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Commons Hansard for 31 October 1917 (Volume 98)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.34am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Ministry of Food
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Oral Answers to Questions
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War
War Service Decorations
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Hosemakers' Wages (Devonport Dockyard)
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German Raiders (North Sea)
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Royal Navy (Promotion)
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Territorial Association Secretaries
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Nerve Strain
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Military Courts-Martial
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Soldiers' Leave
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Military Service
Priests and Deacons With the Forces
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Army Reserve (Class W)
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Repatriated Soldier
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Conscientious Objectors
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Medical Examinations
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Transfers
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Fox-Hunting
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British Prisoners of War (Turkey)
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British-Made Guns (Use by Enemy)
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Italian Front (British Troops and Guns)
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India
Currency Notes
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Tea Imports
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Wheat Elevators
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Tobacco for Soldiers (Duty)
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Royal Indian Marine
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Questions
Education
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Indentured Labourers
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Silver Currency
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Future Government
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First Battle of Ypres (Commemoration)
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Germany (Internment of British Subjects)
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Land Settlement (Soldiers and Sailors)
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Enemy Air Raids
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Food Supplies
Compulsory Rationing
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Freshwater Fish
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Potatoes
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Wheat Commission
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Imported Meat
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County Longford Agricultural Committee
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War Aims
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Allies' Conference (War Measures)
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Flax Control Board
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National Health Insurance (Soldiers)
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Armament Artificers
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Questions
Steamship Freights
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Basic Slag
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Trawling (Start Bay)
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London County Council (County Hall Building)
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Travelling Privileges (Miners)
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Synthetic Indigo
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Defence of the Realm Act
Internment (Alfonso Palcic)
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Deportation (Abraham Bezalel)
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Advisory Committee (Witnesses)
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Mineral Resources Committee (Oil Production)
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Westminster Hall
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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Supply—[30th October]
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Ways and Means.—[30th October.]
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Excess Profits Duty (Petroleum Interests)
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Death Duties (War Loan)
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Avoidance
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Army Pensions
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Butchers (Registration)
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Foxhounds (Oatmeal)
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Foxes (Depredations)
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Barley
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Milk
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Meat
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Distribution of Supplies
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Wheat
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Potatoes
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Sugar
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Poultry Food
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Agricultural Motors
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Compensation Claim, Dublin
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Great Northern Railway, Ireland
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Norwegian Convoy Loss
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Welsh-Speaking Soldiers
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Under-Age Soldier
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Courts-Martial (Defence of Accused)
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Royal Garrison Artillery (Gunner Fitzgerald)
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War Department (Damaged Motor-Cars)
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Mess Funds
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Fiscals (Scotland)
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Enlisted Postal Servants (Gratuities)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Curragh Camp (Injured Canteen Employe)
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Voluntary Hospitals (Grants-In-Aid)
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Pig Iron
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Internment (Advisory Committee Witnesses)
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Licensed Trade (Compensation)
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Peace Propaganda
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Indian Army (Convalescent Officers)
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Ejectment Orders
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Electricity Supply Committee (Report)
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Private Motor Cars
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Shipbuilding (Neutrals' Orders)
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Shipping Freights
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Prisoners of War (Exchange)
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Civil Service Writers
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Allotments (Ireland)
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National Health Insurance (Agents' Remuneration)
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Prisons (Disciplinary Punishment)
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Postal Service, Maldon
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Housing (Scotland)
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