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Commons Hansard for 20 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 (item number 1) (id 75ecb7df-f139-4576-a2e1-374ac2f1f887)

Oral Answers to Questions

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Business of the House (item number 3) (id efd24389-f516-4486-88ae-15af8e2a7031)
Bills Presented (item number 4) (id 0e27c869-5456-4062-95cf-24ac46f02b6a)
Sittings of the House (item number 5) (id be42cdda-0402-4f6f-ae55-9cfb333974db)
Message from the Lords, (item number 6) (id 2a348cf2-1264-4f8d-927c-16b4e95dd014)
Selection (Standing Committees) (item number 7) (id 0c2dd650-5c3d-46e8-96e6-169f9fd2051e)
Orders of the Day (item number 8) (id cb86168f-07cb-4bc8-ac7a-c68942dab95e)
Profiteering (Amendment) Bill (item number 9) (id 35167fb8-cc48-4bf4-b386-e9b7f1149d71)
Whitsuntide Recess (Adjournment) (item number 10) (id 21d60727-ad6d-44d1-9098-45d1344f9d83)
Royal Assent (item number 11) (id a1e9f986-72a9-4903-a20a-ef5b0595b515)
Whitsuntide Recess (Adjournment) (item number 12) (id 34c485ec-7bd8-4a9c-ac18-16fa37d8b2e4)
Ireland (item number 13) (id c836a359-45c8-43d5-8233-2b244d692487)
Munitions Disposal Board (Colonel Spurrier) (item number 14) (id 7ad56a51-21f1-464f-ac71-258c0a22423f)

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Pre-War Pensions (Widowers) (item number 1) (id 111368a9-4a5f-4827-bb2f-5995358de556)
Plumage Bill (item number 1) (id eb3681e7-320f-4262-8243-2526b6a012d2)
Military Service Acts (item number 1) (id 68e8efb0-f3b5-4f3d-b018-5d7bfa789a43)
Mess-Jacket (item number 1) (id ebcbdac5-cd85-49fe-9517-badc5ba8a7ce)
Norfolk Regiment (Private Lowe) (item number 1) (id e3b3e30f-1212-4f1d-93fa-7a2fb206fffe)
Royal Garrison Artillery (Gunner Gilbey's Estate) (item number 1) (id a7ad8ce1-4adb-4b08-a12f-d9307df8565a)
Soldiers' Accounts, India (item number 1) (id 50c16c6a-c2b0-478d-8375-1cdaf9251f24)
Troops in Egypt (Family Allowance) (item number 1) (id 53fd35cf-6a3d-4ac8-9e86-e232b176287b)
Vaccination, Woolwich (item number 1) (id af85135e-d912-4629-ab69-f9f85eb4fcf4)
Artificers, Royal Artillery (Promotion) (item number 1) (id 4aa37c30-5293-4e9c-ba89-6c09adb37064)
Re-Employed Officers (item number 1) (id 8fdb13d4-e7c9-4db3-97cd-f84ca4ca5282)
Venereal Disease (item number 1) (id f5a0b6e7-86f1-45ea-845a-678bd7bea845)
Navy and Army Canteen Board (item number 1) (id ecad840b-8d39-4ab3-b966-51aeb0a9a762)
Re-Assessment of Pensions (Canadian Soldiers) (item number 1) (id b575356d-0015-4abd-b49c-01af37453467)
Royal Air Force (Corporal G. Colin's Gratuity) (item number 1) (id ad8c33ec-4b02-4c57-9951-f5a8ed9708c8)
Disability Pensions (Mr. a. J. Goodall, Bueslem) (item number 1) (id 449ccff8-93e0-47ea-a28b-fa13d9d33353)
Renewal Pension Books (item number 1) (id 931eb6a5-f3d9-4873-b31f-98fef7b2fb5f)
Widow's Pension (Adopted Child) (item number 1) (id 213dd719-a221-4ac8-aaa0-88b5b10c4708)
Artificial Limbs (item number 1) (id a4ff4121-0dfd-4ee6-8787-6c443673de86)
