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, first doing so myself.

Thereupon , Mr. SPEAKER first, alone, standing upon the upper step of the Chair, took and subscribed the Oath .

Hon. Members will please remain in their places until I call them to the Table. I call, first, His Majesty's Ministers and those who sit on the Front Opposition Bench.

The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the affirmation required by law:

Right honourable Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, Borough of Birmingham (Sparkbrook Division).

Right honourable Sir William Joynson-Hicks, baronet, County of Middlesex (Twickenham Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel the Right honourable Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, baronet, C.M.G., Borough of Chelsea.

Right honourable Sir Douglas McGarel Hogg, K.C., Borough of St. Marylebone.

Right honourable Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, County of Essex (Epping Division).

Right honourable William dive Bridge-man, County of Salop (Oswestry Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel the Right honourable Sir John Gilmour, baronet, D.S.O., Burgh of Glasgow (Pollock Division).

Right honourable Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, County of Middlesex (Hendon Division).

Right honourable Ronald John McNeill, County of Kent (Canterbury Division).

Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, esquire, commonly called Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, Borough of Hastings.

Sir Thomas Walter Hobart Inskip, knight, K.C., Borough of Bristol (Central Division).

Commander the Right honourable Bolton Meredith Eyres Monsell, County of Worcester (Evesham Division).

Right honourable Walter Edward Guinness, D.S.O., County of West Suffolk (Bury St. Edmunds Division).

Major the Right honourable George Clement Tryon, Borough of Brighton.

Right honourable William Watson, K.C., Borough of Carlisle.

Major George Richard James Hennessy, County of Hants (Winchester Division).

Major William Cope, County of Glamorgan (Llandaff and Barry Division).

Captain Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, R.N.V.R., commonly called Viscount Curzon, Borough of Battersea (South Division).

Captain Douglas Hewitt Hacking, County of Lancaster (Chorley Division).

Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, baronet, Borough of Croydon (South Division).

Arthur Michael Samuel, esquire, County of Surrey (Farnham Division).

Right honourable Sir Henry Craik, the University of St. Andrew's, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Edinburgh.

Walter Elliot Elliot, esquire, M.O.,: Burgh of Glasgow (Kelvingrove Division).

Roundell Cecil Palmer, esquire, commonly called Viscount Wolmer, County of Hants (Aldershot Division).

Frederick Charles Thomson, esquire, K.C., Burgh of Aberdeen (South Division).

David Pinkerton Fleming, esquire, K.C., County of Dumbarton.

Captain Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, commonly called Lord Stanley, County of Lancaster (Fylde Division).

Captain Henry David Reginald Mar-gesson, County of Warwick (Rugby Division).

Katherine Marjory, Duchess of Atholl, County of Perth and Kinross (Kinross and Western Division).

Patrick Johnston Ford, esquire, Burgh of Edinburgh (North Division).

James Kidd, esquire, County of Linlithgow.

Right honourable James Ramsay Mac-Donald, County of Glamorgan (Aberavon Division).

Right honourable Philip Snowden, County of York, West Riding (Colne Valley Division).

Right honourable John Robert Clynes, Borough of Manchester (Platting Division).

Right honourable Arthur Henderson, Borough of Burnley.

Right honourable James Henry Thomas, Borough of Derby. Right honourable Stephen Walsh, County of Lancaster (Ince Division).

Right honourable John Wheatley, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Shettleston Division).

Right honourable William Adamson, County of Fife (Western Division).

Right honourable Thomas Shaw, Borough of Preston.

Right honourable Charles Philips Trevelyan, esquire, Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Central Division).

Right honourable Vernon Hartshorn, O.B.E., County of Glamorgan (Ogmore Division).

Right honourable Sidney James Webb, County of Durham (Seaham Division).

Right honourable Noel Edward Buxton, esquire, County of Norfolk (Northern Division).

Right honourable Benjamin Charles Spoor, County of Durham (Bishop Auckland Division).

Right honourable Frederick Owen Roberts, esquire, Borough of West Bromwich.

Thomas Griffiths, esquire, County of Monmouth (Pontypool Division).

Clement Richard Attlee, esquire, Borough of Stepney (Limehouse Division).

Charles George Ammon, esquire, Borough of Camberwell (North Division).

Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Brightside Division).

Sir Henry Herman Slesser, knight, Borough of Leeds (South-East Division).

John Robertson, esquire, County of Lanark (Bothwell Division).

William Lunn, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Roth-well Division).

Arthur Greenwood, esquire, Borough of Nelson and Colne.

John James Lawson, esquire, County of Durham (Chester-le-Street Division).

Frederick Hall, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Normanton Division).

