§ The PRIME MINISTERI beg to move, "That the Proceedings on Government Business be not interrupted this night under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and may be entered upon at any hour though opposed."
§ Mr. ASHLEYMay I ask whether we are to be asked to sit up half the night? Such a Motion is usually left until towards the end of the Session. Perhaps the Prime Minister will inform us why the Motion is put down, and, if he gives necessity as the reason, will he state what Bills he proposes to take?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo Bills.
§ Mr. ASHLEYI think we require very strong reasons before the Eleven o'clock Rule is suspended.
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Motion is strictly in accordance with precedent. All we propose to take are the first three Orders—no Bills at all.
§ Mr. HOGGECan the Prime Minister say, for the convenience of the House, whether we are to sit on Mondays?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNot for the present, at any rate.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 161; Noes, 63.
95| Division No. 58.] | AYES. | [3.9 p.m. |
| Adkins, Sir W. Ryland D. | George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd | Pollock, Ernest Murray. |
| Ainsworth, John Stirling | Gilbert, J. D. | Pratt, J. W. |
| Allen, Arthur A. (Dumbartonshire) | Glanville, Harold James | Priestley, Sir Arthur (Grantham) |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Gretton, John | Radford, Sir George Heynes |
| Baring, Sir Godfrey (Barnstaple) | Hall, Frederick (Yorks, Normanton) | Randles, Sir John S. |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. George N. | Helme, Sir Norval Watson | Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) |
| Barran, Sir John N. (Hawick Burghs) | Henry, Sir Charles | Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham E.) |
| Barrie, H. T. | Hewart, Gordon | Rendall, Athelstan |
| Barton, William | Hewins, William Albert Samuel | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Higham, John Sharp | Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs) |
| Beck, Arthur Cecil | Hinds, John | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Bellairs, Commander C. W. | Holmes, Daniel Turner | Robinson, Sidney |
| Bentham, George Jackson | Hope, John Deans (Haddington) | Rothschild, Lionel de |
| Bigland, Alfred | Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) | Rowlands, James |
| Bird, Alfred | Jacobsen, Thomas Owen | Rowntree, Arnold |
| Blair, Reginald | Jardine, Sir J. (Roxburgh) | Rutherford, Sir John (Darwen) |
| Blake, Sir Francis Douglas | Kellaway, Frederick George | Salter, Arthur Clavell |
| Bliss, Joseph | Kenyon, Barnet | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir Harry (Norwood) |
| Brace, William | King, Joseph | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Brassey, H. Leonard Campbell | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Samuel, J. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. (Devon, S. Molton) | Smith, Sir Swire (Keighley, Yorks) |
| Brunner, John F. L. | Larmor, Sir J. | Spear, Sir John Ward |
| Bull, Sir William James | Law, Rt. Hon. A. Bonar (Bootle) | Spicer, Rt. Hon. Sir Albert |
| Burgoyne, Alan Hughes | Lee, Sir Arthur Hamilton | Stanton, Charles Butt |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. | Levy, Sir Maurice | Starkey, John Ralph |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Lewis, Rt. Hon. John Herbert | Stewart, Gershom |
| Carew, Charles R. S. (Tiverton) | Lloyd, George Butler (Shrewsbury) | Strauss, Arthur (Paddington, North) |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. | Long, Rt. Hon. Walter | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Herts, Hitchin) | Lonsdale, Sir John Brownlee | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) |
| Chancellor, Henry George | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Tennant, Rt. Hon. Harold John |
| Clough, William | Loyd, Archie Kirkman | Terrell, George (Wilts, N.W.) |
| Clynes, John R. | M'Callum, Sir John M. | Thompson, Rt. Hon. R. (Belfast, N.) |
