§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThere is just one correction I have to make in the Notice of Motion which appears on the Paper as to the allocation of time for the Government of Ireland Bill. On looking through the Order Paper I find a mistake has been made in allocating the time. On the Report stage seven days should be substituted for five, and I will have the necessary correction made.
§ Lord ROBERT CECILI wish to ask you, Mr. Speaker, whether the notice which stands in the name of the Prime Minister is in order. It appears to consist of a notice of two, if not three, different Motions. The first Motion is that Government business should have precedence of all other Orders of the Day, to-morrow, and on Friday. Then there is a second Motion, "and that this day and to-morrow the proceedings upon the Temperance (Scotland) Bill be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)." The first point I desire to submit to you is that these two Motions are entirely separate and distinct, that there ought to have been separate notices given, and that they ought to be separate Motions. The second point is that the second part of the Motion appears to contemplate the suspension of the Eleven o'clock Rule both for to-day and to-morrow. Under the Standing Order it is not competent for a Minister of the Crown to move to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule to-morrow, except under the ordinary conditions of a Motion and not under the condition of that Standing Order. I wish to ask whether this Motion will therefore be capable of being debated in the ordinary way in which any other Motion is debated.
§ Mr. SPEAKERCertainly, the Motion can be debated. If the Noble Lord finds himself in any doubt as to how to vote upon it I shall be very glad to put it as two Questions.
§ Lord ROBERT CECILI should ask that the Question as to the precedence of
§ Government business should be put as a separate Question, and then that we should discuss the suspension of the Eleven o'clock Rule.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That Government business shall have precedence of all other Orders of the Day and of Notices of Motions To-morrow and on Friday."—[The Chancellor of the Exchequer.]
§ Lord ROBERT CECILI wish to ask the Government what is the meaning of this Notice of Motion—why it is necessary to have such a Motion at all at this stage of the Session I daresay there is a reason why such a Motion is necessary in order that Government business should have precedence to-morrow and on Friday. I do not myself fully understand why that should be so, and I should be glad if the Government would give some explanation of the point.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI understand the reason is that after Michaelmas the rights of private Members on Wednesday and Friday revert to them. It is, therefore, necessary in order to give precedence to Government business on Wednesday and Friday, to have a Motion of this kind.
§ Lord ROBERT CECILPrivate Members have no rights of precedence on the whole of Wednesday, but they have on Wednesday evening.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThat is so, and therefore it is necessary that this Motion should be passed if Government business is to have precedence. The same thing applies to Friday.
§ Lord ROBERT CECILI should have thought that the Motion was not well drafted because it asks precedence for Government business on Wednesday. The Government have precedence at any period of the Session on Wednesday. What they have not got is precedence on Wednesday evening.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI am told that this is the regular form, and that we are following the usual precedent.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 254; Noes,105.
165| Division No. 213.] | AYES. | [3.12 P.m. |
| Abraham, William (Dublin, Harbour) | Baker, H. T. (Accrington) | Beck, Arthur Cecil |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Balfour, Sir Robert (Lanark) | Benn, W. W. (T. H'mts, St. George) |
| Adamson, William | Baring, Sir Godfrey (Barnstaple) | Bentham, G. J. |
| Addison, Dr. C. | Barlow, Sir John Emmott (Somerset) | Bethell, Sir J. H. |
| Armitage, Robert | Barnes, G. N. | Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine |
| Arnold, Sydney | Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Boland, John Pius |
| Booth, Frederick Handel | Hughes, Spencer Leigh | Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) |
| Boyle, D. (Mayo, N.) | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. Sir Rufus | Pearce, William (Limehouse) |
| Brace, William | Jardine, Sir John (Roxburgh) | Pearson, Hon. Weetman H. M. |
| Brady, Patrick Joseph | John, Edward Thomas | Pease, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Rotherham) |
