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Commons Hansard for 20 December 1917 (Volume 100)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
23 February 2026 at 10.57am.
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
Italy (Treaty)
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Russia
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County Council Asylum, Epsom
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Admiralty Works (Labour Conditions)
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Allied Naval Council
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Royal Dockyard Foremen (War Bonus)
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Boarded-Out Children
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Food Supplies
Crops (Storage and Protection)
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Bread
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Racehorse Rations
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Bacon
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Food Distribution
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Potatoes
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Average Profits
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Service Men (Free Meals)
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Whisky
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Ale and Stout
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Cost of Living
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Munitions
Wages Advances
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Dublin Munitions Factory
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Expenditure (Ireland)
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Messrs. Beardmore's Works, Paisley
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Questions
Generals Retired
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Secretary of State for War
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Shipping (Government Policy)
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Viscount Northcliffe's Mission
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Lord Bertie
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Inter-Allied War Council
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Tuberculosis
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Ex-Lord Chancellors' Pensions
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House of Commons and the Government
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Education Bill
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Treasury Control
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British Troops (Italy)
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Journalists in Government Departments
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Petroleum
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Military Service Acts
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Brewery Shares
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Income Tax (Pensions)
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Enemy Banks
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Frongoch Camp
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Enemy Aliens
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Questions
Chinese Gambling Houses
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Polish Families, Lanarkshire
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Ornamental Feathers (Imports)
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British Industries Fair
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Reconstruction Committees
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Private Canteens (France)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Proficiency Pay (Transferred Men)
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Army Dental Service
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Yeomanry Badges
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Alleged Brothel (France)
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Lieut.-Col. Monteagle-Browne
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Theosophical College
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Weaving Mills, Scotland
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War Hospital Car, Warrington
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Royal Defence Corps (Travelling Allowance)
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Taxi-Cab Dispute
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Persia
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National School Teachers (Ireland)
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Sutton Water Company
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Legal Procedure
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Postal Service, Shewen
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National Council of Education, Wales
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Vaccination, Dewsbury
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Message from the Lords
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Orders of the Day
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Business of the House
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Adjournment (Christmas)
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War Situation: Prime Minister's Review
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
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Land Settlement (Ex-Service Men)
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Motor-Car Licences
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Halifax Disaster
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Grain
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Food Distribution
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Milk
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Palm Kernels
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Home Brewing
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Herrings
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Fresh-Water Fish
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Feeding-Stuffs
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Spirits (Manufacture)
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Service Men Discharged
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Flax Cultivation (Ireland)
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Anti-Submarine Inventions
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Royal Naval Reserve (Small-Pox)
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British Shipping (Reduction)
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Naturalised Alien's Son
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Reserve (Class W)
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Indentured Apprentices
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3rd Battalion Essex Regiment
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Royal Irish Rifles
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Sea-Going Engineers
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Courts-Martial (Death Sentences)
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Neurasthenic Soldiers
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Troop Movements
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Frongoch Camp
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Wound Gratuities
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Military Officers (Conditions of Service)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Land (Military Occupation)
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Courts (Emergency Powers) Act, 1917
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Grenades (Premature Explosions)
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Commissions and Committees
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Rent Increases
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Civil Servants (War Bonus)
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Patents and Designs Bill
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Spirits (Imported and in Bond)
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British Industries Fair
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Wool
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Public Assistance (Co-Ordination)
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Government Departments (Office Accommodation)
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Prisoners of War
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Royal Irish Constabulary
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Prison Warders (Ireland)
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Land Purchase (Ireland)
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Vaccination
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Public Health
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Sanatorium Treatment
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