§
Motion made, and Question put,
That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, the Reports of the Navy Excess, 1924– 25, and Civil Services Excesses, 1924–25, may be considered this day, and that the Proceedings on Reports of Supply of the 11th and 15th March may be taken after Eleven of the Clock, and that such Proceedings 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, 232; Noes, 88.
885| Division No. 98.] | AYES. | [3.47 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Kindersley, Major G. M. |
| Albery, Irving James | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Applln, Colonel R. V. K. | Elveden, Viscount | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Apsley, Lord | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wllfrid W. | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Lister, Cunllfle-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Atkinson, C. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Locker-Lampson. G. (Wood Green) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Falls, Sir Charles F. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Looker, Herbert William |
| Balniel, Lord | Fermoy, Lord | Lucas.-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Fielden, E. B. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Forrest, W. | Lumley, L. R. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Fraser, Captain Ian | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Ganzonl, Sir John | Maclntyre, Ian |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Gates, Percy. | McLean, Major A. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Gee, Captain R. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Blundell, F. N. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Glyn. Major R. G. C. | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Gower, Sir Robert | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Grotrian, H. Brent | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark Lanark) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hall. Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Hanbury, C. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Haslam, Henry C. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Burton Colonel H. W. | Hawke, John Anthony | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Butler Sir Geoffrey | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Murchison, C. K. |
| Campbell E. T. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col- Arthur P. | Newman. Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Nicholson. Col. Rt. Hon. W. G. (Ptrssf'ld.) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hennessy Major J. R. G. | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St. Marylebone) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Holt, Captain H. P. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Pilcher, G. |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Power. Sir John Cecil |
| Cobb, Sir Cyrll | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A.D.<> | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Rawson, Sir Alfred Cooper |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Reid, D. D. (County Down) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Remnant, Sir James |
| Cope, Major William | Hudson, R.S. (Cumberland, Whlteh'n) | Rentoul, G. S. |
| Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Hunting field, Lord | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hurd. Percy A. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hurst, Gerald B. | Ropner, Major L. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Mldl'n & P'bl's) | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Davidson, J.(Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Jackson, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. F. S. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Jacob, A. E. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovll) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Sandon, Lord |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston). | Savery, S. S. |
| Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R. Richm'd) |
| Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Simms, Dr, John M. (Co. Down) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Smithers, Waldron | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Sprot, Sir Alexander | Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L. (Kingston-on-Hull) | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Streatfeild, Captain S. R. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Strickland, Sir Gerald | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Han. Sir L. |
| Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dalrymple | |
| Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry Barnston. |
| Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) | |
| Thorn, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hirst, G. H. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hint, W. (Bradford, South) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley) |
| Barr, J. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, Rennle (Penistone) |
| Batey, Joseph | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Snell, Harry |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Kelly, W. T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Kennedy, T. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Bromley, J. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Kenyon, Barnet | Taylor, R. A. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lansbury, George | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lee, F. | Thurtle, E. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lindley, F. W. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lunn, William | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Viant, S. P. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Mackinder, W. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Dennison, R. | March, S. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Duncan, C. | Morris, R. H. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Naylor, T. E. | Whiteley, W. |
| Gillett, George M. | Oliver, George Harold | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Gosling, Harry | Owen, Major G. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Palln, John Henry | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Paling, W. | Windsor, Walter |
| Groves, T. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wright, W. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur | |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Potts, John S. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Pureed, A. A. | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. A. Barnes. |
| Hayes, John Henry | Rose, Frank H. | |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burniey) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
First Resolution read a Second time.