HC Deb 31 July 1907 vol 179 cc1089-96

Considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

Motion made, and Question put, "That, towards making good the Supply

granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1908, the sum of £72,563,714 be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom."

The Committee divided:—Ayes, 276; Noes, 77. (Division List No. 362.)

AYES.
Abraham, William (Rhondda) Cawley, Sir Frederick Elibank, Master of
Acland. Francis Dyke Chance, Frederick William Erskine, David C.
Allen. A.Acland (Christchurch) Channing, Sir Francis Allston Essex, R. W.
Allen, Charles P. (Stroud) Cheetham, John Frederick Esslemont, George Birnie
Ashton, Thomas Gair Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. Evans, Samuel T.
Asquith,Rt.Hn.Herbert Henry Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Eve, Harry Trelawney
Astbury, John Meir Clough, William Everett, R. Lacey
Balfour, Robert (Lanark) Clynes, J. R. Fenwick. Charles
Baring,Godfrey (Isle of Wight) Cobbold, Felix Thornley Ferens, T. R.
Barlow, Percy (Bedford) Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) Ferguson, R. C. Munro
Barnes, G. N. Collins,Sir Wm.J.(S.Pancras,W Fiennes, Hon. Eustace
Barran, Rowland Hirst Cooper, G. J. Findlay, Alexander
Barry,Redmond J. (Tyrone, N. Corbett,C.H.(Sussex, E.Grinst' Flavin, Michael Joseph
Beauchamp, E. Cornwall. Sir Edwin A. Freeman-Thomas, Freeman
Bellairs, Carlyon Cotton, Sir H. J. S. Fuller, John Michael F,
Benn,Sir J.Williams(D'v'np'rt) Cowan, W. H. Fullerton, Hugh
Benn, W.(T'w'r Hamlets.S.Ge. Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) Gibb, James (Harrow)
Berridge, T. H. D. Crean, Eugene Gilhooly, James
Bertram, Julius Cremer. Sir William Randal Gill, A. H.
Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine Crooks, William Gladstone,Rt.Hn.Herbert John
Bowerman, C. W. Crosfield, A. H. Glover, Thomas
Brace, William Crossley, William J. Goddard. Daniel Ford
Bramsdon, T. A. Curran, Peter Francis Gooch, George Peabody
Branch, James Davies,David (Montgomery Co, Greenwood, G. (Peterborough)
Brigg, John Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) Grey, Rt, Hon. Sir Edward
Bright, J. A. Davies, Timothy (Fulham) Gurdon,Rt.Hn.SirW.Brampton
Brocklehurst, W. B. Davies, W. Howell (Bristol, S.) Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard
Brunner,J.F.L.(Lancs.,Leigh) Dewar, Arthur (Edinburgh, S.) Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Lewis
Buckmaster, Stanley O. Dickinson, W.H. (St.Pancras.N. Hardy, George A. (Suffolk)
Burns, Rt. Hon. John Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness Harmsworth, Cecil B. (Worc'r)
Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale)
Byles, William Pollard Dunne,Major E.Martin (Wals'll Harwood, George
Carr-Gomm, H. W. Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) Haworth, Arthur A.
Causton,Rt.Hn.RichardKnight Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) Hazel, Dr. A. E.
Hedges, A. Paget Molteno, Percy Alport Schwann, SirC.E. (Manchester)
Helme, Norval Watson Money, L. G. Chiozza Scott,A.H.)Ashton underLyne)
Henderson, Arthur (Durham) Montagu, E. S. Seaverns, J. H.