| Brunner, John F. L. | Jones, Rt. Hon. Sir D. Brynmor (Swansea) | Phillips, John (Longford, S.) |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Jones, Edgar (Merthyr Tydvil) | Pirie, Duncan Vernon |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Jones, H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Pollard, Sir George H. |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Jones, J. Towyn (Carmarthen, East) | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Jones, Leif Stratten (Notts, Rushcliffe) | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, N.) | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. S. C. (Poplar) | Jones, W. S. Glyn- (T. H'mts, Stepney) | Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) |
| Byles, Sir William Pollard | Jowett, Frederick William | Pringle, William M. R. |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W, | Joyce, Michael | Radford, George Heynes |
| Cawley, H. T. (Lancs., Heywood) | Keating, Matthew | Raffan, Peter Wilson |
| Chancellor, Henry George | Kellaway, Frederick George | Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (South Shields) |
| Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Kelly, Edward | Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Kennedy, Vincent Paul | Reddy, Michael |
| Clancy, John Joseph | King, Joseph | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) |
| Clough, William | Lamb, Ernest Henry | Redmond, William Archer (Tyrone, E.) |
| Collins, Godfrey P. (Greenock) | Lambert, Richard (Wilts, Cricklade) | Rendall, Atheistan |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Lansbury, George | Richards, Thomas |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe | Richardson, Albion (Peckham) |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, West) | Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) |
| Cotton, William Francis | Lawson, Sir W. (Cumb'rid, Cockerm'th) | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Crumley, Patrick | Leach, Charles | Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) |
| Cullinan, John | Levy, Sir Maurice | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs) |
| Daizlel, Rt. Hon. Sir J. H. (Kirkcaldy) | Lewis, John Herbert | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) |
| Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) | Logan, John William | Robertson, John M. (Tyneside) |
| Davies, Timothy (Lincs., Louth) | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Robinson, Sidney |
| Delany, William | Lundon, Thomas | Roch, Walter F. |
| Denman, Hon. Richard Douglas | Lyell, Charles Henry | Roche, Augustine (Louth) |
| Donelan, Captain A. | Lynch, Arthur Alfred | Roe, Sir Thomas |
| Doris, William | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Rowlands, James |
| Duffy, William | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) | Russell, Rt. Hon. Thomas W. |
| Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | McGhee, Richard | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | Maclean, Donald | Samuel, J. (Stockton) |
| Elverston, Sir Harold | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Esmonde, Dr. John (Tipperary, N.) | MacNeill, John G. S. (Donegal, South) | Scott, A. MacCallum (Glas., Bridgeton) |
| Esmonde, Sir Thomas (Wexford, N.) | Macpherson, James Ian | Seely, Rt. Hon. Col. J. E. B. |
| Essex, Richard Walter | McCallum, Sir John M. | Sheeny, David |
| Esslemont, George Birnie | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Sherwell, Arthur James |
| Falconer, James | M'Laren, Hon. F.W.S. (Lincs., Spalding) | Simon, Sir John Allsebrook |
| Farrell, James Patrick | M'Micking, Major Gilbert | Smith, Albert (Lancs., Clitheroe) |
| Fenwick, Rt. Hon. Charles | Manfield, Harry | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Ferens, Rt. Hon. Thomas Robinson | Marks, Sir George Croydon | Spicer, Rt. Hon. Sir Albert |
| Ffrench, Peter | Mason, David M. (Coventry) | Strauss, Edward A. (Southwark, W.) |
| Field, William | Masterman, Rt. Hon. C. F. G. | Sutherland, John E. |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | Meagher, Michael | Sutton, John E. |
| Geldér, Sir W. A. | Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.) | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd | Menzies, Sir Walter | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) |
| Gladstone, W. G. C. | Millar, James Duncan | Tennant, Harold John |
| Glanville, Harold James | Molloy, Michael | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Molteno, Percy Alport | Thorne, William (West Ham) |
| Goldstone, Frank | Mond, Sir Alfred M. | Toulmin, Sir George |
| Greenwood, Granville G. (Peterborough) | Money, L. G. Chiozza | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Greig, Colonel James William | Mooney, John J. | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward | Morgan, George Hay | Verney, Sir H. |
| Griffith, Ellis Jones | Morrell, Philip | Wadsworth, J. |
| Guest, Hon. Frederick (Dorset, E.) | Morison, Hector | Walton, Sir Joseph |
| Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Galway) | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Warner, Sir Thomas Courtenay |
| Hackett, John | Muidoon, John | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Hall, Frederick (Normanton) | Munro, Robert | Wason, J. Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Hancock, J. G. | Murray, Captain Hon. Arthur C. | Watt, Henry A. |
| Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rossendale) | Nannetti, Joseph P. | Webb, H. |
| Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Needham, Christopher T. | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-shire) | Nicholson, Sir Charles N. (Doncaster) | White, J. Dundas (Glasgow, Tradeston) |
| Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, W.) | Nolan, Joseph | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Havclock-Allan, Sir Henry | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Whitehouse, John Howard |
| Hayden, John Patrick | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Whyte, A. F. (Perth) |
| Hayward, Evan | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Hazleton, Richard | O'Doherty, Philip | Williams, Llewelyn (Carmarthen) |
| Helme, Sir Norval Watson | O'Donnell, Thomas | Williamson, Sir A. |
| Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | O'Dowd, John | Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.) |
| Henry, Sir Charles | O'Kelly, Edward P. (Wicklow, W.) | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Higham, John Sharp | O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) | Wood, Rt. Hon. T. McKinnon (Glas.) |
| Hinds, John | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Young, Samuel (Cavan, E.) |
| Hogge, James Myles | O'Shee, James John | |
| Holmes, Daniel Turner | O'Sullivan, Timothy | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Mr. |
| Horne, C. Silvester (Ipswich) | Outhwaite, R. L. | Illingworth and Mr. Gulland. |
| Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | Parker, James (Halifax) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Ashley, Wilfrid W, | Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Bathurst, Hon. A. B. (Glouc, E.) |
| Baird, J. L. | Barnston, H. | Bathurst, Charles (Wilts, Wilton) |
| Balcarres, Lord | Barrie, H. T. | Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) |
| Bennett-Goldney, Francis | Forster, Henry William | Newman, John R. P. |
| Beresford, Lord Charles | Gardner, Ernest | Nield, Herbert |
| Bigland, Alfred | Gastrell, Major W. Houghton | Norton-Griffiths, J. |
| Brassey, H. Leonard Campbell | Goldsmith, Frank | O'Neill, Hon. A. E. B. (Antrim) |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Colliding, Edward Alfred | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Bull, Sir William James | Grant, James Augustus | Paget, Almeric Hugh |
| Burgoyne, Alan Hughes | Gretton, John | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. | Gwynne, R. S. (Sussex, Eastbourne) | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Campion, W. R. | Hall, Fred (Dulwich) | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) |
| Carlile, Sir Edward Hildred | Hall, Marshall (E. Toxteth) | Peto, Basil Edward |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. | Hamilton, Lord C. J. (Kensington, S.) | Pollock, E. M. |
| Cassel, Felix | Harris, Henry Percy | Pryce-Jones, Col. E. |
| Cator, John | Henderson, Major H. (Berkshire) | Quilter, Sir W. E. C. |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Herbert, Hon, A. (Somerset, S.) | Randies, Sir John S. |
| Cave, George | Hewins, William Albert Samuel | Remnant, James Farquharson |
| Ceci, Lord Robert (Herts, Hitchin) | Hills, Sir Clement L. | Rutherford, John (Lancs., Darwen) |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Hills, John Waller (Durham) | Samuel, Sir Harry (Norwood) |
| Clyde, James Avon | Hoare, Samuel John Gurney | Sanders, Robert Arthur |
| Coates, Major Sir Edward Feetham | Hope, Harry (Bute) | Smith, Harold (Warrington) |
| Cooper, Richard Ashmole | Hope, Major J. A. (Midlothian) | Staveley-Hill, Henry |
| Courthope, George Loyd | Houston, Robert Paterson | Stewart, Gershom |
| Craig, Ernest (Cheshire, Crewe) | Hunter, Sir Charles Rodk. (Bath) | Sykes, Alan John (Ches., Knutsford) |
| Craig, Norman (Kent, Thanet) | Kebty-Fletcher, J. R. | Talbot, Lord Edmund |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Kerr-Smiley, Peter Kerr | Terrell, George (Wilts., N.W.) |
| Croft, Henry Page | Kerry, Earl of | Thompson, Robert (Belfast, North) |
| Dalziel, Davison (Brixton) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Thomson, W. Mitchell- (Down, N.) |
| Denniss, E. R. B. | Law, Rt. Hon. A. Bonar (Bootle) | Winterton, Earl |
| Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. Scott | Lewisham, Viscount | Wood, Hon. E. F. L. (Yorks, Ripon) |
| Eyres-Monsell, Bolton M. | Mackinder, Halford J. | Yate, Col. C. E. |
| Falle, Bertram Godlray | Macmaster, Donald | Younger, Sir George |
| Fell, Arthur | Malcolm, Ian | |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. W. Hayes | Mallaby-Deeley, Harry | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Marquess of Tullibardine and Sir J. D. Rees. |
| Fletcher, John Samuel | Neville, Reginald J, N, |
§ Motion made and Question proposed, "That this day and to-morrow the proceedings upon the Temperance (Scotland) Bill be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."
