Captain BENNMay I ask the Prime Minister what business, in the event of the Motion standing in his name being carried, he will be taking to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)The Committee stage of the Pensions Bill, as announced—nothing else.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 259; Noes, 135.
2235| Division No. 219.] | AYES. | [3.46 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Astor, Viscountess | Barnett, Major Sir Richard |
| Albery Irving James | Atkinson, C. | Barnston, Major Sir Harry |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Beamish, Captain T. P. H. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Balniel, Lord | Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Barclay-Harvey C. M. | Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Ganzonl, Sir John | Oakley, T. |
| Berry, Sir George | Gee, Captain R. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Bethell, A. | Gilmour. Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Goff, Sir Park | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Grace, John | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Pielou, D. p. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th's'w, E) | Pilcher, G. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Gretton, Colonel John | Preston, William |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Hall, Lieut.-Col Sir F. (Dulwich) | Radford, E. A. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Raine, W. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Ramsden, E. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Harrison, G. J. C. | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Hartington, Marquess of | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Haslam, Henry C. | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Henderson, Capt. R.R.(Oxf'd, Henley) | Ropner, Major L. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Hennesey, Major J. R. G. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Burman, J. B. | Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Herbert, S.(York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Sandon, Lord |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Hilton, Cecil | Savery, S. S. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W. R., Sowerby) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl.(Renfrew, W.) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Holt, Capt. H. P. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Sinclair, Col. T.(Queen's Univ., Belfast) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Christie, J. A. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Huntingfield, Lord | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hurst, Gerald B. | Spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F.(Will'sden, E.) |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Jacob, A. E. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | James. Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Jephcott, A. R. | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Cope, Major William | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Stuart, Crichton, Lord C. |
| Couper, J. B. | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Crook, C. W. | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Col. George R. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Looker, Herbert William | Tryon, Rt. Hen. George Clement |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Lougher, L. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Waddington, R. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset. Yeovil) | Lynn, Sir R. J. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Macintyre, l. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Doyle, Sir N. Grattan | McLean, Major A. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Drewe, C. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Malone, Major P. B. | Wilder, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Margesson, Captain D. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torguay) |
| Elveden, Viscount | Mason, Lieut.-Colonel Glyn K. | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| England, Colonel A. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W. R., Ripon) |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Fielden, E. B. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). |
| Finburgh, S. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Fleming, D. P. | Murchison, C. K. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Ford, P. J. | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Nelson, Sir Frank | |
| Forrest, W. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Foxcroft. Captain C. T. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Colonel Gibbs and Captain Douglas |
| Frece, Sir Walter de | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Hacking. |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsfld.) |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hardie, George D. | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Harland, A. | Rose, Frank H. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Harney, E. A. | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Baker, Walter | Hayday, Arthur | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Barnes, A. | Hirst, G. H. | Smillie, Robert |
| Barr, J. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Batey, Joseph | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Snell, Harry |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Briant, Frank | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Broad, F. A. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Buchanan, G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Taylor, R. A. |
| Clowes, S. | Kelly, W. T. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kennedy, T. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Kirkwood, D. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Compton, Joseph | Lawson, John James | Thurtle, E. |
| Connolly, M. | Lee, F. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cove, W. G. | Livingstone, A. M. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lowth, T. | Varley, Frank B. |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Lunn, William | Viant, S. P. |
| Dalton, Hugh | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Mackinder, W. | Warne, G. H. |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | March, S. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Dennison, R. | Maxton, James | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Dunnico, H. | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Welsh, J. C. |
| Fenby, T. D. | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Montague, Frederick | Whiteley, W. |
| Gillett, George M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Gosling, Harry | Murnin, H. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Greenall, T. | Naylor, T. E. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Owen, Major G. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Palin, John Henry | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Paling, W. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Groves, T. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Windsor, Walter |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Potts, John S. | |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr, Tydvil) | Riley, Ben | Mr. Hayes and Mr. Charles |
| Edwards. |