HC Deb 10 June 1920 vol 130 cc613-7
Sir D. MACLEAN

Can the Prime Minister inform us what business it is proposed to take next week, and, in particular, what are the Orders the Government hope to take to-night?

The PRIME MINISTER

To-night we go as far as we can with the Orders on the Paper in the order they are on the Paper. How far we go will depend upon the indulgence of the House.

Monday and Tuesday: Government of Ireland Bill, except that part of Tuesday will be reserved for the Committee stage of the Finance Resolution of the Agriculture Bill.

Wednesday: This will be announced later.

Thursday: Supply—League of Nations Vote.

Colonel ASHLEY

May I ask whether the Government of Ireland Bill will be the first Order on Tuesday, or will it come after the Committee stage of the Agriculture Bill?

The PRIME MINISTER

It has been decided, I understand, that it shall be taken second.

Sir F. BANBURY

In view of the statement that the Licensing Bill is going to be passed through all its stages this Session, may I ask if it is intended that we shall sit continuously till Christmas?

Mr. BOTTOMLEY

Can the right hon. Gentleman say when the Committee stage of the Finance Bill will be taken?

Lord HUGH CECIL

Can the right hon. Gentleman tell us whether the Suspensory (New) Clause of the First Lord of the Admiralty will be on the Paper before Monday?

The PRIME MINISTER

My right hon. Friend hopes it will be on the Paper by Monday.

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

Do we understand that Wednesday is likely to be reserved for the Amritsar discussion?

The PRIME MINISTER

It is possible it will be kept open for that purpose.

Mr. ASQUITH

May I take it that Wednesday will possibly be kept open for the general discussion?

The PRIME MINISTER

It is being kept open, in the hope that the Amritsar matter may be taken then.

Captain W. BENN

Can the right hon. Gentleman give us an assurance that the Overseas Trade (Credits and Insurance) Bill will not be taken to-night—the sixth Order?

The PRIME MINISTER

If there be any general desire not to take it. [HON. MEMBERS: "No, no!"]

Motion made, and Question put, "That other Government Business have precedence this day of the Business of Supply."—[Mr. Bonar Law.]

The House divided: Ayes, 247; Noes, 34.

