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Commons Hansard for 2 March 1916 (Volume 80)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 30 April 2026 at 2.04pm.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 5eab6fd7-fa13-4413-9e32-ba3ddbf520e0)
PRIVATE BUSINESS. (item number 2) (id 12580135-3596-464a-9aef-06c7929892f7)
POLICE (COUNTIES AND BOROUHS, ENGLAND AND WALES). (item number 3) (id 1ca7001d-874b-4f27-b756-5e22542ff922)
DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS AND PESTS ACTS. (item number 4) (id 95d4794c-798b-435e-9e7d-bcdc030f9c99)
COLONIAL REPORTS (ANNUAL). (item number 5) (id 589f7edb-cdc4-482c-b947-33b664d59295)

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

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MILITARY SERVICE.

EXPORT TRADE. (item number 1) (id 2d978cae-88b0-4151-873d-93b73b8aa0a5)
MARRIED MEN (PECUNIARY OBLIGATIONS). (item number 1) (id 676ab420-7115-47ee-a370-29f0467bca4e)
LOCAL TRIBUNALS. (item number 1) (id 2338e60a-2c03-42b1-b7a4-6af251ac70f8)
CLERICAL WORK (WAR DEPARTMENT). (item number 1) (id 395d63de-01f6-46cf-bc3d-289fcd3fa5e2)
RECRUITING AUTHORITIES (PRESSURE OF WORK). (item number 1) (id 8930fdc2-3132-483a-865f-3d8592d0e537)
CHOICE OF REGIMENTS. (item number 1) (id 676cf49f-2c6a-4b34-83af-ed372e8f2633)
MEDICAL UNFITNESS. (item number 1) (id b7c16e1c-ce70-4dd0-b93e-8aaee7aabc0d)
CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION. (item number 1) (id 0552bac3-264a-43f0-b8ca-839ad6061168)
ROYAL ENGINEERS (ALLEGED WRONGFUL ARREST). (item number 1) (id 332ec13a-fed9-4601-b95f-13223ff59d16)
BRITISH-BORN SONS OF ENEMY ALIENS. (item number 1) (id 9b0b3877-3d11-4863-88a8-6e773cc2f60b)
BOYS UNDER EIGHTEEN AND NINETEEN. (item number 1) (id aba37f2c-eb91-443d-ab56-b01741c32c4d)
BILLETING (BRAINTREE). (item number 1) (id fa98c5bb-9315-4655-a855-17962420d7d2)
MEDICAL STUDENTS. (item number 1) (id e549b0ac-263e-41e6-9969-8616966cc049)
INFANTRY AND CAVALRY CAPTAINS (PROMOTION). (item number 1) (id 67a4a086-5487-4aae-b51d-618a6b9a63d5)
NORTH SEA FISHERIES (INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION). (item number 1) (id e89b56f6-f382-4e71-a54f-c3d481617a55)
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (INTERNED CIVILIANS). (item number 1) (id f79789c8-1fd4-4edf-b0aa-26da4bad5521)
GOODS TRAFFIC. (item number 1) (id ada36b6c-9645-4eeb-b8c8-1dfdfe301b2c)
WOOD IMPORTATION. (item number 1) (id f7a6e83a-71dc-4ebe-ab95-5ec8c1b670c7)
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS, SCOTLAND (ALLOTMENTS). (item number 1) (id 91c26e3d-1fde-491c-bfb5-9e29c902fc81)
COTTON EXPORT LICENCES. (item number 1) (id 1918a42a-e51b-4487-8817-617f144a3d97)
NATURAL-BORN BRITISH SUBJECTS (INTERNMENT). (item number 1) (id 4104e6cb-5463-4865-99b0-ccb6df3e4c91)
AIR RAIDS (STATE INSURANCE SCHEME). (item number 1) (id 70ac48a4-54ed-4a0c-a948-f98a317cae4f)
EVACUATION OF GALLIPOLI (REWARDS AND PROMOTIONS). (item number 1) (id c9426a12-e41a-49dd-8927-de49e9afec75)
IRON (MINIMUM PRICES). (item number 1) (id 44aa05cf-9e08-4016-a3da-03287bb91cec)
MONTENEGRO. (item number 1) (id 3fdcb632-89e1-4f76-aac7-a5ce4d84d1f1)
PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES. (item number 1) (id 13aeabc2-fb25-4a4b-a27d-17ff97e5619f)
OLD AGE PENSIONS. (item number 1) (id 036401a3-3f7f-471a-af4d-f6151c6de6e6)
INCREASED RENTS (NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE). (item number 1) (id 25baa091-d158-4871-a507-ff427fb3227c)
COLONIAL OFFICE VOTE. (item number 1) (id 82828398-a09b-48a5-b28e-599c3c030347)
NORTH SEA LIGHTSHIPS. (item number 1) (id 8e359b87-53c9-4533-990c-c4d71804625f)

DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT.

EDINBURGH PROSECUTION. (item number 1) (id 0e3be4fd-e2f7-4b32-80d0-e30e6dbcf4fe)
CAP HELLES AND SUVLA BAY (EVACUATION). (item number 1) (id ffe34ce3-a23f-4a8b-9684-ea41cd7bb9ea)
GLASGOW TRAWLER. (item number 1) (id bd07b340-7992-4830-82b4-271be9ce8055)
ADMIRALTY TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. (item number 1) (id f0dd5d13-3837-4d8d-a3f7-881327db66c2)
ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES. (item number 1) (id d892fa99-483d-4d78-ad54-ecf4c8cf4126)
EDUCATION (IRELAND). (item number 1) (id 3f291236-fb59-4ddd-992a-972cc7eb9dce)
NAVAL AND MILITARY WAR PENSIONS ACT, 1915. (item number 1) (id 184b535d-31b8-4cf6-962c-47a8062ddc23)
HUNTS (IRELAND). (item number 1) (id d4af6c55-48b2-4fa0-ab82-d836c6ce629c)
PRISON WARDERS (IRELAND). (item number 1) (id b4b21de3-72c3-4fe9-9fc6-33e4fa695fa1)
NATIONAL SCHOOL TEACHERS (IRELAND). (item number 1) (id 1795f1a5-fc45-4cdc-af69-b09c4ede8e93)
DIVIDENDS (INCOME TAX). (item number 1) (id 9fe44451-94a1-43a3-bafc-0b20a220a2dd)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. (item number 1) (id fbda61c3-9a25-4656-98d9-348535bbd197)
WOOLWICH ARSENAL (EMPLOYMENT OF BOYS). (item number 1) (id 1a41b52a-10a6-430c-9469-a3c792bd7bd0)
STALLIONS (TRAVELLING). (item number 1) (id 45acf8ad-42ff-4bf3-90ef-1c28620650e0)
WAR AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEES (SCHOOL EXEMPTIONS). (item number 1) (id 0b52734e-d3ea-4932-a46d-2b504cedb446)
BRITISH CURRENCY NOTES IN GERMANY. (item number 1) (id e67193aa-3d57-44dc-9aeb-2ae339547ab4)
OVERSEAS RECRUITS (INCOME TAX). (item number 1) (id 138c667e-3bad-4c58-be7f-8a5b5dc0c97a)
LOCAL AUTHORITIES (GRANTS). (item number 1) (id 1a1b9852-474b-47e1-bbac-70003fbb52d6)
PRISONERS OF WAR IN TURKEY. (item number 1) (id ab35be93-3f20-4f56-84e0-11d3a1ab6adc)
SOLDIERS' LEAVE. (item number 1) (id 8757c1c1-f558-4a8b-a700-17753d43d20c)
SERVICE RIFLES. (item number 1) (id 5f232591-791f-40e8-bd1b-d0d0b7ff7686)
NAVAL AND MILITARY SERVICES (PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES). (item number 1) (id e33f2855-9c08-4daa-929e-07008245b136)
PORTSMOUTH CORPORATION (EMPLOYéS' STRIKE. (item number 1) (id 218de519-0200-42ba-8811-ab1a193b0190)
Assets of Deceased British Subjects (United States). (item number 1) (id cc196560-384a-4b8c-98d6-6a70423759de)
Franciscan Fathers, Athlone. (item number 1) (id cbb15be5-998d-4d7b-848d-35f9bf8968d2)
Navan Rural District Council. (item number 1) (id 70517005-83ea-4fd8-bacd-73e2dbea7279)
Land Purchase (Ireland). (item number 1) (id c7310c68-eea2-4fbc-a367-be3b8990695f)
Sheep Dipping Order (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 6aa902d2-ab9b-4589-a0a2-664501dbb4e9)
Procurators-fiscal, Ayr and Rothesay. (item number 1) (id f9365f03-e768-481d-8190-a1d5892b8940)
Portsmouth Corporation (Employés' Strike). (item number 1) (id cad03b9b-6d30-4864-94f0-38ba98986e4b)
Agricultural Inquiry (Ireland). (item number 1) (id f4f0f1cc-309b-464f-a430-60c3a2550d55)
Public Elementary Schools (Number on Registers). (item number 1) (id adcbfde6-7796-4fb7-981c-3cde4f36effd)
Revenue (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 8ce9e817-0512-4f79-bd13-888f02155737)
NEW MEMBERS SWORN. (item number 1) (id dcfa6611-5144-47a2-8778-d655377722d8)
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. (item number 1) (id 030fd765-c054-4363-bf79-4cb9e6d39bc4)
PERSONAL EXPLANATION: MAJOR ROTHSCHILD. (item number 1) (id b7de9317-bed9-4f32-a15e-d23ed1835af0)
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. (item number 7) (id 67207cf1-8512-4f48-8cc5-54644803fa42)
SUPPLY.— [1st Allotted Day.] (item number 8) (id 9187298e-10d4-4cb3-b353-e5d18b7bf259)
PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. (item number 9) (id b1961678-3e2f-45f3-9432-15b88cbd42b7)
DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT (DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL). (item number 10) (id 800fbc7b-0673-4b88-9cce-b621facbe078)
ACCOUNTANT OF COURT (SCOTLAND). (item number 11) (id e5ba3403-9a38-490b-90f0-df4aa3bc2cb5)
EXEMPTION FROM SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. (item number 12) (id 6cfc661f-d8f2-4367-82fe-9cf397e602c7)
ROYAL ASSENT. (item number 13) (id f5ea43eb-65f1-4b7a-aaeb-7886570bbcc6)
BRITISH MUSEUM (CLOSING). (item number 14) (id 084d8aae-f6fa-4a5e-ab80-8fa8fd0d13a5)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

