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McQuirk, Arrangements for, 1621, should be, Case of, 586. Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H. Cattle Driving Government Attitude, 593, delete. Prosecutions, Procedure in, 602, should be, 600. Persia, Situation in, 4, should be, 39. Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. Old Age Pensions—Poor Relief Disqualification, 26, should be, 29. Ban...
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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, 1909.
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THE PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY contains all that can be collected of the Legislative History of this country from the Conquest to the close of the XVIIIth Century (1803), 36 vols. The chief sources whence these Debates are derived are the Constitutional History, 24 vols.; Sir Simonds D'Ewes' Journal; Debates of the Commons ...
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CHRONOLOGY OF "THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES."
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Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury—Rt. Hon. H. H. ASQUITH, K.C., M.P. Lord President of the Council—Rt. Hon. Viscount WOLVERHAMPTON. Lord Chancellor—Rt. Hon. Lord LOREBURN. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Rt. Hon. DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE, M.P. Secretaries of State— Home Department—Rt. Hon. HERBERT J. GLADSTONE, ...
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HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT.
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Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury—Rt. Hon. H. H. ASQUITH, K.C., M.P. Lord President of the Council—Rt. Hon. Viscount WOLVERHAMPTON. Lord Chancellor—Rt. Hon. Lord LOREBURN. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Rt. Hon. DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE, M.P. Secretaries of State— Home Department—Rt. Hon. HERBERT J. GLADSTONE, ...
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RIGHT HON. H. H. ASQUITH'S ADMINISTRATION. THE CABINET.
{"house": "", "speaker": null, "word_count": 166}
Under Secretary of State, Foreign Affairs—T. McKINNON WOOD, Esq., M.P. Under Secretary of State, Home Office—Rt. Hon. HERBERT SAMUEL, M.P. Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office—Colonel SEELY, M.P. Under Secretary of State, India Office—Rt. Hon. T. R. BUCHANAN, M.P. Under Secretary of State, War Office—Lord LUCA...
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NOT IN THE CABINET.
{"house": "", "speaker": null, "word_count": 292}
Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal—LORD PENTLAND. Lord Advocate—Right Hon. ALEXANDER URE, K.C., M P. Solicitor-General—A. DEWAR, Esq., K.C., M.P.
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SCOTLAND.
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Lord-Lieutenant—Earl of ABERDEEN, G.C.M.G. Chief Secretary and Keeper of Privy Seal—Right Hon. A. BIRRELL, M.P. State Steward and Chamberlain—The Earl of LIVERPOOL. Controller—Lord PIRRIE. Lord Chancellor—Lord Justice WALKER. Attorney-General—Rt. Hon. R. R. CHERRY, K.C., M.P. Solicitor-General—REDMOND BARRY, Esq....
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IRELAND.
{"house": "", "speaker": null, "word_count": 54}
The Right Hon. J. W. LOWTHER, M.P. DEPUTY SPEAKER AND CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS—The Right Hon. A. EMMOTT, M.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—J. CALDWELL, Esq., M.P.
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THE SPEAKER.
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Clerk of the House of Commons—Sir COURTENAY PEREGRINE ILBERT, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., C.I.E. Clerk-Assistant—ARTHUR W. NICHOLSON, Esq., C.B. Second Clerk-Assistant—T. L. WEBSTER, Esq. Principal Clerks— Public Bill Office, and Clerk of Fees—W. GIBBONS, Esq., C.B. Clerk of the Journals—G. C. GIFFARD, Esq. Committee Offic...
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PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 297}
Abraham, William (Glamorgan, Rhondda) Abraham, William (Cork Co., N.E.) Acland, F. D. (Yorkshire, Richmond) Acland-Hood, Rt. Hon. Sir A., Bt. (Somerset, Wellington) Adkins, W. R. (Lancashire, S.E., Middleton) Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. (Cornwall, St. Austell) Agnew, George William (Salford, W.) Ainsworth, John...
