§ Sir D. MACLEANCan the Prime Minister inform us what business it is proposed to take next week, and, in particular, what are the Orders the Government hope to take to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERTo-night we go as far as we can with the Orders on the Paper in the order they are on the Paper. How far we go will depend upon the indulgence of the House.
Monday and Tuesday: Government of Ireland Bill, except that part of Tuesday will be reserved for the Committee stage of the Finance Resolution of the Agriculture Bill.
Wednesday: This will be announced later.
Thursday: Supply—League of Nations Vote.
§ Colonel ASHLEYMay I ask whether the Government of Ireland Bill will be the first Order on Tuesday, or will it come after the Committee stage of the Agriculture Bill?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt has been decided, I understand, that it shall be taken second.
§ Sir F. BANBURYIn view of the statement that the Licensing Bill is going to be passed through all its stages this Session, may I ask if it is intended that we shall sit continuously till Christmas?
§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYCan the right hon. Gentleman say when the Committee stage of the Finance Bill will be taken?
§ Lord HUGH CECILCan the right hon. Gentleman tell us whether the Suspensory (New) Clause of the First Lord of the Admiralty will be on the Paper before Monday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMy right hon. Friend hopes it will be on the Paper by Monday.
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSDo we understand that Wednesday is likely to be reserved for the Amritsar discussion?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is possible it will be kept open for that purpose.
§ Mr. ASQUITHMay I take it that Wednesday will possibly be kept open for the general discussion?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is being kept open, in the hope that the Amritsar matter may be taken then.
§ Captain W. BENNCan the right hon. Gentleman give us an assurance that the Overseas Trade (Credits and Insurance) Bill will not be taken to-night—the sixth Order?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIf there be any general desire not to take it. [HON. MEMBERS: "No, no!"]
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That other Government Business have precedence this day of the Business of Supply."—[Mr. Bonar Law.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 247; Noes, 34.
617| Division No. 132.] | AYES. | [4.4 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Benn, Com. Ian H. (Greenwich) |
| Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James | Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) | Betterton, Henry B. |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Barnett, Major R. W. | Bigland, Alfred |
| Ashley, Colonel Wilfrid W. | Barrie, Charles Coupar | Birchall, Major J. Dearman |
| Baird, John Lawrence | Beckett, Hon. Gervase | Blair, Major Reginald |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H (Devizes) | Boles, Lieut.-Colonel D. F. |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Haslam, Lewis | Pratt, John William |
| Bottomley, Horatio W. | Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) | Preston, W. R. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) | Pulley, Charles Thornton |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Herbert, Hon. A. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Purchase, H. G. |
| Brassey, Major H. L. C. | Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Raeburn, Sir William H. |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Hinds, John | Ramsden, G. T. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Ratcliffe, Henry Butler |
| Britton, G. B. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Raw, Lieutenant-Colonel N. |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Hope, H. (Stirling & Cl'ckm'nn'n. W.) | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Hope, James F. (Sheffield, Central) | Reid, D. D. |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Hope, Lt.-Col. Sir J. A. (Midlothian) | Remnant, Colonel Sir James F. |
| Burn, T. H. (Belfast, St. Anne's) | Hopkins, John W. W | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Campbell, J. D. G. | Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Howard, Major S. G. | Rose, Frank H. |
| Carew, Charles Robert S. | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Rutherford, Colonel Sir J. (Darwen) |
| Casey, T. W. | Inskip, Thomas Walker H. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Cautley, Henry S. | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Jesson, C. | Seager, Sir William |
| Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Jodrell, Neville Paul | Seddon, J. A. |
| Coats, Sir Stuart | Johnstone, Joseph | Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Collins, Col. Sir G. P. (Greenock) | Joynson-Hicks, Sir William | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Colvin, Lieut.-Colonel Richard Beale | Kellaway, Frederick George | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Kelly, Major Fred (Rotherham) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Kenyon, Barnet | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander |
| Coote, William (Tyrone, South) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Stanier, Captain Sir Beville |
| Cope, Major Wm. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Stanley, Major H. G. (Preston) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Larmor, Sir Joseph | Stanton, Charles B. |
