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Commons Hansard for 20 November 1918 (Volume 110)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 23 February 2026 at 12.06pm.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons (item number 1) (id 2a05d348-f8ef-4e58-8651-dea68f633542)

Oral Answers to Questions
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India
Military Forces (Cost) (item number 1) (id f2c08d76-be85-4699-9c1e-a533c3da5175)
Industrial Development (item number 1) (id 3e23206b-5dec-4368-bde7-efa8510cc334)
Incandescent Gas Mantle Industry (item number 1) (id 33b3c066-5f34-4e13-afd2-9954b9a6370f)

Questions
Rosyth Naval Base (Labourers' Pay) (item number 1) (id 51184d15-6703-4c38-8723-b48e5de950ce)

Russia
Mr. LOCKHART'S REPORT (item number 1) (id 8994d33b-e78b-466b-a3f1-fba387e7ccc9)

Ceylon
Constitutional Reforms (item number 1) (id be5f151d-bba4-49a1-8225-2da59a067f35)
Riots (Investigation) (item number 1) (id 2c82e715-fa9f-47b5-bafc-c9e87e793903)

Questions
Hong Kong (Deported Germans) (item number 1) (id 7e541150-a6f7-4d00-860b-cafd83d0474f)

Military Service
Men Over Forty (Salonika) (item number 1) (id c77ce27d-cea5-4553-9bda-a7909d6ac002)
Conscientious Objectors (item number 1) (id b2d9691c-0358-45e7-9708-2d0d750251db)
Volunteers (item number 1) (id 1131b1df-7959-4996-b5e1-b2af6fa93839)

Demobilisation
Army and Royal Air Force (item number 1) (id 41d1c982-1fcf-4003-afdd-39a47ec54ea9)
Kitchener's Army (item number 1) (id 5f05f086-9d36-47c6-9b15-03ac41fc7b5e)
Imprisoned Soldiers (item number 1) (id ba30bd97-af29-49fa-b3ca-53b9d520b254)
Soldiers' Fines (item number 1) (id e0fa579f-7509-44b5-bf6e-6298926618c9)
Government Departments (Office Accommodation) (item number 1) (id 813777cf-6ff6-44b5-9aae-ff38edb7b6a9)
War Munitions Volunteers (item number 1) (id 4723d44c-0cd1-4146-80e1-51c6293d0d59)
Eastern Expeditionary Forces (item number 1) (id 060a3c6e-0af6-4007-885d-de7b7a03af74)
Warrant Officers (Gratuities) (item number 1) (id c1a6c6e0-fc8e-4f0d-9bbd-5ed0f8c46809)
Young Soldiers (Education) (item number 1) (id 66cd179a-eb04-440e-9af9-a653a5349a81)
New Army and Special Reserve (item number 1) (id d6c73a15-1b7e-4e0b-b364-1c104dcbd698)
London Defences (Restoration of Land) (item number 1) (id 38ca5b96-8848-4878-bcf9-26175dc3ed3f)
1914–15 Star (item number 1) (id a0eb5616-40b0-4918-bc13-92e0fd8ca711)
Gallipoli Star (item number 1) (id c9ff154b-4a02-4c8f-9b6e-02fc51501c29)
Disabled Officers (Resignation of Commissions) (item number 1) (id 6dd81c51-80a0-477f-b4ca-493288c497b5)
Baku (British Force) (item number 1) (id b408361b-5c30-4301-8511-789d4cd4f079)
Places of Interest (Allied Forces) (item number 1) (id 50f19f06-f634-4015-b1ec-184789d115dd)
2nd King Edward's Horse (item number 1) (id 21ae291a-f48d-4975-957b-d8c56b27b55b)
Army Quartermasters (Pay) (item number 1) (id 452c6dd7-72b6-4782-969c-8b0d352abba2)
Dried Fruit (War Office Purchases) (item number 1) (id 228807d6-b0c6-4ce4-a793-a47fe6bf4742)
Swansea Vale Spelter Works (item number 1) (id 263d8817-7fdf-494f-a23d-312db3bfdb7b)
Railway Season Tickets (item number 1) (id cacc25ee-3ddf-4836-8ce9-e5adb73b5027)
Union Nationale Inter-Syndicate (item number 1) (id 38600a9d-96a9-40f5-b117-bc9d5952af95)
Albania (Relief of Distress) (item number 1) (id d560e6b8-0459-4046-9c02-52b22c6023de)
Insurance Agents (item number 1) (id cdd402a6-1470-4422-8dcb-42cb3e307070)