John Allen Parkinson, esquire, Borough of Wigan.

Thomas Kennedy, esquire, Kirkcaldy District of Burghs.

Morgan Jones, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Caerphilly Division).

Robert Young, esquire, County of Lancaster (Newton Division). James Stewart, esquire Burgh of Glasgow (St. Rollox Division).

Robert Richardson, esquire, (County of Durham (Houghton-le-Spring Division). John Emanuel Davison, esquire, Borough of Smethwick.

Right honourable Charles William Bowerman, Borough of Deptford.

George Henry Warne, esquire, County of Northumberland (Wansbeck Division).

James Brown, esquire, County of Ayr and Bute (South Ayrshire Division).

Captain Henry Douglas King, C.B.E., D.S.O., R.N.V.R., Borough of Paddington (South Division).

Right honourable Thomas Power O'Connor, Borough of Liverpool (Scotland Division).

Rhys John Davies, esquire, County of Lancaster (Westhoughton Division).

Right honourable David Lloyd George, O.M., Carnarvon District of Boroughs.

Right honourable Sir Alfred Moritz Mond, baronet, County of Carmarthen (Carmarthen Division).

Right honourable James Ian Macpherson, K.C., County of Inverness, Ross, and Cromarty (Ross and Cromarty Division).

Right honourable James Fitzalan Hope, Borough of Sheffield (Central Division).

Right honourable Edward Algernon Fitz Roy, County of Northampton (Daventry Division).

Right honourable Walter Runciman, Borough of Swansea (West Division).

George Rennie Thome, esquire, Borough of Wolverhampton (East Division).

Right honourable Sir John Lawrence Baird, baronet, C.M.G., D.S.O., County of Ayr and Bute (Ayr District of Burghs).

Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins, C.M.G., Burgh of Greenock.

Right honourable Sir Herbert Nield, K.C., Borough of Ealing.

Right honourable Sir James Tynte Agg-Gardner, knight, Borough of Cheltenham. Right honourable Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, 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, and the University of Bristol.

Right honourable Robert William Hugh O'Neill, County of Antrim.

Right honourable Edward Hilton Young, Borough of Norwich. Captain Wedgwood Benn, D.S.O., D.F.C., Burgh of Leith.

John Gretton, esquire, County of Stafford (Burton Division).

Vice-Admiral Sir Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt, K.C.M.G., C.B., County of York, East Riding (Buckrose Division).

Austin Hopkinson, esquire, County of Lancaster (Mossley Division).

Henry Cavendish Bentinck, esquire, commonly called Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Borough of Nottingham (South Division).

James Malcolm Monteith Erskine, esquire, Borough of Westminster (St. George's Division).

Ernest Craig, esquire, County of Chester (Crewe Division).

Douglas Percival Pielou, esquire, County of Worcester (Stourbridge Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Pelham Heneage, D.S.O., County of Parts of Lindsey (Louth Division).

Henry Cobden Haslam, esquire, County of Parts of Lindsey (Horncastle Division).

Reginald Mitchell Banks, esquire, K.C., County of Wilts (Swindon Division).

Robert Geoffrey Ellis, esquire, Borough of Wakefield.

Mabel Philipson, County of Northumberland (Berwick-upon-Tweed Division).

Sir Robert Burton Chadwick, Borough of Wallasey.

William James Thorne, esquire, Borough of West Ham (Plaistow Division).

Thomas Cape, esquire, County of Cumberland (Workington Division).

Arthur Hayday, esquire, Borough of Nottingham (West Division).

Thomas Ellis Naylor, esquire, Borough of Southwark (South-East Division).

Ernest Thurtle, esquire, Borough of Shoreditch.

Joseph Westwood, esquire, County of Midlothian and Peebles (Peebles and Southern Division).

David Kirkwood, esquire, Dumbarton District of Burghs.

Alfred John Barnes, esquire, Borough of East Ham (South Division).

William Bromfield, esquire, County of Stafford (Leek Division).

Samuel Clowes, esquire, Borough of Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley Division).

Charles Henry Sitch, esquire, County of Stafford (Kingswinford Division).

John Potts, esquire, Borough of Barnsley).

Rennie Smith, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Penistone Division).

Benjamin Riley, esquire, Borough of Dewsbury.

Walter John Baker, esquire, Borough of Bristol (East Division).

Leslie Haden Guest, esquire, Borough of Southwark (North Division).

Sir James Farquharson Remnant, baronet, Borough of Holborn.

Robert Inigo Tasker, esquire, Borough of Islington (East Division)

Reginald Vincent Kempenfelt Applin, esquire, County of Middlesex (Enfield Division).

Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser Sueter, C.B., R.N., County of Hertford (Hertford Division).

John Smedley Crooke, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Deritend Division).

Allen Algernon Bathurst, esquire, D.S.O., M.C., commonly called Lord Apsley, D.S.O., M.C., Borough of Southampton).

Major Patrick Bernard Malone, Borough of Tottenham (South Division).

Edward William Spencer Cavendish, esquire, commonly called the Marquess of Hartington, County of Derby (Western Division).

John Francis Ashley Erskine, esquire, commonly called Lord Erskine, County of Somerset (Weston-super-Mare Division).

Donald Stirling Palmer Howard, esquire, commonly called the Honourable Donald Stirling Palmer Howard, County of Cumberland (Northern Division).

Sir Gervase William Beckett, baronet, commonly called the Honourable Sir Gervase William Beckett, baronet, Borough of Leeds (North Division).

Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker, esquire, County of Monmouth (Monmouth Division).

Samuel Strang Steel, esquire, County of Kent (Ashford Division).

Ernest Whittome Shepperson, esquire, County of Hereford (Leominster Division).

Major Sir Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell, baronet, County of Devon (Honiton Division).

Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, esquire, County of Aberdeen and Kincardine (Kincardine and Western Division).

Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter, esquire, Borough of Coventry.

Sir Arthur Shirley Benn, K.B.E., Borough of Plymouth (Drake Division).

Cornelius William James Homan, esquire, Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne.

Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Douglas McInnes Shaw, County of Renfrew (Western Division).

Colonel Sir Alexander Sprot, baronet, County of Lanark (Northern Division).

Colonel William Graham Nicholson, County of Hants (Petersfield Division).

Sir Joseph Nail, knight, Borough of Manchester (Hulme Division).

Sir Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, baronet, C.B., County of Galloway.

Captain Robert Gee, County of Leicester (Bosworth Division).

Edward Brocklehurst Fielden, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Exchange Division).

Sir Thomas Robinson, knight, County of Lancaster (Stretford Division).

Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb, K.B.E., M.V.O., Borough of Fulham (West Division).

Edward Taswell Campbell, esquire, Borough of Camberwell (North-West Division).

Robert Smillie, esquire, Borough of Morpeth.

Edwin Scrymgeour, esquire, Burgh of Dundee.

Robert Arthur Taylor, esquire, Borough of Lincoln.

David Williams, esquire, Borough of Swansea (East Division).

John Guest, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Hemsworth Division).

William Jenkins, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Neath Division).

George Henry Hall, esquire, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil (Aberdare Division).

John Henry Williams, esquire, County of Carmarthen (Llanelly Division).

Harry Day, esquire, Borough of South-wark (Central Division).

Joseph Batey, esquire, County of Durham (Spennymoor Division).

Samuel Philip Viant, esquire, Borough of Willesden (West Division).

John Henry Palin, esquire, Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (West Division).

Martin Henry Connolly, esquire, Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (East Division).

Herbert Dunnico, esquire, County of Durham (Consett Division).

Francis Alfred Broad, esquire, Borough of Edmonton.

James Hindle Hudson, esquire, Borough of Huddersfield.

Benjamin Smith, esquire, Borough of Bermondsey (Rotherhithe Division).

Joseph Compton, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Gorton Division).

George Masterman Gillett, esquire, Borough of Finsbury.

Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, esquire, commonly called the Honourable Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, County of Kent (Isle of Thanet Division).

Sir Fredric Wise, Borough of Ilford.

Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden, Borough of the Hartlepools.

Colonel Thomas Sinclair, C.B., Queen's University of Belfast.

Terence James O'Connor, esquire, County of Bedford (Luton Division).

Major Edward Cecil George Cadogan, commonly called Major the Honourable Edward Cecil George Cadogan, County of Middlesex (Finchley Division).

Major Dudley Ryder, commonly called Major Viscount Sandon, County of Salop (Shrewsbury Division).

Archibald Noel Skelton, esquire, County of Perth and Kinross (Perth Division).

Frank Gibbs Rye, esquire, County of Leicester (Loughborough Division).

Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden, knight, Borough of the Hartlepools.

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Gadie, T.D., Borough of Bradford (Central Division).

Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden, esquire, Borough of Bradford (North Division).

Cedric Drewe, esquire, County of Devon (South Molton Division).

Lieutenant Alfred Martyn Williams, R.N., County of Cornwall (Northern Division).

Major-General Sir Robert Hutchison, K.C.M.G., Montrose District of Burghs.

Goronwy Owen, esquire, County of Carnarvon.

John Hugh Edwards, esquire, Borough of Accrington.

