§ Amendment made:
§
In page 6, line 9, at the end, insert the words:
and in appointing such persons regard shall be had to the desirability of including persons who are members of Poor Law
§
authorities immediately before the appointed day, and other persons of experience in the matters to be dealt with by the committee."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]
§ Question put, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 244; Noes, 128.
2717| Division No. 76.] | AYES. | [7.49 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Bird. E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Boothby, R. J. G. | Charteris, Brigadier-General J |
| Albery, Irving James | Bowater, Colonel Sir T. Vansittart | Christie, J. A. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman | Brass, Captain W. | Clarry, Reginald George |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Cobb, Sir Cyril |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Briggs, J. Harold | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. |
| Ashley. Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Briscoe, Richard George | Cohen, Major J. Brunel |
| Astor, Viscountess | Brittain, Sir Harry | Collox, Major Wm. Phillips |
| Atkinson, C. | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Colman, N C. D. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Conway, Sir W. Martin |
| Balfour. George (Hampstead) | Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Cooper, A. Dull |
| Balniel, Lord | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Cope, Major Sir William |
| Banks, Sir Reginald Mitchell | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Couper, J. B. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Campbell, E. T. | Courtauld, Major J. S. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Carver, Major W. H. | Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. |
| Bentinck. Lord Henry Cavendish- | Cassels, J. D. | Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) |
| Berry, Sir George | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. |
| Bevan, S, J. | Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Crookthank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Culver well, C. T. (Bristol, West) |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Hume, Sir G. H. | Rentoul, G. S. |
| Curzon, Captain viscount | Hurd, Percy A. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Hurst, Gerald B. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Davies, Or. Vernon | Iveagh, Countess of | Ropner, Major L. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, f.) | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Can't) | Ruggles Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Rye, F. G. |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lamb, J. Q. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Everard, w Lindsay | Little, Dr. E. Graham | Savery, S. S. |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Loder, J. de V. | Scott, Rt. Hon. Sir Leslie |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G | Lougher, Lewis | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mel. (Renfrew, W) |
| Ford, Sir P. J. | Luce. Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Mac Andrew, Major Charles Glen | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Forrest, W. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Macmillan, Captain H, | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Galbraith, J. F. w. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Ganzonl, Sir John | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Gates, Percy | Meyer, Sir Frank | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Glyn, Major R. Q. C. | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Goff, Sir Park | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Grace, John | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Sugden, Sir Willfrid |
| Grant, Sir J. A. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Thorn, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter | Moreing, Captain A. H. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Grotrian, H. Brent | Murchison, Sir Kenneth | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Nelson, Sir Frank | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Hacking, Douglas H. | Neville, Sir Reginald J. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hall) |
| Hammersley, S. S | Newton. Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Hanbury, C. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Harland, A. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Wells, S. R. |
| Harrison, G. J. C. | Nuttall, Ellis | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dalrymple |
| Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Oakley, T. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Penny, Frederick George | Withers, John James |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Wolmer Viscount |
| Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Hills, Major John Waller | Perring, Sir William George | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Hilton, Cecil | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Wood, E. (Chester, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frame) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Holt, Capt. H. P. | Pitcher, G. | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Wright, Brig.-General W. D. |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Preston, William | |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Price, Major C. W. M. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Home, Rt. Hon. sir Robert S. | Ramsden, E. | Captain Margesson and Sir Victor Warrender. |
| Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Reid, D. D. (County Down) | |
| Hudson, R. S. (Cumb'l'nd, Whiteh'n) | Remer, J. R. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Charleton, H. C. | Griffith, F. Kingsley |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Cluse, W. S. | Grundy, T. W. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Compton, Joseph | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Connolly, M. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Baker, Walter | Cove. W. G. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Crewfurd, H. E. | Hardle, George D. |
| Barr, J. | Davies, Ellis (Denblgh, Denblgh) | Harris, Percy A. |
| Batey, Joseph | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Day, Harry | Hirst, G. H. |
| Bellamy, A. | Dennison, R. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Dunnico, H. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Hudson, J H. (Huddersfield) |
| Briant, Frank | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Unlver.) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) |
| Broad, F. A. | Gardner, J. P. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) |
| Bromfield, William | Gibbins, Joseph | John, William (Rhondda, West) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Gillett, George M. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merloneth) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Jones, W. N. (Carmarthen) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Kelly, W. T. |
| Kennedy, T. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Potts, John S. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Lansbury, George | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Lawrence, Susan | Riley, Ben | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Lawson, John James | Ritson, J. | Townend, A. E, |
| Lee, F. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Viant, S. P. |
| Lindley. F. W. | Runclman, Hilda (Cornwall, St. Ives) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Livingstone, A. M. | Saklatvala, Shapurji | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Longbottom, A. W. | Scurr, John | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Lowth, T. | Sexton, James | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Lunn, William | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Mackinder, W. | Shinwell, E. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Sitch, Charles H. | Westwood, J. |
| Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Slesser, Sir Henry H. | Whiteley, W. |
| March, S. | Smillie, Robert | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Maxton, James | Smith, Rennie (Penlstone) | Williams, David (Swansea, E.| |
| Montague, Frederick | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Morris, R. H. | Stamford, T. W. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Stephen, Campbell | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Naylor, T. E. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Oliver, George Harold | Strauss, E. A. | Wright, W. |
| Owen, Major G. | Sullivan, J. | |
| Paling, W. | Sutton, J. E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Taylor, R. A. | Mr. A. Barnes and Mr. T. Henderson. |
| Pethick-Lawrence, F. W | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |