§ Sir D. MACLEANI 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 LAWAs 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.
1757| 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. |