Commons Sitting of 27 November 1935

Preamble
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, and Mr. SPEAKERELECT (Captain the Right Hon. EDWARD ALGERNON FITZROY) having token the Chair,
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
The House went, and having returned,
Mr. SPEAKER: I have to report to the House that, in the House of Peers, His Majesty, by His Royal Commissioners, has been pleased to approve the choice made of myself for the office of your Speaker, and that I have, in your name and on your behalf, laid claim, by humble petition to His Majesty, to all your ancient and undoubted rights and privileges, particularly freedom of speech in Debate, freedom from arrest, freedom of access to His Majesty whenever occasion may require, and that the most favourable construction may be placed upon all your proceedings. All these His Majesty, by His Commissioners, has been pleased to allow and confirm in as ample a manner as they have ever been granted or confirmed by himself or any of His Royal predecessors.
My first duty to the House is to repeat my very respectful acknowledgment and grateful thanks for the great honour which you have conferred upon me in placing me again in the Chair.
I must now call upon the Members of the House, according to the usual custom, to take the Oath of Allegiance at the Table of the House. I will first take the Oath myself.
Thereupon Mr. SPEAKER first, alone, standing upon the upper step of the Chair, took and subscribed the Oath.
Mr. SPEAKER: I will first call upon the Government Front Bench, then upon the Opposition Front Bench, and then upon Privy Councillors and ex-Members of Governments. After that, I will go from bench to bench.
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by Law:
Right honourable Stanley Baldwin, County of Worcester (Bewdley Division).
Right honourable Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Borough of Birmingham (Edgaston Division).
Right honourable Sir John Allsebrook Simon, G.C.S.I., K.C.V.O., County of York, West Riding (Spen Valley Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel the Right honourable Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, baronet, G.C.S.I., G.B.E., C.M.G., Borough of Chelsea.
Right honourable James Henry Thomas, Borough of Derby.
Right honourable Sir Godfrey Pattison K.B.E., C.M.G., Burgh of Greenock.
Right honourable Waiter Runciman, County of Cornwall (St. Ives Division).
Right honourable Sir Howard Kingsley Wood, knight, Borough of Woolwich (West Division).
Right honourable Alfred Ernest Brown, M.C., Burgh of Leith.
Right honourable Alfred Duff Cooper, D.S.O., Borough of Westminster (St_ George's Division).
Right honourable Robert Anthony Eden, M.C., County of Warwick (Warwick and Leamington Division).
Right honourable Oliver Frederick George Stanley, County of Westmorland.
Right honourable Walter Elliot Elliot, M.G., Burgh of Glasgow (Kelvingrove Division).
Right honourable William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, County of Stafford (Stafford Division).
Right honourable Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, commonly called Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, Borough of Hastings.
Right honourable Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, knight, C.B.E., K.C., County of Hants (Fareham Division).
Right honourable George Clement Tryon, Borough of Brighton.
Sir Donald Bradley Somervell, knight, O.B.E., K.C., County of Chester (Crewe Division).
Right honourable Sir John Colin Campbell Davidson, G.C.V.O., C.H., C.B., County of Hertford (Hemel Hempstead Division).
Captain the Right honourable Henry David Reginald Margesson, M.C., County of Warwick (Rugby Division).
Right honourable Leslie Hore-Belisha, Borough of Plymouth (Devonport Division).
Robert Spear Hudson, esquire, Borough of Southport.
William Shepherd Morrison, esquire, M.C., K.C., County of Gloucester (Cirencester and Tewkesbury Division).
Right honourable Thomas Mackay Cooper, K.C., Burgh of Edinburgh (West Division).
Right honourable Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, baronet, G.B.E., C.M.G., Borough of Hythe.
Captain David Euan Wallace, M.C., Borough of Hornsey.
Sir George Penny, baronet, Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.
James Stuart, esquire, M.V.O., M.C., commonly called the Honourable James Stuart, County of Moray and Nairn.
Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, esquire, Borough of Norwich.
Lieutenant-Colonel David John Colville, County of Midlothian and Peebles (Northern Division).
Captain Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, Borough of Hackney (North Division).
Herwald Ramsbotham, esquire, O.B.E., M.C., County of Lancaster (Lancaster Division).
Edward Leslie Burgin, esquire, County Of Bedford (Luton Division).
Major George Frederick Davies, County of Somerset (Yeovil Division).
Sir Walter James Womersley, knight, Borough of Grimsby.
Sir Victor Alexander George Anthony Warrender, baronet, M.C., County of Parts of Kesteven and Rutland (Grantham Division).
Richard Austen Butler, esquire, County of Essex (Saffron Walden Division).
Commander Archibald Richard James Southby, R.N., County of Surrey (Epsom Division).
Captain Arthur Oswald James Hope, M.C., commonly called Captain the Honourable Arthur Oswald James Hope, Borough of Birmingham (Aston Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony John Muir-head, M.C., County of Somerset (Wells Division).
