§ This Act may be cited as the Parliament Act, 1911.
§ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMANThe Amendments put down to this Clause are not in order.
Motion made and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
§ Dr. HILLIERI wish to ask a question with regard to the Amendment I have handed in. At the outset of this Debate the Prime Minister clearly indicated that he was prepared to accept Amendments in phrasing. At any rate, my Amendment would improve the phrasing, and it has an advantage, because it would be more accurate than that which is contained in the Bill. My Amendment is to leave out the words "Parliament Act" and insert the words "Logroller's Charter."
§ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMANIf the hon. Member will consult Sir Erskine May, he will see that Amendments proposed in a spirit of mockery are not received by the Chair.
§ Mr. MALCOLMI hope I am not to understand that Sir Erskine May's dictum has enabled you to rule that my Amendment to call the Parliament Bill a "Single Chamber Bill" is one proposed in a spirit of mockery, because it is only putting a coping-stone of truth to the Bill.
§ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMANIt is not in order for the hon. Member to contest the ruling of the Chair on that point.
§ Mr. MALCOLMI should be very sorry to contest the ruling of the Chair. I was merely asking on what ground you ruled my Amendment out of order, and whether it was that it was proposed in a spirit of mockery?
§ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMANIf the hon. Member asks me, that was my reason.
§ Colonel GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENMay I suggest that the words proposed by my hon. Friend (Dr. Hillier) are not a mockery, but a plain statement of fact?
§ 12.0 M.
§ Sir F. BANBURYI wish to object to the Clause standing part of the Bill, because I do not think it correctly describes the Bill. The Clause says it may be cited as "The Parliament Act, 1011." I do not think that is a correct description of the Bill. I am not going to suggest the words proposed by my hon. Friend, nor do I suggest any other word in this particular Clause, because the time for doing so has gone by, but I do suggest we might leave out this Clause to afford the Government an opportunity on the Report stage of introducing words which would really be accurate and would describe what the Bill is and what they intend it to be. It is absolutely inadequate to describe it as the Parliament Bill. It will not enact that Parliament, but one Chamber of Parliament, or one-half of the two Estates of the Realm, shall do something. That may be right or it may be wrong, but, at any rate, let us be straightforward. When we vote and support a measure let 363 us describe its proper characteristics in such words as may be understood of the people. At the present moment, if we allow this Clause to stand part of the Bill, it will go forth to the country that this is a Parliament Bill. I have shown that it is not a Parliament Bill in the true sense of the word; not a Parliament Bill in the sense that Parliament has always been understood in this country. It has always been defined as consisting of two Estates—Lords and Commons. For the future, under this Bill, it is only to consist of one Chamber: the other Chamber is to be a place to which may be relegated hon. Gentlemen who wish to be called "My Lord," and when they are found not to be of much use here. If we wish to be consistent, truthful, and logical, we must agree to this Amendment.
Mr. PEELI have to take exception to one statement by the hon. Baronet. I think he fell into a grave historical error, and I am sure be will wish before this Clause is disposed of to have the mistake set right. He spoke of two Estates of the Realm, and of two Chambers. But I would point out there are three Estates of the Realm—the Lords Temporal, the Lords Spiritual—
§ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMANIt is not relevant on this Clause to give a history lesson.
Mr. PEELI did not wish to put my observation in the form of a lecture on history. I merely rise to put the hon. Baronet right.
§ Mr. JAMES HOPEA point of some substance has been raised, and we ought to have a definite pronouncement from a Law Officer of the Crown upon it. This Clause says the Bill is to be known as the Parliament Bill. There is apparently a great difference of opinion in the House as to the proper definition of "Parliament." Can the Attorney-General give it?
§ Dr. HILLIERI should like with the Committee's permission to adduce a few reasons why we should hesitate to bestow such a high-sounding title on this very indifferent Act. This Act, the Clause states, is to be called the Parliament Act. May I remind the Committee that on several occasions right hon. Gentlemen on the Government side have assured the House that the Act was merely to be regarded as a stepping-stone—as an instru- 364 ment for passing certain other Acts? It is not, therefore, in, any sense fairly described by such Constitutional phrasing as "The Parliament Act." It is a temporary expedient—
§ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMANThis is an argument on the Bill: not on the title.
§ Dr. HILLIERMay I not adduce it as an argument to show that this is not a proper title for this Act? There are very good reasons which can be advanced for it, and one of the strongest is the assurance so frequently given that this is a temporary measure—a means to an end.
§ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMANThe hon. Member is going into the merits of the Bill itself.
§ Dr. HILLIERAm I not entitled to adduce reasons to show that this is not a proper title for this particular Act?
§ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMANThe hon. Member must discuss the matter without going into the merits of the Bill.
§ Dr. HILLIERMay I point out the nature of this Bill which would make this title inappropriate. Of course I abide by your ruling, Sir, but I do respectfully submit that you may consider that it is in order to discuss the nature of this Act as one of the reasons why this is an inappropriate title. The short title I submit is not a happy one, nor is it an accurate one, and I think that contention might fairly well be based upon the nature of this measure, and it was upon that that I ventured to address a few observations to this Committee. We have been continually told that this is not a Parliament Bill as it stands, but is practically a temporary measure to deal with a temporary difficulty of the present Government. That is, if you will consider it, the nature of this measure and the assurances which we have had from the right hon. Gentleman make it perfectly clear that this measure is avowedly intended to give our present Government power to deal with certain difficulties which they have not been able to avoid.
§ Mr. WATSON RUTHERFORDI submit that if we leave out this Clause which we are discussing this Act would have to be cited by its full title at the beginning of the Bill. My reason for leaving out this Clause which gives the short title is that this so-called title is not descriptive of the real contents of the Bill itself. I take it 365 that we are quite in order in insisting that this particular Clause should be left out. It is not necessary to the passing of the Act at all. It does not do anything except to enable this particular Bill if it becomes an Act to be cited by a name which ought not to be given to it. Why should we when we have gone through this Bill word for word and Clause for Clause finish off by enabling the authors of it to call it by a name which is entirely illusory? If it created a Parliament or did anything in the way of consolidating Parliament there would be some ground for the name that is proposed to be given to it. But no part of the Bill creates or constitutes Parliament, and to call it a Parliament Act is directly contrary to the fact. The first Clause practically destroys one portion of Parliament.
§ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMANThe hon. Member is beginning to do what, he said he would not do.
§ Mr. W. RUTHERFORDIt is not my intention to discuss the merits of the Clause. I do not deny that a man who has a child born has a right to call it by any name he thinks fit, and the Government have a somewhat similar prescriptive right to give this Bill any illusory or deceptive name they may think proper.
§ But it is surely adding insult to injury to pretend that, they have created something in the nature of a Parliament. I could cite many cases where this point has been raised in the last 175 years. It has been a common dodge from time to time to call a Bill by some name which Would deceive the electorate and which under certain circumstances might even deceive the very elect. This is the only occasion we have as Members of the Opposition of protesting against a course of that kind being adopted, and we are determined to contest that point. There are other Members here who are prepared to get up and make a last stand against the degradation of Parliament, which has been brought about by the conduct of the Government in christening this child by a bastard name. I must give way to some of my hon. Friends who wish to state further reasons against the name given to the Bill.
§ Mr. CHURCHILLrose in his place, and claimed to move, "That the Question be now put."
§ Question put, "That the Question be now put."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 241; Noes, 92.
367| Division No. 213.] | AYES. | [12.20 a.m. |
| Abraham, William (Dublin) | Corbett, A. Cameron | Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford |
| Abraham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Rhondda) | Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Goldstone, Frank |
| Acland, Francis Dyke (Camborne) | Cotton, William Francis | Greenwood, Granville G. (Peterborough) |
| Adamson, William | Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) | Greig, Colonel James William |
| Addison, Dr. Christopher | Crawshay-Williams, E. | Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward |
| Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Crumley, Patrick | Griffith, Ellis Jones |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Dalziel, Sir James H. (Kirkcaldy) | Guest, Hon. F. E. (Dorset, E.) |
| Allen, Arthur A. (Dumbartonshire) | Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) | Gulland, John William |
| Allen, Charles P. (Stroud) | Davies, Timothy (Louth) | Gwynne, Stephen Lucius (Galway) |
| Armitage, Robert | Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) | Hackett, John |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Dawes, James Arthur | Hall, F. (Yorks, Normanton) |
| Baker, Harold T. (Accrington) | Denman Hon. Richard Douglas | Hancock, John George |
| Baker, Joseph Allen (Finsbury, E.) | Dewar, Sir J. A. | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) |
| Barran, Sir John N. (Hawick B.) | Dillon, John | Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Barran, Rowland Hirst (Leeds, N.) | Doris, William | Harvey, A. C. C. (Rochdale) |
| Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, West) |
| Barton, William | Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) | Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Beauchamp, Edward | Edwards, A. C. (Glam., E.) | Harwood, George |
| Bentham, George Jackson | Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) | Haslam, James (Derbyshire) |
| Black, Arthur W. | Edwards, J. H. (Glam., Mid.) | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) |
| Booth, Frederick Handel | Elibank, Rt. Hon. Master of | Havelock-Allan, Sir Henry |
| Bowerman, Charles W. | Elverston, Harold | Haworth, Arthur A. |
| Boyle, Daniel (Mayo, North | Esmonde, Dr. J. (Tipperary, N.) | Hayden, John Patrick |
| Brace, William | Esmonde, Sir T. (Wexford, N.) | Hayward, Evan |
| Brady, Patrick Joseph | Essex, Richard Walter | Helme, Norval Watson |
| Brocklehurst, William B. | Falconer, James | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John (Battersea) | Fenwick, Charles | Henry, Sir Charles |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North | Ferens, Thomas Robinson | Herbert, Cal. Sir Ivor |
| Cawley, Sir Frederick (Prestwich) | Ffrench, Peter | Higham, John Sharp |
| Chancellor, Henry George | Field, William | Hinds, John |
| Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Fiennes, Hon. Eustace Edward | Holt, Richard Durning |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Fitzgibbon, John | Hope, John Deans (Haddington) |
| Clough, William | Flavin, Michael Joseph | Horne, Charles Silvester (Ipswich) |
| Clynes, John R. | France, Gerald Ashburner | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey |
| Collins, Godfrey P. (Greenock) | Gelder, Sir William Alfred | Hughes, Spencer Leigh |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Gibson, Sir James Puckering | Hunter, William (Lanark, Govan) |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Gill, Alfred Henry | Illingworth, Percy H. |
| Isaacs, Sir Rufus Daniel | Needham, Christopher Thos. | Rose, Sir Charles Day |
| John, Edward Thomas | Neilson, Francis | Rowntree, Arnold |
| Johnson, William | Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Jones, Edgar R. (Merthyr Tyvil) | Nolan, Joseph | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Norman, Sir Henry | Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) |
| Jones, Leif (Rushcliffe) | Norton, Capt. C. W. (Newington, W.) | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Jones, Wm. (Carnarvonshire) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Scott, A. M'Callum (Bridgeton) |
