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Commons Hansard for 24 July 1916 (Volume 84)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 30 April 2026 at 2.54pm.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 13a5ab59-c97d-4939-b6ef-85f5216175b9)
PRIVATE BUSINESS. (item number 2) (id e46275b2-959a-4b68-a2b4-d36abd3630d6)
EXAMINATION OF MAILS (MISCELLANEOUS, No. 23, 1916). (item number 3) (id 2898254b-28f2-4ecd-84f8-460622d16b35)
EAST INDIA (PUNJAB LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL). (item number 4) (id 6d94b9e8-dffd-4fb1-b6f5-77c8aa575c44)
EUROPEAN WAR. (item number 5) (id 30e5acd6-d69c-4b93-8840-ae0ef34c2231)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. (item number 6) (id 9a52b674-872e-44d2-855d-e16692fd98a1)
ARMY (EXCESSES), 1914–15. (item number 7) (id da7e58ed-e5d0-4e35-8d18-ece056344e1e)
ARMY (ORDNANCE FACTORIES) (EXCESSES). (item number 8) (id 9b12d724-637e-47e7-833d-f8af5b0a3655)
SHOPS ACT, 1912. (item number 9) (id 9f3490de-dab2-4f53-9c8b-eb21ce123b38)
GORE'S DIVORCE BILL [Lords]. (item number 10) (id 15a480e4-ed59-4e56-aa43-824b9bba831d)

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

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DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND.

INTERNED PRISONERS. (item number 1) (id 17fc48f4-5348-4105-8936-46704c80f316)
POLICE INFORMATION. (item number 1) (id 6cbd4cf9-9559-4742-a985-484db5f43334)
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES. (item number 1) (id 1fce3b55-8320-4343-ae60-f229db713dc0)
SINN FEIN VOLUNTEERS (UNIFORM). (item number 1) (id e0a5d908-0ff6-4625-a457-de89200ba45b)
IRISH VOLUNTEER DEPENDANTS' FUND. (item number 1) (id a5e1c643-875d-4c1f-8327-74c4cd61dc37)
DEPORTATIONS TO RUSSIA. (item number 1) (id a20345c8-7b8e-43c0-bd48-e9654cefc159)
AIRCRAFT RAIDS AND BOMBARDMENTS (COMPENSATION). (item number 1) (id 0c3d15ef-7b9a-473e-bd2a-c95b6d90de6e)
COCAINE (SALE TO SOLDIERS). (item number 1) (id 816829ed-7dc4-4594-acc0-13816c624dc8)
SEIZURE OF LEAFLETS, LEXHAM GARDENS. (item number 1) (id 52891a2e-281d-49f3-bb6b-93be9fa677b3)
WAR CHARITIES COMMITTEE. (item number 1) (id 4b7a2bcb-8227-4c59-af69-2b71f74cb35c)
INTERNED ALIENS (EMPLOYMENT). (item number 1) (id 4638a9fd-5aeb-43f3-8808-a9d504d8d527)
NATIONAL TEACHERS (IRELAND). (item number 1) (id b2d88543-1121-45e4-910d-aecab670906c)
DARKENED LIGHTS (LONDON). (item number 1) (id 090646ee-2570-4413-9e43-23b4871df1d0)
TRIALS IN CAMERA. (item number 1) (id 09898941-b510-4d5e-952f-fca4d3ef6188)
CENSORSHIP (IRELAND). (item number 1) (id db2a0e9b-486d-4b45-af1e-645cb0f1217a)
DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. (item number 1) (id 423ae9c0-9e30-4330-9a65-97e5b73dc6eb)
NATIONAL RELIEF FUND. (item number 1) (id eeeb01f0-b61c-46b7-9788-8d68012f1830)
DUBLIN METROPOLITAN POLICE. (item number 1) (id d1b2acd0-575f-4b8a-9cab-ff5cd0d62112)
CHELSEA HOSPITAL. (item number 1) (id 598df9a8-771a-4060-aa57-29423ba4f91d)
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. (item number 1) (id ced20264-0fc7-4b0c-bfe2-5bc9644ba943)

MUNITIONS.

