§ 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)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 251; Noes, 120.
2381| Division No. 27.] | AYES. | [3.55 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Craig, Capt. C. C. (Antrim, South) |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Bruton, Sir James | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) | Buckingham, Sir H. | Crook, C. W. (East Ham, North) |
| Allen, Lieut.-Col. Sir William James | Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Curzon, Captain Viscount |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Davidson, J C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) |
| Apsley, Lord | Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Burney, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) | Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Butcher, Sir John George | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Butt, Sir Alfred | Dawson, Sir Philip |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Button, H. S. | Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Cadogan, Major Edward | Doyle, N. Grattan |
| Banks, Mitchell | Cautley, Henry Strother | Edmondson, Major A. J. |
| Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Ednam, Viscount |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) |
| Becker, Harry | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm, W.) | Erskine-Boist, Captain C. |
| Bennett, Sir T. J. (Sevenoaks) | Churchman, Sir Arthur | Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) |
| Berry, Sir George | Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Coates, Lt.-Col. Norman | Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Falcon, Captain Michael |
| Blundell, F. N. | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Colvin, Brig. General Richard Beale | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Flanagan, W. H. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Cope, Major William | Ford, Patrick Johnston |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell | Foreman, Sir Henry |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot |
| Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Lamb, J. O. | Reynolds, W. G. W. |
| Frece, Sir Waller de | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. | Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. |
| Fremantie, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) |
| Furness, G. J. | Lewis, Thomas A. | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hertford) |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. Sir S. (Ecclesall) |
| Gardiner, James | Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Robertson, J. O. (Islington. W.) |
| Gates, Percy | Lorimer, H. D. | Rogerson, Capt. J. E. |
| Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. |
| George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) | Lumley, L. R. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Goff, Sir R. Park | M'Connell, Thomas E. | Russell, William (Bolton) |
| Gray, Harold (Cambridge) | McCurdy, Rt. Hon. Charles A. | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hackn'y, N.) | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Grigg, Sir Edward | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. |
| Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Sanderson, Sir Frank B. |
| Guthrie, Thomas Maule | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Sandon, Lord |
| Gwynne, Rupert S. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Shakespeare, G. H. |
| Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W.(LIv'p'I, W.D'by) | Margesson, H. D. R. | Sinclair, Sir A. |
| Halstead, Major D. | Martin, A. E. (Essex, Romford) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Hamilton, Sir George C, (Altrlncham) | Mercer, Colonel H. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) |
| Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) | Sparkes, H. W. |
| Harrison, F. C. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Harvey, Major S. E. | Molson, Major John Elsdale | Stewart, Gershorn (Wirral) |
| Hawke, John Anthony | Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. | Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. |
| Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) | Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honiton) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Murchison, C. K. | Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) |
| Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Herbert, S. (Scarborough) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Hewett, Sir J. P. | Newson, Sir Percy Wilson | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Hiley, Sir Ernest | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Hinds, John | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Wallace, Captain E. |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Nield, Sir Herbert | Ward, Col- L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Waring, Major Walter |
| Hood, Sir Joseph | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) |
| Hopkins, John W. W. | Paget, T. G. | Wells, S. R. |
| Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Houston, Sir Robert Patterson | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry | White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Whitla, Sir William |
| Howard-Bury, Lieut-Col. C. K. | Pennefather, De Fonblanquc | Wilson, Col. M J. (Richmond) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. | Penny, Frederick George | Windsor, Viscount |
| Hume, G. H. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Winterton, Earl |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Perring, William George | Wise, Frederick |
| Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) | Philipson, H. H. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Wood, Rt. Hn. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Privett, F. J. | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Jarrett, G. W. S. | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel | Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Johnson, Sir L. (Walthamstow, E.) | Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. | |
| Joynson-Hicks, Sir William | Held, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Reid, D. D. (County Down) | Colonel Gibbs and Major Barnston. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Remnant, Sir James | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Hardie, George D. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillibro') | Collison, Levl | Harris, Percy A. |
| Attlee, C. R. | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Darblshire, C. W. | Hayday, Arthur |
| Barnes, A. | Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) |
| Batey, Joseph | Duncan, C. | Hill, A. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Dunnico, H. | Hirst, G. H. |
| Berkeley, Captain Reginald | Edmonds, G. | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John |
| Bonwick, A. | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Hogge, James Myles |
| Bowdler, W. A. | Entwistle, Major C. F. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) |
| Briant, Frank | Falconer, J. | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) |
| Broad, F. A. | Foot, Isaac | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) |
| Brotherton, J. | Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) |
| Buchanan, G. | Gray, Frank (Oxford) | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. |
| Buckle, J. | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Kirkwood, D. |
| Burgess, S. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Burnie, Major J. (Bootle) | Groves, T. | Lansbury, George |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Grundy, T. W. | Leach, W. |
| Cairns, John | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Lee, F. |
| Chapple, W. A. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvll) | Linfield, F. C. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | McLaren, Andrew |
| Clarke, Sir E. C. | Hancock, John George | March, S. |
| Marshall, Sir Arthur H. | Richards, R. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) | Riley, Ben | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Mathew, C. J. | Roberts, Frederick O, (W. Bromwich) | Thornton, M. |
| Maxton, James | Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Middleton, G. | Rose, Frank H. | Westwood, J. |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Royce, William Stapleton | Wheatley, J. |
| Mosley, Oswald | Saklatvala, S. | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Muir, John W. | Salter, Dr. A. | Wignall, James |
| Murnin, H. | Scrymgeour, E. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) | Shaw, Hon, Alex. (Kilmarnock) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Nichol, Robert | Shinwell, Emanuel | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| O'Connor, Thomas P. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Oliver, George Harold | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Paling, W. | Simpson, J. Hope | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Phillipps, Vivian | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton; |
| Ponsonby, Arthur | Snowden, Philip | |
| Potts, John S. | Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Pringle, W. M. R. | Stephen, Campbell | Mr. Lunn and Mr. Morgan Jones. |