§ Amendment made: In page 4, line 32, after the word "State" insert the words "after consultation with the Lord President of the Court of Session"—[Sir J. Gilmour.]
2005§ Motion made, and Question put, "That the Bill be now read the Third time."
2006§ The House divided: Ayes, 175; Noes, 78.
2007| Division No. 269.] | AYES. | [11.20 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Owen, Major G. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Goff, Sir Park | Penny, Frederick George |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Gower, Sir Robert | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Apsley, Lord | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Philipson, Mabel |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Preston, William |
| Atkinson, C. | Hacking, Douglas H. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Hamilton, Sir George | Radford, E. A. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Raine, Sir Walter |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Hammersley, S. S. | Ramsden, E. |
| Bethel, A. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Harland, A. | Reid, Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Reid, D. D. (County Down) |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Remer, J. R. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hilton, Cecil | Ropner, Major L. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Holt, Captain H. P. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Rye, F. G. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Burman, J. B. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hurd, Percy A. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A.D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W.) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Christie, J. A. | Jephcott, A. R. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Colfox, Major William Phillips | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Copper, J. B. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Crawturd, H. E. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Lamb, J. Q. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Little, Dr. E. Graham | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Long, Major Eric | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Curzon, Captain viscount | Lougher, Lewis | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Templeton, W. P. |
| Davidson, Major. General Sir J. H. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Herman | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Macdonald, sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | MacIntyre, Ian | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Dixey, A. C | McLean, Major A. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hill) |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Edge, Sir William | Macquisten, F. A. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Margesson, Captain D. | Wells, S. R. |
| England, Colonel A. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Fenby, T. D. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Fielder, E. B. | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Ford, Sir P. J. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Ganzoni, sir John | Nelson, Sir Frank | Major Sir William Cope. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Neville, Sir Reginald J. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hirst, G. H. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Duncan, C. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Gardner, J. P. | John, William (Rhondda, West) |
| Barnes, A. | Gibbins, Joseph | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) |
| Barr, J. | Gillett, George M. | Kelly, W. T. |
| Batey, Joseph | Gosling, Harry | Kennedy, T. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Greenall, T. | Lansbury, George |
| Broad, F. A. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Lawrence, Susan |
| Bromfield, William | Groves, T. | Lawson, John James |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Grundy, T. W. | Lee, F. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Lindley, F. W. |
| Charlatan, H. C. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Lunn, William |
| Compton, Joseph | Hardie, George D. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Mackinder, W. |
| Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Sitch, Charles H. | Viant, S. P. |
| Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Skelton, A. N. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Murnin, H. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Oliver, George Harold | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Paling, W. | Snell, Harry | Westwood, J. |
| Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Potts, John S. | Stephen, Campbell | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | Windsor, Walter |
| Sakiatvala, Shapurji | Sutton, J. E. | Wright, W. |
| Scrymgeour, E. | Thurtle, Ernest | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Sexton, James | Tinker, John Joseph | |
| Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Townend, A. E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. Whiteley. |
Bill read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
§ Bill accordingly read the Third time, and passed.