§ Mr. ARTHUR HENDERSONMay I ask if the Prime Minister is now in a position to state what business will be taken on Friday next, and can he also say what business will be taken on the remaining days up to the Easter Adjournment?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, Sir. On Friday, we shall take the Consideration of the Lords Amendments to the Local Government Bill. Those Amendments are expected to be received from another place to-morrow.
With regard to next week, I recognise that it will meet the general convenience of the House if I can give the business now, and I will do so; but of course the House will understand that it must be subject to confirmation on Thursday, and I hope it may be confirmed, if nothing untoward happens.
On Monday, we propose to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on the Civil Estimates, and consider Class VII, Buildings, Votes 1, 9, 4 and 2 in Committee.
On Tuesday, we shall take the Committee stage of the Army and Air Force (Annual) Bill; the Report stage of Class VII Buildings Votes; Consideration of the Bridges Bill from another place; and, if received in time, the Gas Undertakings Bill.
On Wednesday, we hope to take the Motion for the Easter Adjournment.
On any day, if there is time, other Orders may be taken.
§ Mr. HENDERSONWill the Prime Minister be able to state definitely at an early date when the House is to resume after the Easter Adjournment? The right hon. Gentleman must recognise how important it is that under existing circumstances hon. Members should have this information in order to enable them to make their arrangements.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI will do my best. At present, I am still hoping that we shall not have to be called together before the 9th April.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, the Report of the Navy Supplementary Estimate, 1928, and of Ways and Means [14th March], may be considered this day before Eleven of the
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clock, and that the Proceedings on the Report of Supply of the 14th March may be taken after Eleven of the clock and shall 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, 188; Noes, 87.
1609| Division No. 268.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Fraser, Captain Ian | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Albery, Irving James | Gadle, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Oakley, T. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Apsley, Lord | Gates, Percy | Penny, Frederick George |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Perring, Sir William George |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Goff, Sir Park | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Grant, Sir J. A. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Raine, Sir Walter |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Ramsden, E. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Grotrian, H. Brent | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Berry, Sir George | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Bethel, A. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Robinson, Sir T, (Lanes., Stratford) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Hammersley, S. S. | Ropner, Major L. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Hanbury, C. | Ross, R. D. |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Harrison, G. J. C. | Salmon, Major L. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Sandon, Lord |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hilton, Cecil | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl (Renfrew, W.) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Buchan, John | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Burman, J. B. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Iveagh, Countess of | Templeton, W. P. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Thompson. Luke (Sunderland) |
| Christie, J. A. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Thomson, Sir Frederick |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston). | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Cooper, A. Dull | Lamb, J. Q. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Couper, J. B. | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Ward. Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kinston-on-Hull) |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Loder, J. de V. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | MacAndrew. Major Charles Glen | Watts, Sir Thomas |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | McLean, Major A. | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Macquisten, F. A. | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Edge, Sir William | Maltland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Williams. Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Malone, Major P. B. | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Enqland, Colonel A. | Margesson, Captain D. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Wright, Brig-General W. D. |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (Norwich) |
| Fermoy, Lord | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | |
| Fielden, E. B. | Murchison, Sir Kenneth | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Forrest, W. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Major Sir William Cope. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Batey, Joseph | Clarke, A. B. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Bellamy, A. | Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Benn, Wedgwood | Compton, Joseph |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Crawfurd, H. E. |
| Barnes, A. | Broad, F. A. | Dennison R. |
| Barr, J. | Cape, Thomas | Duncan, C. |
| Dunnico, H. | Kennedy, T. | Shinwell, E. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Gillett, George M. | Lansbury, George | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Gosling, Harry | Longbottom, A. W. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Lowth, T. | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Smith, Rennis (Penistone) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Snell, Harry |
| Grundy, T. W. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | March, S. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Hardie, George D. | Montague, Frederick | Townend, A. E. |
| Harris, Percy A. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Viant, S. P. |
| Hayday, Arthur | Murnin, H. | Watson, w. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Hayes, John Henry | Naylor, T. E. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Owen, Major G. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Palin, John Henry | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Hirst, G. H. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Potts, John S. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Purcell, A. A. | Windsor, Walter |
| Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Ritson, J. | |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Scrymgeour, E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Kelly, W. T. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Charles Edwards. |