WAYS AND MEANS.

HC Deb 25 June 1901 vol 95 cc1423-37

Considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

[Mr. J. W. LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith) in the Chair.]

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1902, the sum of £35,443,233 be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom."

MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for some explanation as to what had necessitated the introduction of this resolution. Did the resolution cover a large amount of the Supplies voted for the continuance of the war in South Africa? If so, he would be entitled to raise the whole question of the conduct of the war. [Cries of "Oh, oh!"] Hon. Members might not like it, and indeed it was neither his desire nor his intention to do so; but he wished to raise a comparatively narrow point, but one of which had become a question of definite matter, of infinite public importance, seeing that it had attracted unfavourable comment, not only in what was called the pro-Boer press, but in newspapers which supported the Government. He referred to the plan of keeping the people of this country in the blankest ignorance of what was going on in South Africa. All the country was treated to was a series of telegrams from Lord Kitchener, some three or four lines long, which might be described as the weekly butcher's bill.

THE CHAIRMAN

How does the hon. Member connect that question with the Vote out of the Consolidated Fund?

MR. DILLON

This is an Appropriation Bill, as I take it.

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)

A Consolidated Fund Bill.

MR. DILLON

It is the same thing. This is a resolution in Committee of Ways and Means, which is to be followed by a Consolidated Fund Bill. I assume that the resolution is concerned with some of the large Votes granted for the use of the Army. If that is so, I am entitled to raise the question of the conduct of the war.

*THE CHAIRMAN

I do not think that that follows as a matter of course. It depends upon the services for which the money is required.

MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)

, on a point of order, suggested that this was a resolution on which it was intended to found a Consolidated Fund Bill. That Bill did not appropriate sums to specific purposes, but it authorised the Treasury to issue the sum named out of the Consolidated Fund for the expenses of the year. Was not that issue authorised by the Bill an act of Supply? If so, did it not come under the rule that grievance must precede Supply?

*THE CHAIRMAN

I do not think that the rule as to grievance preceding Supply is applicable. Under this Bill about £21,000,000 will be issued for the Army services. These Army services, which have been already voted, are military education, miscellaneous services, pensions, superannuation, ordnance factories, remounts and so forth. I was asking the hon. Member for East Mayo how he could connect the conduct of Lord Kitchener in not sending fuller telegrams with any of the Votes to which this Bill applies.

MR. DILLON

The larger part of the sum is for miscellaneous effective services—in other words, for the conduct of the war, including the pay of Lord Kitchener.

*THE CHAIRMAN

There is no Vote for it.

MR. DILLON

What are the miscellaneous effective services?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

The Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill will come on on Thursday, and then the hon. Member will have before him exactly the Votes with which the Bill deals. There will be a full and much more convenient opportunity for debate then.

MR. DILLON

said the First Lord of the Treasury had correctly defined the position. No doubt it would be a more convenient opportunity for a long discussion on the Second Reading. This, however, was a question of order, and it was not his intention to do what he was entitled to do—namely, to raise a general discussion on the conduct of the war. He wanted to call attention to the un-satisfactory character of the news placed before the public in regard to the conduct of the war generally, and the widespread dissatisfaction which existed in this country as to the insufficiency of the news sent from South Africa.

*THE CHAIRMAN

That is why I asked the hon. Member how he connected that subject with this resolution, and I still think that he has not answered the question. I have been endeavouring to find out how he can connect his observations with any of the Votes contained in the resolution, and they do not seem to me to be connected with them in any way. There is nothing about the salary of Lord Kitchener, and the pay of the Army is not borne on any of these Votes.

MR. GIBSON BOWLES

Is it not a fact that this sum is issued for the services of the Army, and that any portion of it may be by the direction of the Treasury diverted to any portion of Army service? If that be so, does not the issue of any sum for Army services cover any portion of the grievances connected with any portion of it?

MR. DILLON

asked the Secretary of State for War, or the right hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to say whether any portion of the £35,000,000 was to be used for the support of the Army in South Africa.

*THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir M. HICKS BEACH, Bristol, W.)

