§ Mr. ASQUITHMay I ask the Leader of the House whether, as I have seen stated, it is the intention of the Government to move a Motion for the Adjournment in order to make a statement with regard to the coal strike?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWYes. It is necessary, as our first business to pass a, Resolution taking the time of the House for the Government. Otherwise, tomorrow, for example, would be a Private Members' day. That is formal. We have not had it debated hitherto, I think. As soon as that is over, the President of the Board of Trade will make a statement with regard to the coal position, and in order that there may be a discussion, if that be desired, he will move the Adjournment of the House.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYWill any other business be taken?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt is obvious that if the discussion goes on beyond dinner time it would be undesirable for the Government to go on with other business.
§ Mr. MILLSSeeing that this is such a debatable point, could not the question of allocating the whole time of the House for Government business—
§ Mr. SPEAKERWhen the Motion comes on the hon. Member can debate it.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI beg to move:
That, for the remainder of the Session at every sitting—
- (1) Government Business do have precedence:
- (2) At the conclusion of Government Business, Mr. Speaker shall propose the Question, That this House do now adjourn, and, if that Question shall not have been agreed to, Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the House without Question put not later than one hour after the conclusion of Government Business, if that Business has been concluded before 10.30 p.m. but, if that Business has not been so concluded, not later than 11.30 p.m., provided that if notice of proceedings made in pursuance of any Act of Parliament requiring any order, rule or regulations to be laid before the House of Commons shall stand upon the Notice Paper at any sitting such proceedings shall be taken immediately after Government Business, and Mr. Speaker shall not adjourn the House until such proceedings shall have been concluded;
- (3) Any Private Business set down, or Motion for Adjournment standing over under Standing Order No. 10, for consideration at a quarter-past Eight o'clock on any day shall, if Government Business is concluded before that time, be taken at the conclusion of Government Business, and, for the purposes of the preceding provisions of this Order, shall be deemed to be Government Business.
§ This is a Motion to take the whole time of the House for Government business to the end of this Session. It is not a new proposal. On every occasion, I believe, when the exigencies of business have made an Autumn Session necessary, this Motion in almost the same form has been adopted by the House. I do not think it has any of the disadvantages which the hon. Member for Dartford (Mr. Mills) seemed to anticipate. It does not mean, of course, that the Government will not give time for the discussion of any matters in regard to which there is a general desire in the House that there should be a discussion. It does not moan that we will give time only if there is a majority in favour of it. On the contrary, we have always taken the view, and shall continue to do so, that the best place for he discussion of public questions is the House of Commons, and whenever there is any desire by any considerable number of Members of the House we will find time, as I have already agreed to find time to-day, for such discussion. I understand there is another misapprehension in regard to the last part of this Motion, that is to say in regard to the Motion for the Adjournment. It has been reported to me that some Members think that takes away the right of the Motion for Adjournment at 8.15 p.m. It does nothing of the kind. That right remains precisely as it is now. The Motion really has this advantage, that if by any chance Government business were to end earlier than 8.15 p.m., the Motion for the Adjournment would have the advantage of the additional time, and would go forward from the time Government business was concluded until eleven o'clock. I hope, therefore, that the House will agree to this Resolution without prolonged debate.
§ Sir D. MACLEANAs the Leader of the House has justly said, this is a Motion which is quite customary at the beginning of every Autumn Session. I will confine what I have to say to asking him whether he can state, for the convenience of the House, what Bills the Government propose to take, if any, in addition to those now before the House, and whether he can state when the Supplementary Estimates, which must be numerous and very heavy in their commitment, will be laid before the House. Will those Estimates be laid as speedily as possible 782 so that we can have a full opportunity of examining them in detail and giving that necessary attention to them which the House and the country require?
