§ Mr. ALFRED LYTTELTONMay I ask the Prime Minister if he can now make a statement as to the business of the House?
§ The PRIME MINISTERTo-morrow the Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill will be taken. If time permit, we shall
§ make progress with some of the other small Orders on the Paper.
§ On Monday the Committee stage of the Consolidated Fund Bill will be taken. Thereafter the Postmaster-General will propose the Money Resolution introducing the Telephone Bill, and will make an explanatory statement. Then we shall take the Second Reading of the Telegraph Construction Bill. Following that will be the Second Reading of the Old Age Pension Bill. According to the understanding when the Private Members' Bill was under discussion, this should not occupy much time. If time permits, we shall take some of the other Orders on the Paper.
§ On Tuesday the Third Reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill will he taken. It will be necessary to have a Motion adjourning the House until Monday, the 26th. In view of the recent Adjournment Motion and the several opportunities arising during these days on points of administration, probably the House will not wish for a long discussion on the Adjournment motion, but may be prepared to rise early.
§ Mr. REMNANTDoes the Prime Minister propose to take the Declaration of London on the 26th?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI do not think so. I will make a statement on Monday.
§ Motion made and Question put, "That the Proceedings on the Business of Supply, if under discussion at Eleven o'clock this night, be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and may be entered upon and proceeded with at any hour, though opposed."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 161; Noes, 74.
1685| Division No. 250.] | AYES. | [3.45 p.m. |
| Abraham, William (Dublin Harbour) | Boland, John Pius | Cory, Sir Clifford John |
| Adamson, William | Booth, Frederick Handel | Cotton, William Francis |
| Agnew, Sir George William | Bowerman, C. W. | Cowan, William Henry |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Brace, William | Crawshay-Williams, Eliot |
| Alden, Percy | Brocklehurst, William B. | Dalziel, Sir James H. (Kirkcaldy) |
| Anderson, Andrew Macbeth | Burke, E. Haviland | Davies, David (Montgomery Co.) |
| Armitage, Robert | Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Davies, Timothy (Lincs., Louth) |
| Anguith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) |
| Atherley-Jones, Llewellyn A. | Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney C. (Poplar) | Dawes, J. A. |
| Baker, Harold T. (Accrington) | Byles, William Pollard | Denman, Hon. R. D. |
| Baring, Sir Godfrey (Barnstaple) | Cameron, Robert | Dewar, Sir J. A. |
| Barlow, Sir John Emmott (Somerset) | Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Dickinson, W. H. |
| Barran, Rowland Hurst (Leeds, N.) | Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) |
| Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Clough, William | Edwards, John Hugh (Glamorgan, Mid) |
| Beale, William Phipson | Collins, Godfrey P. (Greenock) | Elibank, Rt. Hon. Master of |
| Benn, W. W. (T. H'mts., St. George) | Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Elverston, Harold |
| Bethell, Sir John Henry | Compton-Rickett, Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Esslemont, George Birnie |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Corbett, A. Cameron | Falconer, J. |
| Black, Arthur W. | Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Fenwick, Charles |
| France, G. A. | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Robertson, John M. (Tyneside) |
| Furness, Stephen | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) |
| Gelder, Sir William Alfred | M'Callum, John M. | Rowlands, James |
| George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Seely, Colonel Rt. Hon. J. E. B. |
| Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | M'Laren, H. D. (Leics.) | Smith, Albert (Lancs., Clitheroe) |
| Greenwood, Hamar (Sunderland) | M'Laren, F. W. S. (Lincs., Spalding) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Northampton) |
| Griffith, Ellis Jones (Anglesey) | Markham, Arthur Basil | Spicer, Sir Albert |
| Guest, Hon. Frederick E. (Dorset, E.) | Martin, Joseph | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Hall, Frederick (Normanton) | Mason, David M. (Coventry) | Strauss, Edward A. (Southwark, West) |
| Hancock, John George | Menzies, Sir Walter | Sutton, John E |
| Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, West) | Millar, James Duncan | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N.E.) | Molteno, Percy Alport | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) |
| Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | Montagu, Hon. E. S. | Tennant, Harold John |
| Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor | Morgan, George Hay | Thomas, J. H. (Derby) |
| Higham, John Sharp | Morrell, Philip | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Charles E. H. | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Toulmin, George |
| Holt, Richard Durning | Neilson, Francis | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) | Verney, Sir Harry |
| Hughes, Spencer Leigh | Nolan, Joseph | Wadsworth, John |
| Isaacs, Sir Rufus Daniel | Norton, Captain Cecil W. | Walsh, Stephen (Lancs., Ince) |
| Johnson, W. | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Jones, Sir D. Brynmor (Swansea) | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Jones, Edgar R. (Merthyr Tydvil) | O'Grady, James | Wardle, G. J. |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Parker, James (Halifax) | Wason, Rt. Hen. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Jones, Leif Stratten (Notts, Rushcliffe) | Pease, Rt. Hon. Joseph A. (Rotherham) | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Pickersgill, Edward Hare | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| Jones, W. S. Glyn- (Stepney) | Pirie, Duncan V | Wiles, Thomas |
| Kellaway, Frederick George | Pollard, Sir George H. | Wilkie, Alexander |
| King, J. (Somerset, N.) | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid) |
| Lambert, George (Devon, S. Molton) | Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) | Winfrey, Richard |
| Leach, Charles | Pringle, William M. R. | Wood, T. McKinnon (Glasgow) |
| Lewis, John Herbert | Rainy, A. Rolland | Yoxall, Sir James Henry |
| Logan, John William | Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (South Shields) | |
| Lynch, A. A. | Richards, Thomas | TELLERS FOR THE AYES:—Mr. Illingworth and Mr. Gulland. |
| Macdonald, J. Ramsay (Leicester) | Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) | |
| Maclean, Donald | Roberts, George H. (Norwich) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Hood, Rt. Hon. Sir Alex. F. | Flannery, Sir J. Fortescue | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) |
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Fletcher, John Samuel (Hampstead) | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Amery, L. C. M. S. | Forster, Henry William | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major William | Foster, Philip Staveley | Perkins, Walter Frank |
| Archer-Shee, Major M. | Goulding, E. A. | Peto, Basil Edward |
| Ashley, W. W. | Gwynne, R. S. (Sussex, Eastbourne) | Rawson, Colonel Richard H. |
| Bagot, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Hamilton, Lord C. J. (Kensington, S.) | Remnant, James Farquharson |
| Baird, J. L. | Hardy, Laurence (Kent, Ashford) | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecciesall) |
| Baker, Sir R. L. (Dorset, N.) | Hoare, Samuel John Gurney | Sanderson, Lancelot |
| Balcarres, Lord | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) | Snowden, Philip |
| Barnston, H. | Horne, W. E. (Surrey, Guildford) | Spear, John Ward |
| Beach, Hon. Michael Hugh Hicks | Houston, Robert Paterson | Starkey, John Ralph |
| Beckett, Hon. William Gervase | Hunt, Rowland | Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staffordshire) |
| Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) | Jewett, Frederick William | Stewart, Gershom |
| Bennett-Goldney, Francis | Kerry, Earl of | Swift, Rigby |
| Bird, Alfred | Knight, Captain Eric Ayshford | Terrell, George (Wilts. N.W.) |
| Boyle, W. Lewis (Norfolk, Mid) | Law, Andrew Bonar (Bootle, Lancs.) | Thomson, W. Mitchell (Down, North) |
| Bridgeman, W. Clive | Lawson, Hon. H. (T. H'mts., Mile End) | Thorne, William (West Ham) |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Salisbury) | Tobin, Alfred Aspinall |
| Campion, W. R. | Lockwood, Rt Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Tullibardine, Marquess of |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Lyttelton, Rt. hon. A. (S. Geo.,Han. S.) | Ward, Arnold S. (Herts, Watford) |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Lyttelton, Hon. J. C. (Droitwich) | Warde, Col. C. E. (Kent, Mid) |
| Courthope, George Loyd | Magnus, Sir Philip | |
| Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) | Mason, James F. (Windsor) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Fell and Mr. Stanier. |
| Croft, Henry Page | Newton, Harry Kottingham | |
| Falle, Bertram Godfray | O'Neill, Hon. A. E. B. (Antrim, Mid) |
Resolution agreed to.