§ Amendment made:
§ In page 42, line 26, leave out the words "satisfied that the," and insert instead thereof the words "after consultation with the county council he is satisfied that the district."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]
§ Question put, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 258; Noes, 118.
3183| Division No. 101.] | AYES. | [10.53 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Clarry, Reginald George | Grace, John |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Grant, Sir J. A. |
| Albery, Irving James | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman | Colman, N. C. D. | Griffith, F. Kingsley |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Cooper, A. Duff | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Apsley, Lord | Courtauld, Major J. S. | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Hacking, Douglas H. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Balniel, Lord | Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Crawfurd, H. E. | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hanbury, C. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Bennett, A. J. | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Harland, A. |
| Berry, Sir George | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Harris, Percy A. |
| Bethel, A. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Bevan, S. J. | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Dawson, Sir Philip | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Briant, Frank | Dixey, A. C. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Eden, Captain Anthony | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Edge, Sir William | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry. | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Brockiebank, C. E. R. | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Hilton, Cecil |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) |
| Buchan, John | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Burman, J. B. | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberland, Whiteh'n) |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Fenby, T. D. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Fielden, E. B. | Hunt, Percy A. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Cassels, J. D. | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Fraser, Captain Ian | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Iveagh, Countess of |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S) | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Ganzonl, Sir John | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Gates, Percy | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Kindersley, Major Guy M. |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | King, Commodore Henry Douglas |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Goff, Sir Park | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Christie, J. A. | Gower, Sir Robert | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Litter, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Perring, sir William George | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Little, Dr. E. Graham | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Plicher, G. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Power, Sir John Cecil | Tasker, R. Inigo. |
| Loder, J. de V. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Long, Major Eric | Price, Major C. W. M. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.) |
| Looker, Herbert William | Radford, E. A. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Lougher, Lewis | Raine, Sir Walter | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Ramsden, E. | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Reid, Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Lumley, L. R. | Remer, J. R. | Vaughan-Morgan Col. K. P. |
| Lynn, Sir R. J | Rentoul, G. S. | Waddington, R. |
| MacIntyre Ian | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Macmillan, Captain H. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Ward, Lt.-Col A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Ropner, Major L. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel. | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Margesson, Captain D. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Watts, Sir Thomas |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Mason, Colonel Glyn K. | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) | Wells, S. R. |
| Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Sandeman, N. Stewart | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Milne, J. S. Wardlaw. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Sandon, Lord | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Morris, R. H. | Savery, S. S. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W. R., Sowerby) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Womersley, W. J. |
| Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph | Shepperson, E. W. | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Neville, Sir Reginald J. | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C (Cambridge) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Wragg, Herbert |
| Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. | Wright, Brig.-General W. D. |
| Ormsby-Gore, Ht. Hon. William | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | |
| Owen, Major G. | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Pennefather, Sir John | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Major Sir William Cope and Captain |
| Penny, Frederick George | Storry-Deans, R. | Bowyer. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. P. O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hirst, G. H. | Saklatvala, Shapurji |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Scurr, John |
| Baker, Walter | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Batey, Joseph | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Slivertown) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Shinwell, E. |
| Bellamy, A. | Kelly, W. T. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Kennedy, T. | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Broad, F. A. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Smillie, Robert |
| Bromfield, William | Kirkwood, D. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Lansbury, George | Stamford, T. W. |
| Buchanan, G. | Lawrence, Susan | Stephen, Campbell |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Lawson, John James | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Cape, Thomas | Lee, F. | Sullivan, J. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lindley, F. W. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Longbottom, A. W. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Connolly, M. | Lowth, T. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Cove, W. G. | Lunn, William | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Dalton, Hugh | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Mackinder, W. | Townend, A. E. |
| Day, Harry | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Viant, S. P. |
| Dennison, R. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Duncan, C. | Montague, Frederick | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Dunnico, H. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Mosley, Sir Oswald | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Gardner, J. P. | Murnin, H. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Naylor, T. E. | Whiteley, W. |
| Gillett, George M. | Oliver, George Harold | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Graham, O. M. (Lanark. Hamilton) | Palin, John Henry | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Paling, W. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Greniell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Windsor, Walter |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Potts, John S. | Wright, W. |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hardie, George D. | Riley, Ben | |
| Hayday, Arthur | Ritson, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. A. Barnes and Mr. B. Smith. |
Question, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.