§ Mr. GreenwoodMay I ask the Prime Minister, first, for what purpose it is proposed to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-night; secondly, whether he can make any statement as to Friday's Business; and thirdly, when he will be in a position to make a statement with regard to outstanding Business to be taken before the Adjournment of the House for the Summer Recess?
§ The Prime MinisterI will answer the right hon. Gentleman's last question first. On Wednesday I shall move a Motion at the beginning of Business to reduce the number of Allotted Supply Days this Session from 20 to 16. I will then make a full statement on the outstanding Business which the Government must ask the House to dispose of before the Adjournment for the Summer Recess.
To-night, it is proposed to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule in order to obtain the Business up to and including the Third Order on the Paper. We also propose to take the Report stage of the Overseas Trade Guarantees Money Resolution, and we hope that there will also be an opportunity of taking the Committee stage of the Bill.
33 The Business on Friday will be: Supply; Committee [13th Allotted Day]: Home Office Vote: Debate on the Hours of Juvenile Labour.
I would like also to refer to the Business for to-morrow. In making the Business statement last Thursday, questions were put to me about proceedings on the Agricultural Development Bill. A reply which I gave might suggest that the procedure of the House did not allow the Third Reading being taken on the same day as the Report stage, in the event of Amendments being made. This, of course, is not the case. In fact, it is not unusual to take the Third Reading of Bills immediately after the Report stage although they may have been amended on the earlier stage. In view of the late period of the Session and the necessity to pass the Agricultural Development Bill into law before the Summer Recess, we must ask the House to dispose of the Report and Third Reading of the Bill tomorrow, so that it may go to another place.
§ Mr, MaxtonIs it not unprecedented to cut down the number of Supply days?
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir, it is not unprecedented. I can give precedents to the House when the Motion is submitted.
§ Mr. TinkerHas the Prime Minister given any consideration to the appeal which has been made for a day to discuss old age pensions?
§ The Prime MinisterI have already answered that question.
§ Mr. R. C. MorrisonCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether these four Supply days are definitely cut out altogether, or whether it is intended to include them in the remaining part of the Session, in the autumn.
§ The Prime MinisterThat is not possible.
§ Sir A. SinclairIs there any precedent for cutting out Supply days except in war time, and on one occasion when a General Election was held in the middle of the summer?
§ The Prime MinisterI do not want to argue the question now. We shall have to discuss it on Wednesday, but there is a precedent.
§ Mr. MaxtonDo I understand that a Motion will be put down for discussion on Wednesday?
§ The Prime Ministerindicated assent.
§
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,188;Noes, 106.
35| Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Hunloke, H. P. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwish) |
| Hunter, T. | Munro, P. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Nioolson, Hon. H. G. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Jennings, R. | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Keeling, E. H. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Kellett, Major E.O. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Kerr, Sir John Graham (Soo'sh Univs.) | Palmer, G. E. H. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Patrick, C. M. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Lelghton, Major B. E. P. | Peake,O. | Thomas, J. P. L. |
| Liddall. W. S. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. |
| Lindsay, K. M. | Pilkington, R. | Thornton-Kemslay, C. N. |
| Lipson, D. L. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Titehfield, Marquess of |
| Little, J. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Touche, G. C. |
| Lloyd, G. W. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Looker-Lampson, Comdr.O. S. | Ramsbotham, Rt. Hon. H. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Lucas, Major Sir J. M. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Ward, Lieut-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| M'Connell, Sir J. | Read, A. C. (Exeter) | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. |
| McCorquodale, M. S. | Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. (lsle of Wight) | Reld, J. S. C. (Hillhead) | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Macnamara, Lieut.-Colonel J. R. J. | Ramer, J. R. | Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Maitland, Sir Adam | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Manningham-Bullar, Sir M. | Rosbotham, Sir T. | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Markham, S. F. | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | Wise, A. R. |
| Marsden, Commander A. | Russell, Sir Alexander | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Mason, Lt.-Col. Hon. G. K. M. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Salmon, Sir I. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) | |
| Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Morgan, R. H. (Worcester, Stourbridge) | Scott, Lord William | Lieut.-Colonel Kerr and |
| Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Selley, H. R. | Captain McEwen |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Sir R. T. D. | Gibson, R. (Greenock) | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Pritt, D. N. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Ridley, G. |
| Adamson, Jennie L. (Dartford) | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Ritson, J. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Sanders, W. S. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Groves, T. E. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | Shinwell, E. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Silkin, L. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Hardie, Agnes | Simpson, F. B. |
| Barr, J. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Batey, J. | Hayday, A, | Smith, Ban (Rotherhithe) |
| Beaumont, H. (Batley) | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees (K'ly) |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Burke, W. A. | Hopkin, D. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Horabin, T. L. | Stephen, C. |
| Chater, D. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| CIuse, W. S. | John, W. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Cooks, F. S. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Summerskill, Dr. Edith |
| Collindridge, F. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Cove, W. G. | Kirby, B. V. | Thorne, W. |
| Daggar, G. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. | Thurtle, E. |
| Davies, R, J. (Westhoughton) | Leach, W. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Day. H. | Logan, D. G. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dobbie, W. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Walker, J. |
| Edwards, N. (Caerphilly) | McEntee, V. La T. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Evans, D.O. (Cardigan) | MacLaren, A. | White, H. Graham |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Marshall, F. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Foot, D. M. | Maxton, J. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Franker, D. | Messer, F, | Wilmot, John |
| Gallacher, W. | Montague, F. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C,) |
| Gardner, B. W. | Morgan, J. (York, W.R., Doncaster) | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Garro Jones, G. M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Noel-Baker, P. J. | |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Parker, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES. — |
| Mr. Whiteley and Mr. Mathers. |