Part of Orders of the Day — Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Bill. – in the House of Commons am ar 9 Gorffennaf 1928.
| Division No. 268.] | AYES. | [11.0 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Dawson, Sir Philip | Jephcott, A. R |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M.S. | Dixey, A. C. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Drewe, C. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Apsley, Lord | Eden, Captain Anthony | King, Commodore Henry Douglas |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Edge, Sir William | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Atkinson, C. | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | England, Colonel A. | Little, Dr. E. Graham |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Long, Major Eric |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Fenby, T. D. | Looker, Herbert William |
| Bennett, A. J. | Fielden, E. B. | Lougher, Lewis |
| Bethel, A. | Ford, Sir P. J. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Fraser, Captain Ian | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | MacIntyre, Ian |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | McLean, Major A. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Goff, Sir Park | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Gower, Sir Robert | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | MacRobert, Alexander M. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Grant, Sir J. A. | Margesson, Captain D |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Burman, J. B. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hacking, Douglas H. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hamilton, Sir George | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt, R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Hammersley, S. S. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Harland, A. | Morden, Col. W. Grant |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Christie, J. A. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Neville, Sir Reginald J. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Colfox, Major William Phillips | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Nicholson. O. (Westminster) |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Hilton, Cecil | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Couper, J. B. | Holt, Capt. H. P. | Oakley, T. |
| Cowan, Sir Win, Henry (Islingtn., N.) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Owen, Major G. |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Penny, Frederick George |
| Crooks, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hume, Sir G. H. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hurd, Percy A. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Philipson, Mabel |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir John H. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Preston, William |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A.D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W.) | Waddington, R. |
| Radford, E. A. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Raine, Sir Walter | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Ramsden, E. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Rawson, Sir Cooper | Smithers, Waldron | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Reid, Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Wells, S. R. |
| Reid, D. D. (County Down) | Southby, Commander A. R. J. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Remer, J. R. | Sprot, Sir Alexander | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Ropner, Major L. | Storry-Denns, R. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Rye, F, G. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) | Tasker, R. Inigo. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (Norwich) |
| Sandeman, N. Stewart | Templeton, W. P. | |
| Sanderson, Sir Frank | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Major Sir William Cope and Sir Victor Warrender. |
| Savery, S. S. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Grundy, T. W. | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Scurr, John |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Sexton James |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hardie, George D. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Barnes, A. | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Barr, J. | Hirst, G. H. | Shinwell, E. |
| Batey, Joseph | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | John, William (Rhonda, West) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Broad, F. A. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Snell, Harry |
| Bromfield, William | Kelly, W. T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Bromley, J. | Kennedy, T. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Lansbury, George | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Butt) | Lawrence, Susan | Sutton, J. E. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Lawson, John James | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lee, F. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Compton, Joseph | Lindley, F. W. | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Connolly, M. | Lowth, T. | Townend, A. E. |
| Cove, W. G. | Lunn, William | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Viant, S. P. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Mackinder, W. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Day, Harry | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Duncan, C. | Murnin, H. | Westwood, J. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Naylor, T. E. | Whiteley, W. |
| Gardner, J. P. | Oliver, George Harold | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Palin, John Henry | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Windsor, Walter |
| Gillett, George M. | Potts, John S. | Wright, W. |
| Gosling, Harry | Ritson, J. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Greenall, T. | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) | |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Sakiatvala, Shapurji | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Groves, T. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Mr. B. Smith and Mr. Paling. |
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