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– in the House of Commons at on 5 February 1919.

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The House met at a Quarter before Three of the clock, and Mr. Speaker-Elect (the RightHon. James William Lowther) having taken the Chair,

A Message was delivered by Captain Sir Thomas Butler, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, as followeth:

Mr. SPEAKER,

The Lords, authorised by virtue of His Majesty's Commissioners, desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable House in the House of Peers.

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker-Elect, with the House, went up to the House of Peers, where he was presented to the said Lords Commissioners for His Majesty's Royal approbation.

Then the Lord Chancellor (Lord Birkenhead), one of the said Lords Commissioners, signified His Majesty's approbation of Mr. Speaker-Elect.

The House having returned,

Photo of Mr James Lowther Mr James Lowther , Penrith and Cockermouth

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 sincere thanks for the great honour which they have done me in placing me again in the Chair. I must now call upon the Members of the House, according to the usual practice, to take the Oath of Allegiance at the Table of the House.

Mr. Speaker first, alone, standing upon the upper step of the Chair, subscribed the Oath, and signed the Roll.

The following Members took and subscribed the Oath or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law, and signed the Roll:—

Right honourable Andrew Bonar Law, Borough of Glasgow (Central Division).

Right honourable Sir Donald Maclean, County of Midlothian and Peebles (Peebles and Southern Division).

Right honourable Dr. Christopher Addison, Borough of Shoreditch.

Right honourable Sir James Henry Dalziel, Kirkcaldy District of Burghs.

Right honourable John Henry Whitley, Borough of Halifax.

Major-General the Right honourable John Seely, County of Derby (Ilkeston Division).

Sir Auckland C. Geddes, County of Hants, (Basingstoke Division).

Stanley Baldwin, esquire, County of Worcester (Bewdley Division).

Frederick George Kellaway, esquire, County of Bedford (Bedford Division).

Right honourable Dr. T. J. Macnamara, Borough of Camberwell (North-West Division).

Right honourable Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett, County of York, West Riding (Pontefract Division).

Right honourable A. H. Illingworth, County of Lancaster (Heywood and Radcliffe Division).

Right honourable Lord Edmund Talbot, County of West Sussex (Chichester Division).

Colonel Sir James Craig, County of Down (Mid Division).

Right honourable William Crooks, Borough of Woolwich (East Division).

Right honourable Sir Henry Craik, The University of St. Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Edinburgh.

Right honourable George Lambert, County of Devon (South Molton Division).

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

Major the Right honourable Sir Henry Norman, Borough of Blackburn

Right honourable John Murray Macdonald, Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs.

Right honourable Sir Harry Samuel, Borough of Lambeth (Norwood Division).

Sir William Howell Davies, Borough of Bristol (South Division)

Right honourable William Brace, County of Monmouth (Abertillery Division).

Right honourable John Hodge, Borough of Manchester (Gorton Division).

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

Sir Edwin A. Cornwall, Borough of Bethnal Green (North-East Division).

Colonel Leslie Orme Wilson, Borough of Reading.

Colonel Sir James F. Remnant, Borough of Holborn.

Thomas Brash Morison, esquire, County of Inverness (Inverness Division).

Major J. Brunel Cohen, Borough of Liverpool (Failfield Division)

E. Stanley Gange, esquire, Borough of Bristol (North Division)

G. B. Britton, esquire, Borough of Bristol (East Division).

Alfred Onions, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Caerphilly Division).

John William Pratt, esquire, Borough of Glasgow (Cathcart Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Borough of Chelsea.

James Parker, esquire, County of Stafford Cannock Division).

Henry Haydn Jones, esquire, County of Merioneth.

General Sir Ivor Philipps, Borough of Southampton.

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

Samuel Finney, esquire, Borough of Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem Division).

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

A. Green, esquire, Borough of Derby.

Sir W. 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.

John Hugh Edwards, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Neath Division).

John Hinds, esquire, County of Carmarthen (Carmarthen Division).

B. G. Spoor, esquire, County of Durham (Bishop Auckland Division).

Sir Harry Brittain, County of Middlesex (Acton Division).

