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Commons Hansard for 23 December 1920 (Volume 136)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
24 February 2026 at 8.45am.
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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Ireland
Sinn Fein Leaders (German Plot)
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Weekly Summary
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Mr. P. D. Sullivan
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Escaped Prisoners (Death)
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Mr. Arthur Griffith (Imprisonment)
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Arrests and Internments
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"Cork Examiner."
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Alleged Arson, Tipperary
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Outrages Upon Police and Soldiers
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Peace Treaties
Reparations (Brussels Conference)
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Emigrant Traffic (Germany)
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German Debtors
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Upper Silesia
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Greece
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Questions
Unemployment
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Imperial Prime Ministers (Meeting)
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Land Valuation Records
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Blind Persons Act, 1920
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Business of the House
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Orders of the Day
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Agriculture Bill
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Roads Bill
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Agriculture Bill
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Message from the Lords
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Royal Assent
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Prorogation
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
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Barricades, Downing Street
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League of Nations (Militaey (Budgets)
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Poor Law Charges, London (Equalisation)
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Treasury (Parliamentary Secretaries)
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Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic)
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Territorial Army (Bounties)
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Labourers' Wages, Gibraltar and Malta
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Expeditionary Force Canteens
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Bungalows, Hilsea, Portsmouth
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Christmas Leave
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Drill Hall, Aberbargoed (Wet Canteen)
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War Office Contracts
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Medical Research Council (Clerks' Pay)
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Reserve of Officers (Dominion Units)
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Special Reserve Service
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Photographic and Spotting Aeroplanes
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Army and Navy Canteen Board (Tobacco Stocks)
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Officers' Retired Rates of Pay
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Carnival and Exhibition, White City
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Industrial Teaining
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Re-Settlement Grant
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King's Roll (Government Contractors)
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Certificate of Service (Sergeant-Major Arrowsmith)
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Supplementary Grants
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Officers' Widows (Pensions)
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Montagu-Chelmsford Report
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Dyer and Jalianwalla Bagh Memorial Funds
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Army Officers (Home Leave)
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Exchange
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Deaths, Ballymacelligott (Inquiry)
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Tralee Co-Operative Stores (Police Search)
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Transport Labour Hall, Limerick
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Military and Police Casualties
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Alleged Outrages, Donoughmore
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Arrest (Mr. L. J. Walsh)
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Tunstall, Wesleyan Circuit (Resolution)
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Curragh Camp (Prisoner's Photograph)
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Prison Store Warders
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Small-Pox, Glasgow (Vaccination)
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Found Dead, Dumbartonshire (Miss Mary Inglis)
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Boundary Extension, Cardiff
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Blind Persons (Pensions)
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Lunatic Patients (Documents)
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St. John's Infirmary, Islington (Patient's Complaint)
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Medicines, Wakefield
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Medical Officers
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Building Guild, Nottinghamshire
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Stone-Built House's, Scotland
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Building Guild, Walthamstow (Contract)
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Huts, St. Budeaux
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Flour Stores
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Fluctuations in Peices (Notice)
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Brewing and Distilling Materials
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Foot-And-Mouth Disease, Martlesham
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Illegal Trawling, Start Bay
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Ecclesiastical Tithe (Bates) Act
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Admiralty Accountant-General's Office
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Ministry of Labour
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Registrar-General
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Dumfries Town Council (Petition)
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Parliamentary Recess (Inquiries and Applications)
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Insurance Act
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Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway
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Aliens (Nationalisation Certificates)
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London Metropolitan Police
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Motor Omnibuses and Tramcars (Excess Passengers)
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London Underground Railways (First-Class Carriages)
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District Railway Station, Wimbledon (Buffer Stops)
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Railways (Zone Grouping)
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Railway Companies' Accounts
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London and North Western Railway (General Manager)
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North Eastern Railway Company
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Railway Agreements
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Income Tax
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Smyrna (Greek Troops)
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Excess Profits Duty
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Secondary School, Weston-Super-Mare
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Teachers' Salaries
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Erith Education Committee (Teacher's Dismissal)
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School Teachers' Superannuation (Qualifying Service)
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Half-Time System (Cotton and Other Industries)
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Day Continuation Schools
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Local Rates, Ireland
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Enamelled Wrought Hollow-Ware
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German Exchange
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British Empire Trade (West Indian Colonies)
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Gloves (Imports)
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American-Made Boots
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Beer (Exports)
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Shipping Freights
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Gas Supply, London (Quality)
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Russia (Trade Relations)
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Cost of Living (Index Figure)
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Picture Postcards (Postage)
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Naval Signallers (Civil Pay)
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Great Britain and America (Property-Owners' Claims)
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PASSPORTS (MR. A. McMANUS)
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Metropolitan Water Board (Pensions)
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Conscientious Objectors
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Candidates
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Crown Colonies (Constitutional Reforms)
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Harlech Castle
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Hours of Employment Bill
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Trade Boards
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Women Workers (Wages)
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Government Wool
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