§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Prime Minister.]
§ Mr. SNOWDENMay I be permitted to ask for what purpose this Motion is made, and how far the Government propose to go to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe hope 0 get the second Order.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 216: Noes, 87.
639| Division No. 85.] | AYES. | [3.41 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T | Fraser, Captain Ian | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Albery, Irving James | Frece, Sir Walter de | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Ganzoni, Sir John | Oakley, T. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Gates, Percy | Penny, Frederick George |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Apsley, Lord | Goff, Sir Park | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Pilcher, G. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Grotrian, H. Brent | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Atkinson, C. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Preston, William |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Balniel, Lord | Hacking, Douglas H. | Ramsden, E. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Hall, Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Remnant, Sir James |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Hammersley, S. S. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Hanbury, C. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Ropner, Major L. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Hartington, Marquess of | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Haslam, Henry C. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Blundell, F. N. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Sassoon, sir Philip Albert Gustavo D. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Hills, Major John Walter | Savery, S. S. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W) |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Holt, Capt. H. P. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Brittain, sir Harry | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Burman, J. B. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hurd, Percy A. | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Campbell, E. T. | Jephcott, A. R | Templeton, W. P. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Kindersley, Major G. M. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Tinne, J. A. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Clayton, G. C. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Loder, J. de V. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Long, Major Eric | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Looker, Herbert William | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Cope, Major William | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Couper, J. B. | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Lumley, L. R. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | wells, S. R. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple- |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | MacIntyre, Ian | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | McLean, Major A. | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Macquisten, F. A. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Dixey, A. C. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Drewe, C. | Malone, Major P. B. | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Meyer, Sir Frank | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Statyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Mitchell, w. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Ellis, R. G. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Murchison, Sir Kenneth | |
| Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Fermoy, Lord | Nelson, Sir Frank | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Captain Margesson. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Attlee, Clement Richard | Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bllston) | Briant, Frank |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro) | Baker, Walter | Charleton, H. C. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Barnes, A. | Cluse, W. S. |
| Cove, W. G. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Scurr, John |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Dalton, Hugh | Kelly, W. T. | Shinwell, E. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Kennedy, T. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Day, Harry | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Dennison, R. | Lansbury, George | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Dunnico, H. | Lawrence, Susan | Snell, Harry |
| Gardner, J. P. | Livingstone, A M. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Lowth, T. | Strauss, E. A. |
| Gillett, George M. | Lunn, William | Sullivan, J. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Coine) | Mackinder, W | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley | March, S. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Groves, T. | Montague, Frederick | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Morris, R. H. | Townend, A. E. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Naylor, T. E. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Hardie, George D. | Palin, John Henry | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Windsor, Walter |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Potts, John S. | Wright, W. |
| Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hirst, G. H. | Saklatvala, Shapurll | |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Salter, Dr. Alfred | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrcse) | Scrymgeour, E. | Mr. Paling and Mr. Whiteley. |