HC Deb 30 June 1921 vol 143 cc2345-53
Mr. DEVLIN

May I ask the Leader of the House when he proposes to put down the Vote which will enable the House to discuss the recent appointment of a third Lord Chancellor in Ireland?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN (Leader of the House)

I think that matter can be discussed, if it is the desire of Irish Members, whenever Irish Votes are put down again.

Mr. DEVLIN

When will Irish Votes be put down, and on what Vote may we discuss it?

Mr. SPEAKER

The hon. Member should give notice.

Mr. CLYNES

May I ask the right hon. Gentleman what is the business for next week, and whether he can now give the House the terms of the Motion to be discussed in relation to the business set down for to-morrow?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

As regards next week, we propose on Monday to take the Second Reading of the Corn Production Acts (Repeal) Bill.

On Tuesday, Supply—Scottish Estimates.

On Wednesday, the Third allotted day of the Committee stage of the Safeguarding of Industries Bill.

On Thursday, Supply—Ministry of Mines Vote, and the continuation of the discussion of the Treasury Vote.

On Friday, the War Pensions Bill, Second Reading.

As regards the Ministry of Mines Vote, I am putting that down in fulfilment of the pledge that the House should, if it wishes, have an opportunity of discussing the settlement arranged in the mining industry. Some indications have reached me, however, that the House may not wish to discuss that, and that will enable us to proceed to the important discussion on the Treasury Vote, which I think everyone desires.

As regards to-morrow, we propose to move, That this House approves the policy of His Majesty's Government respecting the several Conventions and recommendations of the International Labour Conference at Washington in November, 1919. That, I think, raises the whole question which the House wishes to discuss.

Sir D. MACLEAN

With regard to Thursday's business, will the right hon. Gentleman agree that, supposing the second Order does not come on until after 7 o'clock, he will see the advisability of putting down, by agreement through the usual channels, some other Vote, as the understanding with my hon. Friend was that an occasion substantially equal to the first Order of the day should be given to that Vote?

Lieut.-Colonel J. WARD

Will the right hon. Gentleman indicate the particular direction from which he has received from Members of the House an indication that there is no reason or justification for a discussion upon the recent miners' dispute?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

No. I hope the hon. and gallant Gentleman will not press me to say from what sources I derive my information. I did not say there would be no justification for such a Debate, or that anyone suggested that there was no justification for it, but I have received indications from some quarters, where I thought there was a desire to discuss it, that they do not entertain that wish, and possibly the whole House may be of that opinion. As to the question of the right hon. Gentleman (Sir D. Maclean) I shall be glad if he will give me a little more time for consideration as to what business should be arranged. We should be rather glad to take as early as possible the continuation of the Treasury Vote in order that we may discuss the question of the Civil Service bonus, which is calling forth a great deal of interest and which cannot be properly treated merely by question and answer.

Mr. CLYNES

In view of the importance of the Bill set down for Monday, the Corn Production Acts (Repeal) Bill, is it the resolve of the Government not to allow more than one day for the Second Reading?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I should imagine one day will be ample for the Second Reading.

Mr. LAMBERT

Is my right hon. Friend aware that the repeal of the Corn Production Acts is one of the most grave constitutional proceedings that this House has ever witnessed, and that therefore more than one day will be required for the Second Reading?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I do not for a moment deny that the question is a very important one, but the issue is a very simple one, and I hope that one day for the Second Reading will be sufficient.

Earl WINTERTON

Will the right hon. Gentleman reconsider his decision to give only one day if a number of Members on all sides indicate, in the usual way, their desire to speak, and is he aware that there is as much interest taken in this question in one quarter of the House as in another?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I shall consider what takes place in the course of the Debate, but at the same time, if the issue be a very important one, it is a very simple one. The same issue will be raised on the Committee stage, the Report stage, and the Third Reading, so that the Second Reading will not be the only opportunity that Members will have of speaking. I would venture to appeal to Members in respect of this matter to have

some regard to the amount of essential business that we must do before we rise, and to the difficulty of rising at any reasonable time unless the House will make some sacrifice of its desire to discuss every subject.

Lord R. CECIL

When my right hon. Friend says that the same issue can be raised in Committee, does he mean that the Committee stage is going to be taken in this House?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

No.

