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Commons Hansard for 12 April 1916 (Volume 81)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 9.29am.
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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Belgium
Relief Ships (Terms of Charter)
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Imperial Co-Operation With Allies
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Prohibition of Imports
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Australian Metal Resources (German Control)
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Defence of the Realm Act
Prosecutions in Ireland
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Officers (Temporary Promotions)
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Army Medical Service
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Army Officers and German Prisoners
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Donington Hall (Lieutenant a. B. Meyer)
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Military Service
Reserved Occupations
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Enlistment of Boys
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Conscientious Objectors
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Discharged Volunteers
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Medical Examinations
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Attested Men (Release)
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Medal Ribbons
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Pool Farm, Brownhills (Holt Bros.)
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Prejudicing Recruiting
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Attested Married Men
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West Sussex Appeal Tribunal
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Exemption of Farmers (Stockton-On-Tees)
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Oswestry Camp (Sickness)
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Parcels for Scottish Soldiers
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Army Medical Service
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Retrenchment Committee (Hours of Civil Servants)
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Passage Money (Colonials Joining Army)
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Salonika Expedition
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Commissions (Royal Fusiliers)
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Prisoners of War (Philip-Popolis)
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Bravery in Field (New Decoration)
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Questions
Accommodation for Recruits (Wrexham)
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Richard Ivor Parry
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Nerve-Shaken Soldiers
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Recruiting Leaflets (Ireland)
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Employes in Army Departments
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Northern Home Defence Army (Headquarters)
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Naval and Military Service (Pensions and Grants)
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Indian Army (Officers' Pay)
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German Traders (India)
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Mahomedan Tenets (German Restrictions in East Africa)
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War Loan (Scottish Children's Investments)
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Motor Licences
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Sugar Supplies
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Budget Proposals
Cider and Perry Duties
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Table Waters Duty
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Old Age Pensions
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Prohibition of Imports
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United Kingdom Patents (Exactions from Scottish Owners)
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Foreign Imports
Brewing Materials
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Motor Tyres
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Cotton Lace
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Hardware
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Fuel and Foodstuffs
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Questions
Enemy Raids (Workmen's Compensation)
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Belfast Steamship Services
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South-Eastern and Chatham Railway (Train Services)
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Soldiers (Discharged as Unfit)
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Telegraphic Communication (Ireland)
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Postal Charges (France)
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Children of Alien Parents. (Education)
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British-Born Persons (German Names)
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Consols and National Stocks (Scotland)
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Poor Law Amendment Act, 1867
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Naturalised Enemy Subjects
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Sale of Intoxicating Liquors
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Belgium (Evacuation)
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Economic Conference (Paris)
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Chemical Society (Alien Enemies)
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Easter Recess
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Duke of Cumberland and Duke of Albany
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Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Bill
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Orders of the Day
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Finance (New Duties) Bill
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Education (Provision of Meals) (Ireland) Bill
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
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Admiralty (Female Typists)
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Members' Salaries (Savings)
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Deportation Orders (Ireland)
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Prison Service (Ireland)
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Royal Naval Air Service Anti-Aircraft Corps
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Conscientious Objectors
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Medically Unfit (Certification.)
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Choice of Units
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Skilled Mechanics and Motor Drivers
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Non-Combatant Corps
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Congested Districts Board, Ireland
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Local Tribunals
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Certificates of Exemption
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Objection to Military Service
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Territorial Forces
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Canteen Contractors
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Attestation Forms
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Army Contracts (Forage Buyers)
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Military Funerals
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Military Hospitals (Massage)
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Dardanelles Expedition
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Irish Battalions
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Army Spectacle Depot
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Naval and Military Services (Pensions and Grants)
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Regimental Institutes (Central Board of Control)
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1st/8th Manchester Regiment
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Nitrogen Contract
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Messrs. Vickers' Works, Erith
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Clyde Dilution Commissioners
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Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic)
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Women's Workers (Wages Deductions)
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Lunacy Commissioners
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Manufactured Cocoa (Imports)
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Dublin Letter Deliveries
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Ottoman Empire (German Influence)
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Captain Von Papen's Correspondence
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Small Holdings (Island of Lewis)
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Jurors (Civil Cases)
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Stone-throwing by Boys (Ireland)
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Prisoners on Remand (King's County)
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Old Age Pensions (Ireland)
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Dead Languages
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Wexford Post Office
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