§ Lord BALCARRESCan the right hon. Gentleman state the business for Friday?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI understand that communications are passing between the proper authorities on the subject, and a statement will be made before the House rises to-night.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Proceedings on the National Insurance Bill, if under discussion at Eleven o'clock this night, be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Churchill.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 237; Noes, 149.
381| Division No. 301.] | AYES. | [3.25 p.m. |
| Abraham, Rt. Hon. William (Rhondda) | Crumley, Patrick | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Davies, E. William (Eifion) | Havelock-Allan, Sir Henry |
| Adamson, William | Davies, Timothy (Lincs., Louth) | Hayden, John Patrick |
| Addison, Dr. C. | Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Helme, Norval Watson |
| Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Dawes, J. A. | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Delany, William | Henry, Sir Charles S. |
| Alden, Percy | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor |
| Armitage, Robert | Devlin, Joseph | Higham, John Sharp |
| Atherley-Jones, Llewellyn A. | Dewar, Sir J. A. | Hinds, John |
| Baker, Harold T. (Accrington) | Dickinson, W. H. | Hodge, John |
| Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Dillon, John | Holt, Richard Durning |
| Baring, Sir Godfrey (Barnstaple) | Donelan, Anthony Charles | Hope, John Deans (Haddington) |
| Barran, Sir John N. (Hawick B.) | Doris, W. | Horne, C. Silvester (Ipswich) |
| Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Duffy, William J. | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey |
| Barton, William | Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | Hudson, Walter |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Edwards, Clement (Glamorgan, E.) | Hughes, Spencer Leigh |
| Benn, W. W. (T. H'mts., St. George) | Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) | Hunter, W. (Govan) |
| Bentham, G. J. | Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | Jardine, Sir J. (Roxburgh) |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Edwards, John Hugh (Glamorgan, Mid) | John, Edward Thomas |
| Black, Arthur W. | Ellbank, Rt. Hon. Master of | Johnson, W. |
| Booth, Frederick Handel | Elverston, Sir Harold | Jones, Sir D. Brynmor (Swansea) |
| Bowerman, C. W. | Esmonde, Dr. John (Tipperary, N.) | Jones, Edgar R. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Brace, William | Esslemont, George Birnie | Jones, H. Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Brady, Patrick Joseph | Falconer, J. | Jones, Leif Stratten (Notts, Rushcliffe) |
| Brigg, Sir John | Ferens, Thomas Robinson | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) |
| Brunner, J. F. L. | Ffrench, Peter | Jones, W. S. Glyn- (T. H'mts, Stepney) |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Field, William | Joyce, Michael |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd | Kelly, Edward |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Gibson, Sir James P. | Kennedy, Vircent Paul |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Gill, Alfred Henry | Kilbride, Denis |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. S. C. (Poplar) | Glanville, H. J. | King, J. (Somerset, N.) |
| Byles, Sir William Pollard | Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Lambert, George (Devon, S. Molton) |
| Cawley, Sir Frederick (Prestwich) | Goldstone, Frank | Lambert, Richard (Wilts, Cricklade) |
| Chancellor, H. G. | Greenwood, Granville G. (Peterborough) | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe |
| Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Greenwood, Hamar (Sunderland) | Lawson, Sir W. (Cumb'rld, Cockerm'th) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Greig, Colonel J. W. | Leach, Charles |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Guest, Hon. Frederick E. (Dorset, E.) | Lewis, John Herbert |
| Clough, William | Hackett, John | Logan, John William |
| Collins, Godfrey P. (Greenock) | Hancock, John George | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Compton-Rickett, Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Lewis (Rossendale) | Low, Sir Frederick (Norwich) |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) | Lundon, T. |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Harmsworth, Cecil (Luton, Beds.) | Lyell, Charles Henry |
| Cotton, William Francis | Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-shire) | Lynch, A. A. |
| Cowan, W. H. | Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, West) | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) |
| Craig, Herbert J. (Tynermouth) | Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N. E.) | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) |
| Crawshay-Williams, Eliot | Haslam, James (Debyshire) | McGhee, Richard |
| Maclean, Donald | Parker, James (Halifax) | Simon, Sir John Allsebrook |
| Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Pearce, William (Limehouse) | Smith, Albert (Lancs., Clitheroe) |
| Macpherson, James Ian | Philips, John (Longford, S.) | Smith, H. B. L. (Northampton) |
| MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Pointer, Joseph | Spicer, Sir Albert |
| McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Pollard, Sir George H. | Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N. W.) |
| M'Laren, H. D. (Leicester) | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Markham, Sir Arthur Basil | Power, Patrick Joseph | Strauss, Edward A. (Southwark, West) |
| Martin, J. | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | Summers, James Wooley |
| Mason, David M. (Coventry) | Priestley, Sir W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) | Sutton, John E. |
| Masterman, C. F. G. | Primrose, Hon. Neil James | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Meagher, Michael | Pringle, William M. R. | Tennant, Harold John |
| Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Rainy, A. Rolland | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Millar, James Duncan | Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (South Shields) | Toulmin, Sir George |
| Molloy, M. | Reddy, M. | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Molteno, Percy Alport | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Verney, Sir Harry |