James Blindell, esquire, County of Holland with Boston.
John Henry Morris-Jones, esquire, M.C., County of Denbigh (Denbigh Division).
Right honourable Clement Richard Attlee, Borough of Stepney (Limehouse Division).
Right honourable Arthur Greenwood, Borough of Wakefield.
Sir Charles Edwards, C.B.E., County of Monmouth (Bedwellty Division).
Right honourable David Lloyd George, O.M., Carnarvon District of Boroughs.
Right honourable Albert Victor Alexander, Borough of Sheffield (Hillsborough Division).
Right honourable Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith, County of York, West Riding (Keighley Division).
Right honourable Thomas Kennedy, Burgh of Kirkcaldy.
Morgan Jones, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Caerphilly Division).
Right honourable Josiah Clement Wedgwood, D.S.O., Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
William Lunn, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Rothwell Division).
John Allen Parkinson, esquire, C.B.E., Borough of Wigan.
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, esquire, Burgh of Edinburgh (East Division).
Right honourable Thomas Johnston, County of Stirling and Clackmannan (Western Division).
Right honourable Frederick Owen Roberts, Borough of West Bromwich.
Thomas Williams, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Don Valley Division).
Rhys, John Davies, esquire, County of Lancaster (Westhoughton Division).
William Stephen Sanders, esquire, Borough of Battersea (North Division).
Charles George Ammon, esquire, Borough of Camberwell (North Division).
William John, esquire, Borough of Rhondda (West Division).
Right honourable Sir Robert Young, knight, O.B.E., County of Lancaster (Newton Division).
Alfred Short, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Doncaster Division).
George Henry Hall, esquire, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil (Aberdare Division).
Wilfred Paling, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Wentworth Division).
Samuel Philip Viant, esquire, Borough of Willesden (West Division).
Neil Maclean, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Govan Division).
Thomas Edward Groves, esquire, Borough of West Ham (Stratford Division).
Frederick Montague, esquire, Borough of Islington (West Division).
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, esquire, County of Durham (Bishop Auckland Division).
Emanuel Shinwell, esquire, County of Durham (Seaham Division).
Duncan McGregor Graham, esquire, County of Lanark (Hamilton Division).
Benjamin Smith, esquire, Borough of Bermondsey (Rotherhithe Division).
William Leach, esquire, Borough of Bradford (Central Division).
Right honourable Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, County of Essex (Epping Division).
Right honourable Sir James Ian Macpherson, baronet, K.C., County of Inverness, Ross and Cromarty (Ross and Cromarty Division).
Right honourable Sir Robert Stevenson Horne, G.B.E., K.C., Burgh of Glasgow (Hillhead Division).
Right honourable George Lambert, County of Devon (South Molton Division).
Right honourable Sir Francis Dyke Acland, baronet, County of Cornwall (Northern Division).
Right honourable Edward, Earl Winterton, County of West Sussex (Horsham and Worthing Division).
Right honourable Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, Borough of Birmingham (Sparkbrook Division).
Right honourable George Lansbury, Borough of Poplar (Bow and Bromley Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel the Right honourable Sir John Gilmour, baronet, G.C.V.O., D.S.O., Burgh of Glasgow (Pollok Division).
Sir Richard Stafford Cripps, knight, K.C., commonly called the Honourable Sir Richard Stafford Cripps, Borough of Bristol (East Division).
Alfred John Barnes, esquire, Borough of East Ham (South Division).
Major the Right honourable John Waller Hills, County of York, West Riding (Ripon Division).
Sir Arthur Michael Samuel, baronet, County of Surrey (Farnham Division).
Colonel the Right honourable John Gretton, County of Stafford (Burton Division).
Right honourable Sir Robert William Hugh O'Neill, baronet, County of Antrim.
Right honourable Sir Dennis Henry Herbert, K.B.E., County of Hertford (Watford Division).
Thomas Henderson, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Tradeston Division).
Henry Charles Charleton, esquire, Borough of Leeds (South Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel the Right honourable Herbert Henry Spender-Clay, C.M.G., M.C., County of Kent (Tunbridge Division).
Henry Graham White, esquire, Borough of Birkenhead (East Division).
Herbert Geraint Williams, esquire, Borough of Croydon (South Division).
William Whiteley, esquire, County of Durham (Blaydon Division).
Right honourable John Robert Clynes, Borough of Manchester (Platting Division).
David Rees Grenfell, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Gower Division).
Colonel Albert William Goodman, Borough of Islington (North Division).
Mavis Constance Tate, County of Somerset (Frome Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel John Sandeman Allen, M.C., T.D., Borough of Birkenhead (West Division).
Commander Robert Tatton Bower, R.N. (retired), County of York, North Riding (Cleveland Division).
Walter Sydney Liddall, esquire, Borough of Lincoln.
Alan Crosland Graham, esquire, County of Chester (Wirral Division).
Samuel Storey, esquire, Borough of Sunderland.
Stephen Noel Furness, esquire, Borough of Sunderland.
Captain William Thomas Shaw, County of Forfar.
Edward William Salt, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Yardley Division).
George Alexander Morrison, esquire, M.A., LL.D., the University of St. Andrew's, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Edinburgh.
Charles Stuart Taylor, esquire, County of East Sussex (Eastbourne Division).
Sir Alan Garrett Anderson, knight, City of London.
John Rumney Berner, esquire, County of Chester (Macclesfield Division).
William Rostron Duckworth, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Moss Side Division).
Major Henry Adam Procter, Borough of Accrington.
Alfred Charles Bossom, esquire, County of Kent (Maidstone Division).
David John Kinsley Quibell, esquire, Parts of Lindsey (Brigg Division).
David Kirkwood, esquire, Dumbarton District of Burghs.
Frank Anderson, esquire, County of Cumberland (Whitehaven Division).
John Joseph Tinker, esquire, Borough of Leigh.
Gordon Macdonald, esquire, County of Lancaster (Ince Division).
Right honourable James Brown, County of Ayr and Bute (South Ayrshire Division).
David Williams, esquire, Borough of Swansea (East Division).
Thomas Cape, esquire, County of Cumberland (Workington Division).
Wilfrid Andrew Burke, esquire, Borough of Burnley.
Ellis Smith, esquire, Borough of Stoke-on-Trent (Stoke Division).
Reverend James Barr, B.D., County of Lanark (Coatbridge Division).
Daniel Chater, esquire, Borough of Bethnal Green (North-East Division).
Charles Brown, esquire, County of Nottingham (Mansfield Division).
Alfred Holland, esquire, County of Derby (Clay Cross Division).
Fred Marshall, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Brightside Division).
Frank Lee, esquire, County of Derby (North-Eastern Division).
Guy Rowson, esquire, County of Lancaster (Farnworth Division).
Joseph Gibbins, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (West Toxteth Division).
Dr. John Henry Williams, County of Carmarthen (Llanelly Division).
George Daggar, esquire, County of Monmouth (Abertillery Division).
Valentine La Touche McEntee, esquire, Borough of Walthamstow (West Division).
Samuel Sydney Silverman, esquire, Borough of Nelson and Colne.
Malcolm Kenneth MacMillan, esquire, County of Inverness, Ross and Cromarty (Western Isles Division).
Denis Nowell Pritt, esquire, K.C., Borough of Hammersmith (North Division).
John Train, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Cathcart Division).
Commander Archibald Douglas Cochrane, D.S.O., R.N. (retired), commonly called Commander the honourable Archibald Douglas Cochrane, County of Dumbarton.
Thomas Levy, esquire, County of York West Riding (Elland Division).
Oliver Edwin Simmonds, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Duddeston Division).
Sir Murdoch MacDonald, K.C.M.G., C.B., County of Inverness, Ross and Cromarty (Inverness Division).
Alexander West Russell, esquire, Borough of Tynemouth.
Lieutenant - Colonel Arthur Pelham Heneage, D.S.O., County of Parts of Lindsey (Louth Division).
Brigadier-General Ernest Makins, C.B., D.S.O., County of Chester (Knutsford Division).
Sir William Abraham Wayland, knight, County of Kent (Canterbury Division).
Louis William Smith, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Hallam Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Glen Mac-Andrew, knight, T.D., County of Ayr and Bute (Bute and Northern Division).
Clement Edmund Royds Brocklebank, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (Fairfield Division).
Sir Charles William Cayzer, baronet, County of Chester (City of Chester Division).
Arthur Stewart Leslie Young, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Partick Division).
Sir Frank Bernard Sanderson, baronet, Borough of Ealing.
Alexander Crawford Browne, esquire, Borough of Belfast (West Belfast Division).
Norman John Hulbert, esquire, Borough of Stockport.
Sir Arnold Babb Gridley, K.B.E., Borough of Stockport.
Major Sir Archibald Boyd Boyd Carpenter, knight, County of Surrey (Chertsey Division).
William Mabane, esquire, Borough of Huddersfield.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Dorling Smiles, knight, C.I.E., D.S.O., Borough of Blackburn.
Captain Charles Waterhouse, M.C., Borough of Leicester (South Division).
Sir Henry Fildes, knight, County of Dumfries.
Ronald Hibbert Cross, esquire, Borough of Rossendale.
David George Brownlow Cecil, esquire, commonly called Lord Burghley County of Northampton, with the Soke of Peterborough (Peterborough Division).
James Maxton, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Bridgeton Division).
John McGovern, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Shettleston Division).
Campbell Stephen, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Camlachie Division).
Rupert de la Bere, esquire, County of Worcester (Evesham Division).
John Rankin Rathbone, esquire, County of Cornwall (Bodmin Division).
John Hamilton McKie, esquire, County of Galloway.
Sir Albert James Edmondson, knight, County of Oxford (Banbury Division).
Captain Harold Harington Balfour, M.C., county of Kent (Isle of Thanet Division).
