§ In Section seven of the Army Act, for the words "shall on conviction by court-martial be liable to suffer death or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned," there shall be substituted the words "shall on conviction by court-martial be liable to be kept in penal servitude for life or any shorter period (not less than throe years). or to such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned."—(Mr. Lawson.]
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Mr. LAWSONI beg to move, "That the Clause he read a Second time."
Most Members understand that we made an arrangement last night. that we would not debate these particular 1599 Clauses, but take the discussion on one Clause in order to save time. I, therefore, simply formally beg to move this Clause.
§ Question put, "That the Clause be read a Second time."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 103; Noes, 177.
1601| Division No. 94.] | AYES. | [9.7 a.m. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro") | Hardie, George D. | Phillipps, Vivian |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hayday, Arthur | Potts, John S. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hayes, John Henry (Edge Hill) | Pringle, W. M. R. |
| Batey, Joseph | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (N'castle, E.) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Henderson, T, (Glasgow) | Riley, Ben |
| Berkeley, Captain Reginald | Herriotts, J. | Ritson, J. |
| Bonwick, A. | Hirst, G. H. | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Bowdler, W. A. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Broad, F. A. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Saklatvala, S. |
| Bromfield, William | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Salter, Dr. A. |
| Brotherton, J. | Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East) | Sexton. James |
| Buchanan, G. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Shinwell, Emanuel |
| Buckle, J. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Burgess, S. | Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Cairns, John | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Smith, T. (Pontefract) |
| Cape, Thomas | Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) | Snell, Harry |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) |
| Darbishire, C. W. | Kirkwood, O. | Steven, Campbell |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Lansbury, George | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lawson, John James | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Duffy, T. Gavan | Leach, W. | Thome, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Dunnico, H. | Lee, F. | Turner, Ben |
| Ede, James Chuter | Linfield, F. C. | Warne, G. H. |
| Entwistle, Major C. F. | Mac Donald, J. R. (Aberavon) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Foot, Isaac | M'Entee, V. L. | Westwood J. |
| Gosling, Harry | McLaren, Andrew | Wheatley, J. |
| Gray, Frank (Oxford) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Whiteley, W. |
| Greenall, T. | Martin, F.(Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Maxton, James | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Middleton, G. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Groves, T. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) | Wright, W. |
| Guest, J. (York, W.H., Hemsworth) | Oliver, George Harold | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hall, F. (York W. R., Normanton) | Paling, W. | |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mr. Lunn and Mr. T. Griffiths. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Harrison, F. C. |
| Alexander, Col M. (Southwark) | Cope, Major William | Harvey, Major S. E. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Archer.Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Craig, Capt. C. C. (Antrim, South) | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Crook, C. W. (East Ham, North) | Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) |
| Astor, J. J, (Kent, Dover) | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Hiley, Sir Ernest |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Banks, Mitchell | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Doyle, N. Gratian | Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy |
| Becker, Harry | Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Bellairs, Commander Cartyon W. | Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Hood, Sir Joseph |
| Berry, Sir George | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hopkins, John W. W. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Ednam, Viscount | Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Elliot, Capt. Waller E. (Lanark) | Howard-Bury, Lieut. Col. C. K. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Hudson, Capt. A. |
| Bowyer. Capt. G. E. W | Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. | Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) |
| Boyd Carpenter, Major A. | Evres Monsell, Cam. Bolton M. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Falcon, Captain Michael | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Jarrett, G. W. S- |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Fawkes, Major F. H. | Keiley, Major Fred (Rotherham) |
| Briggs, Harold | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Forestier-Walker, L. | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Brown, J. W. (Middlesbrough. E.) | Furness, G. J. | Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Bruton, Sir James | Garland, C. S. | Lorimer, H. O. |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) |
| Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) | Goff. Sir R. Park | Lumley, L. R. |
| Button, H. S. | Gray, Harold (Cambridge) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Cadogah, Major Edward | Greene, Lt.Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) | Maddocks, Henry |
| Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Margesson, H. O. R. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Mercer, Colonel H. |
| Chamberlain. Rt. Hon. N.(Ladywood) | Gwynne, Rupert S. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw |
| Glarry, Reginald George | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Halstead, Major D. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. |
| Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honlton) | Rentoul, G. S. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Murchison, C. K. | Reynolds, W. G. W. | Sueter, Hear Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Nail, Major Joseph | Richardson, Lt.-Col. sir P. (Chertsey) | Sutcliffe, T. |
| Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henlay) |
| Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Robertson, J. D. (Islington, W.) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Nield, Sir Herbert | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Hugh | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Russell, William (Bolton) | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Paget, T. G. | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney | Waring, Major Walter |
| Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) |
| Pease, William Edwin | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) | Wells, S. R. |
| Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Penny, Frederick George | Sanderson, Sir Frank B. | White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Sandon, Lord | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Leslie O. (P'tsm'th, S.) |
| Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) | Winterton, Earl |
| Philipson, Hilton | Shepperson, E. W. | Wise, Frederick |
| Pleiou, D. P. | Simpson, J. Hope | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Pownall, Lieut.-Golonel Assheton | Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South) | Wood, Rt. Hn. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Privett, F. J. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Rains, W. | Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Stanley, Lord | |
| Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. | Steel, Major S. Strang | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Reid, Capt. A. S, C. (Warrington) | Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Major Barston and Capt. Douglas King. |