John William Lorden, esquire, Borough of St. Pancras (North Division).

Stephen Walsh, esquire, County of Lancaster (Ince Division).

Josiah Towyn Jones, esquire, County of Carmarthen (Llanelly Division).

Sir William Seager, Borough of Cardiff (East Division).

Sir John Tudor Walters, Borough of Sheffield (Brightside Division).

R. Richardson, esquire, County of Durham (Houghton-le-Spring Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Norton-Griffiths, Borough of Wandsworth (Central Division).

Samuel Galbraith, esquire, County of Durham (Spennymoor Division).

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

Sir Charles Sykes, Borough of Huddersfield.

Lieutenant-Commander Frederick W. Astbury, Borough of Salford (West Division).

Colonel Charles Pinkham, Borough of Willesden (West Division).

Robert Burdon Stoker, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Rusholme Division).

J. Wallace, esquire, Dunfermline District of Burghs.

J. A. Seddon, esquire, Borough of Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley Division).

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

Right honourable Evelyn Cecil, Borough of Birmingham (Aston Division).

G. T. Ramsden, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Elland Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. W. M'Lean, County of Parts of Lindsey (Brigg Division).

R. A. D. Carter, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Withington Division).

Henry Butler Ratcliffe, esquire, Borough of Bradford (Central Division).

J. E. C. Swan, esquire, County of Durham, (Barnard Castle Division).

G. H. Hirst, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Wentworth Division).

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

Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Meysey-Thompson, Borough of Birmingham (Handsworth Division).

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

Brigadier General G. H. Cockerill, County of Surrey (Reigate Division).

Major Gerald B. Hurst, Borough of Manchester (Moss Side Division).

Sir Robert H. S. D. L. Newman, Borough of Exeter.

Colonel Emil W. Pickering, Borough of Dewsbury.

Major Harry Barnston, County of Chester (Eddisbury Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Hughes Burgoyne, Borough of Kensington (North Division).

Captain Algernon H. Moreing, County of York, East Riding (Buckrose Division).

A. R. Atkey, esquire, Borough of Nottingham (Central Division).

Brigadier-General Sir Owen Thomas, (County of Anglesey).

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

J. D. G. Campbell, esquire, Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.

Sir David Sanders Davies, County of Denbigh (Denbigh Division).

Honourable W. H. Cozens-Hardy, County of Norfolk (Southern Division).

Charles F. White, esquire, County of Derby (Western Division).

Angus Valdemar Hambro, esquire, County of Dorset (Southern Division).

Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth, County of Caithness and Sutherland.

James D. Kiley, esquire, Borough of Stepney (Whitechapel and St. George's Division).

James Daniel Gilbert, esquire, Borough of Southwark (Central Division).

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

Neil M'Lean, esquire, Borough of Glasgow (Govan Division).

T. W. Grundy, esquire, County of York, west Riding (Rother Valley Division).

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

Henry Maddocks, esquire, County of Warwick (Nuneaton Division).

Joseph Johnstone, esquire, County of Renfrew (Eastern Division).

James Sexton, esquire, Borough of St. Helen's.

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

Brigadier-General G. L. Palmer, County of Wilts (Westbury Division).

Colonel John W. Weston, County of Westmorland.

Arthur Neal, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Hillsborough Division).

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

Neville Paul Jodrell, esquire, County of Norfolk (King's Lynn Division).

Sir John Wood, County of Chester (Stalybridge and Hyde Division).

W. Theodore Carr, esquire, Borough of Carlisle.

James Rowlands, esquire, County of Kent (Dartford Division).

Major-General J. H. Davidson, County of Hants (Fareham Division).

Sir Thomas Bransdon, Borough of Portsmouth (Central Division).

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

Alexander Wilkie, esquire, Borough of Dundee.

Sir Clifford John Cory, County of Cornwall (St. Ives Division).

John W. Taylor, esquire, County of Durham (Chester-le-Street Division).

Charles Coupar Barrie, esquire, County of Banff.

Colonel Granville C. H. Wheler, County of Kent (Faversham Division).

John Allen Parkinson, esquire, Borough of Wigan.

