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Commons Hansard for 23 May 1917 (Volume 93)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.01am.
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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Isle of Man (Taxation)
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Military Service
Indian Army Reserve Corps
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Review of Exceptions
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Medical Examinations
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Silver Badges
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Epileptics (Discharge)
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Cases Under Inquiry
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Irish Labourers
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Military Raid (East London)
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Soldiers Under Twenty-One Years
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French Subject
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Mid-Scotland Canal Association
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Naval War Staff
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Sailors' Messing Allowance
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Royal Navy (Boy Ratings)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Royal Naval Reserve
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Questions
Ceylon
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Representation of the People Bill
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Universities Representation
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Boundary Commission
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Surplus Votes (Allocation)
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Dublin Remount Depots (Employes)
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Army Rations (Scale)
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Southern Palestine Operations
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Packing Cases
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Territorial Force (Medical Officers)
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Army Service Corps (Wheelers'pay)
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Soldiers (Loss of Salary)
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Breweries (Control)
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Enemy Outrages (Reprisals)
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Casualty Lists (Publication)
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Civil Aerial Transport Committee
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Food Supplies
Increased Prices (Excess Profits)
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Pasture Lands (Ploughing)
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Oatmeal
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Liquor Controller
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Foreign Policy
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Fiscal System
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War Cabinet (Secretariat)
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Industrial Disputes
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Government of Ireland
South African Convention
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Lancashire Cotton Industry (Weavers' Wages)
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Corn Production Bill
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Estate Duty (Payment by Instalments)
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Indian Army (Officers' Pay)
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Hay Purchases
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Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway Company
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Matches (Import)
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British Trade Corporation
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Prison Officers
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Metropolitan Police
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Scientific and Industrial Research (Ireland)
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Private Business
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Public Accounts Committee
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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Representation of the People Bill
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Billeting of Civilians Bill
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Food Supplies
Brewing Restrictions
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Irish Mackerel and Herring
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Potatoes
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Profiteering
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Bread
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Sugar
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Cereals
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Questions
Tillage (Ireland)
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Compressed Beef
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Peat Fuel (Ireland)
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Royal Irish Constabulary (War Bonus)
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Store Street Police Station, Dublin
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Irish Rebellion (Compensation Claims)
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Horses (Ireland)
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Drift Net Fishing (Donegal)
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Tanganyika Expedition (Motor Boats)
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Military Service
Review of Exceptions Act
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Tuberculous Subjects
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Conscientious Objectors
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Civil Liabilities Committee
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East Kent Farmer
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Volunteers (Attestation)
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Vaccination and Inoculation (Army Records)
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Royal Irish Fusiliers (Private Kelly's Effects)
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Wool (War Office Purchases)
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War Office Contract (Labour Conditions)
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Army Pay Corps (Transfers)
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Munitions
Irish Workers (Wages)
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National Projectile Factory (Leeds)
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Grenades
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Russian Supplies
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Woolwich Arsenal (Pay)
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Questions
Burmese Troops
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Uninterned Enemy Aliens
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Irish Prisoners
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Matches
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Injuries in War (Merchant Service)
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Petrol (Shetland)
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Parliamentary Papers
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Manufacture of Intoxicants (United States)
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Government Employes (War Bonus)
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