§
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, 215; Noes, 34.
1709| Division No. 258.] | AYES. | [3.33 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Burnett, John George |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Butler, Richard Austen |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Blindell, James | Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) |
| Anderson, Sir Alan Garrett | Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vanslttart | Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm |
| Apsley, Lord | Bowyer, Capt, Sir George E. W. | Carver, Major William H. |
| Balley, Eric Alfred George | Bracken, Brendan | Castlereagh, Viscount |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Brass, Captain Sir William | Cautley, Sir Henry S. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Broadbent, Colonel John | Cayzer, Maj, Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Chapman, Col, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Clayton, Sir Christopher | Hard, Sir Percy | Rickards, George William |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas |
| Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Jackson, J. C. (Heywood & Radcliffe) | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Jamieson, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Cooke, Douglas | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Kirkpatrick, William M. | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Sandys, Duncan |
| Davies, Maj, Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Leckie, J. A. | Savery, Servington |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Lees-Jones, John | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Leigh, Sir John | Shaw, Captain William T. (Forfar) |
| Donner, P. W. | Levy, Thomas | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Drewe, Cedric | Lewis, Oswald | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Liddall, Walter S. | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Dunglass, Lord | Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock) | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Eales, John Frederick | Llewellin, Major John J. | Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-in-F.) |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) |
| Elmley, Viscount | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | MacAndrew, Major J. O. (Ayr) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | McCorquodale, M. S. | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | MacDonald, Rt. Hn. J. R. (Seaham) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Bassetlaw) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) |
| Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Stevenson, James |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Fraser, Captain Sir Ian | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Stones, James |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | McKie, John Hamilton | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Fuller, Captain A. G. | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Galbraith, James Francis Wallace | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Goff, Sir Park | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Graves, Marjorie | Moreing, Adrian C. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Thomson, Sir James D. W. |
| Grimston, R. V. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Train, John |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Moss, Captain H. J. | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Hales, Harold K. | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Norie-Miller, Francis | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Hammersley, Samuel S. | North, Edward T. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Hanbury, Sir Cecil | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Watt, Major George Steven H. |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Patrick, Colin M. | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Percy, Lord Eustace | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Petherick, M. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Sir Cuthbert | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Power, Sir John Cecil | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Procter, Major Henry Adam | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Hornby, Frank | Radford, E. A. | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Ramsbotham, Herswald | |
| Howard, Tom Forrest | Ramsden, Sir Eugene | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Read, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Sir George Penny and Lieut.- |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Reid, David D. (County Down) | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| NOES. | ||
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Edwards, Sir Charles | Maxton, James |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. Clement R. | Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Milner, Major James |
| Banfield, John William | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Batey, Joseph | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Thorne, William James |
| Cleary, J. J. | Kirkwood, David | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Cove, William G. | Lawson, John James | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Daggar, George | Leonard, William | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Logan, David Gilbert | Wilmot, John |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | McEntee, Valentine L. | |
| Dobbie, William | Maclean, Hall (Glasgow, Govan) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Paling and Mr. Groves. |
Question put, and agreed to.