§ Where since the date of the passing of the principal Act any licence on which duty is charged under Part II. of that Act and which is in force at the time of the passing of this Act has been granted on payment of a portion only of the duty, whether in pursuance of Sub-section (3) of Section forty-nine of the principal Act or not, any portion of the duty not paid may, without prejudice to the operation of the said sub-section in cases where that sub-section is applicable, be recovered from the licence-holder as a debt due to His Majesty.
§ Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
§ Sir F. BANBURYI should like the Secretary to the Treasury or the Attorney-General to state the meaning of this Clause. I do not quite understand it.
§ Sir RUFUS ISAACSThis Clause is necessary in order that we may be able to recover the instalments which, as a matter of concession, were allowed in the Act. Instead of the duty being paid in one sum it could be paid by instalments. It is necessary to have this provision in order that we may recover instalments of unpaid duty. It does not change the law in any way. It only gives us the power which we have not got until we pass this Clause. A considerable time elapsed between the introduction of the Bill and its passing into law.
§ Mr. JAMES HOPEBut surely it is provided for in Section 49 of the principal Act, Sub-section (3), which provides for the instalments and at the end says:—
"In default of the payment of the second instalment of the duty the licence shall cease to be in force."
Therefore the safeguard for the payment is the cancellation of the licence.
§ Question put, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 248; Noes, 137.
1517| Division No. 46.] | AYES. | [10.3 p.m. |
| Abraham, William (Dublin Harbour) | Buxton, Rt. Hon. S. C. (Poplar) | Esmonde, Sir Thomas (Wexford, N.) |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Byles, W. Pollard | Essex, Richard Waiter |
| Adamson, William | Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Falconer, James |
| Addison, Dr. C. | Cawley, Sir Frederick (Prestwich) | Farrell, James Patrick |
| Agnew, Sir George William | Chancellor, H. G | Fenwick, Charles |
| Allen, Arthur A. (Dumbarton) | Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Ferens, T. R. |
| Baker, H. T. (Accrington) | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Ffronch, Peter |
| Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Clancy, John Joseph | Field, William |
| Barlow, Sir John Emmott (Somerset) | Clough, William | Fiennes, Hon. Eustace Edward |
| Barnes, G. N. | Clynes, John R. | Fitzgibbon, John |
| Barran, Sir J. (Hawick) | Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Flavin, Michael Joseph |
| Barran, Rowland Hirst (Leeds, N.) | Condon, Thomas Joseph | Furness, Stephen W. |
| Barry, Redmond John (Tyrone, N.) | Corbett, A. Cameron | Gelder, Sir W. A. |
| Barton, William | Cornwall, Sir Edwin | Gill, Alfred Henry |
| Beale, William Philpson | Cotton, William Francis | Glanville, H. J. |
| Beauchamp, Edward | Crawshay-Williams, Ellot | Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford |
| Beck, Arthur Cecil | Crumley, Patrick | Goldstone, Frank |
| Benn, W. W. (Tower Ham., St. Geo.) | Davies, E. William (Eifion) | Greenwood, Hamar (Sunderland) |
| Bentham, George J. | Davies, Timothy (Lines., Louth) | Greig, Colonel J. W. |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. A. | Dawes, James Arthur | Guest, Major Hon. C. H. C. (Pembroke) |
| Black, Arthur W. | Delany, William | Guest, Hon. Frederick E. (Dorset, E.) |
| Booth, Frederick Handel | Dillon, John | Hackett, J. |
| Bowerman, Charles W. | Donelan, Captain A. | Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Boyle, D. (Mayo, N.) | Doris, W. | Harvey, A. G. C. Rochdale |
| Brace, William | Duffy, William J. | Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, W.) |
| Brady, P. J. | Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | Haslam, James (Derbyshire) |
| Brocklehurst, W. B. | Edwards, Allen Clement (Glamorgan, E.) | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) |
| Brunner, J. F. L. | Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) | Havelock-Allan, Sir H. |
| Burke, E. Haviland. | Elibank, Rt. Hon. Master of | Haworth, Arthur A. |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Eiverston, H. | Hayden, John Patrick |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Esmonde, Dr. John (Tipperary, N.) | Hayward, Evan |
| Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Mooney, J. J. | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) |
| Henderson, J. McD. (Aberdeen, W.) | Morgan, George Hay | Roche, John (Galway, E.) |
| Henry, Sir Charles S. | Worrell, Philip | Roe, Sir Thomas |
| Higham, John Sharp | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Rowlands, James |
| Hinds, John | Munro, R. | St. Maur, Harold |
| Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Charles E. H. | Murray, Captain Hon. A. C. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Holt, R. D. | Needham, Christopher T. | Samuel, J. (Stockton) |
| Horne, C. Silvester (Ipswich) | Neilson, Francis | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Hughes, S. L. | Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) | Scott, A. M'Callum (Glasgow, Bridgeton) |
| Isaacs, Sir Rufus Daniel | Nolan, Joseph | Sherwell, Arthur James |
| Jardine, Sir John (Roxburghshire) | Norman, Sir Henry | Shortt, Edward |
| John, Edward Thomas | Norton, Captain Cecil W. | Simon, Sir John Allsebrook |
| Johnson, William | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Smith, Albert (Lancs., Clithero) |
| Jones, Henry Hayden (Merioneth) | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Smith, H. B. L. (Northampton) |
| Jones, Leif Stratten (Notts, Rushcliffe) | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) |
| Jones, William (Arfon) | O'Dowd, John | Snowden, P. |
| Jones, W. S. Glyn- (T. H'mts., Stepney) | O'Grady, James | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Joyce, Michael | O'Kelly, Edward P. (Wicklow, W.) | Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N. W.) |
| Keating, M. | O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) | Strauss, Edward A. (Southwark, West) |
| Kellaway, Frederick George | O'Malley, William | Summers, J. W. |
| Kilbride, Denis | O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) | Sutton, John E. |
| Lamb, Ernest Henry | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Lambert, George (Devon, Molton) | O'Sullivan, Timothy | Toulmin, George |
| Lambert, Richard (Wilts, Cricklade) | Palmer, Godfrey M. | Trevelyan, Charles P. |
| Lawson, Sir W.(Cumb'rlnd., Cockerm'th) | Parker, James (Halifax) | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Leach, Charles | Pearce, Robert (Staffs., Leek) | Verney, Sir Harry |
| Levy, Sir Maurice | Pearce, William (Limehouse) | Wadsworth, J. |
| Logan, John William | Pease, Rt. Hon. Joseph A. (Rotherham) | Walters, John Tudor |
| Low, Sir F. (Norwich) | Pickersgill, E. H. | Walton, Sir Joseph |
| Lundon, T. | Pirie, Duncan v. | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Lynch, A. A. | Pointer, Joseph | Ward, W. D. (Southampton) |
| Macdonald, J. Ramsay (Leicester) | Pollard, Sir G. H. | Warner, Sir Thomas Courtenay |
| Macnaman, Dr. T. J. | Power, Patrick Joseph | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | Watt, Henry A |
| MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) | Webb, H. |
| M'Callum, John M. | Priestley, Sir W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| M'Curdy, C. A. | Radford, G. H. | White, Sir George (Norfolk) |
| McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Raffan, Peter Wilson | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| M'Laren, H. D (Lines., Spalding) | Rainy, A. Rowland | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| M'Laren, Walter S. B. (Ches., Crewe) | Raphael, Sir H. H. | Whyte, A. F. (Perth) |
| M'Micking, Major Gilbert | Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (South Shields) | Wiles, Thomas |
| Marks, G. Croydon | Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) | Williams, John (Glamorgan) |
| Marshall, Arthur Harold | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Williams, Penry (Middlesbrough) |
| Mason, David M. (Coventry) | Redmond, William (Clare) | Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.) |
| Masterman, C. F. G. | Redmond, William Archer (Tyrone, E.) | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid) |
| Mathias, Richard | Rendall, Athelstan | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Meagher, Michael | Richards, Thomas | Wood, T. M'Kinnon (Glasgow) |
| Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) | Young, Samuel (Cavan, E.) |
