§ Mr. G. TERRELLasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that a very large number of the Members of the House of Commons are, in addition to their j Parliamentary duties, actively engaged in the daytime on war work; and whether, in the circumstances, he can see his way for the duration of the War to limit the issue of three-line Whips and Motions for the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule to legislation necessary for the vigorous prosecution of the War?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe action referred to is only taken by the Government in regard to business which, in their opinion, fulfils the condition laid down in the question.
§ Sir F. BANBURYMay I ask whether the Motion on the Paper to-day is a temporary Motion or whether it will be repeated?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI cannot say definitely one way or the other. It is temporary in so far as it applies only to to-day.
§ Lord HUGH CECILDo the Government still regard this as an agreed Bill, and, if so, do they think that these Motions are appropriate?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI really do not think the fact that it is an agreed Bill obviates the necessity of getting it through with as little delay as possible.
§ Lord H. CECILHow long does the right hon. Gentleman propose that the House should sit to-night?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWWe do not propose to sit late.
§ Lord H. CECILHow late?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI cannot say.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Proceedings on the Representation of the People Bill, if under discussion at Eleven of the clock this night, be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House.).
§ "The House divided: Ayes, 210; Noes, 17
1461| Division No. 56]. | AYES. | [4.15 p.m. |
| Adamson, William | Bliss, Joseph | Chancellor, Henry George |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Boland, John Plus | Clancy, John Joseph |
| Anderson, W. C. | Brace, Rt. Hon. William | Collings, Major Godfrey P. (Greenock) |
| Baker, Joseph Allen (Finsbury, E.) | Bridgeman, William Clive | Collins, Sir Stephen (Lambeth) |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Brookes, Warwick | Collins, Sir W. (Derby) |
| Baring, Sir Godfrey (Barnstaple) | Broughton, Urban Hanion | Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. |
| Barnett, Captain R. W. | Brunner, John F. L. | Cowan, Sir W. H. |
| Barrie, H. T. | Bryce, J. Annan | Craig, Ernest (Cheshire, Crewe) |
| Beale, Sir William Phipson | Bull, Sir William James | Craig, Col. James (Down, E.) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Butcher, John George | Croft, Brigadier-General Henry Page |
| Bellairs, Commander C. W. | Byles, Sir William pollard | Crooks, Rt. Hon. William |
| Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) | Carew, Charles R. S. (Tiverton) | Crumley, Patrick |
| Bentinck, Lord H. Cavendish- | Carllie, Sir Edward Hildred | Currie, George W. |
| Bethell, Sir John Henry | Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Dalrymple, Hon. H. H. |
| Bird, Alfred | Cave, Rt. Hon. Sir George | Davies, Timothy (Lincs., Louth) |
| Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Lewis, Rt. Hon. John Herbert | Rowlands, James |
| Denison-Pender, J. C. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Salisbury) | Russell, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. |
| Denman, Hon. Richard Douglas | Long, Rt. Hon, Walter | Rutherford, Sir J. (Darwen) |
| Devlin, Joseph | Lonsdale, Sir John Brownlee | Rutherford, Watson (L'pool, W. Derby) |
| Dickinson, Rt. Hon Willoughby H. | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Samuels, Arthur W. |
| Doris, William | Lundon, Thomas | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir Harry (Norwood) |
| Dougherty, Rt. Hon. Sir J. B. | MacCaw, Willian J. MacGeagh | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Duffy, William J. | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. J. M. (Falk. B'ghs) | Seely, Lt.-Col. Sir C. H. (Mansfield) |
| Duke, Rt. Hon. Henry Edward | Macdonald, J. Ramsay (Leicester) | Shaw, Hon. A. |
| Falconer, James | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Sherwell, Arthur James |
| Ffrench, Peter | Maclean, Rt. Hon. Donald | Shortt, Edward |
| Field, William | Macleod, John Mackintosh | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John Ailesbreok |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. W Hayes (Fulham) | Macmaster, Donald | Smith, Capt. Albert (Lancs., Clitheroe) |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | McMicking, Major Gilbert | Smith, Rt. Hon. Sir F. E, (Walton) |
| Fleming, Sir J. (Aberdeen, S.) | MacNeill, J. G. Switt (Donegal, South) | Smith, Harold (Warrington) |
