§ As amended, considered.
MR. HERBERT ROBERTSON (Hackney,)said he desired to move the insertion of a compensation clause in this Bill for the benefit of those persons who might be injured or injuriously affected by the execution of the works which were to take place under this Bill. The House would remember that the object of this Bill was to take powers to drain the area in which was situated St. Winifred's Well and the Holywell stream upon which there were many mills. It could not be proved definitely one way or the other as 348 to whether the making of the tunnels for the purpose of draining these hills with the object of clearing certain mines of water would have the effect of draining the Holywell stream or not. The contention of the opponents of the Bill was that in all probability they would do so. Having regard to the fact that this area was composed of carboniferous limestone and it was proposed to tunnel at an altitude of about twenty feet above sea level, it was contended that in all probability it would affect the Holywell stream which was 200ft. above sea level. As they could not drain this land without the consent of Parliament, he suggested that when the promoters came and asked for powers to execute works which might injuriously affect others, Parliament should say at once they would not grant the powers prayed for unless the promoters agreed that if any person's interest was injuriously affected by their operations such persons should be compensated. That was the object of this Amendment. Of course there would always be a difficulty in proving or showing whether damage had been done by tunnelling in this area or not and the onus of proof would have to rest upon the owners of the lands and mills who were damnified. The hon. Member drew attention to the fact that originally a person entitled to subterraneous water was not entitled to any locus standi before Parliament on an occasion of this kind, but years ago that practice was altered and they were now allowed to appear before the House in opposition to Bills which might have the effect, if granted, of destroying their source of supply. That locus standi would not have been given had not Parliament considered that the public rights in this underground water were likely to be injured. The form of compensation which he asked for was money, because it was perfectly obvious that once the water had been drained off to a Level of twenty feet above sea level it could not be again brought up to its former level of 200 feet. In arriving at the amount of compensation to he given they had ascertained that the smallest flow of water from St. Winifred's Well into the Holy-well stream per day was 2,750,000 gallons and he did not ask for any compensation whatever until the delivery of water from 349 that source was reduced to 2,500,000 gallons. If the stream was run dry the owners of the mills upon it would be ruined and the workmen discharged to find their living in some other way. Mortgagees of properties in the neighbourhood were even now considering the advisability of calling in many charges on the land, on the simple ground that the Bill, if passed, would seriously depreciate the value of the land. Therefore, as the promoters of this Bill for their own purposes came and asked for powers to carry out certain works, he submitted that if it was shown that in carrying out those works there was a danger of injuriously affecting other people, compensation ought to given. He begged to move.
§ SIR WILLIAM TOMLINSON (Preston)said on a previous occasion he had voted in favour of the promoters because he did not think that it was clear that any damage would be done. But he had come to the conclusion, having regard to the nature of the soil, there would be considerable danger in certain circumstances of damage being done, he therefore thought compensation should be provided for, and that being so, he begged to second the Amendment.
A Clause (Compensation to owners occupiers on the Holywell Stream)—
(1) If at any time or times, in consequence of the making of any tunnel or the execution of any works authorised by this Act or of any works connected therewith, the flow of water from Saint Winifred's Well into the Holywell Stream is reduced below an average daily quantity of two and a-half million gallons, then the company shall pay compensation to the person or persons injuriously affected thereby, and the amount of such compensation shall, failing agreement, be determined in the manner provided by The Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847.(2) Any compensation which the company may become liable to pay under this section the subscribed capital of the company shall shall be a first charge upon the uncalled capital of the company, and 25 per cent. of remain uncalled until the expiration of one year after the completion of the tunnels authorised by this Act." —(Mr. Herbert Robertson.)Brought up, and read the first time.Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the clause be read a second time."
