§ (1) Subject to such appeal as is hereinafter mentioned the Welsh Commissioners shall have full power to decide all questions, whether of law or of fact, which it may be necessary to decide for the purposes of this Act, and shall not be subject to be restrained in the due execution of their powers under this Act by the order of any Court, nor shall any proceedings before them be removed by certiorari into any Court.
§ (2) The Welsh Commissioners with respect to—
- (a) enforcing the attendance of witnesses, after a tender of their expenses, the examination of witnesses, and the production of deeds, books, papers, and documents;
- (b) issuing any commission for the examination of witnesses;
- (c) punishing persons refusing to give evidence or to produce documents, or guilty of contempt in the presence of the Commissioners or any of them sitting in open Court; and
- (d) making or enforcing any order made by them for carrying into effect this Act;
§ shall have all such powers, rights, and privileges as are vested in the High Court for such or the like purposes, and all proceedings before the Commissioners shall in law be judicial proceedings before a Court of Record.
§ (3) The Welsh Commissioners may review and rescind or vary any order or decision previously made by them or any of them; but save as aforesaid, and as by this Act provided, every order or decision of the Welsh Commissioners shall be final.
§ (4) They shall make general rules for regulating their procedure under this Act, and generally for securing the due execution of their powers, and giving effect to this Act. All such general rules shall be submitted to His Majesty the King in Council for confirmation, and when so confirmed, with or without modifications, shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament, and shall have effect as if enacted by this Act.
§ (5) They shall in each year make a Report to the Secretary of State of their proceedings under this Act, and this Report shall be laid before Parliament.
§ Question put, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 236; Noes, 119.
791| Division No. 487.] | AYE5. | [5.4 p.m. |
| Abraham, William (Dublin, Harbour) | Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Delany, William |
| Adamson, William | Byles, Sir William Pollard | Denman, Hon. R. D. |
| Alden, Percy | Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Devlin, Joseph |
| Allen, Arthur A. (Dumbarton) | Cawley, H. T. (Lancs., Heywood) | Dillon, John |
| Allen, Rt. Hon. Charles P. (Stroud) | Chancellor, H. G. | Donelan, Captain A. |
| Atherley-Jones Llewellyn A. | Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Doris, A. |
| Baker, Joseph Allen (Finsbury, E.) | Clancy, John Joseph | Duffy, William J. |
| Baring, Sir Godfrey (Barnstaple) | Clough, William | Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) |
| Barnes, G. N. | Collins, G. P. (Greenock) | Edwards, Clement (Glamorgan, E.) |
| Beale, Sir William Phipson | Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Edwards, John Hugh (Glamorgan, Mid) |
| Beck, Arthur Cecil | Compton-Rickett, Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Esmonde, Dr. John (Tipperary, N.) |
| Bentham, G. J. | Condon, Thomas Joseph | Esmonde, Sir Thomas (Wexford, N.) |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Cornwall, Sir Edward A. | Essex, Sir Richard Walter |
| Boland, John Plus | Cotton, William Francis | Esslemont, George Birnie |
| Booth, Frederick Handel | Crawshay-Williams, Eliot | Falconer, J. |
| Bowerman, C. W. | Crean, Eugene | Farrell, James Patrick |
| Boyle, D. (Mayo, North) | Crooks, William | Ffrench, Peter |
| Brace, William | Crumley, Patrick | Field, William |
| 8rady, P. J. | Cullinan, J. | Fitzgibbon John |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Davies, Timothy (Lincs., Louth) | Flavin, Michael Joseph |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) | Gilhooly, James |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardiganshire) | Ginnell, L. |
| Glanville, Harold James | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Richardson, Albion (Peckham) |
| Goldstone, Frank | MacNeill, J. G. Swift (Donegal, South) | Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) |
