§ Mr. ASQUITHI desire to ask the Leader of the House three questions in regard to the business of the House—in the first place, whether the Lords Amendments to the Irish Free State (Agreement) Bill will be taken to-day; secondly, if the answer to my first question be in
§ the negative, when will the Lords Amendments to the Irish Free State Bill be taken; and, thirdly, can the right hon. Gentleman give us any information or suggestion as to the probable date of the Easter Recess?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINA round table Conference began this morning at the Colonial Office between Ministers representing the Governments of Northern and Southern Ireland, and Ministers representing His Majesty's Government. It is not possible to decide on the treatment to be accorded to the various Amendments of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Bill until the Conference has proceeded further with its labours. I am therefore obliged to postpone the consideration of the Lords Amendments until to-morrow, when it will be taken as the first Order of the Day. Under the circumstances, I hope it will be quite easy for us to finish to-night before eleven o'clock the Second Beading of the Unemployment Insurance Bill which will become the first effective Order, and the East India Loans (Railways and Irrigation) Bill. It is very important that we should get both these Measures through before Easter, and I propose to ask the House to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Bale, in case further time should be needed.
As regards the holidays, assuming that we can get the necessary business done, we propose to adjourn on Wednesday, the 12th April, and not meet again until Wednesday, the 26th April.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Unemployment Insurance Bill and in Committee on East India Loans [Railways and Irrigation] be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 254; Noes, 80.
1347| Division No. 66.] | AYES. | [3.55 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Bennett, Sir Thomas Jewell |
| Adkins, Sir William Ryland Dent | Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Bethell, Sir John Henry |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Banner, Sir John S. Harmood. | Blair, Sir Reginald |
| Amery, Leopold C. M. S. | Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) | Blake, Sir Francis Douglas |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Barnett, Major Richard W. | Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith. |
| Armitage, Robert | Barnston, Major Harry | Bowyer, Captain G. W. E. |
| Armstrong, Henry Bruce | Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. |
| Ashley, Colonel Wilfrid W. | Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Breese, Major Charles E. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Bellairs, Commander Cariyon W. | Briggs, Harold |
| Bagley, Captain E. Ashton | Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Britton, G. B. |
| Broad, Thomas Tucker | Harris, Sir Henry Percy | Pearce, Sir William |
| Brown, Major D. C. | Haslam, Lewis | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike |
| Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Peel, Col. Hn. S. (Uxbridge, Mddx.) |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Percy, Charles (Tynemouth) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Percy, Lard Eustace (Hastings) |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Hills, Major John Waller | Perkins, Walter Frank |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Hinds, John | Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles |
| Carew, Charles Robert S. | Hood, Sir Joseph | Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray |
| Casey, T. W. | Hopkins, John W. W. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Rae, H. Norman |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Birm., Aston) | Hotchkin, Captain Stafford Vere | Raeburn, Sir William H. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Hudson, R. M. | Randles, Sir John Scurrah |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm. W.) | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Ratcliffe, Henry Butler |
| Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) | Hurd, Percy A. | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Cheyne, Sir William Watson | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham, East) |
| Clough, Sir Robert | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Reid, D. D. |
| Coats, Sir Stuart | Jameson, John Gordon | Remnant, Sir James |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Jephcott, A. R. | Renwick, Sir George |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Johnstone, Joseph | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Jones, J. T (Carmarthen, Llanelly) | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Joynson-Hicks, Sir William | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk. George | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Cope, Major William | Kenyon, Barnet | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Cowan, Sir H. (Aberdeen and Kinc.) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) |
| Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Larmor, Sir Joseph | Seddon, J. A. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) | Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John |
| Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Lindsay, William Arthur | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Davies, Altred Thomas (Lincoln) | Lldyd, George Butler | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) |
| Davies, David (Montgomery) | Lloyd-Greame, Sir P. | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) | Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Lorden, John William | Starkey, Captain John Ralph |