Henderson,J.M.(Aberdeen, W.) Montgomery, H. G. Seely, Major J. B.
Henry, Charles Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) Shackleton. David James
Herbert, T. Arnold (Wycombe Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) Shaw, Rt, Hon. T (Hawick B.)
Hobhouse, Charles E. H. Morrell. Philip Sherwell, Arthur James
Hodge, John Morse, L. L. Shipman, Dr. John G.
Holland, Sir William Henry Morton, Alpheus Cleophas Simon, John Allsebrook
Holt, Richard Durning Murnaghan, George Sinclair, Rt. Hon. John
Horniman, Emslie.John Murray, James Smeaton, Donald Mackenzie
Howard, Hon. Geoffrey Myer. Horatio Snowden, P.
Hudson, Walton Napier, T. B. Soames, Arthur Wellesley
Hyde, Clarendon Newnes, F. (Notts, Bassetlaw) Spicer, Sir Albert
Illingworth, Percy H. Nicholls, George Stanger, H. Y.
Isaacs, Rufus Daniel Norman, Sir Henry Stanley,Hn. A. Lyulph(Chesh.)
Jacoby, Sir James Alfred Norton, Capt. Cecil William Steadman, W. C.
Jones, Leif (Appleby) Nussey, Thomas Willans Strachey, Sir Edward
Jones, William(Carnarvonshire) O'Donnell, C. J. (Walworth) Straus, B. S. (Mile End)
Jordan, Jeremiah O'Grady, J. Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon)
Jowett, F. W. Parker, James (Halifax) Stuart, James (Sunderland)
Kearley, Hudson E. Partington, Oswald Summerbell, T.
Kekewich, Sir George Paulton, James Mellor Sutherland. J. E.
King, Alfred John (Knutsford) Pearce, Robert (Staffs., Leek) Taylor, John W. (Durham)
Laidlaw, Robert Philipps,Col. Ivor(S'thampton) Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe)
Lambert, George Philipps, Owen C. (Pembroke) Tennant,Sir Edward(Salisbury)
Lamont,Norman Pickersgill, Edward Hare Thompson. J.W.H.(Somerset,E
Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.) Pirie. Duncan V. Tomkinson. James
Lea, Hugh Cecil(St,Pancras,E.) Pollard. Dr. Ure. Alexander
Lehmann, R. C. Price, C. E. (Edinb'gh,Central) Verney, F. W.
Lever,A.Levy (Essex,Harwich) Priestley, Arthur (Grantham) Walker, H. De R. (Leicester)
Levy, Sir Maurice Priestley,W.E. B. (Bradford,E.) Walsh, Stephen
Lewis, John Herbert Radford, G. H. Walton, Joseph (Barnsley)
Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David Rainy, A. Rolland Ward, John (Stoke upon Trent
Lough, Thomas Raphael, Herbert H. Ward,W.Dudley (Southampton
Lupton, Arnold Rea, Russell (Gloucester) Waring. Walter
Luttrell, Hugh Fownes Rea, Walter Russell (Scarboro' Wason,Rt.Hn.E. (Clackmannan
Lyell, Charles Henry Rees, J. D. Wason, John Cathcart(Orkney)
Lynch, H. B. Rendall, Athelstan Waterlow,D. S.
Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) Richards,Thomas (W.Monm'th Watt, Henry A.
Macdonald,J.M.(Falkirk B'ghs Richards,T.F.(Wolverh'mpt'n) Wedgwood, Josiah C.
Mackarness, Frederic C. Richardson, A. Weir, James Galloway
Maclean, Donald Rickett, J. Compton White, George (Norfolk)
Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. Ridsdale, E. A. White, J. D. (Dumbartonshire)
Macpherson, J. T. Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) Whitehead, Rowland
M'Callum, John M. Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) Whitley, John Henry (Halifax)
