§ Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 71A.
§ [Mr. JAMES HOPE in the Chair.]
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the transference of the respective powers and duties of the Scottish Board of Health, the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, and the Prison
§ Commissioners for Scotland, to Departments of Health and Agriculture and a Prisons Department for Scotland, and to make further provision with regard to the office of Chairman of the Fishery Board for Scotland and other offices in Scotland, and with regard to the Public Registers, Records, and Rolls of Scotland, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of (a) the salary of a Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland, and (b) of the salaries of clerks in the office of the Principal Extractor of the Acts and Decrees of the Court of Session."—[King's Recommendation Signified.]—[Sir John Gilmour.]
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 160; Noes, 66.
935| Division No. 24.] | AYES. | [9.33 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Fraser, Captain Ian | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Albery, Irving James | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, cent'l) | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool,W. Derby) | Gates, Percy | Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Apsley, Lord | Goff, Sir Park | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J.(Kent,Dover) | Gower, Sir Robert | Oakley, T. |
| Atkinson, C. | Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Baliour, George (Hampstead) | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Bainlel, Lord | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | phillpson, Mabel |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | plicher, G. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Hamilton, Sir George | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Hanbury, C. | Preston, William |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Harrison, G. J. C. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Hartington, Marquess of | Ramsden, E. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Remer, J. R. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Henderson, Sir Vivian (Bootle) | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Salmon, Major I |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Herbert, Dennls (Hertford, Watford) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Butier, Sir Geoffrey | Hills, Major John Waller | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) |
| Cassels, J. D. | Hilton, Cecil | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burten | Holt, Capt. H. P. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Charterls, Briqadler-General J. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Savery, S. S. |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew. W) |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dlne, C.) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Cope, Major William | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Smithers Waldron |
| Couper, J. B. | Lamb, J. O. | Somervllie, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Cowan, Sir Wm Henry (Islington, N.) | Long, Major Eric | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Cralq, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Looker, Herbert William | steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Crookshank,Cpt.H.(Lindsey,Gainsbro) | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Streatfelid, Captain S. R. |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Mac Donald, R. (Glasgow, Catheart) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | McLean, Major A. | Templeton, W. P. |
| Dixey, A. C. | Macmillan, Captain H. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset,Weston-s.-M.) | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Marqesson, Captain D. | Ward, Lt.-Col A L (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Forrest, W. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Watts. Dr. T. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut-Colonel George | Captain Viscount Curzon and Mr. Penny. |
| Wayland, Sir William A. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl | |
| Wells, S. R. | Withers, John James | |
| Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (File, West) | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sneffield, Hillsbro') | Grundy, T. W. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Siesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Baker, J (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hardle, George D. | Smillle, Robert |
| Baker, Walter | Hayday, Arthur | Snell, Harry |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Bromfield, William | Hirst, G. H. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Bromley, J. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Sullivan, J. |
| Buchanan, G. | Kelly, W. T. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Kennedy, T. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kirkwood, D. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Clowes, S. | Lawrence, Susan | Townend, A. E. |
| Cove, W. G. | Lowth, T. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lunn, William | Viant, S. P. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermllne) |
| Duncan, C. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Maxton, James | Westwood, J. |
| Gillett, George M. | Murnin, H. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Gosling, Harry | Oliver, George Harold | Wright, W. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | |
| Greenall, T. | Potts, John S. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F.O.(W. Bromwich) | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. Hayes |
§ Resolution to be reported To-morrow.
§ The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.