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Commons Hansard for 12 May 1920 (Volume 129)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
24 February 2026 at 8.17am.
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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Royal Navy
Ex-Enemy Warships
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H.M.S. "Indus," Artificers' Mess
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Officers, Voluntary Retirement
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Deserters
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Royal Dockyards (Merchant Tonnage)
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Schoolmasters
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Jutland Battle (Prize Bounty)
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Mercantile Marine, Admiralty Service
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Admiralty, Motor Vehicles
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Disability Pensions (Retained Naval Ratings)
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Ex-Service Men
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Appointments Department
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Edmonton Training Centre
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Royal Engineering Yards (Aldershot Command)
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Out-Of-Work Donation
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Tuberculous Soldiers
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Housing
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Unoccupied Houses
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Building Materials
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Workers Employed
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Land Prices, London
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Government Subsidies
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Rent Restriction Bill
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Local Authorities (Borrowing)
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Business Premises
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Building Materials (Sales)
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Maternity and Child Welfare
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Blind Basket and Chair Makers
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Public Vaccinators
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Juvenile Employment Committees
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Russia
Embassy, London
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Anti-Bolshevik Forces
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British Army
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Deceased Soldiers, Ypres
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Territorial Force (Special Medal)
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Troops in Egypt (Hospital Transport)
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Committee of Imperial Defence
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League of Nations
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Financial Conference, Brussels
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Mandates
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Poland
Marshal Pilsudski
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Soviet Government
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Germany
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Reparation Proposals
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Coloured Troops
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Agriculture
Government Bill
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Farms (County Committees)
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Stored-Up Fertility
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Unemployment Insurance Bill
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Egypt (Lord Milner's Report)
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Post Office
Assistant's Dismissal (South Shields)
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Girl Telegraph Messengers
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Letter Delivery, Edinburgh
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Ex-Enemy Merchant Ships
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Coal Production
Dublin Supplies
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Industrial and Household Coal (Increased Prices)
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Royal Gunpowder Factory, Gretna
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Afforestation
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Steel Plates
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Exports and Imports
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Living (Cost)
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Business of the House
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Bill Presented
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Profiteering (Amendment) Bill,
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Invergordon Harbour (Transfer) Bill,
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Message from the Lords
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Standing Orders,
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Selection (Standing Committees),
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Orders of the Day
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Finance Bill
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Coal Production
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Private Business
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Coal Prices
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
National Expenditure (Treasury Control)
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Direct Taxation
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Excess Profits Duty
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Income Tax (Charitable Donations)
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Economies and Reductions
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Ministry of Health
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Inland Revenue Clerks,Finchley (Pay)
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Credit Inflation (Bank Rate)
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Civil Servants (Travelling Allowances)
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War Compensation Claims
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Pre-War Police Pensions (Government Grant)
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Treasury Bonds (Subscriptions)
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Government Stocks (Small Holders)
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Mechanical Lighters (Duty)
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Household Supplies
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Prices (Increase)
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Education (Examinations)
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Royal Engineer Services (Officers'emoluments)
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Discharge by Purchase
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War Graves (Mercantile Marine)
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Royal Naval College, Osborne
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Deceased Officers' Parents (Pensions)
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Land Settlement, Caithness and Sutherland
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Ministry of Food, Kidderminster
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Plumbers, London Area
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Disabled Men (Training)
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Agricultural Training Centre, Quedgeley (Tuberculous Cases)
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Rent Restriction Bill
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De-Control (Prices)
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Irish Cattle (Dead-Weight Basis, (Glasgow)
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Fishing Industries (Ice Supplies)
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Bread (Price, Aldershot)
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Fruit (Imports from Holland)
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Anglo-Persian Oil Company (Australia)
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Tin Mining Industry, Cornwall
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Edmonton Munitions Company
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Surplus Government Machinery (Sale, Glasgow)
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Teachers' Salaries (Minimum National Scale)
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Afforestation, Currour and Sutherland
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Allotments, Wick
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Coasting Trade
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Advisory Board (Fishing Industry)
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Conveyance of Fish (Owners' Risk)
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Vaccination (Small-Pox, Ireland)
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Municipal Election Expenses (Postage)
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Russia (Baku Oilfields)
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School Teachers (Pensions)
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Arrest (Aleck Weinstock)
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Deportation Orders (Procedure)
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Immigration (Poll Tax)
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Workmen's Compensation Acts
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Public Works Department (Rates of Pay)
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Crown Colonies and Protectorates (Indian Communities)
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Live-Stock Improvement Scheme, Yorkshire
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Royal Botanical Gardens,Kew (Wages)
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Land Cultivation
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Emigration, British Dominions
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"Labour Gazette."
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Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic)
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