HC Deb 21 June 1920 vol 130 cc1755-7
Sir D. MACLEAN

I wish to ask a question in reference to the Notice of Motion which stands in the name of the leader of the House, regarding the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Bill. Will the right hon. Gentleman state whether, in view of the fact that there are eleven pages of Amendments put down by Members representing all shades of opinion in the

House, and that 20 of these Amendments are Government Amendments, he will not press the House to carry the Report stage and Third Reading to-night, but that, with the goodwill of everybody concerned—as everyone realises the urgency of the measure—he will be content with getting the Third Reading by dinner time tomorrow?

Mr. BONAR LAW

As far as this House is concerned, I should be glad to acquiesce in that request, but the Bill must be law by the 30th June. Arrangements have been made in another place, I learn, and it is necessary that the Bill be passed to-night. I hope, therefore, that the House will pass it through its remaining stages to-night.

Motion made, and Question put, "That the Proceedings on the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Bill 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, 30.

Division No. 147.] AYES. [4.8 p.m.
Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. C. Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton)
Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent)
Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James Collins, Col. Sir G. P. (Greenock) Harris, Sir Henry Percy
Archdale, Edward Mervyn Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale Haslam, Lewis
Ashley, Colonel Wilfrid W. Conway, Sir W. Martin Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston)
Bagley, Captain E. Ashton Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.)
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) Hills, Major John Waller
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Craig, Colonel Sir J. (Down, Mid) Hinds, John
Barnston, Major Harry Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Hood, Joseph
Barrand, A. R. Curzon, Commander Viscount Hope, James F. (Sheffield, Central)
Beauchamp, Sir Edward Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley)
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Dawes, Commander Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead)
Bennett, Thomas Jewell Denniss, Edmund R. B. (Oldham) Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster)
Bethell, Sir John Henry Dixon, Captain Herbert Hurd, Percy A.
Betterton, Henry B. Doyle, N. Grattan Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B.
Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) Duncannon, Viscount Illingworth, Rt. Hon. A. H.
Blair, Reginald Du Pre, Colonel William Baring James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert
Blake, Sir Francis Douglas Edgar, Clifford B. Jephcott, A. R.
Blane, T. A. Edge, Captain William Jesson, C.
Boles, Lieut.-Colonel D. F. Edwards, Allen C. (East Ham, S.) Jodrell, Neville Paul
Borwick, Major G. O. Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly)
Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- Edwards, John H. (Glam., Neath) Joynson-Hicks, Sir William
Bowles, Colonel H. F. Elliot, Captain W. E. (Lanark) Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk. George
Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. Eyres-Monsell, Commander B. M. Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement
Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Falle, Major Sir Bertram G. Knight, Major E. A. (Kidderminster)
Brassey, Major H. L. C. Ford, Patrick Johnston Lambert, Rt. Hon. George
Breese, Major Charles E. Fraser, Major Sir Keith Lane-Fox, G. R.
Bridgeman, William Clive Ganzoni, Captain Francis John C. Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.)
Briggs, Harold Gardiner, James Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales)
Brittain, Sir Harry Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd)
Brotherton, Colonel Sir Edward A. Gilbert, James Daniel Lindsay, William Arthur
Brown, Captain D. C. Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel John Lister, Sir R. Ashton
Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. Glyn, Major Ralph Lloyd, George Butler
Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. Goff, Sir R. Park Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green)
Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James Grant, James A. Loseby, Captain C. E.
Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel A. H. Gray, Major Ernest (Accrington) Lowe, Sir Francis William
Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) Lyle-Samuel, Alexander
Butcher, Sir John George Greig, Colonel James William Lynn, R. J.
Campbell, J. D. G. Hacking, Captain Douglas H. M'Donald, Dr. Bouverie F. P.
Casey, T. W. Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l, W. D'by) Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray
Cautley, Henry S. Hambro, Captain Angus Valdemar M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W.
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Birm., Aston) Hamilton, Major C. G. C. Macmaster, Donald
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) Hancock, John George M'Micking, Major Gilbert
Chadwick, Sir Robert Hanna, George Boyle McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury)
Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton Talbot, G. A. (Hemel Hempstead)
Mallalieu, F. W. Preston, W. R. Taylor, J.
Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) Prescott, Major W. H. Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham)
Manville, Edward Pulley, Charles Thornton Thomas-Stanford, Charles
Martin, Captain A. E. Purchase, H. G. Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Moles, Thomas Raeburn, Sir William H. Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill)
Molson, Major John Elsdale Rankin, Captain James S. Thorpe, Captain John Henry
Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred M. Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham, East) Tickler, Thomas George
Montagu, Rt. Hon. E. S. Rees, Capt. J. Tudor- (Barnstaple) Tryon, Major George Clement
Moreing, Captain Algernon H. Remnant, Colonel Sir James F. Turton, E. R.
Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. Richardson, Alexander (Gravesend) Waddington, R.
Mosley, Oswald Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T.
Mount, William Arthur Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) Warren, Lieut.-Col. Sir Alfred H.
Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert Roundell, Colonel R. F. Wason, John Cathcart
Murray, Lt.-Col. Hon. A. (Aberdeen) Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) White, Lieut.-Col. G. D. (Southport)
Murray, Major William (Dumfries) Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Norwood) Whitla, Sir William
Nall, Major Joseph Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert A. Wigan, Brig.-Gen. John Tyson
Neal, Arthur Seddon, J. A. Williams, Col. Sir R. (Dorset, W.)
Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) Wilson, Capt. A. S. (Holderness)
Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Shaw, William T. (Forfar) Wilson, Daniel M. (Down, West)
Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) Wilson, Lieut.-Col. M. J. (Richmond)
Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. Simm, M. T. Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon)
Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John Smith, Harold (Warrington) Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L.
O'Neill, Major Hon. Robert W. H. Smithers, Sir Alfred W. Yate, Colonel Charles Edward
Ormsby-Gore, Captain Hon. W. Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. G. F. Yeo, Sir Alfred William
Palmer, Brigadier-General G. L. Steel, Major S. Strang Young, Lieut.-Com. E. H. (Norwich)
Parker, James Stephenson, Colonel H. K. Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon)
Pearce, Sir William Stewart, Gershom Young, W. (Perth & Kinross, Perth)
Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike Strauss, Edward Anthony
Peel, Col. Hn. S. (Uxbridge, Mddx.) Sturrock, J. Leng TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Percy, Charles Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C. Lord E. Talbot and Mr. Dudley Ward.
Pilditch, Sir Philip Sutherland, Sir William
NOES.
Acland, Rt. Hon. F. D. Hayward, Major Evan Rose, Frank H.
Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. Hogge, James Myles Royce, William Stapleton
Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Irving, Dan Swan, J. E.
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Lorden, John William Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey)
Briant, Frank Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Midlothian) Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.)
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Malone, Lieut.-Col. C. L. (Leyton, E.) Wedgwood, Colonel J. C.
Donald, Thompson Myers, Thomas Williams, Aheurin (Durham, Consett)
Glanville, Harold James Newbould, Alfred Ernest Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.)
Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) Palmer, Charles Frederick (Wrekin)
Gretton, Colonel John Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Hallas, Eldred Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) Major Barnes and Mr. Lawson.