Henry Haydn Jones, esquire, County of Merioneth.

Ellis William Davies, esquire, County of Denbigh (Denbigh Division).

Christmas Price Williams, esquire, County of Denbigh (Wrexham Division).

Rhys Hopkin Morris, esquire, County of Cardigan.

Frank Herbert Rose, esquire, Burgh of Aberdeen (North Division).

Dugald McCoig Cowan, esquire, The University of St. Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Edinburgh.

Abraham England, esquire, County of Lancaster (Heywood and Radcliffe Division).

Barnet Kenyon, esquire, County of Derby (Chesterfield Division).

Major Granville Charles Hastings Wheler, C.B.E., County of Kent (Faversham Division).

Francis Edward Fremantle, esquire, County of Hertford (St. Albans Division).

Major Albert James Edmonson, County of Oxford (Banbury Division).

Hugh Morrison, esquire, County of Wilts (Salisbury Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey Dalrymple White, Borough of Southport.

Samuel Servington Savery, esquire, County of York, East Riding (Holderness Division).

Charles Williams, esquire, County of Devon (Torquay Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Murrough John Wilson, County of York, North Riding (Richmond Division).

Joseph Quinton Lamb, esquire, County of Stafford (Stone Division).

Sir Harry Hope, knight, County of Forfar.

Captain Derrick Wellesley Gunston, County of Gloucester (Thornbury Division).

Alfred Duff Cooper, esquire, Borough of Oldham.

Lawrence Roger Lumley, esquire, Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull (East Division).

Captain Robert Anthony Eden, M.C. County of Warwick (Warwick and Leamington Division).

Cyril Edward Lloyd, esquire, Borough of Dudley.

Right honourable Captain Frederick Edward Guest, Borough of Bristol (North Division).

Thomas Williams, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Don Valley Division)

Thomas Henderson, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Tradeston Division).

Wilfred Paling, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Doncaster Division).

Thomas Greenall, esquire, County of Lancaster (Farnworth Division).

Alfred Short, esquire, Borough of Wednesbury.

William Murdoch Adamson, esquire, County of Stafford (Cannock Division).

Frederick Montague, esquire, Borough of Islington (West Division).

William Whiteley, esquire, County of Durham (Blaydon Division).

James Sexton, esquire, Borough of St. Helens.

John Joseph Tinker, esquire, Borough of Leigh.

Frank Lee, esquire, County of Derby (North-Eastern Division).

Hugh Murnin, esquire, Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs.

Thomas William Stamford, esquire, Borough of Leeds (West Division).

Ellen Cicely Wilkinson, Borough of Middlesbrough (East Division).

William Hirst, esquire, Borough of Bradford (South Division).

Robert John Wilson, esquire, County of Durham (Jarrow Division).

James Welsh, esquire, County of Lanark (Coatbridge Division).

Duncan McGregor Graham, esquire, County of Lanark (Hamilton Division).

William McLean Watson, esquire, Dunfermline District of Burghs.

Thomas Walter Grundy, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Rother Valley Division).

George Henry Hirst, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Wentworth Division).

Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, esquire, Borough of Leicester (West Division).

Cecil Hanbury, esquire, County of Dorset (Northern Division).

Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys, esquire, commonly called the Honourable Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys, County of Essex (Romford Division).

Captain Walter William Shaw, County of Wilts (Westbury Division).

Herbert Brent Grotrian, esquire, Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull (South-West Division).

Arthur Wellesley Dean, esquire, County of Holland with Boston.

Albert Edward Jacob, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (East Toxteth Division).

Geoffrey Reginald Devereux Shaw, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Sowerby Division).

Richard George Brisicoe, esquire, County of Cambridge.

Captain Robert Ronald Henderson, County of Oxford (Henley Division).

Captain Harry Frederick Coenfort Crook-shank, County of Parts of Lindsey (Gainsborough Division).

Robert Croft Bourne, esquire, Borough of Oxford.

William Pomeroy Crawford Greene, esquire, Borough of Worcester.

Honorary Major-General Sir Richard Harman Luce, K.C.M.G., C.B., Borough of Derby.

Brevet-Major Robert Daniel Thwaites Yerburgh, County of Dorset (Southern Division).

Sir Thomas Davies, knight, County of Gloucester (Cirencester and Tewkes bury Division).

Brigadier-General John Charteris, C.M.G., D.S.O., County of Dumfries.

Captain Henry Arthur Evans, Borough of Cardiff (South Division).

Sir William Henry Davison, K.B.E., Borough of Kensington (South Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel George Windsor-Clive, C.M.G., County of Salop (Ludlow Division).

Alan McLean, esquire, County of Norfolk (South-western Division).