I think it is more than probable that that will be so, but this does not settle the point upon which the hon. Gentleman asked the ruling of the Chair. The hon. Member for King's Lynn has suggested that the debate might extend to services not included in the resolution, because the War Office in certain circumstances can allocate money voted for one service to another service. But it would not be possible in Committee of Supply to raise a debate on a Vote which was not before the Committee because of the power of the War Office to allocate the money in that way, but the discussion would have to be confined to the Vote actually before the Committee.

MR. DILLON

said the Committee had not yet heard a definite statement as to whether any of the £35,000,000 was to be used for the purposes of the war in South Africa. He believed that a large portion of the Vote was for the expenses of the war in South Africa, and therefore he was surely entitled to ask a few questions on the subject.

*THE CHAIRMAN

There is a Vote for transport and remounts, and that of course is applicable to the war in South Africa; but I do not think that on this question it would be possible to discuss the conduct of Lord Kitchener in not sending fuller telegrams. The same rule must apply now upon this resolution as would apply in Committee of Supply. On any particular Vote you must discuss a question connected with that Vote.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)

asked whether for the convenience of the Committee the Chairman would read the Votes which were covered by this resolution.

*THE CHAIRMAN

"War Office Estimates—military education, miscellaneous effective services, pensions and other non-effective charges, superannuation, compensation allowances and gratuities, works, buildings, and repairs, transport and remounts, and ordnance factories."

MR. GIBSON BOWLES

said that this was a very important point. Was he not right in saying that any one of the items of money allocated to these purposes might be by the direction of the Treasury diverted to the salary of Lord Kitchener, the salary of the censor, or to any other purpose connected with the war? That being so, was it not open to an hon. Member on a general issue like this Consolidated Fund, and considering the power of diverting such sums, to raise grievances before this kind of Supply?

*THE CHAIRMAN

It is true that with the assent of the Treasury money voted for one purpose may be used for another, but I do not think that opens the discussion upon all the other purposes to which the Treasury assent that the money might be applied, because, if so, all limitation would be futile. On any particular Estimate it would be open to any hon. Member while discussing the Estimate to say—"It is true that this money is to be devoted to a particular Estimate, but the Treasury may permit it to be devoted to another Estimate; therefore I do not propose to discuss the Estimate before the Committee, but some other subject not before the Committee." The same rule of relevancy must apply to a resolution which empowers the money to be devoted to its objects as to a resolution in Committee of Supply.

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE (Carnarvon Boroughs)

asked whether the Government had any information as to 500 horses having been captured by the Boers from a remount station near Colesberg, at the latter end of May last.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, Guildford)

I have already answered the hon. Member's question. I have no information.

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE

said if one could be perfectly certain of all the news which came from South Africa one could accept the statement of the right hon. Gentleman with perfect equanimity, but in one or two cases certain items of news came from various sources, and the Government knew nothing about them. He would like to ask what was being done with regard to the remounts in Cape Colony, whether the horses there had been commandeered, or whether the horses were being left for agricultural purposes on the farms.

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN (Stirling Burghs)

I think that the bewilderment in the mind of hon. Members arises from the common practice of Parliament, founded upon a necessity of which I am not aware, of attaching a certain air of mystery to these proceedings in Ways and Means. The Committee is only told of the resolution; it comes upon us like a thunderbolt, and it seems to be a much more formidable and terrible proceeding than it really is, because of the mystery attaching to it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moves a resolution in Committee of Ways and Means, but we never see the resolution; it is not put on the Paper for the information of the House until the House is called upon to "stand and deliver," and to pass the resolution. You, Sir, have been reading from a document which enumerates the Votes dealt with. Why should it not be given to the House? This is a matter for which I do not blame the Government in the least, but it seems to be a somewhat futile and anomalous proceeding that the House should be put in the position in which it now finds itself. The Leader of the House is right in saying that in the main this stage is purely formal, and that the proper time to raise any serious questions involved in the money voted is on the Second Reading of the Bill. But it is certainly anomalous that undescribed resolutions should come as it were from the blue sky, and should not be explained, except in the most general terms, by the Minister. The Committee generally is placed at a disadvantage. You, Sir, have ruled that any discussion must be confined to the subject actually involved, and I think you are undoubtedly right, but the Committee cannot exercise any intelligent confidence in your decision unless we know what are the subjects in the resolution. The Government are acting according to rule, but I think that the rule and practice are bad, and I hope that there may be some arrangement made to avoid this difficulty in future. We quite understand that there is necessity for some kind of secrecy before the Budget is introduced, in order that there may be no premature disclosure of the terms of the Government's proposals. But there is no necessity in this case, and I think it would be a good thing if in the future a simpler method were adopted.

