Sunday, December 14, 1924

The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.

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 Sir Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland, baronet, Borough of Birmingham (Erdington Division).

Henry Bucknall Betterton, esquire, County of Nottingham (Rushcliffe Division).

Sir Harry Barnston, baronet, County of Chester (Eddisbury Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Stanley, C.M.G., commonly called Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable George Frederick Stanley, Borough of Willesden (East Division).

Right honourable Edward, Earl Winterton, County of West Sussex (Horsham and Worthing Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel the Right honourable Wilfrid William Ashley, County of Hants (New Forest and Christchurch Division).

Right honourable Sir Robert Arthur Sanders, baronet, County of Somerset (Wells Division).

Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings, K.C., Borough of Wallsend.

Guy Molesworth Kindersley, esquire, County of Hertford (Hitchin Division).

Waldron Smithers, esquire, County of Kent (Chislehurst Division).

Sir Henry Jackson, Borough of Wandsworth (Central Division).

Major John Dearman Birchall, Borough of Leeds (North-East Division).

Alexander West Russell, esquire, Borough of Tynemouth.

Arthur Oswald James Hope, esquire, County of Warwick (Nuneaton Division).

Alec Stratford Cunningham Reid, esquire, Borough of Warrington.

William Wright, esquire, County of Lanark (Rutherglen Division).

William Mackinder, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Shipley Division). John Beckett, esquire, Borough of Gateshead.

Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, esquire, Borough of Camberwell (Peckham Division).

Thomas Lowth, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Ardwick Division).

George Downie Hardie, esquire, Burgh of Glasgow (Springburn Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Cuthbert James, C.B.E., commonly called Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Cuthbert James, Borough of Bromley.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alan Hughes Burgoyne, knight, County of Bucks (Aylesbury Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Henry Spender-Clay, County of Kent (Tonbridge Division).

Brooks Crompton Wood, esquire, C.B.E., County of Somerset (Bridgwater Division).

Major-General Sir Alfred William Fortescue Knox, K.C.B., C.M.G., County of Bucks (Wycombe Division).

Sir Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, baronet, County of Derby (High Peak Division).

Commander Archibald Douglas Cochrane, R.N., commonly called Commander the Honourable Archibald Douglas Cochrane, R.N., County of Fife (Eastern Division).

George William Henry Jones, esquire, Borough of Stoke Newington.

Thomas Oakley, esquire, County of Salop (The Wrekin Division).

Sir Francis William Lowe, baronet, Borough of Birmingham (Edgbaston Division).

Colonel Angus McDonnell, C.B., C.M.G., commonly called Colonel the Honourable Angus McDonnell, County of Kent (Hartford Division).

Captain Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish, C.B., R.N., County of East Sussex (Lewes Division).

Thomas Watts, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Withington Division).

Sir Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller, baronet, County of Northampton (Kettering Division).

William Ward Warner, esquire, County of Bedford (Mid-Division).

James Francis Wallace Galbraith, esquire, K.C., County of Surrey (Eastern Division).

Major Douglas Clifton Brown, County of Northumberland (Hexham Division).

Herbert Geraint Williams, esquire, Borough of Reading.

Sir Hugh Vere Huntley Duff Lucas-Tooth, baronet, County of Isle of Ely.

Right honourable Sir Laming Worthing-ton-Evans, baronet, G.B.E., County of Essex (Colchester Division).

David Robert Alexander Lindsay, esquire, commonly called Lord Balniel, County of Lancaster (Lonsdale Division).

Walter Grant Morden, esquire, County of Middlesex (Brentford and Chiswick Division).

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, esquire, Borough of Hammersmith (North Division).

Right honourable John Frederick Peel Rawlinson, Cambridge University.

Charles Williamson Crook, esquire, Borough of East Ham (North Division).

Captain Ernest Evans, University of Wales.

Colonel Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook, K.B.E., County of Hants (Basingstoke Division).

Major John Sewell Courtauld, M.C., County of West Sussex (Chichester Division).

Brigadier-General Howard Clifton Brown, County of Berks (Newbury Division).

Algernon Henry Moreing, esquire, County of Cornwall (Camborne Division).

Right honourable Herbert Dixon, Borough of Belfast (East Belfast Division).

Sir Charles Fausset Falls, knight, County of Fermanagh and Tyrone.

Albert Harland, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Ecclesall Division).

John Bedford Burman, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Duddeston Division).

Captain George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, County of Bucks (Buckingham Division).

Sir Walter de Frece, knight, Borough of Blackpool.

Alexander Munro MacRobert, esquire, K.C., County of Renfrew (Eastern Division).

Sir Sydney Herbert Holcroft Henn, K.B.E., Borough of Blackburn.

Alfred Cooper Rawson, esquire, Borough of Brighton.

Sir Victor Alexander George Anthony Warrender, baronet, M.C., County of Parts of Kesteven and Rutland (Grantham Division).

Right honourable Sir Hamar Greenwood, baronet, K.C., Borough of Walthamstow (East Division).

Andrew Maclaren, esquire, Borough of Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem Division).

Cuthbert Morley Headlam, esquire, County of Durham (Barnard Castle Division).

Captain Malcolm Bullock, M.B.E., County of Lancaster (Waterloo Division).

Right honourable Sir William James Bull, baronet, Borough of Hammersmith (South Division).

Lewis Phillips Winby, esquire, County of Leicester (Harborough Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel David Watts-Morgan, C.B.E., Borough of Rhondda (East Division).

Joseph Gibbins, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (West Toxteth Division).

Sir Park Goff, knight, County of York, North Riding (Cleveland Division).

Sir Arthur Charles Churchman, baronet, County of East Suffolk (Woodbridge Division).

Major Sir Herbert Robin Cayzer, baronet, Borough of Portsmouth (South Division).

Leonard Ropner, esquire, County of Durham (Sedgefield Division).

Right honourable Sir Evelyn Cecil, G.B.E., Borough of Birmingham (Aston Division).

Albert James Bennett, esquire, Borough of Nottingham (Central Division).

Sir George Rowland Blades, baronet, County of Surrey (Epsom Division).

William Greenwood, esquire, Borough of Stockport.

William Foot Mitchell, esquire, County of Essex (Saffron Walden Division).

Dennis Henry Herbert, esquire, County of Hertford (Watford Division).

David Douglas Reid, esquire, County of Down.

Major-General Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., Borough of Sheffield (Hallam Division).

John Colin Campbell Davidson, esquire, C.B., C.H., County of Hertford (Hemel Hempstead Division).

Major Benn Jack Brunei Cohen, Borough of Liverpool (Fairfield Division).

Sir Leslie Frederick Scott, K.C., Borough of Liverpool (Exchange Division).

John Sandeman Allen, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (West Derby Division).

Ellis Nuttall, esquire, Borough of Birkenhead (West Division).

Sir John Leigh, Bt., Borough of Wandsworth (Clapham Division).

Sir Charles Henry Wilson, knight, Borough of Leeds (Central Division).

Sir Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman, baronet, Borough of Exeter.

Gerald Berkeley Hurst, esquire, K.C., Borough of Manchester (Moss Side Division).

Richard Storry Deans, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Park Division).

Captain Ian Fraser, Borough of St. Pancras (North Division).

Sir George Hopwood Hume, knight, Borough of Greenwich.

Albert Victor Alexander, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Hillsborough Division).

Right honourable Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, County of York, West Riding (Ripon Division).

John Sydney Wardlaw Milne, esquire, County of Worcester (Kidderminster Division).

Ernest Gordon Graham Little, esquire, London University. Oliver Frederick George Stanley, esquire, County of Westmorland.

Sir Berkeley George Digby Sheffield, baronet, County of Parts of Lindsey (Brigg Division).

Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, esquire, commonly called Viscount Elveden, Borough of Southend-on-Sea.

William George Perring, esquire, Borough of Paddington (North Division).

Shapurji Saklatvala, esquire, Borough of Battersea (North Division).

Major Sir Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, baronet, C.M.G., County of Caithness and Sutherland.

Right honourable Sir George Ambrose Lloyd, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., D.S.O., County of East Sussex (Eastbourne Division).

Percy Alfred Harris, esquire, Borough of Bethnal Green (South-West Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Kenyon Pascoe Vaughan-Morgan, Borough of Fulham (East Division).

William Brass, esquire, County of Lancaster (Clitheroe Division).

Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn until Tuesday next, 9th December, at Twelve o'Clock."—[ Captain Douglas Hacking. ]

Adjourned accordingly at Half after Six o'Clock until Tuesday, 9th December, at Twelve o'Clock, pursuant to the Resolution of the House this day.