§ Mr. LANSBURYMay I ask the Prime Minister what is the business for next week, and also how long the right hon. Gentleman intends us to sit to-night if the Motion on the Paper in his name is carried?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThis is the business for next week: On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Betting and Lotteries Bill [Lords] Committee stage, and, if there is time, other Orders on the Paper—that is assuming that the Motion in my name is carried.
The business for Thursday and Friday will be announced later.
With reference to the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-day, I hope the sitting will not be very long, but we would like to get the three Resolutions dealing with the publication of the Report on India, the Betting and Lotteries Bill, and the appointment of new judges, as well as the remaining stages of the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill. The Government would also like to get the Second Reading of the Dindings Agreement Bill, which is understood to be non-contentious.
§ Mr. LANSBURYAs no one knows anything about the Dindings Bill I think that may be non-contentious, but there may very well be a long discussion on one or other of the Motions which the right hon. Gentleman desires to get, and if that be so I take it we shall not be expected to sit late in order to get them through, because there are two subjects arising on the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill which we want to discuss which may take a little time.
§ The PRIME MINISTERQuite honestly, I do not want the House to sit unreasonably late, but we have to get a certain amount of business through in a very short and limited time, limited on 363 account of special circumstances on this occasion, and I do hope it will be possible to get the three Resolutions. I can assure the House that we are very reasonable in our demands, but we must get the business through and the work of the Session wound up in due course.
§ Mr. MAXTONCould the Prime Minister tell us how many nights next week the Eleven o'Clock Rule will not be suspended?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope that when we do suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule next week it will be more as a precaution than as a necessity.
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSCan the right hon. Gentleman say when the Second
§ Reading of the Electricity Bill will be taken?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIf my hon. Friend will repeat that question on another occasion I shall be able to answer. There are several outstanding matters.
§ Mr. PIKEIs the right hon. Gentleman satisfied that it is a national necessity to spend three days on the Committee stage of a Betting Bill for which the Government have no mandate?
§
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, 297 Noes, 46.
365| Division No. 377.] | AYES | 3.58 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Granville, Edgar |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Clarry, Reginald George | Graves, Marjorie |
| Albery, Irving James | Clayton, Sir Christopher | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l, W.) | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro',W.) |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir William (Armaah) | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Conant, R. J. E. | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Cook, Thomas A. | Guy, J. C. Morrison |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Cooke, Douglas | Hacking, Rt. Hen. Douglas H. |
| Apsley, Lord | Cooper, A. Duff | Hales, Harold K. |
| Assheton, Ralph | Copeland, Ida | Hammersley, Samuel S. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Bailey. Eric Alfred George | Critchley, Brig.-General A. C. | Harris, Sir Percy |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hartland, George A. |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Crooke, J. Smedley | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Crossley, A. C. | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th,C.) | Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Herbert. Major J. A. (Monmouth) |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Bernays, Robert | Denville, Alfred | Holdsworth, Herbert |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Dixey, Arthur C. N. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Blindell, James | Drummond-Wolff, H. M. C. | Hornby, Frank |
| Borodale, Viscount | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Bossom, A. C. | Duggan. Hubert John | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Bower, Commander Robert Tatton | Dunglass, Lord | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Eady, George H. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Bracken, Brendan | Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Iveagh, Countess of |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Elmley, Viscount | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Jamieson, Douglas |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Jesson, Major Thomas E. |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T | Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) | Ker, J. Campbell |
| Burgin. Dr. Edward Leslie | Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | Kerr, Hamilton W. |
| Burnett, John George | Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger |
| Burton, Colonel Henry Walter | Everard, W. Lindsay | Kirkpatrick, William M. |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton |
| Caine, G. R. Hall- | Fremantle, Sir Francis | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Campbell. Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Fuller, Captain A. G. | Law Sir Alfred |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Galbraith, James Francis Wallace | Leckie, J. A. |
| Carver, Major William H. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Leech, Dr. J. W. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Leighton. Major B. E. P. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Glossop, C. W. H. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Levy, Thomas |
| Chamberlain, Rt.Hon.Sir J.A.(Birm.,W) | Goff, Sir Park | Lewis, Oswald |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Liddall, Walter S. |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd. N.) | Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock) |
| Lindsay, Noel Ker | Petherick, M. | Somerset, Thomas |
| Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilston) | Somervell, Sir Donald |
| Llewellin, Major John J. | Pike, Cecil F. | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Power, Sir John Cecli | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Purbrick, R. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Loftus, Pierce C. | Pybus, Sir John | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) |
| Lyons, Abraham Montagu | Radford, E. A. | Stones, James |
| Mabane, William | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Strauss, Edward A. |
| MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Ramsbotham, Herwaid | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Ramsden, Sir Eugene | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| McKeag, William | Ray, Sir William | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| McKie, John Hamilton | Rea, Waiter Russell | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Magnay, Thomas | Reid, David D. (County Down) | Thompson, Sir Luke |
| Maitland, Adam | Reid, William Allan (Derby) | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Rickards, George William | Train, John |
| Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Margesson, Capt Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Marsden, Commander Arthur | Robinson, John Roland | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Ropner, Colonel L. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Ross, Ronald D. | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Milne, Charles | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. | Wardlaw-Mline, Sir John S |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) | Watt. Captain George Steven H. |
| Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Moreing, Adrian C. | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Salmon, Sir Isidore | White, Henry Graham |
| Moss, Captain H. J. | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Munro, Patrick | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Nicholson. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Savery, Samuel Servington | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Nunn, William | Selley, Harry R. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Shaw, Captain William T. (Forfar) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Orr Ewing, I. L. | Shute, Colonel J. J. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Patrick, Colin M. | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Peake, Osbert | Skelton, Archibald Noel | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Pearson, William G. | Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-in-F.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Percy, Lord Eustace | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine,C.) | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Perkins, Waiter R. D. | Smithers, Sir Waldron | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Mainwaring, William Henry |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Grundy, Thomas W. | Maxton, James |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Milner, Major James |
| Banfield, John William | Healy, Cahir | Paling, Wilfred |
| Batey, Joseph | Hicks, Ernest George | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Jenkins, Sir William | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cape, Thomas | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, North) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Thorne, William James |
| Daggar, George | Kirkwood, David | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lawson, John James | West, F. R. |
| Davies, Stephen Owen | Leonard, William | Williams, Dr. John H. (Lianelly) |
| Edwards, Charles | Lunn, William | Williams. Thomas (York. Don Valley) |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Wilmot, John |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | McEntee, Valentine L. | |
| Griffiths, George A. (Yorks,W. Riding) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |
Question put, and agreed to.