| Cowan, Sir H. (Aberdeen and Kinc.) | Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Stephenson, Colonel H. K. |
| Craig, Colonel Sir J. (Down, Mid.) | Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) | Stevens, Marshall |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Lindsay, William Arthur | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C. |
| Curzon, Commander Viscount | Long, Rt. Hon. Walter | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Davies, Sir Joseph (Chester, Crewe) | Lorden, John William | Talbot, G. A. (Hemel Hempstead) |
| Davies, Sir William H. (Bristol, S.) | Lyle, C. E. Leonard | Taylor, J. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Lyle-Samuel, Alexander | Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham) |
| Dawes, Commander | Lynn, R. J. | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) |
| Dockrell, Sir Maurice | M'Donald, Dr. Bouverie F. P. | Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) |
| Donnelly, P. | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) |
| Duncannon, Viscount | M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | Magnus, Sir Philip | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Mallalieu, F. W. | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell-(Maryhill) |
| Elveden, Viscount | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Thorpe, Captain John Henry |
| Eyres-Monsell, Commander B. M. | Marriott, John Arthur Ransoms | Tickler, Thomas George |
| Falle, Major Sir Bertram G. | Matthews, David | Townley, Maximilian G. |
| Farquharson, Major A. C. | Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. | Turton, E. R. |
| Fell, Sir Arthur | Moles, Thomas | Waddington, R. |
| Flides, Henry | Montagu, Rt. Hon. E. S. | Ward. Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Finney, Samuel | Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. | Ward, William Dudley (Southampton) |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Morgan, Major D. Watts | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| FitzRoy, Captain Hon. E. A. | Morison, Thomas Brash | Warren, Lieut.-Col. Sir Alfred H. |
| Forestier-Walker, L. | Morrison, Hugh | Wason, John Cathcart |
| Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Mount, William Arthur | Watson, Captain John Bertrand |
| Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Weston, Colonel John W. |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Murchison, C. K. | Wheler, Lieut.-Colonel C. H. |
| Gange, E. Stanley | Murray, Lieut.-Colonel A. (Aberdeen) | White, Lieut.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Nall, Major Joseph | Whitla, Sir William |
| Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Neal, Arthur | Wild, Sir Ernest Edward |
| Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel John | Newman, Colonel J. R. P.(Finchley) | Williams, Col. Sir R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Glyn, Major Ralph | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Wills, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Gilbert |
| Goff, Sir R. Park | Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward | Wilson, Daniel M. (Down, West) |
| Grant, James A. | Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) | Wilson, Colonel Leslie O. (Reading) |
| Green, Albert (Derby) | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfleld) | Wilson, Lieut.-Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) | Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. | Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton) |
| Greig, Colonel James William | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Winterton, Major Earl |
| Gretton, Colonel John | Oman, Charles William C. | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Gwynne, Rupert S. | O'Neill, Major Hon. Robert W. H. | Wood, Sir H. K.(Woolwich, West) |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Ormsby-Gore, Captain Hon. W. | Woods, Sir Robert |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Palmer, Charles Frederick (Wrekin) | Yate, Colonel Charles Edward |
| Hancock, John George | Palmer, Lieut.-Colonel G. L. | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Hanna, George Boyle | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry | Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon) |
| Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) | Percy, Charles | |
| Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Lord E. Talbot and Mr. Parker. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Carter, W. (Nottingham, Mansfield) | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Graham. W. (Edinburgh, Central) |
| Bromfield, William | Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) | Grundy, T. W. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Hayday, Arthur |
| Cape, Thomas | Glanville, Harold James | Hayward, Major Evan |
| Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Newbould, Alfred Ernest | Wignall, James |
| Hogge, James Myles | O'Grady, Captain James | Williams, John (Glamorgan, Gower) |
| Lawson, John J. | Raffan, Peter Wilson | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Lunn, William | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | |
| Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Robertson, John | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Malone, Lieut.-Col. C. L. (Leyton, E.) | Swan, J. E. | Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy and Colonel Wedgwood. |
| Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) | |
| Myers, Thomas | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |