§ Sir D. MACLEANCan the Leader of the House tell us what business it is proposed to take to-morrow, what business is to be taken next week, and what Orders of the Day it is proposed to take under the Motion standing in his name relating to business after eleven o'clock to-night?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWTo-day we propose to take the first six Orders and numbers 9 and 11; to-morrow the Housing Bill, Report and Third Reading, and other Orders; on Monday, the Army and Air Force Estimates and other outstanding 1630 Estimates; and on Tuesday any remaining Orders on the Paper, Lords' Amendments, and the Second Reading of the Irish Education Bill I shall be obliged if my right hon. Friend will wait until Monday for the business for the rest of the week.
§ Mr. E. WOODWhat time does the right hon. Gentleman propose that the House shall rise to-night?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI cannot give any indication, but I hope that it will not be as late as it was this morning.
§ Captain REDMONDMay I ask the Leader of the House, in view of the statement he has made that the Second Reading of the Irish Education Bill is to be taken on Tuesday, if we are to understand that that means that the Government have dropped their pretence of introducing a Home Rule Bill, and do not intend to proceed with it?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWMy right hon. Friend does not take that view. I do not think "pretence" is the right word.
§ Captain REDMOND"Sham," then!
§ Mr. BONAR LAWAs a matter of fact, I do not see any connection. In any event, the Home Rule Bill could not come into operation immediately, while the state of education in all parts of Ireland does require an immediate remedy, and in the Bill there are provisions which make it adaptable to the new situation.
§ Captain REDMONDThen am I to understand from the right hon. Gentleman's reply that a Bill for the self-government of Ireland is to be introduced, which is not to come into operation immediately?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe hon. Member will, I am sure, see that if it were to come into operation instantly it would upset all our previous beliefs that it is impossible.
§ Captain REDMONDAm I, therefore, to take it that the right hon. Gentleman does not intend it should come into operation at all? Is not that the real fact?
§ Sir D. MACLEANAm I right in assuming that the Home Rule Bill, or rather the First Reading, will be taken one day next week?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWAs the House knows, the Prime Minister cannot be here, on account of the presence of M. Clemenceau, and I would rather any questions on this matter should be addressed to him on Monday.
§ Captain REDMONDThe cat is out of the bag now!
§ Mr. E. WOODWill the right hon. Gentleman state, for the convenience of Members of the House, whether it is still the intention to rise on the 23rd instant, or is there any ground for the rumour circulated in the Lobby that we shall rise at the end of next week?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt all depends on circumstances over which the Government have no control, not only in this House, but in the other.
§ Lord R. CECILIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that very grave dissatisfaction exists at the practice of the Government in taking very important Bills at all night sittings, and may I ask whether, in view of that feeling, he intends to persist with his Motion for the suspension of the eleven o'clock rule to-night in order to enable the Government to commit again this Parliamentary outrage?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI think even if the eleven o'clock rule is suspended it will not be necessary for the House to sit late tonight. If I am wrong, the House will not agree with me, but then I know as well as any other hon. Member that the suspension of the eleven o'clock rule towards the end of the Session is customary. After all, our desire is to meet the general convenience of the House.
§ Lord R. CECILNot by all-night sittings.
§ Mr. REMERWill the right hon. Gentleman take steps to prevent unnecessary speeches, such as were delivered yesterday?
Dr. MURRAYWill the right hon. Gentleman take the view of the Minister of Health as to the effect on health of all-night sittings?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWAfter last night's experience I should not consider my right hon. Friend would be impartial.
§ Major' O'NEILLAre we to assume that the Irish Education Bill, which is to be taken on Tuesday, is to be taken before or after midnight?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWCertainly before, or not at all.
Mr. TYSON WILSONIs it the intention of the Government to pass the Irish Education Bill through all its stages before the House rises?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThat is quite impossible.
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. Bonar Law.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 225; Noes, 75.
