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Commons Hansard for 31 May 1916 (Volume 82)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 30 April 2026 at 2.23pm.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 1876ba98-6a39-47e8-9590-ec166700f347)
DIVORCE BILLS. (item number 2) (id f5bb0d86-721f-434b-89ac-4f24bd737eec)
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1916. (item number 3) (id 1a48939d-6711-4d9b-8430-9b22ee00c2d1)
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. (item number 4) (id 95a7d3ba-c952-4db6-ad34-ecd2aca903bd)
EAST INDIA (INCOME AND EXPENDITURE). (item number 5) (id b5986516-3765-4b49-9cb8-bced9ed82c18)

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

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DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND.

DOMICILIARY SEARCHES. (item number 1) (id 4eea7892-99d9-46dc-96c3-860270040360)
ARRESTS. (item number 1) (id cf6f3e4c-b32a-4f59-9a53-9a77971428b2)
REBELS' SOFT-NOSED BULLETS. (item number 1) (id fe173843-945c-431f-afaf-65092b0daa3a)
NON-COMBATANTS KILLED (COMPENSATION). (item number 1) (id 199c8bf3-9b61-4bba-a46f-f6562d579b20)
MEDAL FOR TROOPS. (item number 1) (id 68d1e8f7-ab1c-42ea-ab1c-b7cdcfc93656)
MARTIAL LAW (QUEEN'S COUNTY). (item number 1) (id 0a279d25-ac3a-47ca-9d34-d0efb2571720)
PROFESSOR EOIN MACNEILL. (item number 1) (id 7f70e14a-d218-442c-bed7-847c2f686411)
CAPTAIN HAGARTY. (item number 1) (id 4e6581b4-b9ea-4a61-8922-1770ab6cf695)
TRIAL of PRISONERS. (item number 1) (id 68f5c66a-ba63-4af0-b632-60117b26c7ef)
COMPENSATION. (item number 1) (id 8e0633fb-2b20-48cb-ae15-d94d40e1fdd1)
TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. (item number 1) (id 617f8f37-8059-443a-af70-4039b38c3dcc)
GAELIC LEAGUE OF LONDON. (item number 1) (id 94e80df3-9d01-4ec7-97e0-57d7bea58fa3)
WOUNDED SOLDIERS (LEAVE). (item number 1) (id ea1c347e-bf85-4f0e-b059-718ad32d1da6)
USE OF TRENCH MORTARS (TRAINING). (item number 1) (id 8d9ddec5-6790-4efc-8c08-dbdda3a884b2)
GERMAN PRISONERS (EMPLOYMENT). (item number 1) (id 73571f61-075f-4892-8d86-9a6082c0408d)
CINEMA THEATRES. (item number 1) (id 64b1dcb6-6238-4c37-af8f-7450ca5e64fb)
AIR COMMITTEE. (item number 1) (id fe262452-f8cd-4814-b085-92ac50400347)
BRITISH RED CROSS UNITS (ITALY). (item number 1) (id 46f91206-1b87-41ee-aedc-ab189ddd6df5)
MONOGLOT WELSHMEN IN ENGLISH REGIMENTS. (item number 1) (id 8124da7a-ad8d-49c4-a064-ae191310f9a4)
FIRE INSPECTION. (item number 1) (id 98e1ee15-a52d-4001-914c-38c72e395f45)
OUT-OF-DOOR PAINTING (CORNWALL). (item number 1) (id feec8a1e-c167-4621-b455-21278e947605)
NAVAL AND MILITARY SERVICES (PENSIONS AND GRANTS). (item number 1) (id 50a88e9f-f4e0-4dbd-8f30-770157de1de5)

MILITARY SERVICE.

