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25.
Colonel BURN
asked the Prime Minister if he will state what arrangement is contemplated for Whitsuntide; when will the House rise; and for how long?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN
I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the statement which I made on Thursday last on the Business of the House.
Motion made, and Question put,
"That the Proceedings of the Committee of Supply, and of the Committee on Constabulary (Ireland) [Compensation], and on the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (Payment of Calls) Bill, Empire Settlement Bill, Audit (Local Authorities, etc.) Bill, Post Office (Pneumatic Tubes Acquisition) Bill, and the Government of the Sudan Loan (Amendment) Bill be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]
The House divided: Ayes, 276: Noes, 54.
| Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Mitchell, Sir William Lane | Simm, M. T. |
| Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Molson, Major John Eisdale | Smith, Sir Harold (Warrington) |
| Hills, Major John Waller | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander |
| Hinds, John | Montagu, Rt. Hon. E. S. | Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) |
| Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Hood, Sir Joseph | Morrison, Hugh | Stevens, Marshall |
| Hope, Sir H.(Stirling & Cl'ckn'nn, W.) | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Stewart, Gershom |
| Hope, Lt.-Col. Sir J. A. (Midlothian) | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert. | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Hopkins, John W. W. | Murchison, C. K. | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Murray, C. D. (Edinburgh) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Home, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Murray, Hon. Gideon (St. Rollox) | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Hudson, R. M. | Neal, Arthur | Taylor, J. |
| Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Newson, Sir Percy Wilson | Terrell, George, (Wilts, Chippenham) |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Newton, Major Sir Harry K. | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) |
| Inskip, Thomas Walker H. | Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Tickler, Thomas George |
| Jameson, John Gordon | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Townley, Maximilian G. |
| Jesson, C. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Townshend, Sir Charles Vere Ferrers |
| Jodrell, Neville Paul | Pain, Brig.-Gen. Sir W. Hacket | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| Johnstone, Joseph | Parker, James | Wallace, J. |
| Jones, Sir Evan (Pembroke) | Pearce, Sir William | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir John Tudor |
| Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Joynson-Hicks, Sir William | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Ward, William Dudley (Southampton) |
| Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk. George | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Perkins, Walter Frank | Warren, Sir Alfred H. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Watson, Captain John Bertrand |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray | White, Col. G- D. (Southport) |
| Larmor, Sir Joseph | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Williams, C. (Tavistock) |
| Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Pratt, John William | Williams, Lt.-Col. Sir R. (Banbury) |
| Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) | Purchase, H. G. | Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald |
| Lindsay, William Arthur | Rae, H. Norman | Willoughby, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Claud |
| Lloyd, George Butler | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H. |
| Lloyd-Greame, Sir P. | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel | Wilson, Capt. A. S. (Holderness) |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Rees, Capt. J. Tudor- (Barnstaple) | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir M. (Bethnal Gn.) |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) | Remnant, Sir James | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Loseby, Captain C. E. | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) | Windsor, Viscount |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) | Winfrey, Sir Richard |
| Lowther, Major C. (Cumberland, N.) | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Winterton, Earl |
| Lowther, Maj.-Gen. Sir C. (Penrith) | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | Wise, Frederick |
| Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Robinson, s. (Brecon and Radnor) | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Rothschild, Lionel de | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachie) | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Woolcock, William James U. |
| Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J, | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert A. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Mallalieu, Frederick William | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) | Young, E. H. (Norwich) |
| Manville, Edward | Seager, Sir William | Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon) |
| Marks, Sir George Croydon | Seddon, J. A. | Younger, Sir George |
| Marriott, John Arthur Ransome | Sharman-Crawford, Robert G. | |
| Martin, A. E. | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr. |
| McCurdy. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Francis D. | Holmes, J. Stanley | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Irving, Dan | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | John, William (Rhondda, Weat) | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Smith, W. R. (Wellingborough) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Spoor, B. G. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Kenyon, Barnet | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Cape, Thomas | Kiley, James Daniel | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Lyle-Samuel, Alexander | Thorne, G. H. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Maclean, Rt. Hn. Sir D.(Midlothian) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Devlin, Joseph | KacVeagh, Jeremiah | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. D. |
| Foot, Isaac | Malone, C. L. (Leyton, E.) | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Mills, John Edmund | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Mosley, Oswald | Wignall, James |
| Grundy, T. W. | Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Williams, Col. P. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Wilson, James (Dudley) |
| Halls, Walter | Myers, Thomas | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Hayward, Evan | Naylor, Thomas Ellis | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hirst, G. H. | O'Connor, Thomas P. | |
| Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Raffan, Peter Wilson | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Hogge and Mr. Kennedy. | ||