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Commons Hansard for 8 August 1917 (Volume 97)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.21am.
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
India
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New Capital, Delhi
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Trade Commissioner
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Champaran District (Landlords and Tenants)
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Tea Exports
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Troops at Aden
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Questions
Shipping Losses
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Cargo Discharges (Delay)
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Naval Shipwrights
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Naval Warrant Writers
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German Raiders
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Military Service
Glasgow Appeal Tribunal
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Christadelphians
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Military Service Acts
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Review of Exceptions
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Medical Examinations
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Conscientious Objectors
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Asylum Attendants
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Volunteer Training Corps
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Questions
Soldiers' Leave (17th Gloucestershire Regiment)
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Pack-Drill (Welsh Guards, Caterham)
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Typhoid Vaccine
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Army Pay Office, Blackheath
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Army Medical Service
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Censorship (Letters and Telegrams)
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British Shipping (Nationalisation)
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Industrial Unrest (Commission's Recommendations)
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Admiralty Changes
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House of Lords (Conference)
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Recruiting (Transfer of Authority)
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Food Supplies
Barley and Malt
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Fish
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Feeding Stuffs (Prices)
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Butter
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Meat (Maximum Prices)
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Potatoes
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Dutch Supplies (Wasted Food)
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Bread
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Apples
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Salted Fish
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China Tea
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Brewing Ingredients
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Lord Rhondda's Proposals
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Licensed Trade (State Purchase)
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Questions
Income Tax (Pensions)
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Army Horses (Purchases in Ireland)
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Labour Companies (Tradesmen)
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Bee-Candy
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Shops Earlier Closing Order
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Works Camp, Brockenhurst
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Mr. Edmond D. Morel
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Defence of the Realm Act (Welsh Meetings)
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Port and Transit Committee
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Building Materials
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Questions
Soldiers' Wills
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Shipping Charges. Cork
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Tate Gallery
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Vaccination (Declarations)
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Scottish Housing Commission
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Steamship "Strathgoyle" (Death of Chief Steward)
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Coke
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Old Age Pensions
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National Health Insurance (Barrow Committee)
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Martin's Divorce Bill [Lords]
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Message from the Lords
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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Supply—[15th Allotted Day.]
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Ways and Means [7th August]
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War Loan Bill
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Solicitors (Examination) Bill [Lords]
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
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Discharged Service Men (Employment)
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Small Holdings
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Barley (Malting)
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Racehorses (Oats Rations)
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Holland (Export of Cattle)
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Irish Cattle (Army Purchases)
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Sheerness Dockyard (Week-End Tickets)
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Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Detained Pay)
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Northern Command (Officers' Railway Tickets)
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Courts-Martial
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Transfers
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Prisoners of War
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Holborn Stadium
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Indian Troops (Medical Equipment)
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Canadian Civil Service (Conscientious Objectors)
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Electrical Energy (Committee)
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Home Grown Cereals (Release of Tonnage)
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Central Prisoners of War Fund
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Poor Law Unions (County Antrim)
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Untenanted Land (Ireland)
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Housing (Ireland)
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