§ Notice taken, that Strangers were present.
§ Whereupon Mr. SPEAKER, pursuant to Standing Order No. 89, put the Question, "That Strangers be ordered to withdraw."
§ Question agreed to.
§ Strangers withdrew accordingly.
§ Mr. SPEAKER afterwards issued the following Report of the PROCEEDINGS IN SECRET SESSION:
| Division No. 21. | AYES. | |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Fildes, Sir H. | McEntee, V. la T. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Cannock) | Fox, Squadron-Leader Sir G. W. G. | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Frankel, D. | McGhee, H. G. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Galbraith, Comdr. T. D. | McGovern, J. |
| Barstow, P. G. | Gallacher, W. | McKie, J. H. |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Gibbins, J. | Macmillan, M. (Western Isles) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. | Gibson, Sir C. G. | McNeil, H. |
| Beaumont, Maj. Hn. R. E. B. (P'tsm'th) | Glanville, J. E. | Magnay, T. |
| Beech, Major F. W. | Goldie, N. B. | Maitland, Sir A. |
| Beechman, N. A. | Gower, Sir R. V. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. Sir E. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Graham, Capt. A. C. | Manning, C. A. G. |
| Bennett, Sir P. F. B. (Edgbaston) | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Mathers, G. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Maxton, J. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Grenfell, D. R. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Medlicott, Colonel Frank |
| Boulton, W. W. | Grimston, R. V. (Westbury) | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) |
| Bowles, F. G. | Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Islington, N.) | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Braithwaite, Lt.-Cdr. J. G. (H'dern's) | Hall, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Aberdare) | Mitchell, Colonel H. P. |
| Brocklebank, Sir C. E. R. | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Montague, F. |
| Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) | Hardie, Agnes | Morgan, R. H. (Stourbridge) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Harris, Rt. Hon. Sir P. A. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry |
| Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Morrison, Major J. G. (Salisbury) |
| Bull, B. B. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Burden, T. W. | Heneage, Lt.-Col. A. P. | Murray, J. D. (Spennymoor) |
| Burke, W. A. | Hepburn, Major P. G. T. Buchan. | Neal, H. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Hewlett, T. H. | Nicholson, Captain G. (Farnham) |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. (Bromley) | Higgs, W. F. | Nield, Major B. E. |
| Carver, Colonel W. H. | Hollins, J. H. (Silvertown) | Oldfield, W. H. |
| Cary, R. A. | Hopkinson, A. | Peat, C. U. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Horsbrugh, Florence | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Hume, Sir G. H. | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. |
| Chater, D. | Hutchison, Lt.-Com. G. I. C. (E'burgh) | Power, Sir J. C. |
| Clarke, Colonel R. S. | Hynd, J. B. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton |
| Cluse, W. S. | Isaacs, G. A. | Price, M. P. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Pritt, D. N. |
| Conant, Major R. J. E. | Jeffreys, General Sir G. D. | Procter, Major H. A. |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Pym, L. R. |
| Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. | Jewson, P. W. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. |
| Critchley, A. | John, W. | Rankin, Sir R. |
| Crooke, Sir J. Smedley | Jones, L. (Swansea, W.) | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) |
| Culverwell, C. T. | Key, C. W. | Riley, B. |
| Davidson, Viscountess (H'm'l H'mst'd) | Kirby, B. V. | Ritson, J. |
| Davies, Clement (Montgomery) | Knox. Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Ross Taylor, W. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | Lawson, J. J. (Chester-le-Street) | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. |
| De Chair, Capt. S. S. | Lees-Jones, J. | Russell, Sir A. (Tynemouth) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Salt, E. W. |
| Denville, Alfred | Leonard, W. | Savory, Professor D. L. |
| Digby, Capt. K. S. D. W. | Leslie, J. R. | Selley, Sir H. R. |
| Doland, G. F. | Levy, T. | Shaw, Capt. W. T. (Forfar) |
| Douglas, F. C. R. | Lewis, O. | Silkin, L. |
| Drewe, C. | Liddall, W. S. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Loftus, P. C. | Sloan, A. |
| Eccles, D. M. | Longhurst, Captain H. C. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Ede, J. C. | Loverseed, J. E. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Lyle, Sir C. E. Leonard | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Elliot, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. W. E. | MacAndrew, Col. Sir C. G. | Snadden, W. McN. |
| Ellis, Sir G. | McCallum, Major D. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Emmott, C. E. G. C. | McCorquodale, Malcolm S. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Everard, Sir W. Lindsay | Macdonald, Capter Peter (I. of W.) | Stewart, W. Joseph (H'gton-le-Spring) |
§ The House in Secret Session debated a proposal to alter the hours of sitting. A Division took place on the proposal, which was defeated.
§ Proceedings in relation to Division.
§ Amendment proposed, to leave out certain words from the Order of the House of 31st March, and insert a new Time Table.
§ Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Order."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 208; Noes, 74.
| Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) | Tinker, J. J. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. (Blaydon) |
| Strickland, Capt. W. F. | Touche, G. C. | Windsor, W. |
| Studholme, Captain H. G. | Walkden, A. G. (Bristol, S.) | Windsor-Clive, Lt.-Col. G. |
| Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. | Ward, Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. (York) |
| Sykes, Maj.-Gen. Rt. Hon. Sir F. H. | Waterhouse, Captain Rt. Hon. C. | Woodburn, A. |
| Tasker, Sir R. I. | Watkins,. F. C. | Wootton-Davies, J. H. |
| Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) | Wells, Sir S. Richard | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) | White, C. F. (Derbyshire, W.) | |
| Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) | White, Sir Dymoke (Fareham) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES. |
| Thomas, Dr. W. S. Russell (S'th'm'tn) | White, H. (Derby, N.E.) | Major Sir George Davies and |
| Mr. Viant. |
| NOES. | ||
| Barr, J. | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Shakespeare, Sir G. H. |
| Bartlett, C. V. O. | Hogg, Hon. Q. McG. | Smiles, Lt.-Col. Sir W. D. |
| Beit, Sir A. L. | Hudson, Sir A. (Hackney, N.) | Smith, E. P. (Ashford) |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Hughes, R. Meelwyn | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Berry, Hon. G. L. (Buckingham) | James, Wing-Com. A. (Well'borough) | Stokes, R. R. |
| Bevan, A. (Ebbw Vale) | Joynson-Hicks, Lt.-Comdr. Hn. L. W | Storey, S. |
| Bower, Norman (Harrow) | Keeling, E. H. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. (Cleveland) | Kendall, W. D. | Suirdate, Viscount |
| Brooke, H. (Lewisham) | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Tate, Mrs. Mavis C. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | King-Hall, Commander W. S. R. | Taylor, Major C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Campbell, Dermot (Antrim) | Lakin, C. H. A. | Teeling, Flight-Lieut. W. |
| Colegate, W. A. | Lancaster, Lieut.-Col. C. G. | Thomas, I. (Keighley) |
| Cove, W. G. | Lawson, H. M. (Skipton) | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | Linstead, H. N. | Turton, R. H. |
| Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Lipson, D. L. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Evans, Colonel A. (Cardiff, S.) | Lucas, Major Sir J. M. | Walkden, E. (Doncaster) |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Mander, G. le M. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Gammans, Capt. L. D. | Manningham-Buller, R. E. | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. |
| Gates, Major E. E. | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Grant-Ferris, Wing-Comdr. R. | Paling, Rt. Hon. W. | White, H. Graham (Birkenhead, E.) |
| Granville, E. L. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Grelton, J. F. | Plugge, Capt. L. F. | York, Major C. |
| Grigg, Sir E. W. M. (Altrincham) | Reakes, G. L. (Wallasey) | |
| Gunston, Major Sir D. W. | Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Hall, W. G. (Colne Valley) | Richards, R. | Mr. Molson and Captain Cobb. |
| Harvey, T. E. | Scott, Lord William (Ro'b'k & Selk'k) |
§ Question put, "That Mr. SPEAKER do include the record of this division just taken in his Report of the Proceedings of
| Division No. 22. | AYES. | |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Eccles, D. M. | Keeling, E. H. |
| Barr, J. | Ede, J. C. | Kendall, W. D. |
| Bartlett, C. V. O. | Evans, Colonel A. (Cardiff, S.) | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) |
| Beechman, N. A. | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Kerr, Sir John Graham (Scottish U's.) |
| Beit, Sir A. L. | Fox, Squadron-Leader Sir G. W. G. | King-Hall, Commander W. S. R. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Galbraith, Comdr. T. D. | Kirby, B. V. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Gallacher, W. | Lancaster, Lieut.-Col. C. G. |
| Bennett, Sir P. F. B. (Edgbaston) | Gammans, Capt. L. D. | Lawson, H. M. (Skipton) |
| Berry, Hon. G. L. (Buckingham) | Gates, Major E. E. | Linstead, H. N, |
| Bevan, A. (Ebbw Vale) | Gibson, Sir C. G. | Lipson, D. L. |
| Bower, Norman (Harrow) | Glanville, J. E. | Loftus, P. C. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. (Cleveland) | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Longhurst, Captain H. C. |
| Bralthwaite, Lt.-Cdr. J. G. (H'dern's) | Grenfell, D. R. | Loverseed, J. E. |
| Brocktebank, Sir C. E. R. | Gretton, J. F. | Lucas, Major Sir J. M. |
| Brooke, H. (Lewisham) | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. (Altrincham) | McEntee, V. La T. |
| Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) | Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Islington, N.) | McGhee, H. G. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Guy, W. H. | McGovern, J. |
| Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Hall, W. G. (Colne Valley) | MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Hardie, Agnes | McNeil, H. |
| Burden, T. W. | Harris, Rt. Hon. Sir P. A. | Maitland, Sir A. |
| Carver, Colonel W. H. | Harvey, T. E. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. Sir E. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Mander, G. le M. |
| Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Manning, C. A. G. | |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hewlett, T. H. | Mathers, G. |
| Cobb, Captain E. C. | Higgs, W. F. | Maxton, J. |
| Colegate, W. A. | Hogg, Hon. Q, McG. | Messer, F. |
| Crooke, Sir J. Smedley | Hollins, J. H. (Silvertown) | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) |
| Davidson, Viscountess (H'm'I H'mst'd) | Hubbard, T. F. | Molson, A. H. E. |
| Davies, Clement (Montgomery) | Hughes, R. Moolwyn | Murray, J. D. (Spennymoor) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Hutchison, Lt.-Com. G. I. C. (E'burgh) | Neal, H. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hynd, J. B. | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | James, Wing-Com. A. (Well'borough) | Nield, Major B. E. |
| Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Oldfield, W. H. |
| Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Jones, L. (Swansea, W.) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
§ this day's Secret Session.—[Major Thorneycroft.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 141; Noes, 99.
| Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Reakes, G. L. (Wallasey) | Suirdate, Viscount | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) | Sutcliffe, H. | White, C. F. (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Richards, R. | Tate, Mrs. Mavis C. | White, H. (Derby, N.E.) |
| Ritson, J. | Taylor, Major C. S. (Eastbourne) | White, H. Graham (Birkenhead, E.) |
| Savory, Professor D. L. | Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. (Blaydon) |
| Shakespeare, Sir G. H. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) | Williams, Sir H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Silkin, L. | Teeling, Flight-Lieut. W. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Silverman, S. S. | Thomas, I. (Keighley) | Woodburn, A. |
| Sloan, A. | Thomas, Dr. W. S. Russell (S'mpton) | York, Major C. |
| Smiles, Lt. Col. Sir W. D. | Thorneycroft, Major G. E. P. (Stafford) | |
| Smith, E. P. (Ashford) | Tinker, J. J. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES:— |
| Sorensen, R. W. | Tree, A. R. L. F. | Lord Hinchingbrooke and |
| Stokes, R. R. | Viant, S. P. | Mr. Wakefield. |
| Storey, S. | Ward, Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Cannock) | Frankel, D. | Price, M. P. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Garro Jones, G. M. | Procter, Major H. A. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Goldie, N. B. | Pym, L. R. |
| Beamish, Rear Admiral T. P. | Gower, Sir R. V. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. |
| Beaumont, Maj. Hn. R. E. B. (P'tsm'h) | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Rankin, Sir R. |
| Beech, Major F. W. | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) |
| Blair, Sir R. | Grimston, R. V. (Westbury) | Robertson, Rt. Hn. Sir M. A. (Mitcham) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Hall, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Aberdare) | Ross Taylor, W. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Hepburn, Major P. C. T. Buchan. | Russell, Sir A. (Tynemouth) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Hopkinson, A. | Salt, E. W. |
| Bowles, F. G. | Horsbrugh, Florence | Scott, Lord William (Re'b'h & Selk'k) |
| Bull, B. B. | Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | Shute, Col. Sir J. J. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Cadogan, Maj. Sir E. | Isaacs, G. A. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Campbell, Dermot (Antrim) | Jeffreys, General Sir G. D. | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. (Bromley) | John, W. | Snadden, W. McN. |
| Cary, R. A. | Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Chater, D. | Key, C. W. | Strickland, Capt. W. F. |
| Clarke, Colonel R. S. | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Levy, T. | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Conant, Major R. J. E. | Lyle, Sir C. E. Leonard | Turton, R. H. |
| Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Walkden, A. G. (Bristol, S.) |
| Critchley, A. | McCallum, Major D. | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. |
| Crowder, Capt. J. F. E. | Macdonald, Captain Peter (I. of W.) | Waterhouse, Captain Rt. Hon. C. |
| Culverwell, C. T. | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | Magnay, T. | Wells, Sir S. Richard |
| Danville, Alfred | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | White, Sir Dymoke (Fareham) |
| Doland, G. F. | Mitchell, Colonel H. P. | Willink, Rt. Hon. H. U. |
| Douglas, F. C. R. | Montague, F. | Windsor, W. |
| Drawn, C. | Morrison, Major J. G. (Salisbury) | Windsor-Clive, Lt.-Col. G. |
| Elliot, Lt.-Col, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. | |
| Everard, Sir W. Lindsay | Plugge, Capt. L. F. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES:— |
| Fildes, Sir H. | Power, Sir J. C. | Mr. O. Lewis and Major Sir |
| George Davies. |
§ The House subsequently resumed in Public Session.