Mr. TYSON WILSONMay I ask the Leader of the House what business it is proposed to take to-day and on Friday?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWWe hope to take the first six Orders to-day.
On Friday the business will be the Roads Bill (Committee), the Gold and Silver Bill (Committee), the Government of India Draft Rules, and other Orders.
§ 4.0 P.M.
§ Sir D. MACLEANMay I ask my right hon. Friend whether he will adopt this suggestion in the future with regard to Motions suspending the Eleven o'Clock Rule? Hon. Members will notice that there is a Motion on the Paper referring to Government business, and Government business means starred items, and that means 19 of them. It would be a very
§ great convenience to all Members if, in putting a Motion down, the items were included to which it was intended to refer, so that Members before coming to the House would be able to see what Orders the Government propose to take.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThat is a reasonable suggestion, and I think we can adopt it.
§ Sir F. BANBURYOrder No. 6 on the Paper refers to the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Compensation Bill. That is an important Bill, and there are many Amendments. Does the Leader of the House think it fair that that should be taken at one or two o'clock in the morning?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt is a Financial Resolution in connection with the Bill.
§ Sir F. BANBURYOnly a Financial Resolution?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWOnly that.
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREDoes the right hon. Gentleman expect to get the whole of the Report Stage of this very controversial Ministry of Health Bill before 5 a.m.?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWWhat my hon. Friend has asked is what I hope. So the answer is in the affirmative.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs it intended to take the Air Navigation Bill? Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that this Bill is urgently required for the aircraft industry?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWNot to-day.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYWhen?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWAs soon as we can.
§ 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, 249: Noes, 60.
2123| Division No. 389.] | AYES. | [4.15 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Armitage, Robert | Barlow, Sir Montague |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. C. | Ashley, Colonel Wilfrid W. | Barnston, Major Harry |
| Adkins, Sir William Ryland Dent | Atkey, A. R. | Beckett, Hon. Gervase |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. |
| Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James | Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Benn, Sir A. S. (Flymouth, Drake) |
| Amery, Lieut.-Col. Leopold C. M. S. | Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Bennett, Thomas Jewell |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Banner, Sir John S. Harmood- | Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Hambro, Captain Angus Valdemar | Parker, James |
| Bigland, Alfred | Hamilton, Major C. G. C. | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry |
| Blades, Capt. Sir George Rowland | Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) | Pearce, Sir William |
| Blair, Reginald | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike |
| Biake, Sir Francis Douglas | Harris, Sir Henry Percy | Peel, Col. Hn. S. (Uxbridge, Mddx.) |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) | Pennefather, De Fonblanque |
| Bowles, Colonel H. F. | Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) | Philipps, Gen. Sir I. (Southampton) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertlord, Watlord) | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Brassey, Major H. L. C. | Hinds, John | Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Hood, Joseph | Purchase, H. G. |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Hope, Sir H.(Stirling & Clckm'nn.W.) | Raeburn, Sir William H. |
| Briggs, Harold | Hope, James F. (Sheffield, Central) | Randies, Sir John S. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hope, J. D. (Berwick & Haddington) | Ratcliffe, Henry Butler |
| Broad, Thomas Tucker | Hopkins, John W. W. | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Bruton, Sir James | Hotchkin, Captain Stafford Vere | Remer, J. B. |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Remnant, Sir James |
| Burn, Col. C. Ft. (Devon, Torquay) | Hurd, Percy A. | Rodger, A. K. |
| Burn, T. H. (Belfast, St. Anne's) | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Rogers, Sir Hallewell |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Illingworth, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Carew, Charles Robert S. | Inskip, Thomas Walker H. | Rutherford, Colonel Sir J. (Darwen) |
| Carr, W. Theodore | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Carter, R. A. D. (Man., Withington) | Jesson, C. | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert A. |
| Casey, T. w. | Jodrell, Neville Paul | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Brldgeton) |
| Cayzer, Major Herbert Robin | Johnstone, Joseph | Seager, Sir William |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Seddon, J. A. |
| Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Child, Brigadier-General Sir Hill | Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk. George | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) |
| Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Kidd, James | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Coats, Sir Stuart | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Simm, M. T. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander |
| Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) |
| Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Stanton, Charles B. |
