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Commons Hansard for 13 December 1917 (Volume 100)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.55am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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War
Ex-King Constantine
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Netherlands (Territorial Integrity)
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Upsala Conference
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Treaty With Italy
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Kellner-Partington Wood Pulp Company
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Questions
Assurance Policies
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Durham Collieries (Short Time)
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Petrol Supply (France)
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Sweets and Confectionery Imported
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Food Supplies
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Tea
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Cost of Living
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Queues
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Milk
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Meat
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Sugar Distribution Scheme
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Oatmeal
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Paper Manufacture
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Trade Commissioner
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Army (Transfer to Navy)
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Wool
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War Department Employes (Scraesdon)
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Irish Government
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Commerce and Industry (Committee's Report)
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Education Bill
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Messrs. J. and P. Coats
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Relief of Distress, East Coast
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Military Service
Medical Examinations
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Labour Dispute, Belfast
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Whisky
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London County Hall
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Board of Education Offices
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Prisoners of War
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Poor Law (Ireland)
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National School Teachers (Ireland)
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Welfare of Blind (Committee)
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Royal Veterinary College, Ireland
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Board of Trade (Promotions)
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Leprosy
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Personal Explanation
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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Supply.—[12th December.]
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Secret Session
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Supply
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Ways and Means
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Supply [10th December]
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Navy Supplementary Estimate, 1917–18
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Navy and Army Expenditure, 1915–16
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National Insurance (Unemployment) [Money]
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Coal-Fields (Development)
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Commissions and Committees
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Excess Profits Duty (Professional Incomes)
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Bonded Spirits
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Civil Service Pensioners
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Milk
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Racehorses (Rations)
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Live-Stock Census
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Sugar and Tea
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Barley
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Food Ships Sunk
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Pigs and Sows
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Steam Ploughing Tackle
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Allotments
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Beer Output
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Castlecomer Collieries
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Shipping Losses
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Shipbuilding (Private Yards)
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Shipbuilding Council
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Soldiers Over Forty-One
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Medical Students
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Food Producers or Distributers
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Retired Officers (Neurasthenia)
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Conditional Exemption
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French Subject
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Prees Heath Camp (Private Murphy)
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War Service (1914 Star)
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Knowsley Park Camp
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Soldiers' Leave
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Military Hospitals (Regulations)
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Rugeley Camp
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Retired Officers (Rank)
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Air Forces (Wounded Officers)
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Royal Engineers, Bulford
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Women Workers
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Cannel Coal
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