§ * MR. TENNANT (Berwickshire)said the clause which had just been moved 350 would, if passed, impose upon the promoters of this Bill an unlimited liability with regard to any claims that might be made against them. He submitted that such a clause as this was not one which this House was accustomed to pass, and the precedent it would create would not be useful. He objected to the statement that the mills on the Holywell Stream were driven by the stream; so far as those mills were concerned, water was only a secondary power; they used steam and electric power to a large extent. The natural variation of the amount of water in Saint Winifred's Well was enormous, and if the quantity of water diminished it would be extremely difficult to assert that the well had suffered owing to the action of the promoters. He did not say that this scheme might not diminish the amount of water in the well, but, on the other hand, it was impossible to say that it would do so. It was on these grounds that the Committee declined to provide for compensation. The object of the promoters was to drain mines which were believed to contain rich mineral ores, and he asked the House not to prevent the execution of a work which would be beneficial to the district. It was not suggested that the well was likely to be so seriously interfered with, that it would be run dry. Even if the flow went down to 2,500,000 gallons no great injury would be caused to anyone. The interests of the people of Holywell would be served better by the passage than by the rejection of the Bill, because in consequence thereof a great field of industry would be opened up and a rich mineral tract worked to the great advantage of the inhabitants of the district. Why should the locality be denied this chance of becoming prosperous? He entirely demurred to the statement that the Bill was promoted for the cause of one or two great landowners, or that the Committee had not consulted the greatest interest of the greatest number. If the clause were inserted, the Bill would probably be dropped, and with it would go the limitation which had been inserted by the Committee. In that case much worse injury would be done than was possible under the Bill as it stood. He made no complaint of the course taken by the hon. Member for Hackney. Parliament was 351 quite right to preserve its control over its Committees. But Parliament was also generous to its Committees, and unless some new principle was involved, or some new facts disclosed, this House was in the habit of upholding the decision of its Committees. Here there were no new facts and no new principle. He trusted that as the House had been generous in the past it would be so on this occasion
§ MR. BRIGG (Yorkshire, W.R., Keighley), who was almost inaudible in the Press Gallery, was understood to support the Amendment. From practical experience of taking water in similar circumstances from limestone formation, he had come to the conclusion that the limit of 2,500,000 was a very reasonable limit for compensation.
* THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (Mr. J. W. LOWTHER,) Cumberland, Penrithhoped the House would not accept the clause. The law in reference to underground water was, he admitted, in an unsatisfactory state, but a private Bill of this character was not the occasion to amend the general law. To accept the clause would be to admit a claim put forward by Holywell to underground water at least a mile away. Clause 7 of the Bill drew a line a mile from the town within which the company could not carry on work, and this had satisfied the Committees of both Houses. It appeared that the works would be of great industrial advantage to the district and it would be matter for regret if, in consequence of the introduction of such a clause, the Bill should be dropped by its promoters and the locality he deprived of the advantage that might he hoped from it. The clause went too far, for it not only gave a title to compensation for reduction of water in consequence of works authorised by the Act, but for the reduction in consequence of "any works connected therewith," nothing being said as to those by whom the works were "connected" The inhabitants of Holywell themselves might connect works, and, although causing their own destruction, might take advantage of this clause to do a wrong to the company. He would vote against the clause.
§ MR. CRIPPS (Lancashire, Stretford)said that the suggestion of the Chairman of Committees was almost too ludicrous, for under the Bill itself no works could be connected with those it authorised unless by the consent of the promoters. He could not assent to the principles laid down by the right hon. Gentleman in connection with a matter of this sort. When special statutory powers were being conferred care ought to be taken that everyone affected was fairly dealt with. It was admitted that until the works had been carried out no one could tell what damage, if any, would be done, and the only way in which persons interested could be fairly treated was by the insertion of such a clause as was now proposed, under which it was for the persons complaining to prove that the alleged damage was in consequence of the works. If such damage could be proved it was only equitable and right that the persons damaged Should receive a fair measure of compensation. With regard to Sub-section (2), if it would throw any obstacle in the way of the promoters raising money, he hoped it would not be pressed.
§ MR. CRIPPSsaid that if that course were taken it would leave only an ordinary form of clause which he thought might very properly be introduced for the protection of persons who were liable to be injured.
§ * MR. TOMKINSON (Cheshire, Crewe)said there was much misapprehension as to the real purpose of the Bill. It was not to grant special powers without which the promoters could not carry out their works. As a matter of fact, having an agreement with the landowners, the promoters could make practically all the tunnels they wanted without the Bill, but they would not have the power to levy royalties on the owners of the mines which would be rendered valuable, and thus they would be simply throwing their money away. If the clause were inserted in the Bill the last state of the owners would probably be worse than the first, because the promoters 353 by making further agreements would be able to carry out the works without any of the limitations imposed by the Bill.
