§ 1. Motion made, and Question proposed, "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £29,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will 1142 come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1904, for the Expenses of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland."
§ MR. JOHN REDMOND (Waterford)renewed the Motion of the Member for West Kerry on a recent occasion for a reduction of the Vote by £100, the debate not having been brought to a conclusion by reason of the Rules of the House. He proposed, therefore, to again raise the question of the action of the National Board of Education in issuing a circular, the effect of which was to limit the teaching of Irish in certain National schools in the country. He did not propose to traverse the ground travelled by his hon. friend; it was sufficient for him to say that there was on those Benches a strong opinion as to the effect of this circular, and that opinion was shared almost universally in Ireland. From every part of Ireland he had himself received resolutions from all sorts of elective bodies protesting against the action of the National Board; and it was not too much to say that there was a feeling of intense indignation at this circular, the effect of which was to diminish the opportunity of Irish children for learning Irish in the schools of the country. It took away the teaching of Irish from the younger class of scholars, who were just the scholars who ought to be taught it. He considered they would be wanting if they did not make a formal protest, and for that reason he begged to move a reduction in the Vote of £100.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed. "That a sum, not exceeding £29,400. be granted for the said service."—(Mr. John Redmond.)
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM,) Doversaid the hon. Member had reminded him that Supply prevented him rising on the Motion of the Member for West Kerry; and he would therefore say now what he should have said then. The hon. Member was pressing him to give some assurance that he would give his attention to this circular. He would say now what ho could not say then. He had given special attention to this circular. He had 1143 addressed a number of inquiries to the National Board of Education with respect to the document; and he had received a reply, the contents of which were communicated by him in reply to a Question by the hon. Member for West Kerry. He did not know whether that reply was quite satisfactory, or whether it was only partly satisfactory; but he hoped to show that it went a very long way to remove the apprehensions to which the circular might give rise. Under the old results system no special fee was payable for Irish in any class lower than Fifth. Under the new regulations a fee would be payable in classes as low as the Fourth. A competent teacher unconnected with a school would be eligible to earn fees and would not be penalised in any way as might be assumed from the terms of the circular, because of the failure of the school teacher to conduct his school in such a manner as to earn a "good" report. Moreover, it was intended to give Inspectors a discretionary power to recommend that a teacher of a school should be allowed to earn fees in extra branches under exceptional circumstances even though the teacher failed to secure a "good" report at his school. And Inspectors would be required in their reports to take into account the social condition and ages of the pupils, as well as the locality of the school and any other circumstances that might require or suggest exceptional treatment. The National Board
§ admitted these were points of importance and they were prepared to modify the circular in these directions. He had given this matter his personal attention, and clearly Irish children ought not to be excluded by the circular from obtaining instruction in Irish, and hon. Members might rest assured that it would be his part to endeavour to see that no undue restrictions were imposed.
MR. JOHN BEDMONDsaid the right hon. Gentleman had spoken of his own views on the subject. They were very well known, and he freely admitted that he had expressed again and again sympathetic views. He said they might rest assured that it would be his part to see no undue restrictions were imposed, but he himself had repeatedly told them that he had no power to see anything of the kind. He had no control over these gentlemen. They issued their circulars and regulations quite irrespective of him, and when they had issued a circular such as the present one he had to go, suck was the absurd system, to them, cap in hand, and beg them to modify it. In this instance, he hoped to induce them to do so; but this was not a satisfactory explanation, and he should certainly press his Motion to a division.
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided:—Ayes, 141; Noes, 130. (Division List No. 54.)
