§ (4.0.) Motion made, and Question put, "That this day the proceedings of the Business of Ways and Means have precedence of all other business, including Business of the House (Procedure).—(Mr. A. J. Balfour.)
§ The House divided:—Ayes, 227: Noes, 93. (Division List No. 109.)
291| AYES. | ||
| Acland-Hood, Capt. Sir Alex. F. | Beach, Rt Hn. Sir Michael Hicks | Causton, Richard Knight |
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Beaumont, Wentworth C. B. | Cavendish, R. E. (N. Lancs.) |
| Allen, Charles P. (Glouc., Stroud | Bentinck, Lord Henry C. | Cavendish, V. C. W. (Derbyshire |
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Bignold, Arthur | Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) |
| Archdale, Edward Mervyn | Bill, Charles | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J.(Birm. |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Black, Alexander William | Chamberlain, J. Austen (Wore'r |
| Arnold-Forster, Hugh O. | Boulnois, Edmund | Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Bowles, T. Gibson (King's Lynn) | Chapman, Edward |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Brookfield, Colonel Montagu | Charrington, Spencer |
| Austin, Sir John | Brotherton, Edward Allen | Churchill, Winston Spencer |
| Bain, Colonel James Robert | Bryce, Rt. Hon. James | Clive, Captain Percy A. |
| Balcarres, Lord | Brymer, William Ernest | Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. |
| Baldwin, Alfred | Burdett-Coutts, W. | Coghill, Douglas Harry |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (Manch'r | Buxton, Sydney Charles | Cohen, Benjamin Louis |
| Balfour, Kenneth R. (Christch. | Caldwell, James | Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse |
| Bartley, George C. T. | Campbell, Rt. Hn. J. A (Glasgow | Colomb, Sir John Charles Ready |
| Corbett, T. L. (Down. North) | Horner, Frederick William | Purvis, Robert |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Horniman, Frederick John | Randles, John S. |
| Cross, Herb. Shepherd (Bolton) | Houldsworth, Sir Wm. Henry | Rattigan, Sir William Henry |
| Crossley, Sir Savile | Hoult, Joseph | Rea, Russell |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Howard, J. (Midd., Tottenham) | Reid, James (Greenock) |
| Dalrymple, Sir Charles | Hozier, Hon. James Henry Cecil | Remnant, James Farquharson |
| Davies, Alfred (Carmarthen) | Hutton, John (Yorks. N. R.) | Rickett, J. Compton |
| Davies, M. Vaughan-(Cardigan | Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse | Ridley, Hon. M. W (Stalybridge |
| Denny, Colonel | Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick | Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas. Thomson |
| Dewar, T. R (T'r H'mlets, S. Geo. | Johnston, William (Belfast) | Roberts, John Bryn (Eifion) |
| Dickson, Charles Scott | Jones, William (Carnarv'nshire | Roberts, John H. (Denbighs.) |
| Dickson, Poynder, Sir John P. | Kearley, Hudson E. | Roberts, Samuel (Sheffield) |
| Dorington, Sir. John Edward | Kennaway, Rt. Hn. Sir John H. | Russell, T. W. |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Kenyon-Slaney, Col. W. (Salop. | Sackville, Col. S. G. Stopford- |
| Doxford, Sir William Theodore | Knowles, Lees | Sadler, Col. Samuel Alexander |
| Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin | Laurie, Lieut.-General | Sandys, Lieut.-Col. Thos. Myles |
| Dyke, Rt. Hn. Sir William Hart | Lawson, John Grant | Seely, Chas. Hilton (Lincoln) |
| Elliot, Hon. A. Ralph Douglas | Layland-Barratt, Francis | Seely, Maj. J. E. B (Isle of Wight |
| Fardell, Sir T. George | Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage | Sharpe, William Edward T. |
| Farquharson, Dr. Robert | Leveson-Gower, Frederick N. S. | Simeon, Sir Barrington |
| Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edward | Loder, Gerald Walter Erskine | Sinclair, John (Forfarshire) |
| Fergusson, Rt. Hn. Sir J (Manc'r | Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham | Smith, H C (North'mb. Tynesde |
| Finch, George H. | Long, Rt. Hn. Walter (Bristol, S) | Smith, James Parker (Lanarks.) |
| Fisher, William Hayes | Loyd, Archie Kirkman | Spear, John Ward |
| Fison, Frederick William | Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft) | Spencer, Rt. Hn. C. R (Northants |
| Fitz Gerald, Sir Robert Penrose- | Lucas, Reginald. J. (Portsmouth | Spencer, Sir E. (W. Bromwich) |
| Flower, Ernest | Macartney, Rt Hn W. G. Ellison | Stanley, Hn. Arthur (Ormskirk |
| Forster, Henry William | Macdona, John Cumming | Stanley, Edward Jas. (Somerset |
| Foster, Philip S (War wick, S. W. | M'Arthur, Charles (Liverpool) | Stanley, Lord (Lanes.) |
| Foster, Sir Walter (Derby Co.) | M'Calmont, Col. J. (Antrim, E.) | Stewart, Sir Mark J. M' Taggart |
| Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | M'Killop, James (Stirlingshire) | Stone, Sir Benjamin |
| Garfit, William | Malcolm, Ian | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Goddard, Daniel Ford | Markham, Arthur Basil | Sturt, Hon. Humphry Napier |
| Gordon, Hn. J. E (Elgin & Nairn | Maxwell, W. J. H (Dumfriessh.) | Tennant, Harold John |
