§
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. Baldwin.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 281; Noes, 31.
1687| Division No. 272.] | AYES. | [3.45 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | Browne, Captain A. C. | Duckworth, George A. V. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Buchan, John | Duggan, Hubert John |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Buchan-Hepburn. P. G. T. | Eden, Robert Anthony |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Burghley, Lord | Edmondson, Major A. J. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Burnett, John George | Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Waiter E. |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Butler, Richard Austen | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Elliston, Captain George Sampson |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. |
| Apsley, Lord | Caporn, Arthur Call | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Carver, Major William H. | Entwistle, Cyril Pollard |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) |
| Balllle, Sir Adrian W. M. | Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Erskine-Boist, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Christie, James Archibald | Essenhigh, Reginald Clare |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Clayton, Sir Christopher | Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) |
| Balniel, Lord | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Conant, R. J. E. | Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst |
| Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Cook, Thomas A. | Foot, Dingle (Dundee) |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Cooke, Douglas | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) |
| Bernays, Robert | Cowan, D. M. | Ford, Sir Patrick J. |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Cranborne, Viscount | Fox, Sir Gifford |
| Blindell, James | Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Fraser, Captain Ian |
| Borodale, Viscount | Cross, R. H. | Fuller, Captain A. G. |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tattoo | Crossley, A. C. | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Curry, A. C. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton |
| Boyce, H, Leslie | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somersel, Yeovill) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. St. Hon. Sir John |
| Braes, Captain Sir William | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Gledhill, Gilbert |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Gluckstefn, Louis Halle |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Donner, P. W. | Goldie, Noel B. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Doran, Edward | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Drewe, Cedric | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Mc Ewen, Captain J. H. F. | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Graves, Marjorie | McKie, John Hamilton | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) | McLean, Major Sir Alan | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) |
| Grigg, Sir Edward | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) |
| Griniston, R, V. | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Magnay, Thomas | Salt, Edward W. |
| Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Maitland, Adam | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | Makins Brigadier-General Ernest | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Hales, Harold K. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Martin, Thomas B. | Scone, Lord |
| Hanbury, Cecil | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Hanley, Dennis A. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Harbord, Arthur | Meller, Sir Richard James | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Hartland, George A. | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | M ills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Smith, Sir J. Walker (Barrow-in-F.) |
| Headiam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Milne, Charles | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Somervell, Donald Bradley |
| Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmst'd) | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Herbert, Capt. S. (Abbey Division) | Morgan, Robert H. | Stanley, Hon. O. F G. (Westmorland) |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Stevenson, James |
| Holdsworth, Herbert | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) |
| Hope, Sydney (Chester, Stalybridge) | Morrison, William Shephard | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Hore-Bellsha, Leslie | Moss, Captain H. J. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Hornby, Frank | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Munro, Patrick | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Howard, Tom Forrest | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Howltt, Dr. Alfred B. | Newton, Sir Douglas George C. | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Peteref'ld) | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Normand, Wilfrid Guild | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | North, Edward T. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Ormiston, Thomas | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Hurd, Sir Percy | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Patrick, Colin M. | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Iveagh, Countess of | Pearson, William G. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Peat, Charles U. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Jamleson, Douglas | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Petherick, M. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merloneth) | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'prn, Bliston) | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada | Wardlaw-M line, Sir John S. |
| Ker, J. Campbell | Potter, John | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Knight, Holtord | Procter, Major Henry Adam | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Pybus, Percy John | White, Henry Graham |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Lees-Jones, John | Rankin, Robert | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Rathbone, Eleanor | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Levy, Thomas | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Lindsay, Noel Ker | Rea, Walter Russell | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Llewellin, Major John J. | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Reid, David D. (County Down) | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) | Womersley, Walter James |
| Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Reid, William Allan (Derby) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Lycns, Abraham Montagu | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) | |
| Mebane, William | Robinson, John Roland | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Hirst, George Henry | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | John, William | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Banfield, John William | Kirkwood, David | Thorne, William James |
| Buchanan, George | Lawson, John James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Daggar, George | Leonard, William | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Edwards, Charles | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Maxton, James. | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Parkinson, John Allen | |
| Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Price, Gabriel | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. D. Graham and Mr. Groves. |
Question put, and agreed to.