§ Mr. CLYNESMany of us on this side of the House are reluctant to assent to this Motion. While it is true that this is not a new proposal, it is equally true that the circumstances existing in the country to-day, and the conditions as they probably will be in this kingdom during the next few months, are new and require a new outlook in order to deal with them. It cannot be said against those who constitute the Opposition that the time of the Government has been misused or wasted by any conduct on our part during the earlier part of the Session. It cannot be suggested that we are not likely to deal fairly and reasonably with proposals which the Government may have to bring forward relating to the internal conditions of this kingdom during the remainder of the Session. There appears to us, therefore, no ground for trying to tie down the Opposition in this manner. We have, of course, the general assurance of the Leader of the House that, given some general consent or given any considerable body of opinion in favour of time being found for discussion, that will be considered favourably by the Government; but the fact of passing a Resolution of this kind now would put Members of the House on the Opposition side under a sense of obligation not to make attempts to get opportunities for the discussion of matters, when they know quite well that those attempts would probably fail.
We look upon this Motion as one which is proposed at a most inappropriate time. We suggest at least that it could be deferred for two or three weeks in order that the House might have a sense of the fullest freedom for dealing with the very serious conditions in industry, in trade, in business, relating to unemployment, and so on. Most of all, we offer our objection to this proposal because, so far as we can see, a large part, if not the greater part, of the time of the House for the remainder of the Session is to be given to the consideration of what is called the Government of Ireland Bill. If for no other reason, at least for that reason, we should be obliged to oppose the Motion, for that Bill we consider will offer no kind of solution of the Irish trouble and will mean no more than a waste of time of the House. In face of the Irish situation, to 783 proceed with such a measure and to ask us to give unlimited time to the Government in order to deal with it, is to invite us to be parties to a sinful waste of parliamentary time. We suggest that instead of asking for the full time of the House for the purposes named the Government of Ireland Bill should be dropped, and that the Irish question should be dealt with from a different standpoint altogether. [HON. MEMBERS: "NO, no"] I marvel at hon. Members believing, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary, growing evidence to the contrary, that when this Bill reaches the Statute Book there will be a solution in any sense whatever of the Irish question. We suggest the withdrawal of this Motion and thereby the concession to the House at large of the fullest freedom to deal with the very serious industrial situations which are constantly recurring.
§ 4.0 P. M.
§ Mr. A. WILLIAMSI desire to make one point with regard to the rights of Private Members. I understand that the Resolution will make it impossible for a Private Member's Bill to be taken at 11 o'clock at night, although it may be unopposed. If that be so, I really think that it is going very much further than the Government need go, and I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will consider the possibility of so moving his Resolution as to allow us, after 11 o'clock at night, to take those Private Members' Bills which may be unopposed.
§ Mr. ACLANDAs Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, it may be my duty to have to ask for time for the discussion of the Report of that Committee. It has been the constitutional practice of the Government, when such an opportunity has been sought to grant it, and I should like to be sure that there is nothing in this Motion to interfere with that opportunity being given this Session.
§ Mr. BILLINGI should be glad if the right hon. Gentleman could make one point a little more clear. No one appreciates more than I do the extraordinary ability and facility with which he handles, not only an excited, but an angry House. He tells us that he is willing, as representing the Government, to give any substantial section of the House every facility for raising any subject which may 784 be considered by them, as distinct from the Government, of national importance. He knows quite well that provided 40 Members rise n any occasion such indulgence may be obtained under our present rules. Therefore one can only assume that he intends to give us some further indulgence, because, if he does not wish us to understand that he will be satisfied with less than 40 Members signifying their desire to debate any subject, he is giving us very little. Would he consider that there are not 40 Members of this House in Opposition agreed upon any point at all? He is taking away all the Private Members' Bills and all the possibilities of one or two individuals introducing any subject for the consideration of this House and only leaving us the Motion for the Adjournment. The Government have really made up their mind to absorb all the time of the present Session. I do ask hon. Members to consider the numerous important subjects which the Government are only too anxious to sweep aside after taking an opportunity for the Prime Minister to make—I do not say it offensively—a sensational statement upon any subject. They are not anxious for general Debates and for Motions for the Adjournment on subjects of public importance. The newspaper posters this afternoon are full of what Parliament is going to do. I cannot see any difference. What is going to happen now that did not happen before Parliament met? The Government are going to take up the whole of the time and they have taken up the whole of the time during the Recess. It is because I think there are Members anxious to raise matters which the Government are anxious to smother that I hope this is going to be pressed to a Division, so that those who wish to preserve the right of Private Members may go into the Lobby in opposition to it.
