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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Idries, T. H. W. (Flint Boroughs) Illingworth, P. (Yorks, W.R., Shipley) Isaacs, Rufus Daniel, K.C. (Reading)
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I
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Valentia, Rt. Hon. Lord (Oxford) Verney, F. W. (Bucks, N.) Villiers, Ernest Amherst (Brighton) Vivian, Henry (Birkenhead)
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V
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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