MR. DILLON

said that he was in agreement with the views of the right hon. Gentleman. Except in the case of the Budget resolutions, there was no reason for not giving notice of all resolutions to be moved in Committee of Ways and Means. He hoped that in future reasonable information would be given to the House.

MR. LAMBERT (Devonshire, South Molton)

asked the Secretary of State for War how long the Government could carry on the war without coming to Parliament for further funds. He also asked whether the Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill would be the first Order of the day.

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

The hon. Member's first question does not come within the terms of any of the Votes included in the resolution. As regards his second question, the Second Reading of the Bill will be put down as first Order.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

remarked that, even after the interchange of views that had taken place, they were still in the dark as to the Votes covered by the resolution.

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

All the Votes that have been taken in Committee of Supply and agreed to on Report will be included.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

observed that if that information had been given at first it would have saved this discussion. He hoped a division would be taken in order to indicate the view held on the question of remounts. It had been abundantly proved that in regard to that subject there had been more incompetency and more blundering by the War Office than in regard to any other matter in the whole of the South African campaign. It had been shown that on the question of buying remounts, and getting horses suitable for the campaign in South Africa, the officials had been guilty of the greatest blunders. It was notorious that horses had been sent out which, when they arrived in South Africa, were found to be wholly unsuitable. Having regard to the fact that the war was being carried on in such a fashion, he hoped the discussion upon its general conduct would be taken at an early date. With regard to transport arrangements, he too might say he had received a number of letters from private soldiers which said that on some of the ships the men had been treated most disgracefully, and the accommodation provided for them was grossly insufficient.

*SIR HENRY FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)

There has been a good deal of misapprehension in regard to the procedure that has been adopted. The Secretary to the Treasury was quite right when he said this is not an Appropriation Bill. It is a Consolidated Fund Bill. Money for the public service is voted in Supply, and the Vote is sanctioned by the House on Report. But that is not sufficient to get the money out of the Treasury. Sir Erskine May said with reference to that procedure— Until a grant in Supply has been appropriated by statute to the service and object for which the grant is destined, the Treasury, unless otherwise ordered, is not capable of making the issue of the sum so granted from the Consolidated Fund. The introduction of the Appropriation Bill cannot, however, take place until all the grants have been voted for the service of the current year, a process usually ranging over a period of six months. A more prompt issue must therefore be made of the money granted from time to time for the current service of the Crown, and accordingly from time to time Bills are passed during each session known as Consolidated Fund Bills, which empower the Treasury to issue out of the Consolidated Fund for the service of the Departments for whose use the grants are voted such sums as they may require in anticipation of the statutory sanction granted by the Appropriation Act. There is no statutory sanction until the Appropriation Act is passed for the expenditure of the year. By the Bill now to be brought in, the Treasury is authorised to issue the money, but it will not be an Appropriation Act. Sir Erskine May goes on to explain that the first Consolidated Fund Bill of the session must be passed during the month of March. That Bill finally appropriates the amount of the Supplementary Estimates and of the expenditure which has taken place between the close of the last session and the end of the financial year. Then— the remaining Consolidated Fund Bills are passed, during the progress of the session, at such times as may be requisite for the maintenance of the public service. The Committee will see from that that this is a simple form of procedure to authorise the Treasury to sign cheques and the Paymaster General to pay them, which until this Bill is passed they cannot do. But the final appropriation of the money voted this year will be made at the proper time by the Appropriation Act which will be passed during the last week of the session.

MR. COURTENAY WARNER (Staffordshire, Lichfield)

asked for information as to the sufficiency of the supply of remounts in South Africa. Very little news had been published as to what was being done by the War Office in this direction. A month or two ago an assurance was given that Lord Kitchener had sufficient horses for his requirements. Since then comparatively few horses had been imported into South Africa, while, according to private information he had received, the colonial stock—the horses in South Africa—was now running short, and there would be some difficulty in finding remounts unless a large number were imported. The only notice he had seen of fresh remounts going to South Africa was that of a shipload of about 1,000 horses from South America the other day, and those, he believed, were not considered to be of the best description for the purpose. Statements had repeatedly been made that the great difficulty in South Africa was not the scarcity of rifles or of ammunition, but the question of horses. The war would be decided by our being able to outlast our enemies in the matter of horseflesh, and that could only be done by keeping up a good supply of remounts. He therefore hoped an assurance would be given that the supply of horses was not running short, and that the Government were fully alive to their responsibilities in this matter.

