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Commons Hansard for 16 April 1924 (Volume 172)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
24 February 2026 at 11.12am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Private Business
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Turkey and Germany (Treaty)
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Memel Convention
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Legislatures (Foreign Affairs Committees)
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Egypt (British Officials)
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Royal Navy
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Insurance Fund
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Necessitous Areas
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Building Statistics
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Haddingtonshire
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British Empire Exhibition
Public Health
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Police Pensioners
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Scotland
Western Isles (Road Reconstruction)
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Lochboisdale Pier
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Seed Oats and Potatoes, Western Isles
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Agricultural Wages, Wiltshire
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Budget
Death Duties
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Revenue and Expenditure Return
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Slades Green Explosion
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Notices of Motion
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Colonies and Protectorates
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Deer Forests (Scotland)
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Adjournment of the House (Easter)
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Orders of the Day
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Trade Facilities Bill
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National Health Insurance (Cost of Medical Benefit) Bill
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Adjournment of the House (Easter)
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Housing
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Air Armaments
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Fishing Industry
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Miners (Wage Dispute)
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Pensioner Clerks and Timekeepers, Royal Dockyards
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Cookery Branch (Promotion)
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Volunteer Reserve Instructors
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Battle Clasps
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Officers' Pay (Reduction)
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Marriage Allowance (Officers)
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Sick-Berth Attendants
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Prize Fund
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Navy Estimates
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Woolwich Arsenal (Discharges)
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Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock (Mr. W. H. Briden)
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Attack on British Soldiers (Queenstown)
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Employment
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Mental Cases, Naval Hospital, Great Yarmouth
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Highland Light Infantry (Captain J. Drawbell)
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Invalided Naval Ratings
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Mr. W. a. Smith, Portsmouth
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Disability Pensions
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Pre-War Pensions
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Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough (Wages)
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Accidents
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War Office (Publicity Officers)
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Admiralty
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Air Ministry
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Janina Murders
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German Reparation
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Wei-Hai-Wei
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Anglo-Japanese Commercial Treaty
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Iron and Steel Trades
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American Tobacco (Imports)
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Munitions (Exports)
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Imports and Exports
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China Tea (Duty)
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Enemy Action Claims
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Anglo-German Mixed Arbitral Tribunal
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Electric Carbons, Lighting
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Key Industries (Employment)
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Permanent Magnets
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Tax Offices (Interviews)
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Teachers' Pensions
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Training Colleges (.Restriction on Admissions)
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Government Cottage, Wash Common, Newbury
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Argyllshire
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Unoccupied Dwellings
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Evictions (Misrepresentation)
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Building Progress
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Poor Law Cottages and Infirmary, Leicester
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Building Materials
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Contract Prices (Wages and Materials)
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Poor Law Relief (Shelter)
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Water Supplies
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Milk
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Printing Industry (Tuberculosis)
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Venereal Diseases
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Tuberculosis (Spahlinger Treatment)
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Illiteracy
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Aliens
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Dock and Casual Workers (Easter Holidays)
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Insurance Fund
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Poor Law Relief
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Relief Schemes, Sheffield
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Juvenile Employment, Liverpool
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Alien Waiters
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Maternity Convention
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Parcels Post (Farm Produce)
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Telephone Call Office, Hensingham
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Wireless Broadcasting (Leafield Station)
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Facilities, Wingrove, Newcastle-On- Tyne
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Road Scheme, Millom
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Newcastle-On-Tyne Industrial School (Mr. a. Fletcher)
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Salmon Fisheries (Tacksmen)
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Deer Forests
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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION CASE, DUNFERMLlNE
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Lunacy Laws (Royal Commission)
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Industrial Unrest
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Potable Spirits (Imports)
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Excise Revenue
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Opium Traffic
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Harbour Construction (St. Bees, Cumberland)
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Tree Felling, Highgate Wood
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Foodstuffs (Production and Imports)
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Rifle Traps (Accident, Frome)
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Selborne Committee (Recommendations)
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Wages, Scotland
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Land Settlement Scheme
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Tuberculosis Order
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Bad Farming
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