§ The PRIME MINISTERmoved: "That the Proceedings on the Motion for the Allocation of Time for the Resolutions on Relations of the Two Houses and Duration of Parliament, if under discussion at Eleven o'clock this night, be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."
§ The House divided, Ayes, 313; Noes, 152.
229| Division No. 12.] | AYES. | [3.55 p.m. |
| Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rossendale) |
| Agnew, George William | Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) | Harmsworth, R. Leicester |
| Allen, Charles Peter | Crawshay-Williams, Eliot | Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) |
| Anderson, Andrew Macbeth | Crossley, William J. | Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, West) |
| Armitage, Robert | Cullinan, John | Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) | Harwood, George |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) | Haslam, James (Derbyshire) |
| Baker, Harold T. (Accrington) | Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) |
| Baker, Joseph Allen (Finsbury, E.) | Dawes, James Arthur | Havelock-Allan, Sir Henry |
| Balfour, Robert (Lanark) | Delany, William | Haworth, Arthur A. |
| Barclay, Sir Thomas | Denman, Hon. Richard Douglas | Hayden, John Patrick |
| Barnes, George N. | Devlin, Joseph | Hayward, Evan |
| Barran, Sir John N. (Hawick B.) | Dewar, Sir J. A. (Inverness-shire) | Hazleton, Richard |
| Barran, Rowland Hirst (Leeds, N.) | Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N.) | Healy, Timothy Michael |
| Barry, Edward (Cork, S.) | Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) |
| Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Donelan, Captain A. | Henry, Charles Solomon |
| Barton, William | Doris, William | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon. S.) |
| Beale, William Phipson | Duffy, William J. | Higham, John Sharp |
| Belloc, Hilaire Joseph Peter R. | Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | Hindle, Frederick George |
| Benn, W. (Tower Hamlets, S. Geo.) | Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) | Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Charles E. H. |
| Bentham, George Jackson | Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) | Hodge, John |
| Black, Arthur W. | Edwards, Enoch | Hogan, Michael |
| Boland, John Pius | Ellis, Rt. Hon. John Edward | Holt, Richard Durning |
| Bowerman, Charles W. | Elverston, Harold | Hooper, Arthur George |
| Bowles, Thomas Gibson | Esslemont, George Birnie | Hope, John Deans (File, West) |
| Boyle, Daniel (Mayo, North) | Falconer, James | Horne, Charles Silvester (Ipswich |
| Brace, William | Farrell, James Patrick | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey |
| Brady, Patrick Joseph | Fenwick, Charles | Hudson, Walter |
| Brigg, Sir John | Ferens, Thomas Robinson | Hughes, Spencer Leigh |
| Brocklehurst, William B. | Ferguson, Ronald C. Munro | Hunter, Wm. (Lanark, Govan) |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Ffrench, Peter | Illingworth, Percy H. |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Field, William | Jardine, Sir John (Roxburghshire) |
| Burt, Rt. Hon Thomas | Flavin, Michael Joseph | Johnson, William |
| Buxton, C. R. (Devon, Mid) | France, Gerald Ashburner | Jones, Sir D. Brynmor (Swansea) |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Furness, Sir Christopher | Jones, Edgar R. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. S. C (Poplar) | Gelder, Sir William Alfred | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Byles, William Pollard | Gibbins, F. W. | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Gibson, James Puckering | Jowett, Frederick William |
| Cawley, Sir Frederick (Prestwich) | Gill, Alfred Henry | Joyce, Michael |
| Chancellor, Henry George | Ginnell, Laurence | Kelly, Edward |
| Channing, Sir Francis Allston | Glover, Thomas | Kemp, Sir George |
| Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Kennedy, Vincent Paul |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Greenwood, Granville George | Kettle, Thomas Michael |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Grenfell, Cecil Alfred | Kilbride, Denis |
| Clough, William | Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward | King, Joseph (Somerset, N.) |
| Clynes, John R. | Gulland, John William | Lambert, George |
| Collins, Godfrey P. (Greenock) | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Galway) | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Hackett, John | Layland-Barratt, Sir Francis |
| Collins, Sir Wm. J. (St. Pancras, W.) | Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. | Leach, Charles |
| Compton-Rickett, Sir J. | Hall, F. (Yorks, Normanton) | Lehmann, Rudolf C. |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Hancock, John George | Levy, Sir Maurice |
| Lewis, John Herbert | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Spicer, Sir Albert |
