§ Colonel WEDGWOODMay I ask the Leader of the House how far on the Order Paper he proposes to proceed this evening?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI must ask the House to take the first four Orders on the Paper. If hon. Members will look at the next three they will see that they are, as I believe, wholly non-contentious, and I should hope that the House would be ready to pass them without difficulty I should not ask the House to sit late, or to continue sitting late, for those three Orders, if it be not the wish of the House to do so, but I should hope that they would be passed without difficulty. The first four I must ask the House to take.
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAYMay I ask why, in the matter of business, Scotland has again been callously thrown into the background? We were led to believe that the two Scottish Bills which were taken last week would be taken as first Orders—that the Allotments Bill would be the first Order to-day; and we expected that that would be so. Now, suddenly, ahead of them is the School Teachers (Superannuation) Bill, an English Bill, which the right hon. Gentleman admits, is a contentious Bill, and these two Scottish Orders will probably come on very late at night.
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe reason for putting the English Bill first is because, 2085 in the opinion of the Government, concurred in by the leaders of parties, it is desirable that the English Education Bill, on which the main fight is being fought, should be definitely settled before the Scottish Bill is taken. That is the only change that has been made, and I believe it will be for the general convenience of the House.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That one additional day be allotted to the Business of Supply."—[Mr. Chamberlain]
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY rose—
2086§ Mr. SPEAKERIf the hon. and gallant Gentleman looks at paragraph (4) of Standing Order No. 15, he will find that I have to put the Question without Amendment or Debate.
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the Provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 228; Noes, 56.
2087| Division No. 229.] | AYES. | [3.50 P.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Lowther, Maj.-Gen. Sir C. (Penrith) |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Fell, Sir Arthur | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) |
| Allen, Lieut.-Col. Sir William James | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | FitzRoy, Captain Hon. Edward A. | Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachie) |
| Armstrong, Henry Bruce | Flannery, Sir James Fortescue | McLaren, Hon. H. D. (Leicester) |
| Atkey, A. R. | Ford, Patrick Johnston | McLaren, Robert (Lanark, Northern) |
| Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Foreman, Sir Henry | M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Forestier-Walker, L. | McMicking, Major Gilbert |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Forrest, Walter | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. |
| Barlow, Sir Montague | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Barrand, A. R. | Frece, Sir Walter de | Magnus, Sir Philip |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Mallalieu, Frederick William |
| Beckett, Hon. Sir Gervase | Ganzonl, Sir John | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) |
| Bellairs, Commander Cariyon W. | Gee, Captain Robert | Marks, Sir George Croydon |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Mason, Robert |
| Bennett, Sir Thomas Jewell | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John | Matthews, David |
| Bigland, Alfred | Glyn, Major Ralph | Middlebrook, Sir William |
| Blake, Sir Francis Douglas | Goff, Sir R. Park | Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Grant, James Augustus | Mitchell, Sir William Lane |
| Bowyer, Captain G. W. E. | Gray, Major Ernest (Accrington) | Moison, Major John Elsdale |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Greig, Colonel Sir James William | Morden, Col. W. Grant |
| Briggs, Harold | Gretton, Colonel John | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. |
| Brown, Major D. C. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. Frederick E. | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert |
| Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Murchison, C. K. |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Murray, Rt. Hon. C. D. (Edinburgh) |
| Burdon, Colonel Rowland | Hallwood, Augustine | Neal, Arthur |
| Burn, Col. C, R. (Devon, Torquay) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) |
| Carter, R. A. D. (Man., Withington) | Hamilton, Sir George C. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Casey, T. W. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Newson, Sir Percy Wilson |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Harmsworth, C, B. (Bedford, Luton) | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) |
| Chamberlain, Rt, Hn. J. A.(Birm., W.) | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) |
| Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) | Harris, Sir Henry Percy | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) |
| Cheyne, Sir William Watson | Hinds, John | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry |
| Child, Brigadier-General Sir Hill | Hope, J. D. (Berwick & Haddington) | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Hopkins, John W. W. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. spender | Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike |
| Clough, Sir Robert | Houston, Sir Robert Patterson | Percy, Charles (Tynemouth) |
| Coats, Sir Stuart | Hudson, B. M. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Perkins, Walter Frank |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Hurd, Percy A. | Perring, William George |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Philipps, Gen. Sir I. (Southampton) |
| Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Philipps, Sir Owen C. (Chester, City) |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Jephcott, A. R. | Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Jodrell, Neville Paul | Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Johnstone, Joseph | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Jones, Sir Evan (Pembroke) | Pratt, John William |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Kidd, James | Rae, Sir Henry N. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Raeburn, Sir William H. |
| Dockrell, Sir Maurice | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Raw, Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. N. |
| Doyle, N. Grattan | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Larmor, Sir Joseph | Remer, J. R. |
| Edge, Captain Sir William | Law, Alfred J. (Rochdale) | Remnant, Sir James |
| Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | Lindsay, William Arthur | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) |
| Elveden, Viscount | Lloyd, George Butler | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. | Lorden, John William | Rodger, A. K. |
| Rothschild, Lionel de | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | White, Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Rounded, Colonel R. F. | Sugden, W. H. | Williams, C. (Tavistock) |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Sutherland, Sir William | Williams, Col. Sir R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur | Taylor, J. | Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H. |
| Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham) | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir M. (Bethnal Gn.) |
| Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Seager, Sir William | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | Windsor, Viscount |
| Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) | Winterton, Earl |
| Shaw, William T. (Forfar) | Townley, Maximilian G. | Wise, Frederick |
| Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) | Tryon, Major George Clement | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Smith, Sir Malcolm (Orkney) | Waddington, R. | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Smithers, Sir Alfred W. | Wallace, J. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander | Walton, J. (York, W. R., Don Valley) | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) | Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon) |
| Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) | |
| Stewart, Gershom | Waring, Major Walter | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Sturrock, J. Leng | Watson, Captain John Bertrand | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr. McCurdy. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Francis O. | Hallas, Eldred | Rose. Frank H. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Ammon, Charles George | Holmes, J. Stanley | Sexton, James |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Irving, Dan | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Banton, George | Kelley, Major Frod (Rotherham) | Spoor, B. G. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Kenyon, Barnet | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Barton, Sir William (Oldham) | Kiley, James Daniel | Waterson. A. E. |
| Bonn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Lawson, John James | Watts-Morgan. Lieut.-Col. D. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Lunn, William | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Briant, Frank | Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Midlothian) | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Bromfield, William | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett) |
| Cairns, John | Mosley, Oswald | Williams, Penry (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Carter, W. (Nottingham, Mansfield) | Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Wilson, James (Dudley) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Myers, Thomas | Young. Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Edwards, G. (Norfolk, South) | O'Grady, Captain James | |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Raffan, Peter Wilson | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Glanville, Harold James | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Mr. Hogge and Mr. Kennedy. |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Robertson, John |
Question put, and agreed to.