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Commons Hansard for 23 October 1918 (Volume 110)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 23 February 2026 at 11.07am.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons (item number 1) (id 6fb470a8-69b8-43c1-a25d-f903323e330b)

Oral Answers to Questions
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War
India (item number 1) (id c0574630-ea59-436a-bb83-1c85013d6df4)
Police (Pay) (item number 1) (id 2ae25dcd-dc02-4033-a87a-483153ee368e)
Army Pay (Exchange) (item number 1) (id 8fdda196-385e-48dc-81d3-9b8c6fdde883)
Conspiracies (Rowlatt Report) (item number 1) (id a07d1347-fb4e-45f4-b471-11b49738da89)
Raw Materials (Control) (item number 1) (id fb0f89ee-82e3-4109-a2bd-d2c34bfec9b6)
Military Forces (Cost) (item number 1) (id 22756eac-026e-4ef8-aa0f-5a815f0b5f7f)
Constitutional Reforms (item number 1) (id ea96fe36-b2d1-4e1e-bb0d-fdaa47f539df)
Cotton Goods Tariff (item number 1) (id c17e8bfa-2c1c-4b0e-bb6f-2e64c0b718ca)
Indian Troops in Palestine (item number 1) (id 04adc4a9-7413-47c6-a27c-c32c520fa2f4)

Mercantile Marine
Shipyard Labour (item number 1) (id 19426a91-e884-4dab-9ada-07cbce7a3efb)
National Shipyards (Chepstow) (item number 1) (id 6fde9416-360f-4251-9457-682875e110cf)
Naval Recruiting Officers (Pay) (item number 1) (id bfbbd2fc-f8bb-434b-bd73-021a2378c8cb)

German Submarine Warfare
Mail Boats (Protection) (item number 1) (id ef593ae0-5722-4127-8a7b-191ca66aa013)
Submarines in Neutral Waters (item number 1) (id 4a80a3af-9d49-46a5-b18a-c50991440c83)

Questions
Bombs in Ships' Holds (item number 1) (id 2bfb0f39-c17f-4320-baeb-222769c7511c)
West African Ports (item number 1) (id 9d49b590-b320-486d-aaea-04aa2ace0f87)
Admiralty and Tradesmen's Accounts (item number 1) (id e047390e-96b7-47d0-9fa1-2fc815890a14)
Southern Nigeria (Mr. Edward Falk) (item number 1) (id 73a235f7-2863-498f-9c94-342c11aaaca5)
Enemy Aliens (item number 1) (id 24fa095d-6a05-4490-8299-bc3fff97eccf)
Uganda Railway Marine (item number 1) (id d9d32c9d-7a1c-4501-ab7d-2f3a4f6814a2)

Prisoners of War
Stern Reprisals (item number 1) (id 3b1d7bf4-1e17-4fb9-b13d-a786e1645a34)
Dental Treatment (Switzerland) (item number 1) (id ea4aa6d7-f4fb-4bcf-8c47-ec9a5bcb8900)
Ill-Treatment by Germans (item number 1) (id 6a3a08df-8cdc-49aa-8729-84ca248eac99)

Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
Payment of Allowances, Aberdeen (item number 1) (id f47aa08c-eef5-4ac9-b58d-037a7687b0b6)
Separation Allowances (item number 1) (id 4f7ef508-4783-4409-b220-66ab3ad54da8)
Pensions and Gratuities (item number 1) (id 9a805ff3-9c58-4c0a-891b-02e6b62e02f0)

Military Service
Soldiers Twice Wounded (item number 1) (id 634b2ee6-4d94-4534-ab8c-c361d975bcef)
Cases Under Investigation (item number 1) (id 6722a417-b356-4e6b-bc8a-c07cc3f261b7)
British Soldiers (Pay) (item number 1) (id 3c60e9f1-f4b7-46eb-b41f-7e449380ae5a)
Men Over Forty-Three (Training) (item number 1) (id bf4b1b0b-ad56-486a-a251-4ca80fe41ff8)
Irish Workmen (Conscription) (item number 1) (id 9acacc84-8d57-4bd5-9a28-5597c8d4fb02)
Venereal Disease (item number 1) (id 91089fbc-e8d3-4668-b3f5-9eb65f625115)

Questions
Cast Horses (item number 1) (id 3b8fd8bb-d653-4146-a0ee-e098a4558740)
Discharged Soldiers, Ireland (Re-Employment) (item number 1) (id 1c5c938e-5923-4051-ad0b-dcf3262fb557)
Shropshire and Bucks Light Infantry (item number 1) (id 9d3a5486-fe2b-4bdc-b078-e16b87f83a5b)
Lecturer in Russian (item number 1) (id a2f57ba6-3671-45bd-815f-2a4078672b8f)
Baku Expedition (item number 1) (id f11505c9-caec-47fe-b70c-993d9231e194)
War Department (Hotel Accommodation) (item number 1) (id e5cb8582-bcf9-47d2-9330-a30a652b3cad)
Motor Transport Repair Depot, Cippenham (item number 1) (id f31a5e15-cb6a-4431-8bfc-0273006013b9)
Soldiers in Hospital (Alcoholic Rations) (item number 1) (id 3f15ec28-fc5f-4b57-aabf-b47808b182f6)
Aliens (item number 1) (id af72835d-0ad3-465a-91b1-9dcd1b324d7c)
Discharged Soldiers (Re-Employment in Ireland) (item number 1) (id 4c33a076-2b53-4e47-b378-ddc58f719efe)
Peace Terms (item number 1) (id 79c7cf93-3f13-426c-abfd-7c8f43c6e5f8)
Government of Ireland (item number 1) (id 4ccdf831-c001-47c0-824b-bec46f6bd7bd)