Institutional Treatment (item number 1) (id ddf30490-710a-44d8-8e7b-51e593f77387)
Re-Settlement Grant (item number 1) (id 99d4833f-c00f-4b81-b7e5-7e5d4d32a3ba)
Naval Pensions (Commutation) (item number 1) (id 5ad51ae1-01a7-4019-8055-c33d23b4e581)
Yarmouth Hospital (Rates of Pay) (item number 1) (id 10356f41-7059-438b-8344-624127d98082)
H. M. S. "Resolution" (Ratings Detained at Baku) (item number 1) (id b5f3034d-b816-4c4f-991f-d1f70994a048)
Out-Of-Work Donation (item number 1) (id 9df12c27-10ac-4f10-aa20-8187c31df1b2)
Bricklaying Training Classes (Equipment) (item number 1) (id 2227063f-c355-42de-9006-491f4976bfcf)
Royal Engineer Department, Aldershot (Discharges) (item number 1) (id 6351b513-d756-4c0c-be3f-e5dcc97b14c6)
Potatoes (Tonnage), Scotland (item number 1) (id 824a4ac3-c9e0-44d3-be0c-c088325a1cf3)
Flour (item number 1) (id b2b9e042-dbe2-4d1d-a61c-737742944911)
Wheat (item number 1) (id 6cf6326b-ec4c-4fff-b83f-e0533a553f90)
Sugar Supplies, Belfast (item number 1) (id 2b2e7403-9371-4001-bfa7-a9a406382182)
Foodstuffs (Exports from Smyrna) (item number 1) (id ea612d85-8ffe-44e3-a543-a241fd0b35b1)
Chichester, Westhampnett and West-Bourne Offices (Amalgamation) (item number 1) (id 09d65d3b-b8d3-474c-8700-784ac97f1ee2)
Luggage in Advance (item number 1) (id 0722652a-dd03-4817-aced-7772747c496a)
School Treats (Reduced Fares) (item number 1) (id 62bcabd1-41ef-4bde-9dae-d82e75ddaa3a)
Fruit Harvest Workers, Scotland (Railway Fares) (item number 1) (id 9e06a2bc-6d4e-4c6b-92f7-8a6ed2bcf854)
Ukraine Government (Recognition) (item number 1) (id 92147fbf-10c1-4425-a8b7-2c56931f8114)
British Refugees (Statements) (item number 1) (id 4b7df295-22a8-413e-8c9b-0d8eb919cb9c)
Credits, Foreign Countries (item number 1) (id 17f9022f-13f6-4b44-a9cf-96c59dc7d3d8)
Non-Ferrous Metals Committee (Report) (item number 1) (id c759fe31-446c-4247-8324-9344b4993f3e)
Business Statistics (Government Demands) (item number 1) (id 1e3b5f18-d193-4c6b-aef2-8a325ec62c3a)
Distribution (item number 1) (id cfcdfa9c-9e5c-42da-870c-18af4044323c)
Japan (British Trade) (item number 1) (id 976a8b77-3f83-4b4d-9645-04a980d18339)
Prices (item number 1) (id 9078cd8d-e53b-4d60-a21c-d04d696ce6e7)
Fishing Industry (Bunker Coal) (item number 1) (id 1cfc4fd5-9469-4763-872f-db31b084b9b1)
Wage Increases (item number 1) (id 27b66b17-9c3a-4b99-9b79-10f06dc37b38)
Government Publications (Advertisements) (item number 1) (id e098e416-aa65-45c9-9a2a-faabd3a6c99b)
Corporation Profits Tax (Co-Operative Societies) (item number 1) (id ea35c911-338f-403c-82d7-d80355d67e8a)
Land Value Duties (item number 1) (id e0dc8b3a-aad8-4d3b-9d5f-9943378f0706)
Premium Bonds (item number 1) (id 89e39007-bc49-41ba-8b1b-1f526827a930)
War Saving Certificates (item number 1) (id a71a5cc5-2585-4443-b27c-a5e64d1af5fa)
Treasury Bonds (item number 1) (id 9240927c-54ef-4b01-81fc-0b91bdd7122b)
Anglo-French Loan (item number 1) (id a5b902d0-d08f-4ef7-9a25-5e8403b4a7ff)