| Greenwood, Granville G. (Peterborough) | Macpherson, James lan | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Griffith, Ellis J. | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) |
| Guest, Major Hon. C. H. C. (Pembroke) | M'Callum, Sir John M. | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) |
| Guest, Hon. Frederick E. (Dorset, E.) | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Robertson, John M. (Tyneside) |
| Guiney, P. | M'Laren, Hon. H. D. (Leics.) | Robinson, Sidney |
| Gulland, John William | Marks, Sir George Croydon | Roch, Walter F. |
| Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Galway) | Marshall, Arthur Harold | Roche, Augustine (Louth) |
| Hackett, J. | Martin, Joseph | Rose, Sir Charles Day |
| Hancock, John George | Mason, David M. (Coventry) | Rowlands, James |
| Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rossendale) | Meagher, Michael | Russell, Rt. Hon. Thomas W. |
| Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-shire) | Meehan, Francis (Leitrim, N.) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N.E.) | Millar, James Duncan | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Hayden, John Patrick | Molloy, M. | Scott, A. MacCallum (Glas., Bridgeton) |
| Hazleton, Richard | Mond, Sir Alfred Moritz | Seely, Col. Rt. Hon. J. E. B. |
| Healy, Maurice (Cork) | Morgan, George Hay | Sheehy, David |
| Healy, Timothy Michael (Cork, N.E.) | Morrell, Philip | Sherwell, Arthur James |
| Hemmerde, Edward George | Morison, Hector | Shortt, Edward |
| Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John Allsebrook |
| Henderson, J. M. (Aberdeen, W.) | Muldoon, John | Smith, H. B. L. (Northampton) |
| Herbert, General Sir Ivor (Mon., S.) | Munro, R. | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) |
| Higham, John Sharp | Murray, Capt. Hon. A. C. | Snowden, Philip |
| Hinds, John | Nannetti, Joseph P. | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Charles E. H. | Neilson, Francis | Spicer, Rt. Hon. Sir Albert |
| Hodge, John | Nolan, Joseph | Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N.W.) |
| Hogge, James Myles | Norton, Captain Cecil W. | Sutherland, J. E. |
| Holmes, Daniel Turner | Nugent, Sir Walter Richard | Sutton, John E. |
| Home, C. Silvester (Ipswich) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Taylor, Thomas (Bolton) |
| Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | O'Brien, William (Cork) | Tennant, Harold John |
| Hudson, Walter | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Thomas, J. H. |
| Hughes, S. L. | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Illingworth, Percy H. | O'Doherty, Philip | Thorne, William (West Ham) |
| Isaacs, Rt. Hon. Sir Rufus | O'Donnell, Thomas | Ure, Rt. Hon Alexander |
| John, Edward Thomas | O'Dowd, John | Verney, Sir Harry |
| Jones, Rt. Hon.Sir D.Brynmor (Swansea) | O'Grady, James | Walsh, Stephen (Lancs., Ince) |
| Jones, Edgar (Merthyr Tydvil) | O'Kelly, Edward P. (Wicklow, W.) | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Jones, H. Haydn (Merioneth) | O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Jones, J. Towyn (Carmarthen, East) | O'Malley, William | Wardle, George J. |
| Jones, Leif Stratten (Rushcliffe) | O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) | Waring, Walter |
| Jones, W. S. Glyn- (T. H'mts, Stepney) | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Joyce, Michael | O'Shee, James John | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Keating, Matthew | O'Suillvan, Timothy | Webb, H. |
| Kellaway, Frederick George | Outhwaite, R. L. | White, J. Dundas (Glasgow, Tradeston) |
| Kennedy, Vincent Paul | Parker, James (Halifax) | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Kilbride, Denis | Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| King, J. | Pease, Rt. Hon. Joseph A. (Rotherham) | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| Lambert, Richard (Wilts, Cricklade) | Phillips, John (Longford, S.) | Whyte, A. F. (Perth) |
| Lardner, James Carrige Rushe | Pointer Joseph | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, West) | Power, Patrick Joseph | Williams, J. (Glamorgan) |
| Leach, Charles | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | Williams, Llewelyn (Carmarthen) |
