§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings of the Committee1 of Supply and on the Reports of the Committee of Supply of the 17th and 9th March he exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 251; Noes, 76.
251| Division No. 52.] | AYES. | [4.11 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Dawson, Sir Philip | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Dean, Commander P. T. | Jesson, C. |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Denison-Pender, John C. | Jodrell, Neville Paul |
| Amery, Leopold C. M. S. | Dockrell, Sir Maurice | Johnstone, Joseph |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick W. | Doyle, N. Grattan | Jones, Sir Edgar R. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Astor, Viscountess | Edge, Captain Sir William | Jones, Sir Evan (Pembroke) |
| Atkey, A. R. | Ednam, Viscount | Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) |
| Bagley, Captain E. Ashton | Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | Joynson-Hicks, Sir William |
| Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Barlow, Sir Montague | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Larmor, Sir Joseph |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) | Fell, Sir Arthur | Law, Alfred J. (Rochdale) |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) |
| Barnston, Major Harry | FitzRoy, Captain Hon. Edward A. | Lindsay, William Arthur |
| Bartley-Denniss, Sir Edmund Robert | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Lloyd, George Butler |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Forestier-Walker, L. | Lloyd-Greame, Sir P. |
| Beck, Sir Arthur Cecil | Forrest, Walter | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Lorden, John William |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Gange, E. Stanley | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Gardiner, James | Lowther, Major C. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Benn, Capt. Sir 1. H., Bart. (Gr'nw'h) | Gee, Captain Robert | Lowther, Col. Claude (Lancaster) |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Lowther, Maj.-Gen. Sir C. (Penrith) |
| Bethell, Sir John Henry | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Glyn, Major Ralph | Lyle, C. E. Leonard |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward A. | Lyle-Samuel, Alexander |
| Borwick, Major G. O. | Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) | M'Connell, Thomas Edward |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Sir Hamar | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray |
| Bowles, Colonel H. F. | Greig, Colonel Sir James William | Macdonald, Sir M. (Inverness) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. W. E. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. Frederick E. | M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | McMicking, Major Gilbert |
| Brown, Major D. C. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. |
| Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Hancock, John George | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) | Malialieu, Frederick William |
| Burdon, Colonel Rowland | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Marks, Sir George Croydon |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Harris, Sir Henry Percy | Marriott, John Arthur Ransome |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Haslam, Lewis | Middlebrook, Sir William |
| Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. |
| Carew, Charles Robert S. | Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) | Molson, Major John Elsdale |
| Casey, T. W. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Birm., Aston) | Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Hills, Major John Waller | Morrison, Hugh |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm., W.) | Hinds, John | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. |
| Cheyne, Sir William Watson | Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Murray, John (Leeds, West) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hope, Lt.-Col. Sir J. A. (Midlothian) | Nail, Major Joseph |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hope, J. D (Berwick & Haddington) | Neal, Arthur |
| Calvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Hopkins, John W. W. | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) |
| Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Home, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hilthead) | Newton, Sir Douglas |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Howard, Major S. G. | Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward |
| Cowan, Sir H. (Aberdeen and Kinc.) | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster). |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) |
| Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Hurd, Percy A. | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) |
| Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry |
| Davies, Sir David Sanders (Denbigh) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Palmer, Major Godfrey Mark |
| Davies, Sir William H. (Bristol, S.) | Jameson, John Gordon | Parker, James |
| Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert pike | Scott. Sir Samuel (St. Marylebone) | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John | Watson, Captain John Bartrand |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-en-T.) | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Perkins, Walter Frank | Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South) | Williams, C. (Tavistock) |
| Pickering, Colonel Emil W. | Smith, Sir Malcolm (Orkney) | Williams, Lt.-Col. Sir R. (Banbury) |
| Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander | Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald |
| Pratt, John William | Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) | Willoughby, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Claud |
| Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. | Starkey, Captain John Ralph | Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H. |
| Rae, H. Norman | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. | Wilson, Capt. A. S. (Holderness) |
| Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Stevens, Marshall | Wilson, Field-Marshal Sir Henrv |
| Raper, A. Baldwin | Stewart, Gershom | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Ratcliffe, Henry Butler | Strauss, Edward Anthony | Windsor, Viscount |
| Raw, Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. N. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Winterton, Earl |
| Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel | Sugden, W. H. | Wise, Frederick |
| Reid, D. D. | Sutherland, Sir William | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Remnant, Sir James | Sykes, Colonel Sir A. J. (Knutsford) | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) | Taylor, J. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) | Townley, Maximilian G. | Young, E. H. (Norwich) |
| Rodger, A. K. | Townshend, Sir Charles Vere Ferrers | Young, W. (Perth & Kinross, Perth) |
| Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Vickers, Douglas | Younger, Sir George |
| Royds, Lieut. Colonel Edward | Waddington, R. | |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir John Tudor | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr. |
| Scott, Leslie (Liverpool, Exchange) | Waring, Major Walter | McCurdy. |
| NOES. | ||
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Grundy, T. W. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Gwynne, Rupert S. | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Shaw, Thomas (Preston) |
| Barton, Sir William (Oldham) | Hallas, Eldred | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Bell, James (Lancaster, Ormskirk) | Halls, Walter | Smith, W. R. (Wellingborough) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hartshorn, Vernon | Spencer, George A. |
| Blair, Sir Reginald | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Sutton, John Edward |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hirst, G. H. | Swan, J. E. |
| Bramsdon, Sir Thomas | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Irving, Dan | Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) |
| Cairns, John | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West} |
| Carter, W. (Nottingham, Mansfield) | Kenyon, Barnet | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Kiley, James Daniel | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plalstow) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lawson, John James | Tillett, Benjamin |
| Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) | Lunn, William | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Maclean, Rt. Hn. Sir D. (Midlothian) | Waterson, A. E. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Malone, C. L. (Leyton, E.) | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. D. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Mills, John Edmund | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Edwards, G. (Norfolk, South) | Mosley, Oswald | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Finney, Samuel | Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Wignall, James |
| Foot, Isaac | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Myers, Thomas | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Gillis, William | Naylor, Thomas Ellis | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Graham, R. (Nelson and Colne) | O'Connor, Thomas P. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Mr. Hogge and Mr. T. Griffiths. |
Question, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair," put, and agreed to