§ Motion made and Question put, "That the Proceedings on the Elementary Education (England and Wales (No. 2) Bill, if under discussion at Eleven o'clock this night, be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of this House)." —(Mr. Asquith).
§ The House divided: — Ayes, 239; Noes, 86. (Division List No. 416).
707| AYES. | ||
| Abraham, William (Rhondda) | Alden, Percy | Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Armitage, R. | Barker, Sir John |
| Adkins, W. Ryland D. | Ashton, Thomas Gair | Barnard, E. B. |
| Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Asquith, Rt. Hn. Herbert Henry | Barran, Rowland Hirst |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Barry, Redmond J.(Tyrone, N.) |
| Beale, W. P. | Henry, Charles S. | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Beauchamp, E. | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon., S.) | Price, C. E.(Edinb'gh, Central) |
| Beck, A. Cecil | Herbert, T. Arnold (Wycombe) | Price, Sir Robert J. (Nolfolk, E.) |
| Benn, W. (T'w'r Hamlets, S. Geo. | Higham, John Sharp | Priestley, Arthur (Grantham) |
| Bennett, E. N. | Hodge, John | Priestley, W. E. B. (Bradford, E. |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Holland, Sir William Henry | Pullar, Sir Robert |
| Slack, Arthur W. | Holt, Richard Durning | Radford, G. H. |
| Brigg, John | Hooper, A. G. | Rainy, A. Rolland |
| Brooke, Stopford | Horniman, Emslie John | Rea, Walter Russell (Scarboro') |
| Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) | Hudson, Walter | Rees, J. D. |
| Buchanan, Thomas Ryburn | Hutton, Alfred Eddison | Richards, T. F. (Wolverh'mpt'n |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Hyde, Clarendon | Ridsdale, E. A. |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Idris, T. H. W. | Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) |
| Byles, William Pollard | Illingworth, Percy H. | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradf'rd |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Jacoby, Sir James Alfred | Robinson, S. |
| Causton, Rt Hn. Richard Knight | Jardine, Sir J. | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) |
| Chance, Frederick William | Jenkins, J. | Rogers, F. E. Newman |
| Channing, Sir Francis Allston | Johnson, John (Gateshead) | Rose, Charles Day |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Johnson, W. (Nuneaton) | Rowlands, J. |
| Clough, William | Jones, Sir D. Brynmor (Swansea) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Cobbold, Felix Thornley | Jordan, Jeremiah | Rutherford, V. H. (Brentford) |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Jowett, F. W. | Samuel, Rt. Hn. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Compton-Rickett, Sir J. | Kearley, Sir Hudson E. | Schwann, C. Duncan (Hyde) |
| Cooper, G. J. | Kekewich, Sir George | Scott A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Corbett, CH (Sussex, E. Grinst'd | Kincaid-Smith, Captain | Seely, Colonel |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Laidlaw, Robert | Shaw, Sir Charles Edw. (Stafford |
| Cotton, Sir H. J. S. | Lamb, Edmund G. (Leominster | Shaw, Rt. Hon. T. (Hawick, B. |
| Cox, Harold | Lamont, Norman | Sherwell, Arthur James |
| Craig, Herbert J.(Tynemouth) | Leese, Sir Joseph F.(Accrington | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Crooks, William | Levy, Sir Maurice | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. John |
| Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) | Lewis, John Herbert | Smeaton, Donald Mackenzie |
| Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan | Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David | Stanger, H. Y. |
| Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N. W.) |
| Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N | Lupton, Arnold | Stanley, Hn. A. Lyulph (Chesh.) |
| Duckworth, Sir James | Lyell, Charles Henry | Stewart, Halley (Greenock) |
| Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness | Lynch, H. B. | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Dunne, Major E. Martin (Walsall | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Straus, B. S. (Mile End) |
| Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk B'ghs | Strauss, E. A. (Abindgon) |
| Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor | Maclean, Donald | Stuart, James (Sunderland) |
| Ellis, Rt. Hon. John Edward | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Summerbell, T. |
| Essex, R. W. | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Esslemont, George Birnie | Macpherson, J. T. | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) |
| Everett, R. Lacey | M'Callum, John M. | Thomas, Abel (Carmarthen, E.) |
| Faber, G. H. (Boston) | M'Crae, Sir George | Thomas, Sir A. (Glamorgan, E.) |
| Fenwick, Charles | M'Kenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Thompson, J. W. H. (Somerset, E. |
| Ferens, T. R. | M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.) | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Ferguson, R. C. Munro | M'Micking, Major G. | Tomkinson, James |
| Findlay, Alexander | Maddison, Frederick | Toulmin, George |
| Gill, A. H. | Mallet, Charles E. | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Gladstone, Rt. Hn. Herbert John | Marnham, F. J. | Ure, Alexander |
| Glen-Coats, Sir T. (Renfrew, W.) | Massie, J. | Verney, F. W. |
| Glendinning, R. G. | Masterman, C. F. G. | Vivian, Henry |
| Glover, Thomas | Menzies, Walter | Walker, H. De R. (Leicester) |
| Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Middlebrook, William | Walsh, Stephen |
| Gooch, George Peabody (Bath) | Molteno, Percy Alport | Walters, John Tudor |
| Grant, Corrie | Montagu, Hon. E. S. | Walton, Joseph |
| Greenwood, G. (Peterborough) | Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) | Wardle, George J. |
| Greenwood, Hamar (York) | Morrell, Philip | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Grey, Rt. Hon Sir Edward | Murray, Capt. Hn A. C. (Kincard | Wason, Rt. Hn. E (Clackmannan |
| Gulland, John W. | Napier, T. B. | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Grurdon, Rt Hn. Sir W. Brampton | Nicholls, George | Waterlow, D. S. |
| Harcourt, Rt. Hn. L. (Rossendale | Nicholson, Charles N (Doncast'r | Watt, Henry A. |
| Harcourt, Robert V.(Montrose) | Norton, Capt. Cecil William | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| Hardy, George A. (Suffolk) | Nussey, Thomas Willans | Whitbread, Howard |
| Harmsworth, Cecil B. (Worc'r) | O'Donnell, C. J. (Walworth) | White, Sir George (Norfolk) |
| Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | Parker, James (Halifax) | White, J. Dundas (Dumbart'nsh |
| Harvey, W. R (Derbyshire, N.E | Partington, Oswald | White, Sir Luke (York, E. R.) |
| Harwood, George | Paul, Herbert | Whitley, John Henry (Halifax) |
| Haslam, James (Derbyshire) | Paulton, James Mellor | Wiles Thomas |
| Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | Pearce, William (Limehouse) | |
| Haworth, Arthur A. | Perks, Sir Robert William | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Hazel, Dr. A. E. | Philipps, Col. Ivor (S'thampton) | Williams, Osmond (Merioneth), |
| Hedges, A. Paget | Pirie, Duncan V. | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W. R.) |
| Wilson, John (Durham, Mid) | Winfrey, R. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Mr. Joseph Pease and Master of Elibank. |
| Wilson, J. W. (Worcestersh, N.) | Wood, T. M'Kinnon | |
| Wilson, P. W. (St. Pancras, S.) | Yoxall, James Henry | |
| NOES. | ||
| Anson, Sir William Reynell | Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey | Morpeth, Viscount |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major | Fletcher, J. S. | Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield) |
| Ashley, W. W. | Gooch, Henry Cubitt (Peckham) | Oddy, John James |
| Balcarres, Lord | Gordon, J. | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Gretton, John | Percy, Earl |
| Balfour, Rt. Hn. A. J. (City Lond.) | Guinness, Hon. R. (Haggerston) | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Guinness, W. E. (Bury S. Edm.) | Renton, Leslie |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N. | Hamilton, Marquess of | Renwick, George |
| Bowles, G. Stewart | Harris, Frederick Leverton | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Bridgeman, W. Clive | Hills, J. W. | Ronaldshay, Earl of |
| Butcher, Samuel Henry | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) | Ropner, Colonel Sir Robert |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Hunt, Rowland | Rutherford, John (Lancashire). |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Joynson-Hicks, William | Salter, Arthur Clavell |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Kennaway, Rt. Hon. Sir John H. | Sassoon, Sir Edward Albert |
| Cecil, Lord John P. Joicey- | Kerry, Earl of | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley George D. |
| Cecil, Lord R. (Marylebone, E.) | Kimber, Sir Henry | Sloan, Thomas Henry |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Worc. | Lambton, Hon. Frederick Wm. | Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, East) |
| Collings, Rt. Hn. J. (Birmingh'm | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staff'sh.) |
| Courthope, G. Lloyd | Lee, Arthur H. (Hants, Fareham | Talbot, Rt. Hn. J. G. (Oxf'd Univ. |
| Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) | Lockwood, Rt. Hn. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Thomson, W. Mitchell- (Lanark |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham) | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Cross, Alexander | Long, Rt. Hn. Walter (Dublin, S. | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Winterton, Earl |
| Dixon-Hartland, Sir Fred Dixon | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm |
| Doughty, Sir George | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | MacCaw, William J. MacGeagh | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Du Cros, Arthur Philip | M'Calmont, Colonel James | |
| Duncan, Robt.(Lanark, Govan) | Magnus, Sir Philip | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Mr. Forster and Lord Edmund Talbot. |
| Faber, George Denison (York) | Middlemore, John Throgmort'n | |
| Fell, Arthur | Mildmay, Francis Bingham |