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

May I respectfully repeat that this has invariably been regarded as a purely formal stage of the procedure, and, because I understood that it would be again so regarded, I promised to put the Bill down as first Order on Thursday. Of course it is impossible that we should have a discussion to-night and another on Thursday. I earnestly hope, therefore, that the Committee will treat it on this occasion as it always has been treated before, as a formal stage, and I will then put the Bill down as first Order on Thursday.

MR. LAMBERT

desired to know of whom he should ask a question with regard to the period for which the war could go on without pressing the Treasury.

*THE CHAIRMAN

said that that question hardly arose on the resolution before the Committee.

MR. LAMBERT

pointed out that the subject of remounts could be discussed on the present occasion, and his question would naturally arise on that. But he did not want to discuss it; he merely wished to know to whom he should apply for the information.

*THE CHAIRMAN

I do not think that it is relevant to the Votes which have been put from the Chair.

*MR. JOHN ELLIS (Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe)

regretted the First Lord of the Treasury had not made some response to the appeal of the Leader of the Opposition. A great deal of time had been lost owing to the Committee not knowing exactly the business that was coming on. All would acknowledge that in one sense the present was a formal stage, but in another sense it was not. The House of Commons had now to watch very jealously every opportunity of discussing matters, and naturally, when Members saw that a resolution was to be moved in Committee of Ways and Means, they snatched at the idea that certain discussion might take place. They all understood that nothing could be brought up other than the matters contained in the Votes covered by the resolution put from the Chair, but everything contained an those Votes could be discussed, and, although the Secretary to the Treasury had attempted to draw a distinction between a Consolidated Fund Bill and an Appropriation Bill, there was no distinction in respect of the discussion which might ensue. Everything arising under the Votes which made up the sum of £35,443,233 in the resolution could be discussed; that was the point he desired to make good. He also wished to press on the Leader of the House the desirability of most seriously considering whether he could not respond to the appeal of the Leader of the Opposition, so that Members might know in every case, except that of the Budget, the business that was coming on. Such an arrangement would save a great deal of time, and he hoped the matter would be seriously considered.

MR. PHILIPPS (Pembrokeshire)

said that in a recent debate the Secretary of State for War quoted a portion of a telegram from Lord Kitchener to the effect that he had plenty of mounted men and ample remounts. That telegram

had not been laid on the Table, and as only a portion of it had been quoted he thought the Committee were entitled to press for it on the present occasion. He therefore asked whether the right hon. Gentleman proposed to give Members the full telegram, so that they could judge of Lord Kitchener's statement for themselves. If he would not do that, could he repeat the assurance that Lord Kitchener was still amply satisfied with the number of horses and mounted men generally that he had in South Africa.

MR. BRODRICK

I do not think it is very convenient to lay isolated telegrams in the way the hon. Member proposes. I quoted the exact words of Lord Kitchener, and there is no change whatever in his attitude as regards either mounted men or remounts. I am in constant communication with him, and he is absolutely satisfied at the present moment with the supplies he is receiving from England.

Question put.

The Committee divided:—Ayes, 330; Noes, 66. (Division List No. 275.)

