§ (1) The Land Commission shall not, after the passing of this Act, enter into an agreement for the purchase of any land situated in a congested districts county, save with the consent of the Congested Districts Board: Provided that this Subsection shall not apply in the case of any land required far the purposes of the Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1907.
§ (2) No congested estate situated in a congested districts county shall, after the passing of this Act, be sold under the Land Purchase Acts, to persons other than the Congested Districts Board without the
2440§ consent of that Board, which consent shall not be withheld unless the Board undertake to purchase the estate within a reasonable time: Provided that this Sub-section shall not apply in the case of any sale of a congested estate in pursuance of an originating application or request lodged before the passing of this Act.
§ Amendment proposed: In Sub-section (2), to leave out the word "congested" ["No congested estate."]—[Mr. Birrell.]
§ Question put, "That the Amendment be made."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 236; Noes, 51.
2441| Division No. 676.] | AYES. | [10.55 p.m. |
| Abraham, W. (Cork, N.E.) | Dobson, Thomas W. | Kennedy, Vincent Paul |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Duffy, William J. | Kilbride, Denis |
| Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Dunne, Major E. Martin (Walsall) | King, Alfred John (Knutsford) |
| Agnew, George William | Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | Laidlaw, Robert |
| Alden, Percy | Elibank, Master of | Lambert, George |
| Allen, A. Acland (Christchurch) | Erskine, David C. | Lamont, Norman |
| Allen, Charles P. (Stroud) | Evans, Sir S. T. | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe |
| Ambrose, Robert | Everett, R. Lacey | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.) |
| Armitage, R. | Falconer, J. | Layland-Barratt, Sir Francis |
| Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Farrell, James Patrick | Lehmann, R. C. |
| Ballour, Robert (Lanark) | Ffrench, Peter | Lewis, John Herbert |
| Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) | Field, William | Lundon, T. |
| Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) | Flavin, Michael Joseph | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes |
| Barnard, E. B. | Flynn, James Christopher | Lynch, A. (Clare, W.) |
| Barran, Rowland Hirst | Fuller, John Michael F. | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Fullerton, Hugh | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) |
| Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Furness, Sir Christopher | Maclean, Donald |
| Beauchamp, E. | Gibb, James (Harrow) | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift |
| Beaumont, Hon. Hubert | Gilhooly, James | Macpherson, J. T. |
| Benn, Sir J. Williams (Devonport) | Gill, A. H. | MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S.) |
| Bethell, T. H. (Essex, Maldon) | Ginnell, L. | MacVeigh, Charles (Donegal, E.) |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Herbert John | M'Kean, John |
| Black, Arthur W. | Glendinning, R. G. | M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicester) |
| Boland, John | Glover, Thomas | M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.) |
| Bowerman, C. W. | Gooch, George Peabody (Bath) | M'Micking, Major G. |
| Branch, James | Gulland, John W. | Maddison, Frederick |
| Brunner, J. F. L. (Lanes., Leigh) | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius | Mallett, Charles E. |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. | Marnham, F. J. |
| Buckmaster, Stanley O. | Hancock, J. G. | Meagher, Michael |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Hardy, George A. (Suffolk) | Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.) |
| Burnyeat, W. J. D. | Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-shire) | Menzies, Sir Walter |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Harrington, Timothy | Molteno, Percy Alport |
| Byles, William Pollard | Harwood, George | Mooney, J. J. |
| Channing, Sir Francis Allston | Haworth, Arthur A. | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Hazleton, Richard | Morrell, Philip |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Healy, Maurice (Cork) | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas |
| Clough, William | Healy, Timothy Michael | Muldoon, John |
| Clynes, J. R. | Helme, Norval Watson | Murnaghan, George |
| Cobbold, Felix Thornley | Henry Charles S. | Murphy, John (Kerry, East) |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Higham, John Sharp | Nannetti, Joseph P. |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Hogan, Michael | Newnes, F. (Notts, Bassetlaw) |
| Cooper, G. J. | Hooper, A. G. | Nicholls, George |
| Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Horniman. Emslie John | Nolan, Joseph |
| Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) | Hudson, Waiter | Norman, Sir Henry |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Hutton, Alfred Eddison | Nugent, Sir Walter Richard |
| Cotton, Sir H. J. S. | Idris, T. H. W. | Nussey, Sir Willans |
| Cowan, W. H. | Isaacs, Rufus Daniel | Nuttall, Harry |
| Cullinan, J. | Johnson, John (Gateshead) | O'Brien, K. (Tipperary, Mid) |
| Curran, Peter Francis | Jones, Leif (Appleby) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| Dalziel, Sir James Henry | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) |
| Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Jordan, Jeremiah | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) |
| Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) | Joyce, Michael | O'Doherty, Philip |
| Delany, William | Kavanagh, Walter M. | O'Donnell, John (Mayo, S.) |
| Dewar, Arthur (Edinburgh, S.) | Keating, M. | O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) |
| Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N.) | Kekewich, Sir George | O'Dowd, John |
| Dillon, John | Kelley, George D. | O'Kelly, Conor (Mayo, N.) |
| O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) | Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire) |
| O'Malley, William | Robson, Sir William Snowdon | Thomas, Abel (Carmarthen, E.) |
| O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) | Thomasson, Franklin |
| O'Shee, James John | Roche, Augustine (Cork) | Verney, F. W. |
| Parker, James (Halifax) | Roe, Sir Thomas | Vivian, Henry |
| Partington, Oswald | Rutherford, V. H. (Brentford) | Walters, John Tudor |
| Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) | Wardle, George J. |
| Philips, John (Longford, S.) | Scanlan, Thomas | Waring, Walter |
| Pickersgill, Edward Hare | Scarisbrick, Sir T. T. L. | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T |
| Pointer, J. | Schwann, C. Duncan (Hyde) | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. | Schwann, Sir C. E. (Manchester) | Watt, Henry A. |
| Power, Patrick Joseph | Seely, Colonel | White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire) |
| Priestley, Sir W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) | Shackleton, David James | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Radford, G. H. | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Rainy, A. Rolland | Sheehy, David | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| Raphael, Herbert H. | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) | Wiles, Thomas |
| Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (Gloucester) | Snowden, P. | Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.) |
| Reddy, M. | Soares, Ernest J. | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Stewart-Smith, D. (Kendal) | Young, Samuel |
| Redmond, William (Clare) | Strachey, Sir Edward | |
| Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Summerbell, T. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Joseph Pease and Captain Norton. |
| Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Taylor, John W. (Durham) | |
| Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) | Tennant, Sir Edward (Salisbury) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Hood, Rt. Hon. Sir Alex. F. | Craik, Sir Henry | Long, Rt. Hon. Walter (Dublin, S.) |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | Lonsdale, John Brownlee |
| Balcarres, Lord | Duncan, Robert (Lanark, Govan) | MacCaw, Wm. J. MacGeagh |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Fletcher, J. S. | M'Calmont, Col. James |
| Banner, John S. Harmood- | Gordon, J. | Moore, William |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Bull, Sir William James | Gretton, John | Renton, Leslie |
| Butcher, Samuel Henry | Guinness, Hon. W. E. (B. S. Edmunds) | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Haddock, George B. | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. | Hamilton, Marquess of | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley George D. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staffordshire) |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Hay, Hon. Claude George | Thomson, W. Mitchell (Lanark) |
| Clark, George Smith | Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert | Thornton, Percy M. |
| Clive, Percy Archer | Hill, Sir Clement | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.) |
| Coates, Major E. F. (Lewisham) | Kennaway, Rt. Hon. Sir John H. | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) | Kerry, Earl of | |
| Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) | Keswick, William | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Viscount Valentia and Mr. H. W. Forster. |
| Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Lambton, Hon. Frederick William |