MEN TAKEN FROM AGRICULTURE. (item number 1) (id d3c418f2-6e38-42b6-83da-008d4e06fd1c)
TERRITORIAL FORCE (BOUNTY). (item number 1) (id 0ff0f5c2-45e0-42fe-b5cb-8b8f27070f9e)
3RD BATTALION BLACK WATCH (W. M'EVOY). (item number 1) (id 53e7a5ee-e78c-4de1-9a7b-83927bd5fe0f)
"CRUCIFIXION" PUNISHMENT. (item number 1) (id bedb0e17-50f0-4ca3-9159-5762c0ce8357)
LOCAL TRIBUNALS. (item number 1) (id f83bf589-b005-47cc-aec0-b3b2810b21fb)
ENGINEERING APPRENTICES. (item number 1) (id 3671654b-5da6-4e59-afa1-220b7971406c)
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. (item number 1) (id 35ccce60-ea87-4fd1-8ac7-488314eee553)
TIME-EXPIRED SOLDIERS (BOUNTY). (item number 1) (id fbbc2839-aa8f-4604-8fe7-d459781ead66)
BUSINESS MEN (REGULATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS). (item number 1) (id 0657a134-5b88-495e-be49-fe3b9cd8bb04)
SERVICE MEDAL. (item number 1) (id 94a24353-5866-4b16-b38d-e011ea9349f1)
PEACE TERMS. (item number 1) (id 48ccc043-8c6a-4dbb-becb-c191d962f10a)
WHITSUNTIDE PARLIAMENTARY RECESS. (item number 1) (id 6d74e8ca-a5d0-4c36-9639-2df8745a46ab)
ECONOMIC CONFERENCE (BRITISH PREFERENTIAL TRADING). (item number 1) (id cfebda09-c383-4508-8293-5b08cc18277d)
VOLUNTEER MOBILISATION. (item number 1) (id 552d39d7-f680-414e-b794-bb3d461af20e)
DARDANELLES AND MESOPOTAMIA (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER). (item number 1) (id 0751186a-c72f-40b0-8263-6ee905ada613)
LIQUID FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. (item number 1) (id 58433024-c79b-4539-a716-f778679685c8)
PAY OF TROOPS (DEDUCTIONS). (item number 1) (id 6d30484b-94b8-414f-8d7a-2f0b68bd41c4)
NEW CAPITAL AT DELHI. (item number 1) (id 785dfa7d-13bb-4419-8f49-95d1a73c26f6)
PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS (DUTIABLE ARTICLES). (item number 1) (id acdaf640-c9a3-42bb-9796-f6a260ab43ed)
SHIPPING PROFITS. (item number 1) (id 60475d07-32da-4455-a831-f97e423b73fb)
SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE. (item number 7) (id df2750ca-4312-4088-8f95-a56580fa9245)
ARMY ESTIMATES, 1916–17. (item number 8) (id f4b3f887-5db7-4af1-82df-36b45131a3d6)
WAR OFFICE. (item number 9) (id 96d8ff6e-7009-4d61-94b6-ecf9c289d437)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

FINANCE ACT.

EXCESS PROFITS DUTY.

