§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Prime Minister two questions: first, for what purpose does he wish to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-night, and how far does he propose that we should go; and secondly, when does he expect to be in a position to be able to announce the name of the new Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs?
§ The Prime MinisterAs regards the business for to-day, we are moving the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule purely as a precautionary measure. We hope to make good progress with the Cinematograph Films Bill, without asking the House to sit late, and we also propose to take the Second and Third Orders on the Paper, the Report stage of two Money Resolutions, which are exempted business. As regards the second question,
§ England and Wales (other than the London County Council).
§ I am not yet in a position to make a statement, but I hope to do so very shortly.
§ Mr. AttleeWhen considering that appointment, will the right hon. Gentleman remember the grave disadvantage which arose when there was only an Under-Secretary in this House to answer on foreign affairs, and will he consider the feeling of the House with regard to the representation of the Foreign Office in the House by a Cabinet Minister?
§ The Prime MinisterI shall try to keep all those matters in my mind.
§
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, 234; Noes, 124.
367| Division No. 106.] | AYES. | [3.48 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Caine, G. R. Hall. | Cross, R. H. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Campbell, Sir E. T. | Culverwell, C. T. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Cartland, J. R. H. | De la Bère, R. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Carver, Major W. H. | Denman, Hon. R. D. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Cary, R. A. | Denville, Alfred |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Castlereagh, Viscount | Doland, G. F. |
| Apsley, Lord | Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Duggan, H. J. |
| Assheton, R. | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Dunglass, Lord |
| Baillie, Sir A. W M. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Eastwood, J. F. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Channon, H. | Eckersley, P. T. |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Edmondson, Major Sir J. |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Christie, J. A. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Aylesbury) | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Ellis, Sir G. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Clarry, Sir Reginald | Emery, J. F. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Emmott, C. E. G. C. |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Colfox, Major W. P. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Entwistle, Sir C. F. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Everard, W. L. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Fildes, Sir H. |
| Brooklebank, Sir Edmund | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Findlay, Sir E. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. | Fleming, E. L. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Cox, H. B. Trevor | Fox, Sir G. W. G. |
| Bull, B. B. | Cranborne, Viscount | Furness, S. N. |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | Crooke, Sir J. S. | Gibson, Sir C. G. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Butler, R. A. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon Sir J. |
| Gluckstein, L. H. | Lloyd, G. W. | Russell, Sir Alexander |
| Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Salmon, Sir I. |
| Grant-Ferris, R. | Mabane, W. (Huddersheld) | Samuel, M. R. A. |
| Granville, E. L. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) | Sanderson, Sir F. B. |
| Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) | Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Sandys, E. D. |
| Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. |
| Gridley, Sir A. B. | McKie, J. H. | Savery, Sir Servington |
| Grimston, R. V. | Maclay, Hon. J. P. | Scott, Lord William |
| Guest, Lieut.-Colonel H. (Drake) | Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J | Selley, H. R. |
| Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Macquisten, F. A. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Gunsten, Capt. Sir D. W. | Magnay, T. | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) |
| Hambro, A. V. | Maitland, A. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Hannah, I. C. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| Harbord, A. | Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Somerset, T. |
| Harrington, Marquess of | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Harvey, Sir G. | Markham, S. F. | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Spens, W. P. |
| Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Storey, S. |
| Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Morgan, R. H. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Higgs, W. F. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Touche, G. C. |
| Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Holdsworth, H. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Hopkinson, A. | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Walker-Smith, Sir J. |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Hulbert, N. J. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | Palmer, G. E. H. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Hutchinson, G C. | Pilkington, R. | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Plugge, Capt. L. F. | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie |
| James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. | Porritt, R. W. | Wayland, Sir W. A |
| Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Jones, Sir H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Procter, Major H. A. | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Keeling, E. H. | Ramsbotham, H. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Ramsden, Sir E. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Rayner, Major R. H. | Wise, A. R. |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Leech, Sir J. W. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Wood, Hon. C. I. G. |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Ropner, Colonel L. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Levy, T. | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | |
| Liddall, W. S. | Rowlands, G. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Lindsay, K. M. | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | Captain Dugdale and Mr. Munro. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | Lathan, G. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Lawson, J. J. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Gallacher, W. | Leach, W. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Gardner, B. W. | Lee, F. |
| Banfield, J. W. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Leonard, W. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Logan, D. G. |
| Batey, J. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Lunn, W. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Macdonald, G. (Ince) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | McEntee, V. La T. |
| Benson, G. | Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | McGhee, H. G. |
| Bevan, A. | Hall, G. H. (Abordare) | MacLaren, A. |
| Bromfield, W. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Maclean, N. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (S. Ayrshire) | Hardie, Agnes | MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) |
| Burke, W. A. | Harris, Sir P. A, | Mainwaring, W. H. |
| Cape, T. | Hayday, A. | Mander, G. le M. |
| Charleton, H. C | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Marshall, F. |
| Chater, D. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Maxton, J. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Messer, F. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Milner, Major J, |
| Cocks, F. S. | Hopkin, D. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Cove, W. G. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Muff, G. |
| Daggar, G. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Nathan, Colonel H. L. |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Parker, J. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Kelly, W. T. | Parkinson, J. A. |
| Day, H. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Pearson, A. |
| Dobbie, W. | Kirby, B. V. | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Kirkwood, D. | Pritt, D. N. |
| Richards, R. (Wrexham) | Smith, E. (Stoke) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Ridley, G. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) | White, H. Graham |
| Riley, B. | Smith, T. (Normanton) | Whiteley, W. (Blaydon) |
| Ritson, J. | Stephen, C. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Brom.) | Stokes, R. R. | Williams, D. (Swansea, E.) |
| Roberts, W. (Cumberland. N.) | Thorne, W. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) | Thurtle, E. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Rothschild, J. A. de | Tinker, J. J. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Seely, Sir H. M. | Tomlinson, G. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Sexton, T. M. | Viant, S. P. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Simpson, F. B. | Walkden, A. G. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) | Watkins, F. C. | |
| Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) | Watson, W. McL. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Groves and Mr. Mathers. |
Question put, and agreed to.