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Commons Hansard for 24 July 1917 (Volume 96)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 23 February 2026 at 10.12am.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons (item number 1) (id 37218d30-8a82-4f60-8317-29aab229f42c)

Oral Answers to Questions
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War
Field Punishment (item number 1) (id 95128442-a4af-4b4b-ac66-bb97071b724a)
Kut (Guns Recaptured) (item number 1) (id bd14fe59-2ddb-4e9c-8e5f-25f7873e5dbf)

Military Service
Rejections (item number 1) (id a111cca6-a9e8-4fa7-9910-42c1f15739e9)
Qualified Dispensers (item number 1) (id a33fb33e-aea4-459c-bd2a-4e6497b4f831)
Cases Under Inquiry (item number 1) (id 11303131-14e0-43fe-837a-1b0f74676932)
Unarmed Soldiers, Ireland (item number 1) (id 32b6ad56-95a5-4dc7-a7bd-f797ca3880be)
Medical Examinations (item number 1) (id 914af2d8-16b2-4cd8-8ad3-58c14dec7e67)
Medical Men (Utilization of Services) (item number 1) (id 689eee87-e367-409a-b314-1078ea76c49a)
Conscientious Objectors (item number 1) (id bec4d8e1-cc7d-4ba8-9a8d-9a2e68c43412)
Absentees in Ireland (item number 1) (id 8384b739-721c-4086-8630-31f89de7d14c)
Harvest Work (item number 1) (id f4937784-96d5-42d2-bfcd-20e06f54f122)
Naval and Military Pensions and Grants (item number 1) (id 2a67d1be-2321-4c66-8680-9b546a588143)
Distinguished Service Order (item number 1) (id 119c23aa-9f06-411c-ad80-799534e1f8b5)
Donington Hall (Escape of Prisoners) (item number 1) (id 933e9fd1-48c8-428e-9fcf-f15062184357)

Enemy Air Raids
Air Mechanic (J. O. Jessop) Killed (item number 1) (id a39173d9-952f-4b56-b639-16596c19a6f8)
London Defences (item number 1) (id 8bd3db22-0372-4143-8549-2e83460bbd47)
Public Warnings (item number 1) (id 004f142e-0d6f-49ca-8e36-e6783bf68306)

Questions
East Africa Operations (item number 1) (id 5d692260-f15f-4b5e-9d54-7389f650b283)
Indian Army (item number 1) (id b89c4c50-69ab-42ae-91ce-0a7d3941c923)
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Cadetships) (item number 1) (id 787fabf7-8945-4354-a3f8-827db31a146c)

Shell Shock
Treatment of Sufferers (item number 1) (id 7b32c389-bb34-4284-9c76-b0b86636b6d5)

Questions
Shipping Freights (item number 1) (id 8b6a50a6-5e9b-47f3-a9d6-dedb0f1047da)

Food Supplies
Potato Spraying (item number 1) (id f167a817-d3f5-47a3-b05f-379f5cbb0cbe)
Motor Tractors (item number 1) (id 7db80989-6496-4dd4-8b46-f453770cfeda)
Bread (item number 1) (id 12074bd7-9881-4776-b64e-eb99696148ae)
Sugar (item number 1) (id e1522823-7a43-426b-8a3b-e58f450ca3bc)
Oatmeal and Rolled Oats (item number 1) (id 076e0dc4-ab79-4065-a4a5-aa2529e82481)
Tea (item number 1) (id a034deee-af2c-4fab-bf97-28d25581aeac)
Eggs and Poultry (item number 1) (id 74891b9b-504b-4f7c-ad71-8d3ea171e7f7)
Cheese (item number 1) (id f8aeef53-efdf-449c-ae32-68cbcc52a6db)

Questions
Glasgow Boundaries (item number 1) (id 83eadec4-4ad2-412f-a678-ea238a949c19)
Trading After the War (Germans) (item number 1) (id 8a0dd534-f457-4fd3-97f0-27e30305a979)

Reconstruction
Sub-Committees (item number 1) (id 07b56391-a45a-470f-a916-5ad79c9c08f8)
Ministry of Reconstruction (item number 1) (id 03a01196-c5a0-4ee3-a67b-632fc555c5e8)
Employment During and After War (item number 1) (id f61938c6-9d8c-4aca-9387-8358fb01bb00)