| Gorst, Rt. Hon. St. John Eldon | Middlemore, Jno. Throgmorton | Thorburn, Sir Walter |
| Goulding, Edward Alfred | Milvain, Thomas | Tomlinson, Wm. Edw. Murray |
| Green, Walford D (Wednesbury | Mitchell, William | Tuke, Sir John Batty |
| Greene, W. Raymond-(Cambs.) | Morley, Charles (Breconshire) | Ure, Alexander |
| Grenfell, William Henry | Morley, Rt. Hn. John (Montrose | Valentia, Viscount |
| Gretton, John | Morton, Arthur H. A. (Deptford) | Warr, Augustus |
| Guest, Hon. Ivor Churchill | Mount, William Arthur | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Gunter, Sir Robert | Mowbray, Sir Robert Gray C. | Welby, Lt.-Cl. A. C. E. (Taunton |
| Halsey, Rt. Hon. Thomas F. | Muntz, Philip A. | Whitmore, Charles Algernon |
| Hamilton, Marq. of (L'nd'nd'rry | Murray, Rt. Hn. A. Grh'm (Bute | Williams, Rt Hn J Powell-(Birm |
| Hanbury, Rt. Hon. Robert Wm. | Murray, Charles J. (Coventry) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath) | Wills, Sir Frederick |
| Hardy, Laurence (K'nt, Ashford | Myers, William Henry | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E. R.) |
| Hare, Thomas Leigh | Nicol, Donald Ninian | Wilson, John (Falkirk) |
| Harmsworth, R. Leicester | Orr-Ewing, Charles Lindsay | Wilson, John (Glasgow) |
| Harris, Frederick Leverton | Palmer, George Wm. (Reading) | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestersh. N.) |
| Haslam, Sir Alfred S. | Paulton, James Mellor | Wilson-Todd, Wm. H. (Yorks.) |
| Hayne, Rt. Hon. Charles Seale- | Pease, Herbt. Pike (Darlington) | Wodehouse, Rt. Hon. E. R (Bath |
| Hayter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur D. | Pease, J. A. (Saffron Walden) | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm |
| Heath, Arthur Howard (Hanley | Pemberton, John S. G. | Worsley-Taylor, Henry Wilson |
| Heath, James (Staffords. N. W. | Percy, Earl | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Helder, Augustus | Pierpoint, Robert | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Hermon-Hodge, Robert Trotter | Pilkington, Lieut.-Col. Richard | Younger, William |
| Hoare, Sir Samuel | Platt-Higgins, Frederick | |
| Hobhouse, Henry (Somerset. E. | Plummer, Walter R. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Sir William Walrond and Mr. Anstruther |
| Holland, William Henry | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp | |
| Hope, J. F (Sheffield, Brightside) | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork. N. E.) | Condon, Thomas Joseph | Ellis, John Edward |
| Allan, William (Gateshead) | Crean, Eugene | Evans, Samuel T. (Glamorgan) |
| Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Crombie, John William | Fenwick, Charles |
| Blake, Edward | Delany, William | Ffrench, Peter |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Field, William |
| Campbell, John (Armagh, S.) | Dillon, John | Flynn, James Christopher |
| Cawley, Frederick | Doogan, P. C. | Furness, Sir Christopher |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Duncan, J. Hastings | Gilhooly, James |
| Cogan, Denis J. | Edwards, Frank | Griffith, Ellis J. |
| Hammond, John | M'Kenna, Reginald | Shaw, Thomas (Hawick, B.) |
| Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil | M'Laren, Charles Benjamin | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel |
| Harrington, Timothy | Mansfield, Horace Rendall | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Hayden, John Patrick | Mooney, John J. | Stevenson, Francis S. |
| Hope, John Deans (Fife. West) | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) | Sullivan, Donal |
| Jacoby, James Alfred | Morton, Edw. J. C. (Devonport) | Thomas, Alfred (Glamorgan. E.) |
| Jones, David Brynm'r (Swansea | Moss, Samuel | Thomas, F. Freeman-(Hastings |
| Jordan, Jeremiah | Murphy, John | Thomas, J A (Glamorgan, Gower |
| Joyce, Michael | Nannetti, Joseph p. | Tomkinson, James |
| Kinloch, Sir John George Smyth | Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South) | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Leese, Sir Joseph F. (Accrington | Norton, Capt. Cecil William | Wallace, Robert |
| Leng, Sir John | O'Brien, James F. X. (Cork) | Wason, Eugene (Clackmannan) |
| Levy, Maurice | O'Brien, P. J. (Tipperary, N.) | White, Patrick (Menth, North) |
| Lewis, John Herbert | O'Donnell, T. (Kerry. W.) | Whiteley, George (York, W. R.) |
| Lloyd-George, David | O'Dowd, John | Whitley, J. H. (Halifax) |
| Lough, Thomas | O'Shanghnessy, P. J. | Whittaker, Thomas Palmer |
| Lundon, W. | Power, Patrick Joseph | Williams, Osmond (Merioneth) |
| MacDonnell, Dr. Mark A. | Priestley, Arthur | Wilson, Fred. W. (Norfolk. Mid. |
| MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Reckitt, Harold James | Woodhouse, Sir J T (Huddersf'd |
| MacVeaph, Jeremiah | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Yoxall, James Henry |
| M'Crae, George | Robertson, Edmund (Dundee) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Captain Donelan and Mr. Patrick, O Brien. |
| M'Govern, T. | Robson, William Snowdon | |
| M'Kean, John | Roe, Sir Thomas |