§ Lord ROBERT CECILI have an Amendment on the Paper, but I am afraid that at this hour it will not be possible to have a discussion upon it. I do desire, in the very few moments left to me, to press upon the House the great importance of the subject referred to in the Amendment of which I have given notice. I hope we may be able to adjourn the discussion to a future day, when it can be more properly carried on. The Amendment on the Paper is in these words: "But 1269 humbly regrets that His Majesty's Government do not propose to take any steps for preventing the growing debasement of the accustomed standard of purity in public life." The importance of that question is one which I am quite certain every Member of this House will recognise. Everyone recognise the importance of purity in public life. Nothing is more discreditable, if I may say so, to the Labour party than the fact that during the whole of their existence they have not, so far as I can recollect, taken a single action in order to promote purity in public life. The only action I can recollect that they have taken in the matter was when the hon. Member for Halifax (Mr. Parker) supported in all its atrocity the proceedings of the majority
§ of the Marconi Committee, and justified himself in doing so by stating in the country that he had received a private communication from the Government informing him, apparently quite incorrectly, of the action Ministers proposed to take in connection with that Committee's Report.
§ Mr. RAMSAY MACDONALDThe hon. Member never said anything of the kind.
§ Question put, "That the Question, be now put."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 285; Noes, 168.
1273| Division No. 9.] | AYES. | [11.0 p.m. |
| Abraham, William (Dublin, Harbour) | De Forest, Baron | Hogge, James Myles |
| Acland, Francis Dyke | Delany, William | Holmes, Daniel Turner |
| Addison, Dr. C. | Denman, Hon. Richard Douglas | Holt, Richard Durning |
| Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Devlin, Joseph | Horne, Charles Silvester (Ipswich) |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Dillon, John | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey |
| Alden, Percy | Donelan, Captain A. | Hudson, Walter |
| Allen, Arthur A. (Dumbarton) | Doris, William | Hughes, Spencer Leigh |
| Allen, Rt. Hon. Charles P. (Stroud) | Duffy, William J. | Jardine, Sir J. (Roxburgh) |
| Arnold, Sydney | Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | John, Edward Thomas |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Duncan, J. Hastings (Yorks, Otley) | Johnson, W. |
| Baker, Harold T. (Accrington) | Edwards, John Hugh (Glamorgan, Mid) | Jones, Edgar (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Baker, Joseph Allen (Finsbury, E.) | Elverston, Sir Harold | Jones, H. Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Barlow, Sir John Emmott (Somerset) | Esmonde, Dr. John (Tipperary, N.) | Jones, J. Towyn (Carmarthen, East) |
| Barnes, George N. | Esmonde, Sir Thomas (Wexford, N.) | Jones, Leif Stratten (Notts, Rushcliffe) |
| Barran, Sir John N. (Hawick Burghs) | Essex, Sir Richard Walter | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) |
| Beale, Sir William Phipson | Falconer, James | Jones, William S. Glyn- (Stepney) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Farrell, James Patrick | Jowett, Frederick William |
| Beck, Arthur Cecil | Fenwick, Rt. Hon. Charles | Joyce, Michael |
| Benn, W. W. (T. Hamlets, St. George) | Ferens, Rt. Hon. Thomas Robinson | Kellaway, Frederick George |
| Bentham, G. J. | Ffrench, Peter | Kelly, Edward |
| Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Field, William | Kennedy, Vincent Paul |
| Boland, John Plus | Fitzgibbon, John | Kenyon, Barnet |
| Booth, Frederick Handel | Flavin, Michael Joseph | Kilbride, Denis |
| Boyle, Daniel (Mayo, North) | France, Gerald Ashburner | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. (Devon,S.Molton) |
| Brace, William | Furness, Sir Stephen Wilson | Lambert, Richard (Wilts, Cricklade) |
