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Commons Hansard for 9 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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Food Supplies
Tillage
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Cattle Foodstuffs (Ireland)
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Java Tea
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Meat
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Potatoes
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Flour
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Dried Fruit
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Preserved Fruit
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Vegetables
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Fish (Gold Storage)
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Raspbereies
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Beer Supplies
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Corn and Cattle Prices
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Lord Rhondda's Proposals
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Questions
Old Age Pensions
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Cigarette Pictures
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Irish Convention
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Artisans' Houses (Belfast)
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Rhodesia (Reserves)
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Military Service
Post Office Rifles
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Russian Subjects in United Kingdom
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Lunatic Asylums (Discharges)
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Isle of Man
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Conscientious Objectors
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Coal Miners
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Labour Companies
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Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Transfer)
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Housing (United Kingdom)
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Field Service Badges
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African Campaign (Ribbon)
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Officers (Disciplinary Measures)
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Questions
Wormwood Scrubs Prison
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Seamen Survivors of Ships Submarined
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House of Commons Sittings
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Reconstruction Committee
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Lord Haldane
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Miss Hilda Howsin (Detention in Prison)
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Motor Tractors (Petrol Supply)
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Newspaper Articles
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Commercial Treaties
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Board of Admiralty
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King George and Prince Henry of Prussia
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Taxation
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Taxicabs at Railway Stations
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Jewellery Sales
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Merchant Service (Silver War Badge)
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Munitions
Australian Workmen
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Industrial Unrest
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Housing (Queensferry)
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Women Employes' Wages
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Questions
Civil Liabilities Committee
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Royal Fleet Reserve
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Soldiers' Leave
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Anti-Typhoid Vaccine
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Royal Flying Corps (Overseas Forces)
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Compulsory Vaccination (Ireland)
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Technical and Scientific Education (Ireland)
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Telegraphic Facilities, Manchester
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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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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
German Submarines (Spanish Territorial Waters)
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Ministry of Health
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Civil Service (Ex-Soldier Candidates)
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Maize
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Milk
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Butter
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Cigarette Pictures
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Mr. a. Henderson (Visit to France)
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Skilled Workers (Army Reserve)
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Trade Union Officials
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Editors and Leader Writers
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Conscientious Objectors
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Discharge Certificate (F. J. Brand)
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Royal Field Artillery (Driver Peake)
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Army Pay Corps
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Cases Under Inquiry
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Labour Companies (France)
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49th Training Reserve Battalion
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Great Central Hotel
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Horses (Army Purchases)
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National Health Insurance (Army Pensioners)
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Ballincollig Barracks
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Service Men (Proficiency Pay)
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Non-Commissioned Officers (Acting Rank)
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Army Ordnance Department (Dublin)
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Bareaok Labourers, Fermoy (War Bonus)
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Soldiers' Accrued Pay (Receipts)
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Army Ordnance Department (Pay)
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Imports (Applications for Licences)
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Electricity Supply Committee
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Petrol Supply
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Temporary Sorters (Dublin)
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Technical Education (Ireland)
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School Teachers' Salaries (Ireland)
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Ballinahinch School (Armagh)
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Old Age Pensions
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Estates Commissioners (Ireland)
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Allotments (Ireland)
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Clogrennan Lime Works, Carlow
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Burma (Ganja)
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Excise Advisory Committee, India
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Excise Department (Expenses), India
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School Teachers' Salaries (Scotland)
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