British Maritime Supremacy
American Shipbuilding (item number 1) (id 040892b9-ad47-4785-bc1a-d16977f3b73b)
Household Fuel and Lighting Order (item number 1) (id 06a5a069-df4e-475c-886f-5b31011f684c)

Ministers' Statements
Cabinet Responsibility (item number 1) (id 1d3bd409-203c-4141-94fc-0f5ff5970943)

Questions
British Constitution (item number 1) (id 7d9b7c75-27e3-4193-898a-61d02b2cedfb)
Old Age Pensions (item number 1) (id b6fadd51-abf7-44aa-8624-afca225c0525)
Railway Superannuation Funds (item number 1) (id ece83958-21cd-49a1-b948-5b0d5275e4ca)

Women's Units Overseas
Compensation for Injuries (item number 1) (id 512339cc-290c-4158-ac22-f35cfc2559ad)

Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
Home Leave (item number 1) (id dd3ae44b-f4c5-429e-9048-3c96dbb17b9d)
Soldiers' Letters and Parcels (item number 1) (id 805cba6d-3405-4c4e-8224-bd427278b736)

Questions
Oath of Allegiance (Government Establishments) (item number 1) (id 78c5a4a5-2b78-4113-be05-4db0d06a7379)
Excess Profits Duty (item number 1) (id a91d139a-6595-4fa0-a9af-d53b2ba7ce29)
War Loans (Russian State Coupons) (item number 1) (id 7b9c38d3-9e00-468c-bca9-27d3d7741be4)
Income Tax (item number 1) (id 535b1ba1-2eaf-4501-9fd7-9e974cf41e20)
Floating Debt (item number 1) (id 5ff21ac3-315a-48ce-ac40-6278aa2ee334)
Treasury Currency Notes (item number 1) (id 08c1a551-29b9-4edb-97fe-36b3135f2a07)

General Election
Soldiers as Candidates (item number 1) (id 460e63d5-72b9-48cc-b5dc-1b283d06be6b)

Questions
German Prisoners (Guarding) (item number 1) (id a50f478a-acbe-48fe-808e-a5b5240de251)
London Military Hospitals (Food) (item number 1) (id c698d382-7032-40cc-b8db-86fcc0fb03b0)
Cement Supply, Dublin (item number 1) (id c44c0660-568b-4910-9cb4-e5a2bf3906f3)

Food Supplies
Cereal Harvest 1919 (Guaranteed Price) (item number 1) (id 4644c5b4-db5b-4f98-a204-d3f66a28db6a)
Ordnance Survey, Dublin (item number 1) (id b26ea52a-5660-4a3a-a51c-7887255390a2)

Coal Supplies
Baron Schroeder's Stock (item number 1) (id b1ac8f1a-d484-473f-9f6c-e6dfd273598b)

Questions
Federal Devolution (item number 1) (id 8a291738-5e27-4794-8ce4-f9f554e26a16)
Ministry of Health (item number 1) (id 4b04a70d-2439-4040-b3af-d1aa980adb8f)
Income Tax Bonds (item number 1) (id e081d405-9aa5-4ff7-897e-8f26cd3ecbcd)
Orders of the Day (item number 3) (id 3d10e7b3-a0a8-4c41-906c-d4919356ce84)
Business of the House (item number 4) (id da86cc43-392b-403e-85d9-d9975bd3eb13)
Women as Members of Parliament (item number 5) (id 75f747ea-2f0a-41f6-82e0-4e19c869065b)
House of Commons (Members' Gallery) (item number 6) (id 615b009a-6440-4c9f-b653-814fe76d8e18)
Special Commission (Belfast Prison) Bill (item number 7) (id 2c2b9d01-14b9-41f1-b931-ae0dbda3b5ab)
Naval and Military War Pensions [Expenses] (item number 8) (id 50a84573-2730-4894-9ad5-9aae1d396bfa)
Ministry of Health (item number 9) (id 475ec98f-0aec-4971-8374-5acfb20b5eee)

Written Answers

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Written Answers to Questions