MILITARY SERVICE.

MARYLEBONE TRIBUNAL.

MEDICAL UNFITNESS. (item number 1) (id de7d24a1-f7a2-47b6-94ef-2ae4aa332e86)
MARRIED MEN. (item number 1) (id 35ce5081-c389-4233-b16f-3b4a3f601ddb)
MEN ATTESTED. (item number 1) (id 59bb612e-d077-478f-8a39-8403a6e4877c)
WORCESTER REGIMENT. (item number 1) (id 2f56d905-472c-4967-9638-b11236cb9568)
FARMERS. (item number 1) (id d22921ba-4e8c-4989-a57d-4fc0960d8991)
SCOTTISH PROVISIONAL BATTALION. (item number 1) (id 9c54ddf7-d997-49f1-b2fa-792a40dbbb97)
ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES. (item number 1) (id 0acf05ff-6367-4208-a0b8-f80ad772c1f4)
GALLIPOLI OPERATIONS. (item number 1) (id 66411dbb-c804-4223-baac-cce997aaf6c6)
REGIMENTAL INSTITUTES (BOARD OF CONTROL). (item number 1) (id ebf29d72-c030-42cc-b1e6-bf77b44e2d45)
ARMY SERVICE CORPS (WARRANT OFFICERS). (item number 1) (id 723e0a65-861a-4f4a-b0f7-7baf2ecdb7d8)
4TH BATTALION, ROYAL FUSILIERS (PRIVATE H. W. BRADLEY). (item number 1) (id dae45eb4-7e3d-42df-8e24-d033fba20eca)
TERRITORIAL FORCE (OFFICERS WOUNDED). (item number 1) (id bc29310c-f8c1-4f9d-bb5b-17c195e6bd36)
NAVAL AND MILITARY SERVICES (PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES). (item number 1) (id 347d88e6-41da-4765-b442-6605523f7db4)
MALE AND FEMALE WORKERS (DUBLIN). (item number 1) (id ada1b949-e54d-47f6-8afc-42d6a32001d4)
GRETNA WORKS. (item number 1) (id 517567c0-8c22-4c53-965e-d53029fb24f3)
COCAINE DENS. (item number 1) (id 343261c9-7c69-4de4-9e7f-c13c062121c7)
VOLUNTEERING IN INDIA. (item number 1) (id 400e4154-83ad-46b7-a929-3777b0df81e0)
IRISH TOBACCO IMPORTERS. (item number 1) (id 32f095ae-4d00-4e51-811c-8d3dc7a08ccd)
MILITARY SERVICE ACT (INSTRUCTIONS). (item number 1) (id 14819e39-4666-4e74-a3ae-696fce5c16cf)
BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR. (item number 1) (id 01b09fb0-f6ac-47ed-85ef-922b1be360eb)
ALIEN ENEMY FIRMS. (item number 1) (id 48f99465-65de-494c-bc32-b670ee999306)
DOCK LABOURERS. (item number 1) (id 69883afb-c090-4fbd-ba42-5b1c394f002a)
Vaccination (Ireland). (item number 1) (id ee2157da-9b1f-4671-ac11-096aea27d845)
Land Purchase (Ireland). (item number 1) (id c287cc47-efc2-4670-ba30-7eac5cc63496)
Fishery Poachers, Co. Cavan. (item number 1) (id d81dfea5-e49b-4d34-ae20-d91187e39514)
National School Teachers (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 351d5ee2-1e7f-4920-a972-f157625de35d)
Department of Agriculture (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 6368567c-93e9-4d1c-893f-35f5485964f7)
Trichinopoli (Assassination of District Judge). (item number 1) (id dc0ef72c-9875-41c1-bd43-e44851eb3efd)
Robberies from Vans (London). (item number 1) (id e1367b6b-3f73-444f-9c58-e81070e9747d)
Poor Law Statutes. (item number 1) (id bc6dd5f0-1246-4d6f-8d99-8df9627584e0)
Aran Isles Cable. (item number 1) (id 41b68d37-eefa-429c-bfe1-cf0745c8d4e7)
MUNITIONS. (item number 2) (id d1b1c8a3-a7e1-467c-8dac-535c8ab8722d)

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