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Commons Hansard for 4 April 1916 (Volume 81)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 9.15am.
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
Local Tribunals
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Medical Examination
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Russian Subjects
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Insurance Premiums
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Proceedings Against Solicitor
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Selection of Arm of Service
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Recruiting Officers, County Sligo
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Certified Occupations
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Eyesight Test
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Somersetshire Appeal Tribunal
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Certificates of Exemption
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Unfit Men Over Military Age
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Insanitary Hut (Dartford)
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Re-Enlistment of Men Discharged
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Rejected Unmarried Men
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Royal Army Medical Corps
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Wounded Soldiers (Treatment)
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Time-Expired Soldiers (Re-Enlistment)
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Injured Horses
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Military Buildings (Insurance Against Fire)
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Sinking of Steamship "Sussex" (Prince Bahram of Persia)
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Egypt (Introduction of Rupee)
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Allies' Conference (Political Offences)
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Russian Duma (M. Miliukoff's Speech)
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Explosive German Bullets
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Commanding Officer and Subaltern
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Hospital Accommodation, Blandford Camp, Dorset
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Tuberculosis (Soldiers and Sailors)
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Government Contracts (Truck Act)
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Brigadiers-General (Pay)
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Horses (Billeting)
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Discharged Soldiers (Pensions)
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Naval and Military Services (Pensions and Allowances)
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Lines of Communication (Officers' Pay)
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Officer Charged With Assault
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Kew Gardens (Sick and Wounded Soldiers)
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Munitions
Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic)
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Workers' War Medals
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Manufacture in Ireland
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Women and Girl Workers (Great Britain)
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Official Stationery
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Questions
Shipping Industry Committee
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Cotton Yarns (Prohibition of Imports)
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Foreign Hops (Importation)
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Chocolate (Importation)
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Sanatogen
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Trade After War
Iron, Steel and Engineering
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Strike on Railway Companies' Steamships
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Censor's Department (Commercial Letters)
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Special Constables
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Marine Insurance (War Risks)
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Hosiery Contracts (Admiralty)
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Women Labour
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American Munitions Companies (German Holdings)
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Cinematograph Films (Exportation)
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Defence of the Realm Act
Arrest in Ireland
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Poor Law Relief Act, 1914
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Mesopotamia Campaign
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Enemy Aircraft Raids
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Uncertificated Assistant Teachers' Association
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Increment Value Duty (Lumsden Judgment)
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English and Scottish Mails (County Tyrone)
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Indian Indentured Labour
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New Members Sworn
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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Ways and Means
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Enemy Aircraft Raids
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
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Food and Paper Pulp Supplies (Ireland)
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Army Reserve B (Armlet)
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Eyesight (Minimum Standard)
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Officers' Ration Allowances
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West Yorkshire Regiment (Major R. Shepherd)
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Volunteer Training Corps
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Steel Helmets
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Naval and Military Services (Pensions and Allowances)
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Clyde Industrial Dispute
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Explosives (Research Work)
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Controlled Establishments
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Indian Cavalry Regiments (British Officers)
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Petrol Supply (Motor Trade Association)
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British Prisoners in Turkey
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Workhouse Inmates (Ireland)
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Old Age Pensions (Ireland)
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Prisons (Supply of Flour and Oatmeal)
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Queenstown Post Office
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St. John's Church, Kingston-upon-Hull
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