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Commons Hansard for 20 August 1917 (Volume 97)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.25am.
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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Questions
Belgium (Shipment of Rifles)
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Peace Proposals
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Baron Sonnino
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Irish Trades Union Congress
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Sir Francis Vane
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Albania
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Poland
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Neutral Ships
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Ladies' Gallery (Stone Mullions)
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Office of Works (Messrs. Hayden and Company)
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Military Service
Russian Subjects
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Exemption Certificates
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Exempted Agriculturists (Dunblane)
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Territorial Force Chaplain, Gerhallow Fort, Dunoon
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Promotions (Acting Rank)
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Medical Re-Examination (Appeals)
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Unloading Barges
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Expeditionary Force (Canteens)
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Allotments (Birmingham)
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"Government Ale."
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National Factory (Hereford)
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Gretna (Places of Worship)
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Munitions
Women (War Service Badges)
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Representation of the People Bill
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United Press of America
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Cigarette Smoking by Girls
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Purchase of Property (Committee of Public Accounts)
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Bristol (City Boundaries Extension)
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Questions
Irish Migratory Labourers in Scotland
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Prime Minister's Secretariat (Liaison Officials)
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Cabinet Procedure
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Illegal Drilling (Ireland)
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Civil Liabilities Committee
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Unregistered Dentists
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Egypt and Salonika
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Tonnage Sunk by Submarines
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Brewery Dividends
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Irish Divorce Bills
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Corn Storage (Ireland)
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Port and Transit Committee
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Dredging (Ireland)
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Patrol Vessels (North Channel)
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Loch Goil (Sailing Licences)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Unwounded Officers (Non-Effective Test)
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Questions
Telephone Directory
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Nyasaland
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Seizure of Rifles (Ireland)
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Peat Fuel Factory, France
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Army Pay Department
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Distinguished Services in the Field (Awards)
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Loss of S.S. "Cameronia."
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Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
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London Engineer Volunteers
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Prisoners of War (Officers Allowances and Deductions)
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Message from the Lords
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Corn Production Bill
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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Corn Production Bill
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Munitions of War Bill
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Written Answers
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Questions
Government Departments (Railway Officials)
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Intoxicating Liquors (Clyde-Bank Plebiscite)
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New Issues
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Income Tax
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War Savings Certificates
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Civil Service (Second Division Clerkships)
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Advertising
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Maize
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Malt
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Wheat
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Muffins
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Irish National Volunteers (Rifles)
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Army Horses (Shoes)
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Royal Engineers, Postal Section (Corporal Kemp)
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Soldiers' Leave
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Army Ordnance Depot (Weedon)
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Public Schools Camps
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Army Officers (Promotion)
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Cases Under Inquiry
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Re-Examinations
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Prison Warders (Leave)
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Asylums (Service Men)
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Compensation Claims
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Camp Sanitation (Bengal)
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Royal London Insurance Society
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Petrol Supply
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Small Holders (Ejectment)
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Shipping (Italian Trade)
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Emigration Traffic
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National Service (Employment Restrictions)
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Prisoners of War (Central Committee)
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Dispensary Medical Officers (Ireland)
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Asylum Staffs (Ireland)
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Witnesses' Allowances
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Juvenile Offenders
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