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 3437}
Abraham, William (Glamorgan, Rhondda) Abraham, William (Cork Co., N.E.) Acland, F. D. (Yorkshire, Richmond) Acland-Hood, Rt. Hon. Sir A., Bt. (Somerset, Wellington) Adkins, W. R. (Lancashire, S.E., Middleton) Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. (Cornwall, St. Austell) Agnew, George William (Salford, W.) Ainsworth, John...
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A
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 129}
Baker, J. Allen (Finsbury, E.) Baker, Sir J. (Portsmouth) Balcarres, Lord (Lancashire, N., Chorley) Baldwin, S. (Worcester, Bewdley) Balfour, Rt. Hon. Arthur J. (City of London) Balfour, R. (Lanark, Partick) Banbury, Sir F., Bt. (City of London) Baring, G. (Isle of Wight) Baring, Hon. G. V. (Winchester) Barker...
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B
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 355}
Caldwell, James (Lanark, Mid) Cameron, Robert (Durham, Houghton-le-Spring) Campbell, Rt. Hon. J. H. M., K.C. (Dublin University). Carlile, E. H. (Hearts, St. Albans) Carr-Gomm, H. W. (Southwark, Rotherhithe) Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir E. H., K.C. (Dublin University) Castlereagh, Lord (Maidstone) Causton, Rt. Hon. Rich...
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C
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 302}
Dalmeny, Lord (Edinburgh, Midlothian) Dalrymple, Capt. Viscount (Wigton) Dalziel, Sir James H. (Kirkcaldy Burghs) Davies, D. (Montgomeryshire) Davies, Ellis W. (Carnarvonshire, Eifion), Davies, M. Vaughan (Cardigan) Davies, T. (Fulham) Davies, Sir Mr. H. (Bristol, S.) Delany, William (Queen's Co., Ossory) Devl...
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D
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 155}
Edwards, A. C. (Denbigh District) Edwards, E. (Hanley) Edwards, Sir Francis, Bt. (Radnor) Elibank, Master of (Peebles and Selkirk) Ellis, Right Hon. John Edward (Nottingham, Rushcliffe) Emmott, Right Hon. Alfred (Oldham) Erskine, D. C. (Perthshire, W.) Esmonde, Eir T. Grattan, Bt. (Wexford, N.) Essex, R. W. (Gl...
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E
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 65}
Faber, G. Denison (York) Faber, G. H. (Boston) Faber, Captain W. V. (Hants, Andover) Falconer, J. (Forfarshire) Fardell, Sir T. George (Paddington, S.) Farrell, James P. (Longford, N.) Fell, A. (Great Yarmouth) Fenwick, Charles (Northumberland, Wansbeck) Ferens, T. R. (Hull, E.) Ferguson, Ronald C. Munro (Leit...
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F
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 114}
Gardner, Ernest (Berks, Wokingham) Gibb, J. ((Middlesex, Harrow) Gibbs, G. A. (Bristol, W.) Gilhooly, James (Cork Co., W.) Gill, A. H. (Bolton) Ginnell, L. (Westmeath, N.) Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Herbert J. (Leeds, W.) Glen-Coats, Sir T., Bt. (Renfrewshire, W.) Glendinning, R. (Antrim, N.) Glover, T. (St. Helens) ...
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G
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 144}
Haddock, G. B. (Lancashire, North Lonsdale) Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B., K.C. (Haddington) Hall, F. (Yorks, W.R., Normanton) Halpin, J. (Clare, W.) Hamilton, Marquess of (Londonderry) Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Lewis (Lancashire,. N.E., Rossendale) Harcourt, R.V. (Montrose Burghs) Hardie, James Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) H...
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H
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 323}
Idries, T. H. W. (Flint Boroughs) Illingworth, P. (Yorks, W.R., Shipley) Isaacs, Rufus Daniel, K.C. (Reading)
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I
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 16}
Jackson, R. S. (Greenwich) Jacoby, Sir James Alfred (Derbyshire, Mid) Jardine, Sir J. (Roxburghshire) Jenkins, J. (Chatham) Johnson, John (Gateshead) Johnson, W. (Warwickshire, Nuneaton) Joicey-Cecil, Lord John (Lincolnshire, Stamford) Jones, Sir David Brynmor (Swansea, District) Jones, Leif (Westmoreland, Appl...
