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Commons Hansard for 19 December 1916 (Volume 88)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 8.09am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Peterhead Harbour
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National Health Insurance Commission (Wales)
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Channel Islands (Crown Rights)
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Superannuation Act, 1887
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Finance (No 2) Act, 1915
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Board Of Education
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Naval And Marine Pay And Pensions Act, 1865
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Price Of Milk Order (No 2) 1916
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Sessional Returns
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Adjournment Motions Under Standint Order No 10
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Business Of The House
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Private Bills And Private Business
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Public Bills
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Public Petitions
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Select Committees
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Sittings Of The House
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Oral Answers To Questions
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War
Grand Orient Society (France)
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Count Tarnowski (Safe Conduct)
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Copper (Neutral Imports)
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Sherwood Foresters (Stabling Expenses)
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Military Service
Home Service (Agricultural Labour)
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Refusal To Obey Military Orders
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Derby Appeal Tribunal
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Army Boots
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Army Promotion
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Disturbances In Ireland
Field General Courts-Martial
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Captain Bowen Colthurst
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Sentences By Courts-Martial
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Christmas Dinner (Frongoch Camp)
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Prisoners In England
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Prisoners' Money
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War Office Contracts (Piecework Prices)
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Manningtree Camp
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British Prisoners Of War
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British Expeditionary Force (Parcels)
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Isolation Hospital, Tunbridge Wells
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Home Service
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Soldiers For Agricultural Work
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Field Punishment
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Soldiers' Leave
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Capital Punishment (Army)
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Courts-Martial, France
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Army Act Amendment Act (Committee Of Inquiry)
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Irish Regiments
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Exempted Men (Medical Examination)
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Army Council Instructions
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Officers' Equipment (Losses)
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Home-Grown Timber (Canadian Lumbermen)
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Food Supply
Destruction Of Pigs
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Home-Grown Wheat (Guaranteed Price To Be Fixed)
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Assistance To Farmers
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Destruction By Rats And Mice
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Bakers' Yeast
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Sugar
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Feeding Stuffs
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Small Economic Holdings (Ireland)
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Potatoes
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Supplies Of Seeds, Manures, And Machinery
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Shops (Earlier Closing)
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Shipping Profits
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British Shipping In Neutral Ports
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Belfast Linen Trade
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Mercantile Marine (Certificated Officers And Engineers)
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National Health Insurance
Lapses Of Insurance
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Investments (Approved Societies)
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Royal Navy (Marrted Officers)
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Naval Pensioners (Leave)
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Scottish Motor-Launch Department
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Public School Teachers (Pro-Germanism)
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Police (Trade Unions)
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Enemy Aliens
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House Of Lords (German Princes)
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Somme Offensive (German Losses)
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Munitions
Employment Of Men Of Military Age
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Messrs Waring And Gillow
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Superphosphate
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Bank Holidays
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Children Mutilated By Germans In Belgium
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General Election
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Questions To Ministers
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Alcohol (Manufacture And Consumption)
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German Prisoners Of War (Employment)
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Government Employes (Arbitration Tribunal)
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Special Register
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Captain Blaikie
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Bank Of England (Death Certificates)
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Excess Profits Duty
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Inland Postage Rates
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Income Tax (Superannuation Premiums)
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Enemy Banks
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Soldiers In Uniform (Ireland)
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Prisons Service (Ireland)
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National Education (Ireland)
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Irish National Volunteers
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Congested Districts Board
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British Prisoners In Germany
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Labourers' Cottages (Ireland)
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Appointment Of Committees
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Bill Presented
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Message From The Lords
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Defence Of The Realm (Acquisition Of Land) Bill
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Prevention Of Corruption Bill
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New Ministries And Secretaries (Salaries And Remuneration)
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New Ministries And Secretaries Bill
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Clause 1—(Establishment Of Ministry Of Labour) Motion Made, And Question Proposed, "That The Clause Stand Part Of The Bill"
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Clauses 2 (Powers And Duties Of Minister Of Labour) And 3 (Establishment Of Ministry Of Food) Ordered To Stand Part Of The Bill
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Clause 4—(Powers And Duties Of Food Controller)
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Clause 5 (Establishment Of Ministry Of Shipping) Ordered To Stand Part Of The Bill
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Clause 6—(Powers And Duties Of Shipping Controller)
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Clause 7—(Suspension Of Limit On Number Of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries Of State)
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Clause 8—(Officers, Remuneration, And Expenses)
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Clause 9 (Seal, Style, And Acts Of Minister) Ordered To Stand Part Of The Bill
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Clause 10—(Ability Of Minister And Secretaries To Sit In Parliament)
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New Clause—(Establishment Of Air Board)
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New Clause—(Powers And Duties Of Air Board)
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Volunteer Bill Lords
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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War
Food Supply
Sugar
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Railway Transit Delay
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Munster Warehouse, Tralee
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National School Teachers (Ireland)
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Naval Commanders
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Cargo-Carrying Steamers (Torpedo Attacks)
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Military Service
Rejected Men
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Soldier Under Age
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Field Service Cap
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Transfers (Army Council Instruction)
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"Strength Of Britain"Movement (Advertisement)
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Peace Meeting (Police Action)
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Railway Travelling Restrictions (Commercial Travellers)
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Dublin South-Eastern Railway
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Irish Labourers (Dependants)
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Enemy Aliens
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Prison Warders (Scotland)
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Disturbances In Ireland
Untried Prisoners At Frongoch Camp
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Labourers' Cottages (Ireland)
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Mail Service (Bantry)
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