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Commons Hansard for 8 May 1919 (Volume 115)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 24 February 2026 at 8.08am.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House of Commons (item number 1) (id a2697a63-470c-4844-b420-3e8ac473ae51)

Oral Answers to Questions

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Business of the House (item number 3) (id 39cc0dcc-5377-4ea5-800e-d0e10a995add)
Orders of the Day (item number 4) (id ca78ebab-6ada-458a-965a-a1d5e6d787c7)
Ways and Means.—[1st May.] (item number 5) (id f199cf99-d2c1-410e-9756-087d4fac1f4f)
Disabled Men (Facilities for Employment) Bill (item number 6) (id 4d5a03d2-cab1-49af-9984-dbdbd2cc49f6)
Wages (Temporary Regulation) Extension Bill (item number 7) (id 28bc7cc3-e2e9-4a26-a307-df23a8af9ed2)
Land Settlement (Facilities) [Money] (item number 8) (id 1429bff5-0af5-422b-a98b-2705f514ddb7)
Disabled Men (Facilities for Employment) [Money] (item number 9) (id e1e2c8e0-0554-4b37-86da-4eb912a32349)
Government War Obligations (item number 10) (id 822a89bc-7c4c-4300-b1f1-8a7c6c56c32c)
Business of the House (item number 11) (id 9d2017f8-9b64-4af3-9917-f2c84d42ea63)
Demobilisation (North Russia) (item number 12) (id 6ce22f97-0bca-4eb4-8d5a-d321c6fb9983)