| Galbraith, Samuel | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, St. Augustine's) | Smith, Sir Swire (Keighley, Yorks) |
| Gibbs, Col. George Abraham | Macpherson, James Jan | Snowden, Philip |
| Gilbert, J. D. | Maden, Sir John Henry | Soames, Arthur Wellesley |
| Goddard, Rt. Hon. Sir Daniel Ford | Magnus, Sir Philip | Spear, Sir John Ward |
| Goldstone, Frank | Mallalieu, Frederick William | Spicer, Rt. Hon. Sir Albert |
| Goulding, Sir Edward Alfred | Mason, James F. (Windsor) | Stewart, Gershom |
| Greenwood, Sir G. G. (Peterborough) | Millar, James Duncan | Strauss, Arthur (Paddington, North) |
| Greig, Colonel J. W. | Molloy, Michael | Strauss, Edward A. (Southwark, West) |
| Guest, Captain Hon. Frederick E. | Mooney, John J. | Swift, Rigby |
| Gulland, Rt. Hon John William | Morgan, George Hay | Sykes, Col. Sir A. J. (Ches.. Knutef'd) |
| Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Galway) | Morison, Thomas B. (Inverness) | Sykes, Sir Mark (Hull, Central) |
| Hancock, John George | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Talbot, Lord Edmund |
| Hardy, Rt. Hon. Laurence | Muldoon, John | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Harmsworth, Cecil (Luton, Beds) | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) |
| Harris, Henry Percy (Paddington, S.) | Nicholson Sir Charles N. (Doncastar) | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Harris, Percy A. (Leicester, S.) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Tootill, Robert |
| Harvey, T. E. (Leeds, West) | Orde-Powlett, Hon. W. G. A. | Toulmin, Sir George |
| Haslam, Lewis | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Trevelyan, Charles Philips |
| Healy, Maurice (Cork) | Outhwaite, R. L. | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Somerset, S.) | Paget, Almeric Hugh | Warner, Sir Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Hinds, John | Parker, James (Halifax) | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Hogge, James Myles | Pearce, Sir William (Limehouse) | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Holt, Richard Durning | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike(Darlington) | Watson, Hon. W. (Lanark, S.) |
| Hope, John (Deans (Haddington) | Peto, Basil Edward | Watt, Henry Anderson |
| Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | Philipps, Captain Sir Owen (Chester) | White, J. Dundas (Glasgow, Tradeston) |
| Hughes, Spencer Leigh | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H | Whiteley, Herbert J. |
| Illingworth, Rt. Hon. Albert H. | Pratt, J. W. | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| Ingleby, Holcombe | Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | Whitty, Patrick Joseph |
| Jackson, Lieut.-Col. Hon. F. S. (York) | Pringle, William M. R. | Wiles, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Jardine, Sir John (Roxburgh) | Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) | Williams, Aneurin (Durham. N.W.) |
| Johnston, Sir Christopher | Reddy, Michael | Williams, Col. Sir R. (Dorset, W.). |
| Jones, J. Towyn (Carmarthen, East) | Rees, G. C. (Carnarvonshire, Arion) | Williamson, Sir Archibald |
| Jones, W. Kennedy (Hornsey) | Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham, E.) | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Jowett, Frederick William | Reid, Rt. Hon. Sir George H. | Wilson-Fox, Henry |
| Kerr-Smiley, Major Peter Kerr | Richardson, Albion (Peckham) | Winfrey, Sir Richard |
| King, Joseph | Richardson, Thomas (Whitehaven) | Wing, Thomas Edward |
| Knight, Captain Eric Ayshford | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Wood, Rt. Hon. T. McKinnon (Glasgow) |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. (Devon, S. Molton) | Roberts, George H. (Norwich) | Young, William (Perth, East) |
| Lambert, Richard (Wilts, Cricklade) | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | |
| Larmor, Sir J. | Robertson Rt. Hon. J. M | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. |
| Law. Rt. Hon. A. Bonar (Bootle) | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) | Beck and Mr. James Hope. |
| NOES. | ||
| Banbury, Rt. Hon, Sir Frederick G. | Fletcher, John Samuel | Hunt, Major Rowland |
| Barlow, Sir John Emmott (Somerset) | Grant, J. A. | Lloyd, George Butler (Shrewsbury) |
| Blair, Reginald | Gretton, Colonel John | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Boyton, James | Hamilton, C. G. C. (Ches., Altrincham) | |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Oxford University) | Hamilton, Rt. Hon. Lord C. J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— Mr. |
| Craik, Sir Henry | Hubhouse, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles E. H. | G. Terrell and Mr. A. Ward, |
| Falle, Sir Bertram Godfrey | Houston, Robert Paterson ' |
Question put, and agreed to.