Ecclesiastical Tithe Rent Charge (Rates) Bill (item number 1) (id f7c0d6aa-4962-41cf-8bd9-be58b4a13aa3)
Adriatic (Argyrocastro) (item number 1) (id 56e596b0-828c-4a92-9b5b-b825797d38ab)
German Assets (England) (item number 1) (id c5b408be-5f89-4f34-b24b-da36beb083b7)
International Police Force (Turkey) (item number 1) (id 9f907a2a-14e4-431f-83cb-6c83681daa10)
Poland (Munitions) (item number 1) (id 0e5f2bed-4ee3-4876-ba5c-6812fc2cea22)
Referendum, Switzerland (item number 1) (id 0d33630a-9584-4151-bef7-aa91e80c0f42)
Hunter Report (Evidence) (item number 1) (id 82ff29c1-3482-4fe5-9c06-5d03b0f40de6)
Viceroy's Executive Council (item number 1) (id aaf43c8b-b51b-49cf-9994-fcf64f79b97e)
Police Act, 1861 (item number 1) (id bf15e707-a202-4a59-af0d-19c688b4ba38)
Government Schools, Burma (Native Newspapers) (item number 1) (id b536411c-2c67-4ad0-8ba4-1c1f0afc48f6)
Civil Servants (item number 1) (id a9a4876d-3c29-48d7-aa19-51a62e486d58)
University Franchise (Women) (item number 1) (id cde1e5f8-5b7c-4b69-8282-7435f3a77ac2)
Ex-Service Men (Intimidation) (item number 1) (id ca46932b-1f9c-469d-ab59-ec42c2500450)
Civil Servants (Insurance) (item number 1) (id dc2d4ab4-f1f7-4cdb-8384-4efdf860cd22)
Prison Officers (Pay) (item number 1) (id 5dd1544a-35db-43f9-8949-b18248315f97)
Small Holdings, Ramsey St. Mary's, Huntingdon (item number 1) (id b6fd68cd-0347-4378-80f7-e6cc50d5adee)
Tenants' Contracts (Stored-Up Fertility) (item number 1) (id 00c63821-33c3-4850-a921-4ccee29b24db)
Statistical Returns (item number 1) (id a6495493-181f-452d-ac40-ffe7a2bcd534)
Housing Schemes Awaiting Decision (item number 1) (id c00dbf41-74b8-44aa-85b2-5684cc038f5c)
County Councils (Members' Expenses) (item number 1) (id 2e7c9665-bd15-4fe5-a405-c72dbc5c5ee8)
Hospital for Women, Clare Market, W.C. (Appointments) (item number 1) (id e338d0ac-07b3-4692-af64-9a54ea1251a0)
Representation of People Bill (item number 1) (id 16c97c28-c55f-4c16-9bb0-816477b3e0be)
Dental Caries (item number 1) (id 63755be8-c3ee-4022-b08f-2f7666fd2cf1)
Ministry of Health (item number 1) (id 252d52f9-789d-4001-a1cd-91dca185fefd)
Executive and Administrative Posts (Women) (item number 1) (id a8c84e00-64e8-4138-9b88-256dc2a6aaa1)
Ministry of Pensions (item number 1) (id 4715231d-f6cd-437b-9426-5cbf6f3c06d2)
Employment Exchanges (item number 1) (id 3edbdd8d-926e-40ce-a0e6-382983dee383)
Ministry of Labour (Typists' Pay) (item number 1) (id 43688979-89b9-4e40-8a45-bb6feac7c5d1)
Increased Rates (item number 1) (id 90b1ff24-d60e-4971-bd88-68addfa78268)
Paris Telephone Calls (item number 1) (id 16de19cc-ed68-4c78-a879-883a7c63ddeb)
Juvenile Crime (item number 1) (id fa86d172-73a0-4159-9dcf-a84e9ff3e636)
Firearms Bill (item number 1) (id 7b611f87-81bd-4121-9d0f-cf68c2edafc5)
Tanganyika Territory (item number 1) (id 891496aa-09dc-43fa-ad02-473d5f3a9e9e)
Licensed Trade Claims (item number 1) (id 36f98f47-09b7-4f13-9f5c-e61bee463865)

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