Mr. BALFOURPerhaps the Prime Minister can now give us his forecast of Parliamentary business for next week.
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we shall proceed with the Committee Stage of the National Insurance Bill. On Thursday we shall take Supply, probably the Education Vote. With regard to Friday, I will make an announcement early next week.
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, to-day.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI did notify this to the hon. Gentleman on the Front Opposition Bench at the time. It is necessary. We cannot get on without it.
Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANSMay I ask whether the Eleven o'clock Rule will be suspended on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI will consider it.
§ Mr. WEDGWOODMay I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will arrange not to take the Financial Resolution after Eleven o'clock to-night, so that we may have a proper Debate?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEWe cannot get on with the Bill at all unless we get our Financial Resolution, and I hope my hon. Friend will not press that.
§ Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI think what we should press for at this stage is that we should not be asked to sit late again to-night. Last night the House did not rise till One o'clock. We all consented to sit without protest in order to finish Clause 1. It is a wholly unusual procedure to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule the moment a Bill enters the Committee stage, and it would be intolerable to ask the House to sit night after night.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI do not think the request of the Government is unreasonable, having regard to the progress made yesterday. The first Clause occupies a whole page, and the second is nothing like so important as the first. Yesterday we disposed of the Instructions, and there was a whole page of a most important Clause. The second Clause is very short, and I think we ought to get on with the Financial Resolution at an early stage.
§ Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI am not at all trying to forecast the progress we should make or to set the time. All I venture to urge is that if we are to be asked to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule it shall not be for the purpose of silting late, but in order that we may not be prevented from coining to a conclusion when we are on the verge of arriving at it.
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat is so.
§ Resolved, "That the Proceedings on the National Insurance Bill and the National Insurance [Money] Committee have precedence this day of the Business of Supply."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The PRIME MINISTERI beg to move, "That the Proceedings on the National Insurance Bill and the National Insurance [Money] Committee, if under discussion at Eleven o'clock this night, be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 234; Noes, 125.
1347| Division No. 259.] | AYES. | [4.0 p.m. |
| Abraham, William (Dublin Harbour) | Ainsworth, John Stirling | Armitage, R. |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Alden, Percy | Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry |
| Adamson, William | Allen, Arthur Acland (Dumbartonshire) | Baker, Harold T. (Accrington) |
| Adkins, Sir W. Ryland D. | Anderson, Andrew Macbeth | Baker, Joseph Allen (Finsbury, E.) |
| Barlow, Sir John Emmott (Somerset) | Harmsworth, R. (Leicester) | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. |
| Barnes, George N. | Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | O'Shee, James John |
| Barry, Redmond John (Tyrone, N.) | Harwood, George | O'Sullivan, Timothy |
| Barton, William | Haslam, James (Derbyshire) | Palmer, Godfrey Mark |
| Beale, William Phipson | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | Parker, James (Halifax) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Havelock-Allan, Sir Henry | Pearce, William (Limehouse) |
| Benn, W. W. (T. H'mts, St. George) | Haworth, Sir Arthur A. | Pearson, Weetman H. M. |
| Bentham, George Jackson | Hayden, John Patrick | Pease, Rt. Hon. Joseph A. (Rotherham) |
| Black, Arthur W. | Henry, Sir Charles S. | Phillips, John (Longford, S.) |
| Boland, John Pius | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon., South) | Pirie, Duncan V. |
| Booth, Frederick Handel | Higham, John Sharp | Pointer, Joseph |
| Bowerman, Charles W. | Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Charles E. H. | Pollard, Sir George H. |
