§ Condition (iv) in sub-section (1) of section seven of the principal Act (which prescribes the statutory conditions for the receipt of benefit) shall cease to have effect.—[Miss Bondfield.]
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Miss BONDFIELDI beg to move, "That the Clause be read a Second time."
I am sure hon. Members are most unwilling that I should enter into further explanations on this matter. I beg to move.
§ Question put, "That the Clause be read a Second time."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 260; Noes, 135.
841| Division No. 96.] | AYES. | [11.45 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Brockway, A. Fenner | Dudgeon, Major C. R. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Bromfield, William | Dukes, C. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Bromley, J. | Duncan, Charles |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigle M. | Brooke, W. | Ede, James Chuter |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Brothers, M. | Edmunds, J. E. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Edwards, E. (Morpeth) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) | Egan, W. H. |
| Angell, Norman | Buchanan, G. | Eimley, Viscount |
| Arnott, John | Burgess, F. G. | Foot, Isaac |
| Aske, Sir Robert | Burgin, Dr. E. L. | Forgan, Dr. Robert |
| Ayles, Walter | Calne, Derwent Hall. | Freeman, Peter |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Cameron, A. G. | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Cape, Thomas | Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) |
| Barr, James | Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) |
| Batey, Joseph | Charieton, H. C. | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) |
| Beckett, John (Camberwell, Peckham) | Chater, Daniel | Gibbins, Joseph |
| Bellamy, Albert | Clarke, J. S. | Gill, T. H. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Cluse, W. S. | Glassey, A. E. |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Gossling, A. G. |
| Benson, G. | Compton, Joseph | Gould, F. |
| Bentham, Dr. Ethel | Daggar, George | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Dallas, George | Granville, E. |
| Blindell, James | Dalton, Hugh | Gray, Mliner |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Davies, E. C. (Montgomery) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Coins) |
| Bowen, J. W. | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) | McElwee, A. | Samuel, H. W. (Swansea, West) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | McEntee, V. L. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Mackinder, W. | Sandham, E. |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | McKinlay, A. | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | McShane, John James | Scott, James |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Hall, Capt. W. P. (Portsmouth, C.) | Mansfield, W. | Scurr, John |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Marcus, M. | Sexton, James |
| Harbord, A. | Markham, S. F. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Hardie, George D. | Marley, J. | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Harris, Percy A. | Mathers, George | Shield, George William |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Matters, L. W. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Melville, Sir James | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Haycock, A. W. | Messer, Fred | Shinwell, E. |
| Hayday, Arthur | Middleton, G. | Simmons, C. J. |
| Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) | Millar, J. D. | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Mills, J. E. | Sinkinson, George |
| Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Milner, J. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Herriotts, J. | Morgan, Dr. H. B. | Smith, Alfred (Sunderland) |
| Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Morley, Ralph | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Hirst, W, (Bradford, South) | Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Hoffman, P. C. | Mort, D. L. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Hoillns, A. | Moses, J. J. H. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Hopkin, Daniel | Mosley, Lady C. (Stoke-on-Trent) | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) |
| Hore-Beilsha, Leslie. | Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) | Sorensen, R. |
| Horrabin, J. F. | Muff, G. | Spero, Dr. G. E. |
| Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Muggeridge, H. T. | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Murnin, Hugh | Stephen, Campbell |
| Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Nathan, Major H. L. | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe |
| Isaacs, George | Naylor, T. E. | Strauss, G. R. |
| Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sullivan, J. |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Noel Baker, P. J. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Jones, F. Llewellyn- (Flint) | Oldfield, J. R. | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Toole, Joseph |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Tout, W. J. |
| Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Palin, John Henry | Turner, B. |
| Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. | Palmer, E. T. | Vaughan, D. J. |
| Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Walker, J. |
| Kelly, W. T. | Perry, S. F. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Kennedy, Thomas | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Watkins, F. C. |
| Kinley, J. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline). |
| Lang, Gordon | Phillips, Dr. Marlon | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Lathan, G. | Potts, John S. | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Law, A. (Rosendale) | Price, M. P. | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Lawrence, Susan | Pybus, Percy John | West, F. R. |
| Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Staiybridge) | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Lawson, John James | Rathbone, Eleanor | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Raynes, W. R. | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) |
| Leach, W. | Richards, R. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Williams Dr. J. H. (Lianeily) |
| Lees, J. | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Ritson, J. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Lindley, Fred W. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Lloyd, C. Ellis | Romeril, H. G. | Wood, Major McKenzle (Banff) |
| Longbottom, A. W. | Rosbotham, O. S. T. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Longden, F. | Rothschild, J. de | |
| Lovat-Frasor, J. A. | Rowson, Guy | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Lunn, William | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Hayes. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Burton, Colonel H. W. | Dawson, Sir Philip |
| Albery, Irving James | Butler, R. A. | Duckworth, G. A. V. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Butt, Sir Alfred | Dugdale, Capt. T. L. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Carver, Major W. H. | Edmondson, Major A. J. |
| Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. | Castle Stewart, Earl of | Elliot, Major Walter E. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Ferguson, Sir John |
| Balniel, Lord | Christie, J. A. | Fielden, E. B. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Fison, F. G. Clavering |
| Beaumont M. W. | Colfox, Major William Philip | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) | Courtauld, Major J. S. | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Cranbourne, Viscount | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Crichton-stuart, Lord C. | Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Bracken, B. | Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Grace, John |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) | Dalkeith, Earl of | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Morrison, w. S. (Glos., Cirencester) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Smithers, Waldson |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Muirhead, A. J. | Somervilie, D. G. (Wiliesden, East) |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | O'Neill, Sir H. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Stanley, Maj. Hon. O. (W'morland) |
| Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Peake, Capt. Osbert | Stuart, J. C. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Iveagh, Countess of | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Power, Sir John Cecil | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Ramsbotham, H. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Remer, John R. | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Llewellin, Major J. J. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Lymington, Viscount | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| MacRobert, Rt. Hon. Alexander M. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Salmon, Major I. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Margesson, Captain H. D. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Marjoribanks, E. C. | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Mason, Colonel Glyn K. | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Mitchell-Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Mond, Hon. Henry | Savery, S. S. | |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Skelton, A. N. | Sir George Hennessy and Sir George |
| Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Penny. |
§ Clause added to the Bill.
§ Ordered, "That further Consideration of the Bill, as amended, be now a djourned."—[Mr. T. Kennedy.]
§ Bill, as amended, to be further considered upon Monday next, 16th December.