AYES.
Acland-Hood, Capt. Sir A. F.	Boscawen, Arthur Griffith-	Craig, Robert Hunter
Agnew, Sir Andrew Noel	Bowles, T. Gibson (King's Lynn	Cranborne, Viscount
Allan, William (Gateshead)	Boyle, James	Cripps, Charles Alfred
Allen, Chas. P. (Glouc., Stroud)	Brigg, John	Crombie, John William
Anson, Sir William Reynell	Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John	Cross, Alexander (Glasgow)
Archdale, Edward Mervyn	Brookfield, Colonel Montagu	Cross, Herb. S. (Bolton)
Arkwright, John Stanhope	Brown, Alexander H. (Shropsh.	Crossley, Sir Savile
Arnold-Forster, Hugh O.	Brunner, Sir John Tomlinson	Davies, Alfred (Carmarthen)
Arrol, Sir William	Bullard, Sir Harry	Davies, M. Vaughan-(Cardigan
Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John	Burt, Thomas	Denny, Col.
Austin, Sir John	Butcher, John George	Dewar, T. R. (T'rH'ml'ts, S. Geo.
Bagot, Capt. Josceline FitzRoy	Buxton, Sydney Charles	Dickson, Charles Scott
Bailey, James (Walworth)	Caldwell, James	Dimsdale, Sir Joseph C.
Bain, Col. James Robert	Campbell, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Gl'sg'w	Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph
Baird, John George Alexander	Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H.	Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers-
Balcarres, Lord	Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H.	Douglas, C. M. (Lanark)
Baldwin, Alfred	Cautley, Henry Strother	Doxford, Sir William T.
Balfour, Rt. Hn. A. J. (Manch'r)	Cavendish, V. C. W. (Derbysh.)	Dunn, Sir William
Balfour, Capt. C. B. (Hornsey)	Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor)	Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin
Balfour, Rt. Hon. G.W. (Leeds)	Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich)	Edwards, Frank
Balfour, Maj K. R. (Christch'ch)	Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. (Birm.)	Elibank, Master of
Banbury, Frederick George	Chamberlain, J. A. (Worc'r)	Emmott, Alfred
Barry, Sir Francis T. (Windsor)	Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry	Evans, Samuel T. (Glamorgan)
Bartley, George C. T.	Chapman, Edward	Fardell, Sir T. George
Bathurst, Hon. Allen Benjamin	Cochrane, Hon, T. H. A. E.	Farquharson, Dr. Robert
Beach, Rt. Hn. Sir M. H. (Bristol	Coddington, Sir William	Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edw.
Bell, Richard	Coghill, Douglas Harry	Fenwick, Charles
Bentinck, Lord Henry C.	Cohen, Benjamin Louis	Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith)
Bhownaggree, Sir M. M.	Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse	Fergusson, Rt. Hn Sir J. (Manc'r
Bignold, Arthur	Colville, John	Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst
Bigwood, James	Compton, Lord Alwyne	Finch, George H.
Bill, Charles	Corbett, A. C. (Glasgow)	Finlay, Sir Robt. Bannatyne
Blundell, Col. Henry	Corbett, T. L. (Down, North)	Firbank, Joseph Thomas
Fisher, William Hayes	Langley, Batty	Rankin, Sir James
FitzGerald, Sir Robt, Penrose-	Law, Andrew Bonar	Rasch, Major Frederic Carne
Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond	Lawrence, Wm. F. (Liverpool]	Reid, James (Greenock)
Fitzroy, Hon. Edward Algernon	Lawson, John Grant	Renwick, George
Flannery, Sir Fortescue	Layland-Barratt, Francis	Ridley, Hn. M. W. (Stalybridge
Fletcher, Sir Henry	Lecky, Rt. Hon. Wm. Edw. H.	Ridley, S. Forde (Bethnal Green
Flower, Ernest	Lee, Arthur H. (Hants, Fareham	Rigg, Richard
Forster, Henry Wm.	Leese, Sir Joseph F. (Accrington	Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas. Thomson
Foster, Sir Michael (Lond. Univ	Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage	Roberts, John H. (Denbighs.)
