HC Deb 29 April 1909 vol 4 cc611-5

3. Motion made, and Question put, "That, in lieu of the duties of Customs now payable on tobacco imported into Great Britain or Ireland, there shall on and after the 30th day of April, 1909, be charged the following duties (that is to say):—

Upon tobacco unmanufactured, viz:—

Containing 10 lbs. or more of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof:—

s. d.
Unstripped the pound 3 8
Stripped the pound 3

Containing less than 10 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof:—

s. d.
Unstripped the pound 4 1
Stripped the pound 4

s. d.
Upon tobacco manufactured, viz.:—
Cigars the pound 7 0
Cigarettes the pound 5 8
Cavendish or Negrohead the pound 5 4
Cavendish or Negrohead manufactured in bond the pound 4 8
Other manufactured tobacco, the pound 4 8
Snuff containing more than 13 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof, the pound 4 5
Snuff not containing more than 13 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof, the pound 5 4."
—[The Chancellor of the Exchequer.]

The Committee divided: Ayes, 267; Noes, 130.

Division No. 78.] AYES. [12.0 p.m.
Acland, Francis Dyke Causton, Rt. Hon. Richard Knight Fullerton, Hugh
Adkins, W. Ryland D. Cawley, Sir Frederick Gill, A. H.
Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. Chance, Frederick William Glen-Coats, Sir T. (Renfrew, W.)
Agnew, George William Channing, Sir Francis Allston Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford
Allen, A. Acland (Christchurch) Cheetham, John Frederick Gooch, George Peabody (Bath)
Armstrong, W. C. Heaton Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. Greenwood, G. (Peterborough)
Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward
Astbury, John Meir Clough, William Guest, Hon. Ivor Churchill
Balfour, Robert (Lanark) Cobbold, Felix Thornley Gulland, John W.
Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) Collins, Sir Wm. J. (St. Pancras, W.) Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rossendale)
Barker, Sir John Compton-Rickett, Sir J. Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose)
Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) Cooper, G. J. Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil)
Barlow, Percy (Bedford) Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) Hardy, George A. (Suffolk)
Barnard, E. B. Cotton, Sir H. J. S. Harmsworth, Cecil B. (Worcester)
Barnes, G. N. Cowan, W H. Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale)
Barran, Sir John Nicholson Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) Harwood, George
Beale, W. P. Crooks, William Haslam, James (Derbyshire)
Beauchamp, E. Crosfield, A. H. Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth)
Beck, A. Cecil Crossley, William J. Haworth, Arthur A.
Bell, Richard Dalziel, Sir James Henry Hazel, Dr. A. E. W.
Benn, Sir J. Williams (Devonport) Davies, David (Montgomery Co.) Hedges, A. Paget
Benn, W. (Tower Hamlets, St. Geo.) Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) Helme, Norval Watson
Berridge, T. H. D. Davies, Timothy (Fulham) Henderson, Arthur (Durham)
Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) Henderson, J. McD. (Ab'deen, W.)
Black, Arthur W. Dobson, Thomas W. Henry, Charles S.
Boulton, A. C. F. Duckworth, Sir James Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon. S.)
Bowerman, C. W. Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) Herbert, T. Arnold (Wycombe)
Branch, James Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) Hobart, Sir Robert
Brigg, John Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) Hobhouse, Charles E. H.
Bright, J. A. Dunne, Major E. Martin (Walsall) Hodge, John
Brocklehurst, W. B. Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) Holland, Sir William Henry
Brooke, Stopford Erskine, David C. Holt, Richard Durning
Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) Evans, Sir Samuel T. Hooper, A. G.
Bryce, J. Annan Everett, R. Lacey Hope, W. H. B. (Somerset, N.)
Buckmaster, Stanley O. Falconer, J. Horniman, Elmslie John
Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas Fenwick, Charles Howard, Hon. Geoffrey
Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney Charles Ferens, T. R. Hutton, Alfred Eddison
Byles, William Pollard Ferguson, R. C. Munro Hyde, Clarendon G.
Carr-Gomm, H. W. Fuller, John Michael F. Idris, T. H. W.
Illingworth, Percy H. Newnes, F. (Notts, Bassetlaw) Soares, Ernest J.
Johnson, John (Gateshead) Nicholls, George Spicer, Sir Albert
Jones, Leif (Appleby) Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N.W.)
Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) Norman, Sir Henry Stanley, Hon. A. Lyulph (Cheshire)
Kearley, Sir Hudson E. Norton, Captain Cecil William Stewart-Smith, D. (Kendal)
Kelley, George D. Nussey, Thomas Willans Strachey, Sir Edward
King, Alfred John (Knutsford) Nuttall, Harry Straus, B. S. (Mile End)
Lamb, Edmund G. (Leominster) O'Donnell, C. J. (Walworth) Sutherland, J. E.
Lambert, George Parker, James (Halifax) Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe)
Lamont, Norman Partington, Oswald Tennant, Sir Edward (Salisbury)
Layland-Barrett, Sir Francis Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire)
Lea, Hugh Cecil (St. Pancras, E.) Pirie, Duncan V. Thomas, Sir A. (Glamorgan, E.)
Leese, Sir Joseph F. (Accrington) Pollard, Dr. G. H. Thomasson, Franklin
Lehmann, R. C. Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. Thompson, J. W. H. (Somerset, E.)
Lever, A. Levy (Essex, Harwich) Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton)
Lever, W. H. (Cheshire, Wirral) Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) Tomkinson, James
Levy, Sir Maurice Priestley, W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) Toulmin, George
Lewis, John Herbert Radford, G. H. Trevelyan, Charles Philips
Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David Rainy, A. Rolland Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander
Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas Rea, Russell (Gloucester) Verney, F. W.
Lupton, Arnold Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) Vivian, Henry
Lyell, Charles Henry Rendall, Athelstan Walters, John Tudor
Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) Richards, Thomas (W. Monmouth) Walton, Joseph
Mackarness, Frederic C. Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton, W.) Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent)
Maclean, Donald Richardson, A. Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton)
Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. Ridsdale, E. A. Warner, Thomas Courtenay T.
Macpherson, J. T. Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan)
M'Kenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs.) Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney)
M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicester) Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) Waterlow, D. S.
M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.) Robertson, J. M. (Tyneside) Watt, Henry A.
Maddison, Frederick Robinson, S. Wedgwood, Josiah C.
Mallet, Charles E. Robson, Sir William Snowdon White, Sir George (Norfolk)
Manfield, Harry (Northants) Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire)
Markham, Arthur Basil Roe, Sir Thomas White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.)
Marks, G. Croydon (Launceston) Rogers, F. E. Newman Whitehead, Rowland
Marnham, F. J. Rose, Charles Day Whitley, John Henry (Halifax)
Mason, A. E. W. (Coventry) Rowlands, J. Wiles, Thomas
Massie, J. Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter Williams, J. (Glamorgan)
Masterman, C. F. G. Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. Williams, W. Llewelyn (Car'th'n)
Menzies, Walter Rutherford, V. H. (Brentford) Williamson, A.
Micklem, Nathaniel Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) Wills, Arthur Walters
Middlebrook, William Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.)
Molteno, Percy Alport Schwann, C. Duncan (Hyde) Wilson, John (Durham, Mid)
Mond, A. Scott, A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne) Wilson, J. H. (Middlesbrough)
Money, L. G. Chiozza Seaverns, J. H. Wilson, J. W. (Worcestershire, N.)
Montagu, Hon. E. S. Seely, Colonel Wood, T. M'Kinnon
Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) Shackleton, David James
Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) Shaw, Sir Charles E. (Stafford)
Morrell, Philip Sherwell, Arthur James TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Joseph Pease and the Master of Elibank.
Morse, L. L. Shipman, Dr. John G.
Murray, Capt. Hon. A. C. (Kincard.) Simon, John Allsebrook
Napier, T. B. Soames, Arthur Wellesley
NOES.
Abraham, W. (Cork, N.E.) Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield)
Arkwright, John Stanhope Craik, Sir Henry Houston, Robert Paterson
Ashley, W. W. Dalrymple, Viscount Hudson, Walter
Balcarres, Lord Delany, William Jowett, F. W.
Baldwin, Stanley Devlin, Joseph Joyce, Michael
Banbury, Sir Frederick George Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. Scott- Kennedy, Vincent Paul
Banner, John S. Harmood- Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Kerry, Earl of
Baring, Capt. Hon. G. (Winchester) Doughty, Sir George Keswick, William
Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- Kettle, Thomas Michael
Barry, E. (Cork, S.) Du Cros, Arthur Kilbride, Denis
Beckett, Hon. Gervase Duffy, William J. Lane-Fox, G. R.
Bignold, Sir Arthur Duncan, Robert (Lanark, Govan) Lardner, James Carrige Rushe
Boland, John Esmonds, Sir Thomas Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R.
Bowles, G. Stewart Faber, George Denison (York) Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham)
Bridgeman, W. Clive Fell, Arthur Lonsdale, John Brownlee
Brotherton, Edward Allen Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred
Bull, Sir William James Ffrench, Peter M'Kean, John
Burke, E. Haviland- Gibbs, G. A. (Bristol, West) Magnus, Sir Philip
Butcher, Samuel Henry Glover, Thomas Mason, James F. (Windsor)
Carlile, E. Hildred Gooch, Henry Cubitt (Peckham) Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.)
Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. Goulding, Edward Alfred Meysey-Thompson, E. C.
Cave, George Gretton, John Mooney, J. J.
Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) Guinness, Hon. R. (Haggerston) Morpeth, Viscount
Cecil, Lord John P. Joicey- Hamilton, Marquess of Morrison-Bell, Captain
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc'r.) Harris, Frederick Leverton Murphy, John (Kerry, East)
Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry Harrison-Broadley, H. B. Nannetti, Joseph P.
Clark, George Smith Hay, Hon. Claude George Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield)
Clynes, J. R. Hayden, John Patrick Nelan, Joseph
Coates, Major E. F. (Lewisham) Hazieton, Richard O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.)
Cochrane, Hon. Thomas H. A. E. Hill, Sir Clement O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool)
Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) Hogan, Michael Oddy, John James
O'Doherty, Philip Renwick, George Taylor, John W. (Durham)
O'Dowd, John Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) Thornton, Percy M.
O'Kelly, Conor (Mayo, N.) Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) Valentia, Viscount
O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) Ropner, Colonel Sir Robert Walker, Col. W. H. (Lancashire)
O'Malley, William Rutherford, John (Lancashire) Walrond, Hon. Lionel
O'Shaughnessy, P. J. Rutherford, W. W. (Liverpool) White, Patrick (Meath, North)
Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) Salter, Arthur Clavell Williams, Col. R. (Dorset, W.)
Peel, Hon. W. R. W. Sheehan, Daniel Daniel Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton)
Philips, John (Longford, S.) Sheffield, Sir Berkeley George D. Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George
Power, Patrick Joseph Smith, F. E. (Liverpool, Walton)
Pretyman, E. G. Stanier, Beville TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Alexander Acland-Hood and Mr. Forster.
Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel Starkey, John R.
Redmond, John E. (Waterford) Summerbell, T.
Remnant, James Farquharson Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester)