§ Sir DONALD MACLEANCan the Leader of the House say whether he intends to move the second Motion, standing in his name to-day, with respect to the sitting of the House tomorrow, and, if not, can he say what are the arrangements for to-morrow? Can he also kindly repeat to the House what was said earlier in the proceedings about the probable date on which the Irish statement will be made?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINAs regards the two Motions in my name, I do not propose to move the second one, relating to the earlier sitting of the House to-morrow. I suggest that the House should meet at the usual hour to-morrow.
As regards the first Motion standing in my name, relating to the business to be taken to-day, I propose to move it with the omission of the Constabulary (Ireand) Bill, in consequence of my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary being unable to be present owing to a family bereavement. We no longer think it possible to suggest the Adjournment of the House to-morrow. My right hon. Friend has stated earlier that he hopes to make a statement about Ireland either to-morrow or on Wednesday.
§ We propose to take the Motion for Adjournment on Wednesday.
§ Lord ROBERT CECILAt Eleven o'clock.
Mr. CHAMBERLAINYes, I think so, but I will put down a Motion. I would not like to bind myself at this moment to move it. It may be necessary to meet later in order that the statement on Ireland may be made.
To-morrow, we propose to take some of the minor Orders on the Paper, including the Constabulary (Ireland) Bill, the Harbours, Docks, and Piers (Temporary Increase of Charges) Bill, and other Orders which may come down from Committees Upstairs, and, if time permits, the Foreign Office Supplementary Estimates.
I hope to make a statement to-morrow as to the business to be taken on the re-assembling of Parliament.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings in Committee on Law of Property [Stamp Duty, etc.], and on the Resolution relating to National Health Insurance [Expenses] be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House.)"— [Mr. Chamberlain.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 273; Noes, 54.
1703| Division No. 125.] | AYES. | [4.12 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. | Du Pre, Colonel William Baring |
| Adkins, Sir W. Ryland D. | Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Ednam, Viscount |
| Amery, Leopold C. M. S. | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) |
| Armstrong, Henry Bruce | Burdon, Colonel Rowland | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) |
| Ashley, Colonel Wilfrid W. | Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Elliott, Lt.-Col. Sir G. (Islington, W.) |
| Bagley, Captain E. Ashton | Butcher, Sir John George | Elveden, Viscount |
| Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Evans, Ernest |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Carr, W. Theodore | Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Casey, T. W. | Falcon, Captain Michael |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Cautley, Henry Strother | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray |
| Barlow, Sir Montague | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Fell, Sir Arthur |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A.(Birm.,W.) | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. |
| Barnatt, Major Richard W. | Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) | Ford, Patrick Johnston |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Cheyne, Sir William Watson | Forrest, Walter |
| Bartley-Denniss, Sir Edmund Robert | Child, Brigadier-General Sir Hill | Fraser, Major Sir Keith |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Frece, Sir Walter de |
| Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Gange, E. Stanley |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Clough, Sir Robert | Gardiner, James |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Gee, Captain Robert |
| Bennett, Sir Thomas Jewell | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd |
| Bethell, Sir John Henry | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John |
| Birchall, J. Dearman | Cooper, Sir Richard Ashmole | Glyn, Major Ralph |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Goff, Sir R. Park |
| Blair, Sir Reginald | Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward A. |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Grant, James Augustus |
| Bowles, Colonel H. F. | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. W. E. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Greig, Colonel Sir James William |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Daiziel, Sir D, (Lambeth, Brixton) | Grenfell, Edward Charles |
| Brassey, H. L. C. | Davidson,J. C. C.(Hemel Hempstead) | Gritten, W. G. Howard |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. Frederick E. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Gwynne, Rupert S. |
| Broad, Thomas Tucker | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington S.) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Bruton, Sir James | Doyle, N. Grattan | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l,W.D'by) |
| Hamilton, Major C. G. C. | Marks, Sir George Croydon | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Marriott, John Arthur Ransome | Seddon, J. A. |
| Harms worth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) | Martin, A. E. | Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John |
| Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. | Sharman-Crawford, Robert G. |
| Harris, Sir Henry Percy | Molson, Major John Elsdale | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) |
| Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander |
| Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) |
| Hills, Major John Waller | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Murray, C. D. (Edinburgh) | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy | Murray, Hon. Gideon (St. Rollox) | Stevens, Marshall |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Neal, Arthur | Stewart, Gershom |
| Hope, Lt.-Col. Sir J. A. (Midlothian) | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Hopkins, John W. W. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Newson, Sir Percy Wilson | Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C. |
| Home, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Hotchkin, Captain Stafford Vere | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Sykes, Colonel Sir A. J. (Knutsford) |
| Howard, Major S. G. | Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) | Sykes, Sir Charles (Huddersfield) |
| Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Taylor, J. |
| Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Nield, Sir Herbert | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) |
| Inskip, Thomas Walker H. | Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. | Thorpe, Captain John Henry |
| Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Tickler, Thomas George |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Townley, Maximillan G. |
| Jellett, William Morgan | Pain, Brig.-Gen. Sir W. Hacket | Townshend, Sir Charles Vere Ferrers |
| Jesson, C. | Parker, James | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| Jones, Sir Evan (Pembroke) | Parkinson, Albert L. (Blackpool) | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Joynson Hicks, Sir William | Pearce, Sir William | Ward, William Dudley (Southampton) |
| Kellaway, Rt. Hon Fredk. George | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Waring, Major Walter |
| Kelley, Major Fred (Rotherham) | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Watson, Captain John Bertrand |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Philipps, Gen. Sir I. (Southampton) | White, Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Philipps, Sir Owen C. (Chester, City) | Wild, Sir Ernest Edward |
| Lane-Fox, G. R. | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Williams, C. (Tavistock) |
| Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray | Williams, Lt.-Col. Sir R. (Banbury) |
| Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Pratt, John William | Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald |
| Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. | Willoughby, Lieut. Col. Hon. Claud |
| Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) | Purchase, H. G. | Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H. |
| Lindsay, William Arthur | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Wilson, Capt. A. S. (Holderness) |
| Lister, Sir R. Ashton | Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir M. (Bethnal Gn.) |
| Lloyd, George Butler | Raw, Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. N. | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Lloyd-Greame, Sir P. | Rawlinson, John Frederick Pee[...] | Windsor, Viscount |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham, East) | Winterton, Earl |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) | Reid, D. D. | Wise, Frederick |
| Lorden, John William | Remer, J. R. | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Loseby, Captain C. E. | Remnant, Sir James | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Lowther, Maj.-Gen. Sir C. (Penrith) | Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) | Woods, Sir Robert |
| Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachie) | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Young, E. H. (Norwich) |
| McMicking, Major Gilbert | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon) |
| Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Young, W. (Perth & Kinross, Perth) |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Royds, Lieut.-Colonel Edmund | Younger, Sir George |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | |
| Magnus, Sir Philip | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr. McCurdy. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Francis D. | Halls, Walter | Rendall, Athelstan |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hayward, Evan | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Rose, Frank H. |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Holmes, J. Stanley | Sexton, James |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Spoor, B. G. |
| Berwick, Major G. O. | Kennedy, Thomas | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Bramsdon, Sir Thomas | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Thomas, Brig-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) |
| Cairns, John | Kenyon, Barnet | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Kiley, James Daniel | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Clynes, Rt Hon. John R. | Lunn, William | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) | Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Midlothian) | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Malone, C. L. (Leyton, E.) | Wignall, James |
| Entwistle, Major C. F. | Mills, John Edmund | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Foot, Isaac | Mosley, Oswald | |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Gillis, William | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Major McKenzie Wood and Mr. Myers. |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Naylor, Thomas Eilis | |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | O'Connor, Thomas P. |