§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask, first of all, what business the Government propose to take to-night, in the event of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being suspended?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Commander Eyres Monsell)We. propose to take the Committee stage of the two Supplementary Estimates, and, I understand, it is the general wish of the House that we should proceed with the Land Settlement (Facilities) Amendment Bill. If so, we should ask the House to take the Second Reading to-night.
§ Mr. MacDONALDIt is proposed to take both the Votes to-day? Then may I ask what business it is proposed to take next, week?
§ Commander EYRES MONSELLMonday and Tuesday: The remaining stages of the Safeguarding of Industries (Customs Duties) Bill.
Wednesday and Thursday: We propose to allot the remainder of the Sittings on Wednesday and Thursday, after the Consolidation Fund Bill has been disposed of, and if all stages of the Safeguarding of Industries Bill have been previously completed, to the Opposition for the discussion of various questions.
Friday: The Business will be announced later.
Captain BENNDoes that mean that a specific Motion will be discussed, or a general Motion for Adjournment?
§ Commander EYRES MONSELLI think we will leave it to the Opposition to decide which is more convenient to them.
§ Mr. STEPHENCan the right hon. Gentleman give us any idea when the House is likely to rise for Christmas?
§ Commander EYRES MONSELLI am afraid I cannot accurately state that now. but I hope before Christmas.
Captain BENNWill the right hon. Gentleman kindly bear in mind that there may be subjects, such as Scottish Pensions, which are not covered by Votes; and, therefore, it might be an advantage to private Back Bench Members to have general matters discussed at the same time.
§ Commander EYRES MONSELLI am sure we can arrange that satisfactorily.
§ Mr. MACPHERSONIs it proposed to go on with the Scottish Education Bill?
§ Commander EYRES MONSELLI think that depends on the wish of Scotland in the matter.
§ Mr. STEPHENWill there be an opportunity to discuss outstanding Scottish questions?
§ Commander EYRES MONSELLI am afraid that is very unlikely.
§ Mr. HARDIECould the right hon. Gentleman curtail the Christmas holidays somewhat, so as to give time?
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on Government Business he exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order
§
(Sittings of the House." —[Commander Eyres Monsell.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 222; Noes, 113.
669| Division No. 476.] | AYES. | [4.5 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Finburgh, S. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W.G.(Ptrsf'd.) |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T | Forestier-Walker, L. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Albery, Irving James | Forrest, W. | Nuttall. Ellis |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool. W. Derby) | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Oakley, T. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Frece, Sir Walter de | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Apsley, Lord | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Gates, Percy | Pease, William Edwin |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Gee, Captain R. | Penny, Frederick George |
| Banks, Reginald Mitchell | Gilmour, Colonel Rt. Hon. Sir John | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Barclay-Harvey C. M. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Philipson, Mabel |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Grace, John | Pielou, D. P. |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Grant, J. A. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Preston, William |
| Benn, sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Berry, Sir George | Grotrian, H. Brent | Radford, E A. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Raine, W. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Ramsden, E.. |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Remnant, Sir James |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Rhys, Hon. c. A. U. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Harland, A. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Bridgeman Rt. Hon. William Clive | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Sanderson, sir Frank |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Briscoe. Richard George | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur p. | Savery, S, S. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Shaw, Capt. W. w. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Hills, Major John Walter | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belf'st.) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Hilton, Cecil | Skelton, A. N. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon, Sir S. J. G. | Slaney, Major p. Kenyon |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Hong, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St. Marylebone) | Smith, R. W. (Aherd'n & Kinc'dine. C.) |
| Burman, J. B. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Smithers. Waldron |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. | Spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hume, Sir G. H. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Huntingfield, Lord | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. sir Evelyn (Aston) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Jacob. A. E. | Storry Deans, R. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N, (Ladywood) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Chilcott, Sir Warden | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Christie, J. A. | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Tinne, J. A. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Lamb, J. Q. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Waddington, R. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Wallace, Captain O. E. |
| Couper, J. B. | Loder, J. de V. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Lord, Walter Greaves- | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Cowan, Sir Win. Henry (Islington, N.) | Luce, Major-Gen, Sir Richard Harman | Watson, sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Lumley, L. R. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Mac Andrew, Charles Glen | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Crook, C. W. | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Wells, S. R. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Macintyre, Ian | White, Unit.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | McLean, Major A. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Williams. C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Dalkeith. Earl of | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Dean Arthur Wellesley | Macquisten, F. A. | Winder-dive. Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Drewe, C. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Edmondson. Major A. J. | Margesson, Captain D. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Edwards. John H. (Accrington) | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Wood, S. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Elliot Captain Walter E. | Meyer, Sir Frank | Wood, E. (Chesfr, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Elved'en, Viscount | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Wood, Sir Kinqsley (Woolwich, W,). |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Worthington-Evans. Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Murchison. C. K. | |
| Fairfax Captain J. G. | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Falle Sir Bertram G. | Nelson, Sir Frank | Commander B. Eyres Mousell and |
| Fermoy, Lord | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Colonel Gibbs. |
| Fielden, E. B. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Harney, E. A. | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Scurr, John |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hayes, John Henry | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Baker, Walter | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury; |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Barnes, A. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Smith, H. 8. Lees- (Keighley) |
| Barr, J. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Batey, Joseph | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Snell, Harry |
| Bonn Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Kelly, W. T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charts W. | Kennedy, T. | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Briant, Frank | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Broad, F. A. | Lansbury, George | Stephen, Campbell |
| Bromley, J. | Lawson, John James | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Cape, Thomas | Lee, F. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Livingstone, A. M. | Taylor, B. A. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lunn, William | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Compton, Joseph | MacLaren, Andrew | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) |
| Connolly, M. | McLean, Major A. | Thurtle, E. |
| Cove, W. G. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Dalton, Hugh | March, S. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Montague, Frederick | Walsh. Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Dennison, R. | Murnin, H. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Dunnico. H. | Naylor, T. E. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Oliver, George Harold | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Fenby, T. D. | Paling, W. | Weir, L. M. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Welsh, J. C. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Gillett, George M. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Williams, T. (York. Don Valley) |
| Gosling, Harry | Potts, John S. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Riley, Ben | Windsor, Walter |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Ritson, J. | Wright, W. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) | |
| Hall, C. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Rose, Frank H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Saklatvala, Shapurji | Mr. Warne and Mr. Charles |
| Hardie, George D. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Edwards. |
Question put, and agreed to.