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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
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
Surgical Boots (Officers)
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Case for Inquiry
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Widow's Second Marriage
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Demobilised Soldier's Death
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Questions
War Pensions Committees (Voluntary Workers)
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King's Lancashire Convalescent Home, Blackpool
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Convalescent Soldiers (Accommodation)
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Scots Newspaper ("in Memoriam" Notice)
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Shell-Shock Treatment
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Museum and Art Galleries
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Death Sentence
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Ministry of Labour (Appointments Branch)
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Employment Exchanges (Holwell Iron Company)
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Farm Workers (Durham and Yorkshire)
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Infantile Insurance
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Baskets (Importation from Austria)
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Coal Supply
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Central Forest Authority
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Hungarian Government
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Imperial War Cabinet
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Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic)
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De Keyser's Hotel
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Ministry of Scientific and Industrial Research
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Retired Civil Servants (War Bonus)
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Miss Douglas Pennant
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Ministry of National Service
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Public Expenditure (Treasury Control)
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Budget Proposals
Expenditure
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Revenue
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Pre-War Funded Debt
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Post Office
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Income Tax
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Imperial Preference
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Company Registration
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British Spelter Output
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Zinc Concentrates
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National Smelting Company, Limited, Avonmouth
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Patents
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Russia (Georgian Troops)
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Silver (Maximum Price)
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Milk Supply
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Business of the House
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Orders of the Day
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Ways and Means.—[1st May.]
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Disabled Men (Facilities for Employment) Bill
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Wages (Temporary Regulation) Extension Bill
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Land Settlement (Facilities) [Money]
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Disabled Men (Facilities for Employment) [Money]
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Government War Obligations
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Demobilisation (North Russia)
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Injuries in War Compensation Act
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Returning Officers' Expenses, Scotland
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National Board of Education (Clerks' Remuneration)
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Potatoes
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Aliens in Government Departments
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Gibraltar Dockyard (Workmen's Compensation)
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Gibraltar Dockyard (Wages)
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Retained Officers (Pensions)
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Able-Bodied Seamen Gunners
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Seamen (Pay)
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Engineer Officers (Servants' Allowances)
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Lower Deck Organisations
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"Goeben" (Admiralty Instructions)
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Mercantile Marine (Bonuses)
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Applications for Release
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Troops in India
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Royal Engineers (Signal Company)
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Building Trade
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Men Enlisted in 1914 and 1915
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Compassionate Grounds
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Low Medical Categories
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Apprentices
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Railway Employes
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Medically Rejected Volunteers
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Soldiers' Leave
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War Divisional Signs
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British Army (After-War Uniforms)
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Rhine Army (Officers' Wives)
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Kut Garrison (Recognition)
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Army Appointments (Viscount French's Statement)
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Surplus Army Stores (Medical Equipment)
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British Troops, Eastern Europe and Siberia
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Agricultural Labour Company, Richmond, Yorkshire
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Surplus Government Stores (Disposal)
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Demobilised Gunner (Re-Employment)
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Territorial Force (Promotion)
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Prisoners of War, Turkey (Expenses)
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Deferred Pay (W. Greenfield)
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His Majesty's Forces (Members of Parliament)
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Claim Settlement
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Assessment Disputed
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Parachutes
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Aircraft Manufacturing Company
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Demobilisation (Deferred Payment System)
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Teachers' Superannuation Act
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National Insurance (Tuberculosis)
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Workmen's Trains, Belfast
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Local Authorities' Schemes
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Venereal Disease
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Milk Supply
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Sub-Post Office, Kennington Park Road
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War Gratuity Books (Delays)
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Tuberculous Cattle
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Table "C."
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