§
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, 240; Noes, 110.
1033| Division No. 174.] | AYES. | [3.41 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Christle, J. A. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Goff, Sir Park |
| Albery, Irving James | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Clayton, G. C. | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Cope, Major William | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Couper, J. B. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.) |
| Apsley, Lord | Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hacking, Captain Douglas K. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Barrett, Major Sir Richard | Crookshank, Col. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Curtis-Bennett, Sir Henry | Harvey, Major S. E. (Bevon, Totnes) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Davies, Maj. Geo. T. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Henn, Sir Sydney H |
| Brass, Captain W | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Dixey, A. C. | Hilton, Cecil |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Drewe, C. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Eden, Captain Anthony | Holland, Sir Arthur |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Holt, Captain H. P. |
| Brooks, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) |
| Brown, Maj. D.C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Elvedan, Viscount | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | England, Colonel A. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald |
| Burman, J. B. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hudson, Capt. A.U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberland, Whiteh'n) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Finburgh, S. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Forrest, W. | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. F. S. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) | Frece, Sir Walter de | Jacob, A. E. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Gadie, Lieut.-Col Anthony | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Ganzoni, Sir John | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Gates, Percy | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. sir Philip | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Pielou, D. P. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Pilcher, G. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Loder, J. de V. | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Lougher, L. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Price, Major C. W. M. | Thorn, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Radford, E. A. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Lumley, L. R. | Raine, W. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.) |
| Mac Andrew, Major Charles Glen | Ramsden, E. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Rawson, Sir Alfred Cooper | Tinne, J. A. |
| Macintyre, Ian | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| McLean, Major A. | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Remnant, Sir James | Waddington, R. |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Rice, Sir Frederick | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes, Stretford) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Ropner, Major L. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Margesson, Capt. D. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Salmon, Major I. | Wells, S. R. |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Williams, Herbert G, (Reading) |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Sandon, Lord | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Savery, S. S. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Morrison H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wood, E. (Chester, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Olive | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Murchison, C. K. | Skelton, A. N. | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Smithers, Waldron | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsf'ld.) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | |
| Nuttall, Ellis | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Oakley, T. | Sprot, Sir Alexander | Major Sir Harry Barnston and Major Hennessy. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hayday, Arthur | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hayes, John Henry | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Batey, Joseph | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hirst, G. H. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Briant, Frank | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Broad, F. A, | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Stamford, T. W. |
| Bromley, J. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Buchanan, Q. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Sullivan, Joseph |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Cape, Thomas | Kelly, W. T. | Thomas, Rt. Hon, James H. (Derby) |
| Clowes, S. | Kennedy, T. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Kenyon, Barnet | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Kirkwood, D. | Thurtle, E. |
| Connolly, M. | Lee, F. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cove, W. G. | Livingstone, A. M. | Townend, A. E. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lowth, T. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lunn, William | Viant, S. P. |
| Dennison, R. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Mackinder, W. | Watson, W, M. (Dunfermline) |
| Fenby, T. D. | March, S. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Maxton, James | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Gillett, George M. | Montague, Frederick | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Gosling, Harry | Murnin, H. | Westwood, J. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Naylor, T. E. | Whiteley, W. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Owen, Major G. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Palin, John Henry | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Paling, W. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Groves, T. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Windsor, Walter |
| Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Potts, John S. | Wright, W. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hall, G. H. (Marthyr Tydvil) | Riley, Ben | |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Ritson, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Harris, Percy A. | Rose, Frank H. | Mr. Warne and Mr. A. Barnes. |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
Question put, and agreed to.