1633| Division No. 152.] | AYES. | [3.56 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral | Carew, Charles R. S. (Tiverton) | Doyle, N. Grattan |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Carr, W. T. | Duncannon, Viscount |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. | Elliot, Captain W. E. (Lanark) |
| Allen, Colonel William James | Casey, T. W. | Elveden, Viscount |
| Armitage, Robert | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Eyras-Monsell, Commander |
| Astbury, Lieut, Commander F. W. | Chadwick, R. Burton | Falcon, Captain M. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm, W.) | Falie, Major Sir Bertram Godfrey |
| Atkey, A. R. | Cheyne, Sir William Watson | Fell, Sir Arthur |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Child, Brig.-General Sir Hill | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. |
| Barlow, Sir Montagu (Salford, S.) | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Foreman, H. |
| Barrand, A. R. | Clay, Captain H. H. Spender | Forrest, W. |
| Barrie, Charles Coupar (Banff) | Clyde, James Avon | Gange, E. S. |
| Barton, Sir William (Oldham) | Coats, Sir Stuart | Geddes, Rt. Hon. Sir A. C. (Bas'gst'ke) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Cockerill, Brig.-General G. K. | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham |
| Bell, Lt.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Cohen, Major J. B. B. | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Bentinck, Lt.-Col. Lord H. Cavendish. | Callas, Major W. P. | Glyn, Major R. |
| Betterton, H. B. | Colvin, Brig.-General R. B. | Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir E. A. |
| Birchall, Major J. D. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Grant, James Augustus |
| Bird, Alfred | Coote, Colin R. (Isle of Ely) | Green J. F. (Leicester) |
| Blair, Major Reginald | Cope, Major W. (Glamorgan) | Greene, Lt.-Col. W. (Hackney, N.) |
| Berwick, Major G. O. | Cory, Sir James Herbert (Cardiff) | Guest, Maj. Hon. O. (Leic., Loughboro') |
| Bowyer, G. W. E. | Craig, Co. Sir James (Down, Mid.) | Guinness, Lt.-Col. Hon. W. E.(B. St. E.) |
| Breese, Major C. E. | Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Gwynne, R. S. |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Crooks, Rt. Hon. William | Hacking, Colonel D. H. |
| Broad, Thomas Tucker | Davies, Sir D. S. (Denbigh) | Hailwood, A. |
| Bruton, Sir J. | Davies, Sir Joseph (Crewe) | Hambro, Angus Valdemar |
| Buchanan, Lieut.-Col. A. L. H. | Davies, T. (Cirencester) | Harmsworth, Cecil B. (Luton, Beds.) |
| Burden, Colonel Rowland | Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Harris, Sir H. P. (Paddington, S.) |
| Burn, T. H. (Belfast) | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington) | Haslam, Lewis |
| Butcher, Sir J. G. | Dewhurst, Lieut.-Commander H. | Hennessy, Major G. |
| Campbell, J. G. D. | Dixon, Captain H. | Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) |
| Campion, Colonel W. R | Dockrell, Sir M. | Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) |
| Hewart, Rt. Hon. Sir Gordon | Matthews, David | Scott, Leslie (Liverpool, Exchange) |
| Hickman, Brig,-General Thomas E. | Middlebrook, Sir William | Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John |
| Hilder, Lt.-Colonel F. | Mitchell, William Lane- | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T., W.) |
| Hohler, Henry Fitzroy | Moles, Thomas | Simm, M. T. |
| Holmes, J. Stanley | Molson, Major John Elsdale | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander |
| Hope, James Fitzalen (Sheffield) | Moore-Brabazon, Lt.-Col. J. T. C. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. (Preston) |
| Hope, John Deans (Berwick) | Morrison, H. (Salisbury) | Stanton, Charles Butt |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Starkey, Capt. John Ralph |
| Horne, Sir Robert (Hillhead) | Mount, William Arthur | Stephenson, Colonel H. K. |
| Houston, Robert Paterson | Murchison, C. K. | Stewart, Gershom |
| Hughes, Spencer Leigh | Murray, Lt.-Col. Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Sturoock, J. Leng |
| Hunter, Gen. Sir A. (Lancaster) | Murray, Maj. C. D. (Edinburgh, S.) | Sugden, Lieut. W. H. |
| Hurd, P. A. | Murray, William (Dumfries) | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Hurst, Major G. B. | Nall, Major Joseph | Talbot, G. A. (Hemel Hempstead) |
| Inskip, T. W. H. | Neal, Arthur | Terrell, Capt R. (Henley, Oxford) |
| Jackson, Lt.-Col. Hon. F. S. (York) | Nicholson, W. (Petersfield) | Thomas, Sir R. (Wrexham, Denb.) |
| Jameson, Major J. G. | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.) |
