§
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)."—[Mr. P. Snowden.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 244; Noes, 169.
1331| Division No. 224.] | AYES. | [3.47 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Phillips, Dr. Marion |
| A damson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hoffman, P. C. | Picton-Tubervill, Edith |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigie M. | Hopkin, Daniel | Pole, Major D. G. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Potts, John S. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Price, M. P. |
| Amnion, Charles George | Isaacs, George | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Arnott, John | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson |
| Ayles, Walter | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Johnston, Thomas | Richards, R. |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Jones, F. Llewellyn- (Flint) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) |
| Beckett, John (Camberwell, Peckham) | Jones, Rt. Hon. Leit (Camborne) | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Bennett, Captain E. N. (Cardiff, Contral) | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Romeril, H. G. |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Benson, G. | Kelly, W. T. | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Kennedy, Thomas | Samuel Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Bowen, J. W. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charlas W. | Kirkwood, D. | Sandham, E. |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Knight, Holford | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Brooke, W. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Scott, James |
| Brothers, M. | Lang, Gordon | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts. Mansfield) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Scurr, John |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Lathan, G. | Sexton, James |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Buchanan, G. | Lawrence, Susan | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Burgess, F. G. | Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Lawson, John James | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Buxton, Ht. Hon. Noel (Norfolk, N.) | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Shinwell, E. |
| Cape, Thomas | Leach, W. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) | Simmons, C. J. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Sinkinson, George |
| Chater, Daniel | Lees, J. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Church, Major A. G. | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Smith, Alfred (Sunderland) |
| Clarke, J. S. | Lloyd, C. Ellis | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Logan, David Gilbert | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Longbottom, A. W. | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Longden, F. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Compton, Joseph | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Cove, William G. | Lowth, Thomas | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Daggar, George | Lunn, William | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Dallas, George | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) |
| Dalton, Hugh | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Sorensen, R. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Day, Harry | McElwee, A. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | McEntee, V. L. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Devlin, Joseph | Mac Laren, Andrew | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe |
| Ede, James Chuter | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Strauss, G. R. |
| Edmunds, J. E. | McShane, John James | Sullivan, J. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Sutton, J. E. |
| England, Colonel A. | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Marcus, M. | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) |
| Forgan, Dr. Robert | Marley, J. | Thorne, W. (West Ham Plaistow) |
| Freeman, Peter | Marshall, Fred | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Mathers, George | Tillett, Ben |
| Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) | Matters, L. W. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Melville, Sir James | Tout, W. J. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Messer, Fred | Townend, A. E. |
| Gibson, H. M. (Lancs. Mossley) | Middleton, G. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Gill, T. H. | Millar, J. D. | Turner, B. |
| Gillett, George M. | Milner, J. | Vaughan, D. J. |
| Glassey, A. E. | Montague, Frederick | Viant, S. P. |
| Gossling, A. G. | Morley, Ralph | Walker, J. |
| Gould, F. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Wallace, H. W. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) | Watkins, F. C. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Watson. W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Mort, D. L. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Moses, J. J. H. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Mosley, Lady C. (Stoke-on-Trent) | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Muff, G. | West, F. R. |
| Hall, Capt. W. P. (Portsmouth, C.) | Muggeridge, H. T. | White, H. G. |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Murnin, Hugh | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Nathan, Major H. L. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Hardie, George D. | Noel Baker, P. J. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Oldfield, J. R. | Wilson C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Oliver, George Harold (likeston) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Haycock, A. W. | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Wise, E. F. |
| Hayes, John Henry | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Wright, W. (Rutherglen) |
| Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Palin, John Henry | |
| Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Palmer, E. T. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Mr. William Whiteley and Mr. Paling. |
| Herrlotts, J. | Perry, S. F. | |
| Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| NOES | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Ferguson, Sir John | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Albery, Irving James | Fermoy, Lord | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l, W.) | Fielden, E. B. | Peak, Capt. Osbert |
| Allen, W. E. D. (Belfast, W.) | Ford, Sir P. J. | Penny, Sir George |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Astor, Viscountess | Ganzoni, Sir John | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. | Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | Preston, Sir Walter Rueben. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Balfour, George (Kampstead) | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) | Gower, Sir Robert | Reynolds, Col. Sir James |
| Balniel, Lord | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Rose, Major Ronald D. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Gritten, W. G. Howard | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Berry, Sir George | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Savery, S. S. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Bracken, B. | Hartington, Marquess of | Smith, R. W.(Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Haslam, Henry C. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Henderson, Capt. R. R.(Oxf'd, Henley) | Somerset, Thomas |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Butler, R. A. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Hurd, Percy A. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Iveagh, Countess of | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Todd, Capt. A. J. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Train, J. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J.A.(Birm., W.) | Kindersley, Major G. M. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Christie, J. A. | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Wardlaw-Milne, J. S. |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Llewellin, Major J. J. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Long, Major Eric | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | McConnell, Sir Joseph | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Withers, Sir John James |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | MacRobert, Rt. Hon. Alexander M. | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Dairymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Davies, Dr. Veruon | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Meller, R. J. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Duckworth, G. A. V. | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Wright, Brig.-Gen. W. D. (Tavist'k) |
| Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester) | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Muirhead, A. J. | Captain Margesson. |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |