§ 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, 260; Noes, 87.
907| Division No. 82.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Abraham, William (Rhondda) | Bethell, T. R. (Essex, Maldon) | Clough, William |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Cobbold, Felix Thornley |
| Adkins, W. Ryland D. | Black, Arthur W. | Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) |
| Alden, Percy | Bottomley, Horatio | Collins, Sir Wm. J. (St. Pancras, W.) |
| Allen, A. Acland (Christchurch) | Boulton, A. C F. | Cooper, G. J. |
| Allen, Charles P. (Stroud) | Bower man, C. W. | Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) |
| Armitage, R. | Brace, William | Cowan, W. H. |
| Armstrong, W. C. Heaton | Bramsdon, T. A. | Cox, Harold |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Brigg, John | Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Brocklehurst W. B. | Crooks, William |
| Astbury, John Meir | Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) | Crossley, William J. |
| Baker, Sir John (Portsmouth) | Brunner, Rt. Hon. Sir J. T. (Cheshire) | Curran, Peter Francis |
| Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) | Bryce, J. Annan | Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) |
| Barker, Sir John | Buckmaster, Stanley O. | Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) |
| Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) | Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Davies, Timothy (Fulham) |
| Barlow, Percy (Bedford) | Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) |
| Barnard, E. B. | Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney Charles | Dewar, Arthur (Edinburgh, S.) |
| Barnes, G. N. | Byles, William Pollard | Dickson-Poynder, Sir John P. |
| Barran, Sir John Nicholson | Cameron, Robert | Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Beale, W. P. | Causton, Rt. Hon. Richard Knight | Dobson, Thomas W. |
| Beck, A. Cecil | Cawley, Sir Frederick | Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) |
| Bellairs, Carlyon | Channing, Sir Francis Aliston | Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) |
| Belloc, Hilaire Joseph Peter R. | Cheetham, John Frederick | Dunne, Major E. Martin (Walsall) |
| Benn, W. (Tower Hamlets, St. Geo.) | Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) |
| Bennett, E. N. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Ellis, Rt. Hon. John Edward |
| Bethell, Sir J. H. (Essex, Romford) | Cleland, J. W. | Erskine, David C. |
| Essex, R. W. | Lehmann, R. C. | Rose, Charles Day |
| Esslemont, George Birnie | Lever, A. Lever (Essex, Harwich) | Rowlands, J. |
| Evans, Sir Samuel T. | Lever, W. H. (Cheshire, Wirral) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Everett, R. Lacey | Levy, Sir Maurice | Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. |
| Faber, G. H. (Boston) | Lewis, John Herbert | Rutherford, V. H. (Brentford) |
| Fenwick, Charles | Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Ferens, T. R. | Lupton, Arnold | Schwann, C. Duncan (Hyde) |
| Findlay, Alexander | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes | Schwann, Sir C. E. (Manchester) |
| Freeman-Thomas, Freeman | Lyell, Charles Henry | Scott, A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
| Fuller, John Michael F. | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Sears, J. E. |
| Fullerton, Hugh | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) | Seely, Colonel |
| Gibb, James (Harrow) | Mackarness, Frederic C. | Sherwell, Arthur James |
| Gill, A. H. | M'Kenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Glen-Coats, Sir T. (Renfrew, W.) | M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicester) | Smeaton, Donald Mackenzie |
| Goddard, Sir David Ford | M'Micking, Major G. | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Gooch, George Peabody (Bath) | Mallet, Charles E. | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Greenwood, G. (Peterborough) | Manfield, Harry (Northants) | Stanger, H. Y. |
| Guest, Hon. Ivor Churchill | Marnham, F. J. | Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N.W.) |
| Gulland, John W. | Massie, J. | Steadman, W. C. |
| Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. | Masterman, C. F. G. | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Hall, Frederick | Menzies, Walter | Straus, B. S. (Mile End) |
| Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rossendale) | Middlebrook, William | Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon) |
| Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Molteno, Percy Alport | Summerbell, T. |
| Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) | Mond, A. | Sutherland, J. E. |
| Harmsworth, Cecil B. (Worcester) | Montagu, Hon. E. S. | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Hart-Davies, T. | Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) |
| Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) | Tennant, Sir Edward (Salisbury) |
| Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N.E.) | Morrell, Philip | Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire) |
| Harwood, George | Morse, L. L. | Thomas, Sir A. (Glamorgan, E.) |
| Haslam, James (Derbyshire) | Murray, Capt. Hon. A. C. (Kincard.) | Thomasson, Franklin |
| Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | Nicholls, George | Thompson, J. W. H. (Somerset, E.) |
| Haworth, Arthur A. | Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Hazel, Dr. A. E. W. | Norman, Sir Henry | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Hedges, A. Paget | Norton, Captain Cecil William | Verney, F. W. |
