§ Order for Second Reading read.
1573§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second tune."
§ MR. BANBURY (Camberwell, Peckham)I beg to ask for some explanation of the Bill. It is impossible to understand it as it stands now, because it seems to be legislation by reference.
§ MR. CROMBIE (Kincardineshire)The Bill is simply to remedy a mistake in the Act of 1895. At present if there is any objection raised by any of the local authorities the board could not be established. What we want under this Bill is to be placed on the same footing as England, and that is the whole object of the Bill.
§ Mr. BANBURYmoved, "That the Debate be now adjourned;" but Mr.
§ SPEAKER, being of opinion that the motion was an abuse of the Rules of the House, declined to propose the question thereupon to the House.
§ MR. GALLOWAY (Manchester, S.W.)In view of the fact that this Bill has come on quite by surprise, and also that the Lord Advocate is not in his place, I do not think that we can proceed to the Second Reading without some explanation, and I therefore hope we shall go to a Division against it.
§ Question put, "That the Bill be now read a second time."
§ The House divided:—Ayes, 125; Noes, 170. (Division List, No. 222.)
1575| AYES. | ||
| Abraham, Wm. (Cork, N.E.) | Flynn, James Christopher | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| Allan, William (Gateshead) | Foster, Sir W. (Derby Co.) | O'Connor, Arthur (Donegal) |
| Allen, Wm. (Newc. under Lyme | Gordon, Hon. John Edward | O'Connor, Jas. (Wicklow, W.) |
| Allhusen, A. Henry Eden | Gull, Sir Cameron | Oldroyd, Mark |
| Allison, Robert Andrew | Harwood, George | Palmer, Sir C. M. (Durham) |
| Ambrose, Robert | Haslett, Sir James Horner | Pickard, Benjamin |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. Henry | Hatch, Ernest Frederick Geo. | Pilkington, Sir G. A. (Lancs S W) |
| Austin, M | Healy, Timothy M. (N. Louth) | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Baird, J. G. Alexander | Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. | Price, Robert John |
| Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Hoare, Samuel (Norwich) | Provand, Andrew Dryburgh |
| Beaumont, Wentworth C. B. | Hogan, James Francis | Provand, Andrew Dryburgh |
| Begg, Ferdinand Faithfull | Holden, Sir Angus | Redmond, William (Clare) |
| Billson, Alfred | Holland, Wm. H. (York, W. R.) | Richardson, J. (Durham, S. E.) |
| Bolton, Thomas Dolling | Horniman, Frederick John | Roberts, John Bryn (Eifion) |
| Broadhurst, Henry | Johnson-Ferguson, Jabez Ed. | Schwann, Charles E. |
| Burt, Thomas | Johnston, William (Belfast) | Seely, Charles Hilton |
| Caldwell, James | Jones, David B. (Swansea) | Shaw, Charles Edw. (Stafford) |
| Cameron, Sir C. (Glasgow) | Jones, W. (Carnarvonshire) | Shaw, Thomas (Hawick B.) |
| Carvill, P. G. Hamilton | Kay-Shuttleworth, Rt Hn Sir U | Sidebotham, J.W. (cheshire) |
| Channing, Francis Allston | Kitson, Sir James | Sinclair, Louis (Romford) |
| Clark, Dr. G. B. (Caithness-sh. | Lambert, George | Steadman, William Charles |
| Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. | Langley, Batty | Stephens, Henry Charles |
| Colville, John | Lawson, Sir Wilfrid (Cumb'land | Strachey, Edward |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Leng, Sir John | Sullivan, Donal (Westmeath) |
| Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Lewis, John Herbert | Talbot, Rt. Hn. J. G. (Oxf'd Uni. |
| Crilly, Daniel | Logan, John William | Tennant, Harold John |
| Curran, Thomas B. (Donegal) | Lucas-Shadwell, William | Thomas, David Alf. (Merthyr) |
| Curran, Thomas (Sligo, S.) | Macaleese, Daniel | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Davitt, Michael | MacDonnell, Dr. M.A. (Qu'nsC. | Walton, Jno. Lawson (Leeds,S.) |
| Denny, Colonel | Maclean, James Mackenzie | Wedderburn, Sir William |
| Dillon, John | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Wills, Sir William Henry |
| Doogan, P. C. | M'Ewan, William | Wilson, Charles Henry (Hull) |
| Doughty, George | M'Ghee, Richard | Wilson, John (Falkirk) |
| Douglas, Charles M. (Lanark) | M'Kenna, Reginald | Wilson, John (Govan) |
| Doxford, William Theodore | M'Killop, James | Woodhouse, Sir JT (Huddersf'd |
| Dunn, Sir William | M'Laren, Charles Benjamin | Woods, Samuel |
| Elliot, Hon. A. Ralph Douglas | Mappin, Sir F. T. | Young, Samuel (Cavan, East) |
| Esmonde, Sir Thomas | Martin, Richard Biddulph | Yoxall, James Henry |
| Evans, Samuel T. (Glamorgan) | Mendl, Sigismund Ferdinand | |
| Farquharson, Dr. Robert | Molloy, Bernard Charles | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith | Nicol, Donald Ninian | Captain Sinclair and Mr. Crombie. |
| Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond | Norton, Capt. Cecil William | |
| Flannery, Sir Fortescue | O'Brien, James F. X. (Cork) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Allsop, Hon. George | Garfit, William | Myers, William Henry |
| Anstruther, H. T. | Gedge, Sydney | Newark, Viscount |
| Archdale, Edward Mervyn | Gibbs, Hon. Vicary (St.Albans) | Newdigate, Francis Alexander |
| Arnold, Alfred | Giles, Charles Tyrrell | O'Neill, Hon. Robert Torrens |
| Arnold-Forster, Hugh O. | Goldsworthy, Major-General | Pender, Sir James |
| Arrol, Sir William | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Percy, Earl |
| Bagot, Capt. Josceline FitzRoy | Gray, Ernest (West Ham) | Phillpotts, Captain Arthur |
| Balcarres, Lord | Greene, Henry D. (Shrewsbury) | Pilkington, R. (Lancs, Newton) |
| Barnes, Frederic Gorell | Gretton, John | Platt-Higgins, Frederick |
| Barry, Rt Hn A. H. Smith-(Hunt | Greville, Hon. Ronald | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Barton, Dunbar Plunket | Gunter, Colonel | Priestley, Sir W. Overend (Edin |
| Bathurst, Hon. Allen B. | Hall, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward |
| Beckett, Ernest William | Halsey, Thomas Frederick | Rankin, Sir James |
| Bethell, Commander | Hanbury, Rt. Hon. Robert W. | Richardson, Sir Thos. (Hartlep'l |
| Bhownaggree, Sir M. M. | Hanson, Sir Reginald | Ridley, Rt. Hon. Sir Matt. W. |
| Blakiston-Houston, John | Hare, Thomas Leigh | Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas. Thomson |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Heath, James | Robertson, Herbert (Hackney) |
| Boscawen, Arthur Griffith- | Heaton, John Henniker | Robinson, Brooke |
| Bowles, T. G. (King's Lynn) | Helder, Augustus | Rothschild, Hon. Lionel W. |
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Henderson, Alexander | Russell, T. W. (Tyrone) |
| Brookfield, A. Montagu | Hobhouse, Henry | Rutherford, John |
| Bullard, Sir Harry | Howell, William Tudor | Samuel, Harry S. (Limehouse) |
| Butcher, John George | Hubbard, Hon. Evelyn | Saunderson, Rt. Hon. Col. E. J. |
| Campbell, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Gl'sg' w | Hutton, John (Yorks, N. R.) | Sidebottom, W. (Denbighsh.) |
| Campbell, J. H. M. (Dublin) | Jackson, Rt. Hon. W. Lawies | Simeon, Sir Barrington |
| Carlile, William Walter | Jenkins, Sir John Jones | Skewes-Cox, Thomas |
| Cavendish, R. F. (N. Lancs.) | Jessel, Captain Herbert M. | Spencer, Ernest |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles William | Johnstone, Heywood (Sussex) | Stanley, Hn. Arthur (Ormskirk |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Hertford, East) | Jolliffe, Hon. H. George | Stanley, Edw. Jas. (Somerset) |
| Chaloner, Captain R. G. W. | Kennaway, Rt Hon Sir John H | Stanley, Lord (Lancs) |
| Chamberlain, J. A. (Worc'r) | Kenyon, James | Stone, Sir Benjamin |
| Charrington, Spencer | Keswick, William | Sturt, Hon. Humphry Napier |
| Chelsea, Viscount | King, Sir Henry Seymour | Sutherland, Sir Thomas |
| Clarke, Sir Edward (Plymouth) | Knowles, Lees | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Coddington, Sir William | Laurie, Lieut.-General | Tomlinson, Wm. Edw. Murray |
| Coghill, Douglas Harry | Lawrence, Sir E. D. (Corn.) | Tritton, Charles Ernest |
| Cohen, Benjamin Louis | Leigh-Bennett, Henry Currie | Vincent, Col. Sir C. E. Howard |
| Collings, Right Hon. Jesse | Leighton, Stanley | Walrond, Rt. Hn. Sir William H. |
| Cook, Fred Lucas (Lambeth) | Loder, Gerald Walter E. | Ward, Hon. Robert A. (Crewe) |
| Cox, Irwin E. Bainbridge | Lopes, Henry Yarde Buller | Warde, Lieut.-Col. C. E. (Kent) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Lorne, Marquess of | Welby, Lieut.-Col. A. C. E. |
| Cross, Herbert S. (Bolton) | Lowe, Francis William | Whitmore, Charles Algernon |
| Currie, Sir Donald | Loyd, Archie Kirkman | Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset) |
| Curzon, Viscount | Macdona, John Cumming | Williams, Joseph Powell-(Birm |
| Dalbiac, Colonel Philip Hugh | Maclure, Sir John William | Willox, Sir John Archibald |
| Digby, J. K. D. Wingfield- | Marks, Henry Hananel | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestersh. N.) |
| Dorington, Sir John Edward | Massey-Mainwaring, Hon W F | Wodehouse, Rt. Hn. E. R. (Bath |
| Drucker, A. | Mellor, Colonel (Lancashire) | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm |
| Duncombe, Hon. Hubert V. | Melville, Beresford Valentine | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Fardell, Sir T. George | Middlemore, John T. | Wyndham, George |
| Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edward | Monk, Charles James | Wyndham-Quin, Major W. H. |
| Finch, George H. | Montagu, HonJ Scott (Hants.) | Wyvill, Marmaduke D'Arcy |
| Firbank, Joseph Thomas | Moon, Edward Robert Pacy | Yerburgh, Robert Armstrong |
| Fisher, William Hayes | Moore, William (Antrim, N.) | Younger, William |
| FitzGerald, Sir R. Penrose | More, R. Jasper (Shropshire) | |
| Fitz Wygram, General Sir F. | Morgan, Hn. F. (Monmouthsh.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Mr. Galloway and Mr. Banbury. |
| Fletcher, Sir Henry | Morton, A. H. A. (Deptford) | |
| Foster, Colonel (Lancaster) | Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath) |