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J
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 59}
Kavanagh, W. M. (Carlow) Kearley, Sir Hudson E., Bt. (Devonport) Kekewich, Sir G. W. (Exeter) Kelley, G. D. (Manchester, S. W.) Kennaway, Rt. Hon. Sir J. H., Bt., C.B. (Devon, Honiton) Kennedy, Vincent P. (Cavan, W.) Kerry, Lord (Derbyshire, W.) Keswick, William (Surrey, Epsom) Kettle, T. M. (Tyrone, E.) Kilbr...
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K
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 70}
Laidlaw, R. (Renfrew, E.) Lamb, Edmund G. (Hereford, Leominster) Lamb, Ernest H., C.M.G. (Rochester) Lambert, George (Devon, South Molton) Lambton, Hon. F. W. (Durham, S.E.) Lamont, Norman (Buteshire) Lane-Fox, G. (Yorks, W.R., Barkston Ash) Langley, J. Batty (Sheffield, Attercliffe) Lardner, J. C. R. (Monaghan...
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L
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 187}
MacCaw, W J. MacGeagh (Down, W.) Macdonald, J. A. M. (Falkirk Burghs) Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) Mackarness, F.C. (Berks, Newbury) Maclean, D. (Bath) Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. (Camberwell, N.) MacNeill, J. G. Swift, K.C. (Donegal, S.) Macpherson, J. T. (Preston) MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S.) M'Arthur, C. (Liv...
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M
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 316}
Nannetti, Joseph P. (Dublin, College Green) Napier, T. B. (Kent, Faversham) Newdegate, F. A. N. (Warwickshire, Tam-worth) Newnes, F. (Notts, Bassetlaw) Newnes, Sir George, Bt. (Swansea Town) Nicholls, G. (Northants, N.) Nicholson, C. N. (Yorks, W.R., Doncaster), Nicholson, William G. (Hants, Petersfield) Nield,...
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N
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 77}
O'Brien, K. E. (Tipperary, Mid) O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) O'Brien, William (Cork) O'Connor, James (Wicklow, W.) O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) O'Connor, Thomas P. (Liverpool, Scotland) Oddy, J. J. (Yorks, W.R., Pudsey) O'Doherty, P. (Donegal, N.) O'Donnell, C. J. (Newington, Walworth) O'Donnell, John (Mayo, S....
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O
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 83}
Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) Parker, J. (Halifax) Parkes, Ebenezer (Birmingham, Central) Partington, Oswald (Derbyshire, High Peak) Paul, H. W. (Northampton) Paulton, James M. (Durham, Bishop Auckland) Pearce, R. (Staffordshire, Leek Beech-croft) Pearce, W. (Tower Hamlets, Limehouse) Pearson, Harold (Suffolk...
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P
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 160}
Rainy, A. R. (Kilmarnock Burghs) Randles, Sir J. S. (Cumberland, Cocker-mouth) Raphael, H. H. (Derbyshire, S.) Ratcliff, R. F. (Staffordshire, Burton) Rawlinson, J. F. P., K.C. (Cambridge University) Rea, Russell (Gloucester) Rea, W. R. (Scarborough) Reddy, M. (King's County, Birr) Redmond, John E. (Waterford) ...
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R
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 206}
Salter, A. Clavell, K.C. (Hants, N.) Samuel, Rt. Hon. Herbert Louis (Yorkshire, Cleveland) Samuel, Stuart M. (Tower Hamlets Whitechapel) Sandys, Col. Thomas M. (Lancashire, Bootle) Sassoon, Sir Edward A., Bt. (Hythe) Scarisbrick, T. L. (Dorset, S.) Schwann, C. D. (Cheshire, Hyde) Schwann, Sir Charles E., Bt. (Ma...