Sir Peter Griggs, Borough of Ilford.

Albert Lindsay Parkinson, esquire, Borough of Blackpool.

Sir Herbert Austin, Borough of Birmingham (King's Norton Division).

William Arthur Mount, esquire, County of Berks (Newbury Division).

Colonel the honourable E. A. FitzRoy, County of Northampton (Daventry Division).

A. Baldwin Raper, esquire, Borough of Islington (East Division).

John C. Denison-Pender, esquire, Borough of Wandsworth (Balham and Tooting Division).

Sir Alfred William Yeo, Borough of Poplar (South Division).

Harry Hope, esquire, County of Stirling and Clackmannan (Western Division).

Trevelyan Thompson, esquire, Borough of Middlesbrough (West Division).

James Bell, esquire, County of Lancaster (Ormskirk Division).

Thomas Shaw, esquire, Borough of Preston.

Robert Clough, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Keighley Division).

Neville Chamberlain, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Ladywood Division).

Thomas Jeremiah Williams, esquire, Borough of Swansea (East Division).

Robert Young, esquire, County of Lancaster (Newton Division).

Vernon Hartshorn, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Ogmore Division).

J. Lort-Williams, esquire, Borough of Bermondsey (Rotherhithe Division).

James Kidd, esquire, County of Linlithgow.

T. H. Sitch, esquire, County of Stafford (Kingswinford Division).

James Walton, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Don Valley Division).

General Sir Archibald Hunter, County of Lancaster (Lancaster Division).

F. O. Roberts, esquire, Borough of West Bromwich.

Brigadier-General Richard Beal Colvin, County of Essex (Epping Division).

Colonel H. K. Stephenson, Borough of Sheffield (Park Division).

A. R. Jephcott, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Yardley Division).

Maximilian G. Townley, esquire, County of Bedford (Mid Division).

R. Waddington, esquire, Borough of Rossendale).

Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Hilder, County of Essex (South-Eastern Division).

John Cairns, esquire, Borough of Morpeth.

Major John Elsdale Molson, County of Parts of Lindsay (Gainsborough Division).

Major S. G. Howard, County of West Suffolk (Sudbury Division).

Captain Sir Beville Stanier, County of Salop (Ludlow Division).

Major W. H. Prescott, Borough of Tottenham (North Division).

Captain Charles Ainsworth Borough of Bury.

W. R. Smith, esquire, County of Northampton (Wellingborough Division).

J. R. Remer, esquire, County of Chester (Macclesfield Division).

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

F. W. Mallalieu, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Colne Valley Division).

Sir Alfred H. Warren, Borough of Edmonton.

Major Charles E. Breese, County of Carnarvon.

Honourable Gideon Murray, Borough of Glasgow (St. Rollox Division).

Major J. R. G. Hennessy, County of Hants (Winchester Division).

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

Dr. Edward Hopkinson, Borough of Manchester (Clayton Division).

William Lunn, esquire, County of Yorks, West Riding (Rothwell Division).

G. A. Talbot, esquire, County of Hertford (Hemel Hempstead Division).

W. H. Sugden, esquire, County of Lancaster (Royton Division).

T. W. Casey, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Attercliffe Division).

F. C. Thompson, esquire, County of Aberdeen (South Division).

Oswald Mosley, esquire, County of Middlesex (Harrow Division).

Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. Sassoon, Borough of Hythe.

D. H. M'Donald, esquire, County of Lanark (Bothwell Division).

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

R. F. W. R. Nelson, esquire, County of Lanark (Motherwell Division).

William Stapleton Royce, esquire, County of Holland with Boston.

L. S. Johnson, esquire, Borough of Walthamstow (East Division).

Alfred J. Law, esquire, Borough of Rochdale.

Gershom Stewart, esquire, County of Chester (Wirral Division).

Colonel William Hall Walker, County of Lancaster (Widnes Division).

James Herbert Cory, esquire, Borough of Cardiff (South Division).

James Gardiner, esquire, County of Perth and Kinross (Kinross and Western Division).

Major P. B. Malone, Borough of Tottenham (South Division).

