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Commons Hansard for 17 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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Member Sworn
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Private Business
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Selection
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Questions
British-Norwegian Conference
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Opium Traffic
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Soviet Trade Organisations, London
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Morocco
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China Indemnity Bill (Committee)
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Albanian Frontier (Armed Bands)
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Passports
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Mexico (Recognition)
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Irish Free State and League of Nations
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Hulk, "Marlborough."
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Royal Navy
Royal Dockyards (Ex-Apprentices)
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Officers' Marriage Allowance
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Officers (Pensions)
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His MAJESTY'S SHIP "COCKCHAFER" (WAN HSIEN)
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Cadets (Fees)
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Black and Baltic Seas
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War Staff (League of Nations)
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Pre-War Pensioners
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Unemployment
Middlesbrough and North-East Coast
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Women and Domestic Service
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Sheffield
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Contributions (Refundment Claims)
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Juveniles (School Leaving Period)
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Dismissals (Sherburn, Durham)
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Rota Committees (Names)
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Rejected Applications (Liverpool)
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Questions
Cost of Living
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Trade Unions (Membership)
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Sharing-Out Clubs
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Leaseholds
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River Thames (Reclamation Proposal)
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Women Franchise
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Hereditary Peerages
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Housing
Lodgers
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Slums
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Building Labour
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Rural Areas
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Poplar
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Apprentices
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Questions
Tuberculosis (Village Settlements)
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Scarlet Fever
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Maternity Mortality
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Casual Wards (Defective Conditions)
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Pauper Asylum Patients (Property)
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Contracts (Local Authorities)
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Gunnersbury Park
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Maternity Homes
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Blind Persons (Visiting Teachers)
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China Indemnity Bill (Committee)
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Orders of the Day
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King's Speech
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Business of the House
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Questions
Road Vehicles (Regulations)
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Motor Accidents (Third Party Risks)
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Motor and Pedal Cycles (Rear Lights)
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Ardleigh Railway Station
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Motor Vehicles (Axle Load)
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Self-Contained Flats
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Building Materials (Prices)
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Rents
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Police
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Smoke Abatement
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Casual Wards
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Local Authorities (Improvement Schemes)
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National Health Insurance
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Vaccination
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Food Preservatives
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Old Age Pensions
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Ministry of Health (Retirements)
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Ministry of Pensions (Medical Officers)
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Pensions Regional Headquarters
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Travelling Accommodation
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Claims and Record Office, Kew
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Ex-Service Men
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Wages
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Mercantile Marine (Seamen)
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Benefit
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Foreign Countries
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Disability Pensions
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Widows' Pensions
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Facilities, Salford
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Sub-Postmasters (Local Authorities)
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Wireless Aerials (Protection Op Pigeons)
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Military Garrisons, Bombay and Calcutta
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Murders and Outrages
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European Government Servants (Associations)
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Exchange and Currency
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British Children, Ishapore (Education)
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British Army Officers (Marriage Allowance)
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Freightage Costs
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South Wales Ports
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Imports (Iron and Steel)
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Export Credits Scheme (Russia)
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Sale of Food Order (Poultry)
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German Baths
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Coasting Trade
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War Material (Exportation)
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Naval Treaty (Tonnage)
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Enemy Action Claims
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Austrian and Hungarian Pre-War Debts
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Joiners
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Portsmouth Dockyard
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Submarine Depot (Musters and Inspections)
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Established Men (Deductions from Wages)
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Promotion to Boatswain
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Maltese Non-Continuous Service Artisans
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Hospitals (Cooks)
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Uganda (Transport Facilities)
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Ceylon (Mr. Venkataram)
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Palestine (Jewish Community Ordinance)
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Stamp Duties (Foreign Bonds)
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External Investments
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Shipping
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National Debt
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Cross-Channel Passengers (Customs Examination)
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Commissioners of Assize (Payments)
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Malicious Injuries, Ireland (Petitions of Right)
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Alien Communist Activities
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Aliens
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Isle of Man Enabling Bill
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Police Strike, 1919
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Women Police
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Sentences of Death (Royal Prerogative)
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Pensions (Increase) Act
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Register House Clerks, Scotland
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Conference, Scotland
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Hop Control
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School-Leaving Age
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British Empire Exhibition
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Yorkshire
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Statistics
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Northumberland and Durham
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Passports and Visas
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