Questions
President Wilson's Speeches (Distribution) (item number 1) (id 16599900-1d83-4755-8017-ee3820e0d6c5)
Field-Marshal Haig's Dispatch (item number 1) (id cbde5673-3f6f-4141-a5f3-0797ea119048)
Re-Employed Dockyard Pensioners (Deductions) (item number 1) (id e2246a5e-f07f-40dd-9a28-cf520f6a689d)
Freezing Plant (item number 1) (id 7cc47017-8c07-4664-84cf-3896bc0bdadd)
Live Cattle (item number 1) (id b1acad4e-9005-4ae3-b727-f43239129933)
Potato Flour (item number 1) (id 91fde28b-9e39-44fe-aee8-1b5732370dde)
Fat Cattle (Export from Ireland) (item number 1) (id b88992b6-35d7-4f18-bbad-fecc8df5f599)
Army Meat Supply (item number 1) (id 104111e7-a5ce-4391-bbcd-61ebf2c46e95)
Plot-Holders (Ireland) (item number 1) (id 8255fdf9-4c4f-44b0-9ff1-149f20a311f0)
Cost of Living (Ireland) (item number 1) (id 2a52ed74-3f5b-4cba-9765-465c5330fed0)
Infantry Equipment (Design) (item number 1) (id f071ee1b-53b3-4fa7-8a71-9e714cb0eef0)
Engineer (Release) (item number 1) (id 9be54c7b-0da6-4900-89de-36bc594c037a)
Time-Expired Men Over Forty-Five (item number 1) (id e9debf0c-fc5a-464a-9d46-f1391e15f1c3)
Conscientious Objectors (item number 1) (id 8f94ac7a-f9c7-4bfb-80a0-2680ad133dd2)
Demobilisation (Compassionate Grounds) (item number 1) (id fac1b1e8-456c-4b6b-8424-930ede82452b)
Post Office Officials (item number 1) (id 5c51c780-2243-4c1f-b4ae-01749466d563)
British Subjects in Greece (item number 1) (id 85aea6b9-3f21-44bd-957b-e55cc796960c)
Irish Factories (Discharged Service Men) (item number 1) (id 5dafc158-1fae-4199-b2ef-9edc962188fc)
Petroleum (Messrs. S. Pearson and Sons, Limited) (item number 1) (id 09866480-a5b6-4ff1-ae86-cb5d33bd304c)
Committee on Production (Awards) (item number 1) (id faea0aaf-a548-4a45-b934-37f6bd210d04)
Naval and Military Pensions and Grants (item number 1) (id bedb9ea9-faaf-4e5d-8ad9-6452a94feecc)
Disabled Men (Re-Employment) (item number 1) (id c6d1f43e-e9ef-4c97-90cf-5eacf65094e7)
Game (Shooting) (item number 1) (id 7590b8a1-23d9-4e46-b940-848f78fd14dd)
Germans in China (item number 1) (id dde06b90-2fd7-4bda-ba62-48b55ca428e1)
German Government (Correspondence) (item number 1) (id 4b18ad4c-47c6-41bd-847d-8c102992b7cb)
Holzminden and Clausthal Camps (item number 1) (id 2eaf9df8-dc89-4008-a8e8-6472cfd4e106)
Workmen's Compensaton Acts (item number 1) (id cf4a74cf-f2a9-4ad4-8f80-69db971846a1)
Lighting Restrictions (item number 1) (id 02cce6b2-3ad7-49d2-b9ec-a2984f0a0759)
Metropolitan Police Force (item number 1) (id b81882d7-3c30-4792-a984-c6a9eeb421a0)
Anthrax (Wool Disinfection) (item number 1) (id 7d9a2b3b-041a-4bfb-a056-62a1be69e6b2)
Polling Stations (item number 1) (id 6d869a00-7b6d-4d45-b00a-205c72184f6e)
Declaration of Results (item number 1) (id 103b26ed-0926-40cc-b1a4-992287d3179c)
Soldiers (Votes and Addresses) (item number 1) (id 6b57ffbb-a490-40f7-9a1c-77462e3f224e)
Coal Supplies (item number 1) (id 25551e42-3927-4209-947a-a3a66947fe4b)
Railway Restrictions (item number 1) (id 8e7be8c6-fd4b-404c-b6f7-cf99c0a431f8)
Household Fuel and Lighting Order, 1918 (item number 1) (id 66c96e9f-1827-4f44-be86-617aa2fde2e2)
Steamship "War Cypress" (Poisoning Cases) (item number 1) (id d44fd241-14c5-4531-ab80-a225dd328a40)
Ministry of Labour (Local Agents) (item number 1) (id e9b1239f-17d0-47c8-b945-0054678651e1)
Bulgarian Military Authorities (Charges) (item number 1) (id 638a6ac5-dc49-462a-83b0-94d63640e615)
Prisoners of War (item number 1) (id 653c9d18-7d0c-43f1-bd4d-4e4c602de5af)
Post-War Priority (Standing Council Appointed) (item number 1) (id 3799ff12-6940-46d7-aa19-42dff65772f3)
Medical Practitioners (Mileage Grants) (item number 1) (id 7434c24b-fecd-43a4-894d-bb8eafcd75ff)
Hops Cultivation (item number 1) (id d13e5238-d239-4504-9867-937d136ab597)
Royal Irish Constabulary (item number 1) (id 22fcdc47-9983-4cb6-b2a6-1edce85a9475)
Old Age Pensions (item number 1) (id 5186be60-b90c-4eb9-9b7b-0f8d787e66f5)
Convalescent Home, Letchmore Lodge (item number 1) (id e0388852-2a73-479f-bcfb-a65d903e3b5d)

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