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Commons Hansard for 17 May 1920 (Volume 129)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
24 February 2026 at 8.18am.
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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PILOTAGE PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 1) BILL,
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PILOTAGE PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No 2) BILL,
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Coal Production
Kent Coalfield
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Output and Exports
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Supplies, London
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Increased Prices
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Supplies, Holyhead
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Railway Rates Rebate, Barrow
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Bunker Supplies, Scotland
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Poland
Munitions
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Typhus
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Wreck Obstruction, Start Bay
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Carbonate of Potash
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School Children (Improved Conditions)
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Food Supplies
Sugar
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Condensed Milk
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Milk
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Insurance (Lord Parmoor's Committee)
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Churches, City of London
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Vatican (British Mission)
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Teachers' Pensions
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Government Departments (Publicity Officers)
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Agricultural Bill
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Ex-Service Men
Unemployment, Bristol
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Consular Service
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Silver Coinage
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Amritsar (Hunter Report)
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Old Age Pensions
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Washington Labour Conference Conyention
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Transport
Railway Season Tickets
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Passengers Luggage (Delivery)
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Advertisements on Bridges
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Cheap Fares (Seasonal Workers)
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County Highways (Scotland)
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Arabia (Emir of Hail)
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Syria (French Paper Money)
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Passports (France and Belgium)
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Germany (Currency)
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Pedigree Cattle (Exhibitions)
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Business of the House
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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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Supply [10th Allotted Day]
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Medical Establishments and Services
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Civilians Employed on Fleet Services
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Educational Services
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Private Business
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Supply
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Scientific Services
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Royal Naval Reserves
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Naval Armaments
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Public Utility Companies (Capital Issues) Bill
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German Oil Tankers, Leith
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
Burtons Court, Chelsea
Employment Exchanges
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Queen Anne's Chambers
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Deyelopment Commission
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War Office (Women Clerks)
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Women EmployéS
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Ministry of Food
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Freightage, North Atlantic Lines
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Jam
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Divisional Food Commissioner, South Midlands
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Relief in Europe (Grants)
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Tyre Investment Trust
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Germany (British Debts, Interest)
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Foodstuffs
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Personal and Household Goods
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Wages (Regular Adjustment)
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Household Coal
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Comparatiye Figures
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Loss of S.S. "Flush" (Crew's Dependants)
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Glasgow Appeals
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Claims Pending Settlement (Advances)
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Wages (Minimum Rates)
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British Wheat (Monthly Ayerage Prices)
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Farm Training Scheme for Girls, Aberdeen
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Provision of Meals
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County Education Committees (Members' Expenses)
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H.M. Dockyards (Wages Awards)
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Admiralty EmployæS (Pay)
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Dover Harsour (Electric Current Supply)
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Munitions (Nayal)
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Boundaries (Extension)
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Local Government Employes (Superannuation)
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Income Tax (Widowers)
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Hospital Detention (Leave or Duty)
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Bakonba Camp
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Wigan Officer's Family (Maintenance)
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Board of Inquiry (7th Hussars)
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Wimsledon Common Camp
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Military Mission, Vladivostock
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Staffordshire Territorial Force Association
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Royal Air Force (Late Flight-Cadet Bridge)
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Business Premises, Manchester
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Official Journal ("Housing")
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Vaccination (Small-Pox)
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Elections (Candidates' Expenses)
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Royal Irish Constabulary (Widows' Pensions)
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Teachers' Training Colleges
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Outrage, Downpatrick (Rey. T. G. Wilkinson)
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Police Pensions
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Leith Docks (German Oil Tankers)
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Seaman's Pay and Discharge (Mp,. W. Day)
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Timser Felling, East Sutherland
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Furniture Department, Lamseth Palace Road (Discharges)
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Ministry of Pensions (Employment)
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Aeronautical Engineering
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Prisons (Temporary Night Patrols)
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National Federation Demands
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Murder of Mr. De La Hey (Madras Goyernment Report)
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Sunnis and Shiahs
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Buenos Ayres Casles (Delay)
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Hull Telephone Service
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Sus-Postmasters and Sus-Postmistresses
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National Factories
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Occupied Lands, Ellesmere Port (Rent)
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Automatic Couplers
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Railway Wagons in France
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Foremen Engineers (Wages)
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Railway Expenditure (Administratiye Departments)
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Motor Omnisus Traffic, Gloucester-Shire
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Out-Of-Work Donation
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Training Schemes for Women
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Trade Boards Act (Toy Trade)
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"Dominion "and" Colony" (Definition)
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Whaling, South Georgia (Conditions of Labour)
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Aliens Restriction Act (Goetz Mertens)
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Asia Minor (Distress)
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Russo-Japanese Treaty (Siberia)
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Afforestation
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