1147| AYES. | ||
| Allen, Charles P. | Craig, Robert Hunter (Lanark) | Freeman-Thomas, Captain F. |
| Ambrose, Robert | Crombie, John William | Gladstone, Rt Hn. Herbert John |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Crooks, William | Goddard, Daniel Ford |
| Atherley-Jones, L. | Cullinan, J. | Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir E. (Berwick) |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Dalziel, James Henry | Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton |
| Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Davies, M. Vaughan (Cardigan | Hammond, John |
| Black, Alexander William | Delany, William | Harmsworth, R. Leicester |
| Blake, Edward | Dewar, John A. (Inverness-sh. | Hayden, John Patrick |
| Boland, John | Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. |
| Brigg, John | Doogan, P. C. | Hobhouse, C. E. H.(Bristol, E.) |
| Brown, George M. (Edinburgh) | Douglas, Charles M. (Lanark) | Holland, Sir William Henry |
| Bryce, Rt. Hon. James | Duncan, J. Hastings | Hope, John Deans (Fife, West.) |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Ellice, Capt E C (S. Andrw's Bghs | Humphreys-Owen, Arthur C. |
| Burke, E. Haviland | Ellis, John Edward (Notts.) | Hutchinson, Dr. Charles Fredk, |
| Buxton, Sydney Charles | Emmott, Alfred | Hutton, Alfred E. (Morley) |
| Caldwell, James | Evans, Sir Francis H (Maidstone | Jacoby, James Alfred |
| Cameron, Robert | Farquharson, Dr. Robert | Joicey, Sir James |
| Campbell, John (Armagh, S.) | Fenwick, Charles | Jones, David Brynmor (Swansea |
| Campbell-Bannernman, Sir H. | Ffrench, Peter | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire |
| Causton, Richard Knight | Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond | Joyce, Michael |
| Cawley, Frederick | Flavin, Michael Joseph | Kitson, Sir James |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Flynn, James Christopher | Lambert, George |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Foster, Sir Walter (Derby Co.) | Layland-Barratt, Francis |
| Leese, Sir Joseph F (Accrington | O'Brien Kendal (Tipperary Mid | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Leng, Sir John | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Levy, Maurice | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | Spencer, Rt Hn C R (Northants |
| Lloyd-George, David | O'Dowd, John | Stevenson, Francis S. |
| Lough, Thomas | O'Shee, James John | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Lundon, W. | Partington Oswald | Sullivan, Donal |
| Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Paulton, James Mellor | Toulmin, George |
| MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Pease, J. A. (Saffron Walden) | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Perks, Robert William | Wason, Eugene (Clackmannan |
| M'Crae, George | Priestley, Arthur | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney |
| M'Hugh, Patrick A. | Reckitt, Harold James | Weir, James Galloway |
| M'Kean, John | Reddy, M. | White, George (Norfolk) |
| M'Kenna, Reginald | Redmond, John E. (Waterford | White, Luke (York, E. R.) |
| M'Killop, W. (Sligo, North) | Redmond, William (Clare) | Whiteley, George (York, W.R. |
| M'Laren, Sir Charles Benjamin | Robertson, Edmund (Dundee) | Whitley, J. H. (Halifax) |
| Mansfield, Horace Rendall | Roche, John | Williams, Osmond (Merioneth) |
| Mitchell, Edw. (Fermanagh N. | Rose, Charles Day | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Mooney, John J. | Runciman, Walter | Woodhouse, Sir J T (Huddersf'd |
| Morley, Charles (Breconshire | Russell, T. W. | Young, Samuel |
| Murnaghan, George | Samuel, Herbert L. (Cleveland) | Yoxall, James Henry |
| Nannetti, Joseph P. | Schwann, Charles E. | |
| Nolan, Col John P. (Galway, N. | Shackleton, David James | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Sir |
| Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South) | Shaw, Thomas (Hawick B.) | Thomas Esmonde and Captian Donelan. |
| Norman, Henry | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel | |
| Norton, Capt. Cecil William | Sinclair, John (Forfarshire) | |
| Nussey, Thomas Willans | Slack, John Bamford | |
| NOES. | ||
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Elliot, Hon A. Ralph Douglas | Malcolm, Ian |
| Agnew, Sir Andrew Noel | Fergusson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Manc'r | Maxwell, Rt Hn. Sir H. E. (Wigt'n |