Nancy Witcher, Viscountess Astor, Borough of Plymouth (Sutton Division).
Austin Hopkinson, esquire, County of Lancaster (Mossley Division).
Major James Milner, Borough of Leeds (South-East Division).
Frederick Messer, esquire, Borough of Tottenham (South Division).
Ernest Marklew, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Colne Valley Division).
William George Cove, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Aberavon Division).
Edward John Williams, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Ogmore Division).
Arthur Jenkins, esquire, County of Monmouth (Pontypool Division).
Arthur Creech Jones, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Shipley Division).
Frederick Seymour Cocks, esquire, County of Nottingham (Broxtowe Division).
William Albert Robinson, esquire, Borough of St. Helens.
Bertie Victor Kirby, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (Everton Division).
Henry George McGhee, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Penistone Division).
Gordon Ralph Hall-Caine, esquire, County of Dorset (Eastern Division).
Harold Leslie Boyce, esquire, Borough of Gloucester.
Sir John Sydney Wardlaw-Milne, K.B.E., County of Worcester (Kidderminster Division).
Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni, baronet, Borough of Ipswich.
Right honourable Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, K.G., Borough of Birmingham (West Birmingham Division).
Sir Herbert Paul Latham, baronet, County of York, North Riding (Scarborough and Whitby Division).
Dr. Sidney John Peters, County of Huntingdon.
Captain Derrick Wellesley Gunston, M.C., County of Gloucester (Thornbury Division).
Captain Alexander Frederick Douglas Home, commonly called Lord Dunglass, County of Lanark (Lanark Division).
James Purdon Lewes Thomas, esquire, County of Hereford (Hereford Division).
William John Anstruther-Gray, esquire, County of Lanark (Northern Division).
Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont, esquire, commonly called the Honourable Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont, Borough of Portsmouth (Central Division).
John Helias Finnie McEwen, esquire, County of Berwick and Haddington.
Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness, esquire, Borough of Bath.
Sir Edward Taswell Campbell, knight, Borough of Bromley.
Patrick Munro, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Llandaff and Barry Division).
James Douglas Cooke, esquire, F.R.C.S., Borough of Hammersmith (South Division).
Florence Horsbrugh, Burgh of Dundee.
Captain Alan Vincent Gandar Dower, County of Cumberland (Penrith Division).
Sir Alfred Cooper Rawson, knight, Borough of Brighton.
Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart, esquire, commonly called Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart, County of Chester (Northwich Division).
Colin Mark Patrick, esquire, County of Devon (Tavistock Division).
Robert Villiers Grimston, esquire, County of Wilts (Westbury Division).
Edgar Louis Granville, esquire, County of East Suffolk (Eye Division).
Hamilton William Kerr, esquire, Borough of Oldham.
Captain Thomas Lionel Dugdale, County of York, North Riding (Richmond Division).
Frank Kingsley Griffith, esquire, M.C., Borough of Middlesbrough (West Division).
Herbert Holdsworth, esquire, Borough of Bradford (South Division).
Dingle Mackintosh Foot, esquire, Burgh of Dundee.
Henry Haydn Jones, esquire, County of Merioneth.
David Owen Evans, esquire, County of Cardigan.
Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, esquire, County of Devon (Barnstaple Division).
Wilfrid Roberts, esquire, County of Cumberland (North Division).
Pierce Creagh Loftus, esquire, County of East Suffolk (Lowestoft Division).
Major James Archibald St. George Fitzwarenne Despeneer-Robertson, County of Wilts (Salisbury Division).
Sir Reginald Henry Craddock, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., The University of Durham, the Victoria University of Manchester, the University of Liverpool, the University of Leeds, the University of Sheffield, the University of Birmingham, the University of Bristol, and the University of Reading.
Brigadier-General Sir William Alexander, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Burgh of Glasgow (Central Division).
Wing - Commander Archibald William Henry James, M.C., County of Northampton, with the Soke of Peterborough (Wellingborough Division).
Rear-Admiral Sir Murray Fraser Sueter, knight, C.B., R.N. (retired), County of Hertford (Hertford Division).
Joseph Hepworth, esquire, Borough of Bradford (East Division).
Charles Granville Gibson, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Pudsey and Otley Division).
George Gibson Mitcheson, esquire, Borough of St. Pancras (South-West Division).
Lieutenant - Colonel John Mayhew, Borough of East Ham (North Division).
Vice-Admiral Ernest Augustus Taylor, C.M.G., C.V.O., R.N. (retired), Borough of Paddington (South Division).
William George Howard Gritten, esquire, Borough of the Hartlepools.
Thomas Magnay, esquire, Borough of Gateshead.
Richard Kidston Law, esquire, Borough of Kingston-on-Hull (South-West Division).
John Samuel Dodd, esquire, Borough of Oldham.
Richard John Russell, esquire, County of Chester (Eddisbury Division).
Arthur Harbord, esquire, C.B.E., Borough of Great Yarmouth.