§ SIR JAMES JOICEY (Durham, Chester-le-Street)said there was much in the Bill that was similar to provisions contained in every ordinary mining lease. It was usually provided that in the event of water being taken from a well in consequence of the works of a nine the owners of the well should be compensated for their loss. At the same time, it was very difficult to prove that the water had been taken away by the operation of the mine. The effect of such a clause would be to compel the mine-owners to come to reasonable terms with persons who believed they had suffered loss, and that, he thought, was a very reasonable method of dealing with the matter. If special Parliamentary powers were granted to a company, care should be taken to protect other people from being injured by the exercise of those powers, and, though he had some hesitation in going against the decision of two Committees, he thought this was a case in which the clause should be accepted.
§ COLONEL PRYCE-JONES (Montgomery Boroughs)regretted that the promoters of the Bill had not come to
§ terms with the owners of property who might be injured by the powers granted by such a Bill. Personally, he would prefer to see the Bill dropped than that compensation for injury should not be given.
§ MR. HUDSON (Hertfordshire, Hitchin)was understood to say that a stream which had been a flowing stream for the best pin of a century had been drained dry by a well of the New River Company seven miles away. He thought, therefore, that the limit of one mile in the Bill would not do away with all risk of injury.
§ MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Glamorganshire, Rhondda)said that many Members appeared to be influenced by a desire to safeguard the sacred interests of property, and others by a fear of injury to a supply of water of supposed miraculous and medicinal power, but the great interest of labour was practically ignored. He hoped the House would seriously consider before they accepted a clause which would have the effect of preventing the opening up of a great industry,
§ Question put.
§ The House divided:—Ayes 169: Noes, 142. (Division List No.).
357| AYES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork, N.E.) | Cripps, Charles Alfred | Greene,SirE.W,(B'rySEdm'nds |
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Cullinan, J. | Greene, W. Raymond- (Cambs. |
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Dalkeith, Earl of | Grenfell, William Henry |
| Arnold-Forster,Rt.Hn.Hogh O. | Davies,M.Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Hall, Edward Marshall |
| Arrol, Sir William | Delany, William | Hambro, Charles Eric |
| Balfour, Kenneth, R. (Christch. | Devlin,CharlesRanisay(Galway | Hare, Thomas Leigh |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Devlin, Joseph (Kilkenny, N.) | Hayden, John Patrick |
| Bartley, Sir George C. T. | Dickson, Charles Scott | Heath, James (Staffords.N.W.) |
| Bathurst, Hon. Allen Benjamin | Dimsdale,Rt.Hon.Sir Joseph C. | Heaton, John Henniker |
| Bignold, Sir Arthur | Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph | Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. |
| Bigwood, James | Donelan, Captain A. | Holland, Sir William Henry |
| Bill, Charles | Doogan, P. C. | Hope, J.F.(Sheffield, Brightside |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Dorington,Rt.-Hon. Sir John E. | Howard,John(Kent,Faversham |
| Boland, John | Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Hozier, Hon. James Henry Cecil |
| Brigg, John | Esmonde, Sir Thomas | Hudson, George Bickersteth |
| Broadhurst, Henry | Eve, Harry Trelawney | Hunt, Rowland |
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edward | Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse |
| Burke, E. Huviland- | Finch, Rt. Hon. George H. | Joicey, Sir James |
| Campbell,J.H.M.(DublinUniv.) | Fisher, William Hayes | Jones,DavidBrynmor(Swansea) |
| Campbell, John (Armagh, S.) | Fitzroy, Hon. Edward Algernon | Kennedy, VincentP. (Cavan,W, |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. | Flannery, Sir Fortescue | Kerr, John |
