§
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, 318; Noes, 102.
883| Division No. 217.] | AYES. | [3.0 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Calne, Gordon Hall |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Campbell, E. T. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Cassels, J. D. |
| Albery, Irving James | Blades, Sir George Rowland | Cautley, Sir Henry S. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Cazalet, Captain Victor A. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Braithwaite, Major | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) |
| Apsley, Lord | Brass, Captain W. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton |
| Astor, Viscountess | Briggs, J. Harold | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J.A. (Birm., W.) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Briscoe, Richard George | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Brittain, Sir Harry | Christie, J. A. |
| Balniel, Lord | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Clarry, Reginald George |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Broun-Lindsay, Major H, | Clayton, G. C. |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newby) | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Buckingham, Sir H. | Conway, Sir W. Martin |
| Bennett, A. J. | Bullock, Captain M. | Cooper, A. Duff |
| Berry, Sir George | Burman, J. B. | Cope, Major William |
| Bethel, A. | Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Couper, J. B. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Courtauld, Major J. S. |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Huntingfield, Lord | Reid, D. D. (County Down) |
| Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Hurd, Percy A. | Remer, J. R. |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hurst, Gerald B. | Remnant, Sir James |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) | Rentoul, G. S. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Curtis-Bennett, Sir Henry | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Dalziel, Sir Davison | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) |
| Davidson, J.(Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Jephcott, A. R. | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes, Stretford) |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir John H. | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemeuth) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Rye, F. G. |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencenter) | Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Davison, Sir W. H, (Kensington, S.) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Lamb, J. Q. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Dixey, A. C. | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Drewe, C. | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Sandon, Lord |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Savery, S. S. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W.R., Sowerby) |
| Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Loder, J. de V. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Ellis, R. G. | Lord, Walter Greaves- | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Elvedon, Viscount | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| England, Colonel A. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Skelton, A. N. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lumley, L. R. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Lynn, Sir R. J. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | MacIntyre, Ian | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Fermoy, Lord | McLean, Major A. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Finburgh, S. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Ford, Sir P. J. | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Forrest, W. | Macquisten, F. A. | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Foxcrott, Captain C. T. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Malone, Major P. B. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Frece, Sir Walter de | Manningbam-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. | Margesson, Captain D. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Galbraith, J. F. W. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. | Templeton, W. P. |
| Gates, Percy | Meller, R. J. | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Merriman, F. B. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Meyer, Sir Frank | Thornton, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.) |
| Glyn, Major R.G.C. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell |
| Goff, Sir Park | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Grace, John | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Grant, J. A. | Monsen, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Waddington, R. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th's'w, E) | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Gretton, Colonel John | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Grotrian, H. Brent | Murchison, C. K, | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E.(Bristol, N.) | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Wells, S. R. |
| Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hon. W. G. (Pirsf'ld.) | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Hanbury, C. | Nuttall, Elite | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Harland, A. | Oakley, T. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Harrison, G. J. C. | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) | Williams, C. P, (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Pennefather, Sir John | Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd) |
| Haslam, Henry C. | Penny, Frederick George | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Hawke, John Anthony | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Winhy, Colonel L. P. |
| Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Perring, Sir William George | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Withers, John James |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Pete, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Herbert, S. (York. N.A., Scar. & Wh'by) | Philipson, Mabel | Womersley, W. J. |
| Hills, Major John Walter | Pielou, D. P. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Pitcher, G. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Wragg, Herbert |
| Holland, Sir Arthur | Preston, William | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Holt, Captain H. P. | Price, Major C. W. M, | Young, Rt. Hon. Hilton (Norwich) |
| Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Radford, E. A. | |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Raine, W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Rawson, Alfred Cooper | Colonel Gibbs and Sir Harry Barnston. |
| Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) | Rees, Sir Beddoe |
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Potts, John S. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Riley, Ben |
| Barnes, A, | Hardie, George D. | Rose, Frank H. |
| Barr, J. | Hayday, Arthur | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Batey, Joseph | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hirst, G. H. | Scurr, John |
| Briant, Frank | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Broad, F. A. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Bromley, J | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Kelly, W. T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Connolly, M. | Kennedy, T. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Cove, W. G. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lansbury, George | Sullivan, J. |
| Crawford, H. E. | Lawrence, Susan | Sutton, J. E. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lawson, John James | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Davies, David (Montgomery) | Lee, F. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Livingstone, A. M. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lunn, William | Thurtle, E. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | MacDonald, Rt. Hon, J. R. (Aberavon) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Duncan, C. | Mackinder, W. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Dunnico, H. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Viant, S. P. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | MacNeill, Weir, L. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | March, S. | Webb, Rt. Han. Sidney |
| Gosling, Harry | Montague, Frederick | Whiteley, W. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Morris, R. H. | Williams. T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenall, T. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Coine) | Murnin, H. | Windsor, Walter |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Oliver, George Harold | Wright, W. |
| Griffiths, T (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Paling, W. | |
| Groves, T. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Guest, L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Ponsonby. Arthur | Mr. Warne and Mr. Benjamin Smith. |
Resolutions agreed to.