§ Amendments made:
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In page 14, line 2, after the word "committee," insert the words:
for the transfer of any property or liabilities held or incurred by or on behalf of any of the authorities concerned for the purpose for which the combination shall have effect.
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In page 14, leave out from the word "asylum," in line 5, to the first "and," in line 10, and insert instead thereof the words:
or institution for mental defectives has been provided by a district board of control whose functions are by this Act transferred to two or more transferee authorities, or where it appears to the General Board of Control for Scotland to be necessary for the purpose of any statutory provision relating to a particular district, board that there should be a combination of the two or more transferee authorities to which the functions of that district board are by this Act transferred, such transferee authorities shall be deemed to have combined for the provision and maintenance of such asylum or institution or for the purpose of the said statutory provision, as the case may be.
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In line 35, after the word "Acts," insert the words:
or in the case of any churchyard which is not wholly within the area of one local authority under the Burial Grounds Acts.
§ In line 37, after the word "district," insert the words "or the churchyard, as the case may be."
§ In line 39, leave out the words "Registrar-General for Scotland," and insert instead thereof the words "Central Department."
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In page 15, line 24, at the end, add the words:
(10) Nothing in this Section shall authorise a combination of local authorities for any purpose in regard to which provision is made by any other Act for combination of local authorities whether by the appointment of a joint committee or by other provision for the joint exercise of powers, with the sanction of or on an Order by a Government Department.—[Sir John Gilmour.]
§ Question put, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 205, Noes, 104.
1909| Division No. 179.] | AYES. | [10.52 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte. Lieut.-Colonel | Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Apsley, Lord | Banks, Sir Reginald Mitchell |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Barclay-Harvey, C. M. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Atkinson, C. | Barnett, Major Sir Richard |
| Benn. Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Radford, E. A. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Harland, A. | Raine, Sir Walter |
| Blundell, F. N. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Reid, Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs, Stretford) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Ropner, Major L. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Hills. Major John Waller | Rye, F. G. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Hilton, Cecil | Salmon, Major I. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Buchan, John | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Burman, J. B. | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Sandon, Lord |
| Cayzer, Maj Sir Herbt. R (Prtsmth, S.) | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. | Savery, S. S. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Scott, Rt. Hon. Sir Leslie |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Skelton, A. N. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hurst, Gerald B. | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Smith, R.W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C) |
| Clayton, G. C. | Iveagh, Countess of | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Couper, J. B | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Lamb. J. Q. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltand) | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Little, Dr. E. Graham | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Loder, J. de V. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Looker, Herbert William | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Lumley, L. R. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Dixey, A. C. | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Edge, Sir William | Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Tomilnson, R. P. |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Macintyre, Ian | Tryon, Rt. Hon, George Clement |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Macmillan, Captain H. | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. steel- | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Marvyn | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Fielden, E. B. | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Ford, Sir P. J. | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Forestler-Walker, Sir L. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Wells, S. R. |
| Forrest, W. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dalrymple- |
| Fraser Captain Ian | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Gadle, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) |
| Galbraith, J. F. W. | Moora-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Ganzonl, Sir John | Moreing, Captain A. H. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Gates, Percy | Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph | Withers, John James |
| Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Wolmer, viscount |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Nuttall, Ellis | Womersley, W. J. |
| Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Oakley, T. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Grant, Sir J. A. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Wragg, Herbert |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (Norwich) |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | |
| Hacking, Douglas H. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Mr. Penny and Sir, Victor |
| Hamilton, Sir George | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Warrender. |
| Hanbury, C. | Price, Major C. W. M. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson. Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Clark, A. B. | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Cluss, W. S. | Greenall, T. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bllston) | Compton, Joseph | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) |
| Barnes, A. | Connolly, M. | Griffith, F. Kingsley |
| Barr, J. | Crawfurd, H. E. | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) |
| Bellamy, A. | Dennison, R. | Groves, T. |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Duncan, C. | Grundy, T. W. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Dunnico, H. | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) |
| Broad, F. A. | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Bromfield, William | Gardner, J. P. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) |
| Bromley, J. | Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Hardie, George D. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Gibbins, Joseph | Hayday, Arthur |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Glliett, George M. | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) |
| Buchanan, G. | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Hirst, G. H. |
| Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Mosley, Sir Oswald | Sutton, J. E. |
| Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Murnin, H. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plalstow) |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Oliver, George Harold | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Palln, John Henry | Townend, A. E. |
| Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Viant, S. P. |
| Kennedy, T. | Pethick-Lawrence F. W. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Kirkwood, D. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Lansbury, George | Potts, John S. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Lee, F. | Ritson, J. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Lindley, F. W. | Scrymgeour, E. | Westwood, J. |
| Longbottom, A. W. | Scurr, John | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Lowth, T. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianolly) |
| Lunn, William | Shfels, Dr. Drummond | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Mac Donald, Rt. Hon.J. R. (Aberavon) | Shinwell, E. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Mackinder, W. | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Sitch, Charles H. | Windsor, Walter |
| MacNeill-Weir, L. | Smillie, Robert | Wright, W. |
| Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | |
| Maxton, James | Stamford, T. W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Stephen, Campbell | Mr. T. Henderson and Mr. Charles |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Sullivan, J. | Edwards. |
§ It being after Eleven of the Clock, the CHAIRMAN left the Chair to make his Report to the House.
§ Committee report Progress; to sit again To-morrow.
§ The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.