| Mond, Sir Alfred M. | Rendall, Atheistan | Wadsworth, J. |
| Money, L. G. Chiozza | Richards, Thomas | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Mooney, John J. | Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Morgan, George Hay | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Waring, Walter |
| Morrell, Philip | Roberts, George H. (Norwich) | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs) | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Muldoon, John | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| Munro, R. | Robertson, John M. (Tyneside) | White, Sir George (Norfolk) |
| Munro-Ferguson, Rt. Hon. R. C. | Robinson, Sidney | White, J. Dundas (Glasgow, Tradeston) |
| Murray, Capt. Hon. A. C. | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) | White, Sir Luke (York, E. R.) |
| Nannetti, Joseph P. | Roche, Augustine (Louth) | Williams, Llewelyn (Carmarthen) |
| Needham, Christopher T. | Roe, Sir Thomas | Williams, P. (Middlesbrough) |
| Neilson, Francis | Rose, Sir Charles Day | Williamson, Sir A. |
| Norton, Captain Cecil W. | Rowlands, James | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid) |
| O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) | Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. W. (Worcs., N.) |
| O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Young, William (Perth, East) |
| O'Donnell, Thomas | Seely, Colonel Rt. Hon. J. E. B. | |
| O'Dowd, John | Sheehy, David | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Illingworth and Mr. Gulland. |
| O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Shortt, Edward | |
| NOES. | ||
| Aitken, Sir William Max | Finlay, Sir Robert | Magnus, Sir Philip |
| Anson, Rt. Hon. Sir William R. | Fleming, Valentine | Mallaby-Deeley, Harry |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major William | Fletcher, John Samuel (Hampstead) | Middlemore, John Throgmorton |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Forster, Henry William | Mildmay, Francis Bingham |
| Ashley, Wilfrid W. | Gastrell, Major W. Houghton | Mills, Hon. Charles Thomas |
| Astor, Waldorf | Gibbs, G. A. | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honiton) |
| Baird, J. L. | Gilmour, Capt. John | Mount, William Arthur |
| Balcarres, Lord | Goldman, C. S. | Newdegate, F. A. |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Goldsmith, Frank | Newman, John R. P. |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (City, Lond). | Gordon, John (Londonderry, South) | Newton, Harry Kottingham |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Gordon, Hon John Edward (Brighton) | Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield) |
| Banner, John S. Harmood- | Goulding, E. A. | Orde-Powlett, Hon. W. G. A. |
| Baring, Maj. Hon. Guy V. (Winchester) | Grant, James Augustus | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Greene, Walter Raymond | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) |
| Beach, Hon. Michael Hugh Hicks | Guinness, Hon. Walter Edward | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Gwynne, R. S. (Sussex, Eastbourne) | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) |
| Benn, I. H. (Greenwich) | Hardy, Rt. Hon. Laurence | Peto, Basil Edward |
| Bentinck, Lord H. Cavendish- | Henderson, Major H. (Berks., Abingdon) | Pollock, Ernest Murray |
| Bird, A. | Hickman, Col. Thomas E. | Pryce-Jones, Col. E. |
| Boles, Lieut.-Col. Dennis Fortescue | Hill, Sir Clement L. (Shrewsbury) | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Boscawen, Sir Arthur S. T. Griffith- | Hills, John Waller | Rawson, Col. R. H. |
| Boyle, W. Lewis (Norfolk, Mid) | Hill-Wood, Samuel | Remnant, James Farquharson |
| Bridgeman, W. Clive | Hope, Harry (Bute) | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. | Horner, Andrew Long | Ronaldshay, Earl of |
| Butcher, John George | Houston, Robert Paterson | Rothschild, Lionel de |
| Carlile, Sir Edward Hildred | Hunt, Rowland | Rutherford, John (Lancs., Darwen) |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. | Hunter, Sir C. R. (Bath) | Samuel, Sir Harry (Norwood) |
| Cassel, Felix | Ingleby, Holcombe | Sanders, Robert A. |
| Cave, George | Jessel, Captain H. M. | Sanderson, Lancelot |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Jowett, F. W. | Smith, Rt. Hon. F. E. (Liverp'l, Walton) |
| Chaloner, Col. R. G. W. | Joynson-Hicks, William | Smith, Harold (Warrington) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc'r.) | Kebty-Fletcher, J. R. | Snowden, Philip |
| Chambers, J. | Kerry, Earl of | Spear, Sir John Ward |
| Clay, Captain H. H. Spender | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Stanley, Hon. G. F. (Preston) |
| Clive, Percy Archer | Kyffin-Taylor, G. | Starkey, John Ralph |
| Cooper, Richard Ashmole | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Staveley-Hill, Henry |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Lansbury, George | Stewart, Gershom |
| Cripps, Sir Charles Alfred | Larmor, Sir J. | Sykes, Mark (Hull, Central) |
| Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. S. | Lawson, Hon. H. (T. H'mts., Mile End) | Talbot, Lord Edmund |
| Dixon, Charles Harvey | Lee, Arthur H. | Thompson, Robert (Belfast, North) |
| Eyres-Monsell, B. M. | Long, Rt. Hon. Walter | Thomson, W. Mitchell- (Down, North) |
| Faber, Capt. W. V. (Hants, W.) | Lonsdale, Sir John Brownlee | Tobin, Alfred Aspinall |
| Falle, Bertram Godfray | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. A. (Hanover Sq.) | Touche, George Alexander |
| Fell, Arthur | Mackinder, Halford J. | Tryon, Capt. George Clement |
| Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, St. Augustine) | Tullibardine, Marquess of |
| Valentia, Viscount | Williams, Col. R. (Dorset, W.) | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Walker, Col. William Hall | Willoughby, Major Hon. Claude | Younger, Sir George |
| Walsh, Stephen (Lancs., ince) | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) | |
| Ward, Arnold S. (Herts, Watford) | Wolmer, Viscount | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Stanier and Mr. C. Bathurst. |
| Weigall, Capt. A. G. | Wood, John (Stalybridge) | |
| White, Major G. D. (Lancs, Southport) | Worthington-Evans, L. |
Question, "That the words proposed [by Mr. Lloyd George] be there inserted," put, and agreed to.