§ Mr. LANSBURYWould the Prime Minister state how far he proposes to go tonight if the Motion for the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule is carried?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIf the Motion is carried, we propose to take the first four Orders on the Paper. The substantial one, of course, is the first one, but I understand that the Report stage 1141 will be concluded about 6.30, and that then we shall proceed to the Third Reading of the Bill. I have been informed, I think quite accurately, that Orders Nos. 2, 3 and 4 are to all intents and purposes non-contentious business.
§ 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, 291; Noes, 49.
1143| Division No. 223.] | AYES. | [3.48 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T.(Leeds, W.) | Duggan, Hubert John | Law, Sir Alfred |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Duncan, James A.L.(Kensington, N.) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Dunglass, Lord | Levy, Thomas |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Eady, George H. | Lewis, Oswald |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir William (Armagh) | Eaies, John Frederick | Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock) |
| Assheton, Ralph | Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Lindsay, Noel Ker |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Liewellin, Major John J. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Llewellyn Jones, Frederick |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Evans, R. T.(Carmarthen) | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'ndsw'th) |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Loder, Captain J. de Vere |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Fermoy, Lord | Loftus, Pierce C. |
| Burton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Fleming, Edward Lasceiles | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B.(Porttm'th. C.) | Fox, Sir Gifford | Mabane, William |
| Bunn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Galbraith, James Francis Wallace | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C.G.(Partick) |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Ganzoni, Sir John | MacAndrew, Major J. O.(Ayr) |
| Bernays, Robert | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Seaham) |
| Blinded, James | Gibson, Charles Granville | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Glossop, C. W. H | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Gluckstein, Louis Haile | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Brown, Col. D. C.(N'th'l'd, Hexham) | Goff, Sir Park | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian |
| Brown, Ernest(Leith) | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Magnay, Thomas |
| Briwn, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks., Newb'y) | Granville, Edgar | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Grattan, Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P.G.T. | Graves, Marjorie | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Bullock, Captain Malcoim | Grigg, Sir Edward | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Burghley, Lord | Grimston, R. V. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Burnett, John George | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Martin, Thomas B. |
| Campbell-Johnston, Maicoim | Gunston Captain D.W. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Meller, Sir Richard James(Mitcham) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hall, Capt. W. D'Arcy (Brecon) | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Mills, Sir Richard (Layton, E.) |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Hamilton, Sir R.W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Milne, Charles |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Harbord, Arthur | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) | Harris, Sir Percy | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R.(Ayr) |
| Chapman, Col. R.(Houghton-le-Spring) | Hartington, Marquess of | Moreing, Adrian C. |
| Choriton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Hartland George A | Morgan, Robert H. |
| Clarke, Frank | Harvey. George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Clayton, Sir Christopher | Harvey, Major Sir Samuel (Totnes) | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Moss, Captain H. J. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Haslam, Sir John(Bolton) | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Hradlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Nation, Brigadier General J. J. H. |
| Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Nicholson, Godfrey(Morpeth) |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) |
| Colvilla, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Herbert, Capt. S.(Abbey Division) | Norie-Miller, Francis |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Hoare, Lt. Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Holdsworth, Herbert | Orr Ewing, I. L. |
| Cooke, Douglas | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hornby, frank | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Copeland, Ida | Horsbrugh, Florence | Peake, Osbert |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Petherick, M. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Peto, Sir Basil E.(Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Hudson, Robert Spear(Southport) | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bilst'n) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C.(Gainsb'ro) | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Pike Cecil F. |
| Crost, R. H. | James, Wing.-Com. A. W. H. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Janner, Barnett | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Curry, A. C. | Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Procter, Major Henry Adam |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Johnston, J. W.(Clackmannan) | Ramsay, T. B. W.(Western Isles) |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Johnstone, Harcourt(S. Shields) | Ramsbotham, Herwald |
| Dawton, Sir Philip | Ker, J. Campbell | Ramsden, Sir Eugene |
| Denman, Hon. R.D. | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Rankin, Robert |
| Dickie, John P. | Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Doran, Edward | Kimball, Lawrence | Reed, Arthur C.(Exeter) |
| Dower, Captain A. V. G. | Kirkpatrick, William M. | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Drewe, Cedric | Knox, Sir Alfrec | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Renwick, Major Gustav A. | Smith, Sir J. Walker (Barrow-in-F.) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L |
| Rickards, George William | Smithers, Sir Waldron | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Ropner, Colonel L. | Somervell, Sir Donald | Wallace, Sir John (Dunfermline) |
| Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Soper, Richard | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Rothschild, James A. de | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Runge, Norah Cecil | Spencer, Captain Richard A. | Watt, Major George Steven H. |
| Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour |
| Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Rutherford, John (Edmonton) | Stones, James | White, Henry Graham |
| Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Storey, Samuel | Williams, Charles (Devon. Torquay) |
| Salmon, Sir Isidore | Stourton, Hon. John J. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertl'd) |
| Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Strauss, Edward A. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Samuel, Ht. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Strickland, Captain W. F. | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Samuel, M. R. A. (W'ds'wth, Putney) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Sutcliffe, Harold | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff] |
| Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Tate, Mavis Constance | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Savery, Servington | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'oaks) |
| Selley, Harry R. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Thompson, Sir Luke | |
| Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Thomson, Sir James D. w. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Simmonds, Oliver Edwin | Todd, Lt.-Col. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) | Sir George Penny and Sir Victor |
| Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) | Warrender |
| Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. | Train, John | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | McEntee, Valentine L. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Maclean. Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Banfield, John William | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Mainwaring, William Henry |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Milner, Major James |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Buchanan, George | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Cape, Thomas | Grundy, Thomas W. | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cleary, J. J. | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | John, William | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, North) |
| Cove, William G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Thorne, William James |
| Dagger, George | Kirkwood, David | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | West, F. R. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lawson, John James | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Davies, Stephen Owen | Leonard, William | Williams. Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Dobbie, William | Logan, David Gilbert | Wilmot, John |
| Edwards. Charles | Lunn, William | |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Paling and Mr. Groves. |