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI take it that the right hon. Gentleman will be prepared to allow in some form or other a Debate on the subject of Egypt and the new arrangements being made with regard to that country? I will not press it further than to ask that an opportunity shall be given in some form or other.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWObviously, no binding step of that kind can be taken without giving the House of Commons an opportunity of expressing its opinion upon it. I am grateful to the hon. 785 Member (Mr. Billing) for the flattering words which he used about myself, but he is wrong as far as this House of Commons is concerned. He can have had no means of judging how I deal with an angry House, because I have never experienced it. He is mistaken on another point. He says that if there are 40 Members they can always discuss any subject. That is a mistake. The Motion for the Adjournment is only given on special conditions of which Mr. Speaker is the judge. I think proof has been shown during nearly the four years that I have occupied this position of our desire to meet the views of any large section of the House. Of course, that does not mean that we shall give it on every request. The hon. Member says that there are not 40 Members of the Opposition agreed upon any one point. He is mistaken. There are more than that number agreed in their condemnation of the Government. I cannot therefore promise to give the time of the House to meet the views of a minority of one on an occasion of that kind. With regard to what was said by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Peebles (Sir D. Maclean), of course we shall give time for the Supplementary Estimates, and I would like to say that I think it is very desirable that we should be able at the earliest possible moment to tell the House exactly what business we mean to get through before we rise for the holidays. We shall do it as soon as we can, but the House will realise that it is impossible to make such a statement to-day. I think the speech of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for the Platting Division (Mr. Clynes) was based upon a misunderstanding. The Private Members' time which we are taking away does not give the opportunity
§ for the kind of discussion which he desires. There is no guarantee that the subjects which the House wishes to discuss will be discussed by such an arrangement. It is governed by the ballot. Take the very subject with which he dealt—Ireland. He will have an opportunity, if he desires, of making his speech on that subject to-morrow, but, if this Motion were not carried, to-morrow evening would be Private Members' time, and, instead of facilitating the discussion of this subject, as the House desires, it would make it more difficult. I think that I have met fairly the criticisms which have been made, and I hope that the House will now agree to the Resolution.
Sir J. D. REESWill there be a Supplementary Estimate for India so as to allow a discussion, if desired, on the Esher Report, and the very important questions arising out of it?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI really cannot answer that question now. I do not know without notice. If that Report or any other be in a form on which action is going to be taken, I should clearly say that the House ought to have an opportunity of expressing its opinion.
§ Mr. A. WILLIAMSWill the right hon. Gentleman answer my point?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt is obvious that we cannot do that. An Autumn Session used to be an unusual thing, called together because of the pressure of business which the Government thought ought to be carried through. It is clear that we cannot deal with Private Members' Bills in an Autumn Session.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 334; Noes, 64.
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| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Brittain, Sir Harry |
| Adkins, Sir W. Ryland D. | Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Britton, G. B. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Broad, Thomas Tucker |
| Alnsworth, Captain Charles | Bennett, Thomas Jewell | Brown, T. W. (Down, North) |
| Archdale, Edward Mervyn | Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish | Bruton, Sir James |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Betterton, Henry B. | Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H |
| Astor, Viscountess | Bigland, Alfred | Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. |
| Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) | Burdon, Colonel Rowland |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Blair, Reginald | Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel A. H. |
| Banner, Sir John S. Harmood- | Borwick, Major G. O. | Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Barker, Major Robert H. | Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith. | Burn, T. H. (Belfast, St. Anne's) |
| Barlow, Sir Montague | Bottomley, Horatio W. | Butcher, Sir John George |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. |
| Barrand, A. R. | Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Carr, W. Theodore |
| Barrle, Charles Coupar | Bramtdon, Sir Thomas | Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. |
| Barrie, Rt. Hon. H. T. (Lon'derry, N.) | Breese, Major Charles E. | Carter, R. A. O. (Man., Withington) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Bridgeman, William Clive | Casey, T. W. |