Captain D. C. Brown, County of Northumberland (Hexham Division).

Colonel Rowland Burden, County of Durham (Sedgefield Division).

A. Short, esquire, Borough of Wednesbury.

J. E. Davison, esquire, Borough of Smethwick.

Major John Waller Hills, County of Durham (Durham Division).

Major Joseph Nall, Borough of Manchester (Hulme Division).

Lieutenant-Commander Harry Dewhurst, County of Chester (Northwich Division).

Henry S. Cautley, esquire, County of East Sussex (East Grinstead Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Mathew Wilson, Borough of Bethnal Green (South-West Division).

Eldred Hallas, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Duddeston Division).

Captain Eric A. Knight, County of Worcester (Kidderminster Division).

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

A. E. Waterson, esquire, County of Northampton (Kettering Division).

Sir John D. Rees, Borough of Nottingham (East Division).

Brigadier-General Sir Hill Child, Borough of Stafford (Stone Division).

Colonel the honourable George Frederick Stanley, Borough of Preston.

James O'Grady, esquire, Borough of Leeds (South-East Division).

Alfred Davis, esquire, County of Lancaster (Clitheroe Division).

Major G. R. Lane-Fox, County of York, West Riding (Barkston Ash Division).

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

R. Burton Chadwick, esquire, Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.

Sir Samuel Scott, Borough of St. Marylebone.

Sir Edgar Rees Jones, Borough of Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Division).

Right honourable Thomas Richards, County of Monmouth (Ebbw Vale Division).

Sir William H. Davison, Borough of Kensington (South Division).

Halford J. Mackinder, esquire, Borough of Glasgow (Camlachie Division).

Major H. L. C. Brassey, County of Northampton (Peterborough Division).

Robert M"Laren, esquire, County of Lanark (Northern Division).

Right honourable Lord Hugh Cecil, University of Oxford.

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

Sir William Watson Cheyne, The University of St. Andrew's, The University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Edinburgh.

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

Lieutenant-Commander C. Williams, County of Devon (Tavistock Division).

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

Alexander Richardson, esquire, Borough of Gravesend.

R. M. Hudson, esquire, Borough of Sunderland.

Sir Maurice Dockrell, County of Dublin (Rathmines Division).

Right Honourable Sir Edward Alfred Goulding, Borough of Worcester.

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Buckley, County of Lancaster (Waterloo Division).

Augustine Hailwood, esquire, Borough of Manchester (Ardwick Division).

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

Allen Clement Edwards, esquire, Borough of East Ham (South Division).

Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke, Borough of Plymouth (Devonport Division).

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

William Carter, esquire, County of Nottingham (Mansfield Division).

H. Norman Rae, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Shipley Division).

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

Sir Herbert Nield, Borough of Ealing.

Harry Greer, esquire, County of Somerset (Wells Division).

Major Robert H. Barker County of York, West Riding (Sowerby Division).

Major P. Lloyd Greame, County of Middlesex (Hendon Division).

William Joynson-Hicks, esquire, County of Middlesex (Twickenham Division).

W. Tyson Wilson, esquire, County of Lancaster (Westhoughton Division).

Sir Owen Cosby Philipps, Borough of Chester.

Sir Ernest Edward Wild, Borough of West Ham (Upton Division).

Colonel Lambert Ward, Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull (North-West Division).

Captain Michael Falcon, County of Norfolk (Eastern Division).

James Rolston Lonsdale, esquire, County of Armagh (Mid Division).

Charles Frederick Higham, esquire, Borough of Islington (South Division).

Major-General Sir Newton J. Moore, Borough of Islington (North Division).

Sir Stuart Coats, County of Surrey (Eastern Division).

T. T. C. M. Brabazon, esquire, Borough of Rochester (Chatham Division).

Captain H. Newton Knights, Borough of Camberwell (North Division).

Commander Sir Edward Nicholl, County of Cornwall (Penryn and Falmouth Division).

Barnet Kenyon, enquire. Borough of Derby (Chesterfield Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Hall, Borough of Camberwell (Dulwich Division).

Major Reginald Blair, Borough of Poplar (Bow and Bromley Division).

