§ Mr. ASQUITHMay I ask what is the course of business for next week?
§ Mr. BONAR LAW (Leader of the House)Next week the business will be simply to carry out the arrangements as to business come to by the Committee, and I presume the House would not wish me to state them.
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That the Proceedings on Government Business 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, 298; Noes, 49.
2397| Division No. 63.] | AYES. | [3.53 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. | Donnelly, P. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. C. | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Doyle, N. Grattan |
| Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James | Burdon, Colonel Rowland | Duncannon, Viscount |
| Amery, Lieut.-Col. Leopold C. M. S. | Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Edge, Captain William |
| Archdale, Edward Mervyn | Burn, T. H. (Belfast, St. Anne's) | Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) |
| Astor, Viscountess | Butcher, Sir John George | Edwards, John H. (Glam., Neath) |
| Atkey, A. R. | Campbell, J. D. G. | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Carew, Charles Robert S. | Fell, Sir Arthur |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Casey, T. W. | Forrest, Walter |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Chadwick, R. Burton | France, Gerald Ashburner |
| Barnett, Major R. W. | Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Barrie, Charles Coupar | Cheyne, Sir William Watson | Gardiner, James |
| Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Gardner, Ernest |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Gilbert, James Daniel |
| Benn, Com. Ian H. (Greenwich) | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Bennett, Thomas Jewell | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Glyn, Major Ralph |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Gould, James C. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) |
| Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) | Craig, Colonel Sir J. (Down, Mid) | Greenwood, Colonel Sir Hamar |
| Blair, Major Reginald | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Greig, Colonel James William |
| Bowles, Colonel H. F. | Croft, Brigadier-General Henry Page | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Curzon, Commander Viscount | Hambro, Captain Angus Valdemar |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Dalziel, Rt. Hon. Sir J. H. (Kirk'dy) | Hamilton, Major C. G. C. |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Davies, Major D. (Montgomery) | Harris, Sir Henry Percy |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Davies, Sir David Sanders (Denbigh) | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. |
| Britton, G. B. | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) |
| Broad, Thomas Tucker | Davies, M. Vaughan-(Cardigan) | Herbert, Hon. A. (Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Brotherton, Colonel Sir Edward A. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy |
| Bruton, Sir James | Dewhurst, Lieut.-Commander Harry | Hope, James F. (Sheffield, Central) |
| Hope, Lt.-Col. Sir J. A. (Midlothian) | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred M. | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Hope, J. D. (Berwick & Haddington) | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Hopkins, John W. W. | Morison, Thomas Brash | Simm, M. T. |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Morris, Richard | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Morrison, Hugh | Stewart, Gershom |
| Houston, Robert P. | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Murchison, C. K. | Sugden, W. H. |
| Jellett, William Morgan | Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C. |
| Jesson, C. | Neal, Arthur | Sykes, Sir Charles (Huddersfield) |
| Jodrell, Neville Paul | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Talbot, G. A. (Hemel Hempstead) |
| Kellaway, Frederick George | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Taylor, J. |
| King, Commander Henry Douglas | Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward | Thomas-Stanford, Charles |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | O'Neill, Major Hon. Robert W. H. | Tickler, Thomas George |
| Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Ormsby-Gore, Captain Hon. W. | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) | Palmer, Major Godfrey Mark | Waddington, R. |
| Lindsay, William Arthur | Palmer, Brigadier-General G. L. | Walton, J. (York, W. R., Don Valley) |
| Lloyd, George Butler | Parker, James | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Lloyd-Greame, Major P. | Parkinson, Albert L. (Blackpool) | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry | Warren, Lieut.-Col. Sir Alfred H. |
| Long, Rt. Hon. Walter | Perring, William George | Wason, John Cathcart |
| Loseby, Captain C. E. | Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | White, Lieut.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Lynn, R. J. | Preston, W. R. | Willey, Lieut.-Colonel F. V. |
| M'Donald, Dr. Bouverle F. P. | Prescott, Major W. H. | Williams, Lt.-Com. C. (Tavistock) |
| Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Purchase, H. G. | Williams, Lt.-Col. Sir R. (Banbury) |
| M'Guffin, Samuel | Ratcliffe, Henry Butler | Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald |
| McLaren, Robert (Lanark, Northern) | Rees, Capt. J. Tudor (Barnstaple) | Wills, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Gilbert |
| M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) | Wilson, Colonel Leslie O. (Reading) |
| M'Micking, Major Gilbert | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Rodger, A. K. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Magnus, Sir Philip | Rutherford, Colonel Sir J. (Darwen) | Yate, Colonel Charles Edward |
| Mallalieu, F. W. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | |
| Manville, Edward | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Marks, Sir George Croydon | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Lord E. Talbot and Mr. Towyn Jones. |
| Mason, Robert | Seager, Sir William | |
| Matthews, David | Seddon, J. A. | |
| Moles, Thomas | Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. F. D. | Hayward, Major Evan | Rose, Frank H. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Spoor, B. G. |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Hogge, James Myles | Swan, J. E. C. |
| Bell, James (Lancastor, Ormskirk) | Irving, Dan | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Kelly, Major Fred (Rotherham) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Billing, Noel Pemberton- | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Wedgwood, Colonel J. C. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Kenyon, Barnet | Wignall, James |
| Briant, Frank | Lunn, William | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Bromfield, William | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Midlothian) | Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton) |
| Cairns, John | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Malone, Lieut.-Col. C. L. (Leyton, E.) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Newbould, Alfred Ernest | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Donnelly, P. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Sir Thomas Bramsdon and Mr. Waterson. |
| Glanville, Harold James | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Robertson, John |