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Commons Hansard for 8 December 1919 (Volume 122)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 6.53pm.
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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Persons In Receipt Of Poor Law Relief (England And Wales)
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Coal Production
Pits Closed
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Profits (Limitation)
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Sinking (Costs)
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Financial Adjustment
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Output
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Mine-Owners' Profits
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Household Fuel And Lighting Orders
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Six-Shilling Increase (Basis)
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Gas And Electric Lighting Undertakings
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Miners' Hours Reduction (Cost)
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Export And Bunker Coal
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Stocks At Pit Heads
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Household Purchases (Limitation)
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Excess Profits Duty (Assessment)
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Trade And Commerce
Imports And Exports
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Linen Trade (Flax Supply)
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Freights And Bunker Coal
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Ferro-Alloys (Manufacture)
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Commercial Travellers (Warship Accommodation)
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Transport
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Railway Administration
Advisory Committee And National Wages Board
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Tramway Fares
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Coke Ovens, Cumberland
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London And South-Western Railway
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Main Roads, North Wales
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Railway Wagons (Shortage)
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Motor Lorries, Slough
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Waiting-Room Fires, Morpeth Area
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Railway Strike (Melton Constable Case)
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Railwaymen's Wages (Standardisation)
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Railway Facilities, Nottingham
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Week-End Tickets (Ex-Service Men)
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Profiteertng (Gross Profits)
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Royalties Syndicate
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Germany (Hohenzollerns)
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Standing Orders (Bills Suspended)
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Air Raids (Compensation)
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Commandeered Property (County Rates)
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Government Of India Bill
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Egypt
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Russia
Soviet Government
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Agriculture
Fertilisers
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Hops (Area Under Cultivation)
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Flax
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Government Policy
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Surplus Government Stores
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Army And Air Force (Estimates)
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Civil Services (Supplementary Estimate 1919–20)
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Message From The Lords
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Union Of Benefices Bill Lords
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Business Of The House
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Workmen's Compensation (War Addition) Amendment Bill
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Housing (Additional Powers) Expenses
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Standing Committees (Chair- Men's Panel)
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Orders Of The Day
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Housing (Additional Powers) Bill
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Housing (Additional Powers) Bill
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Nurses Registration (No 2) Bill
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Nurses Registration (Ireland) Bill
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Isle Of Man (Customs) Bill
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County Courts Bill Lords
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Clause 2—(Transfer Of Actions Of Tort Where Plaintiff Is Without Visible Means Of Paying Costs)
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Clause 22—(Juries)
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Clause 26—(Distribution Of Compensation On The Death Of A Dependant)
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Clause 27—(Short Title, Commencement, And Repeal)
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Rats And Mice (Destruction) Bill
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Clause 4—(Powers Of Local Authorities And Authorised Persons And Penalty For Interference)
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New Clause—(Prosecutions)
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Clause 6—(Interpretation)
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Clause 7—(Application To Scotland)
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Clause 10—(Short Title)
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Written Answers
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Written Answers
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Income Tax (Civil Service Pensions)
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Food Supplies
Meat
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Bacon
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Milk
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Candied Peel
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Sugar
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Fish
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Demobilisation
Troops In Mesopotamia
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Connaught Club, Marble Arch
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Armenian Refugees
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Retained Territorial Soldiers (Leave)
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War Office (Territorial Branch)
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Soldiers And Munition Workers (Repatriation)
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Allied Prisoners Of War, Germany
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Hay
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
Army Masseuses (Gratuity)
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Application For Increased Pension
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Compulsorily Retired Officers (Gratuity)
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Disability Pension
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Munitions
Contracts (Break Clause)
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War Motors Association
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Current Expenditure
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Fertilisers
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Cloth
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Gretna Factory (Police Force)
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Fair-Wages Clause
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Woolwich Arsenal (Pensions Scheme)
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Rhodesia Reserves Commission (Sir R Coryndon)
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Housing
Building Grants
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Housing (Additional Powers) Bill
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National Health Insurance (Medical Service)
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Mortality Rate)
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Coal Production
Coal Agents' Profits
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Patent Office Library
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Profiteering Act
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Imports And Exports Regulation Bill
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Transport
Horseflesh (Railway Rates)
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Inland Navigation
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Wagon Shortage
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Canal Carriers (Boatmen's Hours)
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Consignments (Non-Delivery)
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Perishable Food
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Railway Fares
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South Wales And Monmouthshire
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Wagon Supply
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Canal Companies' Clerks
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Post Office
Supervising Officers, London
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Air-Mail Service (Fee)
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Telephone Service
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Officials (Compulsory Retirement)
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Gravesend School For Sea Training
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Out-Of-Work Donation
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His Majesty's National Roll Of Honour
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Ex-Service Men (Employment)
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Housing And Furnishing Trades (Skilled Labour)
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Ex-Officers (Training Grants)
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Unemployment
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Temperance (Scotland) Act
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