| Jones, Wm. S. Glyn- (Stepney) | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Seely, Rt. Hon. Col. |
| Joyce, Michael | O'Doherty, Philip | Sheehy, David |
| Keating, Matthew | O'Dowd, John | Simon, Sir John Allsebrook |
| Kellaway, Frederick George | Ogden, Fred | Smith, Albert (Clitheroe) |
| Kelly, Edward | O'Grady, James | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) |
| Kennedy, Vincent Paul | O'Kelly, Edward P. (Wicklow, W.) | Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N.W.) |
| King, Joseph (Somerset, North | O'Malley, William | Summers, James Woolley |
| Lambert, Richard (Cricklade) | O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) | Sutton, John E. |
| Lansbury, George | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Law, Hugh Alexander (Donegal, W.) | O'Sullivan, Timothy | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) |
| Lawson, Sir Wilfrid (Cockermouth) | Palmer, Godfrey Mark | Toulmin, George |
| Levy, Sir Maurice | Parker, James (Halifax) | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Lewis, John Herbert | Pearce, Robert (Leek) | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Logan, John William | Pearson, Hon. Weetman H. M. | Verney, Sir H. |
| Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Pease, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Rotherham) | Walsh, Stephen (Lancashire, Ince) |
| Low, Sir Frederick (Norwich) | Phillips, John (Longford, S.) | Warner, Sir Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Lundon, Thomas | Pickersgill, Edward Hare | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Lyell, C. H. | Pointer, Joseph | Webb, H. |
| Lynch, Arthur Alfred | Pollard, Sir George H. | White, Sir George (Norfolk) |
| Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Maclean, Donald | Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) | White, Patrick (Meath, North |
| Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Priestley, Sir W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) | Whitehouse, John Howard |
| MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Primrose, Hon. Neil James | Whyte, Alexander F. (Perth) |
| MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Pringle, William M. R. | Wiles, Thomas |
| M'Curdy, Charles Albert | Radford, George Heynes | Wilkie, Alexander |
| M'Laren, F. W. S. (Line., Spalding) | Raphael, Sir Herbert Henry | Williams, John (Glamorgan) |
| M'Laren, W. S. B. (Crewe) | Reddy, Michael | Williams, Penry (Middlesbrough) |
| Manfield, Harry | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.) |
| Marks, George Croydon | Redmond, William (Clare, E.) | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid) |
| Mason, David M. (Coventry) | Rendall, Athelstan | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestershire, N.) |
| Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Richards, Thomas | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.) | Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) | Wood, T. M'Kinnon (Glasgow) |
| Millar, Duncan | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Young, William (Perth, East) |
| Molloy, Michael | Roberts, George H. (Norwich) | |
| Money, L. G. Chiozza | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. |
| Mooney, John J. | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) | Dudley Ward and Mr. Wedgwood |
| Morfell, Philip | Robinson, Sidney | Benn. |
| Munro-Ferguson, Rt. Hon. R. C. | Roe, Sir Thomas | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Hood, Rt. Hon. Sir Alex. F. | Craik, Sir Henry | M'Calmont, Colonel James |
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Dalrymple, Viscount | Malcolm, Ian |
| Altken, William M. | Dixon, Charles Harvey | Mason, James F. (Windsor) |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Fell, Arthur | Mildmay, Francis Bingham |
| Ashley, Wilfrid W. | Fisher, William Hayes | Neville, Reginald J. |
| Astor, Waldorf | Fitzroy, Hon. Edward A. | Norton-Griffiths, J. (Wednesbury) |
| Bagot, Lt.-Col. Josceline | Forster, Henry William | O'Neill, Hon. A. E. B. (Antrim, Mid) |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Foster, Philip Staveley | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Baker, Sir Randolf L. (Dorset, N.) | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Peel, Hon. William R. W. (Taunton) |