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S
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 268}
Talbot, Lord Edmund, M.V.O. (Sussex, Chichester) Talbot, Rt. Hon. John G. (Oxford University) Taylor, Austin (Liverpool, E. Toxteth) Taylor, J. W. (Durham, Chester-le-Street) Taylor, Theodore C. (Lancashire, S.E., Radcliffe) Tennant, Sir E. P., Bt. (Salisbury) Tennant, Harold John (Berwickshire) Thomas, Abel, K....
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T
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 104}
Valentia, Rt. Hon. Lord (Oxford) Verney, F. W. (Bucks, N.) Villiers, Ernest Amherst (Brighton) Vivian, Henry (Birkenhead)
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V
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 17}
Wadsworth, J. (Yorks., W.R., Hallamshire) Waldron, L. A. (Dublin, St. Stephen's Green) Walker, H. de R. (Leicestershire, Melton) Walker, Col. William H. (Lancashire, S.W., Widnes) Walrond, Hon. L. (Devon, Tiverton) Walsh, S. (Lancashire, S.W., Ince) Walters, J. T. (Sheffield, Brightside) Walton, Joseph (Yorks, W...
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W
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 274}
For Taunton, in the room of Sir E. Boyle (Manor of Northstead).—( Sir A. Hood .) For Forfarshire, in the room of the Right Hon. John Sinclair (Chiltern Hundreds).—( Mr. J. A. Pease .)
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NEW WRITS.
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MR. SPEAKER acquainted the House that he had received the following letter from the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland relating to the Imprisonment of Mr. James Farrell, a Member of this House:— In the High Court of Justice in Ireland, King's Bench Division, Crown Side. 23rd December, 1908. Sir, I have to inform you that at...
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IMPRISONMENT OF A MEMBER.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 151}
Ordered, That all Members who are returned for two or more places in any part of the United Kingdom do make their election for which of the places they will serve, within one week after it shall appear that there is no question upon the return for that place; and if anything shall come in question touching the Return o...
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ELECTIONS.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 1640}
Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person hath been elected or returned a Member of this House, or endeavoured so to be, by bribery or any other corrupt practices, this House will proceed with the utmost severity against all such persons as shall have been wilfully concerned in such bribery or other corrupt pra...
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CORRUPT PRACTICES.
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Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person hath been tampering with any witness in respect of his evidence to be given to this House or any Committee thereof, or directly or indirectly hath endeavoured to deter or hinder any person from appearing or giving evidence, the same is declared to be a high crime or mis...
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WITNESSES.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 104}
Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Police of the Metropolis do take care that 10 during the Session of Parliament the passages through the streets leading to this House be kept free and open, and that no obstruction be permitted to hinder the passage of Members to and from this House, and that no disorder be allowe...
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METROPOLITAN POLICE.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 97}
"Bill for the more effectual preventing Clandestine Outlawries," read the first time; to be read a second time.
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OUTLAWRIES BILL.
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Ordered, That the Journal of this House from the end of the last Session to the end of the present Session, with an Index thereto, be printed. Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be printed by the appointment and under the direction of Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., C.I.E., the Clerk of the Hou...
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JOURNAL.
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The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Birrell) : I have to give notice that I shall on an early day introduce a Bill to amend the law relating to the occupation and ownership of land in Ireland, and for other purposes relating thereto. The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Burns) : On an early date I shall a...
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MINISTERIAL NOTICES.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 242}
My Lords and Gentlemen, I was much impressed and gratified by the warmth of the public reception given to the Queen and myself during our recent visit to the German Emperor and Empress at Berlin by all classes of the community. It afforded us great pleasure to meet their Majesties again, and I feel confident that the ...
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HIS MAJESTY'S MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 1065}
Mr. F. E. N. ROGERS ( wearing Court dress ) said: In rising to move that a humble address of thanks be presented to His Majesty for his most gracious Speech from the Throne, I am very conscious of the difficulty the task entails, and I would venture to throw myself frankly on the indulgence of this House, at once the m...
