§ The PRIME MINISTERmoved: "That the Proceedings of the Committee of Ways and Means, if under consideration at Eleven o'clock this night, be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 223; Noes, 105.
749| Division No. 81.] | AYES. | [4.2 p.m. |
| Alden, Percy | Gulland, John W. | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. | Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rossendale) | Priestley, Arthur (Grantham) |
| Astbury, John Meir | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Pullar, Sir Robert |
| Atherley-Jones, L. | Harmsworth, Cecil B. (Worcester) | Radford, G. H. |
| Baker, Sir John (Portsmouth) | Hart-Davies, T. | Rainy, A. Rolland |
| Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) | Harwood, George | Rea, Russell (Gloucester) |
| Barker, Sir John | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) |
| Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) | Haworth, Arthur A. | Rees, J. D. |
| Barlow, Percy (Bedford) | Hazel, Dr. A. E. W. | Richards, Thomas (W. Monmouth) |
| Barnes, G. N. | Hedges, A. Paget | Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton, W.) |
| Barran, Sir John Nicholson | Henry, Charles S. | Ridsdale, E. A. |
| Beale, W. P. | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon. S.) | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Beauchamp, E. | Herbert, T. Arnold (Wycombe) | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs.) |
| Bellairs, Carlyon | Higham, John Sharp | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) |
| Belloc, Hilaire Joseph Peter R. | Hobart, Sir Robert | Robertson, J. M. (Tyneside) |
| Bennett, E. N. | Hobhouse, Charles E. H. | Robson, Sir William Snowdon |
| Berridge, T. H. D. | Hodge, John | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) |
| Bethell, Sir J. H. (Essex, Romford) | Holt, Richard Durning | Rogers, F. E. Newman |
| Bethell, T. R. (Essex, Maldon) | Hornlman, Emslie John | Rose, Charles Day |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Hyde, Clarendon G. | Rowlands, J. |
| Boulton, A. C. F. | Idris, T. H. W, | Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. |
| Bowerman, C. W. | Illingworth, Percy H. | Rutherford, V. H. (Brentford) |
| Brace, William | Jacoby, Sir James Alfred | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Branch, James | Jardine, Sir J. | Schwann, Sir C. E. (Manchester) |
| Brocklehurst, W. B. | Johnson, W. (Nuneaton) | Sears, J. E. |
| Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) | Jones, Sir D. Brynmor (Swansea) | Seely, Colonel |
| Brunner, Rt. Hon. Sir J. T. (Cheshire) | Jones, Leif (Appleby) | Sherwell, Arthur James |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Buckmaster, Stanley 0. | Kearley, Sir Hudson E. | Smeaton, Donald Mackenzie |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Kekewich, Sir George | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | King, Alfred John (Knutsford) | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney Charles | Lamb, Edmund G. (Leominster) | Spicer, Sir Albert |
| Byles, William Pollard | Lamb, Ernest H. (Rochester) | Stanger, H. Y. |
| Cameron, Robert | Lambert, George | Stanley, Hon. A. Lyulph (Cheshire) |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Lamont, Norman | Steadman, W. C. |
| Causton, Rt. Hon. Richard Knight | Leese, Sir Joseph F. (Accrington) | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Chance, Frederick William | Lehmann, R. C. | Straus, B. S. (Mile End) |
| Channing, Sir Francis Allston | Lewis, John Herbert | Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon) |
| Cheetham, John Frederick | Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Tennant, Sir Edward (Salisbury) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes | Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire) |
| Cleland, J. W. | Lyell, Charles Henry | Thomas, Sir A. (Glamorgan, E.) |
| Clough, William | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Thompson, J. W. H. (Somerset, E.) |
| Cobbold, Felix Thornley | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) | Toulmin, George |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Mackarness, Frederic C. | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Cooper, G. J. | Maclean, Donald | Verney, F. W. |
| Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) | M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicester) | Vivian, Henry |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.) | Walters, John Tudor |
| Cotton, Sir H. J. S. | M'Micking, Major G. | Walton, Joseph |
| Cox, Harold | Mallet, Charles E. | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) | Markham, Arthur Basil | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Crooks, William | Marnham, F. J. | Waring, Walter |
| Crosfield, A. H. | Mason, A. E. W. (Coventry) | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Davies, M. Vaughan (Cardigan) | Massie, J. | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Dewar, Arthur (Edinburgh, S.) | Masterman, C. F. G. | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N.) | Menzies, Walter | Watt, Henry A. |
| Dickson-Poynder, Sir John P. | Molteno, Percy Alport | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Mond, A. | Weir, James Galloway |
| Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) | Money, L. G. Chiozza | White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire) |
| Dunne, Major E. Martin (Walsall) | Montagu, Hon. E. S. | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) | Whitehead, Rowland |
| Ellis, Rt. Hon. John Edward | Morrell, Philip | Whitley, John Henry (Halifax) |
| Essex, R. W. | Morse, L. L. | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| Evans, Sir Samuel T. | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Williams, W. Llewelyn (Carmarthen) |
| Everett, R. Lacey | Murray, Capt. Hon. A. C. (Kincard.) | Williams, A. Osmond (Merioneth) |
| Faber, G. H. (Boston) | Napier, T. B. | Williamson, A. |
| Fenwick, Charles | Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestershire, N.) |
| Ferens, T. R. | Norton, Capt. Cecil William | Wilson, P. W. (St. Pancras, S.) |
| Foster, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter | Partington, Oswald | Winfrey, R. |
| Fuller, John Michael F. | Paulton, James Mellor | Wood, T. M'Kinnon |
| Fullerton, Hugh | Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) | |
| Gibb, James (Harrow) | Pearce, William (Limehouse) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Joseph Pease and the Master of Elibank. |
| Glen-Coats, Sir T. (Renfrew, W.) | Pickersglll, Edward Hare | |
| Greenwood, G. (Peterborough) | Pirie, Duncan V. | |
| Greenwood, Hamar (York) | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| NOES. | ||
| Anstruther-Gray, Major | Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Bowles, G. Stewart |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Baring, Capt. Hon. G. (Winchester) | Bridgman, W. Clive |
| Balcarres, Lord | Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Bull, Sir William James |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Butcher, Samuel Henry |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (City Lond.) | Bignold, Sir Arthur | Campbell, Rt. Hon. J. H. M. |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Heaton, John Henniker | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Hill, Sir Clement | Pretyman, E. G. |
| Cecil, Lord R. (Marylebone, E.) | Hills, J. W. | Randles, Sir John Scurrah |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc'r.) | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) | Remnant, James Farquharson |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Houston, Robert Paterson | Renton, Leslie |
| Cochrane, Hon. Thomas H. A. E. | Jowett, F. W. | Ronaldshay, Earl Of |
| Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) | Joyce, Michael | Salter, Arthur Clavell |
| Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Joynson-Hicks, William | Seddon, J. |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Kennaway, Rt. Hon. Sir John H. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley George D. |
| Dalrymple, Viscount | Kerry, Earl of | Sloan, Thomas Henry |
| Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. Scott | Kimber, Sir Henry | Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, E.) |
| Dixon-Hartland, Sir Fred. Dixon | Lambton, Hon. Frederick Wm. | Stanier, Beville |
| Doughty, Sir George | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Stanley, Hon. Arthur (Ormskirk) |
| Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers | Law, Andrew Bonar (Dulwich) | Starkey, John R. |
| Du Cros, Arthur | Lee, Arthur H. (Hants, Fareham) | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) |
| Duncan, Robert (Lanark, Govan) | Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Talbot, Rt. Hon. J. G. (Oxford Univ.) |
| Faber, George Denison (York) | Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham) | Thorne, William (West Ham) |
| Faber, Capt. W. V. (Hants, W.) | Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Tuke, Sir John Batty |
| Fardell, Sir T. George | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Walker, Col. W. H. (Lancashire) |
| Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred | Walrond, Hon. Lionel |
| Ffrench, Peter | M'Calmont, Colonel James | Warde, Col. C. E. (Kent, Mid) |
| Fletcher, J. S. | Magnus, Sir Philip | Williams, Col. R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Forster, Henry William | Mason, James F. (Windsor) | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.) |
| Gardner, Ernest | Meysey-Thompson, E. C. | Winterton, Earl |
| Gibbs, G. A. (Bristol, West) | Middlemore, John Throgmorton | Wolff, Gustav Wilhelm |
| Gooch, Henry Cubitt (Peckham) | Mildmay, Francis Bingham | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Goulding, Edward Alfred | Morrison-Bell, Captain | Younger, George |
| Guinness, Hon. R. (Haggerston) | Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield) | |
| Guinness, W. E. (Bury St. Edmunds) | Nolan, Joseph | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Sir A. Acland-Hood and Viscount Valentia. |
| Hamilton, Marquess of | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) | |
| Harris, Frederick Leverton | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) | |
| Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | Percy, Earl |
Motion made and Question—"That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again"—[Mr. Pretyman]—put and agreed to.