§ Sir D. MACLEANMay I just ask a question about a notice of Motion which stands on the Paper in the name of my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House relating to the Agricultural Bill for the suspension of the eleven o'clock rule to-night? May I ask him not to sit late to-night—certainly not after twelve o'clock—since most important Amendments, especially in the Schedule, relating particularly to Scotland, would otherwise come on in the small hours of the morning, and those Amendments were not debated in Committee. Under these circumstances, will
§ he agree that the House shall not sit after twelve o'clock to-night?
§ 4.0 P.M.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWNo, I am sorry I could not agree to that. I understand the Scottish Clauses will be reached quite early. In any case, I think it is essential that this Bill should pass through all its stages in this House this week, and go to another place next week. There is no other way of finishing the Bill this Session.
§ Mr. G. LAMBERTI assume the Third Reading of the Agriculture Bill will be taken first Order on Thursday?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThat is the intention.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIf the Agriculture Bill goes late, is it the intention of the Government to take the contract for the mails between Holyhead and Kingstown? There is a matter of controversy on that, and several are interested in it.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI am told it is necessary to get that this week, and in that case we must take it.
§ Sir F. BANBURYIs it the intention of the Government to take at an early hour in the morning the Motion to set up a Committee to increase the salaries of Members of Parliament? It would be an inopportune moment to do so.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI do not understand my right hon. Friend's question. I should have thought, with his knowledge, he would have known that if it be objected to, we cannot take it.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Proceedings on the Agriculture Bill be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 256; Noes, 72.
233| Division No. 370.] | AYES. | [4.5 p.m. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. C. | Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Briggs, Harold |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Brittain, Sir Harry |
| Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James | Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Broad, Thomas Tucker |
| Amery, Lieut.-Col. Leopold C. M. S. | Benn, Capt. Sir I. H., Bart.(Gr'nw'h) | Bruton, Sir James |
| Atkey, A. R. | Bennett, Thomas Jewell | Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. |
| Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Betterton, Henry B. | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) | Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Banner, Sir John S. Harmood- | Blair, Reginald | Burn, T. H. (Belfast, St. Anne's) |
| Barnett, Major R. W. | Blake, Sir Francis Douglas | Butcher, Sir John George |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. |
| Barrand, A. R. | Bowles, Colonel H. F. | Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. |
| Barrie, Charles Coupar | Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Casey, T. W. |
| Barton, Sir William (Oldham) | Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm., W.) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Bridgeman, William Clive | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. |
| Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Clough, Robert | Jesson, C. | Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles |
| Coates, Major Sir Edward F. | Jodrell, Neville Paul | Pollock, Sir Ernest M. |
| Collins, Sir G. P. (Greenock) | Johnstone, Joseph | Pratt, John William |
| Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Jones, Henry Haydn, (Merioneth) | Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. |
| Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) | Pulley, Charles Thornton |
| Cory, Sir C. J. (Cornwall, St. Ives) | Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk. George | Purchase, H. G. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Raeburn, Sir William H. |
| Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Ratcliffe, Henry Butler |
| Craig, Colonel Sir J. (Down, Mid) | Knight, Major E. A. (Kidderminster) | Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham, East) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Reld, D. D. |
| Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Remnant, Sir James |
| Curzon, Commander Viscount | Law, Alfred J. (Rochdale) | Richardson, Sir Albion (Camberwell) |
| Davidson, J.C.C.(Hemel Hempstead) | Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) | Rodger, A. K. |
| Davies, Sir William H. (Bristol, S.) | Lindsay, William Arthur | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Lister, Sir R. Ashton | Royds, Lieut.-Colonel Edmund |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Lloyd, George Butler | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Dewhurst, Lieut.-Commander Harry | Lloyd-Greame, Major Sir P. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Dixon, Captain Herbert | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) |
| Donald, Thompson | Lonsdale, James Rolston | Seddon, J. A. |
| Doyle, N. Grattan | Lorden, John William | Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John |
| Duncannon, Viscount | Loseby, Captain C. E. | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Lowther, Lt.-Col. Claude (Lancaster) | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) |
| Edge, Captain William | Lyle-Samuel, Alexander | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | M'Curdy, Rt. Hon. C. A. | Simm, M. T. |
| Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | M'Donald, Dr. Bouverie F. P. | Smith, Harold (Warrington) |
| Elveden, Viscount | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander |
| Eyres-Monsell, Commander B. M. | Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachle) | Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) |
