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Commons Hansard for 4 December 1916 (Volume 88)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 8.01am.
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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Trade Of New Zealand
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General Lighthouse Fund
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Judicial Statistics (Scotland)
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Army (Supplementary Estimate)
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Colonial Reports (Annual)
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Marriages, Births, And Deaths (Ireland)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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War
Food Supply
Home Production (Government Proposals)
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Wheat Cultivation
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Food Controller (Salary And Staff)
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Deer Parks
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Potatoes (London Parks)
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Agricultural Machinery
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Submarine Menace
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Oats And Potatoes
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Hague Court Of Arbitration (Hellenic Delegate)
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Netherlands Overseas Trust
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Ore Trading Company (Enemy Share Holding)
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Interned Merchant Seamen Dependants' Allowances)
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Motor Car Imports
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Egyptian Cotton
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Assurance Policies
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South Wales Goal Mines (State Control)
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Railway Transport
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Enemy Businesses
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Linen Industry (Ulster)
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Merton And Company
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Indian Officers (Pay)
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Military Service
Frongoch Camp
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Dr Fitzgibbon, Askeaton, Limerick
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Domestic Hardship
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Stokers And Firemen
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Agricultural Workers
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Rejections And Discharges
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Substitution Scheme
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Shops (Earlier Closing Order)
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British Prisoners Of War
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Industrial Employment In Germany
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Income Tax
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Ceylon
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Cameroons Territory
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Nigeria (Sale Of Enemy Properties)
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Excess Profits Tax
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Bills Of Exchange
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Treasury Bills (New York Issue)
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Wages Of Female Workers (Belfast)
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National Shool Teachers' Pensions (Ireland)
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Native Labour
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Russian Poland
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Business Of The House
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Enemy Air Raids
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Secret Session
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Paymaster-General (Salary)
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Billeting Allowance
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Field Punishment
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Special Reserve (Officers Promotion)
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Brigadier-General Owen Thomas
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Non-Combatant Arms (Compulsory Transfer)
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Soldiers Under Age
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Westenhanger Camp
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Week-End And Christmas Leave
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Roumania
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Anglo-Japanese Loan
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Train Service (Limerick And Kerry)
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Research Grant
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Irish Historical Text Books
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Experimental Science (Ireland)
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Land Commission (Ireland)
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Tillage (Ireland)
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Ministry Of Pensions Bill
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Clause 1—(Establishment Of Minister Of Pensions)
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Clause 2—(Duties And Powers Of Ministry Of Pensions)
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Clause 8—(Transfer Of Officers)
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Clause 9—(Short Title, Interpretation, And Repeal)
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Supply
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Civil Services Supplementary Estimates, 1916–17
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Treasury And Subordinate Departments—(Class Ii)
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Public Education, Ireland—Class Iv
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Dublin Reconstruction (Emergency Provisions) Bill
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Clause 1—(Acquisition Of Land Compulsorily For The Purpose Of Street Improvements)
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Clause 2—(By-Laws As To New Buildings,)
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Clause 3—(Loans In Aid Of Expenses Of Reconstruction)
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Clause 4—(Acquisition Of Derelict Premises By The Corporation)
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New Clause—(Preservation Of Amenity)
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New Clause—(Loans Secured By Charging Order)
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New Clause—(Provision As To Licences Of Public-Houses And Hotels Destroyed)
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New Clause—(Savings)
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New Clause—(Acquirement By Corporations And Grant Of Leases In Special Cases)
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New Clause—(Occupation Rents)
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New Clause—(Application Of Town Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1906)
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Schedule
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Registry Of Deeds Office (Dublin)
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Greece
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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Military Service
Skilled Mechanics
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Medical Examinations
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Firemen
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Building Trade
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Substitution Officers (Wales)
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Liability For Service
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Ex-Officers
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Attested Aliens
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Conscientious Objectors
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Cases Under Inquiry
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Ruptured Men
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Russian Subject
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Medical Students
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Postal Telegraphist
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Reduced Rank
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Army Publications (Prices)
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Army Officers (Right Of Appeal)
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Regimental Canteens
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War Office (Clerical Assistance)
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Accommodation For Leave Men
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Woolwich And Sandhurst Candidates
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Damage By Aircraft (Insurance)
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Brewing Trade (Manufacturing Ingredients)
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Petrol Supply
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Foreign Countries (Naturalisation Laws)
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London Docks (Wine And Spirits)
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Old Age Pensions
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National Education Office (Ireland)
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Dublin Metropolitan Police (Pensions)
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Secondary School Teachers (Ireland)
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Workmen's Compensation Act (Ryan V Hartley)
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Births (Notification)
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Linen Trade (Belfast)
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Small Holdings Acts
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