MOTOR-CAR DUTIES. (item number 1) (id fb599e23-069d-4caa-8496-bfced014f754)
NEW ISSUES (TREASURY COMMITTEE). (item number 1) (id 552f1f1b-7ceb-4c28-8de2-28975f6f6d3b)
NATIONAL SERVICE BADGES. (item number 1) (id 079294ed-3f69-4931-9226-24c1e77952f7)
MERCHANT SHIPS (NEUTRAL AND ALLIES' LOSSES). (item number 1) (id cad78251-7ae3-4c24-ac60-338e144bcce0)
GENERAL MONRO'S DISPATCH. (item number 1) (id 6d5a59b2-db3d-438f-a48b-128ef9736456)
OFFICER KICKED BY HORSE. (item number 1) (id 85153d74-61e5-419e-ac94-fa480be16db2)
APPLICATIONS FOR EXEMPTION. (item number 1) (id 6688fc1d-aefc-4afb-ba37-f3ca4bdea711)
NATIONAL REGISTER. (item number 1) (id 63765dea-3545-4f54-891e-a54b7c9825c8)
NATIONAL INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS (STAFF). (item number 1) (id 68a64617-c42c-4a67-aaea-32ea55716611)
LOCAL TRIBUNALS. (item number 1) (id 3cd0cdd1-2c85-4c1a-8c14-d2289c275159)
NAVAL AND MILITARY SERVICES (PENSIONS AND GRANTS). (item number 1) (id e5ec0361-28e5-4c97-930f-6a7ef52aea0a)
OFFICERS' PAY (ARMY AGENTS). (item number 1) (id c05123f6-97f8-4072-bcd5-56149a3dd9a6)
MEN DEPORTED FROM GLASGOW. (item number 1) (id c3129336-ac11-498c-8aba-f09df597268f)
AGRICULTURAL MACHINES. (item number 1) (id 1166419e-e549-4751-a825-1bf702c46861)
EXPORT OF GOODS TO RUSSIA. (item number 1) (id bd8e07b8-fa2f-4685-bf59-ed2450a4181a)
BADGE CERTIFICATES WITHDRAWN. (item number 1) (id 663c5097-9fa1-400f-a8b2-eeedec1e0e0c)
SKILLED AND UNSKILLED LABOUR. (item number 1) (id b0a58b90-f8f2-43b0-a6ea-34e8637796e1)
COLONIAL COMBING COMPANY, KEIGHLEY (WOMEN WORKERS). (item number 1) (id 63cef8b3-4ec1-4872-9a3d-1eca833d644d)
DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT (REGULATIONS). (item number 1) (id b50af216-1d97-44f5-a9c6-1e5073e63a8b)
ALIENS OF MILITARY AGE. (item number 1) (id 1f6f457f-6bf0-4650-ae03-254ae5d40525)
SPECIAL CONSTABLES. (item number 1) (id fc6cfacb-8dbc-4249-8a2f-7792693101bd)
CITY AND METROPOLITAN POLICE. (item number 1) (id 87aac769-2aef-49c6-8e0d-32b6cb6038cd)
PRESS CENSORSHIP. (item number 1) (id 791f0f5e-7312-4f60-9bf4-0a376bc24b30)
NAVAL AND MILITARY WAR PENSIONS. (item number 1) (id 358729a2-d5fb-4aea-8468-056ab55dad73)
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE (EVIDENCE). (item number 1) (id 90986d56-4218-47a6-8f03-a6d216005051)
FOOD PRICES. (item number 1) (id ff0909af-2586-45e4-8b05-f3ca21e8bcd6)
PETROL SUPPLY. (item number 1) (id c7d1da00-86b4-4ebe-b437-30cd7bdf315a)
GENERAL POST OFFICE (FEMALE CLERKS). (item number 1) (id 74dc385f-32a8-46b8-86be-d49ebdc1e918)
TROOPS AT SALONIKA (PARCELS AND LETTERS). (item number 1) (id 53bd9328-dee5-4328-b8c1-64d137f26450)
FRUIT TRAFFIC. (item number 1) (id 83873a8f-f9b6-402a-96c0-121e9bfb48a2)
AGRICULTURAL WORK FOR SOLDIERS. (item number 1) (id 6ccc4324-2ccd-4ce1-9787-743e1e95b2dd)
HAY AND CORN HARVEST. (item number 1) (id 84cf45a6-8258-4cd8-854b-d8766a618153)
VACANT LAND CULTIVATION. (item number 1) (id fb77a8c1-231d-445c-90f0-45450d7f89c6)
GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA (TRADE RELATIONS). (item number 1) (id 49ff0836-ace9-4efc-a656-713d1c2691bf)
Turbary Sales (Ireland). (item number 1) (id f31f3f9b-4fdc-44c3-9fb0-4c2c1b768bee)
Castletown Estate, Queen's County. (item number 1) (id 99c13642-11aa-48d1-896b-f93a02647e24)
City and Metropolitan Police (Lodging Allowance). (item number 1) (id 926bb5bc-000a-447b-bd2d-4a22a7426a94)
Joint Stock Companies (Registration of Trust Deeds). (item number 1) (id 3adf8dd6-723b-4568-aa04-20ed7a47f1ab)
National Insurance Act. (item number 1) (id 253cd87f-5cad-493d-aabb-4f708d416d8f)

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