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Commons Hansard for 16 December 1924 (Volume 179)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
24 February 2026 at 11.45am.
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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Oral Answers to Questions
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Mercantile Marine
Shipwrecked Seamen (Pay)
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Rotor Ship Propulsion
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Pilots' Certificates (Aliens)
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Coastal Shipping (Tonnage Tax)
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S.S. "Trevessa."
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Trade and Commerce
Imports and Exports (Statistics)
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Cotton Piece Goods (Exports)
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Files (Import Duty, Portugal)
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Rates and Taxes
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British Dyestuffs Corporation
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Foreign Goods (Marking)
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British Army
Catterick Camp
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Royal Army Medical Corps
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Marriage Allowance
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Street Fighting
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Woolwich Locomotives
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Retired Officers (War Service)
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Artillery Officers (Aeroplane Observation)
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Supplementary Reserve
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Scotland
Small Landholders Act, 1911
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Land Court Report, 1923
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Fishing Gear (Grants)
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Agricultural Education
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Clydebank Rent Dispute
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Questions
Coal Mines (Shot Firing)
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Members of Parliament (Oath of Allegiance)
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United States (Aemy of Occupation)
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Richborough (Sale)
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Old Age Pensions
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Shipping Profits Taxation, United States
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Motor Caps (Imports)
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Income Tax
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Irish Free State (Compensation Payments)
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Ottoman Debt
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German Reparation (Recovery) Act
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Excess Profits Duty
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Brewery Companies (Profits)
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British National Opera Company
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Customs and Excise Employes (War Service)
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Closing Down of Collieries, Monmouthshire
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Questions
Unemployment (Proposed Docks, Tees-Side)
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Motor Omnibuses (Fire Risks)
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London and North Eastern Railway Company (Electrification Proposals)
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London Traffic Act (Advisory Committee)
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Manor Way, North Woolwich
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Post Office
Penny Postage
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Revenue and Expenditure
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Ex-Service Men
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Postal Facilities, Carshalton
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Savings Bank, Scotland
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War Bonus Claims
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Business of the House
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Message from the Lords
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Orders of the Day
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King's Speech
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Irish Free State Land Purchase (Loan Guarantee) Bill
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Electricity (Supply) Acts
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Gas Regulation Act, 1920
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Adjournment
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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Awards (Payment)
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Warrants and Regulations (Handbook)
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Claims (Time Limit)
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Chelsea Hospital Pensions
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Discipline
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Medical Services (Deputy Commissioners)
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Ministry of Pensions
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Southborough Committee's Recommendations
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France (External Debt)
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Income Tax
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Page Estates
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United States (British Debt)
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Land Values (Taxation)
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ST. MARY's HOSPITAL (WOMEN STUDENTS)
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National Expenditure
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Irish Lights Service (Pensions)
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Dockyakd Employes (Wages and Pensions)
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Government Employes (Establishment)
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Firemen (Pensions)
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Poor Prisoners (Legal Aid)
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Police Strike, 1919
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British Ships (German Seamen)
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Murder of Post Office Runner, India
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Boxer Indemnity
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Mining Accident, Burton-On-Trent
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Shipbuilding and Engineering Trades
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Motor Trade
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Insured Persons
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Giel Boot Machinists, Maybole and Aye
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Trade Boards (Government Policy)
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Food Prices
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British Dyestuffs Corporation
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Food Storage
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Capital Issues
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Invisible Income
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Files, Rasps and Saws (Exports to Russia)
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Merchandise Marks (Oil Lamps)
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Imperial Preference (South Africa)
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London Boroughs (Overcrowding)
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Building Costs, Clitheroe
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Evictions, Glasgow
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Motor Licences
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Road Vehicles (Back Lamps)
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Casual Wards
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Beam Wireless Station, India
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Penny Postage
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Savings Bank Department (Printing and Binding Staff)
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School Accommodation, Shinfield, Reading
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Special Schools
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