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Commons Hansard for 31 December 1916 (Volume 88)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 8.16am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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West Highland Railway (Extension From Banavie To Mallaig)
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Clergy (West Indies)
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Housing Act, 1914
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Land Registry (New Buildings) Act, 1900
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Public Offices Site (Dublin) Act, 1903
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Notes Communicated By United States
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Miscellaneous No 38, 1916
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Miscellaneous No 39, 1916
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Department Of Agriculture And Technical Instruction For Ireland
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Agricultural Prices (Ireland)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Military Service
Civil Servants (Ireland)
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Merton Collector Of Taxes
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Dentists
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Conscientious Objectors
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Ship Repairers
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Wounded Soldiers
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Time-Expired Men
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Men Of No Military Value
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Medically Unfit Men
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Boys Of Eighteen
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Food Supply
Tillage In Ireland
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Food Prices (Increase)
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Blind Tea Agency
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Hotels And Clubs
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Export Licences
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Agricultural Labour
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Potato-Sfraying Mixture
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Home-Grown Wheat (Guaranteed Price)
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National School Teachers, Ireland
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Flax Prices (Ireland)
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Disturbances In Ireland
Courts-Martial (Evidence)
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Irish Rebellion (Victims) Committee
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Frongoch Camp
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Police Raid
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2Nd King Edward's Horse (Vindication Of Lieutenants Lucas And Worswick)
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"Freeman's Journal" Company
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Mr Sheehy-Skeftington
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Train Service (Aberdeen)
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Belfast Trade Board
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Railway Fares (Commercial Travellers)
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Export Goods (Seizures Of)
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Enemy Businesses
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Glasgow And Islay Mails
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Parcel-Post Service
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Horses In Mines (Inspection)
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Experiments On Living Animals
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Domiciliary Search And Seizure Of Property
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Aerated Bread Company Employes
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Lighting Regulations (Accidents In Metropolis)
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Mr Von Berg (Nationality)
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Meteorological Office (Staff)
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"Why Must The War Go On?"
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
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Ministerial Appointments
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War Trade Department
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Brigadier-General Owen Thomas
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Decimal System
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Austro-Hungarian Red Book
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Arming Of Merchantmen (Ss "Brussels")
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Enemy Banks
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House Of Commons (Sale Of Intoxicating Liquors)
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French Parliament
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Soldiers And Sailors (Income Tax)
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Income Tax (Allowance For Children)
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Grand Juries
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British Officer Prisoners In Turkey
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Yachts Lent To Admiralty
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Munitions
Skilled Men (Exemption Cards)
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Glasgow Deportees
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Railway Facilities
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Surgical Appliances
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Typhoid Fever Test
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Kingston Tribunal (Complaints)
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Air Raids (London Defences)
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Aircraft Raids And Bombardments
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Blockade Of Germany (Fertilisers)
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Armenian Massacres
Statement By Lord R Cecil
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Bee Keeping (Medicated Sugar)
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Cork Palace Theatre
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Science Teaching (Ireland)
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Mail Transit (Dublin)
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Telephone Service (Delays)
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Justices Of The Peace (Scotland)
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Town Planning Act (Bristol)
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Boldon Colliery (Overcrowding)
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Orders Of The Day
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Business Of The House
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Defence Of The Realm (Acquisition Of Land) Bill
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Clause 1—(Continuation Of Possession Of Land Occupied For The Purposes Of The Defence Of The Realm)
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Schedule
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Modification Of The Lands Clauses Acts
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Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill
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Peace Proposals
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Army Act Amendment Act—Committee Of Inquiry
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Field Punishment
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Irish Political Prisoners (Release)
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War Loan Bill
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Government War Obligations Bill
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Ministry Of Pensions Bill
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Supply—20Th December
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Army Supplementary Estimates, 1916–17
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Message From The Lords
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Defence Of The Realm (Acquisition Of Land) Bill
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War
Questions To Ministers
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