§ Notwithstanding anything in any local Act it shall not be lawful to erect any back-to-back houses intended to be used as dwellings for the working classes, and any such house erected after the passing of this Act shall be deemed to be unfit for human habitation for the purposes of the provisions of the Housing Acts.
142§ Amendments made: After the word "Act" "Notwithstanding anything in any local Act"], to insert the words "or bye-law in force in any borough or district."
§ After the word "house" ["and any such house"], to insert the words "commenced to be."—[[Mr. Burns.]
§ Amendment proposed, at the end to add the words "Provided that nothing in this section— 143
- (a) shall prevent the erection or use of a house containing several tenements in which the tenements are placed back to back, if the medical officer of health for the district certifies that the several tenements are so constructed and arranged as to secure effective ventilation of all habitable rooms in every tenement; or
- (b) shall apply to houses abutting on any streets the plans whereof have been
§ approved by the local authority before the first day of May, nineteen hundred and nine, in any borough or district in which, at the passing of this Act, any local Act or bye-laws are in force permitting the erection of back-to-back houses."—[Mr. Burns.]
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 121; Noes, 64.
145| Division No. 557.] | AYES. | [10.50 p.m. |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Richard | Paul, Herbert |
| Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Guinness, Hon. W. E. (B. S. Edmunds) | Pearson, W. H. M. (Suffolk, Eye) |
| Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Gulland, John W. | Philipps, Col. Ivor (Southampton) |
| Balfour, Robert (Lanark) | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius | Pollard, Dr. G. H. |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Barnard, E B. | Hart-Davies, T. | Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (Gloucester), |
| Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | Rees, J. D. |
| Beale, W. P. | Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Charles E. H. | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs) |
| Bellairs, Carlyon | Holland, Sir William Henry | Robinson, S. |
| Berridge, T. H. D. | Hope, W. H. B. (Somerset, N.) | Robson, Sir William Snowdon |
| Bright, J. A. | Idris, T. H. W. | Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Jackson, R. S. | Schwann, Sir C. E. (Manchester) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney Charles | Kavanagh, Walter M. | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Kekewich, Sir George | Seely, Colonel |
| Cave, Georgs | Laidlaw, Robert | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley George D. |
| Cecil, Lord R. (Marylebone, E.) | Lamont, Norman | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Silcock, Thomas Ball |
| Cleland, J. W. | Lever, A. Levy (Essex, Harwich) | Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, East) |
| Cochrane, Hon. Thomas H. A. E. | Lever, W. H. (Cheshire, Wirral) | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) | Lewis, John Herbert | Stanier, Beville |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staffordshire)) |
| Cotton, Sir H. J. S. | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Cox, Harold | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) |
| Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Tennant, Sir Edward (Salisbury) |
| Crosfield, A. H. | MacVeigh, Charles (Donegal, E.) | Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire) |
| Dobson, Thomas W. | M'Arthur, Charles | Thompson, J. W. H. (Somerset, E.) |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | M'Micking, Major G. | Tomkinson, James |
| Duckworth, Sir James | Marks, G. Croydon (Launceston) | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Duffy, William J. | Massie, J. | Lire, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Evans, Sir Samuel T. | Meehan, Francis (Leitrim, N.) | Valentia, Viscount |
| Everett, D. Lacey | Micklem, Nathaniel | Verney, F. W. |
| Fell, Arthur | Molteno, Percy A1 port | Walker, Col. W. H. (Lancashire) |
| Ferguson, R. C. Munro | Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Forster, Henry William | Morrison-Bell, Captain | Waring, Walter |
| Foster, P. S. | Morse, L. L. | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Fullerton, Hugh | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Wood, T. M'Kinnon |
| Furness, Sir Christopher | Myer, Horatio | Young, Samuel |
| Gibbs, G. A. (Bristol, West) | Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield) | |
| Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Herbert John | Norman, Sir Henry | |
| Glendinning, R. G. | Nussey, Sir Willans | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr |
| Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | O'Brien, K. (Tipperary, Mid) | Joseph Pease and Captain Norton. |
| Gretton, John | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) | Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.) |
| Barnes, G. N. | Ffrench, Peter | Lundon, T. |
| Barran, Sir John Nicholson | Fletcher, J. S. | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes |
| Beauchamp, E. | Flynn, James Christopher | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester). |
| Brodie, H. C. | Glover, Thomas | Mackarness, Frederic C. |
| Brooke, Stopford | Greenwood, Hamar (York) | Morpeth, Viscount |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Morrell, Philip |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) | Muldoon, John |
| Clough, William | Hayden, John Patrick | Nannetti, Joseph P. |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Hemmerde, Edward George | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. |
| Cooper, G. J. | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Philips, John (Longford, S.) |
| Craick, Sir Henry | Hodge, John | Pickersgill, Edward Hare |
| Crean, Eugene | Hogan, Michael | Radford, G. H. |
| Crooks, William | Holt, Richard Durning | Reddy, M. |
| Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Hudson, Walter | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Devlin, Joseph | Johnson, John (Gateshead) | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) |
| Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N. | Joyce, Michael | Rowlands, J. |
| Scott, A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne) | Walsh Stephen | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Sherwell, Arthur James | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) | Wintrey, R. |
| Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. | |
| Taylor, John W. (Durham) | Waterlow, D. S. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. |
| Thomson, W. Mitchell- (Lanark) | White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire) | Parker and Mr. Richards. |
| Vivian, Henry |
§ Question put, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."
146§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 115; Noes, 69.
145| Division No. 558.] | AYES. | [10.55 p.m. |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Greenwood, Hamar (York) | Pollard, Dr. G. H. |
| Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward | Pretyman, E. G. |
| Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Gulland, John W. | Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (Gloucester) |
| Balfour, Robert (Lanark) | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius | Rees, J. D. |
| Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs) |
| Barnard, E. B. | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | Robinson, S. |
| Barran, Sir John Nicholson | Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Charles E. H. | Robson, Sir William Snowdon |
| Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Holland, Sir William Henry | Rogers, F. E. Newman |
| Beale, W. P. | Holt, Richard Durning | Rowlands, J. |
| Beauchamp, E. | Hope, W. H. B. (Somerset, N.) | Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. |
| Bellairs, Carlyon | Jackson, R. S. | Schwann, Sir C. E. (Manchester) |
| Berridge, T. H. D. | Kavanagh, Walter M. | Scott, A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
| Brodie, H. C. | Kekewich, Sir George | Seely, Colonel |
| Brooke, Stopford | Laidlaw, Robert | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Lamont, Norman | Silcock, Thomas Ball |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Lehmann, R. C. | Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, E.) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney Charles | Lever, A. Levy (Essex, Harwich) | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Lever, W. H. (Cheshire, Wirral) | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Lewis, John Herbert | Tennant, Sir Edward (Salisbury) |
| Cleland, J. W. | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes | Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire) |
| Clough, William | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Thompson, J. W. H. (Somerset, E.) |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | MacVeigh, Charles (Donegal, E.) | Tomkinson, James |
| Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) | M'Callum, John M. | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | M'Micking, Major G. | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Cotton, Sir H. J. S. | Marks, G. Croydon (Launceston) | Verney, F. W. |
| Cox, Harold | Massie, J. | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Crosfield, A. H. | Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Waring, Walter |
| Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Micklem, Nathaniel | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N.) | Molteno, Percy Alport | White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire) |
| Dobson, Thomas W. | Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Duckworth, Sir James | Morse, L. L. | Wilson, H. J. (York, W.R.) |
| Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Wilson, P. W. (St. Pancras, S.) |
| Evans, Sir Samuel T. | Myer, Horatio | Winfrey, R. |
| Everett, R. Lacey | Norman, Sir Henry | Wood, T. M'Kinnon |
| Ferguson, R. C. Munro | Nussey, Sir Willans | Young, Samuel |
| Fullerton, Hugh | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | |
| Furness, Sir Christopher | Paul, Herbert | |
| Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Herbert John | Pearson, W. H. M. (Suffolk, Eye) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. |
| Glendinning, R. G. | Philipps, Col. Ivor (Southampton) | Joseph Pease and Captain Norton. |
| Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Pickersgill, Edward Hare | |
| NOES. | ||
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | O'Kelly, Conor (Mayo, N.) |
| Barnes, G. N. | Hayden, John Patrick | Philips, John (Longford, S.) |
| Carllie, E. Hildred | Hemmerde, Edward George | Radford, G. H. |
| Cave, George | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Reddy, M. |
| Cecil, Lord R. (Marylebone, E.) | Hodge, John | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) |
| Cochrane, Hon. Thomas H. A. E. | Hogan, Michael | Roche, John (Galway, East) |
| Cooper, G. J. | Hudson, Walter | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) |
| Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Hunt, Rowland | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley George D. |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Idris, T. H. W. | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) |
| Crean, Eugene | Johnson, John (Gateshead) | Stanier, Beville |
| Crooks, William | Joyce, Michael | Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staffordshire) |
| Devlin, Joseph | Lambton, Hon. Frederick William | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.) | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Duffy, William J. | Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Thomson, W. Mitchell- (Lanark) |
| Fell, Arthur | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Valentia, Viscount |
| Ffrench, Peter | Lundon, T. | Walker, Col. W. H. (Lancashire) |
| Fletcher, J. S. | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Walsh, Stephen |
| Flynn, James Christopher | M'Arthur, Charles | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Forster, Henry William | Morpeth, Viscount | Waterlow, D. S. |
| Foster, P. S. | Morrison-Bell, Captain | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Glover, Thomas | Muldoon, John | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Gretton, John | Nannetti, Joseph P. | |
| Guinness, Hon. W. E. (B. S. Edmunds) | Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. |
| Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) | O'Brien K. (Tipperary, Mid) | Parker and Mr. T. F. Richards. |
§ Question put, "That Clauses 45 to 51, inclusive, stand part of the Bill."