| Cochrane, Cecil Algernon | MacCaw, Wm. J. MacGeagh | Thorne, William (West Ham) |
| Collins, Sir Stephen (Lambeth) | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. J. M. (Falk, B'ghs) | Tootill, Robert |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Toulmin, Sir George |
| Craig, Ernest (Cheshire, Crewe) | Mackinder, Halford J. | Turton, Edmund R. |
| Craig, Col. James (Down, E.) | Maclean, Rt. Hon. Donald | Walker, Colonel William Hall |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Macnamara. Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Walsh, Stephen (Lanes., Ince) |
| Davies, David (Montgomery Co.) | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, St. Augustine's) | Walton, Sir Joseph |
| Davies, Timothy (Lincs., Louth) | Macpherson, James Ian | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Denniss, E. R. B. | Magnus, Sir Philip | Wardle, George J. |
| Dixon, C. H. | Mallalieu, Frederick William | Warner, Sir Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Dougherty. Rt. Hon. Sir J. B. | Meux, Hon. Sir Hedworth | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Duke, Rt. Hon. Henry Edward | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | Morrell, Philip | White, J. Dundas (Glasgow, Tradeston) |
| Edwards, John Hugh (Glamorgan, Mid) | Morison, Hector | Whiteley, Herbert J. |
| Elverston, Sir Harold | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Williams, Thomas J. (Swansea) |
| Essex, Sir Richard Walter | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Williams, W. Llewelyn (Carmarthen) |
| Fell, Arthur | Ogden, Fred | Wing, Thomas Edward |
| Ferens, Rt. Hon. Thomas Robinson | Pearce, Sir Robert (Staffs, Leek) | Wood, Rt. Hon. T. McKinnon (Glasgow) |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. W. Hayes | Pease, Herbert Pike (Darlington) | Worthington-Evans, Major L. |
| Forster, Henry William | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Younger, Sir George |
| France, Gerald Ashburner | Peto, Basil Edward | |
| Gardner, Ernest | Philipps, Maj.-Gen. Ivor (Southampton) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— Mr. Gulland and Lord Edmund Talbot |
| Gastrell, Lieut.-Col. W. Houghton | Phillips, Sir Owen (Chester) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Arnold, Sydney | Hayden, John Patrick | Newman, John R. P. |
| Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) | Hazleton, Richard | Nolan, Joseph |
| Boyle, Daniel (Mayo, North) | Hogge, J. M. | Nugent, J. D. (College Green) |
| Byles, Sir William Pollard | Holt, Richard Durning | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) |
| Byrne, Alfred | Houston, Robert Paterson | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) |
| Clancy, John Joseph | John, Edward Thomas | O'Dowd, John |
| Condon, Thomas Joseph | Jowett, Frederick William | O'Malley, William |
| Cosgrave, James | Joyce, Michael | O'Neill, Dr. Charles (Armagh, S.) |
| Crumley, Patrick | Keating, Matthew | O'Shee, James John |
| Dalziel, Rt. Hon. Sir J. H. (Kirkcaldy) | Kelly, Edward | Outhwaite, R. L. |
| Dawes, James Arthur | Kilbride, Denis | Pringle, William M. R. |
| Dillon, John | Lambert, Richard (Wilts. Cricklade) | Reddy, Michael |
| Donovan, John Thomas | Lardner, James C. R. | Richards, Thomas |
| Duffy, William J. | Lundon, Thomas | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Farrell, James Patrick | Macdonald, J. Ramsay (Leicester) | Sherwell, Arthur James |
| Ffrench, Peter | Macmaster, Donald | Thomas-Stanford, Charles |
| Field, William | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Fitzpatrick, John Laior | Mason, David M. (Coventry) | Watt, Henry A. |
| Graham, Edward John | Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Whitty, Patrick Joseph |
| Gwynne, R. S. (Sussex, Eastbourne) | Meehan, Patrick J. (Queen's Co., Leix) | |
| Hackett, John | Molloy, Michael | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— Mr. Ashley and Colonel Yate. |
| Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | Molteno, Percy Alport |
Question put, and agreed to.