HC Deb 26 May 1909 vol 5 cc1275-7

5. "That the like obligation to execute a contract note shall have effect, and the like stamp duty shall be charged—

(a) In the case of a contract under which an option is given to purchase or sell any stock or marketable security at a future tune at a certain price; and

(b) In the case of the sale or purchase of any stock or marketable security by a person who, by way of business, deals or

holds himself out as dealing as a principal in stocks or marketable security; as in the case of the sale or purchase of any stock or marketable security by a broker or agent."

Resolution read a second time.

Motion made and Question put, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."

The House divided: Ayes, 254; Noes, 84.

Division No. 141.] AYES. [8.13 p. m.
Abraham, W. (Cork, N.E.) Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) Lever, A. Levy (Essex, Harwich)
Abraham, William (Rhondda) Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) Levy, Sir Maurice
Acland, Francis Dyke Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) Lewis. John Herbert
Adkins, W. Ryland D. Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David
Alden, Percy Erskine, David C. Lupton, Arnold
Allen, A. Acland (Christchurch) Essex, R. W. Luttrell, Hugh Fownes
Allen, Charles P. (Stroud) Esslemont, George Birnie Lyell, Charles Henry
Armitage, R. Evans, Sir S. T. Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester)
Aetbury, John Meir Everett, R. Lacey Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs)
Balfour, Robert (Lanark) Faber, G. H. (Boston) Maclean, Donald
Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) Falconer, James Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J.
Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) Fenwick, Charles Macpherson, J. T
Barlow, Percy (Bedford) Ferens, T. R. MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S.)
Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) Ffrench, Peter M'Callum, John M.
Beale, W. P. Findlay, Alexander McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald
Beaumont, Hon. Hubert Gibb, James (Harrow) Maddison, Frederick
Beck, A. Cecil Gill, A. H. Mallet, Charles E.
Bell, Richard Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Herbert John Manfield. Harry (Northants)
Bellairs, Canyon Glen-Coates, Sir T. (Renfrew, W.) Markham, Arthur Basil
Bens, W. (Tower Hamlets, St. George) Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford Marks, G. Croydon (Launceatacon)
Bennett, E. N. Gooch, George Peabody (Bath) Marnham, F. J.
Berridge T. H. D. Greenwood, Hamar (York) Massie, J.
Bethell, Sir J. H. (Essex, Romford) Grey, Rt Hon. Sir Edward Masterman, C. F. G.
Bethell, T. R. (Essex, Maldon) Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B Menzies, Walter
Bowerman, C. W. Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rossendale) Micklem, Nathaniel
Bramsdon, T. A. Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) Molteno, Percy Alport
Branch, James Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-sh.) Mold, A.
Brooke, Stanford Harvey, W. E (Derbyshire, N.E.) Morgan. G. Hay (Cornwall)
Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) Harwood, George Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen)
Bryce, J. Annan Haslam, James (Derbyshire) Morse, L. L.
Buckmaster, Stanley O. Haworth, Arthur A. Morton, Alpheus Cleophas
Burns, Rt. Hon. John Hedges, A. Paget Myer, Horatio
Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas Helme, Norval Watson Napier, T. B.
Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney Charles Hemmerde, Edward George Nicholls, George
Byles, William Pollard Henderson, Arthur (Durham) Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster)
Cameron, Robert Henderson, J. McD. (Aberdeen, W.) Nugent, Sir Walter Richard
Cawley, Sir Frederick Henry, Charles S. Nussey, Thomas Willans
Cheetham, John Frederick Higham, John Sharp Nuttall, Harry
Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. Hobart, Sir Robert O'Cnnnon, John (Kildare, N.)
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Hobhouse, Charles E. H. O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool)
Cleland, J. W. Hodge, John O'Donnell, C J. (Walworth)
Clough, William Holland, Sir William Henry Parker, James (Halifax)
Clynes, J. R. Holt, Richard Durning Partington, Oswald
Cobbold, Felix Thornley Hooper, A. G. Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek;
Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) Horridge, Thomas Gardner Pease, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Staff. Wald.)
Collins, Sir Wm. J. (St. Pancras, W.) Howard, Hon. Geoffrey Pickersgill, Edward Hare
Corrpton-Rickett, Sir J. Hudson, Walter Pointer, J.
Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) Hutton, Alfred Eddison Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H.
Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. Illingworth, Percy H. Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central)
Cotton, Sir H. J. S. Isaacs, Rufus Daniel Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.)
Cowan, W. H. Jardine, Sir J Priestley, Arthur (Grantham)
Cox, Harold Jenkins, J. Radford, G H.
Crooks, William Johnson, John (Gateshead) Raphael, Herbert H.