John de Vere Loder, esquire, Borough of Leicester (East Division).

Walter D'Arcy Hall, esquire, County of Brecon and Radnor.

James Archibald Christie, esquire, County of Norfolk (Southern Division).

Sir Henry Strother Cautley, baronet, County of East Sussex (East Grinstead Division).

Edmund Russborough Turton, esquire, County of York, North Riding (Thirsk and Malton Division).

Captain Herbert Paten Holt, M.C., Borough of West Ham, (Upton Division).

Herbert Walter Styles, esquire, County of Kent (Sevenoaks Division).

William George Cove, esquire, County of Northampton (Wellingborough Division).

Richard Collingham Wallhead, esquire, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Division).

William Thomas Kelly, esquire, Borough of Rochdale.

George Lansbury, esquire, Borough of Poplar (Bow and Bromley Division).

George Harold Oliver, County of Derby (Ilkeston Division).

John Baker, esquire, Borough of Wolver-hampton (Bilston Division).

Samuel March, esquire, Borough of Poplar (South Poplar Division).

James Barr, esquire, County of Lanark (Motherwell Division).

George Barker, esquire, County of Monmouth (Abertillery Division).

George Alfred Spencer, esquire, County of Nottingham (Broxtowe Division).

James Wignall, esquire, County of Gloucester (Forest of Dean Division).

Robert Dennison, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (King's Norton Division).

John Edward Sutton, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Clayton Division).

Joshua Ritson, esquire, County of Durham (Durham Division).

Robert Craigmyle Morrison, esquire, Borough of Tottenham (North Division).

William Cornforth Robinson, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Elland Division).

Sir Davison Dalziel, baronet, Borough of Lambeth (Brixton Division).

William John, esquire, Borough of Rhondda (West Division).

Samuel Finburgh, esquire, Borough of Salford (North Division).

George Kynaston Cockerill, esquire, County of Surrey (Reigate Division).

Walter Windsor, esquire, Borough of Bethnal Green (Forth-East Division).

William Sampson Cluse, esquire, Borough of Islington (South Division).

Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft, baronet, C.M.G., T.D., Borough of Bournemouth.

James Maxton, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Bridgeton Division).

Charles Dun-can, esquire, County of Derby (Clay Cross Division).

John Ward, esquire, Borough of Stoke-on-Trent (Stoke Division).

Henry Charles Charleton, esquire, Borough of Leeds (South Division).

Thomas Drummond Shiels, esquire, Burgh of Edinburgh (East Division).

Edward Rosslyn Mitchell, esquire, Burgh of Paisley.

Alfred Salter, esquire, Borough of Bermondsey (West Bermondsey Division).

John Henry Hayes, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (Edge Hill Division).

John Scurr, esquire, Borough of Stepney (Mile End Division).

John Joseph Jones, esquire, Borough of West Ham (Silvertown Division).

Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Pontypridd Division).

Neil Maclean, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Govan Division).

Major William Philip Colfox, M.C., County of Dorset (Western Division).

George Balfour, esquire, Borough of Hampstead.

Ernest Handforth Goodman Roberts, esquire, County of Flint.

John Grace, esquire, County of Chester (Wirral Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Assheton Pownall, O.B.E., Borough of Lewisham (East Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert John Acland Troyte, C.M.G., D.S.O., County of Devon (Tiverton Division).

Clement Edmund Royds Brocklebank, esquire, Borough of Nottingham (East Division).

William Lindsay Everard, esquire, County of Leicester (Melton Division).

Neville Woodford Smith-Carington, esquire, County of Parts of Kesteven and Rutland (Kutland and Stamford Division).

Richard James Meller, esquire, County of Surrey (Mitcham Division).

William Preston, esquire, Borough of Walsall.

Walter Raine, esquire, Borough of Sunderland.

Major Percy Philip Kenyon-Slaney, County of Devon (Tavistock Division).

John Morrow Simms, esquire, County of Down.

Brevet-Colonel George Loyd Courthope, M.C., County of East Sussex (Rye Division).

Peter Drummond Macdonald, esquire, County of Isle of Wight.

George Pilcher, esquire, County of Cornwall (Penryn and Falmouth Division).

Campbell Stephen, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Camlachie Division).

Robert Macdonald, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Cathcart Division).

Lieutenant-Commander Joseph Montague Kenworthy, R.N., Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull (Central Division).

Walter Trevelyan Thomson, esquire, Borough of Middlesbrough (West Division).

John Duckworth, esquire, Borough of Blackburn.

Walter Forrest, esquire, Borough of Batley and Morley.