| Jodrell, N. P. | Norton-Griffiths, Lt.-Colonel Sir J. | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchelt- (M'yhl.) |
| Jones, Sir Edgar R. (Merthyr Tydvil) | O'Neill, Captain Hon. Robert W. H. | Tickler, Thomas George |
| Kellaway, Frederick George | Palmer, Brig.-Gen. G. (Westbury) | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| Kidd, James | Parry, Lt.-Colonel Thomas Henry | Ward-Jackson, Major C. L. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke, Trent) |
| Knights, Captain H. | Peel, Col. Hon. S. (Uxbridge, Mddx.) | Wardle, George J. |
| Lane-Fox, Major G. R. | Pennefather, De Fonbtanque | Waring, Major Walter |
| Law, Rt. Hon. A. Bonar | Pickering, Col. Emil W. | Warren, Sir Alfred H. |
| Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Wason, John Cathcart |
| Lewis, T. A. (Pontypridd, Glam.) | Pownall, Lt.-Colonel Assheton | Weigell, Lt.-Colonei W. E. G. A. |
| Lister, Sir R. Ashton | Pratt, John William | Weston, Colonel John W. |
| Lloyd, George Butler | Purchase, H. G. | Wheler, Colonel Granville C. H. |
| Locker-Lampoon, Com. O. (Hunt'don) | Raeburn, Sir William | White, Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Lowe, Sir F. W. | Ramsden, G. T. | Whitla, Sir William |
| Lynn, R. J. | Raper, A. Baldwin | Wild, Sir Ernest Edward |
| Lyon, L. | Rees, Sir J. D. | Williams, Lt.-Com. C. (Tavistock) |
| M'Donald, Dr. B. F. P. (Wallasey) | Rees, Captain J. Tudor (Barnstaple) | Wilson, Colonel Leslie (Reading) |
| Macdonald, Rt. Hon, J. M. (Stirling) | Remer, J. B. | Wilson, Col. M. (Richmond, Yorks.) |
| M'Guffin, Samuel | Remnant, Colonel Sir James | Wilson-Fox, Henry |
| M'Lean, Lt.-Col. C. W. W. (Brigg) | Rendall, Athelstan | Wood, Major Hon. E. (Ripon) |
| Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecelesall) | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, W.) |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Mallalieu, Frederick William | Robinson, T. Stretford, Lancs.) | Yate, Colonel Charles Edward |
| Malone, Colonel C. L. (Leyton, E.) | Roundell, Lt.-Colonel R. F. | Young, Sir F. W. (Swindon) |
| Malone, Major P. (Tottenham) | Rowlands, James | |
| Manville, Edward | Samuel, A. M. (Farnham, Surrey) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Lord E. |
| Martin, A. E. | Sassoon, Sir Philip A. G. D. | Talbot and Mr. J. Parker |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Francis Dyke | Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Gretton, Colonel John | Palmer, Major G. M. (Jarrow) |
| Ashley, Col. Wilfred W. | Grundy, T. W. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Guest, J. (Hemsworth, York) | Redmond, Captain William A. |
| Bell, James (Ormskirk) | Hallas, E. | Richards, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Benn, Captain W. (Leith) | Hayward, Major Evan | Richardson, R. (Houghton) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. Arthur (Widnes) | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Brace, Rt. Hon. William | Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) | Sitch, C. H. |
| Briant, F. | Hirst, G. H. | Smith, W. (Wellingborough) |
| Bromfield, W. | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Spoor, B. G. |
| Brown, J. (Ayr and Bute) | Hogge, J. M. | Swan, J. E. C. |
| Buckley, Lt.-Colonel A. | Jones, Sir Evan (Pembroke) | Thomas-Stanford, Charles |
| Burn, Colonel C. R. (Torquay) | Kelly, Edward J. (Donegal, E.) | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, W.) |
| Cairns, John | Kelly, Major Fred (Rotherham) | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Cape, Tom | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander | Tillett, Benjamin |
| Carter, W. (Mansfield) | Kenyon, Barnet | Wignall, James |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Kiley, James Daniel | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Cory, Sir Clifford John (St. Ives) | Lawson, John | Williams, A. (Consult, Durham) |
| Cowan, Sir H. (Aberdeen and Kinc.) | Lindsay, William Arthur | Williams, J. (Gower, Glam.) |
| Croft, Brig.-General Henry Page | Lunn, William | Williams, Col. P. (Middlesbrough) |
| Curzon, Commander Viscount | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Wilson, Capt. A. Stanley (Hold'ness) |
| Davies, Major David (Montgomery Co.) | McMicking, Major Gilbert | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Davies, T. (Cirencester) | Marriott, John Arthur R. | Wood, Maj. Mackenzie Aberdeen, C.) |
| Edwards. C. (Bedwellty) | Mosley, Oswald | |
| Finney, Samuel | Murray, Dr. D. (Western Isles) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Sir F. |
| FitzRoy, Captain Hon. Edward A. | Nicholl, Com. Sir Edward | Banbury and Mr. A. Shaw. |
| Glanville, Harold James |