§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on Government Business and on any Private Business set
§ down for consideration at a quarter-past Eight of the Clock this evening, by direction of the Chairman of Ways and Means, be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and that, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 8, any such Private Business may be taken after half-past Nine of the Clock." — [The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 233; Noes, 100.
1369| Division No. 353.] | AYES. | [3.40 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Dawson, Sir Philip | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Col. George R. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Albery, Irving James | Dixey, A. C. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Doyle, Sir N. Grattan | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L' pool, W. Derby) | Drewe, C. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Lumley, L. R. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | MacAndrew, Charles Glen |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Elveden, Viscount | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | England, Colonel A. | Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston. S.-M.) | McDonnell Colonel Hon. Angus |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Everard, W. Lindsay | McLean, Major A. |
| Balniel, Lord | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | McNeil, Rt. Hon. Ronald John |
| Beamish, Captain T. p. H. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | MacRobert, Alexander M. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Fielden, E. B. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- |
| Bennett, A. J. | Fleming, D. P. | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Forestier -Walker, Sir L. | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Berry, Sir George | Forrest, W. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Gates, Percy | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Blundell, F. N. | Grant, J. A. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Gretton, Colonel John | Moore-Brabazon Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Murchison, C. K. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Neville, R. J. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastb'rne) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Brown, Maj. D.C. (N' th 'l' d., Hexham) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Harland, A. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir | Alan Hartington, Marquess of | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Burman, J. B. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Haslam, Henry C. | Oakley, T. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hawke, John Anthony | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Cassels, J. D. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Oman. Sir Charles William C. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootie) | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Heneage. Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Pilcher, G. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm., W.) | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Hilton, Cecil | Preston, William |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Radford, E. A. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Raine, W. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Holland, Sir Arthur | Ramsden, E. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Holt, Captain H. P. | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Rawson, Alfred Cooper |
| Couper, J. B. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Remer, J. R. |
| Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Richardson Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs, Stretford) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Crook, C. W. | Hurd, Percy A. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Jacob, A. E. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Jephcott, A. R. | Sandon, Lord |
| Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W.R., Sowerby) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Kinloch-Cook, Sir Clement | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Skelton, A. N. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen South) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Smithers, Waldron | Tinne, J. A. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Sprot, Sir Alexander | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W. R., Ripon) |
| Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) | Wallace, Captain D. E. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Strickland, Sir Gerald | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) | |
| Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. | Watts, Dr. T. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Wiggins, William Martin | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry Barnston. |
| Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hayday, Arthur | Rose, Frank H. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hayes, John Henry | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Sexton, James |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Baker, Waiter | Hirst, G. H. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Barr, J. | Hudson, J. H. (Hudders field) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Batey, Joseph | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Smith, Rennle (Penistone) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Snell, Harry |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Jones, J. J. (Wast Ham, Silvertown) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Clowes, S. | Kelly, W. T. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kennedy, T. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Kirkwood, D. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lansbury, George | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities | Lee, F. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Livingstone, A. M. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Viant, S. P. |
| Dennison, R. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | March, S. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Maxton, James | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Gosling, Harry | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Greenall, T. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Westwood, J. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Murnin, H. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Paling, W. | Whiteley, W. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Groves, T. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Potts, John S. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Riley, Ben | Wright, W. |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Ritson, J. | |
| Harris, Percy A. | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Warne. |
Question, "That the Debate be now adjourned," put, and agreed to.