§ Sir FREDERICK BANBURYI beg to propose, as an Amendment, to leave out the words "and to-morrow." I regret that I was not in the House a moment ago when the Government attempted to alter our forms of procedure and smuggle through a Resolution in a manner in which it has never before been done.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Baronet cannot make the speech now which he ought to have made on the last Motion.
§ Sir F. BANBURYThis is only preliminary to the observations which I intend to make upon the Question now before the House. The reason I made the observation was we contend that having done one disorderly thing the Government are now proposing to do a second disorderly thing, and that is what we object to. If the Government had been content to bring in a Motion to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule to-night, and another Motion to-morrow to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule, provided it was necessary so to do, they could have done so without committing a great breach of the Rules of the House. Why should we decide to-day to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule to-morrow? How can we 166 know that at three or four o'clock tomorrow we shall not have finished, and that therefore it will be unnecessary to pass a Resolution to this effect? I would appeal to hon. Members below the Gangway to support this Amendment, that is assuming the Government do not accept it, which is, of course, a possibility, so as to help to protect the freedom of private Members. It may be that very soon hon. Members below the Gangway will be sitting on this side, and then they will be glad that they exercised a little foresight, and did something to preserve the rights of private Members, to whatever politics they belong.
The main question, however, is: Why should we suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule at all for the Scottish Temperance Bill? We have only returned from a very short vacation. [HON. MEMBERS: "Oh!"] I challenge any hon. Member to get up and say that the two months during which we have enjoyed opportunities for health and recreation were too long. I do not think that such a suggestion would find a single supporter on the Government Front Bench. Why, then, at the beginning of a Session, which may last until next March, should we begin by suspending the Eleven o'clock Rule? That Rule was passed in the interests of labour Members, and all hon. Members who were in the House in 1906 will bear me out in that. I am not objecting to what was done. I am always very pleased to meet hon. Members in these 167 matters when I think that it is also of advantage to myself. I am not objecting to the Eleven o'clock Rule. But let us adjourn at eleven. Do not let us pretend to new Members coming into the House that they will not have to sit after eleven, and then the moment we come back here have them finding that the Eleven o'clock Rule is going to be suspended.
Why this hurry? We are going to stay here until March. Why not, then, take time to consider carefully Scottish temperance? It is a subject of great interest to Scottish Members, and I want to hear their opinions upon it; but I do not want to hear them at three or four o'clock in the morning, when I am sleepy and when I shall not be able to give that weight which I always attach to the views of Members from Scotland. I ask the Government, at any rate, to proceed in a much more gentle manner. Fortunately they have put down this Motion in a way which will enable us to discuss it, and it is open to any hon. Member to show reason why he thinks I am wrong. Let me appeal to the Government to show a little consideration to those whose shoulders are tender after not having worn the collar for two months, and not to keep us out of our beds during the small hours of the morning so soon after our return from a pleasant vacation.
§ Mr. HAROLD SMITHI beg to second the Amendment.
§ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Lloyd George)The arguments of the hon. Baronet are so irresistible, and the geniality of his appeal to the Government is such that I cannot find in my heart to resist the Amendment.
§ Mr. SCOTT DICKSONI think the concession made by tire Government only serves to show how little consideration the Government have given to this matter. I suppose that if they had given any attention to it they would never have put down the Motion in the form in which it stands on the Paper. They are so very busy arranging their differences about land values that they have no time to consider how the business of the House should be
§ conducted. It is only another instance proving that the Government give no-thought or consideration to our business.
