– in the House of Commons am ar 28 Gorffennaf 1922.
Sir Francis Acland
, Camborne
May I ask what Orders it is proposed to take to-day?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN (Leader of the House):
We must get the first three Orders, and if there be time, we will also take the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Bill.
| Division No. 258.] | AYES. | [11.8 a.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) | Pain, Brig.-Gen. Sir W. Hacket |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Sir Hamar | Parker, James |
| Adkins, Sir William Ryland Dent | Greig, Colonel Sir James William | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) | Pratt, John William |
| Armstronq, Henry Bruce | Gretton, Colonel John | Raeburn, Sir William H. |
| Ashley, Colonel Wilfrid W. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. Frederick E. | Renwlck, Sir George |
| Bagley, Captain E. Ashton | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) |
| Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Hallwood, Augustine | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes, Stretford) |
| Barker, Major Robert H. | Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Barrand, A. R. | Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovll) | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Hills, Major John Waller | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) |
| Birchall, J. Dearman | Hinds, John | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Hopkins, John W. W. | Simm, M. T. (Wallsend) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Smithers, Sir Alfred W. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Jameson, John Gordon | Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Jephcott, A. R. | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk, George | Sugden, W. H. |
| Bruton, Sir James | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Lister, Sir R. Ashton | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Lloyd-Greame, Sir P. | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Blrm. W.) | Lorden, John William | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir John Tudor |
| Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Loseby, Captain C. E. | Walton, J. (York, W. R., Don Valley) |
| Cowan, D, M. (Scottish Universities) | Lowther, Maj.-Gen. Sir C. (Penrith) | Ward, William Dudley (Southampton) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Waring, Major Walter |
| Davies, Sir David Sanders (Denbigh) | McMicking, Major Gilbert | Willoughby, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Ciaud |
| Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Macnamara, Rt. Hon, Dr. T. J. | Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H. |
| Edge, Captain Sir William | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Windsor, viscount |
| Ednam, Viscount | Macquisten, F. A. | Winterton, Earl |
| Edwards, Hugh (Glam., Neath) | Magnus, Sir Philip | Wise, Frederick |
| Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Evans, Ernest | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Wood, Sir J. (Stalybridge & Hyde) |
| Flannery, Sir James Fortescue | Murchison, C. K. | Wood, Major Sir s. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Murray, Rt. Hon. C. D. (Edinburgh) | Young, E. H. (Norwich) |
| Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Neal, Arthur | Younger, Sir George |
| Gilbert, James Daniel | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D, L. (Exeter) | |
| Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | TELLERS FOR THE AYEs.— |
| Glyn, Major Ralph | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr. Mc Curdy. |
| Grant, James Augustus | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | |
| Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Francis D. | Grundy, T. W. | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hirst, G. H. | Smith, W. R. (Wellingborough) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Holmes, J. Stanley | Swan, J. E. |
| Bell, James (Lancaster, Ormskirk) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Wignall, James |
| Finney, Samuel | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Wilson, James (Dudley) |
| Foot, Isaac | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Malone, C. L. (Leyton, E.) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Gillis, William | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Rose, Frank H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Hogge. |
Question put, and agreed to.
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