORKMEN.
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BADGES AND CERTIFICATES.
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ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
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THEOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL STUDENTS.
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LOCAL TRIBUNALS.
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WIDOWS' SONS.
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HOME BATTALIONS.
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STABLE DORMITORIES (ROYAL FLYING CORPS).
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SERBIAN AND SALONIKA EXPEDITION.
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ARTILLERY CAPTAINS (PROMOTION).
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OFFICERS' TRAINING (IRELAND).
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LINES OF COMMUNICATION (MANUAL LABOUR).
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WAR OFFICE (UNIFORMS).
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NAVAL AND MILITARY SERVICES (PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES).
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BRITISH ALUMINIUM WORKS (WAGES).
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AERODROMES (SEARCHLIGHTS).
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SOLDIERS' LEAVE.
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ARMY FROZEN MEAT.
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MILITARY SERVICE.
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WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
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BASE HOSPITALS.
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ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES.
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PETROL.
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VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS.
STATE RECOGNITION.
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ARMLETS FOR DISCHARGED WOUNDED.
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IMPRISONMENT OF BRITISH SUBJECTS.
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GALLIPOLI (MEDAL).
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SALARIES OF MEMBERS.
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WAR COUNCIL.
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ALLIES (NO SEPARATE PEACE).
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EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS).
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EXCESS PROFITS TAX.
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JAGER v. TOLME AND RUNGE (JUDGMENT).
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SUGAR PURCHASES BY ROYAL COMMISSION.
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TRUST FUNDS (SCOTTISH TRUSTEES).
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AMERICAN SECURITIES.
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EMEMY AIRCRAFT (SOUND SIGNALS).
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PROSECUTION OF RAILWAY OFFICIALS (SCOTLAND).
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ENLISTED STUDENTS (EXAMINATION FACILITIES).
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NEUTRAL ALIENS.
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SUNDAY POST.
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PARCELS FOR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
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GERMAN PROPERTY IN BRITAIN AND BRITISH PROPERTY IN GERMANY.
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SWISS CHOCOLATE (IMPORTS).
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LABOUR PROBLEMS (RESTORATION COMMITTEES).
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FRUIT IMPORTS.
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RAILWAY COMPANIES AND TRADERS' DISPUTES.
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ADMIRALTY TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT (MR. PURDIE'S REPORT).
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UNLOADING VESSELS IN THAMES.
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RAILWAY GOODS TRUCKS (INTERCHANGEABILITY.).
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ENEMY ALIENS.
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MUNITIONS.
MESSRS. ARMSTRONG, DUMBARTONSHIRE (MEN OF MILITARY AGE).
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CENTRAL CONTROL BOARD (LIQUOR TRAFFIC).
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EXCESSIVE DRINKING.
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FOREIGN TRADE AND BLOCKADE.
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Scottish Trade Prosecutions (Butter and Linen).
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National Horse-Breeding Establishments.
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United Kingdom Patent Rights.
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VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS.
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MUNITIONS.
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CONSOLIDATED FUND (NO.1) BILL
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MILITARY SERVICE ACT.
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ROYAL NAVY.
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NAVAL PRIZE PROCEDURE BILL.
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COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION.
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Written Answers
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UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO IMPORTS.
BRITISH MUSEUM.
LERWICK HARBOUR EXPLOSION.
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RELIEF OF DISTRESS (DUBLIN).
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CONVICTION AT TRALEE PETTY SESSIONS.
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NAVAL LOSSES (CLAIMS SETTLED).
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ANTI-AIRCRAFT CORPS.
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REQUISITIONING TONNAGE.
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MEN REJECTED (PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL CERTIFICATE).
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DISMISSAL FROM FORCES.
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CENTRAL MEDICAL WAR COMMITTEE.
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APPLICANTS FOR COMMISSIONS (VISION STANDARD).
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APPRENTICES SERVING WITH FORCES.
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MAJOR SIR FRANCIS VANE.
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RECRUITS (VACCINATION).
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IRISHMEN RESIDENT IN GREAT BRITAIN.
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ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY.
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DISCHARGED FROM ARMY (WOUNDED BOY).
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ROYAL FLYING CORPS.
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MESSRS. J. LYONS AND COMPANY.
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ARMY BOXING COMPETITION.
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BILLETING (SHEERNESS).
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ARMY MEAT INSPECTORS.
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THIRD-LINE INFANTRY UNITS (PROMOTION OF OFFICERS).
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INTERNED ALIENS' CAMPS, ISLE OF MAN.
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SHELL-FILLING FACTORY, CORK.
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MEAT SUPPLY TO MUNITION WORKERS
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CHILDREN AT FARM WORK.
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ALIENS RESTRICTION ORDER (IRELAND).
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DISCHARGE OF WORKMEN (MALDON).
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FROZEN MEAT.
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POST OFFICE SUNDAY WORK.
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SUB-POSTMASTERS (WAR WORK).
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PROHIBITED FIRMS.
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Taxation in Ireland.
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Picture Purchase.
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Resident Magistrates (Ireland).
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Matriculation Examinations, Ireland.
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Children Act.
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease.
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STATE GRANTS IN BENEFITS.
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ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES.
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FEDERATION OF EMPLOYEES' APPROVED SOCIETIES.
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DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT.
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MILITARY SERVICE.
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GALLIPOLI OPERATIONS.
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MUNITIONS.
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