| Lewis, John Herbert | Pringle, William M. R. | Williamson, Sir Archibald |
| Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Radford, G. H. | Young, William (Perth, East) |
| Low, Sir Frederick (Norwich) | Raffan, Peter Wilson | Yoxall, Sir James Henry |
| Lundon, Thomas | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | |
| Lynch, A. A. | Redmond, William (Clare, E.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Mr. |
| Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) | Redmond, William Archer (Tyrone, E.) | Wedgwood Benn and Mr. W. Jones. |
| McGhee, Richard | Richards, Thomas | |
| NOES. | ||
| Aitken, Sir William Max | Carlile, Sir Edward Hildred | Gastrell, Major W. H. |
| Amery, L. C. M. S. | Cassel, Felix | Gibbs, G. A. |
| Astor Waldorf | Costlereagh, Viscount | Glazebrook, Capt. Philip K. |
| Baird, J. L. | Cator, John | Gordon, John (Londonderry, South) |
| Baker, Sir Randolf L. (Dorset, N.) | Cave, George | Gordon, Hon. John Edward (Brighton) |
| Banbury. Sir Frederick George | Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Goulding, Edward Alfred |
| Barlow, Montague (Salford, South) | Cecil, Lord R. (Herts, Hitchin) | Greene, W. R. |
| Barnston, Harry | Chaloner, Col. R. G. W. | Gretton, John |
| Barrie, H. T. | Chambers, J. | Haddock, George Bahr |
| Bathurst, Hon. A. B. (Glouc, E.) | Clay, Captain H. H. Spender | Hall, Fred (Dulwich) |
| Bathurst, Charles (Wilts, Wilton) | Clive, Captain Percy Archer | Hamilton, Lord C. J. (Kensington, S.) |
| Beach, Hon. Michael Hugh Hicks | Craik, Sir Henry | Harris, Henry Percy |
| Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) | Cripps, Sir Charles Alfred | Harrison-Broadley |
| Bennett-Goldney, Francis | Dalziel, Davison (Brixton) | Helmsley, Viscount |
| Beresford, Lord C. | Denniss, E. R. B. | Henderson, Major H. (Berks, Abingdon) |
| Blair, Reginald | Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. Scott | Hewins, William Albert Samuel |
| Boscawen, Sir Arthur S. T. Griffth- | Faber, George Denison (Clapham) | Hickman, Colonel T. E. |
| Boyle, William (Norfolk, Mid) | Faber, Capt. W. V. (Hants, W.) | Hoare, Samuel John Gurney |
| Boyton, James | Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey | Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy |
| Bridgeman, W. Clive | Fisher, Rt. Hon. W. Hayes | Horne, W. E. (Surrey, Guildford) |
| Bull, Sir William James | Fletcher, John Samuel | Horner, Andrew Long |
| Burdett-Coutts, W. | Forster, Henry William | Hunt, Rowland |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. | Gardner, Ernest | Jessel, Captain H. M. |
| Kerr-Smiley, Peter Kerr | Newman, John R. P. | Stanley, Hon. G. F. (Preston) |
| Larmor, Sir J. | Newton, Harry Kottingham | Steel-Maitland, A. D. |
| Law, Rt. Hon. A. Bonar (Bootle) | Norton-Griffiths, john | Swift, Rigby |
| Lawson, Hon. H. (T. H'mts, Mile End) | O'Neill, Hon. A. E. B. (Antrim, Mid) | Sykes, Mark (Hull, Central) |
| Lloyd, G. A. | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) | Talbot, Lord E. |
| Locker-Lampoon, G. (Salisbury) | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) | Terrell, H. (Guolcester) |
| Locker-Lampson, O. (Ramsey) | Perkins, Walter F. | Touche, George Alexander |
| Lowe, Sir F. W. (Birm., Edgbaston) | Peto, Basil Edward | Tryon, Captain George Clement |
| Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. A. (Hanover S.) | Pollock, Ernest Murray | Wheler, Granville C. H. |
| MacCaw. Wm. J. MacGeagh | Rawlinson, J. F. P. | White, Major G. D. (Lancs., Southport) |
| Macmaster, Donald | Rawson, Col. R. H. | Winterton, Earl |
| M'Neill, Ronald (Kent, St. Augustine's) | Rees, Sir J. D. | Worthington-Evans, L. |
| Malcolm, Ian | Rolleston, Sir John | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Mildmay, Francis Bingham | Salter, Arthur Clavell | Yate, Col. Charles Edward |
| Mills, Hon. Charles Thomas | Samuel, Sir Harry (Norwood) | |
| Moore, William | Sanders, Robert A. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Viscount |
| Morrison-Bell, Capt. E. F. (Ashburton) | Spear, Sir John Ward | Wolmer and Mr. Ormsby-Gore. |
| Mount, William Arthur | Stanley, Hon. Arthur (Ormskirk) |
Question put, and agreed to.