§ Sir G. YOUNGERI endorse the remarks made by my right hon. Friend. I am not at all surprised that the right hon. Gentleman opposite has conceded the Amendment of my hon. Friend the Member for the City of London (Sir F. Banbury). If there is one man in this House who has very little sympathy with this Bill' it is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, after what he has done to the licensed trade.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThose observations are not relevant to this Motion.
§ Sir G. YOUNGERI beg pardon. What I want to say is that I do not see why there should be any undue haste in pressing forward this measure in the small hours of the morning. It is one of great importance, and it is only right that there should be adequate reports of our proceedings; but if we are to be kept here until any hour of the morning to suit the convenience of the Secretary for Scotland, we cannot have those reports published in Scotland where the people will be ill-informed as to the trend of opinion in the House of Commons. At the present moment, I understand, the Prime Minister is receiving a deputation on this subject. A good deal may arise out of that interview, and it seems somewhat unreasonable and improper to push on this measure with only the shortest possible notice. It was only on the last day of the Summer Sitting that we were told this Bill was to be taken on our reassembling, and yesterday was our first opportunity to get Members together to consider Amendments. The whole thing has been most indecently and unfairly brought forward, and I object entirely to-the action of the Government.
§ Amendment put, and agreed to.
§ Main Question, as amended, put, "That this day the proceedings upon the Temperance (Scotland) Bill be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 262; Noes, 108.
171| Division No. 214.] | AYES. | [3.35 p.m. |
| Abraham, William (Dublin, Harbour) | Armitage, Robert | Balfour, Sir Robert (Lanark) |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Arnold, Sydney | Baring, Sir Godfrey (Barnstaple) |
| Adamson, William | Atherley-Jones, Llewellyn A. | Barlow, Sir John Emmott (Somerset) |
| Addison, Dr. C. | Baker, H. T. (Accrington) | Barnes, G. N. |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Hinds, John | O'Sullivan, Timothy |
| Beck, Arthur Cecil | Hodge, John | Outhwaite, R. L. |
| Benn, W. W. (T. H'mts, St. George) | Hogge, James Myles | Parker, James (Halifax) |
| Bentham, G. J. | Holmes, Daniel Turner | Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) |
| Bethell, Sir J. H. | Horne, Charles Silvester (Ipswich) | Pearce, William (Limehouse) |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | Pease, Rt. Hon. Joseph A. (Rotherham) |
| Boland, John Pius | Pearson, Hon. Weetman H. M. | Phillips, John (Longford, S.) |
| Booth, Frederick Handel | Hughes, Spencer Leigh | Pirie, Duncan Vernon |
| Boyle, Daniel (Mayo, North) | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. Sir Rufus | Pollard, Sir George H. |
| Brace, William | Jardine, Sir J. (Roxburgh) | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Brady, Patrick Joseph | John, Edward Thomas | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Brunner, John F. L. | Jones, Rt. Hon. Sir D. Brynmor (Sw'nsea) | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Jones, Edgar R. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Price, Sir R. J. (Norfolk, E.) |
| Burke, E. Havlland.- | Jones, H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Pringle, William M. R. |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Jones, J. Towyn (Carmarthen, East) | Radford, George Heynes |
| Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Jones, Leif Stratten (Notts, Rushcliffe) | Raffan, Peter Wilson |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (South Shields) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. S. C. (Poplar) | Jones, W. S. Glyn- (Stepney) | Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) |
| Byles, Sir William Pollard | Jowett, Frederick William | Reddy, Michael |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Joyce, Michael | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) |
| Cawley, Harold T. (Heywood) | Keating, Matthew | Redmond, William Archer (Tyrone, E.) |
| Chancellor, Henry George | Kellaway, Frederick George | Rendall, Athelstan |
| Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Kelly, Edward | Richards, Thomas |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Kennedy, Vincent Paul | Richardson, Albion (Peckham) |
| Clancy, John Joseph | King, Joseph | Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) |
| Clough, William | Lamb, Ernest Henry | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Collins, Godfrey P. (Greenock) | Lambert, Richard (Wilts, Cricklade) | Roberts, George H. (Norwich) |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Lansbury, George | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs) |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, West) | Robertson, John M. (Tyneside) |
| Cotton, William Francis | Lawson, Sir W. (Cumb'rid, Cockerm'th) | Robinson, Sidney |
| Crumley, Patrick | Leach, Charles | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) |
| Cullinan, John | Lewis, John Herbert | Roche, Augustine (Louth) |
| Dalziel, Rt. Hon. Sir J. H. (Kirkcaldy) | Logan, John William | Roe, Sir Thomas |
| Davies, E. William (Eifion) | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Rowlands, James |
| Davies, Timothy (Lincs., Louth) | Low, Sir Frederick (Norwich) | Russell, Rt. Hon. Thomas W. |
| Delany, William | Lundon, Thomas | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lyell, Charles Henry | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Donelan, Captain A. | Lynch, Arthur Alfred | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Doris, William | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Scott, A. McCallum (Glas., Bridgeton) |
| Duffy, William J. | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) | Seely, Col. Rt. Hon. J. E. B. |
| Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | McGhee, Richard | Sheeny, David |
| Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | Maclean, Donald | Sherwell, Arthur James |
| Edwards, John Hugh (Glamorgan, Mid) | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Simon, Sir John Allsebrook |
| Elverston, Sir Harold | MacNeill, John G. S. (Donegal, South) | Smith, Albert (Lancs., Clitheroe) |
| Esmonde, Dr. John (Tipperary, N.) | Macpherson, James Ian | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Esmonde, Sir Thomas (Wexford, N.) | M'Callum, Sir John M. | Spicer, Rt. Hon. Sir Albert |
| Essex, Richard Walter | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Strauss, Edward A. (Southwark, West) |
| Esslemont, George Birnie | M'Laren, Hon. F.W.S. (Lincs., Spalding) | Sutherland, John E. |
| Falconer, James | M'Micking, Major Gilbert | Sutton, John E. |
| Farrell, James Patrick | Manfield, Harry | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Tenwick, Rt. Hon. Charles | Marks, Sir George Croydon | Taylor, T. C. (Radcliffe) |
| Ferens, Rt. Hon. Thomas Robinson | Mason, David M. (Coventry) | Tennant, Harold John |
| Ffrench, Peter | Masterman, Rt. Hon. C. F. G. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Field, William | Meagher, Michael | Thorne, William (West Ham) |
| Fiennes, Hon. Eustace Edward | Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.) | Toulmin, Sir George |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | Menzies, Sir Walter | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Gelder, Sir William Alfred | Millar, James Duncan | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd | Molloy, Michael | Verney, Sir Harry |
| Ginnell, Laurence | Molteno, Percy Alport | Wadsworth, J. |
| Gladstone, W. G. C. | Mond, Sir Alfred M. | Walsh, Stephen (Lancs., Ince) |
| Glanville, Harold James | Money, L. G. Chiozza | Walton, Sir Joseph |
| Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Mooney, John J. | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Goldstone, Frank | Morgan, George Hay | Warner, Sir Thomas Courtenay |
| Greenwood, Granville G. (Peterborough) | Morrell, Philip | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Greig, Colonel James William | Morison, Hector | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Watt, Henry A. |
| Griffith, Ellis Jones | Muldoon, John | Webb, H. |
| Guest, Hon. Frederick E. (Dorset, E.) | Munro, Robert | Wedgwood, Josiah C. |
| Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Galway) | Murray, Captain Hon. Arthur C. | White, J. Dundas (Glasgow, Tradeston) |
| Hackett, John | Nannetti, Joseph P. | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Hall, Frederick (Normanton) | Needham, Christopher T. | Whitehouse, John Howard |
