Select a date
Go to today
Skip calendar selector
Legend for calendar days
Indicator for Days with content
Indicator for the Selected day
Indicator for a Weekend
Downloads
Download content and documents relevant to the day's proceedings.
Commons Hansard for 21 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
(item number 1)
(id b110d4ed-8467-4a7d-88d5-2cb17fa8293f)
Adjournment Motions under Standing Order No. 10
(item number 2)
(id 446763df-28cb-4cc2-856d-897c0d0aeef7)
Business of the House
(item number 3)
(id 18023347-a11f-47dc-8cf0-fd9a5ff10f1f)
Private Bills and Private Business
(item number 4)
(id 16716cc4-9304-40ec-a860-b3d12e2716b3)
Closure of Debate (STANDING ORDER No. 26)
(item number 5)
(id d0ac116b-2a04-4883-9cbb-fb27efa1dc16)
Public Bills
(item number 6)
(id 9901dd26-06e2-4856-a2bc-d0289edd5f2c)
Public Petitions
(item number 7)
(id 7ef62eea-deef-4f87-a571-e79b09f23637)
Select Committees
(item number 8)
(id 92ab3b25-961b-43fc-9ad5-d81fbd89dc87)
Sittings of the House
(item number 9)
(id 964f0031-cef8-45da-9544-1689c5c595dc)
Standing Committees
(item number 10)
(id 2fca0101-af84-4c76-b1dd-a9596bcbb323)
New Writ
(item number 11)
(id c8832d57-b699-42cf-bee3-2d1494d7b3d8)
Oral Answers to Questions
View all Oral Answers to Questions
Questions
Manchuria and Mongolia
(item number 1)
(id 352f17d9-0ac7-4a17-968c-23c4a7117419)
Monthly Bonuses (France)
(item number 1)
(id 27a2efb5-2b67-4059-a474-8396a6a7eed9)
Arabia
(item number 1)
(id 25042e8d-718b-4066-8d24-ad8a077a13eb)
Persia
(item number 1)
(id 83318857-7e64-4d84-9e7b-78c33f3fb341)
Armenia
(item number 1)
(id dbc38021-4d6b-4b62-9278-a4c7ffbb699c)
Surplus War Stores
(item number 1)
(id a9f41072-a863-450f-98ce-32d3040650a1)
Ireland
Murders and Reprisals
(item number 1)
(id bd0ff2a2-e19c-4312-8452-c0c1d240d3be)
Firearms (Army Officers)
(item number 1)
(id dbdeacc1-d469-452c-ac50-933666e5dc4a)
Funeral Expenses (Military Casualties)
(item number 1)
(id 0869a251-3562-4294-a3b3-d24f62fd0c31)
Disturbances, Cork
(item number 1)
(id 12c1ce25-3365-469a-a046-a483d2aadb6e)
RAILWAYS (DELIVERY or PARCELS)
(item number 1)
(id 60f86730-5e61-4f08-b357-d0f085b8b765)
British Army
Exhumations, France and Flanders
(item number 1)
(id 12fc378b-61e0-4684-a115-ec39b2be0595)
Troops (Arabia)
(item number 1)
(id 9d94348c-2f96-4b2e-b64e-32dc02f3ceed)
Black Sea Army (Clerks)
(item number 1)
(id af1abb29-4f27-41ab-ba88-c0b6fde37c67)
National Reserve
(item number 1)
(id de8f2878-dff3-40c6-bd25-bbeea8d99875)
Forces in Egypt
(item number 1)
(id eadb2f30-dcd9-4f28-a3bb-f135ae23447d)
Missing Troops Traced
(item number 1)
(id f3c3d50d-6004-4883-a12d-6473eb2dddaf)
Constantinople (Motor-Cars)
(item number 1)
(id 72baf22f-dd23-4d34-999a-6a3e78c5160a)
Military Stores, Rotherwas
(item number 1)
(id aff4c819-4bcb-4ee9-80b9-788e90dc6d59)
Deptford Cattle Market
(item number 1)
(id 9a72ad73-9812-4bc0-8c6a-0d286f0550b5)
Trafalgar Square (Public Meetings)
(item number 1)
(id 80c4bc2d-8194-4531-8d62-b27cd22c3782)
Bank Robbery, Leeds
(item number 1)