Richard Douglas Denman, esquire, commonly called the Honourable Richard Douglas Denman, Borough of Leeds (Central Division).
Alfred Bakewell Howitt, esquire, Borough of Reading.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Cecil Russell Moore, C.B.E., Ayr District of Burghs.
Lewis Jones, esquire, Borough of Swansea (West Division).
Arthur Beverley Baxter, esquire, County of Middlesex (Wood Green Division).
Sir Reginald Blair, knight, County of Middlesex (Hendon Division).
James Henderson Stewart, esquire, County of Fife (Eastern Division).
Joseph Compton, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Gorton Division).
Harry Day, esquire, Borough of Southwark (Central Division).
Ernest Thurtle, esquire, Borough of Shoreditch.
Daniel Frankel, esquire, Borough of Stepney (Mile End Division).
George Morgan Garro-Jones, esquire, Burgh of Aberdeen (North Division).
John Robert Leslie, esquire, County of Durham (Sedgefield Division).
David Adams, esquire, County of Durham (Consett Division).
Thomas Miles Sexton, esquire, County of Durham (Barnard Castle Division).
David Morgan Adams, esquire, Borough of Poplar (South Poplar Division).
William Thomas Kelly, esquire, Borough of Rochdale.
Benjamin Riley, esquire, Borough of Dewsbury.
Fred Brown Simpson, esquire, Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne.
Alfred Salter, esquire. M.D., Borough of Bermondsey (West Bermondsey Division).
Morgan Philips Price, esquire, County of Gloucester (Forest of Dean Division).
James Walker, esquire, County of Lanark (Motherwell Division).
Andrew MacLaren, esquire, Borough of Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem Division).
Sir William Lane Mitchell, knight, Borough of Wandsworth (Streatham Division).
Sir George Clements Hamilton, knight, Borough of Ilford.
Patrick Joseph Henry Hannon, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Moseley Division).
William Whytehead Boulton, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Central Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller, baronet, Borough of Northampton.
Sir Frederick Mills, baronet, Borough of Leyton (East Division).
Captain Frank Frederick Alexander Heilgers, County of West Suffolk (Bury St. Edmunds Division).
Thomas Russell Albert Mason Cook, esquire, County of Norfolk (Northern Division).
Paul Vychan Emrys-Evans, esquire, County of Derby (Southern Division).
Thelma Cazalet, Borough of Islington (East Division).
Charles Urie Peat, esquire, Borough of Darlington.
Captain John Robert Jermain Macnamara, County of Essex (Chelmsford Division).
Edward Herbert Keeling, esquire, M.C., County of Middlesex (Twickenham Division).
Robert Rankin, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (Kirkdale Division).
Sir John James Withers, knight, C.B.E., Cambridge University.
Frederick Alexander Macquisten, esquire, K.C., County of Argyll.
Sydney Frank Markham, esquire, Borough of Nottingham (South Division).
Alan Patrick Herbert, esquire, Oxford University.
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft, baronet, C.M.G., T.D., Borough of Bournemouth.
Joseph Henderson, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Ardwick Division).
James Henry Hall, esquire, Borough of Stepney (Whitechapel and St. George's Division).
Alfred Edwards, esquire, Borough of Middlesbrough (East Division).
William Sampson Cluse, esquire, Borough of Islington (South Division).
Thomas Ellis Naylor, esquire, Borough of Southwark (South-East Division).
John Joseph Jones, esquire, Borough of West Ham (Silvertown Division).
Benjamin Walter Gardner, esquire, Borough of West Ham (Upton Division).
Cecil Henry Wilson, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Attercliffe Division).
Sir Alexander Nairne Stewart Sandeman, baronet, County of Lancaster (Middleton and Prestwich Division).
Major-General Sir Alfred William Fortescue Knox, K.C.B., C.M.G., County of Bucks (Wycombe Division).
Sir John Cecil Power, baronet, Borough of Wimbledon.
Sir Henry Strother Cautley, baronet, K.C., County of East Sussex (East Grinstead Division).
John Lees-Jones, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Blackley Division).
Joseph Alexander Leckie, esquire, Borough of Walsall.
Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, esquire, County of Renfrew (Western Division).
William Frederick Strickland, esquire, Borough of Coventry.
Samuel Servington - Savery, esquire, County of York, East Riding (Holderness Division).
Annesley Ashworth Somerville, esquire, County of Berks (Windsor Division).
Sir Joseph Quinton Lamb, knight, County of Stafford (Stone Division).
Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (East Toxteth Division).
Somerset Struben de Chair, esquire, County of Norfolk (South-Western Division).
Samuel Vyvyan Trerice Adams, esquire, Borough of Leeds (West Division).
Captain Leonard Frank Plugge, Borough of Rochester (Chatham Division).
Allan Chapman, esquire, County of Lanark (Rutherglen Division).
James Frederick Emery, esquire, Borough of Salford (West Division).
