§ Sir H. SAMUELMay I ask the Lord President of the Council for what purpose the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule is being moved to-day; and can he give an assurance that the Debate on the amendment of the Hops Marketing Scheme, with regard to which a good deal of interest is being shown outside as well as inside this House, will not be taken unduly late this evening? May I also ask the right hon. Gentleman what will be the business on Friday?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe business on Friday will be Supply, 16th Allotted Day, first Part. The Vote which has been put down is the Foreign Office Vote. With regard to the other parts of the right hon. Gentleman's question, I am expecting a similar question from the hon. Gentleman opposite.
§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Leader of the House whether he will be able to make a statement to-morrow on the business to be taken before the House rises, whether it is proposed to adjourn or prorogue, the approximate date of rising, and when it is proposed that the House should reassemble? May I also ask him what business it is proposed to take to-day in the event of the Motion for the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being carried?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe answers to both the hon. Gentlemen's questions are somewhat closely linked together. I will do my best to make such a statement 325 to-morrow, but I doubt very much whether it will be possible. We have a good deal of business to get through, but at the same time we are very anxious to bring the business of the House to a close as soon as we can; I think the whole House will be glad of a rest. I hope that I may rely upon the co-operation of the House to that end. With a view to accomplishing it, I hope that we may get the first five Orders on the Paper, and the Hops Order, to-day. I would point out that two of those Orders—the Isle of Man (Customs) Bill and the Public Works Loans Bill—are both what I would call "hardy annuals," and should require very
§ little attention; and I think that the Trustee Savings Banks (Special Investments) Bill [Lords] is non-controversial. I hope that, without asking the House to sit unduly late, we may get this programme to-day. If we do, it will, of course, materially help the statement which I shall endeavour to make tomorrow.
§
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)."—[Mr. Baldwin.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 221; Noes, 52.
327| Division No. 3 2 7.] | AYES | [3.25 p.m. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Law, Sir Alfred |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Leckie, J. A. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Elmley, Viscount | Leech, Dr, J. W. |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Baillle, Sir Adrian W. M. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Flelden, Edward Brocklehurst | Levy, Thomas |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Lewis, Oswald |
| Balniel, Lord | Fox, Sir Gifford | Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock) |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Fraser, Captain Sir Ian | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- |
| Beaumont, Hn. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Fremantle, Sir Francis | Liewellin, Major John J. |
| Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Ganzonl, Sir John | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. G'n) |
| Bean, Sir Arthur Shirley | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon, Sir John | Loden, Captain J. de Vere |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Loftus, Pierce C. |
| Bernays, Robert | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | Lyons, Abraham Montagu |
| Blaker, Sir Reginald | Goff, Sir Park | Mabane, William |
| Blindell, James | Goldle, Noel B. | MacAndrew, Lt.-Col. C. G. (Partick) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Gower, Sir Robert | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Grimston, R. V. | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Macmillan, Maurice Harold |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Magnay, Thomas |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Burnett, John George | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Hales, Harold K. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Caine, G. R. Hall- | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Hammersley, Samuel S. | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) |
| Carver, Major William H. | Hanley, Dennis A. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Harbord, Arthur | Motion, A. Hugh Elsdale |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Hartland, George A. | Moreing, Adrian C. |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Harvey, George (Lambeth,Kenningt'n) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Morrison, William Shepherd |
| Cobb, sir Cyril | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Moss, Captain H. J. |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Nunn, William |
| Cooke, Douglas | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hn. William G. A. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hepworth, Joseph | Orr Ewing, I. L. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Critchley, Brig.-General A. C. | Hills, major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Pearson, William G. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Peat, Charles U. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Petherick, M. |
| Cross, R. H. | Hornby, Frank | Potter, John |
| Crossley, A. C. | Horobin, Ian M. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Cutverwell, Cyril Tom | Horsbrugh, Florence | Radford, E. A. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset,Yeovil) | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Ramsay, Capt. A, H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Ramsbotham, Herwald |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Rankin, Robert |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Hurd, Sir Percy | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Dickle, John P. | Jackson. Sir Henry (Wandsworth. C.) | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Dixey, Arthur C. N. | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Reid, Capt. A. Cunning ham- |
| Dixon, Rt. Hon. Herbert | Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Doran, Edward | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Renwick, Major Gustav A. |
| Drewe, Cedric | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Knight, Holford | Rickards, George William |
| Ropner, Colonel L. | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Ross Taylor, Walter, (Woodbridge) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Runge, Norah Cecil | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Russell, R. J. (Eddlsbury) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Stones, James | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Salmon, Sir Isidore | Strauss, Edward A. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Sutcliffe, Harold | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Shaw, Captain William T. (Forfar) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hersford) | |
| Simmonds, Oliver Edwin | Thorp, Linton Theodore | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Unv., Belfast) | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir George Penny. |
| Skelton, Archibald Noel | Tree, Ronald | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Maxton, James |
| Banfield, John William | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Milner, Major James |
| Batey, Joseph | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Buchanan, George | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks,W. Riding) | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Cape, Thomas | Grundy, Thomas W. | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Cove, William G. | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvll) | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Harris, Sir Percy | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Curry, A. C. | Jenkins, Sir William | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Dagger, George | John, William | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Thorne. William James |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lawson, John James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Stephen Owen | Leonard, William | White, Henry Graham |
| Edwards, Charles | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | Lunn, William | Williams, Dr. John H. (Lianelly) |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | McEntee, Valentine L, | Williams, Thomas (York, Don valley) |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Mainwaring, William Henry | Mr. C. Macdonald and Mr. Groves. |
Bill read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.