Foster, Sir Walter (Derby Co.)	Leng, Sir John	Robson, William Snowdon.
Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry	Leveson-Gower, Frederick N.S.	Roe, Sir Thomas
Fuller, J. M. F.	Llewellyn, Evan Henry	Rolleston, Sir John F. L.
Galloway, Wm. Johnson	Lockwood, Lt.-Col. A. R.	Ropner, Colonel Robert
Garfit, William	Loder, Gerald Walter Erskine	Rothschild, Hon. Lionel Walter
Gibhs, Hn A. G. H. (City of Lond.	Long, Rt Hn. Walter (Bristol S.)	Russell, T. W.
Goddard, Daniel Ford	Lowe, Francis William	Sackville, Col. Sir G. Stopford-
Godson, Sir Augustus Fredk.	Lowther, Rt. Hn. James (Kent)	Sadler, Col. Samuel Alexander
Gordon, Hn. J. E. (Elgin & Nairn	Loyd, Archie Kirkman	Samuel, Harry S. (Limehouse)
Gore, Hn G. R. C Ormsby- (Salop	Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft)	Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel)
Gorst, Rt. Hon. Sir John Eldon	Lucas, Reginald J. (Portsmo'th	Sharpe, William Edward T.
Grant, Corrie	Macartney, Rt. Hn. W. G. E.	Shaw, Charles Edw. (Stafford)
Gray, Ernest (West Ham)	Macdona, John Cumming	Shaw, Thomas (Hawick B.)
Green, Walford D. (Wednesb'y	MacIver, David (Liverpool)	Shaw-Stewart, M. H. (Renfrew
Greene, Sir E W (B'ry S Edm'nds	Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J.	Shipmen, Dr. John G.
Greene, W. Raymond-(Cambs.)	Maconochie, A. W.	Simeon, Sir Barrington
Gretton, John	M'Arthur, Charles (Liverpool)	Sinclair, Capt. John Forfarshire
Greville, Hon. Ronald	M'Killop, James (Stirlingshire)	Sinclair, Louis (Romford)
Grey, Sir Edward (Berwick)	M'Laren, Charles Benjamin	Smith, James P. (Lanarks.)
Groves, James Grimble	Majehdie, James A. H.	Smith, Hon. W. F. D. (Strand
Gunter, Sir Robert	Malcolm, Ian	Soames, Arthur Wellesley
Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton	Manners, Lord Cecil	Soares, Ernest J.
Hain, Edward	Mansfield, Horace Rendall	Spear, John Ward
Hamilton, Rt Hn Ld. G (Midd'x.	Mappin, Sir Frederick Thorpe	Spencer, Ernest (W. Bromwich
Hamilton, Marq of (L'nd'nderry	Mather, William	Stanley, Lord (Lancs.)
Hanbury, Rt. Hon. Robert Wm.	Maxwell, W. J. H. (Dumfriessh.	Stevenson, Francis S.
Hardy, Laurence (Kent Ashford	Mellor, Rt. Hon. John Wm.	Stewart, Sir M. J. M'Taggart
Harris, Frederick Leverton	Melville, Beresford Valentine	Stirling-Maxwell, Sir John M.
Haslam, Sir Alfred S.	Mildmay, Francis Bingham	Stone, Sir Benjamin
Haslett, Sir James Horner	Mitchell, William	Stroyan, John
Hay, Hon. Claude George	Molesworth, Sir Lewis	Strutt, Hon. Charles Hedley
Hayne, Rt. Hon. Charles Seale-	Montagu, G. (Huntingdon)	Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester)
Hayter, Rt. Hn. Sir Arthur D.	Montagu, Hon. J. Scott (Hants.	Taylor, Theodore Cooke
Heaton, John Henniker	Morgan, David J (Walth'mst'w	Tennant, Harold John
Helder, Augustus	Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen)	Thomas, Abel (Carmarthen, E.
Helme, Norval Watson	Morley, Rt. Hn. John (Montrose	Thomas, Dv. Alfred (Merthyr)
Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Charles H.	Morrell, George Herbert	Thomson, F. W. (York, W. R.)
Henderson, Alexander	Morris, Hon. Martin Henry F.	Thorburn, Sir Walter
Hermon-Hodge, Robert Trotter	Morrison, James Archibald	Tomlinson, Wm. Edw. Murray
Hoare, Edw Brodie (Hampstead	Morton, Arthur HA. (Deptford)	Tritton, Charles Ernest
Hoare, Sir Samuel (Norwich)	Mount, William Arthur	Tufnell, Lieut.-Col. Edward
Hobhouse, Henry (Somerset, E.	Mowbray, Sir Robert Gray C.	Vincent, Col. Sir CEH (Sheffield
Holland, William Henry	Murray, Rt Hn A Graham (Bute	Wallace, Robert
Hope, J. F (Sheffield, Brightside	Murray, Charles J. (Coventry)	Wanklyn, James Leslie