David Robert Alexander Lindsay, esquire, commonly called Lord Balniel, County of Lancaster (Lonsdale Division).
Lauchlan MacNeill Weir, esquire, County of Stirling and Clackmannan (Clackmannan and Eastern Division).
Tom Smith, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Normanton Division).
Arthur Hayday, esquire, Borough of Nottingham (West Division).
George Arthur Griffiths, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Hemsworth Division).
William Henry Mainwaring, esquire, Borough of Rhondda (East Division).
David Lewis Davies, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Pontypridd Division).
James Welsh, esquire, County of Lanark (Bothwell Division).
William McLean Watson, esquire, Dunfermline District of Burghs.
Sir William Jenkins, knight, County of Glamorgan (Neath Division).
John Potts, esquire, Borough of Barnsley.
George Harold Oliver, esquire, County of Derby (Ilkeston Division).
George Mathers, esquire, County of Linlithgow.
John James Davidson, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Maryhill Division).
George Downie Hardie, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Springburn Division).
Frederick John Bellenger, esquire, County of Nottingham (Bassetlaw Division).
Willie Brooke, esquire, Borough of Batley and Morley.
William Leonard, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (St. Rollox Division).
Reverend George Saville Woods, Borough of Finsbury.
William Gallacher, esquire, County of Fife (West Division).
David Gilbert Logan, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (Scotland Division).
George Russell Strauss, esquire, Borough of Lambeth (North Division).
Stephen Owen Davies, esquire, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tydfil).
Robert John Taylor, esquire, Borough of Morpeth.
Joshua Ritson, esquire, County of Durham (Durham Division).
William Joseph Stewart, esquire, County of Durham (Houghton-le-Spring Division).
John Joseph Stourton, esquire, cornmonly called the Honourable John Joseph Stourton, Borough of Salford (South Division).
Sir John Haslam, knight, Borough of Bolton.
Lieutenant-Colonel Glyn Keith Murray Mason, D.S.O., commonly called Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Glyn Keith Murray Mason, Borough of Croydon (North Division).
Sir Walter Reuben Preston, knight, Borough of Cheltenham.
Louis Halle Gluckstein, esquire, Borough of Nottingham (East Division).
Kenneth Martin Lindsay, esquire, County of Ayr and Bute (Kilmarnock Division).
Reverend Reginald William Sorensen, Borough of Leyton (West Division).
Sir Robert William Aske, baronet, K.C., Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (East Division).
Major Gwilym Lloyd George, County of Pembroke.
Major Sir Isidore Salmon, knight, C.B.E., County of Middlesex (Harrow Division).
Sir William Henry Davison, K.B.E., Borough of Kensington (South Division).
John James Lawson, esquire, County of Durham (Chester-le-Street Division).
Right honourable Roundell Cecil Palmer, commonly called Viscount Wolmer, County of Hants (Aldershot Division).
Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle, knight, Borough of Newcastle - upon - Tyne (North Division).
Henry Cobden Haslam, esquire, County of Parts of Lindsey (Horncastle Division).
Gerald Eustace Howell Palmer, esquire, County of Hants (Winchester Division).
Edmund Ashworth Radford, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Rusholme Division).
Sir Alfred Joseph Law, knight, County of Derby (High Peak Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William James Allen, K.B.E., D.S.O., County of Armagh.
Alexander Galloway Erskine - Hill, esquire, K.C., Burgh of Edinburgh (North Division).
Robert Hugh Turton, esquire, County of York, North Riding (Thirsk and Malton Division).
Edward William Spencer Cavendish, esquire, commonly called the Marquess of Hartington, County of Derby (Western Division).
Sir William Edge, knight, County of Leicester (Bosworth Division).
James Campbell Morrison Guy, esquire, M.C., Burgh of Edinburgh (Central Division).
John Graham Kerr, esquire, M.D., F.R.S., The University of St. Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Edinburgh.
Major William Philip Colfox, M.C., County of Dorset (Western Division).
Sir Ernest Whittome Shepperson, knight, County of Hereford (Leominster Division).
Stuart Hugh Minto Russell, esquire, County of Lancaster (Darwen Division).
John Ronald Hamilton Cartland, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (King's Norton Division).
Edward Lascelles Fleming, esquire, K.C., Borough of Manchester (Withington Division).
Sir Robert Workman Smith, knight, County of Aberdeen and Kincardine (Central Division).
Joseph William Leech, esquire, Borough of Newcastle - upon - Tyne (West Division).
Sir Samuel Thomas Rosbotham, knight, County of Lancaster (Ormskirk Division).
Brigadier-General Howard Clifton Brown, County of Berks (Newbury Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel George Windsor-Clive, C.M.G., County of Salop (Ludlow Division).
Sir Cecil Hanbury, knight, County of Dorset (Northern Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert John Acland-Troyte, C.M.G., D.S.O., County of Devon (Tiverton Division).
Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb, K.B.E., M.V.O., Borough of Fulham (West Division).
