§
Motion made, and Question put,
That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, Business other than Business of Supply may be taken before Eleven of the clock, and that the Proceedings on Navy and Air Expenditure, 1923–24, and on the Telegraph (Money) Bill be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Austen Chamberlain.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 220; Noes, 111.
437| Division No. 324.] | AYES. | [3.45 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Drewe, C. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Elveden, Viscount | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberland, Whiteh'n) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | England, Colonel A. | Hume Williams, Sir W. Ellis |
| Balniel, Lord | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish | Fermoy, Lord | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Finburgh, S. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Fleming, D. P. | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Ford, P J. | Kidd. J. (Linlithgow) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Forrest W. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Foster Sir Harry S. | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Brown, Maj. D.C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Ganzoni, Sir John | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Brown, Brig. -Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Gates, Percy | Loder, J. de V. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Goff Sir Park | Lougher, L. |
| Burney, Lieut. Com. Charles D. | Gower, Sir Robert | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Grant, J. A. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Lumley, L. R. |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th's'w. E) | MacAndrew, Charles Glen |
| Campbell, E. T. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | McLean, Major A. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | MacRobert, Alexander M. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm., W). | Hammersley, S. S. | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hanbury, C. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn |
| Chapman, Sir S | Hannon ' Patrick Joseph Henry | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Christie, J. A. | Harland, A. | Meller, R. J. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Harrison, G. J. C. | Merriman, F. B. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Haslam, Henry C. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hawke, John Anthony | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Cope, Major William | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Couper, J. B. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Moreing, Captain A. H. |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Henniker-Hughan, vice-Adm. Sir A. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Murchison, C. K. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Hilton, Cecil | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Davidson, J.(Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Homan, C. W. J. | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Doyle, Sir N. Grattan | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Preston, William | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F.(Will'sden, E.) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Raine, W. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Rawson, Alfred Cooper | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Rees, Sir Beddoe | Strickland, Sir Gerald | Wells, S. R. |
| Remer, J. R. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd) |
| Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Ropner, Major L. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W.R., Ripon) |
| Sandeman, A. Stewart | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Tinne, J. A. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). |
| Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Tichfield, Major the Marquess of | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Young, E. Hilton (Norwich) |
| Skelton, A. N. | Turton, Edmund Russborough | |
| Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine. C.) | Waddington, R. | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry |
| Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Wallace, Captain D. E. | Barnston. |
| Sprot, Sir Alexander | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Harris, Percy A. | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hayes, John Henry | Scurr, John |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hirst, G. H. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Baker, Walter | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Smillie, Robert |
| Barnes, A. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Barr, J. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Smith, H. B. Leos (Keighley) |
| Batey, Joseph | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Broad, F. A. | Kelly, W. T. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Kennedy, T. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Cape, Thomas | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thurtle, E. |
| Clowes, S. | Kenyon, Barnet | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Kirkwood, D. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Collins. Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lansbury, George | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Compton, Joseph | Lawson, John James | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Connolly, M. | Livingstone, A. M. | Warn, G. H. |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Lowth, T. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Davies Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lunn, William | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Day, Colonel Harry | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Welsh, J. C. |
| Dennison, R. | Mackinder, W. | Westwood, J. |
| Dunnico, H. | Maxton James | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. L. |
| Fenby, T. D. | ||
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A.L. | Montague, Frederick | Whiteley, W. |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Morris, R. H. | Wiggins William Martin |
| Gibbins Joseph | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Gillett, George M. | Oliver, George Harold | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Gosling, Harry | Paling, W. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Ponsonby, Arthur | William, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenall, T. | Potts, John S. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wilson R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Ritson, J. | Wright, W. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth Pontypool) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W. Bromwich) | |
| Groves, T. | Robinson, W. C. (York., W. R., Elland) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Rose, Frank H. | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. T. |
| Hardie, George D. | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Henderson. |