(id c1a0e196-8c80-4941-beeb-4dfa2a1dc4f8)
Birmingham Police (Concert Engagements)
(item number 1)
(id 5ee987b6-a2ba-46af-8efe-1841cdb18051)
Motor Cars (Police Controls)
(item number 1)
(id da089190-318f-45f6-a38f-a2d50cd77ecf)
Aliens
(item number 1)
(id 7b997dc7-5ca8-42db-87cb-0e4cbe838450)
Post Office
Christmas Cards (Postage)
(item number 1)
(id 605af17a-7940-4f8e-b8c6-2bfed64515be)
Parcels Post, Ireland
(item number 1)
(id 2fe6b408-cdd5-4628-bd1b-ad895ab98838)
Hebrides (Supplies)
(item number 1)
(id bc4d2ff4-6e6c-4fac-8b1e-ef45f00eacd7)
Unstamped Letters (France)
(item number 1)
(id dcb737f6-458a-4112-a30b-a34811c0ceec)
Palestine
(item number 1)
(id e9c04521-e3d4-42ee-ba7c-6df124f9d3ae)
National Expenditure
(item number 1)
(id 48db8f3e-cab1-453e-bff7-25e3f2133f5a)
Public Accounts Committee (Fourth Report)
(item number 1)
(id 5275eb13-1c96-4eaf-a051-be487177d634)
Near East (British Intervention)
(item number 1)
(id 3e33315a-8f20-4ae1-8745-34b291eea204)
League of Nations
Admission to Membership
(item number 1)
(id 1e6a7d03-f54a-43c3-914c-1ddb656e1292)
Unemployment
(item number 1)
(id bc894275-5e59-460d-bdf3-fc93bfeb76f3)
Excess Profits Duty
(item number 1)
(id 058a3c57-82c3-4f7d-af46-8f5e2de1a9d8)
Blind Persons Act, 1920
(item number 1)
(id fab3186e-9b79-453e-90b1-53a042e58b28)
Railway Expenditure
(item number 1)
(id 5854a9f2-9216-4192-8075-8a06ab17d4e8)
Food Supplies
Bacon, Decontrol
(item number 1)
(id 95754736-5c06-4851-bdde-b0060278a066)
Meat
(item number 1)
(id ae027872-f868-409f-938e-8167264063a6)
Flour Stores (Rent)
(item number 1)
(id de0d5f9f-1ba2-4945-8db7-1e13e8d00a17)
Government Departments (Stocks)
(item number 1)
(id 2ebaacfc-a71f-4e3b-8a6d-98f9e4529c42)
Kenya Colony
(item number 1)
(id 5991e0f2-a641-4a3b-a487-78ba2f78b492)
Business of the House
(item number 13)
(id 2591077a-07b3-46ef-ba8f-712b968c087f)
Orders of the Day
(item number 14)
(id 3059b6bc-5149-4b44-9a06-a5168d107d9a)
Government of Ireland Bill
(item number 15)
(id e7e30585-d196-4828-a357-9519d967ac4b)
CLAUSE 70.—(Provisions applicable in case of either House of Commons not being properly constituted.)
(item number 16)
(id 8d7bd032-e0a2-4911-9a01-43410123cbc2)
Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill
(item number 17)
(id 6e8d4503-8c05-4252-8959-79d9fed698d8)
Unemployment Insurance (Temporary Provisions Amendment)
(item number 18)
(id d359ba38-e027-4bf2-a610-c79358987fc2)
Unemployment Insurance (Temporary Provisions Amendment) Bill,
(item number 19)
(id e7644cee-e647-4de3-97a5-89bb8346c728)
Housing (Scotland) Bill
(item number 20)
(id 982023e5-3d89-4dcc-bf83-51f73cbe147a)
Dentists Bill
(item number 21)
(id c663b3ba-9ad6-41bf-b244-a70a8608ee47)
Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Ministry of Munitions (Contractors' Claims)
(item number 1)
(id 504ded8b-f80e-4d51-9a8c-29e580f23bc0)
Russia (Trade Relations)
(item number 1)
(id 9fc86d66-da32-4e91-bbaa-07aef23a2fae)
Riots, Jerusalem
(item number 1)
(id 99278ae7-e536-4721-91f8-7138869eaaa6)
Accountant Branch (Promotions)