| Hancock, J. G. | Nicholson, Sir Charles N. (Doncaster) | Whyte, A. F. |
| Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rossendale) | Nolan, Joseph | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Williams, Llewelyn (Carmarthen) |
| Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-shire) | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Williamson, Sir A. |
| Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, West) | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.) |
| Havelock-Allan, Sir Henry | O'Doherty, Philip | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Hayden, John Patrick | O'Donnell, Thomas | Wood, Rt. Hon. T. McKinnon (Glasgow) |
| Hayward, Evan | O'Dowd, John | Young, Samuel (Cavan, East) |
| Mazleton, Richard | O'Grady, James | |
| Helme, Sir Norval Watson | O'Kelly, Edward P. (Wicklow, W.) | |
| Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Illingworth and Mr. Gulland. |
| Henry, Sir Charles | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | |
| Higham, John Sharp | O'Shee, James John |
| NOES. | ||
| Ashley, Wilfrid W. | Denniss, E. R. B. | Locker-Lampson, O. (Ramsey) |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. Scott | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. A. (S. Geo., Han. S.) |
| Balcarres, Lord | Eyres-Monsell, Bolton M. | Mackinder, Halford J. |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Falle, Bertram Godfray | Macmaster, Donald |
| Barnston, Harry | Fell, Arthur | Malcolm, Ian |
| Barrie, H. T. | Fisher, Rt. Hon. W. Hayes | Mallaby-Deeley, Harry |
| Bathurst, Hon. A. B. (Glouc, E.) | Fletcher, John Samuel | Neville, Reginald J. N. |
| Bathurst, Charles (Wilts, Wilton) | Forster, Henry William | Nield, Herbert |
| Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) | Gardner, Ernest | Norton-Griffiths, J. |
| Bennett-Goldney, Francis | Gastrell, Major W. Houghton | O'Neill, Hon. A. E. B. (Antrim, Mid) |
| Beresford, Lord Charles | Goldsmith, Frank | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Bigland, Alfred | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Paget, Almeric Hugh |
| Boyton, James | Grant, J. A. | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Brassey, H. Leonard Campbell | Gretton, John | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Gwynne, R. S. (Sussex, Eastbourne) | Peto, Basil Edward |
| Bull, Sir William James | Hall, Fred (Dulwich) | Pollock, Ernest Murray |
| Burgoyne, Alan Hughes | Hall, Marshall (E, Toxteth) | Pryce-Jones, Colonel E. |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. | Hamilton, Lord C. J. (Kensington) | Quilter, Sir W. E. C. |
| Campion, W. R. | Harris, Henry Percy | Randles, Sir John S. |
| Carlile, Sir Edward Hildred | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | Rees, Sir J. D. |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. | Henderson, Major H. (Berkshire) | Remnant, James Farquharson |
| Cassel, Felix | Herbert, Hon. A. (Somerset, S.) | Rutherford, John (Lancs., Darwen) |
| Cator, John | Hewins, William Albert Samuel | Samuel, Sir Harry (Norwood) |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Hickman, Colonel Thomas E. | Sanders, Robert Arthur |
| Cave, George | Hill, Sir Clement L. | Smith, Harold (Warrington) |
| Cecil, Lord R. (Herts, Hitchin) | Hills, John Waller | Staveley-Hill, Henry |
| Chaloner, Col. R. G. W. | Hoare, Samuel John Gurney | Stewart, Gershom |
| Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry | Hope, Harry (Bute) | Sykes, Alan John (Ches., Knutsford) |
| Clyde, James Avon | Hope, Major J. A. (Midlothian) | Talbot, Lord Edmund |
| Coates, Major Sir Edward Feetham | Houston, Robert Paterson | Thompson, Robert (Belfast, North) |
| Cooper, Richard Ashmole | Hunter, Sir Charles Rodk. | Wilson, A. Stanley (Yorks, E.R.) |
| Courthope, George Loyd | Kebty-Fletcher, J. R. | Wood, Hon. E. F. L. (Yorks, Ripon) |
| Craig, Ernest (Cheshire, Crewe) | Kerr-Smlley, Peter Kerr | Yate, Col. C. E. |
| Craig, Norman (Kent, Thanet) | Kerry, Earl of | Younger, Sir George |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | |
| Croft, H. P. | Law, Rt. Hon. A. Bonar (Bootle) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Marquess of Tuilibardine and Earl Winterton. |
| Dalziel, Davison (Brixton) | Lewisham, Viscount |
Question, "That the Clause, as amended, be added to the Bill," put, and agreed to.