CENTRAL CONTROL BOARD (LIQUOR TRAFFIC). (item number 1) (id b82df37e-5939-4b76-9354-ad639e737447)
MERCHANT OFFICERS (UNIFORMS). (item number 1) (id 7b546a0b-6ea8-495b-b0ec-8fa5900d58c2)
DAIMLER COMPANY v. CONTINENTAL TYRE COMPANY. (item number 1) (id d725d920-f594-4f51-a918-fa0c3651766f)
PROSECUTION OF MR. GINNELL, M.P. (item number 1) (id f56f5a93-710f-4210-91c8-eb96e2737b5e)
POST OFFICE STATIONERY. (item number 1) (id 7f0a229b-ee09-4cb1-9ff9-172bb78d45cc)
POST OFFICE EMPLOYES, DUBLIN. (item number 1) (id 3bc9e6a4-326a-41ca-a3ff-ef36d3d7100b)
ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE. (item number 1) (id b1b482d7-8041-42e0-b49c-a88a56904c28)
ROYAL DOCKYARD WAGES. (item number 1) (id 7b48ed95-178a-4e8f-a286-a6e1464b4e83)
RETIRED NAVAL OFFICERS. (item number 1) (id bdc8bde1-1ee9-4743-a34e-293cb086b460)
HERRING FISHERY, HOWTH. (item number 1) (id 13486981-8883-4ca2-a51b-bb88c23a59bc)
SPIRITS AND BEER DUTY. (item number 1) (id 2d118aec-b23d-49be-aba0-ed5c3d85c43d)
WOOL. (item number 1) (id d8556c75-6e79-4ccf-8a72-083f31545288)
INCOME TAX (REPAYMENT OF CLAIMS). (item number 1) (id 414b28e7-5cde-4fcf-ada6-fde562418216)
OLD AGE PENSIONS. (item number 1) (id 6a31b587-4921-4400-a21d-0e5d2043818b)
ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY (BOMBARDIER J. MILLS). (item number 1) (id fe17d782-59ad-4d0d-baaa-4ceba6078322)
NAVAL AND MILITARY WAR PENSIONS (EXPENSES) BILL. (item number 1) (id 8cfc6465-ac83-46cd-ae88-2509e2c08002)
Land Purchase (Ireland). (item number 1) (id 8456a228-27ec-4692-a9f8-dafd576fae16)
Southampton Post Office. (item number 1) (id c79061cc-e462-419a-bf00-87d29504267b)
Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway. (item number 1) (id 0fd2a434-36ed-4ee8-a08e-c6315962f20c)
Prison Warders, Ireland. (item number 1) (id 547cee59-7fcd-42a3-b348-a1b55dfd8cb5)
DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND. (item number 1) (id 70bb4f08-7e3b-4f91-92d5-234c0bbcb1ec)
GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND. (item number 1) (id 3f1ae320-2129-40f4-8d5d-d893dacf5b9f)
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. (item number 12) (id 2703e4c3-e130-41fd-978b-3fcc3030d8ef)
INQUIRY BY SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. (item number 13) (id 7d7fc6ba-139a-4bfe-abcc-9a71101cf7df)
SUPPLEMENTARY VOTE OF CREDIT. (item number 14) (id 33f51b36-5bc8-4250-9e5d-9fb57a0c9e0e)
STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER. (item number 15) (id 97d9e747-9418-4ee2-ad64-df3d5f8753b8)
PROPOSED SETTLEMENT. (item number 16) (id b83c9a4d-7c3b-4ddc-bd02-ebe7b614aea0)
MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. (item number 17) (id e0068bca-412f-4f5a-bc01-9250b33dc7d6)
SUPPLEMENTARY VOTE OF CREDIT. (item number 18) (id 54efe3be-28c8-4496-be17-42594903fc10)
SUPPLY,—Considered in Committee. (item number 19) (id 574c4f54-549a-4368-bbcb-42411716326d)
WAYS AND MEANS. (item number 20) (id 83779500-c475-4c87-870f-3d12107557df)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

NAVAL AND MILITARY WAR PENSIONS.

INCOME TAX.