| Brady, Patrick Joseph | Gelder, Sir W. A. | Lardner, James C. R. |
| Brocklehurst, W. B. | Gill, A. H. | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, West) |
| Brunner, John F. L. | Ginnell, Laurence | Leach, Charles |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Gladstone, W. G. C. | Levy, Sir Maurice |
| Buckmaster, Sir Stanley O. | Glanville, H. J. | Lewis, Rt. Hon. John Herbert |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Goldstone, Frank | Lundon, Thomas |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Greenwood, Hamar (Sunderland) | Lyell, Charles Henry |
| Byles, Sir William Pollard | Greig, Colonel J. W. | Lynch, A. A. |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward | Macdonald, J. Ramsay (Leicester) |
| Cawley, Sir Frederick (Prestwich) | Griffith, Ellis Jones | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) |
| Cawley, Harold T. (Lancs., Heywood) | Guest, Major Hon. C. H. C. (Pembroke) | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. |
| Chapple, Dr. William Allen | Guest, Hon. Frederick E. (Dorset, E.) | Macpherson, James Ian |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Galway) | MacVeagh, Jeremiah |
| Clough, William | Hackett, John | M'Callum, Sir John M. |
| Collins, Godfrey P. (Greenock) | Hancock, J. G. | M'Curdy, C. A. |
| Collins, Sir Stephen (Lambeth) | Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Lewis (Rossendale) | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald |
| Compton-Rickett, Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | M'Laren, Hon. H. D. (Leicester) |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Harmsworth, Cecil (Luton, Beds) | M'Laren, Hon. F.W.S. (Lincs., Spalding) |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | M'Micking, Major Gilbert |
| Cory, Sir Clifford John | Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, West) | Markham, Sir Arthur Basil |
| Cotton, William Francis | Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N. E.) | Marks, Sir George Croydon |
| Cowan, W. H. | Hayden, John Patrick | Marshall, Arthur Harold |
| Crooks, William | Hayward, Evan | Mason, David M. (Coventry) |
| Crumley, Patrick | Hazleton, Richard | Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) |
| Cullinan, John | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Meehan, Patrick J. (Queen's Co., Leix) |
| Dalziel, Rt. Hon. Sir J. H. (Kirkcaldy) | Henderson, J. M. (Aberdeen, W.) | Middlebrook, William |
| Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) | Henry, Sir Charles | Millar, James Duncan |
| Davies, Timothy (Lincs., Louth) | Higham, John Sharp | Molloy, Michael |
| Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) | Hinds, John | Molteno, Percy Alport |
| Dawes, J. A. | Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Charles E. H. | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred |
| Money, L. G. Chiozza | Pollard, Sir George H. | Strauss, Edward A. (Southwark, West) |
| Mooney, John J. | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | Sutton, John E. |
| Morgan, George Hay | Price, Sir R. J. (Norfolk, E.) | Swann, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles E. |
| Morrell, Philip | Priestley, Sir W. E. B. (Bradford) | Tennant, Harold John |
| Morison, Hector | Pringle, William M. R. | Thomas, James Henry |
| Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Radford, G. H. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampten) |
| Muldoon, John | Raffan, Peter Wilson | Toulmin, Sir George |
| Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Raphael, Sir Herbert H. | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Murphy, Martin J. | Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (South Shields) | Verney, Sir Harry |
| Murray, Captain Hon. Arthur C. | Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) | Walsh, Stephen (Lancs., Ince) |
| Nannetti, Joseph P. | Reddy, Michael | Walters, Sir John Tudor |
