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Commons Hansard for 21 May 1917 (Volume 93)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.00am.
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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Member for Longford, South
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POLICE DOGS IN PRISONERS' CAMPS (MISCELLANEOUS, No. 9, 1917)
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East India (Civil Service)
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Munitions
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Ministry of Food
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Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913
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Representation of the People Bill
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Civil Service Commission
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Civil Services, 1917–18 (Revised Estimate)
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Post Office (Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post)
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Railway and Canal Traffic Acts, 1854 to 1894
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Oral Answers to Questions
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War
Maize
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Pheasant Shooting
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Small Holdings Act (Staffordshire)
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Allotments
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Sporting Cartridges
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Cake and Pastry Order
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Spraying Material
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Milk Prices
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Meat Prices (Control)
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Oats (Racehorses)
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Fire at Gillingham
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Essential Foodstuffs (Prices)
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Brewing Materials
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Petrol Supplies
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Feathers (Importation)
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Assurance Policies Lapsed
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Munitions
Army Reserve Workers, Morecambe
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Woolwich Arsenal (Deputy-Assistant Inspector)
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Inventions Department
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Building Restrictions
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Board of Admiralty
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Torpedoed Vessels
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Sailmakers
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Steam Trawler "Gretta Ii."
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Military Service
Conscientious Objectors
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Certified Occupations
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Representation of the People Bill
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Sunday Trading (Hetton, Durham)
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Government of Ireland
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Irish Prisoners
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Arterial Drainage and Agriculture (Ireland)
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Summer Time Act
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Ministry of Food
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Partially Disabled Men (Employment)
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National Service
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Old Age Pensions
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Alien Enemies
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Naturalisation (Bernard Shereck)
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Tobacco Duty
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Inhabited House Duty (Arrears)
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Imperial Conference
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General Smuts
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Soldiers Missing (Turkey)
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Dublin Metropolitan Police
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Naval Action in Adriatic
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Member for Longford, South
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Department of Agriculture, Ireland (Employes' Wages)
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Appointment and Dismissal of Teachers
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Workhouse Teachers (Ireland)
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Dublin Metropolitan Police
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Ballinasloe Rural District Council
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Government of Ireland
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Engineers' Strike
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Government of Ireland
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Orders of the Day
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Companies (Foreign Interests) Bill
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Gaming Machines (Scotland) Bill
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Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Bill
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Charity Bills
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Imperial Conference
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
British Prisoners of War (Employment)
Official Flag (Ireland)
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Republican Flag (Maryborough)
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Race-Meetings (Ireland)
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Army Mental Cases
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Military Hospital Huts (Cromarty)
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Volunteer Field Ambulances
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Military Medical Boards
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Volunteer Force (Allied Subjects)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Government Contracts (Enemy Firms)
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Voluntary Aid Hospitals (Grants)
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Irish Oats (War Office Purchases)
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Wool (Prices)
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Petrol (War Department Cars)
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Bastardy Orders Against Soldiers
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Disabled Soldiers (Artificial Limbs)
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War Pensions Statutory Committee
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Irish Prisoners (Diet)
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Fish Transit
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Committee on Electrical Supply
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Prison Warders (Ireland)
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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National School Teachers, Ireland (Magistracy)
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College of Science (Ireland)
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Asylums Tenders (Ireland)
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Ship Inspectors
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Agricultural Labourers (Wages and Hours)
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