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. (item number 1) (id 277e0524-5e4f-4dd7-924d-06713c02a74c)
ARMY RESERVE. (item number 1) (id aa6c040c-5199-4463-b602-7f2273631ed2)
MEN WITH ONE EYE. (item number 1) (id b92b877e-8647-4408-b515-01467f8ca831)
CIVIL LIABILITIES (CLAIMS). (item number 1) (id 577044ba-f67c-4aed-bfdb-379e9ede54cc)
ARREST AS ABSENTEE. (item number 1) (id 10cce0a3-9925-4509-add4-bcd00f2748a8)
ARREST OF MR. J. NAUGHTON. (item number 1) (id f5ddb515-9647-4c1f-bedc-9fa1658cb5dc)
PAPERS AND POEMS OF P. H. PEARSE. (item number 1) (id ebdd4bcd-6af9-4dec-81c4-4846fe6d5a58)
FUNERALS FROM DUBLIN TO GLASNEVIN. (item number 1) (id c788de2a-38bf-4cf5-8dda-bd18b5183aef)
GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES (GERMAN FIRMS). (item number 1) (id 974fa3e6-fcb1-463a-aa18-44372076d948)
WOUNDED AND SICK SOLDIERS (MEDICAL TREATMENT). (item number 1) (id 1fb7c7c9-7252-4074-84df-fce16791efc6)
APPLICATIONS FOR ARMY DISCHARGE. (item number 1) (id bb720270-653a-4469-86d8-2b7357e733da)
ROYAL FLYING CORPS (LAND FOR STATIONS). (item number 1) (id d3cf568b-a571-4ba6-b64e-0b8e69674129)
INTERNMENT CAMPS (VISITS OF GERMAN REPRESENTATIVE). (item number 1) (id 45d37f09-d805-4b95-8ac0-c60220c39375)
VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT NURSES. (item number 1) (id 49b68e3a-dc63-4e9c-8b1b-21222a5bc2ee)
ROYAL FLYING CORPS (AERODROMES). (item number 1) (id 956de530-1cab-4bfc-8772-81a5c52b1445)
EGYPT. (item number 1) (id fe8e2734-3c11-4b5b-b7c0-f61f76321f69)
NAVAL AND MILITARY SERVICES (PENSIONS AND GRANTS). (item number 1) (id b1bcbc92-b6db-4d97-82e3-30dc4c077e5d)
CAPTURED GERMAN GUNS. (item number 1) (id e22e8b95-451d-442c-9b6c-f864547a3f25)
MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN. (item number 1) (id 74c58c92-bf22-4ab7-a1b9-b9ef514a1852)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (FINANCE DEPARTMENT). (item number 1) (id 05e96b08-dcf3-4453-8fd8-61940bba3f65)
COCAINE (MANUFACTURE AND SALE). (item number 1) (id d2c1dbd8-aaa4-41b5-a651-b113ab936ce7)
MALE ALIENS (REGISTRATION). (item number 1) (id 2e067392-00b2-4117-8123-36d3c8a70ab2)
PAPER AND PAPER-MAKING MATERIALS (IMPORTS). (item number 1) (id 7df27da9-92c5-48cc-86aa-f1c1ec8965ff)
HOP IMPORTS. (item number 1) (id 75687d35-1057-4ad3-9952-21677ce97c86)
FOOD SUPPLIES (FREIGHT CHARGES). (item number 1) (id 3e32070d-4e2c-4a8d-98b0-488d4c3f04d7)
LACE AND EMBROIDERY (DUTCH EXPORTS). (item number 1) (id 2e6932f9-802f-487f-982a-bf5cb825ee07)
IRISH MAIL. (item number 1) (id b225e210-1570-4576-aa71-fd8fbfcd2a3d)
IRISH NEWSPAPERS UNDELIVERED. (item number 1) (id 437a8f53-61aa-4ef4-9571-f95afdaab3b5)
MAIDA VALE SUB-POSTMASTER. (item number 1) (id b5b09468-9e03-4ac3-96ee-2e2c7c2b4d5c)
ROUMANIAN WHEAT PURCHASE. (item number 1) (id fc34ce03-3529-44a9-906c-6f1809ef6fcb)
SUGAR SUPPLY (JAM MAKING). (item number 1) (id c33a6957-8874-49a2-9f5f-d7f27638f7a7)
Old Age Pensions (Ireland). (item number 1) (id ffe209b8-1379-45f8-9c7c-fb24a26c7595)
MILITARY SERVICE. (item number 2) (id 65c27bcf-3b87-41e2-845c-697532d74edd)
DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND. (item number 3) (id 9682580e-39e0-4389-8696-835eba9a996b)

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