Alan Ernest Leofric Choriton, esquire, C.B.E., Borough of Bury.
Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, esquire, County of Aberdeen and Kincardine (Kincardine and Western Division).
George Balfour, esquire, Borough of Hampstead.
Ralph Assheton, esquire, County of Nottingham (Rushcliffe Division).
Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn, esquire, University of Cambridge.
William Wavell Wakefield, esquire, County of Wilts (Swindon Division).
Major John Digby Mills, T.D., County of Hants (New Forest and Christchurch Division).
Lieutenant-Commander Peter Garnett Agnew, R.N. (retired), County of Cornwall (Camborne Division).
Sir Alfred Butt, baronet, Borough of Wandsworth (Balham and Tooting Division).
George Harvey, esquire, Borough of Lambeth (Kennington Division).
Irene Mary Bewick Ward, C.B.E., Borough of Wallsend.
Arthur Conrad Reed, esquire, Borough of Exeter.
Peter Thorp Eckersley, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Exchange Division).
Harry Ralph Selley, esquire, Borough of Battersea (South Division).
Gwi]ym Rowlands, esquire, C.B.E., County of Flint.
Henry George Strauss, esquire, Borough of Norwich.
Harold George Nicolson, esquire, C.M.G., commonly called the honourable Harold George Nicolson, Borough of Leicester (West Division).
Robert Archibald Cary, esquire, Borough of Eccles.
Marcus Reginald Anthony Samuel, esquire, Borough of Wandsworth (Putney Division).
Thomas Hunter, esquire, County of Perth and Kinross (Perth Division).
Sir Samuel Chapman, knight, Burgh of Edinburgh (South Division).
Sir Philip Dawson, knight, Borough of Lewisham (West Division).
Major Oscar Montague Guest, commonly called Major the honourable Oscar Montague Guest, Borough of Camberwell (North-West Division).
Sir George Hopwood Hume, Borough of Greenwich.
Cyril Tom Culverwell, esquire, Borough of Bristol (West Division).
Edward Anthony Strauss, esquire, Borough of Southwark (North Division).
George William Rickards, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Skipton Division).
William Allan Reid, esquire, Borough of Derby.
Henry Victor Alpin Mackinnon Raikes, esquire, County of Essex (South-Eastern Division).
Lieutenant - Colonel Charles Edward Ponsonby, County of Kent (Sevenoaks Division).
Ian Leslie Orr-Ewing, esquire, County of Somerset (Weston-super-Mare Division).
Bartle Brennan Bull, esquire, County of Middlesex (Enfield Division).
Major Ralph Rayner, County of Devon (Totnes Division).
Alexander Critchley, esquire Borough of Liverpool (Edge Hill Division).
Joseph Paton Maclay, esquire, commonly called the Honourable Joseph Paton Maclay, Burgh of Paisley.
Somerset Arthur Maxwell, esquire, commonly called the Honourable Somerset Arthur Maxwell, County of Norfolk (King's Lynn Division).
Sir Percy Angier Hurd, knight, County of Wilts (Devizes Division).
Walter Robert Dempster Perkins, esquire, County of Gloucester (Stroud Division).
Osbert Peake, esquire, Borough of Leeds (North Division).
Abraham Montagu Lyons, esquire, K.C., Borough of Leicester (East Division).
Lieutenant-Commander Richard Lionel Tufnell, R.N. (retired), Borough of Cambridge.
Squadron-Leader Douglas Hamilton, commonly called the Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, County of Renfrew (Eastern Division).
Peter Drummond Macdonald, esquire, County of Isle of Wight.
Brendan Bracken, esquire, Borough of Paddington (North Division).
Captain Maurice Harold Macmillan, Borough of Stockton-on-Tees.
Sir Robert Geoffrey Ellis, baronet, Borough of Sheffield (Eccleshall Division).
Sir Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden, O.B.E., Borough of Bradford (North Division).
James Alexander Lawson Duncan, esquire, Borough of Kensington (North Division).
Sir George William Henry Jones, knight, Borough of Stoke Newington.
Albert Newby Braithwaite, esquire, County of York, East Riding (Buckrose Division).
Reginald George Clarry, esquire, Borough of Newport.
Cyril Fullard Entwistle, esquire, K.C., M.C., Borough of Bolton.
Gordon Como Touche, esquire, County of Surrey (Reigate Division).
Patrick William Donner, esquire, County of Hants (Basingstoke Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, Borough of Wallasey.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Assheton Pownall, knight, O.B.E., T.D., Borough of Lewisham (East Division).
Captain William Arthur Henry Cavendish Bentinck, commonly called the Marquess of Titchfield, County of Nottingham (Newark Division).
William Lygon, esquire, commonly called Viscount Elmley, County of Norfolk (Eastern Division).
Terence James O'Connor, esquire, K.C., Borough of Nottingham (Central Division).
William Henton Carver, esquire, County of York, East Riding (Howdenshire Division).
George Buchanan, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Gorbals Division).