Air Services
Aeroplane Construction (item number 1) (id 6a1ae59e-73e4-4ac2-9d47-b9e504f286e0)

Mesopotamia Commission
Lord Hardinge (item number 1) (id 47f97072-0ada-4735-9d07-8047078a91af)

Questions
Soldiers and Sailors (Land Settlement) (item number 1) (id 4b928ebd-c31d-40d6-9de1-86b36f9a5649)
Comite Permanent International D'action Economique (item number 1) (id 7821fc21-84d2-4c99-9034-2d444c4fc568)
War Cabinet (Sir E. Carson) (item number 1) (id 37619bae-a3a3-4552-9365-b90fcae74b20)
Employment Exchanges (item number 1) (id 97a05451-2888-4d46-b38e-19641b64670f)
Censorship (Members' Letters) (item number 1) (id 89ae782c-2680-470d-8d04-20f0687b982c)

Rebellion in Ireland
Dublin General Post Office (item number 1) (id 1818acd6-f109-4b62-ba6c-c63766ae2851)

Questions
British Prisoners at Ruhleben (item number 1) (id 69c7ae4f-743a-49ac-91bd-d1db50a05846)
Miss Howsin (Internment) (item number 1) (id 637f1d02-9aa3-402a-a5c5-c568a2037a91)
Leon Menasche and Company (item number 1) (id ce8b4151-1506-4b87-8569-7914e2fec845)

Government of Ireland Convention
Government Nominations (item number 1) (id 5988b881-678a-45d3-b8d6-1d3c44da1927)

Questions
Catholic Elementary Schools, Glasgow (item number 1) (id b4c7f8b4-1c9c-4a3c-b2b0-7da5e4eb7ffc)
Sheriff Principalship, Lanarkshire (item number 1) (id e86be13a-ef6e-44d3-b72e-0297eca886fd)
House of Commons (Ladies' Gallery) (item number 1) (id 25649c06-6d94-4940-91af-5f8b81697b5b)
Gosfield Elementary School, Essex (item number 1) (id 84531a8f-4e31-4cb3-9521-19af729d4e6d)
Personal Explanation (item number 3) (id af27d104-758a-493e-9253-21795b478515)
Public Petitions Committee (item number 4) (id 78f5c992-13f3-4d3a-b170-016091f95681)
Message from the Lords (item number 5) (id 0a7e8991-1b54-4968-b8b7-5562ff63a60e)
Orders of the Day (item number 6) (id fa8f3221-c059-4e15-9d12-e39584b409ce)
Business of the House (item number 7) (id 696b07b7-e1b5-497b-b2e3-d991830883e7)
Supply (item number 8) (id 9a952894-2e6f-44a9-948a-ee694ae94c1a)
Ways and Means (item number 9) (id f079732b-c68d-412f-a408-7a099158a24f)
Naval Discipline Bill (item number 10) (id 1cc56f7a-7cf0-4d89-abb3-6c47348e98a9)
Public Works Loans [Remission of Debt], (item number 11) (id 2f70d2da-c609-496e-813c-6fb0e66a26e1)
Public Works Loans Bill (item number 12) (id 067fa358-b2c6-45b1-8713-9b35fbba9d64)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Questions
Income Tax (Superannuation Allowances) (item number 1) (id 9d40a03e-bd91-4328-8862-2ca596d8d642)
Taxation (Ireland) (item number 1) (id 96f28f0f-fae3-4cc5-a157-ff865b71d498)
Industrial Unrest (Commissioners' Report) (item number 1) (id 1606aca8-f053-4257-8196-32a772421bfa)
Labour Conditions (Ireland) (item number 1) (id 0eba125d-1178-4bcf-b013-448482cebd97)
Brewing Restrictions (Ireland) (item number 1) (id d45fbfcb-6c79-4d61-a211-0e5f24591e76)
Danish East Asiatic Company (item number 1) (id 2f810eed-28ad-4ffa-92b9-db2014553e1b)

Air Services
Mechanics (item number 1) (id 6dc1ec5d-e6fa-49db-9e07-d73aee14494b)
Range-Finders (item number 1) (id f0da40e7-038f-4811-98da-934f25702118)

Mesopotamia Commission
Medical Officers Criticised (item number 1) (id 36c4994c-1e6c-476c-bb5c-ce06584ba20c)
British Red Cross Society (Supplies) (item number 1) (id 64103e86-2a6d-4af9-a445-d518b3cbfca3)
Volunteer Field Ambulances (item number 1) (id 31715b37-f203-44d6-b58a-39324f90e0bf)
British Casualties (item number 1) (id e5023ca6-ed92-491b-8f9d-83602c97bc8a)

Military Service
Medical Examination (item number 1) (id 772e1a38-4097-4cbe-9a43-116085be37a4)
Re-Examination (item number 1) (id 71e5f99d-d130-4c01-9783-d163ca17aa35)
Income Tax Assessors and Collectors (item number 1) (id 0c1402c1-ffc5-4460-bac8-f20f48af63e3)
Prison Warders (item number 1) (id f42bd1f4-8ed9-41df-9e82-19cbc980d7c5)
Insurance Companies' Officials (item number 1) (id 0ab90b2c-ae4e-45e4-a90d-3ad6024bb2e4)
Government Workers (War Bonus) (item number 1) (id 17d3a2e4-4e15-4fa6-a7c9-d530e33beba6)
Fodder Purchases (Dublin Factors) (item number 1) (id ab5aca82-82f5-4116-afae-7fc127ac6e34)

Munitions
Committee on Production (Wages Awards) (item number 1) (id 5e0a677f-ab50-4a07-912d-c9ff3e33aa1a)
Munition Workers (Training) (item number 1) (id da2013a7-b3f7-4c29-802d-ebe4d1a0e14b)
Irish Workers (Pay) (item number 1) (id 223746ae-b056-4e37-871b-c2a48852d6dc)

Questions
Naval and Military Pensions and Grants (item number 1) (id 6f29e2f5-a9ad-44c1-a29a-b2ca68067692)
Government of Madras (Mrs. Besant) (item number 1) (id 6bb3d11c-0b13-495b-ae32-2911b3cf36ed)
German Names (Change) (item number 1) (id 1de6f84f-7823-4563-9420-a3e8cf562a01)
Press Bureau (Typewriting Department) (item number 1) (id c1f970c4-8d38-46cc-96dd-42315e73b604)
Messrs. F. W. Roggen and Company (item number 1) (id 16873cf2-7b43-4e9c-a2df-21a299772167)
Russian Subjects (Naturalisation) (item number 1) (id adcee0f6-2947-4cf2-8aa3-5776b5183fbd)

Food Supplies
Sugar (item number 1) (id 66f33bcc-8d59-458c-8a1d-85c5335ce918)
Meat (item number 1) (id 2c3e5cb4-4e4f-4374-9a50-8f8c37ddf472)

Questions
Coal (Distribution) (item number 1) (id d775ff13-dead-4c96-86e9-2ac40ceaa2f2)
Standard Ships (Officers' Accommodation) (item number 1) (id ba1fd3e4-e0ae-421e-a9b5-bdc850f2942b)
Engineers' Dispute (Dundalk) (item number 1) (id a45656e5-382c-49c5-a892-bb7a77af99ec)
Motor Chars-A-Bancs (Licences) (item number 1) (id c2c6a094-11cd-4f67-87dc-66a720411a5d)
Elementary School Teachers (Scotland) (item number 1) (id 88a137f7-a1de-438c-917c-643de3387225)
Mid-Scotland Canal (item number 1) (id de309fcf-6a4e-4911-b0f1-d18dbee272fd)
Prison Warders (Ireland) (item number 1) (id e50add9b-4172-474d-b17c-518add31d0c4)
Wormwood Scrubs Prison (item number 1) (id febb2e0e-2cb6-44cf-be5a-b8c3a6f31038)
Teachers' Training Colleges (Languages) (item number 1) (id add15fa6-0aae-42ac-beb0-886ee2cf7687)
Sheriffs-Principal (Scotland) (item number 1) (id 5fd4d9c8-28bd-4c73-b65e-f79dba352d16)
Vaccination Act (Declarations) (item number 1) (id 2cdc5729-b67c-4b6b-9075-a9517a18c460)

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