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Commons Hansard for 21 August 1916 (Volume 85)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 7.20am.
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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Banking And Railway Statistics (Ireland)
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Public Records (Ireland)
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Pharmacy (Ireland) Act, 1875
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University Of St Andrews
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Naval And Marine Pay And Pensions Act, 1865
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Merchant Shipping Act, 1894
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Winter Assizes Acts, 1876 And 1877
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Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, And Mersey Channels Act, 1897
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National Debt
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Superannuation Act, 1887
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Oral Answers To Questions
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War
Salaried Consular Officials (Enemy Countries)
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Prisoners Of War
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Belgian Relief Commission
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Indian Army Officers
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German Ships Seized By Portugal
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Coal Prices (Scotland)
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Railwaymen's Wages
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Hop Imports
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Enemy Undertakings Wound Up
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Troops At Aden
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Sulphate Of Ammonia
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Kew Gardens (Labourers' Wages)
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Harvesting (Soldier Labour)
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Disturbances In Ireland
Government Officials And Sinn Fein Movement
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Interned Peisonebs
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Dublin Metbopolitan Police
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Irish Prisoners
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Commission Of Inquiry
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Russian Nationality
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Military Service
Russian Subjects
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Conscientious Objectors
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Age Limit
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Government Servants
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Medical Examination
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Medical Students
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Insubordinate Soldiers
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Coal Miners
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Appeals Pending
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Asylum Accommodation
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Trade And Commerce Committee
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Defence Of The Realm Act (Position Of Contractors)
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Industrial Differences
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Education
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Franchise And Redistribution (Conference)
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Old Age Pensions
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Peace
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Irish Butter (Fraudulent Sale)
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Munitions
Woolwich Absenal
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War Badges
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Fair-Wages Clause
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Tinplate Workers
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Workers' Holidays
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Belgian Refugees
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Royal Navy (Becruiting)
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Small Holding Colonies Bill
Duke Of Suthebland's Gift
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Income Tax
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Arbitration Appointment (Local Government Board, Ireland)
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County Fermanagh Magistracy
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Hut Erection (Employment Of Soldiers)
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Ulster Division
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Wool Purchases
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Mesopotamia Expedition (Relief Of Troops)
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1St And 4Th Mounted Divisions
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British Soldiers On French Farms
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Nerve-Shaken Soldiers
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Non-Commissioned Officers (Home Battalions)
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Neutral Government Securities (Income Tax)
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Conference With Italian Government
Statement By Mr Runciman
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Adjournment Motion (Length Of Debate)
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National Health Insurance (Committee's Recommendations)
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Co-Operative Creameries, Ireland
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New Member Sworn
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Registration Of Business Names Bill Lords
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Municipal Corporations (Buxton Scheme Confirmation) Bill Lords
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Shropshire, Worcestershire, And Staffordshire Electric Power Bill Lords
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Message From The Lords
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Charity Bills Presented
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Orders Of The Day
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Defence Op The Eealm (Acquisition Of Land) Bill
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Clause 3—(Power To Acquire Land Permanently)
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Clause 4—(User Of Land Acquired)
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Clause 5—(Power To Sell Land Acquired Under Act)
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Clause 6—(Provisions As To Highways)
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Clause 7—(Provision As To Water, Light, Heat, And Tower)
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Clause 8—(Determination Of Questions By Railway And Canal Commission)
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Clause 10— (Evidence Of Certificate By Government Department)
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Clause 11—(Interpretation)
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Clause 12 (Saving Of Prerogative Powers) Ordered To Stand Part Of The Bill
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Clause 13—(Application To Scotland)
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Clauses 14 (Application To Ireland) And 15 (Short Title) Ordered To Stand Part Of The Bill
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New Clause—(Savings)
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New Clause—(Claims For Compensation)
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New Clause—(Power To Grant Or Demise Land To Department For Perpetual Bent)
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New Clause—(Buildings Erected By Government)
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New Clause—(Saving For Commons, Open Spaces, And Allotments)
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New Clause—(Certain Particulars To Be Ascertained And Recorded)
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Schedule
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Modification Of The Lands Clauses Acts
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Court Of Session (Extracts) Bill
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Telegraph (Construction) Bill
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Clause 1—(User Of Land And Buildings For Telegraphic Lines)
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Navy And Army Expenditure—1914–15
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The Duke Of Sutherland's Gift
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Written Answers
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Written Answers
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War
Bank Of England Notes
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Unclaimed Dividends (Scottish Sequestrations)
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Relief Of Agricultural Rates (Scotland)
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Entertainments Tax (Dungarvan Show)
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Defence Of The Eealm Act (Dungarvan Case)
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Disturbances In Ireland
Death Of Constable Feith
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Persons Detained
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Admiralty Contractor (Wages)
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Black Troops
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Prisoners Of War
Employment Of Able-Bodied Germans
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Exchange
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German Pkisoners (Gifts Of Food)
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Suicide Of Soldier (Wangford Camp)
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German South-West African Campaign
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