| Helme, Norval Watson | Nussey, Thomas Wilians | Walton, Joseph |
| Henry, Charles S. | O'Donnell C. J. (Walworth) | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon. S.) | O'Grady, J. | Waring, Walter |
| Herbert, T. Arnold (Wycombe) | Parker, James (Halifax) | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Higham, John Sharp | Partington, Oswald | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Hobart, Sir Robert | Paulton, James Mellor | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Hobhouse, Charles E. H. | Pearce, William (Limehouse) | Watt, Henry A. |
| Hodge, John | pickersgill, Edward Hare | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| Holt, Richard Durning | Pirie, Duncan V. | Weir, James Galloway |
| Hooper, A. G. | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. | Whitbread, S. Howard |
| Hope, W. H. B. (Somerset, N.) | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | White, Sir George (Norfolk) |
| Horniman, Emslie John | Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) | White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire) |
| Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | Priestley, W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Hudson, Walter | Pullar, Sir Robert | Whitehead, Rowland |
| Hyde, Clarendon G. | Radford, G. H. | Whitley, John Henry (Halifax) |
| Idris, T. H. W. | Raphael, Herbert H. | Wiles, Thomas |
| Illingworth, Percy H. | Rea, Russell (Gloucester) | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Jackson, R. S. | Rees, J. D. | Williams, J. (Glamorgan) |
| Jacoby, Sir James Alfred | Rendall, Athelstan | Williams, A. Osmond (Merioneth) |
| Jardine, Sir J. | Richards, Thomas (W. Monmouth) | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid) |
| Johnson, John (Gateshead) | Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestershire, N.) |
| Johnson, W. (Nuneaton) | Ridsdale, E. A. | Wilson, P. W. (St. Pancras, S.) |
| Jones, Sir D. Brynmor (Swansea) | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Wood, T. M'Kinnon |
| Jones, Leif (Appleby) | Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Joseph Pease and the Master of Elibank. |
| Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs.) | |
| King, Alfred John (Knutsford) | Robertson, J. M. (Tyneside) | |
| Lambert, George | Robson, Sir William Snowdon | |
| Lamont, Norman | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) | |
| Leese, Sir Joseph F. (Accrington) | Rogers, F. E. Newman | |
| NOES. | ||
| Anstruther-Gray, Major | Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Harris, Frederick Leverton |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Clive, Percy Archer | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. |
| Ashley, W. W. | Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) | Heaton, John Henniker |
| Balcarres, Lord | Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Helmsley, Viscount |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (City Lond.) | Craik, Sir Henry | Hill, Sir Clement |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Dalrymple, Viscount | Hills, J. W. |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. Scott- | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) |
| Beach, Hon. Michael Hugh Hicks | Dixon-Hartland, Sir Fred. Dixon | Joynson-Hicks, William |
| Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Duncan, Robert (Lanark, Govan) | Kerry, Earl of |
| Bignold, Sir Arthur | Faber, George Denison (York) | Kimber, Sir Henry |
| Bowles, G. Stewart | Faber, Capt. W. V. (Hants, W.) | Lane-Fox, G. R. |
| Bridgman, W. Clive | Fardell, Sir T. George | Lee, Arthur H. (Hants, Fareham) |
| Bull, Sir William James | Fell, Arthur | Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Fletcher, J. S. | Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Forster, Henry William | M'Calmont, Colonel James |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Gardner, Ernest | Magnus, Sir Philip |
| Cecil, Lord John P. Joicey- | Gooch, Henry Cubitt (Peckham) | Middlemore, John Throgmorton |
| Cecil, Lord R. (Marylebone, E.) | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Morpeth, Viscount |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc'r.) | Guinness, W. E. (Bury St. Edmunds) | Morrison-Bell, Captain |
| Newdegate, F. A. M. | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) | Warde, Col. C. E. (Kent, Mid.) |
| Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield) | Seddon, J. | Williams, Col. R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley George D. | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.) |
| Percy, Earl | Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, E.) | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Pretyman, E. G. | Smith, Hon. W. F. D. (Strand) | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Randles, Sir John Scurrah | Stanier, Beville | Younger, George |
| Remnant, James Farquharson | Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staffordshire) | |
| Renton, Leslie | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) | |
| Renwick, George | Thorne, William (West Ham) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Sir A. Acland-Hood and Viscount Valentia. |
| Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | Thornton, Percy M. | |
| Ropner, Colonel Sir Robert | Tuke, Sir John Batty | |
| Rutherford, W. W. (Liverpool) | Walrond, Hon. Lionel |
Motion made and Question, "That the Chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again" [Mr. Chaplin] put and agreed to.