| Menzies, Sir Walter | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Young, W. (Perthshire, E.) |
| Molteno, Percy Alport | Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) | |
| Mond, Sir Alfred M. | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbigh) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— Mr. Gulland and Mr. Illingworth. |
| Money, L. G. Chiozza | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) | |
| Montagu, Hon E. S. | Robinson, Sidney | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Hood Rt. Hon. Sir Alex. F. | Cave, George | Hall, Fred (Dulwich) |
| Ashley, W. W. | Chaloner, Col. R. G. W. | Hambro, Angus Valdemar |
| Actor, Waldorf | Clay, Captain H. Spender | Harris, Henry Percy |
| Bagot, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Clive, Percy Archer | Henderson, Major H. (Berks, Abingdon) |
| Baker, Sir R. L. (Dorset, N.) | Clyde, J. Avon | Hickman, Colonel Thomas E. |
| Balcarres, Lord | Cooper, Richard Ashmole | Hillier, Dr. A. P. |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Courthope, G. Loyd | Hills, J. W. |
| Barlow, Montague (Salford) | Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Hill-Wood, Samuel |
| Barnston, H. | Crichton-Stuart, Lord Ninian | Hohler, G. F. |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Dairymple, Viscount | Hope, Harry (Bute) |
| Bathurst, Hon. A. B. (Glouc., E.) | Doughty, Sir George | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) |
| Bathurst, Charles (Wilton) | Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers. | Horne, W. E. (Surrey, Guildford) |
| Beckett, Hon. W. Gervase | Du Cros, Arthur Philip | Houston, Robert Paterson |
| Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) | Eyres-Monsell, B. M. | Jardine, E. (Somerset, E.) |
| Benn, I. H. (Greenwich) | Fell, Arthur | Kerr-Smiley, Peter Kerr |
| Bennett-Goldney, Francis | Fleming, Valentine | Kerry, Earl of |
| Beresford, Lord C. | Fletcher, John Samuel (Hampstead) | Knight, Capt. E. A. |
| Bigland, Alfred | Forster, Henry William | Larmor, Sir J. |
| Bird, A. | Foster, Philip Staveley | Lewisham, Viscount |
| Boyton, James | Gardner, Ernest | Locker-Lampson, O. (Ramsey) |
| Bridgeman, W. Clive | Gastrell, Major W. H. | Lyttelton, Hon. J. C. (Droitwich) |
| Burdett-Coutts, W. | Gibbs, G. A. | Macmaster, Donald |
| Burgoyne, A. H. | Gilmour, Captain J. | Magnus, Sir Philip |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. | Goldman, C. S. | Meysey-Thompson, E. C. |
| Butcher, J. G. (York) | Goldsmith, Frank | Mildmay, F. B. |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Grant, J. A. | Mills, Hon. Charles Thomas |
| Cassel, Felix | Gretton, John | Morpeth, Viscount |
| Cator, John | Guinness, Hen. W. E. | Mount, William Arthur |
| Noville, Reginald J. N. | Rothschild, Lionel de | Terrell, G. (Wilts, N. W.) |
| Newton, Harry Kottingham | Royds, Edmund | Terrell, H. (Gloucester) |
| Nicholson, Wm. G. (Paterofield) | Rutherford, John (Lancs., Darwen) | Valentia, Viscount |
| Nield, Herbert | Rutherford, W. (Liverpool, W. Derby) | Walker, Col. William Hall |
| O'Neill, Hon. A. E. B. (Antrim, Mid.) | Salter, Arthur Claveil | Ward, Arnold (Herts, Watford) |
| Orde-Powlett, Hon. W. G. A. | Samuel, Sir Harry (Norwood) | Wheler, Granville C. H. |
| Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) | Sanders, Robert A. | White, Major G. D. (Lancs., Southport) |
| Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) | Sanderson, Lancelot | Willoughby, Major Hon. Claude |
| Peel, Capt. R. F. (Woodbridge) | Scott, Leslie (Liverpool, Exchange) | Winterton, Earl |
| Peel, Hon. W. R. W. (Taunton) | Smith, Harold (Warrington) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Perkins, Walter F. | Spear, John Ward | Wood, Hon. E. F. L. (Ripon) |
| Peto, Basil Edward | Stanier, Beville | Wood, John (Stalybridge) |
| Pollock, Ernest Murray | Stanley, Hon. G. F. (Preston) | Worthington-Evans, L. |
| Pretyman, E. G. | Staveley-Hill, Henry | Yate, Col. C. E. |
| Ratcliff, Major R. F. | Steel-Maitland, A. D. | Younger, George |
| Remnant, James Farquharson | Stewart, Gershom | |
| Rice, Hon. W. F. | Swift, Rigby | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— Sir F. Banbury and Col. Griffith-Boscawen. |
| Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | Sykes, Alan John | |
| Ronaldshay, Earl of | Talbot, Lord E. |
Question, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill," put and agreed to.