Horniman, Frederick John	Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath)	Warde, Colonel C. E.
Houldsworth, Sir Wm. Henry	Newnes, Sir George	Warner, Thomas Courtenay T.
Hoult, Joseph	Nicholson, William Graham	Warr, Augustus Frederick
Hozier, Hon. James Henry Cecil	Nicol, Donald Ninian	Wason, Eugene (Clackmannan
Hudson, George Bickersteth	Norman, Henry	Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney
Jackson, Rt. Hn. Wm. Lawies	Norton, Captain Cecil Wm.	Webb, Col. Wm. George
Jacoby, James Alfred	O'Neill, Hon. Robert Torrens	Weir, James Galloway
Johnston, William (Belfast)	Orr-Ewing, Charles Lindsay	Welby, Lt-Col AC. E. (Taunton
Joicey, Sir James	Palmer, Sir Chas. M. (Durham)	Welby, Sir C. G. E. (Notts.)
Jones, D. Brynmor (Swansea)	Parker, Gilbert	Wharton, Rt. Hon. John Lloyd
Jones, William (Carnarvons.)	Partington, Oswald	White, Luke, York, E. R.)
Kearley, Hudson E.	Paulton, James Mellor	Whiteley, George (York, W. R.)
Kennaway, Rt. Hn. Sir John H.	Pease, J. A (Saffron Walden)	Whiteley, H (Ashton und. Lyne
Kenyon, Hon. Geo. T. (Denbigh)	Pease, Sir Joseph W. (Durham)	Whitley, J. H. (Halifax)
Kenyon, James (Lancs. Bury)	Percy, Earl	Whitmore, Charles Algernon
Kenyon-Slaney, Col. W. (Salop	Perks, Robert William	Whittaker, Thomas Palmer
Kimber, Henry	Philipps, John Wynford	Williams, O. (Merioneth)
Kinloch, Sir John George Smyth	Pierpoint, Robert	Williams, Rt Hn J Powell-(Bir.)
Kitson, Sir James	Pilkington, Lieut.-Col Richard	Wilson, A. S. (York, E. R.),
Knowles, Lees	Pretyman, Ernest George	Wilson, John (Glasgow)
Lambert, George	Priestley, Arthur	Wilson-Todd, Wm. H. (Yorks.)
Lambton, Hon. Frederick Wm.	Purvis, Robert	Wodehouse, Rt. Hn. E. R. (Bath
Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm	Yerburgh, Robert Armstrong	TELLERS FOR THE AYES—
Wortley, Rt. Hn. C. B. Stuart-	Younger, William	Sir William Walrond and Mr. Anstruther.
Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George	Yoxall, James Henry
NOES.
Abraham, Wm. (Cork, N. E.)	Ffrench, Peter	O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool)
Barry, E. (Cork, S.)	Field, William	O'Doherty, William
Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire)	Flynn, James Christopher	O'Donnell, John (Mayo, S.)
Blake, Edward	Gilhooly, James	O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.)
Boland, John	Hammond, John	O'Dowd, John
Boyle, James	Hardie, J. K. (Merthyr Tydvil)	O'Kelly, Conor (Mayo, N.)
Broadhurst, Henry	Hayden, John Patrick	O'Kelly, James (Roscommon N.
Burke, E. Haviland-	Jordan, Jeremiah	O'Malley, William
Caine, William Sproston	Joyce, Michael	O'Mara, James
Cameron, Robert	Kennedy, Patrick James	O'Shaughnessy, P. J.
Campbell, John (Armagh, S.)	Lewis, John Herbert	Power, Patrick Joseph
Carew, James Laurence	Lundon, W.	Reddy, M.
Cogan, Denis J.	MacDonnell, Dr. Mark A.	Redmond, John E. (Waterford)
Condon, Thomas Joseph	M'Fadden, Edward	Redmond, William (Clare)
Crean, Eugene	M'Govern, T.	Roberts, John Bryn (Eifion)
Cullinan, J.	Mooney, John J.	Sheehan, Daniel Daniel
Daly, James	Murphy, John	Sullivan, Donal
Delany, William	Nannetti, Joseph P.	Whte, George (Norfolk)
Dillon, John	Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South)	Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.)
Doogan, P. C.	O'Brien, James F. X. (Cork)	Young, Samuel (Cavan, East)
Duffy, William J.	O'Brien, Kendal (Tipper'ry Mid	TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Esmonde, Sir Thomas	O'Brien, P. J. (Tipperary, N.)	Captain Donelan and Mr. Patrick O'Brien.
Farrell, James Patrick	O'Connor, James (Wicklow, W.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolution to be reported to-morrow; Committee to sit again to-morrow.