Ireland
Public Meetings (Censorship) (item number 1) (id 6ed2f30c-ad3d-4d72-a14d-01c2344fecb9)
Mansion House Meeting, Dublin (item number 1) (id a4fe9a10-e4bb-4a71-900d-806c7b1566f6)
Mrs. Gonne Macbride (item number 1) (id a32ec45f-d8d2-43be-abae-09826cb08e03)
National Teachers (Salaries) (item number 1) (id 67729d71-25cd-44a4-b7dd-46e04fc05f45)

Questions
New Parliament (Meeting) (item number 1) (id e72bbe5b-41b2-409e-8924-6c1f1e289225)
Toys (Importation) (item number 1) (id 46c366c0-5880-4bc4-b897-dbd399c6abce)
War (Official History) (item number 1) (id ba3e65f1-09c2-40a9-b83f-41d7ac931bfc)
Military Service Acts (Duration) (item number 1) (id 69f32c46-f0f1-4705-b896-4efcc691aed2)

Peace Conference
Deported Germans (item number 1) (id 8c6c9613-0dc0-41d7-bf39-011390a00929)
Secret Sittings (item number 1) (id 00dc8e4e-2926-4ba4-ba38-5ad85b2e383a)
Armistice Conference (item number 1) (id 04f94a78-a2c3-4386-9de7-8e673979aa86)

Food Supply
Barley (item number 1) (id cda05d6c-9af1-42f8-8d79-6206ba1a4fd4)
Bacon (item number 1) (id b07f37cc-bcca-48c6-87f2-e1d9f2994045)
State Control (item number 1) (id 6fb39f54-1e0a-46ab-ad7d-78d78074cd5c)

Questions
School Children (Summer Holidays) (item number 1) (id be85f397-b6c0-48d6-82c8-6ac8f01fe8df)
Catholic Teachers (Scotland) (item number 1) (id 4cce1e61-4331-49cb-9b99-1b03902fc782)
Naval and Military Pensions and Grants (item number 1) (id 62f7c3e7-2d37-4bba-a6f3-0a256ea931c4)
Metropolitan Police (item number 1) (id 95f75639-c133-41ad-91bc-751457714864)
Special Constabulary Force (item number 1) (id 1875e17e-e450-4ce2-ac6e-3b95c95fd170)
Austrian Subject (Internment) (item number 1) (id 3ba1ecb0-43c7-4549-8256-9fa7a8fd88d7)
Timber Trade (Scotland) (item number 1) (id ba28d3e6-a885-4bce-acd2-04fd777de941)
Airship Sheds, Rye (item number 1) (id 6cfb8320-a0df-4bd5-9b42-8768cf9056a2)

Munitions
Bomb Storage, Glasgow (item number 1) (id fa0c6e5c-01fa-4bec-b89f-be4d8ebcdf97)
Grain Alcohol (item number 1) (id d0926a04-8b54-4129-9cdc-af64ce5d9779)

Questions
War Workers (Discharges) (item number 1) (id 95a28119-51b2-4de8-a3fc-6bb9bc2120a4)
Peace Terms (Censorship) (item number 1) (id 2e51ccf9-a9cc-4994-ae54-77593e794975)

Prisoners of War
Merchant Officers Detention) (item number 1) (id f616aad0-121e-4d5a-8cb9-be45f103d37e)

Questions
Austrian Germans (item number 1) (id 61054233-19f7-451b-ac99-23a4a2e77c2a)
Naval Casualties (item number 1) (id 6094d961-dc1b-4978-8562-b7bea44ac3bc)

General Election
Absent Voters (item number 1) (id 1a1e14e6-6366-4a2a-bfec-4476913b4f97)

Questions
Ocean Cables (Control) (item number 1) (id 0cd8c035-a3f9-4b25-aa38-5f6ff0364582)
Liverpool Regiments (Invalided Elements) (item number 1) (id 9b8a6857-3ca8-453b-9252-a24c6c2c5e51)
Pensions Administration (item number 1) (id 10012493-de10-4c2d-9909-daccc11cfbdf)

British Prisoners of War in Germany
Statement by Mr. Bonar Law (item number 1) (id bd39f165-7055-45c7-93b9-e9d37e8ae824)

