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Commons Hansard for 17 December 1925 (Volume 189)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 4.43am.
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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East India (India Store Department, London)
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Adjournment Motions Under Standing Order No 10
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Business Of The House
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Closure Op Debate (Standing Order No 26)
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Private Bills And Private Business
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Public Bills
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Public Petitions
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Select Committees
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Sittings Of The House
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Standing Committees
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
Treatment Allowances
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Hospital Patients (Christmas Leave)
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Temporary Officials (Scotland)
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Disability Pensions
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Commutation
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Issue Offices (Edinburgh And Acton)
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Central Advisory Committee
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Children's Pensions (Deductions)
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Parent Pensioners
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Accrington Sub-Office
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Invalid Chairs
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Chest Affection
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Issue Procedure
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Seven Years' Limit
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Final Awards (Appeals)
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Entitlement And Assessment Appeals
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Child Adoption
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Lever New Docks, Bromborough
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Probation Work (Voluntary Associations)
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Imprisonment (First Division)
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Police
New Scotland Yard (Appointments)
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Borough And County Forces
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Metropolitan Police (Assistant Commissioner)
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National Expenditure (Home Office)
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Essential Services (Maintenance)
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All-Night Restaurants (Convictions)
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Secretary Of State For Scotland
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Local Authorities (Grants)
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Empire Development
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Unemployment Benefit (Poor Law Relief)
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Irish Political Prisoners
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House Of Commons
Standing Orders (Relating To Debate)
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Financial Procedure
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Iron And Steel Industry
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London Omnibuses (Running Schedule)
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Married Women (Nationality)
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Communist Leaflets, Oxford University
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Education Grants (Circular 1371)
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Housing, St Helen's
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St Stephen's Hall (Paintings)
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Australian Apples (Arsenic)
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Bills Presented
Commonwealth Of India Bill
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Rating (Scotland) Bill
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Public Petitions
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Local Legislation Committee
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Message From The Lords
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Rating And Valuation Bill
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Orders Of The Day
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Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No 2) Bill
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Education (Circular 1371)
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Workmen's Compensation Bill Lords
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Coastguard Bill Lords
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Police Pensions Bill
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Rent Restrictions (Scotland) Bill
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Gas Regulation Act, 1920
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers
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Education
Dental Treatment
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State Contributions (Circular 1371)
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Expenditure
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School Accommodation, Wednesbury
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London County Council (Programme)
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Teachers' Salaries
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Junior Technical Schools
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Teachers' Pensions
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Public Libraries
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School Accommodation, Bentley-With-Arksey
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Central Schools, West Riding
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Sanatorium Schools, West Riding
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School Buildings (Committee)
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Vocational Training
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Scotland
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British Dyestuffs Corporation
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Safeguarding Of Industries
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Flour Supplies, Newport
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Trade And Commerce
Russia
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Canadian Bacon And Ham (Import's)
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Home-Grown Flour
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Government Departments (Foreign Materials)
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Royal Navy
Stores (Cost)
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Submarines (Safety Devices)
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Dockyard Apprentices
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Hospitals
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Naval And Military Pensions And Grants
Sanatorium Treatment
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Conditional Awards
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Education Grant (Mrs J H Edwards)
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Hospital Maghull
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Administration, Yorkshire
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Erroneous Awards
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Commutation Of Pensions
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Voluntary Funds (Area Officers)
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Final Awards
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Artificial Limbs (Contracts)
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Medical Services (Deputy-Commissioners)
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Treatment And Allowances
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Pensions Not Drawn
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Unemployment
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Part-Time Work
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Insurance Acts (Administration)
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Wednesbury Town Council (Grants)
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Woolwich Co-Operative Society (Dispute)
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British Empire Exhibition
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Gibraltar (British Citizens)
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West African Medical Staff
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China (Treaty Negotiations)
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Public Health
Milk (Adulteration)
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Vaccination
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Diphtheria, Brentford (Nurses)
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Mortality Rates, Staffordshire
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Infectious Diseases
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Housing
Shoeburyness
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Rhymney Urban District Council
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Overcrowding, London
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Complaints, Cowes
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Wednessbury (Overcrowding)
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Plans
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Bilston Urban District Council (Swiss Pumps)
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Agriculture
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Oldbury, Halesowen, And Stourbridge
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Imported Barley (Duty)
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Foot-And-Mouth Disease
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Fishing Industry
Prices
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Western Coast And Atlantic (Research Vessel)
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Irish Free State (British Trawlers)
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Loch Ranza Harbour
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Ex-Service Men
Village Settlements
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Poor Law Relief
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Land Settlement
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Belfast Housing Scheme
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Contributory Pensions Act
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Local Government Officers (Superannuation)
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Stoke Newington Council (Frauds)
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Government Departments
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Town-Planning Schemes
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Examinations (Qualifying Marks)
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Writing Assistant Posts (Unsuccessful Competitors)
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Shorthand Typisits And Writing Assistants
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Army Clothing Department
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Statistics (Staff)
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National Finance
Italian Debt
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Embassies And Legations
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Jersey, Guernsey, And Isle Of Man
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Ministry Of Pensions
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Reparation (German Shipping)
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Income Tax
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Armies Of Occupation, Rhineland
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Government Securities (Deductions From Dividends)
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National Projectile Factory, Dudley
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Transport
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Lower Thames Tunnel Scheme
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Level Crossings
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Public Service Vehicles (Drivers' Licences)
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Tottenham High Road (Improvement)
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Reformatory Schools (Social Gatherings)
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Fireworks (Regulations For Sale)
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Flogging Sentences
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Juvenile Offenders (Birching)
(item number 1)
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Coal Mining Industry
(item number 1)
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