§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister inform the House what business he proposes to take when we resume after Easter; and can he at the same time give us any indication as to when the Budget statement will be taken?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Tuesday and Wednesday—until 8.15—and on Thursday, 13th, 14th and 15th April, we shall consider the Money Resolutions to the Economy Bill and the Committee stage of the Bill, and on Thursday, in addition, the Second Reading of the Army and Air Force (Annual) Bill. I hope the Budget may be taken on 26th April.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYWhat is the intention of the Government in regard to business down for to-night? Is it proposed to take any part of the Economy Bill to-morrow before the Motion for the Adjournment?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe want to get the first two Clauses, and we hope to get them to-night.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIf these are not finished, will the discussion be continued to-morrow, before the Motion for the Adjournment is taken?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, if we do not succeed in getting them to-night.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and that, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 8, Private Business set down for consideration at a Quarter-past Eight of the Clock this evening, by direction of the Chairman of Ways and Means, may be taken after Half-past Nine of the Clock."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The Houses divided: Ayes, 235; Noes, 118.
2049| Division No. 106.] | AYES. | [3.58 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Chapman, Sir S. | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Albery, Irving James | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hall, Capt. W. D A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Cope, Major William | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Couper, J. B. | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N) | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Atkinson, C. | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Henderson, Capt. R. R.(Oxt'd, Henley) |
| Balniel, Lord | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Crookshank, Capt. H.(Lindsey,Gainsbro) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Herbert, S. (York, N.R., Scar. & Wh' by) |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Davidson, J.(Hertt' d, Hemel Hempst'd) | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Berry, Sir George | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hilton, Cecil |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hogg, Rt. Hon Sir D. (St. Marylebone) |
| Blundell, F. N. | Dawson, Sir Philip | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Holt, Captain H. P. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw 'k, Nun.) |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Falls, Sir Charles F. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Fermoy, Lord | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'and, Whitch'n) |
| Brittain sir Harry | Fielden, E. B. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Hutchison, G.A. Clark (Mldl'n & P'bl's) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks. Newb'y) | Ganzoni, Sir John | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Jacob, A. E. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Gee, Captain R. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Burman, J. B. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Kindersley, Major Guy M. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Goff, Sir Park | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Campbell, E. T. | Grace, John | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Grant, J. A. | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Gretton, Colonel John | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J.A.(Birm., W.) | Grotrian, H. Brent | Loder, J. de V. |
| Looker, Herbert William | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Lord, Walter Greaves- | Pielou, D. P. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Lougher, L. | Pilcher, G. | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Radford, E. A. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Raine, W. | Templeton, W. P. |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Ramsden, E. | Thom, Lt.-Col. J, G. (Dumbarton) |
| MacIntyre, Ian | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| McLean, Major A. | Remnant, sir James | Tinne, J. A. |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Rice, Sir Frederick | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Margesson, Captain D. | Ropner, Major L. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Meller, R. J. | Salmon, Major I. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Merriman, F. B. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wells, S. R. |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Mitchell, Sir w. Lane (Streatham) | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Sandon, Lord | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Shepperson, E. W. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Moreing, Captain A. H. | Skelton, A. N. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Womersley, W. J. |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Murchison, C. K. | Smith-Carington, Neville w. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Smithers, Waldron | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Nelson, Sir Frank | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Stanley, Col. Hon. G.F. (Will'sden, E.) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W.G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | |
| Nuttall, Ellis | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Pennefather, Sir John | Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Commander B, Eyres Monsell and |
| Colonel Gibbs. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hardie, George D. | Rose, Frank H. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Harney, E. A. | Sexton, James |
| Ammon, Charles George | Harris, Percy A. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hayday, Arthur | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Barnes, A. | Hayes, John Henry | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Batey, Joseph | Hirst, G. H. | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Briant, Frank | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Smillie, Robert |
| Broad, F. A. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Smith, Rennle (Penistone) |
| Bromley, J. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Snell, Harry |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Buchanan, G. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Caps, Thomas | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Charleton, H. C. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kelly, W. T. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Kennedy, T. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Compton, Joseph | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thorne, w. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Cove, W. G. | Kirkwood, D. | Thurtie, E. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lansbury, George | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Lawson, John James | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Livingstone, A. M. | Viant, S. P. |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Lowth, T. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Lunn, William | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Dennison, R. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Watson, W. M. (Donfermilne) |
| Duncan, C. | Mackinder, W. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Dunnico, H. | March, S. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Maxton, James | Westwood, J. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Morris, R. H. | Whiteley, W. |
| Gillett, George M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Gosling, Harry | Naylor, T. E. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Oliver, George Harold | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Palin, John Henry | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Paling, w. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Windsor, Walter |
| Groves, T. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wright, W. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Potts, John S. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Robinson, W.C. (Yorks, W R., Elland) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Warne and Mr. T. Henderson, |
Question put, and agreed to.