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Commons Hansard for 17 April 1916 (Volume 81)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 9.31am.
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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War
German Attitude Towards Islam
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Italy and Germany
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Austria and Serbia (Hague Tribunal)
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Persia
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Declaration of London
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Coal Shortage
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Restriction of Imports
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Naval and Military Services (Pensions and Grants)
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Mesopotamia Campaign
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British Prisoners at Doberitz
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Daylight Saving
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Air Services
Enemy Raids and Bombardments
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Zeppelin L15 (Interviews With Captured Officers
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Joint War Air Committee
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Squadron-Commander P. K. Wise
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Munitions
Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic)
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Messrs. Vickers' Works, Erith
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Health of Workers (Weekly Rest)
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Loans to Contractors
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Huts for Women Workers
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Lieutenant Plummer (Assault Charge)
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Prize Money (Distribution)
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British Merchant Tonnage
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Royal Navy (Armament and Construction)
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Military Service
Men Attaining Age of Eighteen Years
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Number of Men Available
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Extension of Compulsion
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Conscientious Objectors
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Friendly Society Officials
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Arrests and Imprisonments
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Inoculation
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Medical Examinations
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Exemptions and Appeals
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Questions
Taxation (Ireland)
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Regimental Institutes (Board of Control)
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Old Age Pensions
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Seizure of Merchant Vessels (Orders in Council)
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Questions
Disabled British Prisoners
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Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
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Military and Naval Officers (Railway Fares)
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Deptford Naval Staff
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Pensions (Scotland)
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Department of Agriculture (Ireland)
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Financial Relations Commission
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Branch Post Offices
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Prison Warders (Scotland)
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Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Company
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Questions
Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps
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Walter Arnold Conduit
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Mansfield Recruiting Circular
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Army Commissions
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Honourable Artillery Company (Transfers)
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Home Service Troops (Miners)
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Rank and File (Leave)
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Province of Connaught (Training Facilities)
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East Surrey Regiments (Transfers)
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Shipping Freights (Baron Di San Severino)
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New Writ
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Message from the Lords
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Orders of the Day
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Finance (New Duties) Bill
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Ways and Means [4th April].—Report
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Chicory, Etc. (Excise)
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Ways and Means [5th April]
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
Questions
British Abrasive Wheel Company, Sheffield
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Royal Naval Flying Corps
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Exchange of Civilian Prisoners
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Home Service (Attestation at Bristol)
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Purchase of Discharge
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Conscientious Objectors
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"No-CONSCRIPTION FELLOWSHIP."
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Groups Called Up (Pay)
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Local and Appeal Tribunals
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British and German Prisoners of War
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Spy Shot in London
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Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps
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Semaphore Signalling
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Naval and Military Services (Pensions and Grants)
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Examination Service
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Motor Vehicle Equipment (Foreign Goods)
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Tyne Examination Service
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Manure Stocks (Woolwich)
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Home Commands (Losses by Fire)
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Steel Helmets
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Messrs. Vickers' Works, Erith
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Indian Government Contracts
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Persons of Alien Enemy Origin
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Army Beer Supply
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Enemy Firms
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Post Office Railway, London
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German Ill-Treatment of British Prisoners (Wittenberg Camp)
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Government Buildings (Repair Work)
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Small-pox Cases (Salford)
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Death Certificates
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Infant Mortality (Prevention)
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Notification of Births Act, 1915
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