§ 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, 235; Noes, 138.
2603| Division No. 31.] | AYES. | [3.52 p.m. |
| Alexander, E E. (Leyton, East) | Coates, Lt.-Col. Norman | Gardiner, James |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Gates, Percy |
| Apsley, Lord | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Goff, Sir R. Park |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Gray, Harold (Cambridge) |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick W. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Guest, Hon. C. H. (Bristol, N.) |
| Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) | Cope, Major William | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) | Gwynne, Rupert S. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Banks, Mitchell | Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W.(Liv'p'l, W. D'by) |
| Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague | Craig, Capt. C. C. (Antrim, South) | Halstead, Major D. |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) |
| Becker, Harry | Crook, C. W. (East Ham, North) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Harrison, F. C. |
| Bennett, Sir T. J. (Sevenoaks) | Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Harvey, Major S. E. |
| Berry, Sir George | Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Doyle, N. Grattan | Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) |
| Bird, Sir W. B. M. (Chichester) | Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Herbert, S. (Scarborough) |
| Blundell, F. N. | Ednam, Viscount | Hewett, Sir J. P. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Hinds, John |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Elveden, Viscount | Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. |
| Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St. Marylebone) |
| Brown, J. W. (Middlesbrough, E.) | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Hopkins, John W. W. |
| Bruton, Sir James | Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) | Home, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. | Houfton, John Plowright |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Houston, Sir Robert Patterson |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Fawkes, Major F. H. | Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Butler, J. R. M. (Cambridge Univ.) | Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Hudson, Capt A. |
| Cadogan, Major Edward | Flanagan, W. H. | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Kurd, Percy A. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Forestier-Walker, L. | Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Frece, Sir Walter de | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Jarrett, G. W. S. |
| Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Furness, G. J. | Jenkins, W. A. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Clayton, G. C. | Ganzonl, Sir John | Joynson-Hicks, Sir William |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furn'ss) |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Sparkes, H. W. |
| Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Stewart, Gershom (Wirral) |
| Law, Rt. Han. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Paget, T. G. | Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. |
| Lewis, Thomas A. | Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Lloyd-G reams, Rt. Hon. Sir P. | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Sutherland, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Penny, Frederick George | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Lorden, John William | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) |
| Lougher, L. | Perring, William George | Thomson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Phillpson, H. H. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.) |
| Lumley, L. R. | Pielou, D. P. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| M'Connell, Thomas E. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| McCurdy, Rt. Hon. Charles A. | Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Privett, F. J. | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Raine, W. | Wallace, Captain E. |
| McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Reid, Capt. A S. C. (Warrington) | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke upon Trent) |
| Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Remer, J. R. | Waring, Major Walter |
| Margesson, H. D. R. | Remnant, Sir James | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| Mason, Lieut.-Col. C. K. | Reynolds, W. G. W. | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) |
| Mercer, Colonel H. | Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. | Wells, S. R. |
| Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) | Roberts. Rt. Hon. Sir S. (Ecclesall) | White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Rogerson, Capt. J. E. | Whitla, Sir William |
| Molson, Major John Elsdale | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. | Windsor, Viscount |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Russell, William (Bolton) | Winterton, Earl |
| Morden, Col. W. Grant | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney | Wise, Frederick |
| Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honlton) | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. | Wood, Rt. Hn. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Murchison, C. K. | Sandon, Lord | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Nail, Major Joseph | Shakespeare, G. H. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon, Sir L. |
| Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Shepperson, E. W. | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Sinclair, Sir A. | Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Skelton, A. N. | |
| Nield, Sir Herbert | Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Colonel Gibbs and Major Barnston. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | O'Grady, Captain James |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Oliver, George Harold |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Paling, W. |
| Barnes, A. | Hancock, John George | Parker, H. (Hanley) |
| Batey, Joseph | Harbord, Arthur | Pattinson, R. (Grantham) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hardie, George D. | Pattinson, S. (Horncastle) |
| Bennett, A. J. (Mansfield) | Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) | Phillipps, Vivian |
| Berkeley, Captain Reginald | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Bonwick, A. | Herriotts, J. | Potts, John S. |
| Bowdler, W. A. | Hillary, A. E. | Pringle, W. M. R. |
| Briant, Prank | Hirst, G. H. | Richards, R. |
| Broad, F. A. | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Brotherton, J. | Hogge, James Myles | Ritson, J. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Irving, Dan | Roberts, C. H. (Derby) |
| Buchanan, G. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Burgess, S. | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Burnie, Major J. (Bootle) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) | Rose, Frank H. |
| Cairns, John | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Chapple, w. A. | Kenyon, Barnet | Saklatvala, S. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kirkwood, D. | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Clarke, Sir E. C. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Sexton, James |
| Collison, Levi | Lansbury, George | Shaw, Hon, Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Darbishire, C. W. | Lawson, John James | Shinwell, Emanuel |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Leach, W. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Lee, F. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Duffy, T. Gavan | Lowth, T. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Duncan, c. | MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Dunnico, H. | McLaren, Andrew | Smith, T. (Pontefract) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Marshall, Sir Arthur H. | Snowden, Philip |
| Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) | Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Falconer, J. | Maxton, James | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Foot, Isaac | Middleton, G. | Sullivan, J. |
| Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Morel, E. D. | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Gray, Frank (Oxford) | Mosley, Oswald | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Greenall, T. | Muir, John W. | Thornton, M. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Murnin, H. | Trevelyan, C. P. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Newbold, J. T. W. | Warne, G. H. |
| Groves, T. | Nichol, Robert | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Grundy, T. W. | O'Connor, Thomas P. | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Weir, L. M. | Wignall, James | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Welsh, J. C. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Westwood, J | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Wheatley, J. | Williams. T. (York, Don Valley) | |
| White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Whiteley, W. | Wilson, ft. J. (Jarrow) | Mr. Lunn and Mr. Morgan Jones. |
First Resolution read a Second time.