| Needham, Christopher T. | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) | Walton, Sir Joseph |
| Neilson, Francis | Redmond, William Archer (Tyrone, E.) | Wardle, George J. |
| Nicholson, Sir Charles N. (Doncaster) | Rendall, Athelstan | Warner, Sir Thomas Courtenay |
| Nolan, Joseph | Richards, Thomas | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Norman, Sir Henry | Richardson, Albion (Peckham) | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Norton, Captain Cecil W. | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Watt, Henry Anderson |
| Nuttall, Harry. | Roberts, George H. (Norwich) | Webb, H. |
| O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs) | White, J. Dundas (Glasgow, Tradeston) |
| O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | Robertson, J. M. (Tyneside) | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | Robinson, Sidney | Whitehouse, John Howard |
| O'Doherty, Philip | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| O'Donnell, Thomas | Roche, Augustine (Louth) | Whyte, A. F. (Perth) |
| O'Dowd, John | Rowlands, James | Wiles, Thomas |
| O'Kelly, Edward P. (Wicklow, W.) | Rowntree, Arnold | Wilkie, Alexander |
| O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) | Russell, Rt. Hon. Thomas W. | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, N.W.) |
| O'Malley, William | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) | Williams, John (Glamorgan) |
| O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Williams, Llewelyn (Carmarthen) |
| O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | Scanlan, Thomas | Williams, Penry (Middlesbrough) |
| O'Shee, James John | Scott, A. MacCalium (Glas., Bridgeton) | Williamson, Sir Archibald |
| O'Sullivan, Timothy | Seely, Rt. Hon. Colonel J. E. B. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. W. (Worcs., N.) |
| Outhwaite, R. L. | Sheehy, David | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Palmer, Godfrey Mark | Sherwell, Arthur James | Wing, Thomas Edward |
| Parker, James (Halifax) | Shortt, Edward | Wood, Rt. Hon. T. McKinnon (Glasgow) |
| Parry, Thomas H. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John Allsebrook | Young, William (Perthshire, East) |
| Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) | Smith, Albert (Lancs., Clitheree) | Yoxall, Sir James Henry |
| Pease, Rt. Hon. Joseph A. (Rotherham) | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) | |
| Phillips, Colonel Ivor (Southampton) | Soames, Arthur Wellesley | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. |
| Phillips, John (Longford, S.) | Spicer, Rt. Hon. Sir Albert | Illingworth and Mr. Gulland. |
| Pointer, Joseph | Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N.W.) |
| NOES. | ||
| Agg-Gardner, James Tynte | Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Hope, Major J. A. (Midlothian) |
| Aitken, Sir William Max | Craig, Norman (Kent, Thanet) | Home, E. (Surrey, Guildford) |
| Amery, L. C. M. S. | Craik, Sir Henry | Houston, Robert Paterson |
| Anson, Rt. Hon. Sir William R. | Croft, H. P. | Hume-Williams, W. E. |
| Ashley, Wilfrid W. | Dalrymple, Viscount | Hunter, Sir Charles Rodk. |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Dalziel, Davison (Brixton) | Jessel, Captain H. M. |
| Baker, Sir Randolf L. (Dorset, N.) | Denison-Pender, J. C. | Joynson-Hicks, William |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Denniss, E R. B. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Eyres-Monsell, Bolton M. | Larmor, Sir J. |
| Barlow, Montague (Salford, South) | Falle, Bertram Godfray | Law, Rt. Hon. A. Bonar (Bootle) |
| Barnston, Harry | Fell, Arthur | Lawson, Hon. H. (T. H'mts., Mile End) |
| Bathurst, Hon. A. B. (Glouc., E.) | Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey | Lee, Arthur Hamilton |
| Bathurst, Charles (Wilts, Wilton) | Fisher, Rt. Hon. W. Hayes | Lloyd, George Ambrose (Stafford, W.) |
| Beach, Hon. Michael Hugh Hicks | Fitzroy, Hon. Edward A. | Lloyd, George Butter (Shrewsbury) |
| Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Forster, Henry William | Locker-Lampson, G. (Salisbury) |
| Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) | Gardner, Ernest | Locker-Lampson, O. (Ramsey) |
| Benn, Ion Hamilton (Greenwich) | Gastrell, Major W. Houghton | Lockwood, Rt. Hen. Lieut.-Col. A. R, |
| Bentinck, Lord H. Cavendish- | Gilmour, Captain John | Long, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Bird, Alfred | Glazebrook, Captain Philip K. | Lowe, Sir F. W. (Birm., Edgbaston) |
| Blair, Reginald | Goldman, C. S. | MacCaw, William J. MacGeagh |
| Boscawen, Sir Arthur S. T. Griffith- | Goldsmith, Frank | Mackinder, Halford J. |
| Boyton, James | Gordon, John (Londonderry, South) | Macmaster, Donald |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Gordon, Hon. John Edward (Brighton) | Magnus, Sir Philip |
| Bull, Sir William James | Grant, J. A. | Malcolm, Ian |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. | Greene, Walter Raymond | Mills, Hon. Charles Thomas |
| Campbell, Captain Duncan F. (Ayr, N.) | Gretton, John | Mount, William Arthur |
| Campbell, Rt. Hon. J. (Dublin Univ.) | Guinness, Hon. Rupert (Essex, S.E.) | Newton, Harry Kottingham |
| Carlile, Sir Edward Hildred | Guinness, Hon. W. E. (Bury S.Edmunds) | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. | Hall, Frederick (Dulwich) | Nield, Herbert |
| Cassel, Felix | Hall, Marshall (E. Toxteth) | O'Neill, Hon. A. E. B. (Antrim, Mid) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hamilton, C. G. C. (Ches., Altrincham) | Orde-Powlett, Hon. W. G. A. |
| Cator, John | Hardy, Rt. Hon. Laurence | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Harris, Henry Percy | Paget, Almeric Hugh |
| Cave, George | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Helmsley, Viscount | Parkes, Ebenezer |
| Cecil, Lord R. (Herts, Hitchin) | Henderson, Major H. (Berks, Abingdon) | Peel, Lieut.-Colonel R. F. |
| Chaloner, Colonel R. G. W. | Herbert Hon. A. (Somerset, S.) | Perkins, Walter F. |
| Clive, Captain Percy Archer | Hewins, William Albert Samuel | Peto, Basil Edward |
| Coates, Major Sir Edward Feetham | Hoare, S. J. G. | Pole-Carew, Sir R. |
| Courthope, George Loyd | Hohler, G. H. | Pollock, Ernest Murray |
| Craig, Ernest (Cheshire, Crewe) | Hope, James Fitzaian (Sheffield) | Pryce-Jones, Colonel E. |
| Quilter, Sir William Eley C. | Stanier, Beville | Weston, Colonel J. W. |
| Randies, Sir John S. | Stanley, Hon. G. F. (Preston) | White, Major G. D. (Lancs., Southport) |
| Ratcliff, R. F. | Staveley-Hill, Henry | Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Rawson, Colonel Richard H. | Stewart, Gershom | Willoughby, Major Hon. Claud |
| Rees, Sir J. D. | Strauss, Arthur (Paddington, North) | Wills, Sir Gilbert |
| Royds, Edmund | Sykes, Sir Mark (Hull, Central) | Wilson, A. Stanley (Yorks, E.R.) |
| Ruthertord, Watson (L'pool, W. Derby) | Thompson, Robert (Belfast, North) | Wilson, Captain Leslie O. (Reading) |
| Salter, Arthur Clavell | Thynne, Lord Alexander | Winterton, Earl |
| Samuel, Sir Harry (Norwood) | Tobin, Alfred Aspinall | Wood, Hon. E. F. L. (Yorks, Ripon) |
| Samuel, Samuel (Wandsworth) | Touche, George Alexander | Wood, John (Stalybridge) |
| Sanders, Robert Arthur | Tryon, Captain George Clement | Worthington-Evans, L. |
| Sanderson, Lancelot | Tullibardine, Marquess of | Yate, Colonel C. E. |
| Sandys, G. J. | Valentia, Viscount | Yerburgh, Robert A. |
| Sassoon, Sir Philip | Ward, A. (Herts, Watford) | |
| Scott, Sir s. (Marylebone, W.) | Watson, Hon. W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Lord |
| Spear, Sir John Ward | Weigall, Captain A. G. | Edmund Talbot and Mr. Pike Pease. |
§ Question put accordingly, and agree to.
§
Resolved,
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as followeth:—
§ "Most Gracious Sovereign,
§ "We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament."
§ To be presented by Privy Councillors and Members of His Majesty's Household.