Adrian Charles Moreing, esquire, Borough of Preston.
Edward Dunn, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Bother Valley Division).
Sir Ernest Gordon Graham Graham-Little, knight, London University.
Richard Whitaker Porritt, esquire, County of Lancaster (Heywood and Radcliffe Division).
Edwin Duncan Sandys, esquire, Borough of Lambeth (Norwood Division).
John Frederick Eales, esquire, K.C., Borough of Birmingham (Erdington Division).
Colonel Leonard Ropner, M.C., T.D., County of York, West Riding (Barkston Ash Division).
Noel Barré Goldie, esquire, K.C., Borough of Warrington.
James Miter Ede, esquire, Borough of South Shields.
Arthur Henderson, esquire, County of Stafford (Kingswinford Division).
Geoffrey le Mesurier Mander, esquire, Borough of Wolverhampton (East Division).
Aneurin Bevan, esquire, County of Monmouth (Ebbw Vale Division).
William Patrick Spells, esquire, O.B.E., K.C., County of Kent (Ashford Division).
Reginald Powell Croom-Johnson, esquire, K.C., County of Somerset (Bridgwater Division).
John Francis Eastwood, esquire, County of Northampton, with the Soke of Peterborough (Kettering Division).
Hubert John Duggan, esquire, County of Middlesex (Acton Division).
Edward Charles Stewart Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, esquire, commonly called Viscount Castlereagh, County of Down.
Oswald Lewis, esquire, County of Essex (Colchester Division).
Dudley Jack Barnato Joel, esquire, Borough of Dudley.
Captain Henry Arthur Evans, Borough of Cardiff (South Division).
Captain John de Vere Loder, commonly called the Captain the Honourable John de Vere Loder, County of East Sussex (Lewes Division).
William MacColin Kirkpatrick, esquire, Borough of Preston.
George Lathan, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Park Division).
George Sampson Elliston, esquire, M.C., Borough of Blackburn.
Robert Craigmyle Morrison, esquire, Borough of Tottenham (North Division).
Colonel Thomas Sinclair, C.B., Queen's University of Belfast.
Herbert John Harvey Parker, esquire, County of Essex (Romford Division).
Daniel Hopkin, esquire, County of Carmarthen (Carmarthen Division).
William Pomeroy Crawford Greene, esquire, Borough of Worcester.
Maurice Petherick, esquire, County of Cornwall (Penryn and Falmouth Division).
Alfred Roy Wise, esquire, Borough of Smethwick.
Megan Arvon Lloyd George, County of Anglesey.
William James Thorne, esquire, C.B.E., Borough of West Ham (Plaistow Division).
Nigel Claudian Dalziel Colman, esquire, Borough of Lambeth (Brixton Division).
Sir William Brass, knight, County of Lancaster (Clitheroe Division).
Irving James Albery, esquire, M.C., County of Kent (Gravesend Division).
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson, K.C.I.E., C.S.L, C.M.G., D.S.O., County of Hertford (Hitchin Division).
Sir Gifford Wheaton Grey Fox, baronet, County of Oxford (Henley Division).
Sir Percy Alfred Harris, baronet, Borough of Bethnal Green (South-West Division).
Sir Jonah Walker - Smith, knight, Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.
Joseph Stanley Holmes, esquire, County of Essex (Harwich Division).
Captain Sir William Jocelyn Ian Fraser, knight, C.B.E., Borough of St. Pancras (North Division).
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, esquire, K.C., Borough of Liverpool (West Derby Division).
Major Hon. John Jacob Astor, commonly called Major the Honourable John Jacob Astor, County of Kent (Dover Division).
Captain the Right honourable Douglas Hewart Hacking, O.B.E., County of Lancaster (Chorley Division).
Captain Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, County of Parts of Lindsey (Gainsborough Division).
Major Sir Ralph George Campbell Glyn, baronet, M.C., County of Berks (Abingdon Division).
Reginald Purbrick, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (Walton Division).
Commander Oliver Stillingfleet Locker-Lampson, C.M.G., D.S.O., Borough of Birmingham (Handsworth Division).
Richard George Briscoe, esquire, M.C., County of Cambridge.
Sir Henry Jackson, baronet, Borough of Wandsworth (Central Division).
Bracewell Smith, esquire, Borough of Camberwell (Dulwich Division).
William Craven-Ellis, esquire, Borough of Southampton.
Sir Charles Coupar Barrie, K.B.E., Borough of Southampton.
Bridagier-General Edward Louis Spears, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., Borough of Carlisle.
Sir Edward William Macleay Grigg, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., D.S.O., M.C., County of Chester (Altrincham Division).
Charles Ernest George Campbell Emmott, esquire, County of Surrey (Eastern Division).

ADJOURNMENT.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir George Penny.]
Adjourned accordingly at Half after Seven o'Clock, until Tomorrow (Thursday), at a Quarter before Three o'Clock, when the Swearing in of Members will be resumed.