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DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 32310}
Sir CHARLES DILKE moved for a Return showing, with regard to each Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom, the total number and, as far as possible, the number in each class of Electors on the register now in force; and also showing the population and inhabited houses in each Constituency (in continuation of P...
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PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES (ELECTORS, ETC.).
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 63}
Mr. ATHERLEY JONES asked the Home Secretary whether he could give any later information as to the colliery disaster which took place yesterday at the Stanley Mine, Durham. The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Gladstone) : The only telegram I have was received at half-past one, and is to the effect that ...
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The Durham Colliery Disaster.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 110}
The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. John Burns). —Bill to Amend the Law Relating to the Housing of the Working Classes, to provide for the making of Town Planning schemes, and to make further provision with respect to the appoint- 92 ment and duties of county Medical Officers of Health, and to provide for ...
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HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, ETC.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 72}
Mr. J. A. PEASE moved the following motion of which the Prime Minister had given notice: That no Bills other than Government Bills, be introduced in anticipation of the ballot, and that all Members who desire to ballot, whether for Bills or for Motions for Tuesday, 23rd February, and Tuesday, 2nd March, and Wednesday, ...
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BALLOT FOR BILLS AND MOTIONS.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 2201}
The PRIME MINISTER moved : "That the Proceedings on the Address, in answer to His Majesty's Speech, shall, until concluded, have precedence of all other Orders of the Day, and of Notices of Motions, at all Sittings for which they are set down." Motion agreed to.
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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 46}
Mr. WILLIAM REDMOND : May I ask you, Mr. Speaker, as a question of order or of privilege, whether you intend to make any suggestion to the House with reference to the finding of the Select Committee last Session upon the question of the admission of strangers to the House? Mr. SPEAKER : The Select Committee, having co...
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Admission of Strangers.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 165}
Motion made, and Question proposed: "That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as followeth: Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, Your Majesty's most 98 dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Maj...
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HIS MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS SPEECH.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 45041}
Mr. HODGE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention had been called to the evidence of an old age pensioner, given at an inquest on the body of his wife, held before the coroner in Hammersmith, on Tuesday, 21st ultimo, that he did not call in the parish doctor for the reason that such act would have stoppe...
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN WRITING.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 400}
Mr. HODGE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention had been called to the evidence of an old age pensioner, given at an inquest on the body of his wife, held before the coroner in Hammersmith, on Tuesday, 21st ultimo, that he did not call in the parish doctor for the reason that such act would have stoppe...
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Pensions and Medical Relief.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 182}
Mr. FELL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claims for pensions have been received up to date, how many have been granted, how many refused, and how many are still under consideration in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively. The reply of The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was as follows:—The numbers of...
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Claims for Old Age Pensions.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 121}
Mr. CLAUDE HAY asked the President of the Local Government Board if he would state when the Return as to Municipal Trading, ordered by this House to be prepared, and referred to in the Board's circular letter of the 14th May, 1907, will be published. The PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD replied: There have been...
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Municipal Trading.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 97}
Mr. ELLIS moved: That the Committee on Standing Orders do consist of Thirteen Members: That Sir John Brunner, Sir Frederick Cawley, Mr. Ellis, Sir Thomas Esmonde, Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland, Mr. Jenkins, Sir Joseph Leese, Colonel Long, Mr. Mildmay, Mr. William Redmond, Mr. Stuart, Mr. David Alfred Thomas, and Mr. Eug...
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STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 59}
Sir BRAMPTON GURDON moved: That Mr. Abraham (North East Cork), Sir James Dalziel, Mr. George Denison Faber, Mr. Fenwick, Sir Brampton Gurdon, Sir Joseph Leese, Colonel Lockwood, Mr. Lonsdale, Mr. Pirie, Mr. George Roberts, and Sir Herbert Roberts be Members of the Committee of Selection. Motion agreed to
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COMMITTEE OF SELECTION.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 48}
Mr. BUTCHER presented a petition from the Trustees of the British Museum for a grant in aid. (King's Recommendation signified.) To lie upon the Table.