| Lincoln, Ignatius Timothy T. | O'Shee, James John | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David | O'Sullivan, Eugene | Summers, James Woolley |
| Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Palmer, Godfrey Mark | Sutherland, John E. |
| Lundon, Thomas | Parker. James (Halifax) | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Lynch. Arthur Alfred | Pearce, William | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) |
| Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Pearson, Weetman H. M. | Tennant, Harold John |
| Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) | Pease, Rt. Hon. Joseph A. | Thomas, Sir A. (Glamorgan, E.) |
| Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Philipps, Sir O. C. (Pembroke) | Thomas, James Henry (Derby) |
| MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Phillips, John (Longford, S.) | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| M'Callum, John M. | Pointer, Joseph | Tomkinson, Rt. Hon. James |
| M'Kenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Pollard, Sir George H. | Toulmin, George |
| M'Laren, F. W. S. (Line, Spalding) | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Mallet, Charles Edward | Power, Patrick Joseph | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Manfield, Harry | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | Verney, Frederick William |
| Marks. George Croydon | Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) | Wadsworth, John |
| Martin, Joseph | Priestley, Arthur (Grantham) | Walker, H. de R. (Leicester) |
| Masterman, C. F. G. | Priestley, Sir W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) | Walsh, Stephen |
| Meagher, Michael | Primrose, Hon. Neil James | Walters, John Tudor |
| Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Pringle, William M. R. | Walton, Joseph |
| Menzies, Sir Walter | Radford, George Heynes | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Middlebrook, William | Raffan, Peter Wilson | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Millar, James Duncan | Rainy, Adam Rolland | Wardle, George J. |
| Molloy, Michael | Raphael, Herbert Henry | Waring, Walter |
| Molteno, Percy Alport | Rea, Walter Russell | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Mond, Alfred Moritz | Reddy, Michael | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Montagu, Hon. E. S. | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Waterlow, David Sydney |
| Mooney, John J. | Redmond, William (Clare, E.) | Watt, Henry A. |
| Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) | Rees, J. D. | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) | Rendall, Athelstan | White, Sir George (Norfolk) |
| Morton. Alpheus Cleophas | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire) |
| Muldoon, John | Roberts, George H. (Norwich) | White, Sir Luke (Yorks, E.R.) |
| Munro, Robert | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs.) | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Murray, Capt Hon. Arthur C. | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) | Whitehouse, John Howard |
| Muspratt, Max | Robertson, John M. (Tyneside) | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| Nannetti, Joseph P. | Robinson, Sidney | Whyte, Alexander F. (Perth) |
| Neilson, Francis | Robson, Sir William Snowdon | Wiles, Thomas |
| Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Nolan, Joseph | Roche, Augustine (Cork) | Williams, Aneurin (Plymouth) |
| Norton, Capt. Cecil W. | Roche, John (Galway, East) | Williams, Penry (Middlesbrough) |
| Nugent, Sir Walter Richard | Rowntree, Arnold | Williams, W. L. (Carmarthen) |
| Nussey, Sir T. Wilians | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.) |
| Nuttall, Harry | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.) |
| O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestershire, N.) |
| O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Scanlan, Thomas | Wilson, T. F. (Lanark, N.E.) |
| O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | Scott, A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne) | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| O'Doherty, Philip | Seddon, James A. | Wing, Thomas |
| O'Donnell, John (Mayo, S.) | Seely, Col., Right Hon. J. E. B. | Wood, T. M'Kinnon (Glasgow) |
| O'Donnell, Thomas (Kerry, W.) | Shackleton, David James | Younger, W. (Peebles and Selkirk) |
| O'Dowd, John | Sheehy, David | Yoxall, Sir James Henry |
| Ogden, Fred | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) | |
| O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) | Soames, Arthur Wellesley | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Master |
| O'Malley, William | Soares, Ernest Joseph | of Elibank and Mr. Fuller. |
| O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adam, Major William A. | Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Grant, James Augustus |
| Arbuthnot, Gerald A. | Chaloner, Col. R. G. W. | Greene, Walter Raymond |