M'Crae, George Roberts, John H. (Denbighs.) Wiles, Thomas
M'Kenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald Robertson,SirG.Scott (Bradf'rd William s, Llewelyn (Carmarthen
M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicester) Robertson, J. M. (Tyneside) Wills, Arthur Walters
M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.) Robinson, S. Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.)
M'Micking, Major G. Robson, Sir William Snowdon Wilson, J.W.(Worcestersh. N.)
Maddison, Frederick Roe, Sir Thomas Wilson, P. W. (St. Pancras, S.)
Mallet, Charles E. Rogers, F. E. Newman Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton)
Manfield, Harry (Northants) Rose, Charles Day Winfrey, R.
Mansfield, H. Kendall (Lincoln) Rowlands, J.
Markham, Arthur Basil Runciman, Walter TELLERS FOR THE AYES —Mr.
Marks,G.Croydon (Launceston) Russell, T. W. Whiteley and Mr. J. A. Pease.
Marnham, F. J. Samuel, Herbert L. (Cleveland)
Massie, J. Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel)
Micklem, Nathaniel Schwann, C. Duncan (Hyde)
NOES.
Acland-Hood, Rt.Hn.SirAlex.F Bowles, G. Stewart Cecil, Lord John P. Joicey-
Anson, Sir William Reynell Boyle, Sir Edward Coates, E. Feetham (Lewisham
Anstruther-Gray, Major Bridgeman, W. Clive Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E.
Arkwright, John Stanhope Brotherton, Edward Allen Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow)
Ashley, W. W. Butcher, Samuel Henry Corbett, T. L. (Down, North)
Balcarres, Lord Carlile, E. Hildred Courthope. G Loyd
Banner, John S. Harmood- Castlereagh, Viscount Craig, Charles Curtis(Antrim,S.
Beach, Hn. Michael Hugh Hicks Cave, George Doughty. Sir George
Beckett, Hon. Gervase Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers-
Du Cros, Harvey Keswick, William Roberts, S. (Sheffield,Ecclesall)
Faber. George Denison (York) Kilbride, Denis Seddon, J.
Fell, Arthur Lockwood,Rt.Hn.Lt.-Col. A.R. Smith,Abel H. (Hertford, Est)
Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey Lowe, xir Francis William Smith,F.E. (Liverpool.Walton)
Fletcher, J. S. Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred Stanley,Hon.Arthur (Ormskirk
Forster, Henry William Meysey-Thompson, E. C. Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staff'sh.
Gretton, John Mildmay, Francis Bingham Stone, Sir Benjamin
Gwynn, Stephen Lucius Morpeth, Viscount Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester)
Halpin, J. Muntz, Sir Philip A. Thomson,W. Mitchell- (Lanark)
Hay, Hon. Claude George Murphy, John Thornton. Percy M.
Hazleton, Richard Nicholson,'Wm. G. (Peterskeld Vincent, Col. Sir C. E. Howard
Hervey.F.W.F. (BuryS.Edm'ds Nield, Herbert Wortley, Rt. Hon. C.B. Stuart
Hill, Sir Clement (Shrewsbury) Nolan, Joseph Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George
Hills, J. W. O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) Younger, George
Hope, John Deans (Fife, West) Pease,Herbert Pike(Darlington
Houston, Robert Paterson Powell, Sir Francis Sharp TELLERS FOR NOES, Sir
Hunt, Rowland Ratcliff, Major R. F. William Bull and Mr. Stanley
Joyce, Michael Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel Wilson.