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BRITISH MUSEUM.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 25}
For the Hawick District of Burghs, in the room of the Right Hon. Thomas Shaw, who had accepted the office of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.—[ Mr. Joseph Pease .]
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NEW WRIT.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 30}
Mr. LONSDALE: I beg to move for a Return showing, respectively, for each month of 1908 the number of cattle drives, of cases of firing into houses and at persons, of boycotting (complete and partial), of prosecutions for foregoing Offences, of results of prosecutions, of claims for 204 malicious injuries, amount of awa...
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0FFENCES (IRELAND).
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 74}
The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE: The accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for each month during the year 1909 be laid before the House. Motion agreed to.
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TRADE AND NAVIGATION.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 33}
Mr. DILLON : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will now lay upon the Table of the House papers on the affairs of Persia? The SECRETARY for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Edward Grey) : I have hitherto been reluctant to publish papers, for reasons which I gave in answer to Questions last autumn. ...
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Affairs of Persia.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 248}
Mr. JOHN ROBERTSON : I beg to ask the right hon. Gentleman whether, in view of the increasing frequency of crimes of brigandage in Egypt, notably in the Markaz of Quesna, and the recognized inability 205 of the police to protect the inhabitants, he will now take into consideration the expediency of a thorough inquiry i...
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Egyptian System of Police.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 127}
Mr. JOHN ROBERTSON : I beg to ask the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to charges brought against the majority of the lotteries in Cairo as now conducted, and to the official admission of the Egyptian Parquet that abuses are general in the administration of lotteries; and whether he w...
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Lotteries in Cairo.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 121}
Sir C. DILKE : I beg to ask the Secretary of State whether he can inform the House at what date he expects to receive the reply of the Belgian Government on his Memorandum of 4th November, already put in hand on the 16th November, as stated in the despatch from the Belgian Minister, laid before Parliament in that month...
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The Upper Congo.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 216}
Mr. GEO. GOOCH : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give to the House the latest information in reference to the Somali Mullah The UNDER-SECRETARY for the COLONIES (Colonel SEELY) : My right hon. Friend has asked me to answer this question. The latest information is that two messeng...
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The Somali Mullah.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 401}
Captain CRAIG : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the number of persons boycotted in Ireland at the present date. The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Birrell) : On the 31st January last there were 47 cases of serious boycotting—namely, 37 cases described as wholly boyc...
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Boycotting in Ireland.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 161}
Captain CRAIG : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary if he can state how many persons are at present under police protection, wholly and partially respectively, in Ireland at the present date. The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND : On the 31st January last 71 persons were receving constant police protection and 264 were being ...
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Persons under Police Protection in Ireland.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 59}
Captain CRAIG : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary whether he can state the number of outrages in which firearms were used in Ireland during the recent recess; how many persons were made amenable 208 to the law in connection with the outrages; and what sentences were imposed. The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND : Nineteen c...
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The use of Firearms in Ireland.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 94}
Captain CRAIG : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary if he can state the number of cattle-drives which took place in Ireland during the recent recess, the number of arrests in consequence, and sentences imposed. The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND : Fifty-five cattle-drives took place during the recess. One hundred persons we...
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Cattle-Drives in Ireland.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 187}
Captain CRAIG : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that a van driver belonging to the Ballybane Dairy, while on his way home from Galway, was attacked by three men in disguise, knocked down and his pockets rifled, and was stabbed with a knife by one of his assailants, receiving an ugly wound in the ch...
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Van Driver assaulted in Galway.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 130}
Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSY : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he can say when were negotiations entered into between the Estates Commissioners and Mrs. Shelton for the purchase of the untenanted lands at Beaufort, Coolanoran, in the county of Limerick; has an agreement yet been arrived at for the purchase of thes...
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Untenanted Land in County Limerick.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 641}
Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSY : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, if he can say what action the Estates Commissioners have taken to restore the Dunworth family in the farm at Garryfine, Bruree, in the county of Limerick, from which they were evicted; and what is the cause of delay in this case. The CHIEF SECRETARY for...
