§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Audit (Local Authorities) Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)." —[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 184; Noes, 83.
| Division No. 459.] | AYES. | [3.35 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Gates, Percy. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Goff, Sir Park | Moreing, Captain A. H. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Grace, John | Murchison, Sir Kenneth |
| Atkinson, C. | Grant, Sir J. A. | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Balniel, Lord | Grotrian, H. Brent | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Hacking, Douglas H. | Penny, Frederick George |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Berry, Sir George | Hanbury, C | Preston, William |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Harrison, G. J. C. | Remnant, Sir James |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Hawke, John Anthony | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Richardson Sir P. W.(Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Bowater, Colonel Sir T. Vansittart | Henderson, Lt.-Col. Sir V. L. (Bootle) | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Hilton, Cecil | Rye, F. G. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Sandon, Lord |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Savery, S. S |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Colonel C. K. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A.D. Mcl.(Renfrew, W.) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Hudson. Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Buchan, John | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Burman, J. B. | Huntingfield, Lord | Sinclair, Col. T.(Queen's Univ., Belf'st.) |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hurd, Percy A. | Smith. R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hurst, Gerald B. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. C.) | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Iveagh, Countess of | Sprot. Sir Alexander |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Tinne, J. A. |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Knox, Sir Alfred | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Lamb, J. Q. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Cope, Major William | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Loder, J. de V. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Long, Major Eric | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Curzon. Captain Viscount | Looker, Herbert William | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Davison, Sir W. H (Kensington, S.) | Macintyre, I. | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Drewe, C. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Ellis, R. G. | Macquisten, F. A. | Winterton. Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich W.) |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Malone, Major P. B. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Margesson, Captain D. | |
| Fermoy, Lord | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Milne, J.S. Wardlaw. | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir George |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Hennessy. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Dalton, Hugh | Hirst, G. H. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Day, Colonel Harry | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Dennison, R. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) |
| Baker, Walter | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) |
| Barnes, A. | Gillett, George M. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. |
| Batey, Joseph | Gosling, Harry | Lansbury, George |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Lawrence, Susan |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Greenall, T. | Livingstone, A. M. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Lowth, T. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth. Pontypoo) | Lunn, William |
| Charleton, H. C. | Grundy, T. W. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hall, F. (York., W.R., Normanton) | Mackinder, W. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | MacLaren, Andrew |
| Compton, Joseph | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Cove, W. G. | Hardie, George D. | MacNeill-Weir, L. |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Harris, Percy A. | March, S. |
| Montague, Frederick | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Naylor, T. E. | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) | Westwood, J. |
| Oliver, George Harold | Sitch, Charles H. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Owen, Major G. | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Paling, W. | Smith, Ronnie (Penistone) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Snell, Harry | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Ponsonby, Arthur | Sutton, J. E. | Windsor, Walter |
| Potts, John S. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) | Wright, W. |
| Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) | Thurtle, Ernest | |
| Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Townend, A. E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Scrymgeour, E. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Scurr, John | Viant, S. P. | Whiteley. |