| Aird, Sir John | Fitz Gerald, Sir Robert Penrose | Morton, Arthur H. Aylmer |
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Forster, Henry William | Mount, William Arthur |
| Arnold-Forster, Rt Hn Hugh O | Foster, Philips.(Warwick S W. | Murray, Rt Hn. A. Graham (Bute |
| Arrol, Sir William | Gardner, Ernest | Murray, Charles J. (Coventry) |
| Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John | Garfit, William | Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath) |
| Aubrey-Fletcher, Rt Hn Sir H. | Gordon, Hn. J. E. (Elgin & Nairn | Newdegate, Francis A. N. |
| Bain, Colonel James Robert | Gordon Maj Evans-(T'r H'mlets | O'Neill, Hon. Robert Torrens |
| Baird, John George Alexander | Gore, Hn G. R. C. Ormsby-(Salop | Palmer, Walter (Salisbury) |
| Balcarres, Lord | Gore, Hon. S. F. Ormsby-(Linc.) | Peel, Hn. Wm. Robert Wellesley |
| Baldwin, Alfred | Graham, Henry Robert | Percy, Earl |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. A J. (Manch'r | Greene, Henry D. (Shrewsbury) | Platt-Higgins, Frederick |
| Balfour Rt Hn Gerald W(Leeds | Greene, W. Raymond (Cambs.) | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Bartley, Sir George C. T. | Gretton, John | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Bignold, Arthur | Halsey, Rt. Hon. Thomas P. | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Hamilton Marq. Of (L'nd'nderry | Rankin, Sir James |
| Bousfield, William Robert | Harris, P. Leverton (Tynem'th | Reid, James (Greenock) |
| Bowles, Lt.-Col. H. F. (Middlesex | Haslett, Sir James Horner | Ridley, Hn. M. W. (Stalybridge |
| Bowles, T. Gibson (King's Lynn | Hay, Hon. Claude George | Ridley, S. Forde (Bethnal Green) |
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert T. | Roberts, Samuel (Sheffield) |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen | Hobhouse, Rt Hn H. (Somers't, E | Rollit, Sir Albert Kaye |
| Campbell, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Glasgow | Hope, J. F. (Sheffield, Brightside | Ropner, Colonel Sir Robert |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. | Horner, Frederick William | Royds, Clement Molyneux |
| Cavendish, V. C. W. (Derbyshire | Howard J. (Midd Tottenham | Rutherford, W. W. (Liverpool) |
| Chamberlain, Rt Hn. J. A. (Worc | Hunt, Rowland | Sadler, Col. Samuel Alexander |
| Chapman, Edward | Jeffreys Rt Ron Arthur Fred. | Sharpe, William Edward T. |
| Churchill, Winston Spencer | Simeon, Sir Barrington | |
| Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. | Kenyon-Slaney, Col. W.(Salop. | Spear John Ward |
| Coghill, Douglas Harry | Kerr, John | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Lancs.) |
| Cohen, Benjamin Louis | Knowles, Sir Lees | Stewart, Sir Mark J. M'Taggart |
| Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Laurie, Lieut.-General | Stock, James Henry |
| Colston, Chas. Edw. H. Athole | Law, Andrew Bonar (Glasgow) | Stone, Sir Benjamin |
| Crossley, Rt. Hon. Sir Savile | Lawson John Grant (Yorks. N R | |
| Cubitt, Hon. Henry | Lees, Sir Elliott (Birkenhead) | Taylor, Austin (East Toxteth) |
| Davenport, William Bromley | Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Denny, Colonel | Llewellyn, Evan Henry | Tuke, Sir John Batty |
| Dickson, Charles Scott | Long, Col. Chas. W. (Evesham) | Valentia, Viscount |
| Dorington, Rt. Hon Sir John E. | Long, Rt. Hn. Walter (Bristol S) | Walker, Col. William Hall |
| Douglas Rt. Hon. A. Akers | Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft) | Walrond, Rt Hn Sir William H. |
| Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred | Warde, Colonel C. E. |
| Egerton, Hon. A. do Tatton | Maconochie, A. W. | Welby, Sir Charles G. E. (Notts.) |
| Wharton, Rt. Hon. John Lloyd | Wodehouse, Rt. Hn. K. R. (Bath | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Sir |
| Willoughbyde Eresby, Lord | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm | Alexander Acland-Hood |
| Wilson, John (Glasgow) | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George | and Mr. Ailwyn Fellowes. |
§ MR. JOHN REDMOND moved that Progress be reported. It was unnecessary to fortify the Motion with any words, for it was evident to the House that discussion in Committee of Supply could not now be continued.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Chairman do report Progress; and ask leave to sit again."—(Mr. John Redmond.)
§ THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)I see no great object——
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)In continuing the Government.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI see no great object in assenting to the Motion of the hon. and learned Member. I understand he has succeeded in reducing a grant to Ireland by £100.
§ MR. JOHN REDMONDIn defeating the Government at a cost of £100 to Ireland. It is money well spent.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIt is an end of the farce.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI do not know why the hon. Member for South Donegal is so very excited over it. The hon. Gentleman who moved the reduction and succeeded in carrying it, objected to my statement that he had induced the Committee to reduce the Vote proposed by the Government by £100. He has truly said that, as the Vote was proposed by the Government, in so far he has had his way in defeating the Government. That is obvious on the face of the transaction. Why on that account we should be unable to go on with Supplementary Estimates I am unable to see.
§ MR. DALZIEL (Kirkcaldy Burghs)Are you going to take it lying down?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURWe have to get through a considerable amount of financial business before 31st March, and I do not 1148 think it is expedient or desirable that one of the too few days remaining should be wasted in discussion in the lobby or elsewhere, which the hon. and learned Gentleman seems to think should be the consequence of the incident that has just occurred.
§ MR. J. F. HOPE (Sheffield, Brightside)thought hon. Members should be well satisfied with the result, and he could not understand why they should not go on to discuss other items in the Supplementary Estimates. He admitted that the question of the teaching of the Irish language was an interesting one and that the debate on it was too short. But there had been a reduction of the Vote, and he supposed the advocates of the study of Irish would thereby gain an accession of strength for their movement. What, he asked, was the next business in Supply?
§ MR. J. F. HOPEsaid it was important that they should proceed to discuss the Vote for the Savings Banks' and Friendly Societies' Deficiencies in view of the fact that on Friday next the Bill dealing with that subject would come up for discussion.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLHas the Savings Bank Vote anything to do with the Motion to report Progress?
*THE CHAIRMANThe hon. Member is entitled to point out what will be the next business in case Progress is not reported.
§ MR. J. F. HOPEsaid he desired to call attention to the fact that they were going to discuss the savings bank's deficiences. Next Friday there was a Bill to be brought forward to deal with savings banks, and no doubt then there would be a great deal of elucidation of the subject. As they all knew, the Supplementary Estimates had to be got through before the 31st of March. He thought they ought to discuss the question of the 1149 savings banks in a business-like and sensible way.
§ MR. DALZIELasked if the Prime Minister was going to ignore the decision of the Committee? Did his remarks mean that he was going to take no notice of the decision of the House? [An HON. MEMBER: The Amendment has been adopted.] He wished to know if the right hon. Gentleman proposed to accept the decision just arrived at, or did he propose to reverse it. Would he reverse the Government policy in Ireland upon which the division was taken? Was he going to think Imperially with regard to this decision? If he proposed to ignore this decision he would not be following precedents.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe hon. Member mistakes the position. It is not in the power of the Government to ignore the decision of the House, except by the reintroduction of the original Estimate. I hardly think it will be worth that, and therefore we shall acquiesce in the decision of the House.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)advised the Prime Minister to wire to Peckham.
MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)said he extremely regretted the defeat which His Majesty's Government had just sustained. All the free-fooders supported the Government in the lobby, and therefore he could only attribute the defeat of the Government to the abstention of those protectionists who ground them under their heel on Wednesday last. He trusted His Majesty's Government would now see what a
§ broken reed these protectionists were to them in a moment of danger. What the right hon. Gentleman had said as to this being a binding decision of the House was quite true, because what had been voted was the reduced sum. This sum had been absolutely and completely voted, and not even on Report could the original sum be put in again. They could only do it by re-introducing the Estimate or another Estimate for £100, and he did not think the Government would consider it would be worth their while to do that. The only occasion upon which he ever marched up to the Table a winner was when, in conjunction with Mr. Hanbury, they reduced the salaries of the House of Lords by £500, and that amount had been saved to the country annually ever since. The present decision would be accepted, and he trusted this would be a lesson to the Government not to rely upon their protectionist friends in a moment of emergency, but rather turn to the gay and gallant and generous spirits who sat below the gangway, who, although they felt bound to express their convictions occasionally, when they found their friends drowning were ready to extend to them the straw. Under these circumstances, as the Government had accepted this economy of £100, ha thought the Motion to report Progress might be withdrawn.
§ MR. WHITLEY (Halifax)asked how many defeats would the Government require before they resigned.
§ Question put.
§ The Committee divided:—Ayes, 146; Noes, 171. (Division List No. 55.)
1153| AYES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Cork N. E.) | Burke, E. Haviland | Cullinan, J. |
| Allen, Charles P. | Buxton, Sydney Charles | Dalziel, James Henry |
| Ambrose, Robert | Caldwell, James | Davies, M. Vaughan-(Cardigan |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Cameron, Robert | Delany, William |
| Atherley-Jones, L. | Campbell, John (Armagh, S.) | Dewar, John A. (Inverness-sh. |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H. | Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) | Carvill, Patrick Geo. Hamilton | Doogan, P. C. |
| Black, Alexander William | Causton, Richard Knight | Douglas, Charles M. (Lanark) |
| Blake, Edward | Cawley, Frederick | Duncan, J. Hastings |
| Boland, John | Clancy, John Joseph | Ellice Capt E C (S. Andrew's Bghs |
| Brigg, John | Condon, Thomas Joseph | Ellis, John Edward (Notts.) |
| Brown, George M. (Edinburgh) | Craig, Robert Hunter (Lanark) | Emmott, Alfred |
| Bryce, Rt. Hon. James | Crean, Eugene | Evans, Sir Francis H. (Maidstone |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Crombie, John William | Farquharson, Dr. Robert |
| Fenwick, Charles | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Reid, Sir E Threshie (Dumfries |
| Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith) | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Robertson, Edmund (Dundee) |
| Ffrench, Peter | M'Crae, George | Roche, John |
| Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond | M'Hugh, Patrick A. | Rose, Charles Day |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | M'Kean, John | Runciman, Walter |
| Flynn, James Christopher | M'Kenna, Reginald | Russell, T. W. |
| Foster, Sir Walter (Derby Co.) | M'Killop, W. (Sligo, North.) | Samuel, Herbert F. (Cleveland) |
| Gladstone Rt Hn. Herbert John | M'Laren, Sir Charles Benjamin | Schwann, Charles E. |
| Goddard, Daniel Ford | Mansfield, Horace Rendall | Shaw, Thomas (Hawick, B.) |
| Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir E. (Berwick) | Mooney, John J. | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel |
| Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton | Morley, Charles (Breconshire) | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Hammond, John | Morley, Rt. Hn. John (Montrose) | Sinclair, John (Forfarshire) |
| Harmsworth, B. Leicester | Murnaghan, George | Slack, John Bamford |
| Hayden, John Patrick | Nannetti, Joseph P. | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Hemphill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. | Nolan, Col. John P. (Galway N) | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Hobhouse, C. E. H. (Bristol E.) | Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South) | Spencer Rt. Hn. C R. (Northants |
| Holland, Sir William Henry | Norman, Henry | Stevenson, Francis S. |
| Hope, John Deans (Fife West) | Norton, Capt. Cecil William | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Humphreys-Owen, Arthur C. | Nussey, Thomas Willans | Sullivan, Donal |
| Hutchinson, Dr. Charles Fredk | O'Brien, James F. X. (Cork) | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Hutton, Alfred E. (Morley) | O'Brien Kendal (Tipperary Mid) | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Jacoby, James Alfred | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Wason, Eugene (Clackmannan) |
| Joicey, Sir James | O'Brien, P. J. (Tipperary, N.) | Weir, James Galloway |
| Jones David Brynmor (Swansea | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | White, George (Norfolk) |
| Jones, William (Carnarvonshire | O'Dowd John | White, Luke (York, E. R.) |
| Joyce, Michael | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Whiteley, George (York W. R.) |
| Kitson, Sir James | O'Shee, James John | Whitley, J. H. (Halifax) |
| Lambert, George | Partington, Oswald | Williams, Osmond (Merioneth) |
| Layland-Barratt, Francis | Paulton, James Mellor | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Leese Sir Joseph F. (Accrington | Pease, J. A. (Saffron Walden) | Woodhouse Sir J. T. (Huddersf'd |
| Leng, Sir John | Perks, Robert William | Young, Samuel |
| Levy, Maurice | Priestley, Arthur | Yoxall, James Henry |
| Lloyd-George, David | Reckitt, Harold James | |
| Lough, Thomas | Reddy, M. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Sir |
| Lundon, W. | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Thomas Esmonde and |
| Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Redmond, William (Clare) | Captain Donelan. |
| NOES. | ||
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Chapman, Edward | Gore, Hon. S. F. Ormsby-(Linc. |
| Agnew, Sir Andrew Noel | Churchill, Winston Spencer | Goulding, Edward Alfred |
| Aird, Sir John | Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. | Graham, Henry Robert |
| Allhusen Augustus Henry Eden | Coghill, Douglas Harry | Greene, Henry D. (Shrewsbury) |
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Cohen, Benjamin Louis | Greene, W. Raymond-(Cambs. |
| Arnold-Forster, Rt. Hn. Hugh O | Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse | Gretton, John |
| Arrol, Sir William | Colston, Chas. Edw. H. Athole | Halsey, Rt. Hon. Thomas F. |
| Atkinson, Et. Hon. John | Cripps, Charles Alfred | Hamilton, Marq. of (L'nd'nderry |
| Anbrey-Fletcher Kt. Hon. Sir H. | Crossley, Rt. Hon. Sir Savile | Hare, Thomas Leigh |
| Bain, Colonel James Robert | Cubitt, Hon. Henry | Harris, E. Leverton (Tyhem'th |
| Baird, John George Alexander | Dalkeith, Earl of | Haslam, Sir Alfred S. |
| Balcarres, Lord | Davenport, William Rromley | Haslett, Sir James Horner |
| Baldwin, Alfred | Denny, Colonel | Hay, Hon. Claude George |
| Balfour, Rt. Hn. A. J. (Manch'r | Dickson, Charles Scott | Heath, James (Staffords N W. |
| Balfour, Capt. C. B. (Hornsey.) | Dorington, Rt. Hon. Sir John E. | Helder, Augustus |
| Balfour Rt Hn. Gerald W (Leeds | Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers | Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert T. |
| Bartley, Sir George C. T. | Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin | Hobhouse, Rt Hn. H (Somers't E |