(item number 1)
(id 191f7307-060d-44f3-8d5f-0d48c51568d8)
Devonport Dockyard (Piece-Wokk)
(item number 1)
(id 8bf91198-8dd8-436e-a37e-ba08a5e3b2d3)
Lodging Allowance
(item number 1)
(id d56dd52c-9acc-4594-b451-b3c9bd2ac428)
His MAJESTY'S FACTORY, CHILWELL
(item number 1)
(id c9b0c752-02c2-4afb-a91d-2fb6ab67d155)
Territorial Army (Officers' Outfit Allowanum)
(item number 1)
(id 6ac1f48a-cf36-41c8-988b-fb6355f2f517)
Runnymede Rifle Range
(item number 1)
(id b76d20c9-abc5-47c0-8bb6-8a48526cdcb8)
Army List
(item number 1)
(id a68f0f4c-4f84-497c-9c1a-7382a56dd5bb)
Territorial Army (Recruiting)
(item number 1)
(id d8e961fd-e0ac-4391-9872-d1ba41d39fe5)
Wire Entanglements (Screw Posts)
(item number 1)
(id 4b20ecfd-2969-40f2-a990-a2c21604ce61)
Territorial Medal and Ribbon
(item number 1)
(id 98580a35-dbd9-4764-8fc5-163c28269053)
Fuel and Light Allowance
(item number 1)
(id 28b1edaf-ada5-4256-bc5c-8b545c13c492)
Royal Air Force (Aero Engines)
(item number 1)
(id ac7b431d-1dc8-40a2-a077-9daeaba58c2b)
Electricity Supply, Aldershot
(item number 1)
(id f64e3f01-7097-4963-ad9e-3f62c5a30135)
Training Grants
(item number 1)
(id c5c532e8-71aa-4898-8d44-6e979ffc565c)
Applications (Delay)
(item number 1)
(id 1c2daeeb-cc88-41b9-9fdf-e36ec2188bea)
Administration
(item number 1)
(id 7735ee98-fd7d-4917-8f4b-3e409e9fd2bf)
Mental Cases
(item number 1)
(id 1ddb0e93-f8b3-42fc-adf0-ab11b86194ac)
Re-Assessment
(item number 1)
(id 7141e985-c232-4f58-badd-40bb24d1da9b)
Widows' Alternative Pensions
(item number 1)
(id d757e6fb-0837-45c9-bfea-fbfed3ed9625)
Parents' Pensions
(item number 1)
(id 35007527-3a50-49c4-93a4-552b0c61b18f)
Retired Pay (Acting Rank)
(item number 1)
(id b9b14ee3-6534-4160-bc58-93ba0b410236)
Burma Bill
(item number 1)
(id a8d870d9-afff-43a2-bbf7-6a569d4a13f9)
Colonel a. E. Aitken
(item number 1)
(id 6e1c2645-cc4a-473e-8ac5-b56d60412c95)
Indian Troops (Overseas Service)
(item number 1)
(id 050c7278-3266-4385-ac5e-e312b37daafc)
Prisoners' Dependants
(item number 1)
(id dfad93cc-5b01-4858-8dd7-d3e580cbf053)
Personal Searches, Cork (Auxiliary Police)
(item number 1)
(id 51f94aa3-f149-498b-8dff-eea829ae7cfe)
Alleged Outrage, Ballintogher
(item number 1)
(id 00a5ad51-b19b-4418-a3e4-bb9ef831c29e)
Outrages by Disguised Persons (Typical Instances)
(item number 1)
(id e7c95fa1-5413-44c1-8292-0278a4d8ed29)
Co-Operative Agency, Limerick (Motors)
(item number 1)
(id 804c0835-ee5d-498a-a5bd-54332730e866)
Arrests, Moate, Ballykeeran, and Dublin
(item number 1)
(id cf09129c-87c0-432c-8414-d1cc467394ef)
Commandeered Hotels
(item number 1)
(id 2037eb6a-5588-4722-aae6-fc8a12af057e)
Consumers' Council
(item number 1)
(id 27eb930e-87f0-461a-a2a4-3ac25b8ddf15)
Employment Exchanges
(item number 1)
(id c5656a81-49b0-43bc-946a-0bec2a94d155)
Government Industrial Establishments (Partial Employment)
(item number 1)
(id 5b8c080c-d5e2-4d7f-a2af-0f50683d22b3)
Ocean Collieries, Rhondda
(item number 1)
(id a6d07462-3830-416c-ab42-3e383ff0dfb1)
Figures
(item number 1)
(id 885b8af0-2af4-49f4-a471-3c95ca2904f0)