| Coote, William (Tyrone, South) | Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Starkey, Captain John R. |
| Cope, Major Wm. | Lindsay, William Arthur | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) | Lister, Sir R. Ashton | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lloyd, George Butler | Stevens, Marshall |
| Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) | Lloyd-Greame, Major Sir P. | Stewart, Gershom |
| Craig, Colonel Sir J. (Down, Mid) | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Curzon, Commander Viscount | Loseby. Captain C. E. | Taylor, J. |
| Davidson, J. C.C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Lowther, Lt.-Col. Claude (Lancaster) | Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham) |
| Davies, Sir David Sanders (Denbigh) | Lynn, R. J. | Thomas-Stanford, Charles |
| Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | M'Guffin, Samuel | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | McLaren, Robert (Lanark, Northern) | Thorpe, Captain John Henry |
| Dean, Lieut.-Commander P. T. | M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. | Townley, Maximilian G. |
| Dewhurst, Lieut.-Commander Harry | McMicking, Major Gilbert | Turton, E. R. |
| Donald, Thompson | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Waddington, R. |
| Doyle, N. Grattan | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Ward-Jackson, Major C. L. |
| Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Edge, Captain William | Macquisten, F. A. | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | Magnus, Sir Philip | Warren. Lieut.-Col. Sir Alfred H. |
| Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Wason, John Cathcart |
| Eyres-Monsell, Commander B. M. | Marriott, John Arthur Ransome | Whitla, Sir William |
| Falle, Major Sir Bertram G. | Matthews, David | Wigan, Brig.-Gen. John Tyson |
| Farquharson, Major A. C. | Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. | Williams, Lt.-Com. C. (Tavistock) |
| Flldes, Henry | Mitchell, William Lane | Williams, Col. Sir R. (Dorset, W.) |
| Flannery, Sir James Fortescue | Moles, Thomas | Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald |
| Forrest, Walter | Morrison, Hugh | Willoughby, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Claud |
| Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Wilson, Capt. A. S. (Holderness) |
| Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Mosley, Oswald | Wilson, Daniel M. (Down, West) |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Wilson, Colonel Leslie O. (Reading) |
| Ganzonl, Captain Francis John C. | Murray, Lieut.-Colonel A. (Aberdeen) | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir M. (Bethnal Gn.) |
| Gardiner, James | Murray, C. D. (Edinburgh) | Wilson-Fox, Henry |
| Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Gilbert, James Daniel | Neal, Arthur | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Rlpon) |
| Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel John | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Goff, Sir R. Park | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Wood, Major S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Grant, James A. | Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward | Worsfold, Dr. T. Cato |
| Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) | Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfleld) | Yate, Colonel Charles Edward |
| Greig, Colonel James William | Nield, Sir Herbert | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Gretton, Colonel John | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Young, Lleut.-Com. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Grltten, W. G. Howard | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Young, W. (Perth & Kinross, Perth) |
| Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | O'Neill Major Hon. Robert W. H. | |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Ormsby-Gore, Captain Hon. W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (LIv'p'I.W.D'by) | Palmer, Brigadier-General G. L. | Lord E. Talbot and Mr. Dudley Ward. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Briant, Frank | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Entwistle, Major C. F. |
| Bell, James (Lancaster, Ormsklrk) | Cairns, John | Finney, Samuel |
| Bottomley, Horatio W. | Carter, W. (Nottingham, Mansfield) | Glanville, Harold James |
| Bramsdon, Sir Thomas | Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) |
| Graham, R. (Nelson and Colne) | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Myers, Thomas | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) | O'Connor, Thomas P. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Hall. F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Tillett, Benjamin |
| Hallas, Eldred | Raffan, Peter Wilson | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Hartshorn, Vernon | Redmond, Captain William Archer | Wignall, James |
| Hayday, Arthur | Rendall, Athelstan | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett) |
| Hirst, G. H. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Williams, Col. P. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Rose, Frank H. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. W. (Stourbridge) |
| Holmes, J. Stanley | Royce, William Stapleton | Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton) |
| Irving, Dan | Shaw, Thomas (Preston) | Wintringham, T. |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Sitch, Charles H. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Smith, W. R. (Wellingborough) | |
| Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Midlothian) | Spencer, George A. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Morgan, Major D. Watts | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) | Mr. Hogge and Mr. Neil Maclean. |
Question, "That the Clause, as amended, he added to the Bill," put, and agreed to.