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Commons Hansard for 20 December 1920 (Volume 136)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
24 February 2026 at 8.44am.
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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Trade and Commerce
Cement
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Exports to Belgium
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Exports to Germany
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British Glass Industries, Limited
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Imports from Germany
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German Competition
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International Barter
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Navy and Army Canteen Board
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Peace Treaties
German Government Securities
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Documents (Publication)
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International Financial Conference
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War Bond Policies
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Transport
Motor Cars (Registration)
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Railway Police
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Railways, Scotland
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Asphalt Pavement, London
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Wet Carbonising, Limited
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Russia
General Wrangel
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Trade Relations
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Refugees
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Minesweepers' Co-Operative Trawling Society
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War (Cost and Casualties)
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Government. Bills
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Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic)
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Housing
Operative Bricklayers' Association
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Building Materials
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Mesopotamia (Oil)
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Public Accounts Committee (Fourth Report)
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Ministry of Food
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Ireland
Disturbances (Cork)
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Police (Martial Law)
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Murders, Cashel
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Autumn Sessions
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Foot-And-Mouth Disease
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Farrows Bank
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Business of the House
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Orders of the Day
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Housing (Scotland) Bill
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Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Bill [Lords]
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Supply
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Supply
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Ways and Means [18th December]
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Air Navigation Bill [Lords]
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Juries (Emergency Provisions) Bill [Lords.]
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Administration of Justice Bill. [Lords.]
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Electricity (Supply) (No. 2) Bill
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Termination of the War (Definition) Act
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Colonial Office
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Palestine
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Transport Workers, Newry (Search for Suspects)
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Arrest, Dublin (Me. O'reilly)
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Police Search, Newry
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Auxiliary Police Forces
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National Museum and Botanical Gardens, Dublin
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Alleged Burglary, Dublin
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Incendiary Fires, Cork
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Engine Room Artificers, Devonport
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Anthracite Coal, British Columbia
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Education Grants
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Institutional Treatment (Christmas Leave)
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Mother's Pension (Mrs. Robertson)
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Resettlement Grant
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Blind Persons
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Canteens Control Board
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German Cables (Disposal)
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Austria (Food Stocks)
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United States Banks
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Ministry of Pensions
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Reductions of Staffs
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(Establishment Examination)
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Land Settlement, Norfolk
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Building Trade (Dilution)
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Fluctuations of Prices (Notice)
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Imported Mutton, Glasgow
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Methwold and Feltwell Drainage Order
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Bee Diseases
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Rabies (Muzzling Order)
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Foot-And-Mouth Disease
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Agricultural Workers
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Colonel Wedgwood, M.P. (Report of Speech)
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Army in India Committtee (Proposals)
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Construction (Office of Works)
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Allotments, Greenwich Park
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Salvarsan and Neo-Salvarsan (Substitutes)
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"Hygiene of Food and Drink" (Syllabus)
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Teachers' Pensions (Me. J. Poole)
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Local Rates, Scotland
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Income Tax
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Excess Profits Duty
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Foreign Countries (Debts and Loans)
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Silver Purchases
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Federation of British Industries (Claims)
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National Savings Certificates
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Australia (Exchange)
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Pre-War Pensions
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Temporary Postmen, Weymouth (Pay)
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Telephone Service
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London and Geneva (Postal Service)
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Universal Postal Regulations (Great Britain and Germany)
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Relief Works, Scotland
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Post Office (Discharges)
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London Schemes (Finance)
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Unemployed Persons Registered
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Insurance Act (Bank EmployéS)
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Arterial Roads (Ex-Service Men)
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Civil Service (Bonus)
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Somerset Mines (Output)
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Exports from Humber Ports
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Railway Station, Ashington
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Goods Train Service, Bedfordshire and Scotland
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Female Railway Clerks, Ireland
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Canal Traffic
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Demurrage (Legal Decision)
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Cotton Crop, Egypt
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United National Friendly Assurance Society
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Industrial Life Assurance
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British and Foreign Shipping
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Munitions of War Contracts (Claims)
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Probation Officers
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Liverpool Police Force (Re-Instatement)
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New Hebrides
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Juvenile Employment, Hong Kong
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