§ Motion made, and Question put, "That the Proceedings on the War Emergency Laws (Continuance) Bill to exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Bonar Law.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 209; Noes, 51.
47| Division No. 22.] | AYES. | [3.55 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. C. | Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Eyres-Monsell, Commander B. M. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Burdon, Colonel Rowland | Falcon, Captain Michael |
| Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James | Burn, Col. C. R, (Devon, Torquay) | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Butcher, Sir John George | FitzRoy, Captain Hon. E. A. |
| Atkey, A. R. | Campbell, J. D. G. | Flannery, Sir James Fortescue |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Foreman, Henry |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Carr, W. Theodore | Forrest, Walter |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Carter, R. A. D. (Man., Withington) | France, Gerald Ashburner |
| Barnett, Major R. W. | Casey, T. W. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Cautley, Henry S. | Gange, E. Stanley |
| Barrand, A. R. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Birm., Aston) | Gardner, Ernest |
| Barrie, Charles Coupar | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham |
| Barrie, Hugh Thorn (Lon'derry, N.) | Chadwick, R. Burton | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Cheyne, Sir William Watson | Glyn, Major Ralph |
| Beck, Sir C. (Essex, Saffron Walden) | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Goff, Sir R. Park |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward A. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Clough, Robert | Grant, James A. |
| Bennett, Thomas Jewell | Coats, Sir Stuart | Green, Albert (Derby) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) |
| Bigland, Alfred | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Greenwood, Colonel Sir Hamar |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Greig, Colonel James William |
| Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Griggs, Sir Peter |
| Blair, Major Reginald | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Gritten, W. G. Howard |
| Blake, Sir Francis Douglas | Cooper, Sir Richard Ashmole | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. |
| Blane, T. A. | Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Borwick, Major G. O. | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Craig, Colonel Sir J. (Down, Mid) | Hambro, Captain Angus Valdemar |
| Bowles, Colonel H. F. | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hamilton, Major C. G. C. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Croft, Brigadier-General Henry Page | Hanna, George Boyle |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Dalziel, Rt. Hon. Sir J. H. (Kirk'dy) | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Harmsworth, Sir R. L. (Caithness) |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Haslam, Lewis |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) |
| Britton, G. B. | Dewhurst, Lieut.-Commander Harry | Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) |
| Broad, Thomas Tucker | Donald, Thompson | Herbert, Hon. A. (Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Brotherton, Colonel Sir Edward A. | Doyle, N. Grattan | Higham, Charles Frederick |
| Brown, Captain D. C. | Duncannon, viscount | Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank |
| Hills, Major John Waller | Marks, Sir George Croydon | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert A. |
| Hinds, John | Mason, Robert | Seddon, J. A. |
| Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Mitchell, William Lane | Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John |
| Hood, Joseph | Molson, Major John Elsdale | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Hope, James F. (Sheffield, Central) | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred M. | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) |
| Hope, Lt.-Col. Sir J. A. (Midlothian) | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Hopkins, John W. W. | Morison, Thomas Brash | Simm, M. T. |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Morris, Richard | Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South) |
| Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Morrison, Hugh | Smithers, Sir Alfred W. |
| Houston, Robert P. | Morrison-Bell, Major A. E. | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander |
| Howard, Major S. G. | Mosley, Oswald | Stanier, Captain Sir Beville |
| Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Murchison, C. K. | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. G. F. |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Murray, Hon. Gideon (St. Rollox) | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Illingworth, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Murray, Major William (Dumfries) | Stevens, Marshall |
| Inskip, Thomas Walker H. | Neal, Arthur | Stewart, Gershom |
| Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Jellett, William Morgan | Newton, Major Harry Kottingham | Sugden, W. H. |
| Jesson, C. | Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward | Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C. |
| Jodrell, Neville Paul | Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) | Talbot, G. A. (Hemel Hempstead) |
| Jones, Sir Evan (Pembroke) | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Taylor, J. |
| Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham) |
| Kellaway, Frederick George | Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Kerr-Smiley, Major Peter Kerr | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) |
| King, Commander Henry Douglas | O'Neill, Major Hon. Robert W. H. | Tickler, Thomas George |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Ormsby-Gore, Captain Hon. W. | Townley, Maximillan G. |
| Lane-Fox, G. R. | Palmer, Major Godfrey Mark | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Palmer, Brigadier-General G. L. | Vickers, Douglas |
| Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) | Parker, James | Wallace, J. |
| Lindsay, William Arthur | Pease, Rt. Hon Herbert Pike | Walters, Sir John Tudor |
| Lloyd, George Butler | Peel, Lieut.-Col. R. F. (Woodbridge) | Warren, Lieut.-Col. Sir Alfred H. |
| Lloyd-Greame, Major P. | Peel, Col. Hon. S. (Uxbridge, Mddx) | Wason, John Cathcart |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Perring, William George | White, Lieut.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Whitla, Sir William |
| Lort-Williams, J. | Pollock, Sir Ernest M | Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald |
| Loseby, Captain C. E. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colone Assheton | Wilson, Capt. A. S. (Holderness) |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Prescott, Major W. H. | Wilson, Daniel M. (Down, West) |
| Lyle, C. E. Leonard | Purchase, H. G. | Wilson, Colonel Leslie O. (Reading) |
| Lyle-Samuel, Alexander | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Wilson-Fox, Henry |
| Lyon, Laurance | Ramsden, G. T. | Winfrey, Sir Richard |
| M'Curdy, Charles Albert | Rankin, Captain James S. | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Raper, A. Baldwin | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachie) | Rawilnson, John Frederick Peel | Woolcock, William James U. |
| McLaren, Hon. H. D. (Leicester) | Rees, Sir John D. (Nottingham, East) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| McLaren, Robert (Lanark, Northern) | Rees, Capt. J. Tudor- (Barnstaple) | Yate, Colonel Charles Edward |
| M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. | Reid, D. D. | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Macmaster, Donald | Remnant, Colonel Sir James F. | Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon) |
| M'Micking, Major Gilbert | Richardson, Sir Albion (Camberwell) | Young, W. (Perth & Kinross, Perth) |
| Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Richardson, Alexander (Gravesend) | Younger, Sir George |
| McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) | |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Rodger, A. K. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Magnus, Sir Philip | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Lord E. Talbot and Capt. Guest. |
| Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Holmes, J. Stanley | Robertson, John |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Johnstone, Joseph | Rose, Frank H. |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Kelly, Major Fred (Rotherham) | Spoor, B. C. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Bramsdon, Sir Thomas | Kenyon, Barnet | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Briant, Frank | Kiley, James D. | Tootill, Robert |
| Cairns, John | Lawson, John J. | Waterson, A. E. |
| Curzon, Commander Viscount | Lunn, William | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Entwistle, Major C. F. | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Wignall, James |
| Gaibraith, Samuel | Maclean, Rt. Hn. Sir D. (Midlothian) | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett) |
| Glanville, Harold James | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Williams, Col. P. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Morgan, Major D. Watts | Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. W. (Stourbridge) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Myers, Thomas | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Hay ward, Major Evan | Newbould, Alfred Ernest | |
| Hirst, G. H. | O'Grady, Captain James | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Redmond, Captain William Archer | Mr. George Thorne and Mr. Hogge. |