Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTI beg to give notice that on the Motion for the Adjournment to-night, I propose to raise the question of the increasing number of complaints in regard to the delays in paying
§ arrears of pensions as referred to in my question No. 76 standing on the Order Paper.
§ Mr. CLYNESMay I ask the Leader of the House if, in the event of the Emergency Powers Bill being disposed of before Eleven o'clock, any other business will be taken to-night?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWNo. If we get that Bill through to-day we shall be satisfied.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWYes.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Emergency Powers 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, 276; Noes, 67.
1557| Division No. 328.] | AYES. | [4.0 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Carson, Rt Hon. Sir Edward H. | Geddes, Rt. Hon. Sir E. (Camb'dge) |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. C. | Casey, T. W. | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Cautley, Henry S. | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Birm., Aston) | Glyn, Major Ralph |
| Amery, Lieut.-Col. Leopold C. M. S. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Birm., W.) | Goff, Sir R. Park |
| Archdale, Edward Mervyn | Child, Brigadier-General Sir Hill | Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward A. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) |
| Atkey, A. R. | Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) |
| Bagley, Captain E. Ashton | Clough, Robert | Greenwood, Colonel Sir Hamar |
| Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Coats, Sir Stuart | Greig, Colonel James William |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Guinness, Lieut. Col. Hon. W. E. |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Barker, Major Robert H. | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Barlow, Sir Montague | Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l, W. D'by) |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) | Coote, William (Tyrone, South) | Hambro, Captain Angus Valdemar |
| Barnett, Major R. W. | Cory, Sir C. J. (Cornwall, St. Ives) | Hanna, George Boyle |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Courthope, Major George L. | Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Barrand, A. R. | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Harris, Sir Henry Percy |
| Barrie, Rt. Hon. H. T. (Lon'derry, N.) | Craig, Colonel Sir J. (Down, Mid) | Haslam, Lewis |
| Barton, Sir William (Oldham) | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Curzon, Commander Viscount | Herbert, Hon. A. (Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C H. (Devizes) | Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Hewart, Rt. Hon. Sir Gordon |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Higham, Charles Frederick |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Dean, Lieut.-Commander P. T. | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Benn, Capt. Sir I. H., Bart, (Gr'nw'h) | Dennis, J. W. (Birmingham, Deritend) | Hinds, John |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Dewhurst, Lieut.-Commander Harry | Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. |
| Bigland, Alfred | Dixon, Captain Herbert | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Donald, Thompson | Hope, Sir H. (Stirling & Cl'ckm'nn, W.) |
| Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) | Doyle, N. Grattan | Hopkins, John W. W. |
| Blair, Reginald | Duncannon, Viscount | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Borwick, Major G. O. | Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Howard, Major S. G. |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Edwards, Hugh (Glam., Neath) | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Illingworth, Rt. Hon. A. H. |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Elliott, Lt.-Col. Sir G. (Islington, W.) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Falcon, Captain Michael | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Broad, Thomas Tucker | Falle, Major Sir Bertram G. | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Brown, T. W. (Down, North) | Fell, Sir Arthur | Jesson, C. |
| Bruton, Sir James | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Jodrell, Neville Paul |
| Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. | FitzRoy, Captain Hon. E. A. | Johnstone, Joseph |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) |
| Burn, T. H. (Belfast, St. Anne's) | Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Joynson Hicks, Sir William |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Gange, E. Stanley | Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk, George |
| Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Ganzoni, Captain Francis John C. | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Carew, Charles Robert S. | Gardiner, James | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Carr, W. Theodore | Gardner, Ernest | Knight, Major E. A. (Kidderminster) |
| Lane-Fox, G. R. | Parker, James | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Law, Alfred J. (Rochdale) | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry | Stewart, Gershom |
| Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Pearce, Sir William | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Peel, Col. Hn. S. (Uxbridge, Mddx.) | Sugden, W. H. |
