§ Mr. CLYNESWith regard to the Motion which stands on the Order Paper in the name of the Prime Minister, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman what business the Government intend to take in the event of that Motion being carried?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat must depend on the progress which we make in the course of the day.
§
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, 207; Noes, 98.
1711| Division No. 41.] | AYES. | [4.6 p.m. |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Albery, Irving James | Cooper, A. Duff | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cooper, J. B. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman | Courtauld, Major J. S. | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Herbert, S. (York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Apsley, Lord | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hilton, Cecil |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Crookshank,Cpt.H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Atkinson, C. | Curzon, captain Viscount | Holt, Capt. H. P. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Dalkeith, Earl of | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Balniel, Lord | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Barclay-Harvey C. M. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Eden, Captain Anthony | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Berry, Sir George | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Ellis, R. G. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Erskine, James Malcolm Montelth | Kennedy, A, R. (Pirston). |
| Bowater, Col. S(r T. Vansittart | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | King, Commodore Henry Douglas |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Lamb, J. O. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Fermoy, Lord | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Fielden, E. B. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Forrest, W. | Looker, Herbert William |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Lumley, L. R. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Ganzonl, Sir John | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Gates, Percy | Macintyre, Ian |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Gllmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | McLean, Major A. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Goff, Sir Park | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Sower, Sir Robert | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Cayzer Sir C. (Chester, City) | Grant, Sir J. A. | Maltland, A. (Kent, Faversham) |
| Cayzer, Maj.SIr Herbt, R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Grotrlan, H. Brent | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Charterls, Brigadier-General J. | Hacking, Douglas H. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd |
| Clayton, G. C. | Hall, Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hamilton, Sir George | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Mitchell, sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Rodd, Rt. Hon. sir James Rennell | Templeton, W. P. |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M | Ropner, Major L. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Mcreing, Captain A. H. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Salmon, Major I. | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Nelson, Sir Frank | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Sandeman, N. Stewart | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Sandon, Lord | Ward, Lt.-Col.A.L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn.W.G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Savery, S. S. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Wells, S. R. |
| Penny, Frederick George | Skelton, A. N. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Smith, R.W.(Aberd'n & Klnc'dlne, C.) | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) |
| Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Smithers, Waldron | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Phillpson, Mabel | Southby, Commander A. R. J | Winterton. Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Pllcher, G | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Power, Sir John Cecil | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Preston, William | Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Wood, Sir S. Hill (High Peak) |
| Ramsden, E. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Reid, Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Worthington- Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Styles, Captain H. W. | |
| Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes, Stretford) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Major Sir William Cope. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Ammon, Charles George | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Potts, John S. |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Baker, Walter | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hardle, George D. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Barnes, A. | Harney, E. A. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Barr, J. | Harris, Percy A. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Batey, Joseph | Hayday, Arthur | Shinwell, E. |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Bellamy, A. | Hirst, G. H. | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Benn, Wedgwood | Hirst W. (Bradford, South) | Smillie, Robert |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Snell, Harry |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Strauss, E. A. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Taylor, R. A. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Kelly, W. T. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, plaistow) |
| Cove, W. G. | Kennedy, T. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Kenworthy. Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Lansbury, George | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Lawrence, Susan | Viant, S. P. |
| Day, Harry | Lee, F. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Dennison, R. | Lunn, William | Warne, G. H. |
| Dunnlco, H. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Gardner, J. P. | March, S. | Westwood, J. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Montague, Frederick | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Gillett, George M. | Morris, R. H. | Williams. Dr. J. H. (Llanally) |
| Gosling, Harry | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Mosley, Sir Oswald | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Paling, W. | |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Whiteley. |
Question put, and agreed to.