§ Mr. S. BALDWINI desire to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as Leader of the House, what business he proposes to take to-night; and if he can tell us what the business will be on the reassembling of Parliament?
§ Mr. P. SNOWDENIt is proposed to take to-night, in addition to the Report of Supply and Ways and Means, the Bethlem Hospital (Amendment) Bill, Committee stage; the Gas and Electricity Orders on the Paper, and any Message that may be received from another place this afternoon in connection with the Agricultural Marketing Bill.
The business on the resumption of the House in October will be as follows:
Tuesday, 20th October: Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Bill [Lords], Second Reading; and the Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolutions.
Wednesday, 21st October: Representation of the People (No. 2) Bill, Consideration of Lords Amendments; Public Works Loans Bill, Committee stage; Report stage of the Money Resolution for 2295 the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Bill [Lords].
Thursday and Friday, 22nd and 23rd October: Town and Country Planning Bill, further stages.
On any day, should time permit, other Orders may be taken.
§ Mr. BRACKENWill the right hon. Gentleman not give any opportunity for discussing the Economy Bill?
§ Motion made, and Question put,
2296§ "That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House); and that, if the first three Resolutions reported from the Committee of Supply of the 28th July shall have been agreed to before Ten of the clock, Mr. Speaker shall proceed to put forthwith the Questions which he is directed to put at Ten of the clock, under paragraph 8 of Standing Order No. 15."—[Mr. P. Snowden.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 219; Noes, 105.
2297| Division No. 462.] | AYES. | [3.49 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hardie, David (Rutherglen) | Montague, Frederick |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hardie, G. D. (Springburn) | Morley, Ralph |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) | Morris, Rhys Hopkins |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) |
| Arnott, John | Herriotts, J. | Mort, D. L. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Muff, G. |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Muggeridge, H. T. |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Hoffman, P. C. | Murnin, Hugh |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Holline, A. | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Batey, Joseph | Hore-Belisha, Leslie. | Naylor, T. E. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Horrabin, J. F. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) |
| Benson, G. | Isaacs, George | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Palin, John Henry. |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Johnston, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Paling, Wilfrid |
| Brooke, W. | Jones, Llewellyn., F. | Palmer, E. T. |
| Brothers, M. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Picton-Turbervill, Edith |
| Buchanan, G. | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Pole, Major D. G. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Kelly, W. T. | Potts, John S. |
| Buxton, C. R. (York W. R. Elland) | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Price, M. P. |
| Cape, Thomas | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Knight, Holford | Richards, R. |
| Charleton, H C. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Chater, Daniel | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) |
| Church, Major A. G. | Law, A. (Rossendale) | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Clarke, J. S. | Lawrence, Susan | Ritson, J. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) | Romeril, H. G |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lawson, John James | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Rowson, Guy |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Cowan, D. M. | Lees, J. | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Daggar, George | Leonard, W. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwan) |
| Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Sanders, W. S. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Logan. David Gilbert | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Day, Harry | Longbottom, A. W. | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Longden, F. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Dukes, C. | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Duncan, Charles | Lunn, William | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Ede, James Chuter | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Edmunds, J. E. | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Shield, George William |
| Elmley, Viscount | McElwee, A. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | McEntee, V. L. | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) | McKinlay, A. | Shinwell, E. |
| Gibson, H. M. (Lanes. Mossley) | MacLaren, Andrew | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Gill, T. H. | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) | Simmons, C. J. |
| Gillett, George M. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Glassey, A. E. | McShane, John James | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Gossling, A. G. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Gould, F. | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Manning, E. L. | Smith, Lees-. Rt. Hon. H. B. (Keighley) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Mansfield, W. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Gray, Mliner | March, S. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Coine) | Marcus, M. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Marley, J. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Marshall, Fred | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Mathers, George | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Matters, L. W. | Strauss, G. R. |
| Half, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Messer, Fred | Sullivan, J. |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Middleton, G. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Mills, J. E. | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Milner, Major J. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Thurtle, Ernest | Welsh, James (Paisley) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Tinker, John Joseph | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Toole, Joseph | West, F. R. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Tout, W. J. | Westwood, Joseph | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loushb'gh) |
| Townend, A. E. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) | Wise, E. F. |
| Viant, S. P. | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Watkins, F. C. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) | Williams, David (Swansea, East) | |
| Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Wellock, Wilfred | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. T. Henderson. |
| NOES | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Penny, Sir George |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Balniel, Lord | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Reynolds, Col. Sir James |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Gower, Sir Robert | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch't'sy) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Ruggies-Brise, Colonel E. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Bracken, B. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hammersley, S. S. | Savery, S. S. |
| Broadbent, Colonel J. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Butler, R. A. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Walter | Smithers, Waldron |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hurd, Percy A. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Thompson, Luke |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Latham, H. P. (Scarboro' & Whitby) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Christle, J. A. | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Long. Major Hon. Erie | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Macdonald, Sir M. (Inverness) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Macquisten, F. A. | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Marjoribanks, Edward | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Meller, R. J. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.M.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | |
| Fermoy, Lord | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Forestler-Walker, Sir L. | Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester) | Sir Frederick Thomson and |
| Captain Margesson. |
First Resolution read a Second time.