| Beck, Sir C. (Essex, Saffron Walden) | Briggs, Harold | Cautley, Henry S. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Birm., Aston) | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Oman, Sir Charles William O. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Holmes, J. Stanley | O'Neill, Major Hon. Robert W. H. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Hood, Joseph | Ormsby-Gore, Captain Hon. W. |
| Chadwick, R. Burton | Hope, James F. (Sheffield, Central) | Palmer, Major Godfrey Mark |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Birm., W.) | Hope, J. D. (Berwick & Haddington) | Parker, James |
| Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) | Hopkins, John W. W. | Parkinson, Albert L. (Blackpool) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry |
| Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Home, Edgar (Surrey, Guildford) | Pearce, Sir William |
| Clough, Robert | Home, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) | Peel, Col. Hon. S. (Uxbridge, Mddx.) |
| Coates, Major Sir Edward F. | Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Pennefather, De Fonblanque |
| Coats, Sir Stuart | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) | Perkins, Walter Frank |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Hurd, Percy A. | Perring, William George |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Philipps, Gen. Sir I. (Southampton) |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Illingworth, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Philipps, Sir Owen C. (Chester, City) |
| Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Inskip, Thomas Walker H. | Pickering, Lieut.-Colonel Emil W. |
| Cory, Sir C. J. (Cornwall, St. Ives) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Cowan, Sir H. (Aberdeen and Kinc.) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles |
| Craig, Colonel Sir J. (Down, Mid) | Jesson, C. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Jodrell, Neville Paul | Pratt, John William |
| Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Johnstone, Joseph | Prescott, Major W. H. |
| Curzon, Commander Viscount | Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) | Pulley, Charles Thornton |
| Dalziel, Rt. Hon. Sir J. H. (Kirk'dy) | Jones, William Kennedy (Hornsey) | Purchase, H. G. |
| Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Joynson-Hicks, Sir William | Raeburn, Sir William H. |
| Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk. George | Ramsden, G. T. |
| Davies, Sir William H. (Bristol, S.) | Kenyon, Barnet | Rankin, Captain James S. |
| Davies, M. Vaughan- (Cardigan) | Kerr-Smiley, Major Peter Kerr | Raper, A. Baldwin |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Dawes, James Arthur | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham, East) |
| Dean, Lieut.-Commander P. T. | Knight, Major E. A. (Kidderminster) | Rees, Capt. J. Tudor- (Barnstaple) |
| Denison-Pender, John C. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Reid, D. D. |
| Denniss, Edmund R. B. (Oldham) | Lane-Fox, G. R. | Remer, J. B. |
| Dixon, Captain Herbert | Larmor, Sir Joseph | Remnant, Sir James |
| Doyle, N. Grattan | Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) | Richardson, Alexander (Gravesend) |
| Duncannon, Viscount | Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) |
| Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Edge, Captain William | Lindsay, William Arthur | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes., Stretford) |
| Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | Lloyd, George Butler | Rodger, A. K. |
| Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Lloyd-Greame, Major Sir P. | Rothschild, Lionel de |
| Elliott, Lt.-Col. Sir G. (Islington, W.) | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Eyres-Monsell, Commander B. M. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) | Royds, Lieut.-Colonel Edmund |
| Falle, Major Sir Bertram G. | Lonsdale, James Roiston | Rutherford, Sir W. W. (Edge Hill) |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Lorden, John William | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Ford, Patrick Johnston | Loseby, Captain C. E. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Norwood) |
| France, Gerald Ashburner | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert A. |
| Ganzoni, Captain Francis John C. | Lyle, C. E. Leonard | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) |
| Gardiner, James | Lyle-Samuel, Alexander | Seager, Sir William |
| Gardner, Ernest | Lynn, R. J. | Seddon, J. A. |
| Geddes, Rt. Hon. Sir E. (Camb'dge) | M'Donald, Dr. Bouverie F. P. | Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachie) | Shaw, William T. (Forfar) |
| Gilbert, James Daniel | Macmaster, Donald | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) |
| Glyn, Major Ralph | M'Micklng, Major Gilbert | Simm, M. T. |
| Goff, Sir R. Park | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Smith, Sir Allan M. (Croydon, South) |
| Gould, James C. | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander |
| Grant, James A. | Macquisten, F. A. | Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) |
| Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) | Magnus, Sir Philip | Stevens, Marshall |
| Greenwood, Colonel Sir Hamar | Mallaby-Deeley, Harry | Stewart, Gershom |
