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Commons Hansard for 17 May 1917 (Volume 93)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 9.59am.
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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War
Greece
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Skin Trade (Ireland)
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Chemists' Assistants (Ireland)
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Industrial Unrest (Ireland)
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Deportees from Ireland
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Food Supplies
Royal Proclamation (Ireland)
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Fish
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Allotments
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Land Act, 1909
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Spraying Material
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Railway Facilities
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Sugar
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Fishing Licences (Hamoaze)
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Horses (Rationing)
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Potatoes
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Questions
Dublin Rebellion (Compensation Claims)
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Railway Facilities (Ireland)
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Turf (Ireland)
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Prison Warders (Ireland)
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Censorship (Ireland)
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Magistracy (Ireland)
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Disorderly Procession (Dublin)
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His Majesty's Judges (Age Limit)
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Railway Season Tickets (Interchangeability)
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Petrol Supplies
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Railway Wagons Pooling (Ireland)
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Licensed Trade Claims
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Military Service
Income Tax Assessors and Collectors (Civil Pay)
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Exemptions
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Conscientious Objectors
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Private Soldier's Pay
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Farm Workers
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Volunteer Force (New Military Age Limit)
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Munitions
Strikers (Military Age)
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Workers' Badges
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Electrically-Propelled Vehicles
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Prosecution (Rochdale)
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Iron and Steel Production
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Engineers' Strike
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Questions
Trading With the Enemy
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Prisoners of War
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Consular Service (Committee's Report)
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Representation of the People Bill (Boundary Commissioners)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Foreign Relations
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Racing (Prohibition)
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Shipping Industry (Profits)
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Entertainments Duty (Journalists)
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Income Tax (Excess Profits)
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Tobacco and Matches (Retail Prices)
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Furnaces (Use of Pitch)
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Poison Conspiracy Case
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Coursing Meetings
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Countess Marckiewicz
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Female Prisoners (Medical Examination)
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Questions
Evicted Tenants (Ireland)
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Board of Public Works (Ireland)
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Mining Royalties
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Colliery Accidents
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New Member Sworn
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Message from the Lords
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Bills Presented
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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Supply.—[9th Allotted Day.]
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Royal Assent
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Supply
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Engineers' Strike
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Supply
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London Omnibus Dispute
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Petitions Presented During the Week
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Fodder Shortage (Donegal)
Anti-Submarine Committee
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Prisoners of War
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Camel Corps
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Volunteers (Khaki)
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Acting Paymasters
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Textile Goods (Packing)
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Officers' Wives (Separation Allowances)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Damage by Aeroplanes (Compensation)
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Timber Supplies
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Dibden House, Ealing
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Irish Prisoners
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Aliens Uninterned
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Enemy Businesses
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Shipping (Employment)
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Steamers Under Repair
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Railway Facilities (Excursions)
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Board of Agriculture Journal
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Corn Production Bill (Definition)
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Civil Servants (War Bonus)
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School Teachers, Ireland (Magistracy)
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Old Age Pensions (Ireland)
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Dublin Police Courts (Clerks)
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Prison Service
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Education (Scotland)
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