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Commons Hansard for 22 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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Mesopotamia
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Burma
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Persia
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Afghanistan (Mission)
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India (Agriculture)
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Royal Navy
Wreck (Floating Crane)
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H.M.S. "Tobago."
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Naval History of the War
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Pay and Marriage Allowance
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Temporary Clerks (Admiralty)
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Battle of Jutland (Despatches)
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Unemployment Insurance (Bank Employes)
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Ex-Service Men
Building Trades (Dilution)
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Badge Scheme (Disabled Men)
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Employment Exchanges
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Vaccination
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Housing
Establishment Charges
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Building Cost, Roehampton
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Reigate Scheme
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Smoke Abatement
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Building Materials
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Asylums (Treasury Allowance)
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Poor Law Infirmaries
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Smallpox, Navy and Army
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Old Age Pensions
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Ireland
Arrests
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Shooting Fatality, Miltown Malbay
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Creameries, Destruction
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Royal Irish Constabulary (War Bonus)
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Stabbing Case
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Settlement Proposals
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Fires, Cork
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Reprisals
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Stationery Office (Millboards Contracts)
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Education
Continuation Schools
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Expenditure (Schemes in Abeyance)
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National Expenditure
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League of Nations (British Representatives)
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Trade and Commerce
Bankers' Loans and Overdrafts
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Egypt
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Wheat Prices
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Russia (Trade Agreement)
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Business of the House
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Orders of the Day
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Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill
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League of Nations
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Agriculture Bill
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Marriage Laws (Deceased Husband's Brother)
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Ministry of Food (Transferred Duties)
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London Metropolitan Police (Ex-Inspector Syme)
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Production of Ring Papers
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Hospital Attendance (Compensation Allowance)
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Gratuity Remittances
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Disability Pensions (W. Smith, Manchester)
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Prisoner of War (Lance-Corporal Ankers)
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Experimental Ground, Porton
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Agricultural and Vocational Training
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Royal Air Force, Farnborough
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Munitions Manufacturers (Compensation Claims)
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Prisoners of War (Departmental Reports)
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Dockyard EmployéS
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Fire, Devonport Dockyard (Messrs. J. and R. White's Claim)
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Warships (Design)
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Navy and Army Canteen Board (Tobacco)
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Education Grant (Mr. F. Rothwell)
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Post Office (Substitution Committees)
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Navy and Army Canteen Board (Employment)
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Ministry of Labour (Substitution)
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King's Roll (Government Contractors)
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Interned British Ships (Compensation)
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Bagdad Railway
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British Petroleum Company (German Shares)
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War Criminals, Germany (Trial)
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Greece
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Russian Red Cross, Belgrave Square
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Commandeered Motor Cars (Damage)
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"Tazwari Akhbar."
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Rice Crop, Burma
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Burma (Constitutional Reforms)
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Civil Service Annuities
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Medical Service (Free Passages)
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Mesopotamia
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Income Tax
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Railway Officials
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Civil Servants
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Weekly Wage-Earners
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Home-Made Spirits (Duty)
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Business Turnover Tax, France
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Excess Profits Duty (Commercial Travellers)
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Civil Service (Pensions, Bonus, and Promotion)
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Unemployment
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Temporary Staff, Post Office (Discharges)
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Ex-SERVICE MEN, ALDERSHOT AND FARNBOROUGH
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Port of London Authority (Postponed Work)
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Suspended Operations and Short Time
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Fishing Industry (Dispute, Grimsby)
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Trade and Commerce
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Trusts (Glass Ware)
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Spirits (Exports to United States)
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Wet Carbonising, Limited (Government Claim)
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Spirit Duty (Sterno)
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Government Staffs and Accommodation
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Office of Works
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Milk
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Sugar Stocks (Traders' Losses)
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Small Holdings, Oxfordshire
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Foot-And-Mouth Disease
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Building Guilds, Walthamstow (Contract)
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Building Materials, Scotland
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Construction (Office of Works)
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Venereal Diseases
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Out-Door Poor Relief
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Juvenile Employment, Glasgow
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River Traffic, London (Thefts)
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(Quarterly Licences)
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Railway Annuitants
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Travelling Facilities, Bermondsey
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Teachers' Pensions (Scotland)
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Continuation Schools
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Postcards
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Telephone Exchanges (Light and Fuel Allowances)
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House of Commons (Night Telegraph Letters)
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Telephone Directories (Advertisement Contract)
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Clubs
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Government Offices (Special Passes)
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Aliens
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Kenya Colony (Residential Plots)
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New Hebrides
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War Memorials and Statues (Surveys)
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Standard Clothing Schemes (Profits)
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Munitions (Cases of Fraud)
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Richborough Port (Sale)
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Russia (Trade Relations)
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Wilby Charity, Suffolk
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