Local Relief Works (Government Assistance)
(item number 1)
(id 37ceb576-d301-4995-9bb0-0433c601fa71)
Collection and Delivery of Goods, Bawtry
(item number 1)
(id 0dcaa872-d72b-4d15-8981-56751c47b96c)
Railway and Canal Commission
(item number 1)
(id 0ad2d210-e591-40ab-96b4-e01dcd1d1292)
Imperial Trade (Development)
(item number 1)
(id e92007b4-062a-404e-8cce-5d9f7efc17d7)
Glove Fabric Industry
(item number 1)
(id 36287d0a-33f3-43b6-a691-c91003591c63)
Imported Upper-Leather (Auction Sale)
(item number 1)
(id 2c9d33f7-586f-4efd-98e8-438289fce6e3)
Prudential Assurance Company, Limited
(item number 1)
(id 200671df-b3d2-49dd-9017-d58dfb171e14)
Flour Stocks, Porthcawl
(item number 1)
(id b12e9e44-a95b-4afc-8780-a71b6872fc0a)
Bacon and Hams
(item number 1)
(id b013dc29-c541-4189-a446-968a436634e1)
Prices
(item number 1)
(id 3ae6810e-3c34-42bc-9c85-7f8878082d23)
Aged and Decrepit Horses (Exportation)
(item number 1)
(id 7c592051-b347-4d4e-b763-80b4abcb9887)
Aerodrome Buildings, Coal Aston
(item number 1)
(id 04a5d874-aa73-4a8a-ac5a-06d688724cff)
Repairs
(item number 1)
(id 16c7aa29-75e2-49a4-9443-dbdb8a4bfa69)
Sutton Water Company (Statutory Obligations)
(item number 1)
(id 8313fe8e-5140-467c-a1dc-e061730983ab)
Local Government Officers (Superannuation)
(item number 1)
(id e37b00fd-88a6-42fb-aa76-68dc5c641db2)
Vaccination
(item number 1)
(id 06e753cc-80ce-4736-a8cb-b230ccec26cd)
Water Supply, Mexborough
(item number 1)
(id ff7d7f49-af11-41d6-989a-0442048cf997)
Register of Electors
(item number 1)
(id e3b77fad-9e8b-492d-9530-0983557338e1)
Sub-Office Assistants, Bristol (Wages)
(item number 1)
(id ba9414cb-27d7-4201-98cb-0c71bce92e1c)
Night Mails
(item number 1)
(id 2d21b4d5-b1b3-45ed-b72a-1050f1b10ab6)
Board of Education (Expenditure)
(item number 1)
(id 03d52769-dda7-40bc-9f30-e7e80fcc9997)
Paper Money
(item number 1)
(id 21af8fd7-ec9c-4545-b654-3795defe9302)
Brewery Companies (Profits)
(item number 1)
(id 7e4824a7-9c22-4a24-a809-4ae194269195)
Pre-War Pensioners
(item number 1)
(id 86b930ea-e500-4d5e-bce5-71f3bb75cac0)
House of Commons (Officers-Remuneration)
(item number 1)
(id 3dc5d24c-041f-4ec3-befd-241f7f88e00f)
Prison Service (Pensions)
(item number 1)
(id bda13657-89c9-49f0-90c3-a39f3bb707d6)
Police Duties, West Bromwich
(item number 1)
(id a92055ac-1e0d-4ad6-9c5c-8aff2090b497)
Metalliferous Mines (Legislation)
(item number 1)
(id 66e2b26d-e71a-48bf-9d45-e6beed44de97)
Coal Industry (Output)
(item number 1)
(id 8ce31776-80b7-4ff0-98d5-713cdfa779ee)
Power House, Beachley, Chepstow (Sale)
(item number 1)
(id 0e0f62b6-4738-40c4-911c-471b91572cbd)
Defence of the Realm Regulations
(item number 1)
(id ee04bc84-12a6-4922-a858-61750d30c243)
Juvenile Employment, Hong Kong
(item number 1)
(id d9d28396-ce30-441d-b8ca-a003831931d8)
Scottish Council of Agriculture
(item number 1)
(id c811f698-9dab-45ab-9297-3a03e2624bad)
Petroleum Rights (Legislation)
(item number 1)
(id 5e1ed32f-d0ca-4e8e-9d44-2d8c4f6039a5)
Downloads
Download content and documents relevant to the day's proceedings.