Edward Augustin St. Aubyn Harney, esquire, K.C., Borough of South Shields.

Thomas Davis Fenby, esquire, Borough of Bradford (East Division).

Sir Robert John Thomas, baronet, County of Anglesey.

Lieutenant-Commander Charles Dennis-ton Burney, R.N., County of Middlesex Uxbridge Division).

Gordon Ralph Hall Caine, esquire, County of Dorset (Eastern Division).

Sir William Beddoe Rees, knight, Borough of Bristol (South Division).

Irving Jamas Albery, esquire, County of Kent (Gravesend Division).

George Morgan Garro-Jones, esquire, Borough of Hackney (South Division).

Sir Robert William Hamilton, knight, County of Orkney and Shetland.

Sir William Henry Cowan, knight, Borough of Islington (North Division).

Alfred Roger Jephcott, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Yardley Division).

Alfred Ravenscroft Kennedy, esquire,K.C., Borough of Preston.

Sir George Geoffrey Gilbert Butler, Cambridge University.

Alexander Nairne Stewart Sandeman, esquire, County of Lancaster (Middleton and Prestwich Division).

Brigadier-General Ernest Making, C.B., D.S.O., County of Chester (Knutsford Division).

Cyril Atkinson, esquire, K.C., County of Chester (Altrincham Division).

Major Charles Glen MacAndrew, County of Ayr and Bute (Kilmarnock Division).

Robert Waddington, esquire, Borough of Rossendale

Walter Greaves-Lord, esquire, K.C., Borough of Lambeth (Norwood Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Hamilton Gault, D.S.O., County of Somerset (Taunton Division).

Edmund Ashworth Radford, esquire, Borough of Salford (South Division).

Major Sir Bertram Godfray Falle, baronet, Borough of Portsmouth (North Division).

Sir Douglas George Cochrane Newton, K.B.E., Borough of Cambridge.

George Christopher Clayton, esquire, County of Lancaster (Widnes Division).

James Stuart, esquire, commonly the Honourable James Stuart, County of Moray and Nairn.

Sydney Richard Wells, esquire, County of Bedford (Bedford Division).

William Henry Stott, esquire, C.B., Borough of Birkenhead (East Division).

George Aitken Clark Hutchison, esquire, K.C., County of Midlothian and Peebles (Northern Division).

Reginald George Clarry, esquire, Borough of Newport.

James Griffyth Fairfax, esquire, Borough of Norwich.

Sir William Lane Mitchell, Borough of Wandsworth (Streatham Division).

Ernest Roy Bird, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Skipton Division).

Samuel Schofield Hammersley, esquire, Borough of Stockport.

Arthur Vernon Davies, esquire, O.B.E., County of Lancaster (Royton Division).

George Harvey, esquire, Borough of Lambeth (Kennington Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian Leonard Henderson, M.O., Borough of Bootle.

Sir Frank Nelson, knight, County of Gloucester (Stroud Division).

Ian Maclntyre, esquire, Burgh of Edinburgh (West Division).

Sir William Ellis Hume-Williams, baronet, K.C., County of Nottingham (Basset-law Division).

Edmund Maurice Burke, Lord Fermoy, County of Norfolk (King's Lynn Division).

Albert Bethel, esquire, Borough of Eccles. Walter James Womersley, esquire, Borough of Great Grimsby.

Colonel Henry Walter Burton, O.B.E., County of West Suffolk (Sudbury Division).

Sir Robert John Lynn, Borough of Belfast (West Belfast Division).

Right honourable Sir John Allsebrook Simon, K.C.V.O., K.C., County of York, West Riding (Spen Valley Division)

Sir William James Allen, K.B.E., County of Armagh.

Frederick Wolfe Astbury, esquire, Borough of Salford (West Division).

Colonel Herbert Charles Woodcock, Borough of Liverpool (Everton Division).

Major George Frederick Davies, County of Somerset (Yeovil Division).

William Charles Arcedeckne, Lord Huntingfield, County of East Suffolk (Eye Division).

Edmund Walter Hanbury Wood, esquire, County of Chester (Stalybridge and Hyde Division).

James Brown Couper, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Maryhill Division).

Sir Samuel Chapman, knight, Burgh of Edinburgh (South Division).

Stephen Mitchell, esquire, County of Lanark (Lanark Division).

Commander Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe, R.N., County of Stirling and Clackmannan (Western Division).

Sir Francis Watson, knight, County of York, West Riding (Pudsey and Otley Division).

Frederick George Penny, esquire, Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.

Gerald Joseph Cuthbert Harrison, esquire, County of Cornwall (Bodmin Division).

Major G. H. M. Brown-Lindsay, D.S.O. (Glasgow, Partick).

