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Commons Hansard for 20 December 1916 (Volume 88)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 8.12am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Military Service
Rejected Men (Re-Examination)
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19Th County Of London Volunteer Regiment
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Walkerdine And Company (Mr Cowper)
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Kit Thefts
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Conscientious Objector
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London Ambulance Column (Drivers)
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Military Police
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Coloured Troops
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Soldier Under Age
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Medical Fitness
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Non-Combatant Service
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Soldiers In Civil Employment
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Nursing Orderlies
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Dental Corps
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India (Taxation)
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Enemy Aliens
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Hay Purchases (Queen's County)
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Exchange Of Prisoners
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Disturbances In Ireland
Coukts-Mabtial
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Prisoners' Telegrapic Communications
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Frongoch Camp
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Inquiries (Reports)
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Military Hospitals
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Soldiers' Leave
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Volunteer Training Corps (Field Ambulance Service)
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Food Supply
Substitutes For Farm Labourers
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Farm Labour
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Insurance Rates (Maize)
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Sugar
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Deer Forests
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Game Preservation
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Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force
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Censorship Of Letters
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Army Complaints (Members Of Parliament)
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Horse Purchases (Ireland)
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Officers' Allowances
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Soldiers' Work For Private Employers
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German Prisoners Of War (Employment)
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St Katharine's Collegiate Hospital
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Enemy Aliens
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Raid On Working Men's Club (Soho)
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Destruction Of Dogs (London)
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Civil Servants (War Bonus)
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Christmas Holiday Proclamation
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Board Of Education (President)
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Government Employes (Arbitration Tribunal)
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Small Nations (Independence And Integrity)
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Coal (Transport)
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Shipbuilding
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Peace Proposals
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Special Register
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New Ministers
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Controller Of Shipping (Powers)
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Lunatics (Detention)
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Munitions
Workmen In Lodgings From Home
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"Combing Out"
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Workers' Christmas Holidays (Cheap Railway Fares)
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Boys In Factories (Supervision)
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Park Royal Cartridge Factory (Discharged Women)
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Old Age Pensions (Ireland)
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Excess Profits Tax
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Income Tax (Soldiers)
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Government Stationery
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Linen Trade (Belfast)
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Railway Services And Fares
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Minimax Consolidated, Limited
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Hopeman Railway Service
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Council Of India
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Untried Irish Prisoners
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Motion Foe Adjournment
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Public Petitions Committee
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Message From The Lords
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Ministry Of Pensions Bill
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Defence Of The Realm (Acquisition Of Land) Bill
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New Ministries And Secretaries Bill
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Clause 2—(Powers And Duties Of Minister Of Labour)
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Clause 4—(Powers And Duties Of Food Controller)
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Clause 7—(Establishment Of Air Board)
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Clause 9—(Suspension Of Limit On Number Of Parliamentary) Under-Secretaries Of State)
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Clause 11—(Seal, Style, And Acts Of Minister)
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Clause 12—(Ability Of Minister And Secretaries To Sit In Parliament)
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Clause 13—(Cessation Of Ministries Of Food And Shipping)
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Government War Obligations Bill
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Public Authorities And Bodies (Loans) Bill
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Clause 1—(Further Power Of County Or Borough Councils, Etc, To Borrow)
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Clause 2—(Extent, Interpretation And Short Title)
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Supply
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Army Supplementary Estimates, 1916–17
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Prevention Of Corruption Bill
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Clause 4—(Short Title And Interpretation)
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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Food Supply
Seed Potatoes
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Tea
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Beverages (Manufacture)
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Prison Warders, Ireland (Allowances)
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Workhouse Teachers, Ireland (War Bonus)
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Military Service
Conscientious Objectors
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Non-Exempt British Subjects (Passports)
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Arrested Ex-Soldier
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Munitions
Coal Miners (Wales)
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Leon Menasche And Company (India)
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Pre-War Building Contracts
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Coal Production And Transport
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Venereal Diseases
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Diamonds For Exports (Censor)
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Commercial Firms (Enemy Shareholdings)
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Coal Prices
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Lace And Embroidery Imports
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Callers' Letters (Grantown-On-Spey)
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Small Holdings (Ex-Soldiers)
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Prisoners Of War
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Russia (Internal Condition)
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Old Age Pensions
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Committee On The Blind (Report)
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Indian Litigation
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Lloyd's Underwriters
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Scottish Prisons (Heating Arrangements)
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Nannan Estate, Merioneth
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