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The Dunworth Evicted Tenants.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 269}
Mr. M'KEAN : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances under which a town clerk has been recently elected in Kingstown, county Dublin; if he will exercise his powers as President of the Local Government Board to have the election annulled; has the acting town cler...
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Kingstown (co. Dublin) Town Clerk.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 431}
Mr. LONSDALE : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he will state the number of purchase agreements, under the Land Act, 1903, lodged with the Estates Commissioners since the 30th November last. The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND : The number of purchase agreements in direct sales lodged with the Estates ...
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Land Purchase Agreements.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 82}
Mr. LONSDALE : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he has recommended that a grant should be made from the Royal Bounty Fund or other source to the victims of the Craughwell outrage on the 22nd January or to the relatives of the murdered constable? The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND : The Irish Governmen...
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The Craughwell Outrage.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 146}
Mr. LONSDALE : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will now state what has been the result of the warning given to certain newspapers in October last against the continued publication of intimidatory resolutions of United Irish League branches? The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND : The warnings referred to ...
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Intimidatory Resolutions in Irish Newspapers.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 83}
Mr. LONSDALE : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the members of the Royal Irish Constabulary receive any special training in the handling of revolvers; at what intervals are they practised in the use of this weapon; what were the reasons for arming the late Constable Goldrick, when employed on the du...
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Rozal Irish Constabulary and Revolver Practice.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 374}
Mr. LONSDALE : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the action of the magistrates who adjudicated at the hearing of the summonses charging 21 members of the United Irish League with intimidation designed to compel Protestant farmers in the Riverstown district to become...
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Irish Magistrates' Action.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 421}
Mr. LONSDALE : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he will state the number of cattle drives reported to the police during the year 1908; the total number reported to the 31st January, 1909; and the total number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted by the police against persons concerned in c...
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Cattle Drives in 1908.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 430}
Mr. LONSDALE : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, having regard to the increase in the number of shooting outrages, he intends to introduce, during this Session, legislation to empower the executive to impose restrictions upon the sale and the possession of firearms? The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND ...
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Shooting Outrages in Ireland.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 73}
Mr. REES : I beg to ask whether the Under Secretary of State for India can state when the East India Reform Bill will be brought before the House? The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Buchanan) : The Bill was introduced in the House of Lords and read a first time yesterday, and we are anxious that its progress ...
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East Indian Reform Bill.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 69}
Mr. REES : I beg to ask whether the Government proposes to take any steps to stay the publication in England of anarchical journals inciting British-Indian subjects to rebellion and assassination? The UNDER-SECRETARY for INDIA : The Government are well aware of the circumstances to which the hon. Member refers, and ha...
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Anarchical Journals.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 117}
Mr. REES : I beg to ask whether the perpetrator of the murder of the attendant of the saloon carriage of the Commander-in-Chief in India last January has yet been apprehended? The UNDER-SECRETARY for INDIA : The Secretary of State has no information on this subject beyond what has appeared in the newspapers. A servant...
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An Indian Murder.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 63}
Mr. REES : I beg to ask whether it is finally decided to absorb the Indian collection at South Kensington into the Victoria and Albert Museum, and to distribute its material among the various sections of the latter institution? The UNDER-SECRETARY for INDIA : The Secretary of State has made representations to the Pres...
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Indian Collection at South Kensington.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 186}
Mr. REES : I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give the House any information as to what punishment was inflicted upon the native driver who assaulted an English lady traveller upon the Tonga Road to Srinaggar last December? The UNDER-SECRETARY for INDIA : The Secretary of State has rece...
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An Indian Assault Case.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 61}
Mr. REES : I beg to ask whether Chirdomiburum Pilla, who was convicted of sedition in connection with the Tinnevelly riots, and announced his intention of lending the steamers of his Svadeshi Company for the deportation of the English from India, has recently given evidence in connection with the outbreak in the gaol i...
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Indian Gaol Supervision.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 237}
Mr REES : I beg to ask whether an appeal has been presented against the judgment of a majority of judges of the High Court of Calcutta in the case of Mr. Clark, magistrate of Mymensingh, whose appeal against the fine imposed upon him in a civil action for trespass in searching a remindar's chutcherry was dismissed by a...