| Falcon, Captain Michael | McLaren, Robert (Lanark, Northern) | Starkey, Captain John R. |
| Falle, Major Sir Bertram G. | M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| FitzRoy, Captain Hon. E. A. | Macmaster, Donald | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Fraser, Major Sir Keith | McMicking, Major Gilbert | Stewart, Gershom |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Ganzoni, Captain Francis John C. | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Gardiner, James | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Macquisten, F. A. | Sykes, Colonel Sir A. J. (Knutsford) |
| Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel John | Magnus, Sir Philip | Taylor, J. |
| Glyn, Major Ralph | Mallalieu, F. W. | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) |
| Gould, James C. | Marks, Sir George Croydon | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) |
| Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward A. | Matthews, David | Thomas-Stanford, Charles |
| Grant, James A. | Middlebrook, Sir William | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) |
| Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) | Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. | Townley, Maximilian G. |
| Greenwood, Colonel Sir Hamar | Moles, Thomas | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| Greig, Colonel James William | Molson, Major John Elsdale | Turton, E. R. |
| Gretton, Colonel John | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred M. | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir John Tudor |
| Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Montagu, Rt. Hon. E. S. | Ward-Jackson, Major C. L. |
| Gwynne, Rupert S. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Morris, Richard | Ward, William Dudley (Southampton) |
| Hall, Captain Douglas Bernard | Morrison, Hugh | Warren, Lieut.-Col. Sir Alfred H. |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Wason, John Cathcart |
| Hambro, Captain Angus Valdemar | Mosley, Oswald | Wheler, Lieut.-Colonel C. H. |
| Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | White, Lieut.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Harris, Sir Henry Percy | Murchison, C. K. | Williams, Lieut.-Com. C. (Tavistock) |
| Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) | Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald |
| Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) | Murray, Major William (Dumfries) | Willoughby, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Claud |
| Hickman, Brig.-General Thomas E. | Neal, Arthur | Wills, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Gilbert |
| Higham, Charles Frederick | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Wilson, Daniel M. (Down, West) |
| Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward | Wilson, Colonel Leslie O. (Reading) |
| Hinds, John | Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) | Wilson, Lieut.-Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Wilson-Fox, Henry |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Nield, Sir Herbert | Winterton, Major Earl |
| Hope, Sir H.(Stirling & Cl'ckm'nn, W.) | O'Neill, Major Hon. Robert W. H. | Wise, Frederick |
| Hope, James F. (Sheffield, Central) | Ormsby-Gore, Captain Hon. W. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Hope, Lt.-Col. Sir J. A. (Midlothian) | Palmer, Major Godfrey Mark | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Hopkins, John W. W. | Palmer, Brigadier-General G. L. | Yate, Colonel Charles Edward |
| Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Parker, James | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry | Young, Lieut.-Com. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Pearce, Sir William | Young, W. (Perth & Kinross, Perth) |
| Illingworth, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Perring, William George | |
| Inskip, Thomas Walker H. | Pickering, Lieut.-Colonel Emil W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Lord E. Talbot and Captain Guest. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. F. D. | Cape, Thomas | Entwistle, Major C. F. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Carter, W. (Nottingham, Mansfield) | Galbraith, Samuel |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Glanville, Harold James |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Graham, R. (Nelson and Colne) |
| Bell, James (Lancaster, Ormskirk) | Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Devlin, Joseph | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) |
| Bramsdon, Sir Thomas | Donnelly, P. | Grundy, T. W. |
| Briant, Frank | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Edwards, G. (Norfolk, South) | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) |
| Hallas, Eldred | Newbould, Alfred Ernest | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Hayday, Arthur | O'Grady, Captain James | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Hayward, Major Evan | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Tillett, Benjamin |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Raffan, Peter Wilson | Tootill, Robert |
| Hirst, G. H. | Rendall, Athelstan | Waterson, A. E. |
| Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) | Wignall, James |
| Kelly, Edward J. (Donegal, East) | Robertson, John | Williams, Col. p. (Middlesbrough, E) |
| Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Rose, Frank H. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. W. (Stourbrdge) |
| Kenyon, Barnet | Royce, William Stapleton | Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton) |
| Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Midlothian) | Sexton, James | Wintringham, T. |
| MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Sitch, Charles H. | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Morgan, Major D. Watts | Spencer, George A. | |
| Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Swan, J. E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Myers, Thomas | Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) | Mr. Hogge and Mr. A. Short. |