§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That, at Five of the Clock this day, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House without Question put."—[Mr. Churchill.]
Mr. MacDONALDI understand that this Motion, and one which is to follow, are preliminary to business to-day. We do not wish to take up time in discussing them, but with reference to this Motion, against which we shall have to divide, why is it that the Government are so anxious to rise at five o'clock to-day? Surely the Government mean the sitting to be useful, and if contributions of a helpful character are being made. [Interruption.] I am sorry that the Government has thus early gone out of action. Apparently they are under the impression that so far as they are concerned they have nothing to say to help matters. But I am still hoping against hope that, faced as we are now with the trouble that the country is going through, we might try to prove that this House is desirous of using every means in its power to put an end to the present deplorable condition and to get trade resumed. Why should the Government propose a purely artificial termination to our sitting to-day? If the Debate is going on then, why should hon. Members adjourn at five o'clock. [HON. MEMBERS: "To catch trains!"] That is all right. Now we understand. Hon. Members opposite will 142 not sit here to do the work of the nation. I should never have ventured to suggest that myself, but as hon. Members have done it for me—[Interruption]
§ Mr. W. THORNEDo you want any more suspensions? I am one if you want one.
Mr. MacDONALDIf this House means to do its business, it has no right to set an artificial limit to its sitting to-day. It may be that the Debate will be over by five o'clock, but to say at the beginning, before anyone knows any of the developments to-day, that this House, wherever it finds itself, to whatever stage the Debate may have gone, is automatically to rise in order that Members may catch their trains and go home—well, I think the nation expects something more than that from us. So far as we are concerned we shall certainly oppose this Motion.
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe right hon. Gentleman knows well that when the House meets at eleven, it usually rises at five, but in any case we have an ample period of time during which to survey the well-worn field of the coal dispute, if we use that time in the best possible way. There is no reason why the results of the Debate should not be fully apparent within the limit proposed. It is certainly not a question of the convenience of Members standing against the public interest. It is a question whether there is any sufficient probability of an advance and improvement on the situation being made, if we extended our discussions somewhat beyond five o'clock, which would compensate for the undoubted and serious inconvenience to which the, House would be put. Balancing these things against each other, the Government have decided to fix the hour of five o'clock, because we believe that if we make full use of the time available we shall have contributed at this juncture as useful an influence on the situation as it is in our power to do.
Captain WEDGWOOD BENINI am amazed to hear the right hon. Gentleman. If I may say so without offence, he has made a speech which is nothing but it flimsy and shallow pretence. He knows perfectly well that the business yesterday and to-day has been arranged purely for the convenience of Members. There is not the least reason why a 143 single hon. Member opposite should stay here one moment longer than he needs. Whether he goes or not the Government are secure. But the time to make the protest was yesterday. Yesterday, for purely personal convenience and in order that hon. Members might go hack to their well-earned holiday, we forwent an ancient privilege of this House, which was to have a Notice tabled, and we permitted the Home Secretary to move a Motion the terms of which we did not
§ know until he had read it to the House, and to which we had no opportunity of moving Amendments. We have foregone by this procedure an ancient Parliamentary privilege which may not only advantage to-day the Government, but may seriously disadvantage the Opposition in future years.
§ Question put, "That, at Five of the Clock this day, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House without. Question put."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 228; Noes, 95.
145| Division No. 433.] | AYES. | [11.28 a.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Everard, W. Lindsay | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Kindersley, Major G. M. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Falls, Sir Charles F. | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Fermoy, Lord | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. |
| Atkinson, C. | Fielden, E. B. | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Banks, Reginald Mitchell | Finburgh, S. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Ford, Sir P. J. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Looker, Herbert William |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H | Fraser, Captain Ian | Lougher, L. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Frece, Sir Walter de | Lynn, Sir R. J. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Gadie, Lieut.-Colonel Anthony | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Ganzoni, Sir John | MacIntyre, Ian |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Gates, Percy | McLean, Major A. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- |
| Braithwaite, A. N. | Gower, Sir Robert | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Brass, Captain W | Grace, John | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Margesson, Capt. D. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H (W'th's'w, E) | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Meller, R. J. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Merriman, F. B. |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Harland, A. | Morden, Col. W. Grant |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Moreing, Captain A. H. |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Nall, Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Burman, J. B. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Neville, R. J. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hawke, John Anthony | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Henderson, Capt. R.R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Christie, J. A. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hills, Major John Waller | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hilton, Cecil | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Penny, Frederick George |
| Colfox, Major William Phillips | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Holland, Sir Arthur | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Cope, Major William | Holt, Capt. H. P. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Cowan Sir Wm. Henry (Islingtn. N.) | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Pitcher G. |
| Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Preston, William |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Raine, W. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Ramsden, E. |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir John H. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumb'l'nd, Whiteh'n) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hume, Sir G. H. | Remer, J. R. |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hurd, Percy A. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hurst, Gerald B. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) |
| Drewe, C. | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Ropner, Major L. |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Jackson, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. F. S. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Rye, F. G. |
| Ellis, R. G. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Elveden, Viscount | Jephcott, A. R. | Sandeman A. Stewart |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Sanderson, Sir Frank | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Sandon, Lord | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Savery, S. S. | Tasker, Major R. Inigo | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Shepperson, E. W. | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Skelton, A. N. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | Womersley, W. J. |
| Smithers, Waldron | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Waddington, R. | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Sprot, Sir Alexander | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden E.) | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) | Wragg, Herbert |
| Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Watts, Dr. T. | |
| Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. | Wells, S. R. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) | Major Sir Harry Barnston and |
| Styles, Captain H. W. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) | Major Hennessy. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydyil) | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hardie, George D. | Smillie, Robert |
| Baker, Walter | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hirst, G. H. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Barnes, A. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Stamford, T. W. |
| Barr, J. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Batey, Joseph | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Sullivan, Joseph |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Taylor, R. A. |
| Briant, Frank | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Kelly, W. T. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Kennedy, T. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Buchanan, G. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kirkwood, D. | Townend, A. E. |
| Clowes, S. | Lawson, John James | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lindley, F. W. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lowth, T. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Compton, Joseph | Lunn, William | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Connolly, M. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | March, S. | Westwood, J. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Montague, Frederick | Whiteley, W. |
| Dennison, R. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Duncan, C. | Murnin, H. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Fenby, T. D. | Palin, John Henry | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Gardner, J. P. | Paling, W. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Potts, John S. | Windsor, Walter |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-spring) | Wright, W. |
| Greenall, T. | Ritson, J. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Scrymgeour, E. | |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Scurr, John | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Grundy, T. W. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. Allen Parkinson. |
| Guest, Haden (Southwark, N.) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
§ Ordered, "That, at Five of the Clock this day, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House without Question put."
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House, at its rising this day, do adjourn until Tuesday, 9th November."—[Mr. Churchill.]
Mr. MacDONALDI beg to move to leave out the words "9th November," and to insert instead thereof the words "7th September."
The Amendment means that the House will rise for a week. I still continue to hope that the conditions which will be revealed in the course of the Debate today will induce the Government to consider some positive action. The National Delegate Conference of the Miners' Federation is to take place on Thursday next, and I hope the conditions which we shall reveal may induce the Government in the interests of the nation to 146 come in and get the two sides together. If that is to be effected—it is no good this House adjourning for a month. I assume that a month from now, if the Emergency Regulations have to be reissued, we shall again be called together, but that is no good if any work is to be done to establish industrial peace. Therefore, I move my Amendment that the House should adjourn until next Tuesday in the hope that the Government, and anybody else who cares to enlist from either side of the House or outside the House, will assist in an endeavour to create a situation which will eventuate in the emergence of the nation from the present situation.
§ Mr. CHURCHILLOn this occasion we are following the exact precedent which we followed when the House adjourned at the beginning of August. As is well known, we then fixed the 9th 147 November as the date of our reassembling but we have come here in the interval in order to renew the Emergency Regulations in virtue of the procedure which enables the Government, by Proclamation, to summon Parliament together at any time. Therefore, there is no difficulty in the matter of summoning Parliament, and if by any chance the stoppage should be in progress in another month's time, and the Regulations have to be renewed then, we shall take the same procedure and bring Parliament together in advance of the date, 9th November. But the proposal put forward by the Leader of the Opposition is that we should adjourn now for a week, and he seemed to hope that there may be some fundamental change in the situation during the next week which would make it specially useful and advantageous for Parliament to be in session.
The Government have no knowledge of any facts which would justify such a conclusion, nor are we satisfied that should the situation undergo some change of a beneficial character it would be a change which would require the intervention of Parliament at that moment. It may well be that any discussions or negotiations which may take place will be better conducted without debates in Parliament proceeding at the same time; and the results can be presented to Parliament and the public if and when they are achieved. In any case, we remain perfectly free and fully competent to call Parliament together, should at any time a decision be required in which the Executive would desire to fortify itself by the assent of the House of Commons, or which required legislative action in any form. Therefore, we do not in the least close the door to any further meeting of the House if it should be necessary, but, as long as it is not necessary, we think that it is much better for us not to be bound to a fixed date other than that date for the Autumn Session which has long been announced.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYWhat does the right hon. Gentleman mean by heated discussions? I have not observed any heat in these discussions. Indeed, his speech just now has had 148 exactly the opposite effect, and I congratulate him on the soothing effect of his words. The right hon. Gentleman says that it is all right and that, if we need the Emergency Powers extended, we can call all the faithful Commons together again in another month's time. But that is not the sum total of the business of the Government at this juncture. I notice that about half the occupants of the Treasury Bench have come back for this short and, so far, very pleasant sitting of Parliament—
§ Brigadier-General Sir HENRY CROFTAnd nine Members of the Liberal party!
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIf they are not so strong as the party opposite in numbers, in constructive advice those nine Members have done very much more in this crisis, and if our advice had been followed in the beginning, the whole country would be enjoying industrial peace now. If the Government will do nothing further than extend these Emergency Regulations, cannot they get some counsel from their followers? Looking round the House, and judging by my fellow Members, I think they have had an excellent holiday and that they look very much better for it, so that it will not hurt them to come back in a week's time. I do not want to be personal, but I might say that it would not hurt a single hon. Member to be recalled here in another week. There is a large reserve of Members opposite who have not been called up at all, who would be able to step into the breach, if there should be any casualties. But the point is this, that there may be a chance, by Members of Parliament meeting together, of finding some means of helping the country to escape from this extraordinary deadlock in which we find ourselves. I can only say, what I said a month ago, that the Government seem to be absolutely out of touch with the real opinion of the country. They do not realise the seriousness of the situation in the North of England. They seem to be quite out of touch with the manufacturing and industrial centres, and they must judge only by what the City of London thinks about the situation, but the producing and exporting trades are being terribly hard hit. There is really a creeping paralysis in the North of England and it will take us years to 149 recover, in spite of the optimism of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. I am afraid that the Government are treating the matter with extraordinary and criminal levity.
§ Mr. R. RICHARDSONMay I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he remembers his own weighty words to the House when this dispute commenced, that at a certain period certain things might happen, and that, if this dispute went on for three months, this country might be in a position from which it would take a very long time, if ever, to recover? Those were his own weighty words to this House, and I would ask him now if he does not think the time has arrived when this House ought to be in continuous session, not for the sake of the miners and mineowners, but of business generally,
§ until this matter is finally settled. What use is it to have a patched-up peace? It will bring nothing to the country, and what the country desires is a permanent peace that will give the country a real chance to recover.
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI can only speak again by the indulgence of the House, but would it not be much better to carry this discussion forward on the general Debate which is going to take place, when the whole matter can be canvassed?
§ Mr. RICHARDSONThen the mischief will be done.
§ Question put, "That the words '9th November' stand part of the Question."
§ The House divided: Ayes. 225; Noes, 100.
151| Division No. 434.] | AYES | [11.46 a.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Drewe, C. | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Eden, Captain Anthony | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Edmonson, Major A. J. | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) |
| Apsley, Lord | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F W. | Ellis, R. G. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Elveden, Viscount | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) |
| Banks, Reginald Mitchell | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Hutchison, G.A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) |
| Beckett, Hon. Sir G. | Falls, Sir Charles F. | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Fermoy, Lord | Jackson, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. F. S. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Fielden, E. B. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Finburgh, S. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Ford, Sir P. J. | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Fraser, Captain Ian | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Braithwaite, A. N. | Frece, Sir Walter de | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Kindersley, Major Guy M. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Ganzoni, Sir John | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Gates, Percy. | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Gower, Sir Robert | Looker, Herbert William |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Grace, John | Lougher, L. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Burman, J. B. | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w, E) | Lynn, Sir Robert J. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | MacDonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Macintyre, Ian |
| Christie, J. A. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | McLean, Major A. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Colfox, Major William Phillips | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Conway, Sir Martin | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Cope, Major William | Hawke, John Anthony | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islingtn, N.) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Meller, R. J. |
| Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Merriman, F. B. |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hills, Major John Waller | Morden, Col. W. Grant |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | Hilton, Cecil | Moreing, Captain A. H. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Nall, Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Holland, Sir Arthur | Neville, R. J. |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Holt, Capt. H. P. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter). |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hon. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Rye, F. G. | Thom, Lt-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Nuttall, Ellis | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell |
| O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Waddington, R. |
| O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Orsmby-Gore, Hon. William | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Pennefather, Sir John | Sandon, Lord | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Penny, Frederick George | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Savery, S. S. | Wells, S. R. |
| Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Shepperson, E. W. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Skelton, A. N. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Pilcher, G. | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Power, Sir John Cecil | Smithers, Waldron | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Preston, William | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Sprot, Sir Alexander | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Rains, W. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Ramsden, E. | Storry-Deans, R. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Wood, E. (Chester, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Remer, J. R. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Styles, Captain H. W. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Rice, Sir Frederick | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Wragg, Herbert |
| Ropner, Major L. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. | |
| Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Tasker, Major R. I. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Templeton, W. P. | Major Sir Harry Barnston and |
| Major Hennessy. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Guest, Haden (Southwark, N.) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Smillie, Robert |
| Baker, Walter | Hardie, George D. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Barnes, A. | Hirst, G. H. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Barr, J. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Stamford, T. W. |
| Batey, Joseph | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Sullivan, J. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Taylor, R. A. |
| Briant, Frank | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Kelly, W. T. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Buchanan, G. | Kennedy, T. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Clowes, S. | Kirkwood, D. | Townend, A. E. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lawson, John James | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lindley, F. W. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Compton, Joseph | Lowth, T. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Connolly, M. | Lunn, William | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Cove, W. G. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Davies, David (Montgomery) | March, S. | Westwood, J. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Montague, Frederick | Whiteley, W. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Dennison, R. | Murnin, H. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Duncan, C | Palin, John Henry | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Fenby, T. D | Paling, W. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Gardner, J. P. | Potts, John S. | Windsor, Walter |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wright, W |
| Gosling, Harry | Ritson, J. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Scrymgeour, E. | |
| Greenall, T. | Scurr, John | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Charles Edwards. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | |
| Grundy, T. W. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
Main Question put, and agreed to.
§
Resolved,
That this House at its rising this day, do adjourn until Tuesday, 9th November.