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Commons Hansard for 17 December 1930 (Volume 246)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
25 February 2026 at 9.50am.
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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League of Nations
Expenditure
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Arbitration, Conciliation and Judicial Settlement
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Poland (Minorities)
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Russia
Labour Conditions
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All-Union Council of Trades Unions
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Lena Goldfields, Limited (Arbitration Award)
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British Embassy, Moscow
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British Export Credits Scheme
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Royal Navy
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Oil Fuel
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Naval Design
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Unsuitable and Incompetent Men
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Meat Supplies
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Hong Kong (Gaol)
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Imam of the Yemen (Negotiations)
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North Charterland Exploration Company (Inquiry)
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Aviation
Director-General of Civil Aviation
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Aerodromes
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Air Services (Cairo to Cape Town)
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Schneider Trophy Race
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Petrol from Coal
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Accident, Meopham
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Transport
Road and Improvement Schemes, Cumberland
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Manchester-Liverpool Road
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London Traffic
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Canals (Development)
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Road Scheme, Island of Bute
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Traffic Commissioners (Yorkshire and Eastern Areas)
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Road Materials (Kerb-Stone)
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Business of the House
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Orders of the Day
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Expiring Laws Continuance Bill
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National Health Insurance (Prolongation of Insurance) Bill
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Supply
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Electricity (Supply) Acts
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Adjournment
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Written Answers
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British Industries Fair
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Overseas Trade Acts (Losses)
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Dyesttuffs (Import Regulation) Act
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Imports
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Trade Facilities Acts
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Mercantile Marine (Crew Accommodation)
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Benefit (Cost to Exchequer)
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Ex-Service Men
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Work Schemes (Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham)
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New Exchange, Leeds
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Wireless Exchanges
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Telephones (Publicity Expenditure)
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Savings Bank (Sick Leave)
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Cotton-Yarn
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Letters, Whitefield
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Week-End Letter Telegrams, China
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Parcel Rates (Dominions and Colonies)
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Letter Deliveries, London
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Engine-Room Artificers
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Cordite Factory (Laboratory Assistants, Pay)
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Traffic Commissioners (Staffs)
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Road Schemes
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Hyde Park (Omnibus Traffic)
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Wheat (Production)
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Wheat Imports Board
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Horses (Export)
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Teachers
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Training Colleges (Students)
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Birds (Capture)
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Cereals
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School-Leaving Age
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Ecclesiastical Commission (Mineral Rents)
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Corporal Punishment
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Prisoners
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Russia (M. Sava Popovitch)
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Poor Prisoners' Defence Act (Rules)
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Meeting, Central Hall, Westminster (Disturbance)
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Vivisection
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Convention on Financial Assistance
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Gas Protocol
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Minority Treaties
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China (British Naval Mission)
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Fishing Industry (Inquiry)
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Chemical Warfare
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Jamaica (Loan)
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Empire Marketing Board (Films)
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Leaseholders (Protection)
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Naval and Military Pensions and Grants
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Royal Air Force Reserve (Mr. H. V. Michell)
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War Debt and German Reparations
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