Captain W. BENN

When will the resumed discussion on Parliamentary control of expenditure by means of an Estimates Committee be taken?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

My hon. and gallant Friend talked it out after three hours' discussion the other day, and I have no hope of finding time for resuming it before 11 o'clock.

Captain BENN

Then the right hon. Gentleman does not intend to pursue the plan of setting up a Committee to give this House control over expenditure.

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

Yes, it will beset up on Monday if the hon. and gallant, Member withdraws his opposition.

Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Safeguarding of Industries Bill and the Overseas-Trade (Credits and Insurance) Amendment Bill have precedence this day of the Business of Supply."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]

The House divided: Ayes, 227; Noes, 61.

Division No. 209.] AYES [4.5 p.m.
Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. Bowyer, Captain G. W. E. Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead)
Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln)
Ainsworth, Captain Charles Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Davies, Thomas (Cirencester)
Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James Britton, G B. Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.)
Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin Broad, Thomas Tucker Dockrell, Sir Maurice
Armstrong, Henry Bruce Brown, Major D. C. Doyle, N. Grattan
Astor, Viscountess Brown, T. W. (Down, North) Edge, Captain William
Atkey, A. R. Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon)
Baird, Sir John Lawrence Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Edwards, Hugh (Giam., Neath)
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Burdon, Colonel Rowland Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark)
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) Elveden, Viscount
Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. Carr, W. Theodore Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith
Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) Casey, T. W. Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M
Barnston, Major Harry Cautley, Henry Strother Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray
Beauchamp, Sir Edward Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm., W). FitzRoy, Captain Hon. Edward A.
Beckett, Hon. Gervase Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) Ford, Patrick Johnston
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. Cobb, Sir Cyril Forrest, Walter
Bennett, Sir Thomas Jewell Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. France. Gerald Ashburner
Betterton, Henry B. Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips Fraser, Major Sir Keith
Birchall, Major J. Dearman Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E.
Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) Conway, Sir W. Martin Gardner, Ernest
Bird, Sir William B. M. (Chichester) Cope, Major William Geddes, Rt. Hon. Sir E. (Camb'dge)
Blair, Sir Reginald Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Gilbert, James Daniel
Borwick, Major G. O. Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John
Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Glyn, Major Ralph
Bottomley, Horatio W. Curzon, Captain Viscount Goff, Sir R. Park
Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward A. McConnell, Thomas Edward Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Grant, James Augustus Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Norwood)
Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur
Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hackn'y, N.) Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton)
Greenwood, Colonel Sir Hamar McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) Shortt, Rt. Hon E. (N'castle-on-T.)
Greer, Harry Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Smithers, Sir Alfred W.
Greig, Colonel Sir James William Magnus, Sir Philip Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander
Gretton, Colonel John Marriott, John Arthur Ransome Stanier, Captain Sir Beville
Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. Frederick E. Mitchell, William Lane Stanton, Charles Butt.
Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K.
Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) Moreing, Captain Algernon H. Stevens, Marshall
Hambro, Angus Valdemar Morison, Rt. Hon. Thomas Brash Stewart, Gershom
Hamilton, Major C. G. C. Morrison, Hugh Sturrock, J. Leng
Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) Murray, C. D. (Edinburgh) Sugden, W. H.
Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Murray, Hon. Gideon (St. Rollox) Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C.