| Causton, Richard Knight | Flavin, Michael Joseph | Keswick, William |
| Cavendish, Y.C.W.(Derbyshire) | Flower, Sir Ernest | King, Sir Henry Seymour |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles William | Flynn, James Christopher | Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) | Forster, Henry William | Levy, Maurice |
| Charrington, Spencer | Foster, PhilipS.(Warwiek,S.W. | Loder, Gerald Walter Erskine |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Galloway, William Johnson | Loyd, Archie Kirkman |
| Coates, Edward Feetham | Gardner, Ernest | Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft) |
| Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. | Gordon, Hn.J.E.(Elgin&Nairn) | Lucas,Reginald.L (Portsmouth) |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Gore, Hon. S. F. Ormsby- | London, W. |
| Macdona, John Cnmming | Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South) | Sassoon, Sir Edward Albert |
| MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | O'Brien, Kendal (TipperaryMid | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) |
| Maconochie, A. W. | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Sharpe, William, Edward T. |
| MacVeagh, Jeremiah | O'Brien, P. J. (Tipperary, N.) | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel |
| M'Hugh, Patrick A. | O'Connor, James (Wicklow,W.) | Smith, Abel H.(Hertford,East) |
| M'Kean, John | O'Dowd, John | Smith, Samuel (Flint) |
| M'Killop, James (Stirlingshire) | O'Malley, William | Smith, Hon. W. F. D. (Strand) |
| M'Killop, W. (Sligo, North) | O'Neill, Hon. Robert Torrens | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Lanes. |
| M'Laren, Sir Charles Benjamin | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Stewart, Sir Mark J.M'Taggart |
| Martin, Richard Biddulph | O'Shee, James John | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Massey-Mainwaring,. Hn.W.F. | Pease, HerbertPike(Darlington | Sullivan, Donal |
| Maxwell,W.J.H.(Dumfriesshire | Percy, Earl | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) |
| Milvain, Thomas | Plummer, Sir Walter R. | Thomas, DavidAlfred(Merthyr) |
| Molesworth, Sir Lewis | Power, Patrick Joseph | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Montagu, Hon. J. Scott (Hants. | Pretyman, Ernest George | Tomlinson, Sir Win. Edw. M. |
| Mooney, John J. | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward | Tully, Jasper |
| Morgan,DavidJ.(Walthamstow | Ratcliff, R. F. | Warde, Colonel C. E. |
| Morrell, George Herbert | Reckitt, Harold James | Welby, Lt.-Col.A.C.E.(Taunton |
| Morton, Arthur H. Alymer | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Whiteley, George(Yorks,W. R.) |
| Moulton, John Fletcher | Renwick, George | Wilson-Todd, Sir W. H.(Yorks.) |
| Mowbray, Sir Robert Gray C. | Ridley,S. Forde (Bethnal Green | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm |
| Murphy, John | Roberts, John Bryn (Eifion) | Young, Samuel |
| Murray,Rt.Hn.A.Graham(B'te) | Roberts, John H. (Denbighs.) | Younger, William |
| Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath) | Robinson, Brooke | |
| Myers, William Henry | Round, Rt. Hon. James | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Herbert Robertson and Colonel Lockwood. |
| Nannetti, Joseph P. | Royds, Clement Molyneux | |
| Newdegate, Francis A. N. | Sackville, Col. S. G. Stopford- | |
| Nolan, Col. John P (Galway,N.) | Samuel, Sir HarryS.(Limehouse | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Hood, Capt.Sir Alex. F. | Fenwick, Charles | Milner, Rt.Hon.Sir FrederickG. |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith) | Mitchell, Edw.(Fermanagh, N.) |
| Allen, Charles P. | FitzGerald, SirRobert Penrose- | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Foster, Sir Walter (Derby Co.) | Newnes, Sir George |
| Asher, Alexander | Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Nussey, Thomas Willans |
