Mr. LYTTELTONI beg to ask the Prime Minister what will be the business for Thursday and Friday next?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Asquith)On Thursday the Board of Education Vote will be taken in Committee of Supply, and on Friday we propose to proceed with the Telephone Transfer Bill; afterwards, if time permit, with some smaller orders.
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)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 236; Noes, 136.
207| Division No. 265.] | AYES. | [3.38 p.m. |
| Abraham, William (Dublin Harbour) | Edwards, John Hugh (Glamorgan, Mid) | Lamb, Ernest Henry |
| Adamson, William | Elibank, Rt. Hon. Master of | Lambert, Richard (Wilts, Cricklade) |
| Agnew, Sir George William | Esmonde, Dr. John (Tipperary, N.) | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe |
| Alden, Percy | Esslemont, George Birnie | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, West) |
| Allen, Arthur Acland (Dumbartonshire) | Falconer, James | Lawson, Sir W. (Cumb'rld., Cockerm'th) |
| Anderson, Andrew Macbeth | Fenwick, Rt. Hon. Charles | Leach, Charles |
| Armitage, Robert | Ferens, Thomas Robinson | Lewis, John Herbert |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Ffrench, Peter | Lundon, Thomas |
| Baker, Harold T. (Accrington) | Fiennes, Hon. Eustace Edward | Lyell, Charles Henry |
| Baker, Joseph Allen (Finsbury, E.) | Furness, Stephen | Lynch, Arthur Alfred |
| Barlow, Sir John Emmott (Somerset) | Gelder, Sir William Alfred | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) |
| Barnes, George N. | George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) |
| Barran, Sir J. N. (Hawick) | Gibson, Sir James Puckering | McGhee, Richard |
| Barton, William | Gill, Alfred Henry | Maclean, Donald |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Glanville, Harold James | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. |
| Bentham, George Jackson | Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Macpherson, James Ian |
| Boland, John Pius | Goldstone, Frank | MacVeagh, Jeremiah |
| Booth, Frederick Handel | Greenwood, Granville G. (Peterborough) | M'Callum, John M. |
| Bowerman, Charles W. | Guest, Hon. Major C. H. C. (Pembroke) | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald |
| Brace, William | Guest, Hon. Frederick E. (Dorset, E.) | M'Laren, F. W. S. (Linc, Spalding) |
| Brady, Patrick Joseph | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Galway) | Manfield, Harry |
| Brocklehurst, William B. | Hackett, John | Markham, Sir Arthur Basil |
| Brunner, John F. L. | Hall, F. (Yorks, Normanton) | Marks, Sir. George Croydon |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Hamilton, Marquess of (Londonderry) | Marshall, Arthur Harold |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Hancock, John George | Martin, Joseph |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Mason, David M. (Coventry) |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, West) | Meagher, Michael |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney C. (Poplar) | Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N. E.) | Menzies, Sir Walter |
| Byles, Sir William Pollard | Harwood, George | Millar, James Duncan |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Haslam, James (Derbyshire) | Molteno, Percy Alport |
| Cawley, Sir Frederick (Prestwich) | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | Money, L. G. Chiozza |
| Cawley, H. T. (Lancs., Haywood) | Havelock-Allan, Sir Henry | Montagu, Hon. E. S. |
| Chancellor, Henry George | Hayden, John Patrick | Morgan, George Hay |
| Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Helme, Norval Watson | Morrell, Philip |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Henry, Sir Charles | Munro-Ferguson, Rt. Hon. R. C. |
| Clynes, John R. | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon., South) | Neilson, Francis |
| Collins, G. P. (Greenock) | Higham, John Sharp | Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Hinds, John | Nolan, Joseph |
| Cotton, William Francis | Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Charles E. H. | Norman, Sir Henry |
| Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) | Holt, Richard Durning | Norton, Captain Cecil W. |
| Crawshay-Williams, Eliot | Hope, John Deans (Haddington) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| Crooks, William | Horne, Charles Silvester (Ipswich) | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) |
| Crumley, Patrick | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) |
| Davies, David (Montgomery Co.) | Hudson, Walter | O'Doherty, Philip |
| Davies, Timothy (Lincs., Louth) | Hughes, Spencer Leigh | Ogden, Fred |
| Dawes, J. A. | Hunter, William (Lanark, Govan) | O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) |
| De Forest, Baron | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. Sir Rufus | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. |
| Delany, William | Johnson, William | Palmer, Godfrey Mark |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Jones, Edgar R. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Parker, James (Halifax) |
| Devlin, Joseph | Jones, Leif Stratten (Notts, Rushcliffe) | Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) |
| Dewar, Sir J. A. | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Pearce, William (Limehouse) |
| Doris, William | Jones, William S. Glyn- (Stepney) | Pearson, Hon. Weetman H. M. |
| Duffy, William J. | Joyce, Michael | Pease, Rt. Hon. Joseph A. (Rotherham) |
| Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | Kellaway, Frederick George | Phillips, John (Longford, S.) |
| Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) | Kelly, Edward | Pointer, Joseph |
| Edwards, Clement (Glamorgan, E.) | Kemp, Sir George | Pollard, Sir George H. |
| Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) | King, J. (Somerset, N.) | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Power, Patrick Joseph | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) | Walsh, Stephen (Lancs., Ince) |
| Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Walton, Sir Joseph |
| Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) | Scanlan, Thomas | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Primrose, Hon. Neil James | Scott, A. MacCallum (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Pringle, William M. R. | Seely, Col. Rt. Hon. J. E. B. | Wardle, G. J. |
| Radford, G. H. | Sherwell, Arthur James | Waring, Walter |
| Rainy, A. Rolland | Shortt, Edward | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (South Shields) | Simon, Sir John Allsebrook | Wason, J. Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Reddy, Michael | Smith, Albert (Lancs., Clitheroe) | Webb, H. |
| Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Northampton) | White, J. Dundas (Glasgow, Tradeston) |
| Richards, Thomas | Soames, Arthur Wellesley | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) | Strachey, Sir Edward | Whitehouse, John Howard |
| Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Strauss, Edward A. (Southwark, West) | Wiles, Thomas |
| Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) | Sutherland, John E. | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) | Taylor, John W. (Durham) | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid) |
| Robertson, J. M. (Tyneside) | Tennant, Harold John | Wilson, J. W. (Worcs., N.) |
| Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) | Thomas, J. H. (Derby) | Winfrey, Richard |
| Roche, Augustine (Louth) | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) | Wood, Rt. Hon. T. McKinnon (Glasgow) |
| Roe, Sir Thomas | Toulmin, Sir George | |
| Rowlands, James | Trevelyan, Charles Philips | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Gulland and Mr. Wedgwood Benn. |
| Rowntree, Arnold | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander | |
| Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Wadsworth, John | |
| NOES. | ||
| Amery, L. C. M. S. | Fletcher, John Samuel (Hampstead) | Mildmay, Francis Bingham |
| Anson, Rt. Hon. Sir William R. | Forster, Henry William | Morrison-Bell, Capt. E. F. (Ashburton) |
| Anstruther-Gray. Major William | Foster, Philip Staveley | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honiton) |
| Archer-Shee, Major Martin | Gardner, Ernest | Mount, William Archer |
| Ashley, Wilfrid W. | Gastrell, Major W. Houghton | Newdegate, F. A. |
| Astor, Waldorf | Goldsmith, Frank | Newton, Harry Kottingham |
| Bagot, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Gordon, Hon. John Edward (Brighton) | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Orde-Powlett, Hon. W. G. A. |
| Baker, Sir Randolf L. (Dorset, N.) | Grant, J. A. | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) |
| Balcarres, Lord | Greene, Walter Raymond | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) |
| Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (City, Lond.) | Gretton, John | Peel, Captain R. F. (Woodbridge) |
| Baring, Maj. Hon. Guy V. (Winchester) | Hall, D. B. (Isle of Wight) | Peel, Hon. W. R. W. (Taunton) |
| Barnston, Harry | Hambro, Angus Valdemar | Peto, Basil Edward |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Hamersley, Alfred St. George | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Bathurst, Hon Allen B. (Glouc., E.) | Hamilton, Lord C. J. (Kensington, S.) | Ronaldshay, Earl of |
| Bathurst, Charles (Wilts, Wilton) | Harris, Henry Percy | Rothschild, Lionel D. |
| Beach, Hon. Michael Hugh Hicks | Henderson, Major H. (Berks., Abingdon) | Rutherford, John (Lancs., Darwen) |
| Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Hill, Sir Clement L. | Sanders, Robert Arthur |
| Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) | Hoare, Samuel John Gurney | Sandys, G. J. (Somerset, Wells) |
| Benn, Ion Hamilton (Greenwich) | Hope, Harry (Bute) | Smith, Harold (Warrington) |
| Boscawen, Sir Arthur S. T. Griffith- | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) | Starkey, John Ralph |
| Boyle, W. Lewis (Norfolk, Mid) | Home, William E. (Surrey, Guildford) | Stewart, Gershom |
| Boyton, James | Hunt, Rowland | Sykes, Alan John (Ches., Knutsford) |
| Brassey, H. Leonard Campbell | Ingleby, Holcombe | Sykes, Mark (Hull, Central) |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Jessel, Captain Herbert M. | Talbot, Lord Edmund |
| Bull, Sir William James | Jowett, Frederick William | Terrell, Henry (Gloucester) |
| Carlile, Sir Edward Hildred | Joynson-Hicks, William | Thorne, William (West Ham) |
| Cassel, Felix | Kebty-Fletcher, J. R. | Tryon, Capt. George Clement |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Valentia, Viscount |
| Cave, George | Kirkwood, John H. M. | Ward, Arnold S. (Herts, Watford) |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Knight, Capt. Eric Ayshford | Warde, Col. C. E. (Kent, Mid) |
| Chaloner, Colonel R. G. W. | Kyffin-Taylor, G. | Wheler, Granville C. H. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc'r.) | Larmor, Sir J. | White, Maj. G. D. (Lancs., Southport) |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Law, Rt. Hon. A. Bonar (Bootle) | Williams, Col. R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Clay, Captain H. H Spender | Lawson, Hon. H. (T. H'mts., Mile End) | Willoughby, Major Hon. Claude |
| Clive, Captain Percy Archer | Lee, Arthur Hamilton | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.) |
| Clyde, James Avon | Locker-Lampson, G. (Salisbury) | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Cooper, Richard Ashmole | Locker-Lampson, O. (Ramsey) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Wood, John (Stalybridge) |
| Croft, Henry Page | Lyttelton, Rt. Hn. A. (S. Geo., Han. S.) | Worthington-Evans, L. |
| Dixon, Charles Harvey | Mackinder, Halford J. | Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart- |
| Doughty, Sir George | MacNeill, Ronald (Kent, St. Augustine) | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Eyres-Monsell, B. M. | Magnus, Sir Philip | Yerburgh, Robert |
| Faber, George D. (Clapham) | Malcolm, Ian | Younger, Sir George |
| Falle, Bertram Godfrey | Mallaby-Deely, Harry | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— Marquess of Tullibardine and Mr. Stanier. |
| Fell, Arthur | Meysey-Thompson, E. C. |