Questions
Royal Air Force (Casualties) (item number 1) (id 01b0b582-38ee-4f5c-a956-204562c955cd)
Coloured Labour, Salford (item number 1) (id f418e638-c99e-4647-a143-6fe973b51e8e)
Message from the Lords (item number 3) (id a99d3fed-c43a-482d-8c1c-779ea86d7344)
Business of the House (item number 4) (id db0892a8-ad7f-4e90-8ae9-034595fd4977)
Armistice (Congratulatory Messages) (item number 5) (id b4ffc9cb-ce14-49c4-b087-fdc1c71a0f34)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Questions
Enemy Mercantile Marine (item number 1) (id 39b0ee0c-77f8-418c-ab44-685ffb04638b)
Surplus Government Property (item number 1) (id 96ebde1d-ffcd-4fb7-9658-297e49a44ce0)
Income Tax (item number 1) (id 824bd317-4c62-4974-b308-fcdde1718f0e)
Land Settlement (Ex-Service Men) (item number 1) (id 5b3719cf-098b-46a1-9e26-34897f547fc7)
Old Age Pensions (item number 1) (id 4f36f51f-0035-4c3e-99aa-62f53ba1d00d)
Civil Service (Temporary Clerks) (item number 1) (id 8be1da23-de41-42a7-a112-9057bc3e81d2)
Royal Arsenal Pensioners (item number 1) (id fbd9212b-44be-41ea-a9bb-851a2ff1e42e)
Nut Butter (item number 1) (id 0199b762-4bd7-47e3-848e-b6a7bcbdabcc)
Fish (item number 1) (id 61cbe6f1-7f13-4a70-a8c1-57637d2fd163)
Tea (item number 1) (id 6f25083d-6161-4932-9121-e5e68a227bd9)
Mountjoy Prison (Staff) (item number 1) (id c9374cbd-431c-4558-a2c9-ac619f2c06bf)
Postal Service, Belfast (item number 1) (id 9531a54f-c808-4b84-8899-245902a8e875)
Government Departments (War Bonus) (item number 1) (id 39482045-1f24-4bd7-92aa-7282af781425)
Dublin Post Office (Sick Leave) (item number 1) (id 56c6c78d-cda7-41aa-9376-9b53d1f002d7)
Torpedo Factory, Fort Matilda (item number 1) (id 1e11e0ea-6ad8-442b-bca0-5e0c87c47f10)
French Memento of Service (item number 1) (id 46fe9ab3-c2dc-4a69-bb7b-7864d524cae3)
Building Trade (item number 1) (id 5add54fe-8112-46ff-beb3-24d8a605acfb)
Business Proprietors (item number 1) (id c282df27-27f0-41c9-aa51-0713b7c77de9)
Woollen Trade (item number 1) (id a03e3a76-9964-484f-9793-adf53dda3527)
Long Service Men (Pensions) (item number 1) (id 440c332c-55d1-4d3a-8a53-6364a588087e)
Gun Trophies (Protection) (item number 1) (id 2711ab84-cdf4-4ec3-8c86-4566ad233d66)
Royal Engineers (Transferred Officers) (item number 1) (id f543e9be-54ee-4829-b8bd-7a1d729f1679)
Dr. EDWARD YEATES (item number 1) (id c02a6dff-fc22-4959-b2b9-9f5b0fcb9928)
Soldiers (Christmas Parcels) (item number 1) (id 50d6ed7c-5ef4-4d45-b471-f12b2ff5872f)
Belmont Camp (Orderlies) (item number 1) (id dd1320b7-7d98-4cb4-87f7-bfe15eed80b1)
Red Cross Society (item number 1) (id 0f9f4d77-5c8c-4989-a94d-4e14b0e1db9e)
North Russia Expeditionary Force (Pay) (item number 1) (id 28524e80-3d36-49ee-9aaf-1f209f2b3f66)
Naval and Military Pensions and Grants (item number 1) (id ee48b347-fdfb-48f2-a1e7-cb38905a0f77)
Capital Advanced to Manufacturers (item number 1) (id 375e033e-ae8a-4fde-8eaa-a41a0663aabd)
Soldier Apprentices (item number 1) (id e96e1618-3605-404f-92a5-7d3263d5bec3)
South African Soldiers (item number 1) (id 182d6d6e-632a-4764-aa91-5a98009520c4)
South African Soldiers (Pensions) (item number 1) (id 42d88c3a-3545-453a-ba8a-eb0d4bd36e5d)
Poor Law Institutions (Children) (item number 1) (id 0843c49b-b3ea-4413-94e3-e817b15e160f)
Friendly Societies (Solvency) (item number 1) (id 654e6770-4975-4e26-82bf-cc142db6cc11)
Motor Cars (Church Attendance) (item number 1) (id 28926615-07c1-4aa5-8e81-a608986eae2a)
Travelling Facilities (Christmas Holidays) (item number 1) (id fb598d49-ea90-4c25-9238-3333fcd98793)
Pensioned Civil Servants (War Service) (item number 1) (id 4e7e38f7-ed74-4172-b41f-641c40a4b483)
Egyptian Ministry of Public Works (item number 1) (id bccbc8ac-249d-44b6-8a6e-642cc499dadf)

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