| Lewis, T. A, (Glam., Pontypridd) | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C. |
| Lindsay, William Arthur | Percy, Charles | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Lister, Sir R. Ashton | Perring, William George | Taylor, J. |
| Lloyd, George Butler | Pickering, Lieut.-Colonel Emil W. | Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham) |
| Lonsdale, James Roiston | Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) |
| Lorden, John William | Pollock, Sir Ernest M | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) |
| Lyle, C. E. Leonard | Pratt, John William | Thorpe, Captain John Henry |
| Lyle-Samuel, Alexander | Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. | Tickler, Thomas George |
| Lynn, R. J. | Pulley, Charles Thornton | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| M'Curdy, Rt. Hon. C. A. | Purchase, H. G. | Waddington, R. |
| M'Donald, Dr. Bouverie F. P. | Rae, H. Norman | Wallace, J |
| Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Randles, Sir John S. | Ward-Jackson, Major C. L. |
| M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. | Rankin, Captain James S. | Waring, Major Walter |
| Macmaster, Donald | Raper, A. Baldwin | Warren, Lieut.-Col. Sir Alfred H. |
| M'Micking, Major Gilbert | Raw, Lieutenant-Colonel N. | Wason, John Cathcart |
| Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel | Watson, Captain John Bertrand |
| McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Rees, Capt. J. Tudor- (Barnstaple) | Wheler, Lieut.-Colonel C. H. |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Remnant, Sir James | White, Lieut.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Renwick, George | Whitla, Sir William |
| Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Richardson, Alexander (Gravesend) | Wigan, Brig.-Gen. John Tyson |
| Manville, Edward | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | Williams, Lt.-Com. C. (Tavistock) |
| Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) | Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald |
| Moles, Thomas | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs, Stretford) | Willoughby, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Claud |
| Molson, Major John Elsdale | Rodger, A. K. | Wilson, Capt. A. S. (Holderness) |
| Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred M. | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Wilson, Colonel Leslie O. (Reading) |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wilson, Colonel M. (York, Richmond) |
| Morden, Colonel H. Grant | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Norwood) | Wilson-Fox, Henry |
| Morison, Rt. Hon. Thomas Brash | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert A. | Winterton, Major Earl |
| Morrison, Hugh | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Wise, Frederick |
| Mosley, Oswald | Seager, Sir William | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Seddon, J. A. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Neal, Arthur | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) | Yate, Colonel Charles Edward |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Simm, M. T. | Young, Lieut.-Com. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Weld, Sir Herbert | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander | Young, W. (Perth & Kinross, Perth) |
| Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. | Stanton, Charles B. | |
| O'Neill, Major Hon. Robert W. H. | Starkey, Captain John R. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Palmer, Brigadier-General G. L. | Steel, Major S. Strang | Lord E. Talbot and Captain Guest. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Sexton, James |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Hirst, G. H. | Shaw, Thomas (Preston) |
| Bell, James (Lancaster, Ormskirk) | Holmes, J. Stanley | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Bottomley, Horatio W. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Kelley, Major Fred (Rotherham) | Smith, W. R. (Wellingborough) |
| Bramsdon, Sir Thomas | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Spencer, George A. |
| Briant, Frank | Kenyon, Barnet | Swan, J. E. |
| Cairns, John | Kiley, James D. | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Cape, Thomas | Lawson, John J. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Lunn, William | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Crooks, Rt. Hon. William | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Tootill, Robert |
| Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Mills, John Edmund | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Dawes, James Arthur | Morgan, Major D. Watts | Waterson, A. E. |
| Devlin, Joseph | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Wignall, James |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Myers, Thomas | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett) |
| Edwards, G. (Norfolk, South) | Newbould, Alfred Ernest | Williams, Col. P. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Entwistle, Major C. F. | O'Connor, Thomas P. | Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton) |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wintringham, T. |
| Glanville, Harold James | Raffan, Peter Wilson | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Rendall, Athelstan | |
| Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) | Rose, Frank H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. T. Griffiths and Mr. Hogge. |