Herbert Wragg, esquire, County of Derby (Belper Division).

Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson, esquire, County of Middlesex (Wood Green Division).

William James Harold Briggs, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Blackley Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin King Perkins, C.B.E., V.D., Borough of Southampton.

Commander Carlyon Bellairs, R.N., County of Kent (Maidstone Division).

Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, baronet, City of London.

Captain William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, commonly called Marquess of Titchfield, County of Nottingham (Newark Division).

Sir Edward Mauger Iliffe,knight, County of Warwick (Tamworth Division).

Samuel Samuel, esquire, Borough of Wandsworth (Putney Division).

Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, Oxford University.

Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni, knight, Borough of Ipswich.

Sir Harry Seymour Foster, Borough of Portsmouth (Central Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, Borough of Rochester (Chatham Division).

George Buchanan, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Gorbals Division).

Henry Snell, esquire, Borough of Woolwich (East Division).

Hastings Bertrand Lees Smith, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Keighley Division).

Cecil Henry Wilson, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Attercliffe Division).

Charles Edwards, esquire, County of Monmouth (Bedwellty Division).

Evan Davies, esquire, County of Monmouth (Ebbw Vale Division).

Frank Bradley Varley, esquire, County of Nottingham (Mansfield Division).

Sir William Martin Conway, 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, and the University of Bristol.

Lieutenant-Colonel Glyn Keith Murray Mason, D.S.O., Borough of Croydon (North Division).

Major Charles William Mackay Price, County of Pembroke.

Sir John Cecil Power, baronet, Borough of Wimbledon.

Brigadier-General Christopher Robert Ingham Brooke, C.M.G., D.S.O., County of York, West Riding (Ponte-fract Division).

Arthur Carlyne Niven Dixey, esquire, County of Cumberland (Penrith and Cockermouth Division).

Sir Henry Cecil Buckingham, knight, C.B.E., County of Surrey (Guildford Division).

Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Edward Aveling Holland, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Borough of Northampton.

Isidore Salmon, esquire, C.B.E., County of Middlesex (Harrow Division).

Charles Kenneth Murchison, esquire, County of Huntingdon.

Herbert William Looker, esquire, County of Essex (South-Eastern Division).

Major John Jacob Astor, commonly called Major the Honourable John Jacob Astor, County of Kent (Dover Division).

Gervais Rentoul, esquire, County of East Suffolk (Lowestoft Division).

Sir Frank Cecil Meyer, baronet, Borough of Great Yarmouth.

Sir Robert Bland Bird, baronet, Borough of Wolverhampton (West Division).

Percy Augier Hurd, esquire, County of Wilts (Devizes Division).

James Dale Cassels, esquire, Borough of Leyton (West Division).

Sir Henry Honywood Curtis-Bennett, K.C., County of Essex (Chelmsford Division)

Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke, K.B.E., Borough of Cardiff (East Division).

Joseph Herbert Cunliffe, esquire, K.C., Borough of Bolton.

Cecil Hilton, esquire, Borough of Bolton. Charles Talbot Foxcroft, esquire, Borough of Bath.

Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, knight, County of Surrey (Chertsey Division).

Major Samuel Emile Harvey, County of Devon (Totnes Division).

Sir Robert Vaughan Gower, knight, O.B.E., Borough of Hackney (Central Division).

John Abraham Tinne, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (Wavertree Division).

Thomas Edward Groves, esquire, Borough of West Ham (Stratford Division).

Robert Spear Hudson, esquire, County of Cumberland (Whitehaven Division).

Frederick Alexander Macquisten, esquire, County of Argyle.

Luke Thompson, esquire, Borough of Sunderland.

Sir Charles Cayzer, baronet, County of Chester (City of Chester Division).

Robert John Graham Boothby, esquire, County of Aberdeen and Kincardine (Eastern Division).

Ernest Edward Alexander, esquire, Borough of Leyton (East Division).

Major Richard Whieldon Barnett, Borough of St. Pancras (South-West Division).

Captain Charles Water-house, M.C., Borough of Leicester (South Division).

Thomas Edward McConnell, esquire, Borough of Belfast (North Belfast Division).

Right honourable Thomas Moles, Borough of Belfast (South Belfast Division).

Bight honourable Charles Curtis Craig, County of Antrim.

Reginald James Neville Neville, esquire, County of Norfolk (Eastern Division).

Sir Philip Edward Pilditch, knight, County of Middlesex (Spelthorne Division).

Samuel Roberts, esquire, County of Hereford (Hereford Division).

Sir Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey, baronet, County of Northampton (Peterborough Division).

