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Commons Hansard for 19 April 1916 (Volume 81)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 9.36am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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War
Auxiliary Sick-Berth Staff, St. John's Ambulance Brigade
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Rosyth Dockyard (Discharge of Workmen)
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Belgium (Remittances of Money)
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Occupied Territory (Relief Funds)
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Zeppelins (Textile Material)
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Sweden
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Merchants' Guild (Herr Otto Madsen)
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Sinhalese People (Memorial)
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Economic Conference (Paris)
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General Staff (Attached Officers)
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Military Service
Cases Under Consideration
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Disobedience to Orders
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Conscientious Objectors
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Medical Examination Fees
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Local Tribunals
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Attested Married Men
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Non-Combatant Service
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Parliamentary Committee (Cirencester)
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Members of Parliament (Letters)
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Royal Sussex Regiment (Robert Miller)
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Recruiting Officers
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Work of National Importance
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Steel Helmets
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Cavalry Officers
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Air Services
South-East Coast Defences
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Anti-Aircraft Guns
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Pilots Killed
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Enemy Raids
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Committee of Inquiry
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Investigation by Lord Curzon
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Royal Aircraft Factory
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Questions
Acting Paymasters
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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Ypres Rest Camp
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Artists in Cornwall
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Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps
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East Lancashire Division (Choice of Unit)
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Volunteer Training Corps (Easter ManœUvres)
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Canteen Employées in France
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Hay and Straw Supplies
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Increase of Rent (War Restrictions) Act
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His Majesty's Gift
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Questions
Old Age Pensions
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Soldiers' and Sailors' Land Settlement (Report)
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War Savings Committee (Posters)
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Railway Unification
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Duke of Albany and Duke of Cumberland
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3rd Rhondda Welsh Regiment (Vaccination)
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Soldiers' Leave
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War Medals
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Budget Proposals
Cider Duty
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Motor-Car Tax
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Duties on Table Waters
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Exchequer Bonds (Post Office Applications)
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Questions
Allies' Subjects (Deportation)
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Internment Orders
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Mercantile Marine (Recognition of Services)
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Indian Labour (Importation)
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Food Prices
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Daylight Saving
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Answers to Questions
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Destruction of British Song Birds
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Prisoners' Sentences
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Message from the Lords
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Orders of the Day
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Cabinet Disagreement
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Royal Assent
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Education in London
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Petition Presented
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Post-War Commercial Treaties
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Luxuries (Debt Recovery)
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Income Tax
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Licence Duty on Motor Cars
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Newsagents' Co-Operative Society
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Licence Duties
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Walter Arnold Conduit
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Commandeering Ships (Records of Owners)
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Boom Defence Officers (Allowance)
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Army Discharges
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Remounts (Curragh Camp)
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Deductions from Allowances
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Artists Officers' Training Corps
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Medical Examination
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Unregistered Dental Practitioners
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Conscientious Objectors
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Christadelphian International Bible Students
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Doncaster Rural Tribunal
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Local and Appeal Tribunals (Scotland)
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Military Representatives (Local Tribunals)
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Military Offices, Ireland (Civilian Clerks)
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Pensions and Grants
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Issue of Uniforms (Grove Park)
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Receiving Depot, Dublin
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Great Eastern Railway (Closing of Stations)
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Number of Factories and EmployéS
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Industrial Compulsion (Alleged)
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National Shell Factory, Huddersfield
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Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic)
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Grain Distilleries
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Messrs. Vickers' Works, Erith
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Great Eastern Railway (Stations Closed)
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Enemy Raids
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"Stop the War" Demonstration
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Taking Photographs in Steel Works
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Lighting Regulations (Conviction at Herne Bay)
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Metropolitan Police Area (Women Drivers)
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French Deserter (Escape from Train)
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Land Grants for Soldiers
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Old Age Pensions
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Restriction of Imports
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Board of Trade Committee
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Railway Construction Work
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Committee on Work of National Importance
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Parcels and Telegrams to Troops
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German Propagandist Literature
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Baron Schroder
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Lighting Regulations (Scotland)
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Arrest of Hamburg-American Line Officers
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Chinese Reorganisation Loan
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Riotous Proceedings, Tullamore
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Industrial Schools (Ireland)
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Spitalfields Area, Dublin
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Irish Industrial Schools (Catholic Children)
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Listowel Rural District Council (Police Hut)
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Excise Revenue (India)
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Veterinary Staff, Ireland (Retired Inspector)
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Reckless Driving (Prosecutions)
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Infantile Mortality
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Weighing Machine Makers (Dispute)
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Printing Trade, Scotland (Lock-out)
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Imperial Institute Building (Rights of London University)
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Telegraphic Delay (Gale)
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Rajah of Sarawak's Cattle
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