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Commons Hansard for 1 May 1919 (Volume 115)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
24 February 2026 at 8.06am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Montenegro and Serbia
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Overseas Troops (Return)
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Overseas Trade Department (Offices)
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Military Patients (Housing at Harrogate)
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Ireland
Care of Children
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County Roads (Donegal)
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Resident Magistrates
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Tipperary Boy's Detention
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Shooting Case (Dungarvan)
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Press Censor
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London Omnibus Fares
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Temporary Civil Servants
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Russian Subjects (Deportation)
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Double Rent
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Dogs (Vivisection)
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Messrs. Dunlop, Birmingham
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Oversea Settlement (Soldiers' Widows)
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Socialism (Queensland Publication)
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Government Offices (Commandeered Buildings)
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Admiralty Arch, Charing Cross
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Clothing and Drapery (Prices)
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County Hall, Westminster
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Dukedoms of Albany and Cumberland
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Honours List (Journalists)
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Foreign Securities (Penal Tax)
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Solicitors (Military Service)
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Food Supplies
Milk
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British Meat
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British Wheat
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Beer
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Questions
Coal Commission (Composition)
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Wines (Importation Licence)
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Sheet Glass Imported
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Bishopsgate Street Station
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Railway Holiday Traffic
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Lewes Gas Company
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Munitions
Dinas Mawddwy Explosives Stores
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Locomotive Purchase
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Foleshill Tenants' Association
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Nitrates
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Woolwich Arsenal (Alternative Work)
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Questions
Shop Steward, Halesowen Foundry
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Trade Union Rules
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Ministry of Health (Consultative Councils)
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Blindness (Maintenance of Afflicted Persons)
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Housing and Town Planning (Inspectors)
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Aldermen (Appointment)
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Returning Officers' Fees
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Insurance Act (Medical Benefit)
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Missing Airman (Lieutenant Mars)
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Business of the House
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Orders of the Day
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Ways and Means
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Housing, Town Planning, Etc., [Expenses]
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Board of Agriculture (Re-Organisation)
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English Sewing Cotton Company (Pension Fund)
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Civil Service Appointments (Age Limit)
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Salmon
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Meat (Allocation)
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Spirits
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Naval Officers (Bonus)
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Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar
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H.M.S. "Glatton."
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Admiral Jerram's Report
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His Majesty's Ship "Dundee."
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Army of Occupation (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve)
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Royal Marines
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Applications for Release
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Conscientious Objectors
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Signallers
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Procedure
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Men Over Forty
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Demobilisers
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Royal Army Medical Corps
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Medical Examination
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Non-Combatant Corps
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Russian Relief Force (Kit)
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Long Moor Camp (Barrack Labourers)
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Requisitioned Buildings (Repairs)
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Wounded Soldiers (Training)
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Leicester School (Military Occupation)
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Coloured Labour (Repatriation)
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100th BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
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Troops Abroad (Literature)
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"Cologne Post" (Advertisements)
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Voluntary Recruiting
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Bedfordshire Transport Battalion, Weymouth
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White Troops, Mesopotamia
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Machine Gun Corps (Private Rawlings)
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5th BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS (PRIVATE TISDALL)
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Explosives Stores, Dinas Mawddwy (Guard)
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Army Pensions (Forfeiture of Rights)
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Officers' Dispersal Unit, Sloane Street
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Army Huts (Purchase)
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Ex-Service Men (Employment)
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Alternative Pensions (Delays)
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Hospital Accommodation, Harrogate
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3/5th West Riding Regiment (Private Crossley)
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Naval Officers (Discharge Gratuities)
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Soldiers' Gratuities
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Acting Paymasters (Gratuity)
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Majors (Pensions and Retirement)
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Royal Engineers (Signallers)
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Post Office Servants (Gratuity)
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Somerset Light Infantry
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217th Division Labour Corps
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Dispersal Boards (Medical Men)
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Military Hospital Accommodation, West Ham
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Disabled Soldiers (Surgical Appliances)
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Discharged Soldiers (Training)
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Motor-Cars
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Dismantling Aeroplanes, Farnborough
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Aeroplane Construction (Cypress)
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Civil Flying
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Air Routes (Portsmouth)
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Aeroplane Wings (Dope Recovery)
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Woolwich Arsenal
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Requisitioned Premises, Leicester
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Local Election Literature (Postage)
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Out-Of-Work Donation
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Indentured Women
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Riots
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Retired Officers (Pensions)
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Currency Notes
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Interned Persons
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Matabeleland
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Relieving Officer, Thrapston (War Bonus)
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Fever Hospital, Fazakerley
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Infectious Cases (Hospital Accommodation)
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School Teachers (Army Service)
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London Road, Kew Bridge, Brentford
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Petrol
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Hayward's Heath Station
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Post Office Servants (Promotion)
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Telephone Service, Stirlingshire
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Edinburgh Post Office (Secretary)
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Municipal Franchise, Scotland,
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Farm Settlement, Patrington
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Agricultural Work (Withdrawal of Soldiers)
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Agriculture (Royal Commission)
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Artificial Fertilisers (Prices)
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British Prisoners (Russia)
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Trade Inquiries Abroad
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Drill Hall, Chepstow (Government Occupation)
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