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

Alfred Bigland, esquire, Borough of Birkenhead (East Division).

Major Peter Kerr Kerr-Smiley, County of Antrim (North Division).

Colonel Robert A. Sanders, County of Somerset (Bridgwater Division).

Sir Samuel Roberts, Borough of Sheffield (Ecclesall Division).

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

Joseph Hood, esquire, Borough of Wimbledon.

Davison Dalziel, esquire, Borough of Lambeth (Brixton Division).

William G. Nicholson, esquire, County of Hants (Petersfield Division).

J. W. Dennis, esquire, Borough of Birmingham (Deritend Division).

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

De Fonblanque Pennefather, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (Kirkdale Division).

George Butler Lloyd, esquire, County of Salop (Shrewsbury Division).

Sir Hallewell Rogers, Borough of Birmingham (Moseley Division).

Percy A. Hurd, esquire, County of Somerset (Frome Division).

Edward Manville, esquire, Borough of Coventry.

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

Sir James Tynte Agg-Gardner, Borough of Cheltenham.

Brigadier-General Thomas E. Hickman, Borough of Wolverhampton (Bilston Division).

John W. W. Hopkins, esquire, Borough of St. Pancras (South-East Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel H. M. Grayson, Borough of Birkenhead (West Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel N. Raw, Borough of Liverpool (Wavertree Division).

Captain John R. Starkey, County of Nottingham (Newark Division).

Honourable Gervase Beckett, County of York, North Riding (Scarborough and Whitby Division).

John Leng Sturrock, esquire, Montrose District of Burghs.

George Balfour, esquire, Borough of Hampstead.

W. R. Preston, esquire, Borough of Stepney (Mile End Division).

Captain W. T. Shaw, County of Forfar.

Gerald Ashburner France, esquire, Borough of Batley and Morley.

Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. Heward Bell, County of Wilts (Devizes Division).

Sir Charles Henry, County of Salop (The Wrekin Division).

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

A. K. Rodger, esquire, County of Lanark (Rutherglen Division).

Right honourable John W. Wilson, County of Worcester (Stourbridge Division).

Charles Thornton Pulley, esquire, County of Hereford (Hereford Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel A. L. H. Buchanan, County of Lanark (Coatbridge Division).

Major Harry Kottingham Newton, County of Essex (Harwich Division).

Major Vivian L. Henderson, Borough of Glasgow (Tradeston Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel A. T. Gordon, County of Aberdeen and Kincardine (Central Division).

Captain Albert Smith, Borough of Nelson and Colne.

Captain James S. Rankin, Borough of Liverpool (East Toxteth Division).

Major O. G. Borwick, Borough of Croydon (North Division).

Major Earl Winterton, County of West Sussex (Horsham and Worthing Division).

Right honourable Herbert A. L. 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.

Captain Reginald Terrell, County of Oxford (Henley Division).

C. K. Murchison, esquire, Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull (East Division).

Charles B. Stanton, esquire, Borough of Merthyr Tydvil (Aberdare Division).

Henry Wilson-Fox, esquire, County of Warwick (Tamworth Division).

Captain H. H. Spender Clay, County of Kent (Tonbridge Division).

Leslie Scott, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (Exchange Division).

Sir William Henry Cowan, County of Aberdeen and Kincardine (Eastern Division).

Colonel Charles Edward Yate, County of Leicester (Melton Division).

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

Sir Cyril Cobb, Borough of Fulham (West Division).

Alfred Thomas Davies, esquire, Borough of Lincoln.

Commander Henry Douglas King, County of Norfolk (Northern Division).

Captain H. L. Brackenbury, County of Parts of Lindsey (Louth Division).

M. T. Simm, esquire, Borough of Wallsend.

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

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

H. G. Purchase, esquire, Borough of Lambeth (Kennington Division).

Sir Richard Winfrey, County of Norfolk (South-Western Division).

Sir Robert J. Thomas, County of Denbigh (Wrexham Division).

Captain Francis John Childs Ganzoni, Borough of Ipswich.

Right honourable George Henry Roberts, Borough of Norwich.