| Boyle, Daniel (Mayo, North) | Hodge, John | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Brady, Patrick Joseph | Holt, Richard Durning | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Bryce, John Annan | Hope, John Deans (Haddington) | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Home, Charles Silvester (Ipswich) | Primrose, Hon. Neil James |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | Pringle, William M. R. |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, N.) | Hughes, Spencer Leigh | Radford, G. H. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney C. (Poplar) | Hunter, W. (Govan) | Rattan, Peter Wilson |
| Byles, Sir William Pollard | Isaacs, Sir Rufus Daniel | Rainy, Adam Rolland |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Johnson, William | Raphael, Sir Herbert H. |
| Cawley, Sir Frederick (Prestwich) | Jones, Leif Stratten (Notts, Rushcliffe) | Reddy, Michael |
| Chancellor, Henry George | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) |
| Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Jones, William S. Glyn- (Stepney) | Redmond, William (Clare, E.) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Joyce, Michael | Richardson, Albion (Peckham) |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Keating, Matthew | Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) |
| Clough, William | Kellaway, Frederick George | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoin) |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Kelly, Edward | Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) |
| Compton-Rickett, Sir J. | King, J. (Somerset, N.) | Robertson, John M. (Tyneside) |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Lambert, George (Devon, S. Molton) | Robinson, Sidney |
| Cowan, W. H. | Lambert, Richard (Wilts, Cricklade) | Roche, Augustine (Louth) |
| Crawshay-Williams, Eliot | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, West) | Roche, John (Galway, E.) |
| Crooks, William | Lawson, Sir W. (Cumb'rid, Cockerm'th) | Rose, Sir Charles Day |
| Crumley, Patrick | Leach, Charles | Rowntree, Arnold |
| Dalziel, Sir James H. (Kirkcaldy) | Levy, Sir Maurice | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Davies, David (Montgomery Co.) | Lewis, John Herbert | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) | Logan, John William | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Lundon, Thomas | Schwann, Rt. Hon. Sir C. E. |
| Dawes, J. A. | Lyell, Charles Henry | Scott, A. MacCallum (Glas., Bridgeton) |
| Delany, William | Lynch, Arthur Alfred | Seely, Col., Rt. Hon. J. E. B. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Sheehy, David |
| Devlin, Joseph | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) | Sherwell, Arthur James |
| Dewar, Sir J. A. | Maclean, Donald | Simon, Sir John Allsebrook |
| Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N.) | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Smith, Albert (Lanes., Clitheroe) |
| Doris, William | Macpherson, James Ian | Smith, H. B. L. (Northampton) |
| Duffy, William J. | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim) |
| Duncan, C. (Barrow-In-Furness) | M'Callum, John M. | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | Meagher, Michael | Strauss, Edward A. (Southwark, West) |
| Edwards, John Hugh (Glamorgan, Mid) | Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Summers, James Woolley |
| Elibank, Rt. Hon. Master of | Menzies, Sir Walter | Sutherland, J. E. |
| Elverston, Sir Harold | Millar, James Duncan | Sutton, John E. |
| Esmonde, Sir Thomas (Wexford, N.) | Mond, Sir Alfred Moritz | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Essex, Richard Walter | Money, L. G. Chiozza | Tennant, Harold John |
| Esslement, George Birnie | Montagu, Hon. E. S. | Thomas, James Henry (Derby) |
| Falconer, James | Mooney, John J. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Fenwick, Charles | Morgan, George Hay | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Ffrench, Peter | Morrell, Philip | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Fitzgibbon, John | Munro, Robert | Wadsworth, J. |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | Munro-Ferguson, Rt. Hon. R. C. | Walsh, Stephen (Lanes., Ince) |
| Gelder, Sir William Alfred | Murray, Capt. Hon. A. C. | Walton, Sir Joseph |
| George, Rt. Hon D. Lloyd | Needham, Christopher T. | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Gill, A. H. | Neilson, Francis | Wardie, George J. |
| Glanville, H. J. | Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Goldstone, Frank | Nolan, Joseph | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Greenwood, Cranville G. (Peterborough) | Norman, Sir Henry | White, Sir George (Norfolk) |
| Greig, Colonel J. W. | Norton, Capt. Cecil W. | Whitehouse, John Howard |
| Guest, Major Hon. C. H. C. (Pembroke) | Nugent, Sir Walter Richard | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| Guest, Hon. Frederick E. (Dorset, E) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Wiles, Thomas |