Motion made, and Question put, "That the Chairman do report this Resolution to the House."

The Committee divided:—Ayes, 245; Noes, 77. (Division List No. 363.)

AYES.
Acland, Francis Dyke Crean, Eugene Henderson, Arthur (Durham)
Allen, A. Acland (Christchurch) Crooks, William Hobhouse, Charles E. H.
Allen, Charles P. (Stroud) Crosfield, A. H. Hodge, John
Asquith, Rt.Hn. Herbert Henry Crossley, William J. Holland, Sir William Henry
Astbury, John Heir Curran, Peter Francis Holt, Richard Durning
Balfour, Robert (Lanark) Davies,Dakid (Montgomery C Horniman, Emslie John
Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) Howard. Hon. Geoffrey
Barlow, Percy (Bedford) Da..ies, T mothy (Fulham) Hudson, Walter
Barran, Rowland Hirst Davies, W. Howell (Bristol, S.) Hyde, Flarendon
Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N. Dewar, Arthur (Edinburgh, S.) Illingworth, Percy H.
Beauchamp, K. Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness Jardine, Sir J.
Bellairs, Carlyon Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) Jones Leif (Appleby)
Benn,SirJ.Williams(Deponp'rt Dunne, Major E.Martin (Walsa Jones, William (Carnarvonshire
Benn,W.(T'w'rHamlets, S. Geo. Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) Jowett, F. W.
Berridge, T. H. D. Elibank, Master of Kearley, Hudson E.
Bertram, Julius Erskine, David C. King, Alfred John (Knutsford]
Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine Essex, R. W. Laidlaw, Robert
Bowerman, C. W. Esslemont, George Birnie Lambert, George
Brace, William Evans, Samuel T. Lamont, Norman
Bramsdon, T. A. Everett, R. Lacey Lea. Hugh Cecil (St. Pancras,E.
Branch, John Fenwick, Charles Lehmann, R. C.
Brigg, John Ferens, T. R. Lever,A.Levy (Essex, Harwich
Bright. J. A. Ferguson, R. C. Munro Levy, Sir Maurice
Brocklehurst, W. B. Fiennes, Hon. Eustace Lewis, John Herbert
Brunner, J. F. L. (Lanes., Leigh) Findlay, Alexander Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David
Burns, Rt. Hon. John Fuller,John Michael Fl Lough, Thomas
Byles, William Pollard Fullerton, Hugu Lupton, Arnold
Carr-Gomm, H. W. Gibb, James (Harrow) Lyell, Charles Henry
Causton. Rt. Hn. Richard Knig Gilhooly, James Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester)
Cawley, Sir Frederick Gill, A. H. Macdonald, J.M. (Falkirk B'ghs
Chance, Frederick William Gladstone, Rt. Hn. Herbert John Mackarness, Frederic C.
Channing, Sir Francis Allston Glover, Thomas Maclean, wonald
Cheetham, John Frederick Goddard, Daniel Ford Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J.
Cherry, Rt. Hon. R R. Gooch, George Peabody Macpherson, J. T.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Greenwood, G. (Peterborough) M'Callum, John M.
Clough, William Gurdon, Rt.HnSir W.Brampton M'Crae, George
Clynes, J. R. Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. M'Kenna, Rt. Hon. Regniald
Cobbold, Felix Thornley Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Lewis M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicetsr)
Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) Hardy, George; A. (Suffolk) M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.)
Collins, Sir W. J.(S. Pancras,W. Harmsworth, Cecil B. (Worc'r) M'Micking, Major G.
Cooper, G. J. Harvey, A. G. C (Rochdale) Maddison, Frederick
Corbett, C.H.(Sussex,R.Grinst' Harwood, George Mallet. Charles E.
Cornwall, Sir Enwin A. Haworth, Arthur A. Manfield, Harry (Northants)
Cotton, Sir H. J. S. Hazel, Dr. A. E. Manfield, H. Rendal (Lincoln)
Cowan, W. H. Hedges, A. Paget Markham, Arthur Basil
Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) Helme, Norval Watson Mark s, G,Croydon(Launceston
Marnham, F. J, Richards,Thomas (W. Monm'th Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon)
Massie, J. Richards, T. F. (Wolverh'mptn Stuart, James (Sunderland)
Micklem, Nathaniel! Richardson, A. Summerbell. T.
Molteno, Percy Alport Rickett, J. Compton Sutherland, J. E.
Money, L. G. Chiozza Ridsdale, E. A. Taylor, John W. (Durham)
Montague, E. S. Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe)
Montgomery, H. G. Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) Tennant,Sir Edward (Salisbury
Mooney, J. J. Roberts, John H. (Denbighs.) Thompson,J.W.H. (Somerset,E
Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) Robertson,SirG.Scott(Bradf'rd Tomkinson, James
Morrell, Philip Robinson,S. Ure, Alexander
Morse, L. L. Robson, Sir William Snowdon Verney.F. W.
Morton, Alpheus Cleophas Roe, Sir Thomas Walker, H. De R. (Leicester)
Murray, John Rogers, F. E. Newman Walsh, Stephen
Newnes, F. (Notts, Bassetlaw) Rose,Charles Day Ward,John (Stoke upon Trent)
Nicholls, George Rowlands, J. Ward, W.Dudley(Southampton
Norman, Sir Henry Runciman, Walter Waring, Waiter
Norton, Capt. Cecil William Russell, T. W. Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney
Nussey, Thomas Willans Samuel, Herbert L. (Cleveland) Watt, Henry A.
O'Donnell, C. J. (Walworth) Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) Wedgwood, Josiah C.
O'Grady, J. Schwann, C. Duncan (Hyde) Weir, James Galloway
Parker, James (Halifax) Schwann,SirC.E. (Manchester) White, George (Norfolk)
Partingdon, Oswald Scott, A.H.(Ashton under Lyne White, J. D. (Dumbartonshire)
Pearce, Robert (Staffs. Leek) Seaverns, J. H. Whitehead, Rowland
Philipps, Col. Ivor(S'thampton) Seely, Major J. B. Whitley, John Henry (Halifax)
Philipps, Owen C. (Pembroke) Shackleton, David James Wiles, Thomas
Pickersgill, Edward Hare Shaw, Rt. Hon. T. (Hawick B. Williams, Llewelyn(Carmarth'n
Pirie, Duncan V. Sherwell, Arthur James Wills, Arthur Walters
Pollard, Dr. Shipman, Dr. John G. Wilson, Henry J. (York, W. R.)
Price, C.E.(Edinburgh,Central) Simon, John Allsebrook Wilson, J.W.(Worcestersh, N.)
Priestley, Arthur (Grantham) Sinclair, Rt. Hon. John Wilson, P. W. (St. Pancras, S.)
Priestley, W.E.B.(Bradford, E. Smeaton, Donald Mackenzie Wilson. Wi T. (Westhoughton)
Radford, G. H. Soames, Arthur Wellesley Winfrey, R.
Rainy, A. Rolland Spicer, Sir Albert
Raphael, Herbert H. Stanger, H. Y. TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Mr.
Rea, Russell (Gloucester) Stanley, Hn.A.Lyulph (Chesh.) Whitley and Mr. J. A. Pease.
Rea, Walter Russell (Scarboro' Steadman, W. C.
Rees. J. D. Steadman, W. C.
Rendall, Athelstan Strachey, Sir Edward
NOES.
Acland-Hood,Rt.Hn.SirAlex.F Douglas, Rt, Hon. A. Akers- Murphy, John
Anson, Sir William Reynell Du Cros, Harvey Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield)
Arkwright, John Stanhope Faber, George Denison (York) Nield. Herbert
Balcarres, Lord Fell, Arthur' Nolan. Joseph
Banner, John S. Harmood- Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey- O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.)
Beach,Hn. Michael Hugh Hicks Flavin, Michael Joseph Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington
Beckett, Hon. Gervase Fletcher, J. S. Ratcliff, Major R.F.
Bowles, (I. Stewart Forster, Henry William Rawlinson,John Frederick Peel
Boyle, Sir Edward Grayson, Albert Victor Roberts, S.(Sheffield. Ecclesall)
Bridgeman, W. Clive Gretton, John Seddon. J.
Brotherton. Edward Allen Gwynn, Stephen Lucius Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, East)
Bull, Sir William James Halpin, J. Smith, F.E. (Liverpool, Walton
Butcher, Samuel Henry Hay, Hon. Claude George Stanley, Hn. Arthur (Ormskirk
Carlile, E. Hildred Hazleton, Richard Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staff'sh.
Castlereagh. Viscount Hervey, F.W.F.(BuryS.Edm'ds Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester)
Cave, George Hill. Sir Clement (Shrewsbury) Thomson. W.Mitchell-(Lanark)
Cavendish, Rt. Hon.VictorC.W. Hope, John Deans (Fife, West) Thornton. Percy M.
Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) Houston, Robert Paterson Valentia. Viscount
Cecil, Lord John P. Joicey- Hunt, Rowland Vincent. Col. Sir C. E. Howard
Coates, E.Feetham (Lewisham) Joyce, Michael Wilson. A. Stanley (York, E.R.
Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. Keswick, William Wortley Rt. Hon C. B. Stuart-
Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) Kilbride, Denis Wyndham. Rt. Hon. George
Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.) Younger, George.
Courthope, G. Loyd Lonsdale, John Brownlee
Craig, Charles Curtis(Antrim,S. Meysey-Thomson, E. C. TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Mr.
Craik, Sir Henry Morpeth, Viscount Ashley, and Mr. Hills.
Doughty, Sir George Muntz, Sir Philip A.

Resolution agreed to.

Resolution to be report this day.