§ Sir D. MACLEANMay I ask the Leader of the House for information with regard to the Notice of Motion standing in his name relating to the suspension of the eleven o'clock rule? What urgency is there for resuming so late as eleven o'clock the discussion on the Treaties of Peace with Austria and Bulgaria, on the assumption that it is not concluded by 8.15? It is quite obvious that the Motion down for 8.15 in all probability will run right up to eleven o'clock.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI am sure the House will realise the importance of getting this through—even those who hold different views on the subject. It is obvious that nothing is gained and much is lost by delay. Our idea in moving this Motion is the hope that a very short time after eleven o'clock might enable us to conclude. If we find that there is a general disposition in the House to continue the Debate further we shall reluctantly have to make other arrangements.
§ Mr. RONALD McNEILLWith reference to the Electricity Supply Bill, I understand there is no likelihood of its being reached to-day? The Bill was not available to Members up to a late hour last night, and is not ready even now. Members of the House should have at least a week to study the Bill before the Second Reading is taken.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI quite agree that Members ought to have a reasonable time. There is no intention of taking this Bill to-day.
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That the proceedings on the Treaties of Peace (Austria and Bulgaria) Bill be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Bonar Law.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 171: Noes, 39.
1685| Division No. 83.] | AYES. | [3.40 p.m. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. C. | Barlow, Sir Montague | Brackenbury, Captain H. L. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Barnett, Major R. W. | Briggs, Harold |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Barnston, Major Harry | Brittain, Sir Harry |
| Amery, Lieut.-Col. Leopold C. M. S. | Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Bruton, Sir James |
| Archdale, Edward Mervyn | Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquzy) |
| Ashley, Colonel Wilfrid W. | Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Campbell, J. D. G. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) | Casey, T. W. |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Borwick, Major G. O. | Cautley, Henry S. |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Chadwick, R. Burton |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Cheyne, Sir William Watson |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Remnant, Colonel Sir James F. |
| Clough, Robert | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Rendall, Athelstan |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Jameson, J. Gordon | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Jephcott, A. R. | Rodger, A. K. |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Jodrell, Neville Paul | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Cooper, Sir Richard Ashmole | Johnstone, Joseph | Rutherford, Colonel Sir J. (Darwen) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) | Kellaway, Frederick George | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert A. |
| Craig, Colonel Sir J. (Down, Mid) | Kenyon, Barnet | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Seager, Sir William |
| Curzon, Commander Viscount | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Seddon, J. A. |
| Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Dawes, James Arthur | Lloyd, George Butler | Simm, M. T. |
| Doyle, N. Grattan | Lonsdale, James Rolston | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. G. F. |
| Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Loseby, Captain C. E. | Stanton, Charles B. |
| Edge, Captain William | Lyle, C. E. Leonard | Stevens, Marshall |
| Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | Lyle-Samuel, Alexander | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Edwards, John H. (Glam., Neath) | Macmaster, Donald | Sugden, W. H. |
| Eyres-Monsell, Commander B. M. | M'Micking, Major Gilbert | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Fell, Sir Arthur | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Sykes, Sir Charles (Huddersfield) |
| Fildes, Henry | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Talbot, G. A. (Hemel Hempstead) |
| Flannery, Sir James Fortescue | Macquisten, F. A. | Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham) |
| Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Mallalieu, F. W. | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) |
| Ganzoni, Captain Francis John C. | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Gardiner, James | Marriott, John Arthur Ransome | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) |
| Gilbert, James Daniel | Molson, Major John Eisdale | Tickler, Thomas George |
| Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel John | Morrison-Bell. Major A. C. | Townley, Maximilian G. |
| Glyn, Major Ralph | Mount, William Arthur | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| Goff, Sir R. Park | Murchison, C. K. | Wallace, J. |
| Grant, James A. | Murray, Lt.-Col. Hon. A. (Aberdeen) | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Murray, Major William (Dumfries) | Wason, John Cathcart |
| Gwynne, Rupert S. | Neal, Arthur | Weston, Colonel John W. |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Wheler, Major Granville C. H. |
| Hailwood, Augustine | Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) | Willey, Lieut.-Colonel F. V. |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Williams, Lt.-Com. C. (Tavistock) |
| Hancock, John George | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Wilson, Colonel Leslie O. (Reading) |
| Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) | O'Neill, Major Hon. Robert W. H. | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) | Palmer, Brigadier-General G. L. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) | Parker, James | Wood, Sir J. (Stalybridge and Hyde) |
| Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Pearce, Sir William | Yate, Colonel Charles Edward |
| Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Peel, Col. Hn. S. (Uxbridge, Mddx.) | Younger, Sir George |
| Houston, Robert P. | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | |
| Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Pickering, Lieut.-Colonel Emil W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Lord E. Talbot and Mr. Dudley |
| Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Rae, H. Norman | Ward. |
| Illingworth, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham, East) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Bell, James (Lancaster, Ormskirk) | Hayday, Arthur | Rose, Frank H. |
| Briant, Frank | Hirst, G. H. | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Cairns, John | Irving, Dan | Sexton, James |
| Crooks, Rt. Hon. William | Lawson, John J. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) | Lunn, William | Smith, W. R. (Wellingborough) |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Spoor, B. G. |
| Finney, Samuel | Malone, Lieut.-Col. C. L. (Leyton, E.) | Swan, J. E. |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Myers, Thomas | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Glanville, Harold James | Mills, John Edmund | Tootill, Robert |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Newbould, Alfred Ernest | Wedgwood, Colonel J. C. |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | O'Connor, Thomas P. | Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | |
| Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hallas, Eldred | Robertson, John | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. Waterson. |