Percy Gates, esquire, Borough of Kensington (North Division).

Austin Uverdale Morgan Hudson, esquire, Borough of Hackney (North Division).

Geoffrey Kelsall Peto, esquire, C.B.E., County of Somerset (From Division).

Sir Harry Brittain, K.B.E., C.M.G., County of Middlesex (Acton Division).

Sir Howard Kingsley Wood, knight, Borough of Woolwich (West Division).

Right honourable Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Borough of Birmingham (Ladywood Division).

Colonel the Right honourable George Abraham Gibbs, Borough of Bristol (West Division).

Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, baronet, G.B.E., C.M.G., Borough of Hythe.

Right honourable Josiah Clement Wedgwood, Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

George Richard Lane-Fox, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Barkston Ash Division).

Sir Alfred Butt, Borough of Wandsworth (Balham and Tooting Division).

Sir Gerald Fitzroy Hohler, Borough of Rochester (Gillingham Division).

Sir Harry Warden Stanley Chilcott, knight, Borough of Liverpool (Walton Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel James Nockelln Horlick, O.B.E., M.C., Borough of Gloucester.

Captain Sidney Herbert, County of York, North Riding (Scarborough and Whitby Division).

Otho William Nicholson, esquire, Borough of Westminster (Abbey Division).

John Anthony Hawke, esquire, County of Cornwall (St. Ives Division).

Robert Workman Smith, esquire, County of Aberdeen and Kincardine (Central Division).

David Rees Grenfell, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Gower Division).

Sir Philip Dawson, knight, Borough of Lewisham (West Division).

Edward Charles Grenfell, esquire, City of London.

Major Ralph George Campbell Glyn, M.C., County of Berks (Abingdon Division).

William Paterson Templeton, esquire, County of Banff.

Sir Newton James Moore, K.C.M.G., Borough of Richmond.

Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott, knight, Borough of York.

David Davies, esquire, County of Montgomery.

Sir Nicholas Grattan Doyle, knight, Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (North Division).

Sir Frederick Gill Rice, knight, County of Essex (Harwich Division).

Sir Murdoch Macdonald, K.C.M.G., C.B., County of Inverness, Ross and Cromarty (Inverness Division).

Sir John de Fonblanque Pennefather, baronet, Borough of Liverpool (Kirk-dale Division).

Major Edward Archibald Ruggles-Brise, County of Essex (Maldon Division).

Sir Frank Bernard Sanderson, baronet, County of Lancaster (Darwen Division).

Sir Malcolm Martin Macnaghten, K.B.E., K.C., County of Londonderry.

Frank Briant, esquire, Borough of Lambeth (North Division).

Frank Boyd Merriman, esquire, K.C.,. Borough of Manchester (Rusholme Division).

Horace Evelyn Crawfurd, esquire,. Borough of Walthamstow (West Division).

Leslie Hore-Belisha, esquire, Borough of Plymouth (Devonport Division).

Annesley Ashworth Somerville, esquire,. County of Berks (Windsor Division).

Colonel Francis Stanley Jackson, commonly called the Honourable Francis Stanley Jackson, County of York, East Riding (Howdenshire Division).

Sir Edward William Macleay Grigg, K.C.V.O., "Borough of Oldham.

Alexander Mackenzie Livingstone, esquire, County 'of Inverness, Ross, and Cromarty (Western Isles Division).

Patrick Joseph Henry Hannon, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Moseley Division).

Colonel Chichester de Windt Crookshank, County of Berwick and Haddington.

Victor Alexander Cazalet, esquire, M.C., County of Wilts (Chippenham Division).

Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston, County of Ayr and Bute (Bute and Northern Division).

John Romney Remer, esquire, County of Chester (Macclesfield Division).

James Augustus Grant, esquire, County of Derby (Southern Division).

Mr. Speaker called successively upon a bench of Members — first on one side, and then the other, in different parts of the House — to advance to the Table for the purpose of taking the Oath .

During the proceeding —

May I ask, Mr. Speaker, why private Members, on the Govern- ment side of the House have prior rights to us in taking and subscribing the Oath over Labour Members? Have not all private Members equal rights?

Order, order!

If the Bon. Member for Silvertown will have patience, and await his turn, he will get exactly the same treatment as every other Member.

That is not my question. I wish to know whether ordinary Members of the House on the Government side have privileges over Members who are on the Opposition Benches?

Not at all. All private Members are treated alike.

ADJOURNMENT:—Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[ Major Hennessy .]

Adjourned accordingly, at Twelve Minutes after Seven o'Clock, until To-morrow (Thursday), at a Quarter to Three o'Clock, when the Swearing in of Members will be resumed