§ Motion made, and Question put,
§ "That the Proceedings of the Committee of Ways and Means be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Baldwin.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 320; Noes, 37.
1727| Division No. 170.] | AYES. | [3.38 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) | Conant, R. J. E. |
| Albery, Irving James | Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Cook, Thomas A. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Cooke, Douglas |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Copeland, Ida |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Cowan, D. M. |
| Apsley, Lord | Browne, Captain A. C. | Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Craven-Ellis, William |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Burghley, Lord | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Burnett, John George | Crooke, J. Smedley |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Calne, G. R. Hall. | Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Campbell, Rear-Adml. G. (Burnley) | Crossley, A. C. |
| Balniel, Lord | Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Culverwell, Cyril Tom |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Carver, Major William H. | Curry, A. C. |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Castle Stewart, Earl | Dalkeith, Earl of |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Davison, Sir William Henry |
| Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Chalmers, John Rutherford | Denman, Hon. R D. |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Denville, Alfred |
| Bernays, Robert | Chapman, Col. R.(Houghton-le-Spring) | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry, B. | Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Donner, P. W. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Chorlton, Alan Ernett Leofric | Doran, Edward |
| Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) | Christie, James Archibald | Dower, Captain A. V. G. |
| Bird, Sir Robert B. (Wolverh'pton, W.) | Clarke, Frank | Drewe, Cedric |
| Blaker, Sir Reginald | Clarry, Reginald George | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel |
| Borodale, Viscount | Clayton, Dr. George C. | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Dunglass, Lord |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Edmondson, Major A. J. |
| Bowyer, Capt Sir George E. W. | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Colville, John | Ellis, Robert Geoffrey |
| Elmley, Viscount | Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lymington, Viscount | Robinson, John Roland |
| Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Lyons, Abraham Montagu | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | Mabane, William | Rosbotham, S. T. |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G.(Partick) | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. |
| Ferguson, Sir John | McConnell, Sir Joseph | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | McCorquodale, M. S. | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) |
| Fuller, Captain A. G. | McKeag, William | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | McKie, John Hamilton | Salmon, Major Isidore |
| Gillett, Sir George Masterman | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Salt, Edward W. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | McLean, Major Alan | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Gledhill, Gilbert | Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Corn'll N.) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Glossop, C. W. H. | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Magnay, Thomas | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Maitland, Adam | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Graves, Marjorie | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A.(C'thness) |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Sinclair. Col. T. (Queen's Unv., Belfast) |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) | Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Slater, John |
| Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Martin, Thomas B. | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Smith, R. W.(Ab'rd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Millar, Sir James Duncan | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Hamilton, Sir R.W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Soper, Richard |
| Hammersley, Samuel S. | Milne, John Sydney Wardlaw- | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Harris, Sir Percy | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. |
| Hartland, George A. | Mitcheson, G. G. | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Molson, A. Hugh Eisdale | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. C. (Westmorland) |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) | Stones, James |
| Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsf'd) | Morrison, William Shephard | Storey, Samuel |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Moss, Captain H. J. | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Holdsworth, Herbert | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Hope, Capt. Arthur O. J. (Aston) | Munro, Patrick | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Hornby, Frank | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. (P'dd'gt'n, S.) |
| Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Normand, Wilfrid Guild | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | North, Captain Edward T. | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romford) | Nunn, William | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Jackson, J. C. (Heywood & Radcliffe) | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Jennings, Roland | Palmer, Francis Noel | Train, John |
| Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Patrick, Colin M. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Pearson, William G. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) | Petherick, M. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bliston) | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Pickering, Ernest H. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Kimball, Lawrence | Pike, Cecil F. | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Potter, John | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Knebworth, Viscount | Preston, Sir Walter Rueben | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Procter, Major Henry Adam | White, Henry Graham |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Pybus, Percy John | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Ralkes, Henry V. A. M. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Law, Sir Alfred | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Law, Richard K. (Hull, S. W.) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Leech, Dr. J. W. | Ramsbotham, Herwald | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Lees-Jones, John | Ramsden, E. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKanzie (Banff) |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Rea, Walter Russell | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Levy, Thomas | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Wragg, Herbert |
| Liddall, Walter S. | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Lindsay, Noel Ker | Reid, David D. (County Down) | |
| Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe | Reid, William Allan (Derby) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Remer, John R. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G.(Wd. Gr'n) | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur |
| Batey, Joseph | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Edwards, Charles | Grundy, Thomas W. |
| Buchanan, George. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) |
| Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Lunn, William | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. David |
| Hicks, Ernest George | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Williams. David (Swansea, East) |
| Hirst, George Henry | McGovern, John | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Jenkins, Sir William | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Maxton, James | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Kirkwood, David | Parkinson, John Allen | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Price, Gabriel | |
| Lawson, John James | Salter, Dr. Alfred | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Leonard, William | Tinker, John Joseph | Mr. Groves and Mr. Duncan |
| Logan, David Gilbert | Wallhead, Richard C. | Graham. |