| Balcarres, Lord | Grant, James Augustus | Pollock, Ernest Murray |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Greene, Walter Raymond | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Gretton, John | Pryce-Jones, Col. E. |
| Banner, John S. Harmood | Guinness, Hon. Walter Edward | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Barnston, Harry | Hall, D. B. (Isle of Wight) | Rawson, Col. Richard H. |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Hall, Fred (Dulwich) | Rutherford, W. (W. Derby) |
| Beckett, Hon. William Gervase | Hardy, Laurence (Kent, Ashford) | Salter, Arthur Clavell |
| Bennett-Goldney, Francis | Hillier, Dr. Alfred Peter | Sanders, Robert Arthur |
| Bentick, Lord H. Cavendish- | Hill-Wood, S. (High Peak) | Sanderson, Lancelot |
| Beresford, Lord Charles | Hope, Harry (Bute) | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) |
| Bird, Alfred | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) | Stanley, Hon. Arthur (Ormskirk) |
| Boscawen, Col, A. S. T. Griffith- | Horner, Andrew Long | Stanley, Major Hon. G. F. (Preston) |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Houston, Robert Paterson | Swift, Rigby |
| Burdett-Coutts, William | Hunt, Rowland | Thynne, Lord Alexander |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Torquay) | Jardine, Ernest (Somerset, East) | Walker, Col. W. H. |
| Carlile, Edward Hildred | Joynson-Hicks, William | Wheler, Granville C. H. |
| Cassel, Felix | Kebty-Fletcher, J. R. | Williams, Col. R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Cave, George | Kerry, Earl of | Winterton, Earl |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Oxford Univ.) | Larmor, Sir Joseph | Yate, Col. Charles Edward |
| Chaloner, Col, R. G. W. | Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | |
| Clay, Captain H. H. Spender | Lyttelton, Hon. J. C. (Droitwich) | TELLEP.S FOR THE NOES.—viscount |
| Clyde, James Avon | MacCaw, Wm. J. MacGeagh | Valentia and Mr. Pike Pease. |
| Craig, Norman (Kent, Thanet) | Macmaster, Donald |
§ Question put accordingly, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
368§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 242; Noes, 96.
371| Division No. 214.] | AYES. | [12.26 a.m. |
| Abraham, William (Dublin Harbour) | Guest, Hon. Frederick E. (Dorset, E.) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| Abraham, Rt. Hon. William (Rhondda) | Gulland, John William | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N) |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Galway) | O'Doherty, Philip |
| Adamson, William | Hackett, John | O'Dowd, John |
| Addison, Dr. Christopher | Hall, Frederick (Normanton) | Ogden, Fred |
| Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Hancock, J. G. | O'Grady, James |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | O'Kelly, Edward P. (Wicklow, W.) |
| Allen A. A. (Dumbartonshire) | Hardie, J. Keir (Methyr Tydvil) | O'Malley, William |
| Allen, Charles Peter (Stroud) | Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) |
| Armitage, Robert | Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, W.) | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. |
| Ashton, Thomas Gair | Harvey, W E. (Derbyshire, N.E.) | O'Sullivan, Timothy |
| Baker, H. T. (Accrington) | Harwood, George | Palmer, Godfrey Mark |
| Baker, Joseph Allen (Finsbury, E.) | Haslam, James (Derbyshire) | Parker, James Halifax |
| Barran, Sir J. N. (Hawick) | Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | Peace, Robert (Staffs, Leek) |
| Barran, Rowland Hirst (Leeds, N.) | Havelock-Allan, Sir Henry | Pearson, Hon. Weetman H. M. |
| Barry, Redmond John (Tyrone, N.) | Haworth, Arthur A. | Pease, Rt. Hon. Joseph A. (Rotherham) |
| Barton, W. | Hayden, John Patrick | Pickersgill, Edward Hare |
| Beauchamp, Edward | Hayward, Evan | Pointer, Joseph |
| Bentham, G. J. | Helme, Norval Watson | Pollard, Sir George H. |
| Black, Arthur W. | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Booth, Frederick Handel | Henry, Sir Charles S. | Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) |
| Bowerman, C. W. | Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor | Priestley, Sir W. E. B. (Bradford. E.) |
| Boyle, Daniel (Mayo, North | Higham, John Sharp | Primrose, Hon. Neil James |
| Brace, William | Hinds, John | Pringle, William M. R |
| Brady, Patrick Joseph | Holt, Richard Durning | Radford, George Heynes |
| Brocklehurst, William B. | Hope, John Deans (Haddington) | Raphael, Sir Herbert Henry |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Horne, Charles Silvester (Ipswich) | Reddy, Michael |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, N) | Howard, Hon, Geoffrey | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) |
| Cawley, Sir Frederick (Prestwich) | Hughes, Spencer Leigh | Redmond, William (Clare, E.) |
| Chancellor, Henry George | Hunter, William (Lanark, Govan) | Rendall, Athelstan |
| Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Illingworth, Percy H. | Richards, Thomas |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Isaacs, Sir Rufus Daniel | Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) |
| Clough, William | John, Edward Thomas | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Clynes, John R. | Johnson, W. | Roberts, George H. (Norwich) |
| Collins, Godfrey P. (Greenock) | Jones, Edgar (Merthyr Tydvil) | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs) |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Jones, H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Jones, Leif Statten (Notts, Rushcliffe) | Robinson, Sidney |
| Corbett, A. Cameron | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Roe, Sir Thomas |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Jones, W. S. Glyn- (T. H'mts, Stepney) | Rose, Sir Charles Day |
| Cory, Sir Clifford John | Joyce, Michael | Rowntree, Arnold |
| Cotton, William Francis | Keating, Matthew | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) | Kellaway, Frederick George | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Crawshay-Williams, Eliot | Kelly, Edward | Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) |
| Crumley, Patrick | Kennedy, Vincent Paul | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Dalziel, Sir James H. (Kirkcaldy) | King, Joseph (Somerset, North | Scott,A. MacCallum (Glasgow, Bridgeton) |
| Davies, Ellis William (Eiffon) | Lambert, Richard (Wilts, Cricklade) | Seeley, Colonel Rt. Hon. J. E. B. |
| Davies, Timothy (Lincs., Louth) | Lansbury, George | Sheehy, David |
| Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, West) | Simon, Sir John Allsebrook |
| Dawes, J. A. | Lawson, Sir W. (Cumb'rld.,Cockermth) | Smith, Albert (Lanes, Clitheroe) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Levy, Sir Maurice | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) |
| Devlin, Joseph | Lewis, John Herbert | Stanley, Albert (Staffs., N.W.) |
| Dewar, Sir J. A. | Logan, John William | Summers, James Woolley |
| Dillon, John | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Sutton, John E. |
| Doris, William | Low, Sir Frederick (Norwich) | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | Lundon, Thomas | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) |
| Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) | Lyell, Charles Henry | Toulmin, George |
| Edwards, Allen C. (Glamorgan, E.) | Lynch, Arthur Alfred | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Edwards, Enoch (Hanley) | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Edwards, John Hugh (Glamorgan, Mid) | Maclean, Donald | Verney, Sir Harry |
| Elibank, Rt. Hon. Master of | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Walsh, Stephen (Lancs., Ince) |
| Elverston Harold | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Warner, Sir Thomas Courtenay |
| Esmonde, Dr. John (Tipperary, N.) | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Esmonde, Sir Thomas (Wexford, N.) | M'Curdy, Charles Albert | Webb, H. |
| Essex, Richard Walter | M'Laren, F. W. S. (Lincs., Spalding) | White, Sir George (Norfolk) |
| Falconer, James | M'Laren, Walter S. B. (Ches., Crewe) | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Fenwick, Charles | Manfield, Harry | White, Patrick (Meath, North |
| Ferens, Thomas Robinson | Marks George Croydon | Whitehouse, John Howard |
| Ffrench, Peter | Mason, David M. (Coventry) | Whyte, A. F. |
