§ Motion made, and Question put, "That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 212; Noes, 124.
45| Division No.462.] | AYES. | [3.54 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Chater, Daniel | Hardle, George D. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Clynes, Rt. Hon. John H. | Harris, Percy D. |
| Add[...]son, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigle M. | Cove, William G. | Hayday, Arthur |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Dagger, George | Hayes, John Henry |
| Alpass, J. H. | Dalton, Hugh | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) |
| Arnott, John | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Herriotts, J. |
| Asks, Sir Robert | Day, Harry | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, south) |
| Ayles, Walter | Duncan, Charles | Hoffman, P. C. |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Ede, James Chuter | Hopkin, Daniel |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Edmunds. J. E. | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Horrabin, J. F. |
| Barr, James | Eimley, Viscount | Hudson, James H.(Huddersfield) |
| Bellamy, Albert | Foot, Isaac | Hunter, Dr. Joseph |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, upton) | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir E. N. (Cardiff C.) | Gibbins, Joseph | Isaacs, George |
| Benson, G. | Gibson, H. M. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) |
| Bentham, Dr. Ethel | Gill, T. H. (Lancs. Mossley) | Johnston, Thomas |
| Blindell, James | Gillett, George M. | Jones, F. Llewellyn-(F[...]nt) |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Gossling, A. G. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) |
| Bowen, J. W. | Gould, F. | Jones, Rt. Hon Le[...]f (Camborne) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Granville, E. | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Gray, Milner | Kelly, W. T. |
| Brooke, W. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Kennedy, Thomas |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. |
| Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) | Groves, Thomas E. | Kinley, J. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Grundy, Thomas W. | Knight, Holford |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks. W. R. Elland) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) |
| Cameron. A. G. | Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S.W.) | Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Lathan, G. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Law, A. (Rosendale) |
| Lawrence, Susan | Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Lawson, John James | Muff, G. | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Muggeridge, H. T. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Leach, W. | Murnin, Hugh | Smith, H. B. Lees-(Keighley) |
| Lee, J[...]e (Lanark, Northern) | Naylor, T. E. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Lees, J. | Noel Baker, P. J. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Snell, Harry |
| Lloyd, C. Ellis | Oldfield, J. R. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Logan, David Gilbert | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Sorensen, R. |
| Longbottom, A. W. | Palin, John Henry | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe |
| Longden, F. | Paling, Wilfrid | Strauss, G. R. |
| Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Palmer, E. T. | Sullivan, J. |
| Lowth, Thomas | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Lunn, William | Perry, S. F. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Thorne, W. (West Ham. Plaistow) |
| MacDonald. Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Phillips, Dr. Marion | Thurtle, Ernest |
| McElwee, A. | Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Tinker, John Joseph |
| McEntee, V. L. | Pole, Major D. G. | Townend, A. E. |
| McGovern, J. (Glasgow, Shettleston) | Potts, John S. | Trevelyar, Rt. Hon Sir Charles |
| Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Vaughan, D. J. |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Rathbone, Eleanor | Viant, S. P. |
| McShane, John James | Raynes, W. R. | Walker, J. |
| Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wallace, H. W. |
| March, S. | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Trees) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Markham, S. F. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Watkins, F. C. |
| Marshall, Fred | Romeril, H. G. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Mathers, George | Rowson, Guy | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Matters, L. W. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Melville, Sir James | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | West, F. R. |
| Messer, Fred | Samuel, H. Walter (Swansea, West) | Westwood, Joseph |
| Middleton, G. | Sanders W. S. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Montague, Frederick | Sawyers, G. F. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Morley, Ralph | Scott, James | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (preston) | Winterton, G. E.(Leicester,Loughb'gh) |
| Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | |
| Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N) | Shillaker, J. F. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mort, D. L. | Shinwell, E. | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. William Whitely. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte. Lieut.-Colonel | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Ross, Major Ronald D. |
| Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Balniel, Lord | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Berry, Sir George | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Hanbury, C. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Savery, S. S. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Has[...]am, Henry C. | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Boyce, H. L. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Bracken, B. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. sir S. J. G. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks,Newb'y) | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hurd, Percy A. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Butler, R. A. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast South) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R.(Prtsmth, S.)` | Llewllin, Major J. J. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A.(Birm., W.) | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Tinne, J. A. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Lymington, Viscount | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Todd, Capt. A. J. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Maltaland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Train, J. |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Marjorlbanks, E. C. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Mitchell-Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Mond, Hon. Henry | Wardlaw-Milne, J. S. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | Nicholson, O. (Westminister) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Peake, Capt. Osbert | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Penny, Sir George | Womersley, W. J. |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston[...]M.) | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Falie, Sir Bertram G. | Pownail, Sir Assheton | |
| Fielden, E. B. | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Ford, Sir P. J. | Reynolds, C[...]l. Sir James | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Sir Frederick Thomson. |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Renneil |
Question put, and agreed to.