Captain John Bertrand Watson, Borough of Stockton-on-Tees.

Major Oscar Guest, County of Leicester (Loughborough Division).

William James U. Woolcock, esquire, Borough of Hackney (Central Division).

Athelstan Rendall, esquire, County of Gloucester (Thornbury Division).

Joseph Frederick Green, esquire, Borough of Leicester (West Division).

Captain C. E. Loseby, Borough of Bradford (East Division).

Captain Walter E. Elliott, County of Lanark (Lanark Division).

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

Reginald Nicholson, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Doncaster Division).

James Arthur Dawes, esquire, Borough of Southwark (South-East Division).

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

Colonel Charles Rosdew Burn, County of Devon (Torquay Division).

Sir George Younger, Ayr District of Burghs.

Major Gilbert M'Micking, County of Galloway.

Colonel James William Greig, County of Renfrew (Western Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel John Gilmour, Borough of Glasgow (Pollock Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel John Gilmour, Borough of Glasgow (Pollock Division).

Major Sir Edward F. Coates, Borough of Lewisham (West Division).

Sir Charles Augustin Hanson, County of Cornwall (Bodmin Division).

Thomas Walker H. Inskip, esquire, Borough of Bristol (Central Division).

Dugald M'Coig Cowan, esquire, The University of St. Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Edinburgh.

John Williams, esquire, County of Glamorgan (Gower Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel D. F. Boles, County of Somerset (Taunton Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gilbert Wills, County of Somerset (Weston-super-Mare Division).

Colin Reith Coote, esquire, County of Isle of Ely.

Sir W. Ryland D. Adkins, County of Lancaster (Middleton and Prestwich Division).

Sir George Croydon Marks, County of Cornwall(Northern Division).

William Coote, esquire, County of Tyrone (South Division).

Colonel Sir Robert Williams, County of Dorset (Western Division).

Alexander Lyle-Samuel, esquire, County of East Suffolk (Eye Division).

Douglas Vickers, esquire, Borough of Sheffield (Hallam Division).

Sir Evan Jones, County of Pembroke.

Colonel Sir Alexander Sprot, County of Fife (Eastern Division).

William Murray, esquire, County of Dumfries.

Sir James Fortescue Flannery, County of Essex (Maldon Division).

John Deans Hope, esquire, County of Berwick and Haddington.

Colonel J. C. Wedgwood, Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Lieutenant-Colonel the honourable F. Stanley Jackson, County of York, East Riding (Howdenshire Division).

Colonel Godfrey Pattison Collins, Borough of Greenock.

Captain Wedgwood Benn, Borough of Leith.

Captain Charles Curtis Craig, County of Antrim (South Division).

Major Godfrey Mark Palmer County of Durham (Jarrow Division).

Thompson Donald, esquire, Borough of Belfast (Victoria Division).

Sir Arthur S. T. Griffith-Boscawen, Borough of Dudley.

William Arthur Lindsay, esquire, Borough of Belfast (Cromac Division).

Edmund Robert Bartley Denniss, esquire, Borough of Oldham

Thomas Tucker Broad, esquire, County of Derby (Clay Cross Division).

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

Lieutenant-Commander Edward Hilton Young, Borough of Norwich.

A. R. Barrand, esquire, County of York, West Riding (Pudsey and Otley Division).

W. G. Howard Gritten, esquire, Borough of the Hartlepools.

Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck County of Nottingham (South Division).

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

Sir T. Courtenay T. Warner, County of Stafford (Lichfield Division).

Lieutenant-Colonel W. E. G. A. Weigall, County of Parts of Lindsey (Horncastle Division).

Albion Richardson, esquire Borough of Camberwell (Peckham Division).

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

John George Hancock, esquire, County of Derby (Belper Division).

Right Honourable Charles W. Bowerman, Borough of Deptford.

Sir John George Butcher, Borough of York.

Major C. F. Entwistle, Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull (South-West Division).

ADJOURNMENT.—Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Gibbs.] Adjourned accordingly at Five minutes before Six o'clock till To-morrow (Thursday) at a Quarter to Three o'clock, when the awearing-in of Members will be resumed.