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Commons Hansard for 5 November 1917 (Volume 98)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.35am.
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
Enemy Air Raids
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Scheme of Compensation for Damage by Aircraft and Bombardment
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Public Warnings
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Police (Compensation for Injury)
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Unexploded Shells
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Shelters in Poor Districts
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Paper Restriction Order
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Coal Supply
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Companies (Particulars as to Directors) Act, 1917
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Railway Season Tickets
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South America (British and Irish Exports)
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Food Supplies
Potatoes
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Food Controller's Regulations
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Hoarding Supplies
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Meat
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Tea
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Pork
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Decrease of Grants (Ireland)
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Questions
Indo-British Association
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France (Secret Session of Parliament)
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Italy (Signor Lazzari)
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Allies' Conferences
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Cement (Export to Holland)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Criminal Law Amendment Bill
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Munitions
Munition Workers, Dublin
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Imperial Bolt Works, Hamilton
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Exhibition Hall, Glasgow
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Workers (Ejectment from Dwellings)
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Questions
King's Regulations
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Coal Gas (Motor Cars)
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Premium Bonds
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Business of the House (Early Adjournments)
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Questions
Enemy Aliens
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Inter-Allied Conference
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Allied Military Authorities
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Government Departments (Report of Committee)
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Enemy Propaganda (Italy)
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Irish Revolutionary Party
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War Savings Meeting (Albert Hall)
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Loans
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Poaching Prosecutions, Chatham
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Catholic Schools, Glasgow
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Public Assistance
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Accidents (Government Vehicles)
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Submarine Warfare (Skipper Crisp)
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Questions
Flax Crop (Ireland)
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Prisoners of War
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British Shipbuilding (Foreign Orders)
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School Children's Meals
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Madras High Court
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Representation of the People Bill
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Judges (Scotland)
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Orders of the Day
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Consolidated Fund (No. 5) Bill
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Representation of the People Bill
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Parliamentary Boroughs
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(2) England, Excluding London and Monmouthshire
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Written Answers
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Government Propaganda (Co-Ordination)
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Government Departments (Economies)
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Friendly Societies (Liabilities)
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German Occupation of Territories (Financial Result)
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Potatoes (War Office Contracts)
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Food Regulations (Prosecuting Authority)
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Tea Cargo
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Agricultural Machinery
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Motor Tractors
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Ploughing Rates (Derbyshire)
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Police Pensioners (Ireland)
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Beachley Dry Dock
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Cases Under Inquiry
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Conscientious Objectors
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Co-Operative Society Employes (Sheffield)
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Sub-Postmaster, Auldgirth
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Volunteer Force (Section R)
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British Army (Honorary Rank)
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Western Front (Commander-In-Chief)
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Inoculation
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New Zealand Troops (Conscientious Objectors)
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Property Losses Commission (Major Ball)
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Courts-Martial (Procedure)
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Venereal Disease (Hospitals)
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Army Medical Service
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Military Camps (Lighting)
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Mesopotamia (Agricultural Work)
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Serbian Army (British Mission)
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Woolwich Military Hospitals (Dispensers)
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Royal Engineers Works Yard, Curragh
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Soldiers' Accounts
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Hong Kong (Dollar Rate)
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War Department Lorry (Accident)
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Connaught Rangers (Private's Personal Effects)
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Air-Raid Warnings
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Protection Certificates
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Empire Settlement Committee
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Court-Martials Abroad
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Unscreened Lights
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Coal (Small Purchases)
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Taxi-Cab Fares
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Prisoners of War (Puttees)
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Written Answers to Questions
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National School Teachers (Ireland)
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Education Grant (Ireland)
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Mortality Rate, Dublin
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Allotments (Ireland)
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Leeds Training College
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House of Commons (Smoke Room)
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