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Commons Hansard for 20 November 1919 (Volume 121)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 6.27pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Private Business
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
Special Inspection Department
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Discharged Women (Medically Unfit)
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Furniture (Hire-Purchase System)
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Foreign Office (Mr Namier)
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Hungary
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Consul-General At Hankow
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Montenegro
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Russia
Danish Red Cross Mission
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Communications With Turkestan
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Blockade (Soviet Russia)
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British Subjects (Recruitment For Government Service)
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British Munitions (Acquisition By Bolsheviks)
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Baltic States (Soviet Negotiations)
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Inter-Allied Conference
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Admiral Koltchak, General Denikin And General Yudenitch
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Bolshevik Atrocities (Photographs)
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Questions To Prime Minister
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Austrian Peace Treaty
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Trade And Commerce
Imports And Exports Regulation Bill
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Ireland
Government Of Ireland Bill
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Raid On British Ship (Cork)
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Political Offenders
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Profiteering Act (Belfast)
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Transport Administration
Railway Strike (Cost)
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Railway Management (Negotiations)
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Drink Traffic (Wales)
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Armenia
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Unemployment
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National Relief Fund
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Currency Notes
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Enemy-Owned Securities
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Customs And Excise Department (P O'brien)
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National Economy
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Excess Profits Duty (Shipowners)
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Business Of The House
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Standing Orders
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Bill Presented
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Message From The Lords
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Orders Of The Day
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Electricity (Supply) Bill
New Clause—(Powers Of Electricity Commissioners To Suspend Or Annul Contracts)
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Navy And Army Expenditure
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Written Answers
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Transport Administration
Wages (Standardisation)
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Empty Cases
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Coal (Expenditure)
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Wagons
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Rates Advisory Committee
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Physical Education
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Increase Of Rent Act (Penalty Rent)
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Disarmament
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Food Supplies
Bacon
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Milk Prices
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Rum
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Cattle And Sheep (Grading)
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Fat Stock
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Dried Fruits
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Oil Cake
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Whisky In Bond
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Refrigerated Meat
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Ireland
County Courts
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Police (Pensions)
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Public Health (Treatment Of Children) Act
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Troops (Cost)
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Royal Navy
Hms "Indomitable"
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Sub-Lieutenants (Pay)
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Salvage Claims
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Floating Mines, North Sea
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Royal Dockyards (Short Time)
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Naval Coal Stores, Halifax
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Prisoners Of War (Awards For Services)
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Army Commissions
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Engineer Services, War Department (Discharges)
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Lieut-Colonel G S Haines
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Army Decorations
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Army Officers (Uniform)
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52Nd Battalion Manchester Regiment
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Under-Age Recruits
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Medals And Orders (Ribbons)
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Chinese (Employment In France)
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Soldier's Pay (Separation Order)
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Territorial Force (Officers)
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
Mental Cases (Treatment)
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Local War Pensions Committees, London
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Class Z Reserve (War Gratuity)
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Munitions
Hereford Factory
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Surplus Stokes (Disposal)
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Gretna Factory
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School Teachers' Superannuation
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School Buildings
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Aliens
Repatriation
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Shops (Early Closing) Bill
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Special Constables, Barrow-In-Furness
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Weights And Measures Acts (Police Duties)
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Miss Lillian Scott Troy (Deportation)
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Blackmailing Allegations
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Ex-Policemen (Pay Arrears)
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Lewes Board Of Guardians
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Housing
Mansfield Scheme
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Assisted Scheme Regulations, 1919
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Public Utility Societies
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Local Authorities (Liability)
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Interest On Loans
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Houses Under Construction And Sanctioned
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Evictions, Manchester
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London Insurance Committee (Medical Benefit Fund)
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Anti-Influenza Vaccine
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Infectious Diseases, London
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Coal Production
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Lost Time
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Colliery Officials' Wages
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Prices
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Employment Statistics
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Profiteering Act
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Quinine Sulphate (Committee's Findings)
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Ironmoulders' Strike
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British Dye Stuffs Corporation
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Beachley Shipyard (Discharges)
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Births, Deaths And Marriages Registry, Scotland
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Agricultural Labour, Scotland
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Potato Wart Disease, Germany
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Poland (Import Of Raw Materials)
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