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Commons Hansard for 15 May 1916 (Volume 82)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
30 April 2026 at 2.14pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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PRIVATE BUSINESS.
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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION (INDUSTRIAL DISEASES).
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SHOPS ACT, 1912.
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EAST INDIA (INDIA OFFICE, RETIREMENT AT SIXTY-FIVE).
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ROYAL OBSERVATORY (EDINBURGH).
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ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
View all ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
WAR.
EXCHANGE OF DISABLED MILITARY PRISONERS.
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ENEMY AIRCRAFT (INSURANCE OF RAILWAYMEN).
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FOOD PRICES.
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HICKORY TOOL-HANDLES (IMPORTATION).
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TIMBER SHORTAGE (EMPLOYMENT OF CANADIAN WOODMEN).
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IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE.
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ALIEN ENEMY FIRMS AND COMPANIES.
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BRITISH MOTOR CAB COMPANY (ARBITRATION AWARD).
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IRISH RAILWAY EMPLOYES (HOURS AND WAGES).
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PETROL SUPPLIES.
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IMPORTS (PROHIBITION).
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GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR (WAKEFIELD).
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GERMAN NAMES (ALTERATION).
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ZEPPELIN L15 (CAPTURE OF CREW).
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MILITARY SERVICE.
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS (MANUFACTURE).
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MEDICAL EXAMINATION (MARRIED MEN).
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RAILWAY LOADER (EXEMPTION).
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TIME-EXPIRED MEN (RECALL TO COLOURS).
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BADGES.
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DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT.
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DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.
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MEDICAL CERTIFICATES.
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CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS.
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MEDICAL BOARDS.
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TIME-EXPIRED MEN (SCALE OF BOUNTIES).
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TRANSVAAL (PASSPORTS FROM ENGLAND).
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CEYLON DISTURBANCES.
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WAR LOAN (CONVERSION OF CONSOLS).
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DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND.
EXECUTION OF EDWARD KENT.
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ARRESTS.
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IRISH CATHOLIC PRISONERS.
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P. H. AND WILLIAM PEARSE.
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ALLEGED SHOOTING IN DUBLIN.
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DUBLIN FUNERALS.
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DEPORTED PRISONERS.
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GAELIC LEAGUE, LONDON (RAID BY MILITARY AUTHORITIES).
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METROPOLITAN WATER BOARD.
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LOCAL AUTHORITIES (EXPENDITURE).
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OFFICERS (RE-EMPLOYMENT).
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BURIAL OF SOLDIERS.
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DEATH SENTENCES ON SOLDIERS.
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HOLY PLACES OF ISLAM.
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MEN CALLED TO COLOURS.
SCHEME OF RELIEF.
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COMPULSORY SERVICE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
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AIR SERVICES.
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SUMMER TIME BILL.
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STEEL HELMETS (KHAKI COVERS).
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WORKHOUSE OCCUPATION (MILITARY USE).
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BRITISH PRISONERS (BULGARIA).
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LIGHTING REGULATIONS (METROPOLITAN AREA).
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AUSTRALIAN SILVER COINAGE.
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NEW WRIT,
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NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY BILL.
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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
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MILITARY SERVICE BILL.
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Conscientious Objector.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Appeal Tribunal Decisions to Conform with Central Tribunal Decisions.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Certificates to Extend to Objection to All Military Service.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Imprisonment in a Public Prison and Recognition that the Man has not Enlisted on Failure to Observe Terms of Certificate of Exemption.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Conscientious Objection to Extend to All Military Service.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Procedure in Cases of Conscientious Objection.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Limitation of the Number of Married Men who may at any Time be Called to Service with the Colours.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Amendment of Section 2 (1) (b) of Principal Act.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Revision of Exemption Certificates.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Leave to Appeal.)
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NEW CLAUSE.—(Amendment of Section 2 (3) of Principal Act.)
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CLAUSE 1.—(Extension and Continued Operation of Military Service, Act, 1916.)
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SUMMER TIME BILL.
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CLAUSE 1.—(Local Time in Summer Months.)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND.
COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES.
DISCHARGE OF PRISONER.
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RIOT AT TULLAMORE.
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GERMAN PRISONERS HELD BY ALLIES.
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POSTING AND TRANSFER.
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EXPIRATION OF PERIOD OF SERVICE.
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TIME-EXPIRED MEN.
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HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARDS FIRE BRIGADE.
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CHEMISTS (EXEMPTION).
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ATTESTED MARRIED MEN.
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ROYAL IRISH RIFLES.
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11TH MIDDLESEX REGIMENT (CORPORAL ROFFEY).
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NON-COMMISSIONED ESTABLISHMENTS.
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ROYAL DEFENCE CORPS.
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EXPEDITIONARY FORCE CANTEENS.
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INFRACTIONS OF DISCIPLINE.
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PRISON POPULATION.
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VENEREAL DISEASES.
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BRITISH OFFICER PRISONERS (BULGARIA).
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CUSTOMS WATCHERS (WAR BONUS).
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