§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Prime Minister if he will inform the House what business will be taken next week. May I ask him at the same time for what purpose the Motion for suspending the Eleven o'clock Rule is on the Paper?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Eleven o'clock Rule is being suspended in order 361 to obtain the Second Reading of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Bill and the Committee stage of the necessary Financial Resolution. After the Second Reading, the Bill will be referred to the Scottish Standing Committee.
§ The business next week will be:
§ Monday and Tuesday: London Passenger Transport Bill, Report and Third Reading.
§ Thursday: Consideration of Civil Supplementary Estimates. The Estimates will be made available to Members shortly and the order in which it is proposed to take them in Committee of Supply will be announced early next week.
§ On any day, should time permit, other Orders will be taken.
§ Wednesday and Friday are Private Members' days.
§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Prime Minister whether the Government will be able to give time for the Motion on unemployment which is on the Paper in the names of the right hon. Member for Bow and Bromley (Mr. Lansbury), myself and other Member—
That this House deplores the entire failure of the Government to deal with the problem of unemployment and its continuance in a course of policy which, by lowering the purchasing power of the masses and restricting the flow of trade, has resulted in an increase of over 400,000 unemployed in twelve months; and this House calls upon the Government to initiate and carry through a far-reaching plan for the utilisation in the interests of the nation of the national resources in land, credit, materials, and man-power which are now lying idle, so as to increase the total production of wealth in the country.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI only noticed the Motion this morning after this programme was made out. We must get the London Traffic Bill—[HON. MEMBERS: "Why? "] Because it is so important. In any event, if it is carried by Tuesday night, I am perfectly willing that Thursday should be given to the Vote of Censure.
§ Mr. LAMBERTMay I ask my right hon. Friend whether he proposes to make a practice of continually suspending the Eleven o'clock Rule? Would it not be possible to alter the Sittings of the House instead of keeping us late at night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMy right hon. Friend knows that it is a very old topic whether we should suspend the 2.45 Rule or the Eleven o'clock Rule, that is, either beginning before we do now or ending a little later than we normally do. As a matter of fact, in the great majority of cases this Motion is only passed for precautionary purposes, and that is why I am moving it to-day.
§ Mr. THORNEIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that if the Government divide themselves into three parts, they can even then beat us?
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That other Government Business have precedence this day of the Business of Supply, and 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, 286; Noes, 42.
365| Division No. 35.] | AYES. | [3.54 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Clarke, Frank |
| Albery, Irving James | Brass, Captain Sir William | Clarry, Reginald George |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l, W.) | Broadbent, Colonel John | Clayton, Dr. George C. |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Colfox, Major William Philip |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Conant, R. J. E. |
| Apsley, Lord | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Cook, Thomas A. |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick Wolfe | Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Burnett, John George | Cranborne, Viscount |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Butler, Richard Austen | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Caine, G. R. Hall- | Crass, R. H. |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Crussley, A. C. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Culverwell, Cyril Tom |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Carver, Major William H. | Curry, A. C. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Dalkeith, Earl of |
| Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Bernays, Robert | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Davison, Sir William Henry |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Denman, Hon. R. D. |
| Blindell, James | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Denville, Alfred |
| Bossom, A. C. | Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Dickie, John P. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Dormer, P. W. |
| Doran, Edward | Levy, Thomas | Ross Taylor, Waiter (Woodbridge) |
| Drewe, Cedric | Lewis, Oswald | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Liddall, Walter S. | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) |
| Edge, Sir William | Llewellin, Major John J. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Elliston, Captain George Sampson | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Elmley, Viscount | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd.Gr'n) | Salt, Edward W. |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Mabane, William | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G.(Partick) | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | McCorquodale, M. S. | Scone, Lord |
| Fade, Sir Bertram G. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Selley, Harry R. |
| Fermoy, Lord | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Flint, Abraham John | McKeag, William | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | McKie, John Hamilton | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Glossop, C. W. H. | McLean, Major Sir Alan | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Goff, Sir Park | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Maitland, Adam | Smithers, Waldron |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Somervell, Donald Bradley |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Soper, Richard |
| Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Martin, Thomas B. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N.) | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Hales, Harold K. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Hall, Capt. W. D'Arcy (Brecon) | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Ztl'nd) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Stevenson, James |
| Hanley, Dennis A. | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Harbord, Arthur | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Harris. Sir Percy | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Hartland, George A. | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Moss, Captain H. J. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Munro, Patrick | Thompson, Luke |
| Hepworth, Joseph | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Newton, Sir Douglas George C. | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Holdsworth, Herbert | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Hore-Belisha, Lesile | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Train, John |
| Hornby, Frank | Normand, Wilfrid Guild | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Horobin, Ian M. | North, Captain Edward T. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Nunn, William | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Howard, Tom Forrest | Palmer, Francis Noel | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Patrick, Colin M. | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Pearson, William G. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Hunter. Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Petherick, M. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Hurd, Sir Percy | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilston) | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour. |
| Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romf'd) | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Jamieson, Douglas | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Janner, Barnett | Procter, Major Henry Adam | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Ramsden, Sir Eugene | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Kirkpatrick, William M. | Rathbone, Eleanor | Womersley, Walter James |
| Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Ray, Sir William | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Knight, Holford | Rea, Walter Russell | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Reid, William Allan (Derby) | |
| Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Remer, John R. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Leckie, J. A. | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Lees-Jones, John | Robinson, John Roland | Victor Warrender. |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Ropner, Colonel L. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Daggar, George | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Hicks, Ernest George |
| Banfield, John William | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hirst, George Henry |
| Batey, Joseph | Edwards, Charles | Jenkins, Sir William |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | John, William |
| Buchanan, George | George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Cape, Thomas | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Kirkwood, David |
| Cove, William G. | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Lawson, John James |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Grundy, Thomas W. | Leonard, William |
| Logan, David Gilbert | Nathan, Major H. L. | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Lunn, William | Parkinson, John Allen | Williams, Or. John H. (Llanelly) |
| McEntee, Valentine L. | Price, Gabriel | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| McGovern, John | Thorne, William James | |
| Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Tinker, John Joseph | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Maxton, James | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah | Mr. G. Macdonald and Mr. Groves. |