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An Indian Magistrate's Case.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 101}
Mr. EVELYN CECIL : I beg to ask whether, owing to unrest in Somaliland, the 2nd Battalion of the King's African Rifles in Nyassaland were ordered to Somaliland last December; whether they were conveyed up the coast in the German mail steamer, the "Prinzessin," in consequence of there being no suitable British line of s...
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The Unrest in Somaliland.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 300}
Mr. ESSEX : May I ask the President of the Board of Education whether a scheme has been decided upon for the use of the trust funds of Northleach (Glos.) Grammar School in educational work in that town and its neighbourhood; and, if not, how do the affairs of the trust now stand? The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATIO...
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Northleach Grammar School.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 150}
Mr. MORRELL : I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether any case has yet occurred in which the Small Holdings Commissioners have reported to the Board of Agriculture, under the Act, that there is a demand for small holdings, and that it is desira...
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Small Holdings Act.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 301}
Mr. THORNE : I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that Mr. J. W. Thompson, Local Government Board inspector, recently told the Lewes Guardians that their resolution that the Board should consider whether any recipient of out-door relief who is over 70 years of age, who is infirm,...
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Outdoor Relief and Old Age Pensions.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 397}
Mr. BRIGHT : I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, whether he is able to issue such regulations as to the provision of fire escapes in lodging houses as will render less likely such tragedies as that which recently occurred in Manchester? The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD : I am not empow...
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Lodging Houses and Fire Escapes.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 107}
Mr. CLAUDE HAY (for Major Coates) : I beg to ask when the regulations in reference to the granting of licences under the Pharmacy Act, 1908, are to be issued? The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD : Regulations under the Act are made by an Order in Council. Notice of the intention to submit to His Majesty in Cou...
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The Pharmacy Act.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 102}
Mr. CLAUDE HAY : I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he accepts the principle that the State and public authorities should compensate employees injured in their service, and the representatives of such employees as have been killed in the course of their service, on the same scale as private employers are under leg...
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The Tottenham Outrage
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 613}
Mr. BYLES : I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to unofficial suggestions from influential persons in Germany pointing to the possibility of a naval agreement between Germany and Great Britain as to armaments on condition that Britain reduces the speed of her naval construction; and whe...
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Germany and Great Britain.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 260}
Mr PARTINGTON : I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board how much of the £300,000 voted in aid of expenses under the Unemployed Workmen Act, 1905, has been distributed in London, England and Wales (excluding London), Scotland, and Ireland? The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD : Of the £200,000 a...
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Unemployed Workmen Act.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 467}
Mr. ESSEX : I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, whether any examination is made at the port of entry in the United Kingdom of carcasses of Continental-killed Argentine-grown mutton. The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD : Continental-killed mutton, like other imported meat, is now subject t...
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Examination of Imported Meat.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 69}
Mr. CLAUDE HAY : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the pension to which the widow of Constable Tyler is entitled as the widow of a constable killed in the execution of his duty is £15 a year only; whether the fund raised to make further provision for her had the advantage of official ...
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Murdered Constable's Pension.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 513}
Mr. CLAUDE HAY : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state on what scale compensation will be paid to the parents of the boy killed by alien anarchists at Tottenham, and to the persons injured by those anarchists in their attempt to escape? The HOME SECRETARY : I have no power to gra...
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The Tottenham Outrage.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 112}
Mr. CLAUDE HAY : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to a statement by Judge Rentoul, K.C., to the effect that, in the course of a week of this month during which he has been sitting at the Old Bailey, three-fourths of the prisoners tried before him were alie...
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Criminal Aliens.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 404}
Mr. CLAUDE HAY : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the instruction issued by him to immigration officers in March, 1906, that in all cases in which immigrants coming from the parts of the Continent which are at present in a disturbed condition allege that they are flying fro...
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Admission of Alien Immigrants.
{"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 429}