| Bagot, Colonel Josceline | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc'r.) | Gwynne, R. S. (Sussex, Eastbourne) |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Chambers. James | Hall, D. B. (Isle of Wight) |
| Baker, Sir Randolf L. (Dorset, N.) | Clay, Captain H. H. Spender | Hamersley, Alfred St. George |
| Balcarres, Lord | Clive, Percy Archer | Hamilton, Marquess of (Londonderry) |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Cooper, Capt. Bryan R. (Dublin, S.) | Hardy, Laurence (Kent, Ashford) |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (City Lond.) | Courthope, George Loyd | Harris, H. P. (Paddington, S.) |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. |
| Baring, Captain Hon. Guy Victor | Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Heaton, John Henniker |
| Barnston, Harry | Craik, Sir Henry | Helmsley, Viscount |
| Bathurst, Charles (Wilts, Wilton) | Croft, Henry Page | Henderson, H. G. H. (Berkshire) |
| Beckett, Hon. William Gervase | Du Cros, A. (Tower Hamlets, Bow) | Hickman, Colonel Thomas E. |
| Benn, Ion Hamilton (Greenwich) | Duncannon, Viscount | Hill, Sir Clement L. (Shrewsbury) |
| Bird, Alfred | Eyres-Monsell, Bolton M. | Hills, John Walter (Durham) |
| Boyton, James | Faber, George D. (Clapham) | Hoare, Samuel John Gurney |
| Brackenbury, Henry Langton | Falle, Bertram Godfray | Hope, Harry (Bute) |
| Brassey, H. L. C. (Northants, N.) | Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) |
| Brassey, Capt. R. (Oxon, Banbury) | Fisher, William Hayes | Horne, William E. (Surrey, Guildford) |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Flannery, Sir J. Fortescue | Horner, Andrew Long |
| Brunskill, Gerald Fitzgibbon | Fleming, Valentine | Hunter, Sir Chas. Rodk. (Bath) |
| Burgoyne, Alan Hughes | Forster, Henry William | Jardine. Ernest (Somerset, East) |
| Campbell, Rt. Hon. J. H. M. | Gastrell, Major W. Houghton | Kerr-Smiley, Peter Kerr |
| Carille, Edward Hildred | Gilmour, Captain John | Kerry, Earl of |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Gordon, John | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Cator, John | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Kirkwood, John H. M. |
| Knight, Capt. Eric Ayshford | Newdegate, F. A. N. | Steel-Maitland, A. D. |
| Knott, James | Newman, John R. P. | Stewart, Gershom (Ches. Wirral) |
| Lane-Fox, G. R. | Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield) | Stewart, Sir M'T. (Kirkcudbrightsh.) |
| Law, Andrew Bonar (Dulwich) | O'Neill, Hon. A. E. B. (Antrim, Mid.) | Strauss, Arthur |
| Lawson, Hon. Harry | Orde-Powlett, Hon. W. G. A. | Sykes, Alan John |
| Lee, Arthur Hamilton | Paget, Almeric Hugh | Thompson, Robert |
| Lewisham, Viscount | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) | Thynne, Lord Alexander |
| Llewelyn, Major Venables | Peel, Hon. Wm. R. W. (Taunton) | Tryon, Capt. George Clement |
| Lloyd, George Ambrose | Peto, Basil Edward | Tuillbardine, Marquess of |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Salisbury) | Randles, Sir John Scurrah | Walker, Col. W. H. (Lancashire) |
| Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Rankin, Sir James | Walrond, rion. Lionel |
| Long, Rt Hon. Walter | Rawson, Col. Richard H. | Ward, A. S. (Herts, Watford) |
| Lowe, Sir F. W. (Birm., Edgbaston) | Remnant, James Farquharson | Wheler, Granville C. H. |
| Lyttelton, Rt. Hn. A. (S. Geo., Han. Sq.) | Rice, Hon. Walter Fitz-Uryan | White, Major G. D. (Lanc Southport) |
| Lyttelton, Hon. J. C. (Droitwich) | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall | Williams, Col. R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Mackinder, Halford J. | Ronaldshay, Earl of | Willoughby, Major Hon. Claude |
| Magnus, Sir Philip | Rothschild, Lionel de | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Mason, James F. | Samuel, Sir Harry (Norwood) | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.) |
| Mildmay, Francis Bingham | Sanders, Robert Arthur | Wood, John (Stalybridge) |
| Mills, Hon. Charles Thomas | Sandys, G. J. (Somerset, Wells) | Worthington-Evans, L. (Colchester) |
| Mitchell, William Foot | Sandys, Lt.-Col. T. M. (Bootle) | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Moore, William | Sassoon, Sir Edward Albert | Younger, George (Ayr Burghs) |
| Morpeth, Viscount | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) | |
| Morrison, Captain James A. | Stanier, Beville | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Sir A |
| Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Stanley, Hon. G. F. (Preston) | Acland-Hood and Viscount Valentla |
| Mount, William Arthur | Starkey, John Ralph |
For the purpose of bring the proceedings on the Report of the Resolutions to a conclusion, the Question shall be forthwith put without Debate on each Resolution by the Speaker that the House do agree with the Committee in the Resolution, and a Bill shall, without Question put, be ordered to be brought in on any Resolutions agreed to.