| Field, William | Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Wiles, Thomas |
| Fiennes, Hon. Eustace Edward | Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.) | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Fitzgibbon, John | Millar, James Duncan | Williams, John (Glamorgan) |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | Molloy, Michael | Williams, Penry (Middlesbrough) |
| France, Gerald Ashburner | Money, L. G. Chiozza | Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.) |
| Gelder, Sir W. A. | Mooney, John J. | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.) |
| Gibson, Sir James Puckering | Morrell, Philip | Wilson, J. W. (Worcestershire, N.) |
| Gill, A. H. | Munro-Ferguson, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Needham, Christopher T. | Wood, T. McKinnon (Glasgow) |
| Goldstone, Frank | Neilson, Francis | Young, William (Perth, East) |
| Greenwood, Granville G. (Peterborough) | Nicholson, Charles N. (Doncaster) | |
| Greig, Colonel James William | Nolan, Joseph | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. |
| Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward | Norman, Sir Henry | Illingworth and Mr. Wedgwood |
| Griffith, Ellis J. | Norton, Captain Cecil W. | Benn. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Hood, Rt. Hon. Sir Alex. F. | Crack, Sir Henry | M'Calmont, Colonel James |
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Dalrymple, Viscount | Mason, James F. (Windsor) |
| Altken, William Max | Dixon, Charles Harvey | Mildmay, Francis Bingham |
| Arkwright, John Stanhope | Fell, Arthur | Neville, Reginald J. N. |
| Ashley, Wilfrid W. | Fisher, William Hayes | Norton-Griffiths, J. |
| Astor, Waldorf | Fitzroy, Hon. Edward A. | O'Neill, Hon. A. E. B. (Antrim, Mid.) |
| Bagot, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Forster, Henry William | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Foster, Philip Staveley | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) |
| Baker, Sir Randall L. (Dorset, N.) | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Peel, Hon. W. R. W. (Taunton) |
| Balcarres, Lord | Grant, J. A. | Pollock, Ernest Murray |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Greene, Walter Raymond | Pretyman, Ernest George |
| Banbury, Sir Fredeick George | Gretton, John | Pryce-Jones, Col. E. |
| Banner, John S. Harmood- | Guinness, Hon. Walter Edward | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Barnston, H. | Hall, D. B. (Isle of Wight) | Rawson, Colonel Richard H. |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Hall, Fred (Dulwich) | Salter, Arthur Clavell |
| Beckett, Hon. William Gervase | Hardy, Laurence | Sanders, Robert Arthur |
| Bennett-Goldney, Francis | Hillier, Dr. Alfred Peter | Sanderson, Lancelot |
| Bentinck, Lord H. Cavendish | Hill-Wood, Samuel | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) |
| Beresford, Lord Charles | Hope, Harry (Bute) | Stanley, Hon. Arthur (Ormskirk) |
| Bird, Alfred | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) | Stanley, Hon. G. F. (Preston) |
| Boscawen, Col. A. S. T. Griffith- | Horner, Andrew Long | Swift, Rigby |
| Bridgeman, W. Clive | Houston, Robert Paterson | Sykes, Allan John |
| Burdett-Coutts, William | Hunt, Rowland | Thynne, Lord Alexander |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. | Jardine, Ernest (Somerset E.) | Touche, George Alexander |
| Carlile, Edward Hildred | Joynson-Hicks, William | Valentia, Viscount |
| Cassel, Felix | Kebty-Fletcher, J. R. | Walker, Colonel William Hall |
| Cave, George | Kerry, Earl of | Wheler, Granville C. H. |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Larmor, Sir J. | Williams, Col. R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Oxford Univ.) | Lawson, Hon. H. (T. H'mts., Mile End) | Winterton, Earl |
| Chaloner, Colonel R. G. W. | Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Yate, Colonel C. E. |
| Clay, Captain H. H. Spender | Lyttelton, Hon. J. C. (Droitwich) | |
| Clyde, James Avon | MacCaw, William J. MacGeagh | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. |
| Craig, Norman (Kent, Thanet) | Macmaster, Donald | Watson Rutherford and Mr. Malcolm. |