Crossley, William J. Jones, Leif (Appleby) Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough)
Dalziel, Sir James Henry Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) Rendall, Athelstan
Davies, David (Montgomery Co.) Kekewich, Sir George Richards, Thomas (W. Monmouth)
Davies, Ellis William (Eiflon) Laidlaw, Robert Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton, W.)
Davies, Timothy (Fulham) Lamb, Edmund G. (Leominster) Ridsdale, E. A,
Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) Lamb, Ernest H. (Rochester) Roberts, Charles H. (Linco'n)
Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N.) Lambert, George Roberts, G H. (Norwich)
Dobson, Thomas W. Lamont, Norman Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs.)
Duckworth, Sir James Laylard-Barrett, Sir Francis Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford)
Duncan, C(Barrow-in-Furness) Lehmann, R. C. Robinson, S.
Robson, Sir William Snowdon Stewart-Smith, D. (Kendal) Weir, James Galloway
Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) Straus, B. S. (Mile End) White, Sir George (Norfolk)
Roe, Sir Thomas Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon) White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire)
Rogers, F. E. Newman Summerbell, T. Whitehead, Rowland
Rowlands. J Sutherland, J. E. Whitley, John Henry (Halifax)
Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter Taylor, John W. (Durham) Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P.
Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. Tennant, Sir Edward (Salisbury) Wilkie, Alexander
Rutherford, V. H. (Brentford) Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire) Williams, J. (Glamorgan)
Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) Thomas, Abel (Carmarthen, E.) Williams, W. Llewelyn (Carmarthen)
Schwann, C. Duncan (Hyde) Thomas, Sir A. (Glamorgan, E.) Wills, Arthur Walters
Scott, A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne) Thomasson, Franklin Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.)
Scars, J. E. Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.)
Seaverns, J. H. Trevelyan, Charles Philips Wilson, John (Durham, Mid)
Seely, Colonel Verney, F. W. Wilson, J. H. (Middlesbrough)
Shaw, Sir Charles E. (Stafford) Villiers, Ernest Amherst Wilson, P. W. (St. Pancras, S.)
Sherwell, Arthur James Walton, Joseph Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton)
Shipman, Dr. John G. Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent Winfrey, R.
Silcock, Thomas Ball Wardle, George J. Wood, T. M'Kinnon
Smeaton, Donald Mackenzie Waring, Walter Yoxall, James Henry
Snowden, P. Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—The
Spicer, Sir Albert Weterlow, D S. Mastar of Elibank and Captain Norton.
Stanley, Hon. A. Lyulph (Cheshire) Watt, Henry A.
Steadman, W. C. Wedgwood, Josiah C.
NOES.
Acland-Hood, Rt. Hon. Sir Alex. F. Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- Morrison-Bell, Captain
Anson, Sir William Reyneil Faber, George Denison (York) Newdegate, F. A.
Arkwright, John Stanhope Fletcher, J. S. Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield)
Ashley, W. W. Forster, Henry William Oddy, John James
Balcarres, Lord Gardner, Ernest Peel, Hon. W. R. W.
Baldwin, Stanley Gooch, Henry Cubitt (Peckham) Pretyman, E. G.
Banbury, Sir Frederick George Gordon, J. Randles, Sir John Scurrah
Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) Goulding, Edward Alfred Ratcliff, Major R. F.
Bignold, Sir Arthur Gretton, John Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel
Brotherton Edward Allen Guinness, Hon. R. (Haggersten) Remnant, James Farquharson
Bull, Sir William James Hamilton, Marquess of Renwick, George
Burdett-Coutts, W. Harrison-Broadley, H. B. Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall)
Butcher, Samuel Henry Helmsley, Viscount Ropner, Colonel Sir Robert
Carlile, E Hildred Hill, Sir Clement Rutherford, W. W. (Liverpool)
Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) Salter, Arthur Clavell
Castlereagh, Viscount Houston, Robert Paterson Sandys, Col. Thos. Myles
Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) Hunt, Rowland Sheffield, Sir Berkeley George D.
Cecil, Lord R. (Marylebone, E.) Kerry, Earl of Starkey, John R.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc'r.) Lane-Fox, G. R. Stone, Sir Benjamin
Clark, George Smith Lee, Arthur H. (Hants, Fareham) Talbot, Rt. Hon. J. G. (Oxford Univ.)
Clive, Percy Archer Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. Tuke, Sir John Batty
Clyde, J. Avon Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred Valentia, Viscount
Coates, Major E. F. (Lewisham) MacCaw, William J. MacGeagh Walker, Col. W. H. (Lancashire)
Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) M'Calmont, Col. James Warde, Col. C. E. (Kent, Mid)
Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) Magnus, Sir Philip Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.)
Craik, Sir Henry Mason, James F. (Windsor) Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart-
Dalrymple. Viscount Meysey-Thompson, E. C. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Lord
Dickson, Rt. Hon C. Scott- Middlemore, John Throgmorton Edmund Talbot and Mr. Pike Pease.
Doughty, Sir George Morpeth, Viscount