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Commons Hansard for 23 March 1916 (Volume 81)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 9.13am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Military Service
Congested Districts Board, Ireland (Employment of Single Men)
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Appeal Tribunals
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Storage of Furniture
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Local Tribunals
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Supporter of Blind Dependants
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Conscientious Objectors
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Appeal Cases (Reasons for Rejection by Local Tribunal)
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Conviction of Mrs. Nellie Best
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Land Labour
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Attested Men and Conscripts
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Defence of the Realm Act
Premises Searched, Cork
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Detention Without Trial
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Commission of Peace, Cork
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Old Age Pensions
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Belgian Enlistments
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Restricted Imports (Hops)
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Chislet Colliery, Limited, Kent (Enemy Shareholders)
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Sugar Supplies
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West African Colonies (Spirits Imported)
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Enemy Aircraft Raids (Mine Insurance)
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Labour Exchanges (Staff War Bonus)
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Diamond Exports Committee
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British Steamers (Charters to Foreigners)
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Steel Helmets
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Naval and Military Air Services
Admiralty Air Department
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Joint Air Committee
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Raid on Zeebrugge
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National Union of Ship Stewards
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Bank Holiday
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Venereal Diseases
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Departmental Economy (Retired Civil Servants)
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War Office Appointments (Salaries)
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Poultry Raising
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German Treasury Bills
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War Loans (Income Tax)
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Bank Overdrafts
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Investments Abroad
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Soldiers' Investments (Income Tax)
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Customs and Excise (Preventive Men)
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Excess Profits Tax
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War Office Directorates
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Mesopotamia Campaign
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Army Pay Books
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Operations in Gallipoli (Official Papers)
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Soldiers on Leave (Route)
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Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps
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Reserve and Territorial Force (Officers' Pay)
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Skilled Mechanics (Army Pay)
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Alien Enemy (Visits from Business Manager)
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British Prisoners of War
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Royal Army Medical Corps
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Enemy Aircraft Raids
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Westminster Hall Roof
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Poor Rate Collector (Eligibility as Parish Clerk)
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Anthrax
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Bills Presented
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Private Bills (Group A)
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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Supply
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Supply
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Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill
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Naval and Military War Pensions, Etc
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Statement by Mr. Hayes Fisher
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Naval and Military War Pensions, Etc. (Expenses) Bill
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Trade Relations With Germany
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Petition Presented
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915. (Treasury Regulations)
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War Loan Facilities
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Chief Inspector (Carlow)
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Admiralty Officials (Military Pay)
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Mercantile Marine Tonnage Requisitioned
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Recruits (Medical Certificates)
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Hospital Admissions
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Local Tribunals
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Compassionate Discharge
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Men Medically Unfit
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Russian Subjects (Service in Allied Armies)
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Boys Enlisted Under Military Age
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Employers Avoiding Legal Obligations
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Preference for Branch of Service
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Home Service
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Trade and Military Age
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Special Reserve Officers
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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Public School Battalions (Commissions)
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20th Royal Fusiliers (Commissions)
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Disablement Pensions
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Medical Practitioners (Parttime Hospital Work)
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Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps
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Anti-Aircraft Guns
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Wounded Soldiers, Bishop's Stortford
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Time-Expired Men
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Dublin Horse Show
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Eastern Command
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British Prisoners of War
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Rum Ration (Army)
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Discharge from Army (Consumption)
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Non-Commissioned Officers (Sickness Benefit)
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Parliamentary Secretaries
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Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic)
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War Office Contract (Corn-Crushers and Chaff-Cutters)
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Medical Service
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India (Economic Resources)
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Sulphate of Ammonia
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Peat Industries Abroad
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State Leaseholds and Freeholds, Denmark
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Committee of Inquiry
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Schoolmistresses (Ireland)
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County Councils, Ireland (Poor Law Officers)
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Anthrax
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Bowes Park (Postal Arrangements)
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