(3.35.) QUESTIONS. (Hansard, 21 February 1902)

§ * (7.13.) MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER

I shall not attempt to reply at any great length to the hon. Member for West Islington, because I think it will be admitted that I have been discharged from that task by the speakers who, followed him. The most convenient course will be to come to a decision at once on the Amendment proposed by the hon. Member. I think the most important matter calling for notice was, the observation of the hon. Member twitting me for not supplying information. He has asked me to secure certain information for him. The information which has been asked is of a very complicated character, and the Admiralty have been engaged in collecting it since the request for it was made. I feel it to be my duty, where I can do so, to furnish hon. Members with any information which it is in my power to obtain. With regard to the matter of the hon. Member's speech. I have nothing to say which has not already been well said by other speakers. I hope that my right hon. friend the Member for the Forest of Dean will allow me to postpone the answer I have to make to his speech until later.

(7.45.) Question put.

House divided:—Ayes, 129; Noes, 54. (Division List, No. 42.)

AYES.
Acland-Hood, Capt. Sir A.F.	Colston, Chas. E.H. Athole	Hamilton, Marq of (Lond'derry
Allan, William, (Gateshead)	Compton, Lord Alwyne	Harmsworth, R. Leicester
Allsop, Hon. George	Corbett, T.L.(Down, North)	Harris, Frederick Leverton
Archdale, Edward Mervyn	Crombie, John William	Henderson, Alexander
Arnold-Forster, Hugh O.	Cross, Alexander (Glasgow)	Hogg, Lindsay,
Arrol, Sir William	Cubitt, Hon. Henry	Hutton, John (York, N.R.
Asher, Alexander	Delkeith, Earl of	Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick
Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. Henry	Denny, Colonel	Johnston, William (Belfast)
Atherley-Jones, L.	Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles	Kearley, Hudson E.
Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John	Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers-	King, Sir Henry Seymour
Balfour, Rt. Hon. A.J. (Manch'r	Doxford, Sir William T.	Lawrence, Joseph (Monmouth
Balfour, Rt. Hon. G. W. (Leeds)	Duke, Henry Edward	Lawson, John Grant
Beach, Rt. Hn. Sir M. Hicks	Daurning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin	Layland-Barratt, Francis
Blundell, Colonel Henry	Dyke, Rt. Hon. Sir Wm. Hart	Lee, Arthur H. (Hants, Farehm
Boscawen, Arthur Griffith-	Emmott, Alfred	Lees, Sir Elliott(Birkenhead)
Brookfield, Col. Montagu	Fardell, Sir T. George	Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage
Coldwell, James	Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edwd.	Leigh-Bennett, Henry Currie
Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ed. H.	Ferguson, R. C. Munro- (Leith)	Long, Col, Charles W. (Evesham
Cautley, Henry Strother	Fergusson, Rt. Hon. Sir J. (Mnr.	Long, Rt. Hn. Walter(Bristol, S.
Cavendish, V.C.W.(Derbyshire	Finch, George H.	Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft)
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon.J(Birm.)	Fisher, William Hayes	Lucas, Reginald J.(Portsmouth
Chamberlain, J.A (Worcester	Fison, Fredk, William	Lyttelton, Hon. Alfred
Chaplain, Rt. Hon. Henry	Gibbs, Hn. A.G.H (City of Lon.	Macartney, Rt. Hon. W.G.E..
Chapman, Edward	Gorst, Rt.Hon.Sir John E.	Macdona, John Cumming
Charrington Spencer	Goulding, Edward Alfred	MacIver, David (Liverpool.)
Clive, Capt. Percy A.	Greene, Henry D.(Shrewsbury	M'Crae, George
Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse	Grey, Sir Edward (Berwick)	M'Killop, James,(Stirlingshire)
Colomb, Sir J. C. R.	Haldane, Richard Burdon,	Majendie, James A.H.

Maxwell, W.J.H. (Dumfriesshr	Purvis, Robert	Stirling-Maxwell, Sir John M.
Melville, Beresford Valentine	Randles, John S.	Strutt, Hon. Charles Hedley
Moon, Edward Robert Pacy	Rattigan, Sir William Henry	Thomas, David Alfred(Merthyr
More, Robt. J. (Shropshire)	Rea, Russell	Thomson, F. W. (York, W. R.)
Morgan, DavidJ.(Walth'mstow	Reid, James (Greenock)	Trevelyan, Charles Philips
Murray, Rt. Hn. A. G. (Bute)	Ridley, Hon, M.W.(Stalybri'ge	Tritton, Charles Ernest
Newnes, Sir George	Ritchie, Rt. Hon. C. Thompson	Webb, Colonel William George
Norman, Henry	Royds, Clement Molyneux	White, Luke (York, E. R.)
Norton, Capt. Cecil William	Runciman, Walter	Williams, RtHnJ Powell-(Birm
Palmer, Walter, (Salisbury)	Sharpe, William Edward T.	Willoughby de Eresby, Lord
Pease, J.A. (Saffron Waldon)	Shipman, Dr. John G.	Wilson, John (Glasgow)
Peel, Hon. Wm. Robert W.	Skewes-Cox Thomas	Wyndham, Rt. Hn. George
Penn, John	Smith, Hon. W.F.D. (Strand.	Yerburgh, Robert Armstrong
Pirie, Duncan V.	Spear, John Ward	TELLERS FOR THE AYES—
Plummer, Walter A.	Spencer, Rt. Hn. C R.(North'nts	Sir William Walrond and
Pretyman, Ernest George	Stanley, Lord (Lancs.)	Mr Anstruther.

NOES.
Abraham, William (Cork, N.E.	Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton	O'Connor, Jas. (Wicklow W.)
Ambrose, Robert	Hammond, John	O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool)
Barry, E. (Cork, S.)	Jordan, Jeremiah	O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.)
Blake, Edward	Joyce, Michael	O'Kelly, Jas. (Roscommon, N.)
Boland, John	Kennedy, Patrick James	O'Malley, William
Brigg, John	Lundon, W.	O'Shaughnessy, P. J.
Campbell, John (Armagh, S.)	MacDonnell, Dr. Mark A.	O'Shee, James John
Condon, Thomas Joseph	MacNeill, John Gordon Swift	Power, Patrick Joseph
Crean, Eugene	M'Govern, T.	Reddy, M.
Cullinan, J.	M'Hugh, Patrick A.	Redmond, John E.(Waterford)
Davies, Alfred (Carmarthen)	M'Killop, W. (Sligo, North)	Roberts, John Bryn (Eifion)
Delany, William	Murphy, John	Roche, John
Dillon, John	Nannetti, Joseph P.	Sheehan, Daniel Daniel
Donelan, Captain A.	Nolan, Col. John P. (Galway, N.)	Sullivan, Donal
Doogan, P. C.	Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South)	Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.)
Esmonde, Sir Thomas	O'Brien, James F. X. (Cork)	Young, Samuel
Ffrench, Peter	O'Brien, Kendal(Tipperary Mid
Flynn, James Christopher	O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny)	TELLERS FOR TIIE NOES—
Gilhooly, James	O'Brien, P. J. (Tipperary, N.)	Mr. Lough and Mr. Cremer.