Harris, Sir Henry Percy Murray, John (Leeds, West) Sykes, Colonel Sir A. J. (Knutsford)
Hennessy, Major J. R. G. Murray, Major William (Dumfries) Taylor, J.
Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) Nail, Major Joseph Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham)
Hinds, John Neal, Arthur Thomas-Stanford, Charles
Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Townshend, Sir Charles Vere Ferrers
Hope, Sir H. (Stirling & Cl'ckm'nn, W.) Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) Tryon, Major George Clement
Home, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William Wallace, J.
Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) Palmer, Major Godfrey Mark Walton, J. (York, W. R., Don Valley)
Hurd, Percy A. Parker, James Ward, Col. J. (Stoke upon Trent)
Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull)
Inskip, Thomas Walker H. Pearce, Sir William Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T.
Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike Wheler, Col. Granville C. H.
James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Pennefather, De Fonblanque White, Col. G. D. (Southport)
Jephcott, A. R. Percy, Charles (Tynemouth) Williams, C. (Tavistock)
Jesson, C. Philipps Sir Owen C. (Chester, City) Williams, Col. Sir R. (Dorset, W.)
Johnstone, Joseph Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton Willoughby, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Claud.
Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) Pratt, John William Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H.
Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk. George Prescott, Major W. H. Wilson, Capt. A. S. (Holderness)
King, Captain Henry Douglas Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond)
Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Purchase, H. G. Winfrey, Sir Richard
Knight, Major E. A. (Kidderminster) Rae, H. Norman Winterton, Earl
Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Raeburn, Sir William H. Wise, Frederick
Lane-Fox, G. R. Raper, A. Baldwin Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon)
Law, Alfred J. (Rochdale) Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West)
Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) Reid, D. D. Wood, Major S. Hill- (High Peak)
Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) Remnant, Sir James Woolcock, William James U.
Lloyd, George Butler Renwick, Sir George Young, E. H. (Norwich)
Lloyd-Greame, Sir P. Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon)
Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) Younger, Sir George
Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall)
Loseby, Captain C. E. Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Lowe, Sir Francis William Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes., Stretford) Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr.
Lowther, Major C. (Cumberland, N.) Roundell, Colonel R. F. Dudley Ward.
Lynn, R. J. Rutherford, Sir W. W. (Edge Hill)
NOES.
Acland, Rt. Hon. Francis D. Hayday, Arthur Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring)
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) Rose, Frank H.
Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) Hirst, G. H. Royce, William Stapleton
Barton, Sir William (Oldham) Hogge, James Myles Sexton, James
Bell, James (Lancaster, Ormskirk) Holmes, J. Stanley Short, Alfred (Wednesbury)
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) Sitch, Charles H.
Cairns, John Irving, Dan Spoor, B. G.
Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby)
Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) Kennedy, Thomas Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.)
Devlin, Joseph Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow)
Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) Lawson, John James Waterson, A. E.
Entwistle, Major C. F. Lunn, William Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C.
Galbraith, Samuel Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) Wignall, James
Gillis, William Mills, John Edmund Williams, Col. P. (Middlesbrough, E.)
Glanville, Harold James Morgan, Major D. Watts Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. W. (Stourbridge)
Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton)
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Myers, Thomas Wintringham, Thomas
Grundy, T. W. Newbould, Alfred Ernest Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.)
Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) O'Connor, Thomas P. Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) O'Grady, James
Hallas, Eldred Rendall, Athelstan TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Mr. Swan and Mr. Kiley.

Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on any Lords Amendments to the Unemployment Insurance Bill be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]

The, House divided: Ayes, 233; Noes, 64.

Division No. 210.] AYES. [4.15 p.m.
Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. Goff, Sir R. Park Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter)
Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward A. Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster)
Ainsworth, Captain Charles Grant, James Augustus Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William
Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) Palmer, Major Godfrey Mark
Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hackn'y, N.) Parker, James
Armitage, Robert Greenwood, Colonel Sir Hamar Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry
Armstrong, Henry Bruce Greer, Harry Pearce, Sir William
Astor, Viscountess Greig, Colonel Sir James William Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike
Atkey, A. R. Gretton, Colonel John Pennefather, De Fonblanque
Baird, Sir John Lawrence Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. Frederick E. Percy, Charles (Tynemouth)
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings)
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) Perring, William George
Banbury, Rt.- Hon. Sir Frederick G. Hambro, Angus Valdemar Philipps, Sir Owen C. (Chester, City)
Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) Hamilton, Major C. G. C. Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton
Barnston, Major Harry Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Pratt, John William
Beauchamp, Sir Edward Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) Prescott, Major W. H.
Beckett, Hon. Gervase Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G.
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. Harris, Sir Henry Percy Purchase, H. G.
Bennett, Sir Thomas Jewell Haslam, Lewis Rae, H. Norman
Betterton, Henry B. Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) Raeburn, Sir William H.
Birchall, Major J. Dearman Hennessy, Major J. R. G. Raper, A. Baldwin
Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel
Bird, Sir William B. M. (Chichester) Hickman, Brig.-General Thomas E. Reid, D. D.
Blair, Sir Reginald Hills, Major John Waller Remnant, Sir James
Borwick, Major G. O. Hinds, John Renwick, Sir George
Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich)
Bottomley, Horatio W. Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford)
Bowyer, Captain G. W. E. Hope, Sir H.(Stirling & Cl'ckm'nn,W.) Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall)
Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Hopkins, John W. W. Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor)
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes., Stretford)
Britton, G. B. Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) Rounded, Colonel R. F.
Broad, Thomas Tucker Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) Rutherford, Sir W. W. (Edge Hill)
Brown, Major D. C. Hurd, Percy A. Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Brown, T. W. (Down, North) Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Norwood)
Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. Inskip, Thomas Walker H. Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur
Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton)
Burdon, Colonel Rowland Jephcott, A. R. Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.)
Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) Jesson, C. Smithers, Sir Alfred W.
Carr, W. Theodore Johnstone, Joseph Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander
Casey, T. W. Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) Stanier, Captain Sir Beville
Cautley, Henry Strother Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk. George Stanton, Charles Butt
Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm., W.) King, Captain Henry Douglas Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K.
Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Stevens, Marshall
Cobb, Sir Cyril Knight, Major E. A. (Kidderminster) Stewart, Gershom
Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Sturrock. J. Leng
Cohen, Major J. Brunel Lane-Fox, G. R. Sugden, W. H.
Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C.
Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) Sykes, Colonel Sir A. J. (Knutsford)
Conway, Sir W. Martin Lloyd, George Butler Taylor, J.
Cope, Major William Lloyd-Greame, Sir P. Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham)
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Thomas-Stanford, Charles
Craig, Capt. C. C. (Antrim, South) Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Loseby, Captain C. E. Tryon, Major George Clement
Curzon, Captain Viscount Lowe, Sir Francis William Walton. J. (York. W. R., Don Valley)
Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) Lowther, Major C. (Cumberland, N.) Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent)
Davies, Sir David Sanders (Denbigh) Lynn, R. J. Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull)
Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) McConnell, Thomas Edward Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T.
Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) M'Curdy, Rt. Hon. Charles A. Wheler, Col. Granville C. H.
Dockrell, Sir Maurice Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray White, Col. G. D. (Southport)
Doyle, N. Grattan M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. Williams, C. (Tavistock)
Edge, Captain William Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. Williams, Col. Sir R. (Dorset, W.)
Edwards, Hugh (Glam., Neath) M'Neill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) Willoughby, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Claud
Edwards, Major. J. (Aberavon) Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H.
Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) Magnus, Sir Philip Wilson, Capt. A. S. (Holderness)
Elveden, Viscount Mallalieu, Frederick William Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond)
Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith Marriott, John Arthur Ransome Winfrey, Sir Richard
Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M Mitchell, William Lane Winterton, Earl
Evans, Ernest Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz Wise, Frederick
Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray Moreing, Captain Algernon H. Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon)
FitzRoy, Captain Hon. Edward A. Morison, Rt. Hon. Thomas Brash Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West)
Ford, Patrick Johnston Morrison, Hugh Wood, Major S. Hill- (High Peak)
France, Gerald Ashburner Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert. Woolcock, William James U.
Fraser, Major Sir Keith Murray, C. D. (Edinburgh) Young, E. H. (Norwich)
Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Murray, Hon. Gideon (St. Rollox) Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon)
Gardner, Ernest Murray, John (Leeds, West) Younger, Sir George
Geddes, Rt. Hon. Sir E. (Camb'dge) Murray, Major William (Dumfries)
Gilbert, James Daniel Nail, Major Joseph TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Neal, Arthur Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr.
Glyn, Major Ralph Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) Dudley Ward.
NOES.
Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) Bell, James (Lancaster, Ormskirk)
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Barton, Sir William (Oldham) Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith)
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Hogge, James Myles Royce, William Stapleton
Cairns, John Holmes, J. Stanley Sexton, James
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) Irving, Dan Sitch, Charles H.
Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Spoor, B. G.
Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Kennedy, Thomas Swan, J. E
Davies, Major D. (Montgomery) Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby)
Devlin, Joseph Kiley, James Daniel Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham)
Entwistle, Major C. F. Lawson, John James Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.)
Galbraith, Samuel Lunn, William Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow)
Gillis, William Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) Waterson, A. E.
Glanville, Harold James Maclean, Rt. Hn. Sir D. (Midlothian) Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C.
Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) Mills, John Edmund Wignall, James
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Morgan, Major D. Watts Williams, Col. P. (Middlesbrough, E.)
Grundy, T. W. Mosley, Oswald Wilson, James (Dudley)
Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) Wilson, Rt. Hop. J. W. (Stourbridge)
Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) Myers, Thomas Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton)
Hallas, Eldred Newbould, Alfred Ernest Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.)
Hayday, Arthur Rendall, Athelstan Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring)
Hirst, G. H. Rose, Frank H. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Mr. Short and Mr. J. Davison.