Division No. 132.] AYES. [4.4 p.m.
Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. Benn, Com. Ian H. (Greenwich)
Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) Betterton, Henry B.
Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin Barnett, Major R. W. Bigland, Alfred
Ashley, Colonel Wilfrid W. Barrie, Charles Coupar Birchall, Major J. Dearman
Baird, John Lawrence Beckett, Hon. Gervase Blair, Major Reginald
Baldwin, Stanley Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H (Devizes) Boles, Lieut.-Colonel D. F.
Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- Haslam, Lewis Pratt, John William
Bottomley, Horatio W. Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) Preston, W. R.
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Hennessy, Major J. R. G. Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G.
Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) Pulley, Charles Thornton
Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Herbert, Hon. A. (Somerset, Yeovil) Purchase, H. G.
Brassey, Major H. L. C. Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank Raeburn, Sir William H.
Breese, Major Charles E. Hinds, John Ramsden, G. T.
Brittain, Sir Harry Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. Ratcliffe, Henry Butler
Britton, G. B. Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard Raw, Lieutenant-Colonel N.
Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. Hope, H. (Stirling & Cl'ckm'nn'n. W.) Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel
Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Hope, James F. (Sheffield, Central) Reid, D. D.
Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) Hope, Lt.-Col. Sir J. A. (Midlothian) Remnant, Colonel Sir James F.
Burn, T. H. (Belfast, St. Anne's) Hopkins, John W. W Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich)
Butcher, Sir John George Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall)
Campbell, J. D. G. Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor)
Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Howard, Major S. G. Rose, Frank H.
Carew, Charles Robert S. Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) Roundell, Colonel R. F.
Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. Rutherford, Colonel Sir J. (Darwen)
Casey, T. W. Inskip, Thomas Walker H. Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Cautley, Henry S. Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D.
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton)
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) Jesson, C. Seager, Sir William
Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender Jodrell, Neville Paul Seddon, J. A.
Coats, Sir Stuart Johnstone, Joseph Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John
Cohen, Major J. Brunel Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock)
Collins, Col. Sir G. P. (Greenock) Joynson-Hicks, Sir William Short, Alfred (Wednesbury)
Colvin, Lieut.-Colonel Richard Beale Kellaway, Frederick George Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.)
Conway, Sir W. Martin Kelly, Major Fred (Rotherham) Sitch, Charles H.
Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) Kenyon, Barnet Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander
Coote, William (Tyrone, South) Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Stanier, Captain Sir Beville
Cope, Major Wm. Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Stanley, Major H. G. (Preston)
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Larmor, Sir Joseph Stanton, Charles B.
Cowan, Sir H. (Aberdeen and Kinc.) Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) Stephenson, Colonel H. K.
Craig, Colonel Sir J. (Down, Mid.) Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) Stevens, Marshall
Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Lindsay, William Arthur Sturrock, J. Leng
Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C.
Curzon, Commander Viscount Long, Rt. Hon. Walter Sutherland, Sir William
Davies, Sir Joseph (Chester, Crewe) Lorden, John William Talbot, G. A. (Hemel Hempstead)
Davies, Sir William H. (Bristol, S.) Lyle, C. E. Leonard Taylor, J.
Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Lyle-Samuel, Alexander Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham)
Dawes, Commander Lynn, R. J. Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley)
Dockrell, Sir Maurice M'Donald, Dr. Bouverie F. P. Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey)
Donnelly, P. Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham)
Duncannon, Viscount M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) Magnus, Sir Philip Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West)
Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) Mallalieu, F. W. Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell-(Maryhill)
Elveden, Viscount Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) Thorpe, Captain John Henry
Eyres-Monsell, Commander B. M. Marriott, John Arthur Ransoms Tickler, Thomas George
Falle, Major Sir Bertram G. Matthews, David Townley, Maximilian G.
Farquharson, Major A. C. Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. Turton, E. R.
Fell, Sir Arthur Moles, Thomas Waddington, R.
Flides, Henry Montagu, Rt. Hon. E. S. Ward. Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull)
Finney, Samuel Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. Ward, William Dudley (Southampton)
Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. Morgan, Major D. Watts Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T.
FitzRoy, Captain Hon. E. A. Morison, Thomas Brash Warren, Lieut.-Col. Sir Alfred H.
Forestier-Walker, L. Morrison, Hugh Wason, John Cathcart
Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot Mount, William Arthur Watson, Captain John Bertrand
Fraser, Major Sir Keith Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert Weston, Colonel John W.
Galbraith, Samuel Murchison, C. K. Wheler, Lieut.-Colonel C. H.
Gange, E. Stanley Murray, Lieut.-Colonel A. (Aberdeen) White, Lieut.-Col. G. D. (Southport)
George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd Nall, Major Joseph Whitla, Sir William
Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham Neal, Arthur Wild, Sir Ernest Edward
Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel John Newman, Colonel J. R. P.(Finchley) Williams, Col. Sir R. (Dorset, W.)
Glyn, Major Ralph Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Wills, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Gilbert
Goff, Sir R. Park Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward Wilson, Daniel M. (Down, West)
Grant, James A. Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) Wilson, Colonel Leslie O. (Reading)
Green, Albert (Derby) Nicholson, William G. (Petersfleld) Wilson, Lieut.-Col. M. J. (Richmond)
Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. Wilson, W. Tyson (Westhoughton)
Greig, Colonel James William Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John Winterton, Major Earl
Gretton, Colonel John Oman, Charles William C. Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon)
Gwynne, Rupert S. O'Neill, Major Hon. Robert W. H. Wood, Sir H. K.(Woolwich, West)
Hacking, Captain Douglas H. Ormsby-Gore, Captain Hon. W. Woods, Sir Robert
Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) Palmer, Charles Frederick (Wrekin) Yate, Colonel Charles Edward
Hancock, John George Palmer, Lieut.-Colonel G. L. Yeo, Sir Alfred William
Hanna, George Boyle Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon)
Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) Percy, Charles
Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Lord E. Talbot and Mr. Parker.
NOES.
Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) Carter, W. (Nottingham, Mansfield) Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton)
Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. Graham. W. (Edinburgh, Central)
Bromfield, William Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) Grundy, T. W.
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) Hayday, Arthur
Cape, Thomas Glanville, Harold James Hayward, Major Evan
Hodge, Rt. Hon. John Newbould, Alfred Ernest Wignall, James
Hogge, James Myles O'Grady, Captain James Williams, John (Glamorgan, Gower)
Lawson, John J. Raffan, Peter Wilson Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.)
Lunn, William Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring)
Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) Robertson, John TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Malone, Lieut.-Col. C. L. (Leyton, E.) Swan, J. E. Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy and Colonel Wedgwood.
Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.)
Myers, Thomas Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince)