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Commons Hansard for 2 August 1917 (Volume 96)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.15am.
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
Paris Conference
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Potsdam Conference (5th July, 1914)
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Socialist Conference (Paris)
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Constabulary Force Fund (Ireland)
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Irish Rebellion (Compensation)
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Munitions
Assault on Workers (Cork)
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Compensation Claims
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Women Workers
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Billeting Board
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Royal Arsenal, Woolwich (Inspectors)
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National Filling Factories (War Bonus)
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Willey and Company, Exeter
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Central Hall, High Holborn
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Food Supplies
Arable Land, Roscommon
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Irish Mills
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Rabbit Coursing
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Potato Storing
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Food Condemned
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Necessaries of Life (Prices)
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Store Cattle
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Raspberry Crop (Scotland)
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Beer Supplies (Ireland)
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Military Service
Alran, Richards and Company
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Russian Subjects
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Exemptions (Stepney)
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Conscientious Objectors
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Questions
Royal Army Medical Corps
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Prisoners of War
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Ministerial Offices
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Registrars (Treasury Loan)
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Dockyard Pensioners (Bonus)
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Alien Enemies Interned
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Housing (Rural Districts)
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Times Cold Storage Company (Wages)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Evicted Tenants (County Kerry)
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Secondary Education (Ireland)
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National School Teachers, Ireland
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Military Service (Review of Exceptions) Act, 1917
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Message from the Lords
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Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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New Ministries [Salaries and Remuneration]
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New Ministries Bill
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Royal Assent
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New Ministries Bill
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Business of the House (Friday Sitting)
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Written Answers
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Battle of Gaza (British Prisoners)
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Soldiers and Sailors (Pay)
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Arbitration Award (Messrs Cornish and Lloyd)
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Excess Profits Duty
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Customs and Excise Officer (Ringwood)
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Customs and Excise Department (Recalled Officers)
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School Teachers (Ireland)
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Forestry Labourers (Ireland)
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Paris Conference (Mr. a. Henderson's Journey)
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Steamship "Armadale."
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Military Service
Non-Combatant Corps (Leave)
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Durham Light Infantry (Private Morgan)
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Cases Under Inquiry
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Millom Co-Operative Society
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Training Reserve Battalion (Private Burley)
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Exemption (Application Forms)
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Young Recruits (Educational Facilities)
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Whyte, Ridsdale and Company (Exempted Employes)
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Conscientious Objectors
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Army Medical Service
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British Army in France (Health)
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East Africa (Native Carriers)
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Government Motor Cars (Cambridge)
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Westbere Camp (Canterbury)
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Officer Prisoners (Pay)
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Expeditionary Force Canteen (Profits)
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Army Stores Depot (Dublin)
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Burial Ground (Tilstock)
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Ordnance Department Curragh Camp
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War Office Contractors
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Food Supplies
Wheat Prices (Canada)
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Meat and Dairy Produce (Dominions)
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Flour
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American Meat Trade (Shipping)
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Crown Lands, Lincolnshire (Cultivation)
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Vivisection (Return)
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Unregistered Dentists (Cocaine)
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Enemy Aliens
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Ministry of Reconstruction
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Newspaper Article ("Submarine War")
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Railway Fares (Nurses)
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Disabled Service Men (Advisory Committees)
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British Women in Russia
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Prisoners of War
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Old Age Pensions
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Cattle Breeding (Dominions)
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Ceylon Riots (Persons Convicted)
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Salisbury Diocesan Training College
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Condition of Blind (Committee's Report)
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Mental Deficiency Act (Service)
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Trade Boards (Ireland)
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Postal Arrangements (Thurles)
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Bee Disease (Experiments)
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New Government Buildings (Slates)
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