Sir W. DAVJSON(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the House has had two late Sittings already this week, and whether, in view of the Motion standing in his name to-day for the suspension of the Eleven o'clock Rule, he can arrange the business of the House so that late sittings are not so frequent?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am aware that the House has already been asked to sit up late twice this week, but I must remind my hon. Friend that the first occasion was caused by the fact that a Private Bill was put down for discussion at 8.15 p.m., and the second by Motions exempted from the Eleven o'clock Rule, and moved by hon. Gentlemen opposite. The Government were not, therefore, responsible for either of those late sittings. With regard to the Motion standing in my name to-day, it will be necessary for me to move a similar Motion tomorrow. I trust that the sittings will not
§ be late. It has been agreed through the usual channels that Mr. Speaker shall be moved out of the Chair, and the necessary Votes taken in Committee on the Air and Army Estimates by the end of the ordinary sittings of the House, but, as it is essential that these Votes should be taken this week, I am asking the House to accept these Motions as a precautionary measure, in case it may be necessary for the Chairman of Committees to put the Votes after the usual time for ending business has passed. I would remind the House that there will be further opportunity next week for the discussion of the Navy, Army, and Air Force Estimates on the Report stage of these Votes, for which I hope that a day and a half will be available.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 283; Noes, 160.
1575| Division No. 41.] | AYES. | [4.8 p.m. |
| Adkins, Sir William Ryland Dent | Cadogan, Major Edward | Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Camplon, Lieut.-Colonel W. R | Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. |
| Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Falle, Major Sir Bertram (Godfray) |
| Allen, Lieut.-Col. Sir William James | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Fildes, Henry |
| Apsley, Lord | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N (Ladywood) | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Chapman, Sir S. | Flanagan, W. H. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Chilcott, Sir Warden | Forestier-Walker, L. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Churchman, Sir Arthur | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Clarry, Reginald George | Fraser, Major Sir Keith |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Clayton, G. C. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Coates, Lt.-Col. Norman | Furness, G. J. |
| Banner, Sir John S. Harwood- | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague | Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Gates, Percy |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Coltox, Major Wm. Phillips | Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Collie, Sir John | Gilbert, James Daniel |
| Becker, Harry | Colvin, Brig-General Richard Beale | Goff, Sir R. Park |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Gray, Harold (Cambridge) |
| Bennett, Sir T. J. (Sevenoaks) | Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) | Greaves-Lord, Walter |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) | Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, H.) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Greenwood, William (Stockport) |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Crook, C. W. (East Ham, North) | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Crooke, J. S. (Deritend) | Guthrie, Thomas Maule |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Gwynne, Rupert S. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Davidson. J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Hall, Rr.Admi Sir W. (Liv'p'l.W. D'by) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Halstead, Major D. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hannon. Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) | Dawson, Sir Philip | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) | Harrison, F. C. |
| Bruford, R. | Doyle, N. Grattan | Harvey, Major S. E. |
| Bruton, Sir James | Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Edge, Captain Sir William | Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Ednam, Viscount | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. |
| Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) |
| Bumey, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) | Ellis, R. G. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) |
| Butcher, Sir John George | England, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Herbert, S. (Scarborough) |
| Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hewett, Sir J. P. |
| Buit, Sir Alfred | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank |
| Hiley, Sir Ernest | Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honiton) | Shipwright, Captain D. |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Murchison, C. K. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy | Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Simpson-Hinchliffe, W. A. |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Nail, Major Joseph | Sinclair, Sir A. |
| Hood, Sir Joseph | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Singleton, J, E. |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Newson, Sir Percy Wilson | Skelton, A. N. |
| Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) |
| Hughes, Collingwood | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Sparkes, H. W. |
| Hume, G. H. | Nield, Sir Herbert | Spears, Brig.-Gen. E. L. |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. |
| Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col- Sir John | Stanley, Lord |
| Hutchison, G, A. C. (Midlothian, N.) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Stewart, Gershom (Wirral) |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Pease, William Edwin | Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth |
| Jarrett, G. W. S. | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Stott, Lt.-Col- W. H. |
| Jenkins, W. A. (Brecon and Radnor) | Penny, Frederick George | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul | Perring, William George | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H. |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Peto, Basil E. | Sutcliffe, T. |