| Asquith,Rt.Hon.HerbertHenry | Freeman-Thomas, Captain F. | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Fuller, J. M. F. | Parrott, William |
| Bain, Colonel James Robert | Gladstone,Rt. Hn.HerbertJohn | Partington, Oswald |
| Baird, John George Alexander | Grant, Corrie | Paulton, James Mellor |
| Balcarres, Lord | Gray, Ernest (West Ham) | Pease, J. A. (Saffron Walden) |
| Balfour,Rt.Hn.GeraldW(Leeds | Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton | Pemberton, John S. G. |
| Barlow, John Eminott | Hardy, Laurence(Kent,Ashford | Pierpoint, Robert |
| Barran, Rowland Hirst | Harris, F. Leverton (Tynem'th) | Pixie, Duncan V. |
| Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Harwood, George | Platt-Higgins, Frederick |
| Beach, Rt.HnSirMichaelHicks | Haslett, Sir James Horner | Rea, Russell |
| Bell, Richard | Hatch, Ernest Frederick Geo. | Rickett, J. Compton |
| Bolton, Thomas Dolling | Helder, Augustus | Ridley,Hon.M.W. (Stalybridge) |
| Bond, Edward | Higham, John Sharpe | Roberts, Samuel (Sheffield) |
| Brown, George M. (Edinburgh) | Horniman, Frederick John | Robertson, Edmund (Dundee) |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Houston, Robert Paterson | Runciman, Walter |
| Burt, Thomas | Jacoby, James Alfred | Russell, T. W. |
| Buxton, Sydney Charles | Johnson, John (Gateshead) | Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) |
| Caldwell, James | Johnstone, Heywood (Sussex) | Shackleton, David James |
| Cameron, Robert | Jones,William(Carnarvonshire) | Shaw-Stewart, Sir H. (Renfrew |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Kitson, Sir James | Skewes-Cox, Thomas |
| Chamberlain,RtHn.J.A.(Wore | Langley, Batty | Smith,H.C.(North'mb.Tyneside |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Law, Andrew Bonar (Glasgow) | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Churchill, Winston Spencer | Lawson, John Grant(Yorks.NR | Spear, John Ward |
| Clare, Octavius Leigh | Lawson, Sir Wilfrid (Cornwall) | Stone, Sir Benjamin |
| Cook, Sir Frederick Lucas | Layland-Barratt, Francis | Taylor, Austin (East Toxteth) |
| Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) | Lee, Arthur H(Hants.,Fareham | Tennant, Harold John |
| Craig, Charles Curtis (AntrimS. | Lees, Sir Elliott (Birkenhead) | Thorburn, Sir Walter |
| Crooks, William | Leese, SirJosephF.(Accrington) | Tollemache, Henry James |
| Cross, Herb.Shepherd (Bolton) | Leigh, Sir Joseph | Tomkinson, James |
| Crossley, Rt. Hon. Sir Savile | Long, Rt.Hn.Walter(Bristol,S.) | Toulmin, George |
| Dalziel, James Henry | Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Davenport, William Bromley- | Lough, Thomas | Tuff, Charles |
| Denny, Colonel | Lowther,RtHnJ W(Cum.Penr.) | Valentia, Viscount |
| Dobbie, Joseph | Lyell, Charles Henry | Walton, Joseph (Barnsley) |
| Duke, Henry Edward | Maclver, David (Liverpool) | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Duncan, J. Hastings | M'Arthur, Charles (Liverpool) | Wason, Eugene (Clackmannan) |
| Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin | M'Arthur, William (Cornwall) | Wentworth, Bruce C. Vernon- |
| Dyke,Rt.Hon.Sir William Hart | M'Kenna, Reginald | Wharton, Rt. Hon. John Lloyd |
| Farquharson, Dr. Robert | Markham, Arthur Basil | White, Luke (York, E. R.) |
| Whiteley, H.(Ashton und.Lyne | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Mr. Charles Morley and Mr. William Abraham (Rhondda) |
| Whittaker, Thomas Palmer | Wilson, John (Falkirk) | |
| Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset) | Wilson, John (Glasgow) | |
| Wills, Sir Frederick | Woodhouse,SirJ.T.(Huddersf'd | |
| Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.) | Wylie, Alexander |
MR. HERBERT ROBERTSONsaid that in accordance with his undertaking in the previous debate he desired to move the omission of Sub-section 2.
§
Amendment proposed—
To leave out Sub-section (2)."—(Mr. Herbert Robertson.)
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Motion made, and Question put "That the clause, as amended, be, added to the Bill."
§ The House divided:—Ayes, 179; Noes, 138. (Division List No. 245.)
359| Smith, Samuel (Flint) | Thornton, Percy M. | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm |
| Smith, Hon. W. F. D. (Strand) | Tomlinson, Sir Wm. Edw. M. | Young, Samuel |
| Stanley, Rt. Hn. Lord (Lancs.) | Tully, Jasper | Younger, William |
| Stewart, Sir Mark J. M'Taggart | Warde, Colonel C. E. | |
| Strachey, Sir Edward | Welby, Lt.Col. A.C.E.(Taunton | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Sullivan, Donal | Whiteley, George (York,W.R.) | Mr. Herbert Robertson and |
| Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) | Wilson, A. Stanley (York,E.R.) | Colonel Lockwood. |
| Thomas,David Alfred (Merthyr | Wilson-Todd,Sir W. H.(Yorks.) |
| NOES. | ||
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Fuller, J. M. F. | Pierpoint, Robert |
| Allen, Charles P. | Gladstone,Rt.Hn.HerbertJohn | Pirie, Duncan V. |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Grant, Corrie | Platt-Higgins, Frederick |
| Asher, Alexander | Gray, Ernest (West Ham) | Rea, Russell |
| Asquith, Rt.Hn.Herbert Henry | Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton | Rickett, J. Compton |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Hardy,Laurence(Kent,Ashford | Roberts, Samuel (Sheffield) |
| Bain, Colonel James Robert | Harris, F. Leverton(Tynem'th) | Robertson, Edmund (Dundee) |
| Baird, John George Alexander | Harwood, George | Robson, William Snowdon |
| Balcarres, Lord | Hatch, Ernest Frederick Geo. | Runciman, Walter |
| Barlow, John Emmott | Helder, Augustus | Russell, T. W. |
| Barran, Rowland Hirst | Higham, John Sharpe | Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) |
| Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Horniman, Frederick John | Shackleton, David James |
| Beach, Rt.Hn.Sir MichaelHicks | Houston, Robert Paterson | Shaw, Charles Edw. (Stafford) |
| Bell, Richard | Jacoby, James Alfred | Shaw, Thomas (Hawick B.) |
| Bolton, Thomas Dolling | Johnson, John (Gateshead) | Shaw-Stewart, Sir H. (Renfrew) |
| Brown, George M. (Edinburgh) | Johnstone, Heywood (Sussex) | Skewes-Cox, Thomas |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire | Smith, H.C(North'mb.Tyneside |
| Burt, Thomas | Kitson, Sir James | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Buxton, Sydney Charles | Langley, Batty | Spear, John Ward |
| Caldwell, James | Law, Andrew Bonar (Glasgow) | Stone, Sir Benjamin |
| Cameron, Robert | Lawson, JohnGrant(Yorks.N.R | Taylor, Austin (East Toxteth) |
| Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H. | Lawson, Sir Wilfrid (Cornwall) | Tennant, Harold John |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Layland-Barratt, Francis | Thorburn, Sir Walter |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Lee,Arthur H.(Hants,Fareham | Tollemache, Henry James |
| Churchill, Winston Spencer | Lees, Sir Elliot (Birkenhead) | Tomkinson, James |
| Clare, Octavius Leigh | Leese,Sir Joseph F. (Accrington | Toulmin, George |
| Cook, Sir Frederick Lucas | Leigh, Sir Joseph | Tuff, Charles |
| Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) | Long,Rt.Hn. Walter (Bristol,S) | Valentia, Viscount |
| Craig,Charles Curtis (Antrim,S. | Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Walton, Joseph (Barnsley) |
| Crooks, William | Lough, Thomas | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Cross, Herb. Shepherd (Bolton) | Lowther,RtHn.JW (Cum.Penr. | Wason, Eugene (Clackmannan) |
| Crossley, Rt. Hon. Sir Savile | Lyell, Charles Henry | Wentworth, Bruce C. Vernon- |
| Davenport, William Bromley- | MacIver, David (Liverpool) | White, Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Denny, Colonel | M'Arthur, Charles (Liverpool) | Whiteley,H.(Ashton und. Lyne |
| Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | M'Arthur, William (Cornwall) | Whittaker, Thomas Palmer |
| Dobbie, Joseph | M'Kenna, Reginald | Wills, Sir Frederick |
| Duke, Henry Edward | Markham, Arthur Basil | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.) |
| Duncan, J. Hastings | Milner, Rt.Hn.Sir Frederick G. | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin | Mitchell, Edw.(Fermanagh,N.) | Wilson, John (Falkirk) |
| Egerton, Hon. A. de Tatton | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) | Wilson, John (Glasgow) |
| Emmott, Alfred | Morley, Charles (Breconshire) | Woodhouse,SirJ T.(Huddersf'd |
| Farquharson, Dr. Robert | Newnes, Sir George | Wylie, Alexander |
| Fenwick, Charles | Nussey, Thomas Willans | |
| Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith) | Parrott, William | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| FitzGerald,Sir Robert Penrose- | Partington, Oswald | Mr. William Abraham |
| Foster, Sir Walter (Derby Co.) | Paulton, James Mellor | (Rhondda) and Mr.Trevelyan |
| Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Pease, J. A. (Saffron Walden) | |
| Freeman-Thomas, Captain F. | Pemberton, John S. G. |
§ Bill to be read the third time.