| Dockrell, Sir Maurice | Lowther, Maj.-Gen. Sir C. (Penrith) | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Doyle, N. Grattan | Lyle, C. E. Leonard | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Edge, Captain Sir William | Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachie) | Stevens, Marshall |
| Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | McLaren, Hon. H. D. (Leicester) | Stewart, Gershom |
| Edwards, Hugh (Glam., Neath) | McLaren, Robert (Lanark, Northern) | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. | Sugden, W. H. |
| Evans, Ernest | McMicking, Major Gilbert | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham) |
| Falcon, Captain Michael | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Falls, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Macquisten, F. A. | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) |
| Fell, Sir Arthur | Mallalieu, Frederick William | Thorpe, Captain John Henry |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| FitzRoy, Captain Hon. Edward A. | Marriott, John Arthur Ransoms | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Flannery, Sir James Fortescue | Martin, A. E. | Wallace, J. |
| Ford, Patrick Johnston | Matthews, David | Walton, J. (York, W. R., Don Valley) |
| Forrest, Walter | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Morltz | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. | Ward, William Dudley (Southampton) |
| Frece, Sir Walter de | Morris, Richard | Waring, Major Walter |
| Gange, E. Stanley | Morrison, Hugh | Watson, Captain John Bertrand |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. D. |
| Gardner, Ernest | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Weston, Colonel John Wakefield |
| Gee, Captain Robert | Murchison, C. K. | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Gilbert, James Daniel | Murray, C. D. (Edinburgh) | White, Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John | Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Williams, C. (Tavistock) |
| Glyn, Major Ralph | Murray, William (Dumfries) | Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H. |
| Goff, Sir R. Park | Nail, Major Joseph | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward A. | Neal, Arthur | Windsor, Viscount |
| Grant, James Augustus | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Winterton, Earl |
| Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Wise, Frederick |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Sir Hamar | Newson, Sir Percy Wilson | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Grelg, Colonel Sir James William | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Gretton, Colonel John | Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. Frederick E. | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Young, E. H. (Norwich) |
| Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Gwynne, Rupert S. | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Young, W. (Perth & Kinross, Perth) |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Younger, Sir George |
| Hamilton, Major C. G. C. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Palmer, Major Godfrey Mark | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) | Palmer, Brigadier-General G. L. | Mr. McCurdy and Colonel Leslie |
| Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Parker, James | Wilson. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Francis O. | Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) |
| Adamson, Ht. Hon. William | Bramsdon, Sir Thomas | Davies, A. (Lancaster, Ciltheroe) |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Cairns, John | Devlin, Joseph |
| Barker, G (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Cape, Thomas | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) |
| Barton, Sir William (Oldham) | Carter, W. (Nottingham, Mansfield) | Edwards, G. (Norfolk, South) |
| Beck, Sir Arthur Cecil | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Entwistle, Major C. F. |
| Foot, Isaac | Kiley, James Daniel | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Lawson, John James | Sutton, John Edward |
| Gillis, William | Lowther, Major C. (Cumberland, N.) | Swan, J. E. |
| Glanville, Harold James | Lunn, William | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Graham D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Malone, C. L. (Leyton, E.) | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Graham, R. (Nelson and Colne) | Mills, John Edmund | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Mosley, Oswald | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Tillett, Benjamin |
| Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R. Normanton) | Myers, Thomas | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Hallas, Eldred | Naylor, Thomas Ellis | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Halls, Walter | Newbould, Alfred Ernest | Wignall, James |
| Hartshorn, Vernon | O'Connor, Thomas P. | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett) |
| Hayday, Arthur | O'Grady, Captain James | Williams, Col. P. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Hayward, Evan | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wilson, James (Dudley) |
| Hirst, G. H. | Rendall, Athelstan | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Holmes, J. Stanley | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Irving, Dan | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) | |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Robertson, J. (Lanark) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Rose, Frank H. | Mr. T. Griffiths and Mr. Rhys J. Davies. |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Shaw, Thomas (Preston) |
First and Third Resolutions agreed to.