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Imperial Preference (item number 1) (id bbb4f60b-614f-4675-8ad6-10e3ec80b3ef)
Injuries in War Compensation Act (item number 1) (id 70b0fcc9-0c6e-4a58-b5c9-860ef8dc2345)
Returning Officers' Expenses, Scotland (item number 1) (id 73f71c47-14a7-4db9-9092-0a429007408c)
National Board of Education (Clerks' Remuneration) (item number 1) (id 8e0220b7-344b-4644-8e86-e369ea0e9f8c)
Potatoes (item number 1) (id 0db6ed62-eff1-42cf-97ea-61952c03703d)
Aliens in Government Departments (item number 1) (id fbe4bb2c-21fd-47b8-8d94-685c978c8ffa)
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"Goeben" (Admiralty Instructions) (item number 1) (id 424aff56-1784-43a2-9512-5892aa0af402)
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Applications for Release (item number 1) (id e89d4158-9a10-4249-afa8-cba2792588d8)
Troops in India (item number 1) (id f90756ad-80da-4f96-8925-20075d448b5b)
Royal Engineers (Signal Company) (item number 1) (id 8c603516-f5b2-4d33-a469-1785887c030f)
Building Trade (item number 1) (id 5757811c-5c07-4ca6-980e-187059d5a305)
Men Enlisted in 1914 and 1915 (item number 1) (id da913b61-e9ab-4335-b426-6813aecb046f)
Compassionate Grounds (item number 1) (id a69b9fad-a113-4213-bb57-a67ccb6ca8db)
Low Medical Categories (item number 1) (id a8848d48-db02-426a-b002-c2341ce5b5e6)
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Railway Employes (item number 1) (id 5add93ca-5789-4129-a409-4d867f004022)
Medically Rejected Volunteers (item number 1) (id f5a8402c-0e18-43fe-8a9d-4faa6986946e)
Soldiers' Leave (item number 1) (id 06537a38-27e4-4c8b-8ef7-5f6ca6f46149)
War Divisional Signs (item number 1) (id bead412c-2afd-4b26-b73b-f464cdfd8602)
British Army (After-War Uniforms) (item number 1) (id 633f5843-256e-484b-9959-35e5c376f85e)
Rhine Army (Officers' Wives) (item number 1) (id 1a0ce1f6-1faf-4677-aa3e-f3f967924a8e)
Kut Garrison (Recognition) (item number 1) (id 6b897d5f-afa7-4121-afb8-9c334b61e15d)
Army Appointments (Viscount French's Statement) (item number 1) (id 8988c97c-c5a2-4ccb-960f-20ac123bfff0)
Surplus Army Stores (Medical Equipment) (item number 1) (id 13fa45c8-d1ff-4122-a799-337c7fdea801)
British Troops, Eastern Europe and Siberia (item number 1) (id c147372c-9e87-4bc8-b8f7-5deeabdc6813)
Agricultural Labour Company, Richmond, Yorkshire (item number 1) (id 8084b849-c50d-43c2-b4f2-857ea616f78a)
Surplus Government Stores (Disposal) (item number 1) (id a2c9dc47-5231-41d5-9f67-542267409c23)
Demobilised Gunner (Re-Employment) (item number 1) (id d6528acd-b137-47f4-a7ad-77805410a9ed)
Territorial Force (Promotion) (item number 1) (id c64e0d34-ba13-447d-995a-b4775d01df3b)
Retired Colonels (Pensions) (item number 1) (id adf45ddb-f948-45d4-bcf3-482ab77a9d79)
South African Recruits (Passage Money) (item number 1) (id 116c12e3-e3be-4828-a491-b9fc7f873835)
Prisoners of War, Turkey (Expenses) (item number 1) (id 43bc0660-7340-48e2-9cf2-0892267a95ac)
Deferred Pay (W. Greenfield) (item number 1) (id 4251ebbc-52ee-40fc-be81-a8b0504c5e12)
His Majesty's Forces (Members of Parliament) (item number 1) (id e457dd11-841b-4818-a95a-3c7c054ee47b)
Bounty (Prisoners of War) (item number 1) (id c63cba11-7b07-416b-86e2-a6ff816d67d2)
Separation Allowance (Arrears) (item number 1) (id c8478b3f-7045-415b-90de-eb528aed1e45)
Wound Gratuity (item number 1) (id 2e994337-ac61-4e98-810e-08d95ba76d85)
Wife's Lodging Allowance (item number 1) (id db9a5ac9-b843-4ab4-9903-1afe212c711a)
Manchester Regiment (Quartermaster-Sergeant) (item number 1) (id af9c1cb1-cec9-4f4f-8e05-5e6a9889d599)
Claim Settlement (item number 1) (id e0d95dec-119f-4c42-85d4-fdf336cbe4cf)
Assessment Disputed (item number 1) (id 29da3d8e-ae82-46ee-abbc-8d25361ebbfd)
War Pension Committees (Appointments) (item number 1) (id 8722daf7-5c36-42ff-b159-ec3e5e9b47b0)
Parachutes (item number 1) (id 6190c807-674d-4953-9275-53ba94b22a7d)
Aircraft Manufacturing Company (item number 1) (id 8ebf6486-0043-4f2a-82f8-8e262904c17c)
Surplus Aeroplanes (item number 1) (id a4ad5f23-b799-4951-9fbd-8c81710f4609)
Demobilisation (Deferred Payment System) (item number 1) (id de636a0e-fc2e-43b3-aff9-f70d7057e6f0)
Atlantic Flight (item number 1) (id fcbdb32d-fa62-4683-9437-f22aad6c133d)
Ministry of Munitions (Advisory Experts) (item number 1) (id fb87314d-903f-47fb-a8a6-de863e21283d)
Disabled Soldiers (Training) (item number 1) (id 99800a23-f8de-46e1-8143-df54516dfe2c)
Teachers' Superannuation Act (item number 1) (id 6d59343b-503c-416d-9e7d-bfb3af4b8ccb)
Montagu-Chelmsford Report (item number 1) (id eb40012e-d87c-44f1-b34a-2505aaa639db)
Republican Propaganda (item number 1) (id 0ed411f2-bd4b-4a81-850d-b075c6f03e4e)
National Insurance (Tuberculosis) (item number 1) (id 4413ab0f-70fc-4761-8c1e-13aea8618982)
Workmen's Trains, Belfast (item number 1) (id 1424c380-539a-4d6d-900e-956358172f76)
Local Authorities' Schemes (item number 1) (id f3ee6609-1ebc-4426-a60c-04e4f5be42f9)
Electric and Gas Appliances (item number 1) (id 450a7add-984a-4b17-9a96-fe96a8782f2c)
Venereal Disease (item number 1) (id 346b0f38-532c-4e68-9545-23f9ee60b984)
Milk Supply (item number 1) (id b8e065b4-e9ed-4e5a-8369-902212254de7)
Peace Celebrations (Expenditure) (item number 1) (id dcff142e-4979-4efb-9c42-e78371cb0c56)
Railway Fares (item number 1) (id 39675d12-973e-49f8-b782-d5ab9899ffeb)
Sub-Post Office, Kennington Park Road (item number 1) (id d575be68-5dd8-4486-8875-cf9a35eb1e1f)
War Gratuity Books (Delays) (item number 1) (id c4a2faa5-46c4-4035-9849-72e95b60263a)
Euston Square Post Office (item number 1) (id e6483993-c279-4d28-9f62-ec5f94e631e9)
Telegraph Facilities, High Wycombe (item number 1) (id ce761ad5-451a-4cfb-8966-02f80f98583f)
Tuberculous Cattle (item number 1) (id 60977f44-1fa1-4382-b896-574aa3060dc4)
Fertilisers (item number 1) (id 68c2c2c1-c9ab-4bbd-b3b8-cf4eeca86a91)
Tuberculous Milk (item number 1) (id ae06d963-4179-42a3-80e2-f077a3dfc945)
Army of Occupation (Agricultural Labourers) (item number 1) (id 1610c119-916f-4942-a746-6d9d84d80ef2)
Board of Agriculture (Officials) (item number 1) (id 5073cd19-132c-4160-b996-6afa17b86fb4)
East Riding Agricultural Wages Committee (item number 1) (id 04cce6b3-1c97-4efa-8774-e13a1077aadf)
Appointed Members (item number 1) (id 53993171-2cf1-4a96-b8e9-2a05a0b81a28)
Representatives of Local Employers (item number 1) (id 3822f46a-f4f4-462e-93ef-be2697eafd0f)
Representatives of Local Workmen (item number 1) (id 53568016-31f5-4586-913c-1af671ace080)
Ministry of Labour (Officials) (item number 1) (id 6fe7f10c-86bd-45b2-8e44-720f17527549)
Table "C." (item number 1) (id f6411835-b883-4862-acec-f29cc287bbd6)
Committee Trusts (Report) (item number 1) (id 02aa4752-b6cb-4769-8ee6-39d95d1b87d8)
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Agricultural Produce (Transport) (item number 1) (id b33a82f9-86a2-4e5b-a1f0-b37ea69744c3)
Japanese Silk Goods (Importation) (item number 1) (id 254a1040-c583-48ad-9470-61bcbd004a18)
United States (British Passengers) (item number 1) (id 08278843-8882-491f-89f8-7c524259e07a)

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