| Hackett, John | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid) |
| Hall, F. (Yorks, Normanton) | O'Doherty, Philip | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestershire, N.) |
| Hancock, John George | O'Dowd, John | Wood, T. McKinnon (Glasgow) |
| Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Lewis (Rossendale) | Ogden, Fred | |
| Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | O'Malley, William | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Illingworth and Mr. Gulland. |
| Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) | O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Anstruther-Gray, Major William | Baldwin, Stanley | Beckett, Hon. W. Gervase |
| Ashley, Wilfrid W. | Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (City Lond.) | Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) |
| Astor, Waldorf | Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Bennett-Goldney, Francis |
| Bagot, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Baring, Maj. Hon. Guy V. (Winchester) | Bigland, Alfred |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Barrie, Hugh T. (Londonderry) | Boscawen, Sir Arthur S. T. Griffith- |
| Baker, Sir Randolf L. (Dorset, N.) | Bathurst, Hon. Allen B. (Glouc, E.) | Boyle, W. Lewis (Norfolk, Mid) |
| Balcarres, Lord | Bathurst, Charles (Wilton) | Bridgeman, W. Clive |
| Bull, Sir William James | Helmsley, Viscount | Orde-Powlett, Hon. W. G. A. |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. | Henderson, Major H. (Abingdon) | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) |
| Carlile, Sir Edward Hildred | Hill, Sir Clement L. (Shrewsbury) | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hills, J. W. | Peel, Hon. William R. W. (Taunton) |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Hope, Harry (Bute) | Peto, Basil Edward |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Oxford University) | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) | Pole-Carew, Sir R. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc'r.) | Hume-Williams, W. E. | Pryce-Jones, Col. E, (Montgom'y B'ghs) |
| Clay, Captain H. H. Spender | Hunt, Rowland | Rawson, Col. Richard H. |
| Clive, Captain Percy Archer | Hunter, Sir Charles Rodk. (Bath) | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Clyde, James Avon | Ingleby, Holcombe | Ronaldshay, Earl of |
| Cooper, Richard Ashmole | Jowett, Frederick William | Rothschild, Lionel de |
| Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Joynson-Hicks, William | Rutherford, John (Lanes., Darwen) |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Kerr-Smiley. Peter Kerr | Snowden, Philip |
| Croft, Henry Page | Kimber, Sir Henry | Spear, Sir John Ward |
| Dairymple, Viscount | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Starkey, John Ralph |
| Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. S. | Kirkwood, John H. M. | Stewart, Gershom |
| Dixon, C. H. | Lansbury, George | Talbot, Lord E. |
| Doughty, Sir George | Law, Andrew Bonar (Bootie, Lancs.) | Thompson, Robert (Belfast, North) |
| Eyres-Monsell, Bolton M. | Lawson, Hon. H. (T. H'mts., Mile End) | Tryon, Captain George Clement |
| Falle, B. G. | Lloyd, George Ambrose | Valentia, Viscount |
| Fell, Arthur | Locker-Lampson, G. (Salisbury) | Walker, Col. William Hall |
| Fletcher, John Samuel (Hampstead) | Long, Rt. Hon. Walter | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| Gardner, Ernest | Lonsdale, Sir John Brownlee | White, Major G. D. (Lanes., Southport) |
| Gastrell, Major W. Houghton | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. A. (S. Geo. Han. S.) | Willoughby, Major Hon. Claude |
| Gibbs, G. A. | Lyttelton, Hon. J. C. (Droitwich) | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.) |
| Gilmour, Captain John | Magnus, Sir Philip | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Goldman, C. S. | Malcolm, Ian | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Gordon, Hon. John Edward (Brighton) | Martin, J. | Wood, John (Stalybridge) |
| Goulding, Edward Alfred | Moore, William | Worthington-Evans, L. (Colchester) |
| Gretton, John | Morrison, Captain J. A. | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Gwynne, R. S. (Sussex, Eastbourne) | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C.(Honston) | Yate, Col. C. E. |
| Hall, O. B. (Isle of Wight) | Mount, William Arthur | Younger, Sir George |
| Hambro, Angus Valdemar | Newman, John R. P. | |
| Hamersley, Alfred St. George | Newton, Harry Kottingham | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Dr. Hillier and Mr. Wheler |
| Hardy, Laurence (Kent, Ashford) | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | |
| Harris, Henry Percy |
Question, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill" put, and agreed to.