| Kelley, Major Fred (Rotherham) | Philipson, H. H. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Price, E. G. | Thomson, F, C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Privett, F. J. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Rae, Sir Henry N. | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir P. | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Raine, W. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Lorimer, H. D. | Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Wallace, Captain E. |
| Lougher, L. | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk, Peel | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Waring, Major Walter |
| Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Reid, D. D. (County Down) | Warner, Sir T, Courtenay T. |
| Lumley, L. R. | Remer, J. R. | Wells, S. R. |
| M'Curdy, Rt. Hon. Charles A. | Remnant, Sir James | Wheler, Col. Granville C H. |
| Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Rentoul, G. S. | White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Reynolds, W. G. W. | Whitla, Sir William |
| Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P, (Chertsey) | Winterton, Earl |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Wise, Frederick |
| Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. Sir S. (Ecclesall) | Wood, Rt. Hn. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Marqesson, H, D. R. | Robertson, I. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Marks, Sir George Croydon | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes, Stretford) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Mason, Lieut.-Col. c. K. | Rothschild, Lionel de | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Mercer, Colonel H. | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Russell, William (Bolton) | Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Molley, Major L. G. S. | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney | |
| Moore, Major, General Sir Newton J. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Colone |
| Morden, Col. W. Grant | Sandon, Lord | Gibbs. |
| Moreing, Captain Algernon H. | Shakespeare, G. H. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. | Collins, Pat (Walsall) | Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Collison, Levi | Hayday, Arthur |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff, Cannock) | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Hayes, John Henry (Edge Hill) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (N'castle, E.) |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) |
| Attlee, C. R. | Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Herriotts, J. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Hill, A. |
| Barnes, A. | Duffy, T. Gavan | Hinds, John |
| Batey, Joseph | Ede, James Chuter | Hirst, G. H. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Edwards, C (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John |
| Bennett, A. J. (Mansfield) | Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N) | Hogge, James Myles |
| Berkeley, Captain Reginald | Falconer, J. | Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) |
| Bonwick, A. | Foot, Isaac | Irving, Dan |
| Bowdler, W. A. | Gosling, Harry | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) |
| Briant, Frank | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | John, William (Rhondda, West) |
| Broad, F. A. | Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) |
| Bromfield, William | Gray, Frank (Oxford) | Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East) |
| Brotherton, J. | Greenall, T. | Jones, R. T, (Carnarvon) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) |
| Buchanan, G. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Jowitt, W. A. (The Hartlepools) |
| Buckle, J. | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. |
| Burgess, S. | Groves, T. | Kirkwood, D. |
| Burnie, Major J. (Bootie) | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Buxton Charles (Accrington) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Lansbury, George |
| Buxtor, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Lawson, John James |
| Cairns, John | Harbord, Arthur | Leach, W. |
| Cape, Thomas | Hardie, George D. | Lee, F. |
| Chappie, W. A. | Harris, Percy A. | Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) |
| Clarke Sir E. C. | Hartshorn, Vernon | Linfield, F. C. |
| Lowth, T. | Ritson, J. | Tout, W. J. |
| MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) | Roberts, C. H. (Derby) | Travelyan, C. P. |
| M'Entee, V. L. | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| March, S. | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Warne, G. H. |
| Marshall, Sir Arthur H. | Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) | Rose, Frank H. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. O. (Rhondda) |
| Maxton, James | Saklatvala, S. | Webb, Sidney |
| Millar, J. D. | Scrymgeour, E. | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Sexton, James | Weir, L. M. |
| Muir, John W. | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) | Welsh, J. C. |
| Murnin, H. | Shaw, Thomas (Preston) | Westwood, J. |
| Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Simon, Rt. Hon, Sir John | Wheatley, J. |
| Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) | Simpson, J. Hope | White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.) |
| Nichol, Robert | Smith, T. (Pontefract) | Whiteley, W. |
| Oliver, George Harold | Snell, Harry | Wignall, James |
| Paling, W. | Snowden, Philip | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Parker, H. (Hanley) | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) | Williams, T (York, Don Valley) |
| Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Phillipps, Vivian | Stephen, Campbell | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Ponsonby, Arthur | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Potts, John S. | Sullivan, J. | Wright, W. |
| Pringle, W. M. R. | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Richards, R. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) | |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Thornton, M. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Riley, Ben | Tillett, Benjamin | Mr. Morgan Jones and Mr. Lunn. |