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Amendments made: In page 2, line 24, leave out from the beginning to the word "shall," in line 25, and insert the words:
(2) Before preparing a scheme under this section the Commissioners shall hold a public local inquiry in the constituency to which the scheme relates and in preparing the scheme.
§ In page 2, line 27, leave out the words:
2122§ "so prepared by the Commissioners," and insert instead thereof the words "prepared under this section."—[Mr. Clynes.]
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Amendment proposed: In page 2, line 38, at the end, to insert the words:
Provided that in relation to any such new constituency, paragraph 2 of the said Schedule shall have effect as if for the reference to the first day of October, nineteen hundred and seventeen, there were substituted, as respects the last column of the said Schedule, a reference to such date as is specified in that behalf in the scheme."—[Mr. Clynes.]
§ Question put, "That the Amendment be made."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 263; Noes, 219.
2125| Division No. 257.] | AYES. | [10.50 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Edmunds, J. E. | Kirkwood, D. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Knight, Holford |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Elmley, Viscount | Lang, Gordon |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | England, Colonel A. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George |
| Alpass, J. H. | Foot, Isaac | Lathan, G. (Sheffield, Park) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Freeman, Peter | Law, Albert (Bolton) |
| Angell, Sir Norman | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Law, A. (Rossendale) |
| Arnott, John | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Lawrence, Susan |
| Aske, Sir Robert | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) | Lawson, John James |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Gibbins, Joseph | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) |
| Ayles, Walter | Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | Leach, W. |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Gill, T. H. | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Glassey, A. E. | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) |
| Barr, James | Gossling, A. G. | Lees, J. |
| Batey, Joseph | Gould, F. | Leonard, W. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Lindley, Fred W. |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Granville, E. | Lloyd, C. Ellis |
| Benson, G. | Gray, Milner | Logan, David Gilbert |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Longbottom, A. W. |
| Blindell, James | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Longden, F. |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. |
| Bowen, J. W. | Groves, Thomas E. | Lunn, William |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Grundy, Thomas W. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | MacDonald, Malcolm (Baseetlaw) |
| Bromfield, William | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Macdonald. Sir M. (Inverness) |
| Brooke, W. | Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | McElwee, A. |
| Brothers, M. | Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | McEntee, V. L. |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts, Mansfield) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | McKinlay, A. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Harbord, A. | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) |
| Buchanan, G. | Harris, Percy A. | MacNeill-Weir, L. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Hastings, Dr. Somerville | McShane, John James |
| Burgin, Dr. E. L. | Hayday, Arthur | Malone, C. L' Estrange (N'thampton) |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Manning, E. L. |
| Caine, Hall-, Derwent | Herriotts, J. | Mansfield, W. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Hicks, Ernest George | Marcus, M. |
| Chater, Daniel | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Markham, S. F. |
| Church, Major A. G. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Marley, J. |
| Clarke, J. S. | Hoffman, P. C. | Marshall, Fred |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hopkin, Daniel | Mathers, George |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie. | Matters, L. W. |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Horrabin, J. F. | Maxton, James |
| Cowan, D. M. | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Messer, Fred |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Middleton, G. |
| Daggar, George | Isaacs, George | Millar, J. D. |
| Dallas, George | Jenkins, Sir William | Mills, J. E. |
| Dalton, Hugh | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Milner, Major J. |
| Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | Johnston, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Montague, Frederick |
| Davies, E. C. (Montgomery) | Jones, Llewellyn-, F. | Morgan, Dr. H. B. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Morley, Ralph |
| Day, Harry | Jones, Rt. Hon. Lelf (Camborne) | Morris, Rhys Hopkins |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) |
| Duncan, Charles | Kelly, W. T. | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N) |
| Ede, James Chuter | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Mort, D. L. |
| Edge, Sir William | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Muff, G. |
| Muggeridge, H. T. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Tillett, Ben |
| Murnin, Hugh | Samuel, H. Walter (Swansea, West) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Naylor, T. E. | Sanders, W. S. | Toole, Joseph |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sandham, E. | Tout, W. J. |
| Noel-Buxton, Baronets (Norfolk, N.) | Sawyer, G. F. | Townend, A. E. |
| Oldfield, J. R. | Scott, James | Vaughan, David |
| Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Scurr, John | Viant, S. P. |
| Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Sexton, Sir James | Walkden, A. G. |
| Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Walker, J. |
| Palin, John Henry | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Wallace, H. W. |
| Paling, Wilfrid | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Watkins, F. C. |
| Palmer, E. T. | Sherwood, G. H. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Perry, S. F. | Shillaker, J. P. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Pethick- Lawrence, F. W. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Phillips, Dr. Marion | Simmons, C. J. | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) | West, F. R. |
| Pole, Major D. G. | Sinkinson, George | Westwood, Joseph |
| Potts, John S. | Sitch, Charles H. | White, H. G. |
| Pybus, Percy John | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Quibell, D. J. K. | Smith, Lees-, Rt. Hon. H. B. (Keighley) | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) |
| Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Rathbone, Eleanor | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Raynes, W. R. | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Richards, R. | Sorensen, R. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Stamford, Thomas W. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Stephen, Campbell | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Ritson, J. | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe | Wise, E. F |
| Romeril, H. G. | Strauss, G. R. | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Sullivan, J. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Rothschild, J. de | Sutton, J. E. | |
| Rowson, Guy | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Salter, Dr. Alfred | Thurtle, Ernest | Charleton. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Grace, John |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) |
| Albery, Irving James | Christie, J. A. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir William (Armagh) | Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Colfox, Major William Philip | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Colman, N. C. D. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Colville, Major D. J. | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Atkinson, C. | Courtauld, Major J. S. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Cranborne, Viscount | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) | Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Balniel, Lord | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Cunliffe-Uster, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Dalkeith, Earl of | Herbert, Sir Dennis (Hertford) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Dairymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller |
| Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) | Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Dixey, A. C. | Inskip, Sir Thomas |
| Boyce, Leslie | Duckworth, G. A. V. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) |
| Bracken, B. | Dugdale. Capt. T. L. | Kindersley, Major G. M. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. |
| Broadbent, Colonel J. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s. M.) | Latham, H. P. (Scarboro' & Whitby) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd-, Hexham) | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Everard, W. Lindsay | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) |
| Buchan, John | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Ferguson, Sir John | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Fermoy, Lord | Llewellin, Major J. J. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Fielden, E. B. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey |
| Butler, R. A. | Fison, F. G. Clavering | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Lymington, Viscount |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Ganzoni, Sir John | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Margesson, Captain H. D. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | Marjoribanks, Edward |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Meller, R. J. |
| Chadwick, Capt. Sir Robert Burton | Gower, Sir Robert | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd |
| Milne, Wardlaw-, J. S. | Ross, Ronald D. | Thompson, Luke |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. | Thomson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W. |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Salmon, Major I. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Train, J. |
| Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester) | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement. |
| Muirhead, A. J. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Savery, S. S. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) | Simms, Major-General J. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| O'Connor, T. J. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U., Belfast) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Skelton, A. N. | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| O'Neill, Sir H. | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Peake, Capt. Osbert | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Penny, Sir George | Smithers, Waldron | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Somerset, Thomas | Withers, Sir John James |
| Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Ramsbotham, H. | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Rawson, Sir Cooper | Southby, Commander A. R. J. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Reid, David D. (County Down) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Wright, Brig.-Gen. W. D. (Tavist'k) |
| Remer, John R. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Reynolds, Col. Sir James | Stanley, Hon. O (Westmorland) | |
| Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'te'y) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Captal |
| Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton | Wallace. |
Question, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.