| Bathurst Hon. Allen Benjamin | Dyke, Rt. Hn. Sir William Hart | Hogg, Lindsay |
| Beach Rt Hn Sir Michael Hicks | Egerton, Hon. A. de Tatton | Hope, J. F.(Sheffield Brightside |
| Bignold, Arthur | Elliot, Hon. A. Ralph Douglas | Howard, J. (Midd., Tottenham |
| Bigwood, James | Fergusson Bt. Hn. Sir J. (Manc'r | Hudson, George Bickersteth |
| Blundell, Colonel Henry | Finch, Rt. Hon. George H. | Hunt, Rowland |
| Bousfield, William Robert | Fitz Gerald, Sir Robert Penrose | Jeffreys, Et, Hn. Arthur Fred. |
| Bowles, Lt.-Col. H. F. (Middlesex | Fitzroy, Hn. Edward Algernon | Jessel, Captain Herbert Merton |
| Bowles, T. Gibson (King's Lynn | Flower, Sir Ernest | Kenyon-Slaney, Col. W. (Salop |
| Brassey, Albert | Forster, Henry William | Kerr, John |
| Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John | Foster, Philip S. (Warwick S. W. | Knowles, Sir Lees |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen | Fyler, John Arthur | Laurie, Lieut.-General |
| Brown, Sir Alex. H. (Shropsh.) | Gardner, Earnest | Law, Awdrew Bonar (Glasgow) |
| Campbell, Rt. Hn. J. A (Glasgow | Garfit, William | Lawrence, Win. F. (Liverpool) |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. | Gordon, Hn. J. F. (Elgin & Nairn) | Lawson, John Grant (Yorks N R |
| Cavendish, V. C. W.(Derbyshire | Gordon Maj Evans-(T'rH'mlets | Lees, Sir Elliott (Birkenhead) |
| Chamberlain Rt. Hn. J. A. (Worc | Gore, Hn. C. R. C. Oimsby-(Salop | Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage |
| Leveson-Gower, Frederick N S. | Plummer, Walter R. | Stock, James Henry |
| Llewellyn, Evan Henry | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp | Stone Sir Benjamin |
| Long, Col. Chas. W. (Evesham) | Pretyman, Ernest George | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) |
| Long, Rt. Hn. Walter (Bristol S. | Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward | Talbot, Rt. Hn. J. G. (Oxf'd Univ. |
| Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft | Rankin, Sir James | Taylor, Austin (East Toxteth) |
| Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred | Ratcliff, R. F. | Thorburn, Sir Walter |
| Maconochie, A. W. | Reid, James (Greenock) | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Malcolm, Ian | Ridley, Hn. M. W. (Stalybridge | Tufnell, Lieut.-Col. Edward |
| Manners, Lord Cecil | Ridley, S Forde (Bethnel Green | Tuke, Sir John Batty |
| Maxwell, Rt Hn. Sir H. E. (Wigt'n | Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas Thomson | Valentia, Viscount |
| Maxwell, W. J. H (Dumfriesshire | Roberts, Samuel (Sheffield) | Walker, Col. William Hall |
| Mildmay, Francis Bingham | Rollit, Sir Albert Kaye | Walround, Rt. Hn. Sir William H |
| Mitchell, Edw. (Fermanagh N.) | Ropner, Colonel Sir Robert | Warde, Colonel C. E. |
| Morpeth, Viscount | Rothschild Hon. Lionel Walter | Welby, Sir Charles G. E. (Notts.) |
| Morton, Arthur H. Aylmer | Royds, Clement Molyneux | Wharton, Rt. Hon. John Lloyd |
| Mount, William Arthur | Rutherford, W. W. (Liverpool | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Murray, Rt Hn A. Graham (Bute | Sackville, Col. S. G. Stopford | Wilson, John (Glasgow) |
| Murray, Charles J. (Coventry) | Sadler, Col. Samuel Alexander | Wodehouse, Rt. Hn. E. R. (Bath) |
| Murray, Col. Wyndham (Bath) | Samuel, Sir H. S. (Limehouse) | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm |
| Newdegate, Francis A. N. | Seely, Charles Hilton (Lincoln | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| O'Neill, Hon. Robert Torrens | Sharpe, William Edward T. | |
| Palmer, Walter (Salisbury) | Simeon, Sir Barrington | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Sir |
| Parker, Sir Gilbert | Spear, John Ward | Alexander Acland-Hood |
| Peel, Hn Wm. Robert Wellesley | Stanley, Edward Jas (Somerset) | and Mr. Ailwyn Fellowes. |
| Percy, Earl | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Lancs.) | |
| Platt-Higgins, Frederick | Stewart, Sir Mark J. M'Taggart |