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Commons Hansard for 14 August 1917 (Volume 97)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.23am.
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
Executions in Belgium
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Food Bill (United States Congress)
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Passports for America (Members of Parliament)
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Wounded Soldiers (Farm Work)
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Soldiers (Political Meetings)
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Courts-Martial (Charges of Bribery)
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Military Service
Soldiers Under Age
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Discharged Soldiers (Liability for Further Service)
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African Labour Corps
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Devonport Gunwharf (War Bonus)
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Agricultural Labour (Scotland)
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Food Supplies
Fish
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Release of Tonnage (Alcohol and Molasses)
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Milk (Scotland)
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Food Controllers
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Malting
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Questions
Out-Relief (Widows and Children)
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Road Stone Control Committee
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Naval Cooks and Assistants, Invergordon
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Shipyard Labour (West Midland District)
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Questions
Taxi-Cab Whistling
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Horse Hides and Calf-Skins (Exportation)
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Electrical Power and Coal Conservation (Report)
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Coal Distribution (Scotland)
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Petrol (Second-Grade)
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Questions
Hereditary Honours
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Chinese Republic
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Chinese Workmen
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Liquor Trade (Control)
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Afforestation Reconstruction Committee
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National Health Insurance
Capitation Fees
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Medical and Sanatorium Benefits (Staff)
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Tubercular Diseases, Maida Vale
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Vaccination (Ireland)
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Private Business
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Message from the Lords
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Orders of the Day
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Supply.—[16th Allotted Day.]
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Private Business
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Supply [7th August]
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Supply [8th August]
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Ministry of Food
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Ministry of Shipping
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War Loan Bill
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Workmen's Compensation (War Addition) Bill
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Munitions of War Bill
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
Currency (Paper Money)
Income Tax (Mercantile Marine Officers)
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Taxation (United Kingdom)
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Sugar
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Cattle (Prices)
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Yeast
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Brewing Ingredients
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Food Prices (New York and London)
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Landed Secueities (Rate of Interest)
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Royal Navy (Warrant Writers)
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Land Occupied by War Department (Rent)
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Troops (Anti-Typhoid Inoculation)
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General Officers (Employment)
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Mesopotamia Report (Censured Officers)
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Canteens (Works and Docks)
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Sale of Spirits (Prohibition)
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Gretna (Control Board Accounts)
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Munitions Tribunal
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Naturalised Alien (William Small)
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Enemy Air Raids (Warnings)
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Tribunals
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Petrol
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Old Age Pensions
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Londonderry Prison (Clock-Pegging)
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