§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINIn the event of the Motion standing in the name of the Prime Minister being carried, may I ask what Orders it is proposed to take to-night, and also what Vote will be taken on Thursday in Committee of Supply?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope we shall get the first Order on the Paper and also make some progress with the second. I do not propose to ask the House to sit very late, somewhere about midnight at the outside. With regard to Thursday, the Vote for the India Office will be put down for consideration.
§
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, 238; Noes, 151.
1733| Division No. 378.] | AYES. | [3.57 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hoffman, P. C. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Day, Harry | Hopkin, Daniel |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Dickson, T. | Horrabin, J. F. |
| Arnott, John | Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Duncan, Charles | Isaacs, George |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Ede, James Chuter | John, William (Rhondda, West) |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Edmunds, J. E. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Jones, Llewellyn-, F. |
| Barr, James | Egan, W. H. | Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) |
| Batey, Joseph | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Beckett, John (Camberwell, Peckham) | Freeman, Peter | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. (Preston) |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, south) | Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N) | Kelly, W. T. |
| Benson, G. | George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd (Car'vn) | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Blindell, James | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) | Kinley, J. |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Gibbins, Joseph | Kirkwood, D. |
| Bowen, J. W. | Gibsan, H. M. (Lancs. Messley) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Gill, T. H. | Lang, Gordon |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Gillett, Gearge M. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Glassey, A. E. | Lathan, G. (Sheffield, Park) |
| Brothers, M. | Gossling, A. G. | Law, Albert (Bolton) |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts. Mansfield) | Gould, F. | Law, A. (Rossendale) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Lawrence, Susan |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Coine). | Lawson, John James |
| Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) | Grenfell, D. R. (Giamorgan) | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) |
| Buchanan, G. | Groves, Thomas E. | Leach, W. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Grundy, Thomas W. | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks. W. R. Elland) | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) |
| Caine, Hall-, Derwent | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Lees, J. |
| Cameron, A. G. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Lewis, T. (Southampton) |
| Cape, Thomas | Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Logan, David Gilbert |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Longbottom, A. W. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Longden, F. |
| Chater, Daniel | Hardie, G. D. (Springburn) | Lunn, William |
| Church, Major A. G. | Harris, Percy A. | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hastings, Dr. Somerville | MacDonald, Rt. Hen. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Clynes, Ht. Hon. John R. | Hayday, Arthur | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Hayes, John Henry | McElwee, A. |
| Compton, Joseph | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | McEntee, V. L. |
| Cowan, D. M. | Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff. S.) | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Daggar, George | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | MacNeill-Weir, L. |
| Dallas, George | Herriotts, J. | Macpberson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | McShane, John James |
| Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Price, M. P. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Manning, E. L. | Pybus, Percy John | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Mansfield, W. | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Stephen, Campbell |
| March, S. | Raynes, W. R. | Strauss, G. R. |
| Marcus, M. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Marley, J. | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W. J |
| Marshall, Fred | Ritson, J. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Mathers, George | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Thorns, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Matters, L. W. | Romeril, H. G. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Maxton, James | Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Tillett, Ben |
| Messer, Fred | Rowson, Guy | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Millar, J. D. | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Mills, J. E. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Vaughan, David |
| Montague, Frederick | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Viant, S. P. |
| Morgan, Dr. H. B. | Sanders, W. S. | Walker, J. |
| Morley, Ralph | Sandham, E. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Sawyer, G. F. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Scurr, John | West, F. R. |
| Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Sexton, Sir James | Westwood, Joseph |
| Mort, D. L. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Muggeridge, H. T. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) |
| Naylor, T. E. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Noel Baker, P. J. | Sherwood, G. H. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Shield, George William | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Oldfield, J. R. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Shillaker, J. F. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield. Attercliffe) |
| Owen, H. F. (Hereford) | Shinwell, E. | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Palin, John Henry | Simmons, C. J. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) | Winterton, G. E.(Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Perry, S. F. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhitue) | Wise, E. F. |
| Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Smith, Lees-, Rt. Hon. H. B. (Keighley) | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Pole, Major D. G. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) | |
| Potts, John S. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. Paling. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Margesson, Captain H. D. |
| Albery, Irving James | Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Marjoribanks, Edward |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'I., W. J | Eden, Captain Anthony | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) |
| Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) | Ferguson, Sir John | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Balniel, Lord | Forestler-Walker, Sir L. | Nail-Cain, A R. N. |
| Bellairs, Commander Cariyon | Frece, Sir Walter de | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Ganzoni, Sir John | O'Connor, T. J. |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Gauit, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | O'Neill, Sir H. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft. | Gower, Sir Robert | Peake, Capt. Osbert |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Bracken, B. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Buchan, John | Hammersley, S. S. | Remer, John R. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hanbury, C. | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Butler, R. A. | Hartington, Marquess of | Ruggies-Brise, Colonel E. |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col Arthur P. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Herbert, Sir Dennis (Hertford) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Savery, S. S. |
| Chadwick, Capt. Sir Robert Burton | Hurd, Percy A. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Iveagh, Countess of | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Colman, N. C. D | Knox, Sir Alfred | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Lane Fox. Col. Rt. Hon. George R | Stanley, Lord (Fyide) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Latham, H. P. (Scarboro' & Whitby) | Stanley, Hon. O. (Westmorland) |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast South) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Long, Major Hon. Erie | Thomson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W. |
| Dairymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Lymington, Viscount | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Todd, Capt. A. J. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Macquisten, F. A. | Train, J. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George | |
| Warrender, Sir Victor | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Wayland, Sir William A. | Womersley, W. J. | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Wells, Sydney R. | Wood, Ht. Hon. Sir Kingsley | Sir Frederick Thomson. |
| Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
Question put, and agreed to.