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Commons Hansard for 16 July 1917 (Volume 96)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.04am.
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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Irish Land Commission
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Marriages, Births, and Deaths (Ireland)
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Civil Services (Supplementary Estimate, 1917–18)
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Public Works Loans Bill
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Food Supplies
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Meat
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Petrol
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Jena Glass
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Munitions
Bonded Spirits
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Mahogany
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Night Work (Boys and Girls)
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Lead Mines, County Dublin
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Questions
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Naval College, Osborne
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Admiralty (Local Surgeons and Agents)
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Naval Writers
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H.M. Transport "Moose."
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Disabled Soldiers
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Air Services
Day-Flying Machines
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Defence of London
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Air Board
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Compensation for Injuries
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Questions
Representation of the People Bill
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Kelp and Coal Shipments (North Isles and Orkney)
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Vivisection
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Brewing Order (Ireland)
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Mesopotamia Commission
Lord Hardinge
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Courts-Martial
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Statutory Commission
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Secretary of State for India
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Near East (Political Policy)
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Corn Production Bill
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Royal Prerogative (House of Lords)
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Civil Service (Successful Candidates)
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Irish Convention
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Disturbances in Dublin
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India (Reforms in Government)
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Russia (Peace Aims)
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Summer Recess
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Old Age Pensions
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Wages (Dublin)
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Woods v. Crewe and Company (Privilege Claim)
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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Finance Bill
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CLAUSE 25.—(Amendments of Law as respects Accounting Periods ending after December 31st, 1916.)
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Government of Ireland
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Old Age Pensions
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Tobacco Duty
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Motor Cars (Registration Fee)
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Government Pensioners
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Rosyth Naval Base (Wages)
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Military Service
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Re-Examination
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Conscientious Objectors
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Air Services
Administration
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Enemy Air Raid
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Manchester Regiment (Private King)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Travel Permit (Father Norbut)
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Enemy Aliens
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Shipping Freights
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Coal (Distribution)
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Electricity Supply (Committee)
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Diamond Export Committee
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Industrial Reconstruction (Reports)
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Censorship (Exempted Correspondence)
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Telephonic Conversations (Foreign Languages)
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General Post Office (Cable-Room Employes)
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Southern Rhodesia (Native Reserves)
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Stone Fruit
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