| Greer, Harry | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Greig, Colonel James William | Manville, Edward | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Gritten, W. G. Howard | Marks, Sir George Croydon | Sugden, W. H. |
| Guest, Major O. (Leic, Loughboro') | Marriott, John Arthur Ransome | Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C. |
| Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Mason, Robert | Sutherland, Sir William |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Matthews, David | Sykes, Colonel Sir A. J. (Knutsford) |
| Hall, Captain Douglas Bernard | Middlebrook, Sir William | Sykes, Sir Charles (Huddersfield) |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. | Taylor, J. |
| Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l. W. D 'by) | Mitchell, William Lane | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) |
| Hambro, Captain Angus Valdemar | Moles, Thomas | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) |
| Hamilton, Major C. G. C. | Molson, Major John Elsdale | Thomas-Stanford, Charles |
| Hanna, George Boyle | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred M. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Hanson, Sir Charles Augustin | Moore, Major-General Sir Newton I. | Thorpe, Captain John Henry |
| Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Tickler, Thomas George |
| Harris, Sir Henry Percy | Morden, Colonel H. Grant | Townley, Maximilian G. |
| Haslam, Lewis | Morris, Richard | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| Henderson, Major V. L. (Tradeston) | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Turton, E. R. |
| Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Wesley, Oswald | Waddington, R. |
| Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) | Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Wallace, J. |
| Herbert, Hon. A. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Murray, C. D. (Edinburgh) | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir John Tudor |
| Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Walton, J. (York, W. R., Don Valley) |
| Hewart, Rt. Hon. Sir Gordon | Nall, Major Joseph | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Hickman, Brig.-General Thomas E. | Neal, Arthur | Ward, William Dudley (Southampton) |
| Higham, Charles Frederick | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Warren, Lieut.-Col. Sir Alfred H. |
| Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Newton, Major Harry Kottingham | Wheler, Lieut.-Colonel C. H. |
| Hills, Major John Waller | Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward | White, Lieut.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Hinds, John | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Whitla, Sir William |
| Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Wigan, Brig.-General John Tyson |
| Hohler, Gerald Fitzrey | Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. | Wild, Sir Ernest Edward |
| Williams, Col. Sir Ft. (Dorset, W.) | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) | Young, Lieut.-Com. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) | Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon) |
| Wilson, Daniel M. (Down, West) | Woods, Sir Robert | Young, W. (Perth & Kinross, Per[...]) |
| Wilson, Colonel Leslie O. (Reading) | Woolcock, William James U. | Younger, Sir George |
| Wilson-Fox, Henry | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. | |
| Winfrey, Sir Richard | Yate, Colonel Charles Edward | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Wise, Frederick | Yeo, Sir Alfred William | Lord E. Talbot and Captain Guest. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Hallas, Eldred | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Hartshorn, Vernon | Sexton, James |
| Billing, Noel Pemberton- | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Shaw, Thomas (Preston) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hirst, G. H. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Brace, Rt. Hon. William | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Briant, Frank | Hogge, James Myles | Smith, W. R. (Wellingborough) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Irving, Dan | Spencer, George A. |
| Cairns, John | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Swan, J. E. |
| Carter, W. (Nottingham, Mansfield) | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Kiley, James D. | Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) |
| Davies, A. (Lancaster, Clitheroe) | Lawson, John J. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Davies, Major D. (Montgomery) | Lunn, William | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Mills, John Edmund | Waterson, A. E. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Morgan, Major D. Watts | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Edwards, G. (Norfolk, South) | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Wignall, James |
| Entwistle, Major C. F. | Myers, Thomas | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett) |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Newbould, Alfred Ernest | Wintringham, T. |
| Glanville, Harold James | O'Connor, Thomas P. | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Rendall, Athelstan | |
| Graham, R. (Nelson and Colne) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Grundy, T. W. | Robertson, John | Mr. T. Griffiths and Mr. Tyson |
| Guest, J. (York, W. B., Hemsworth) | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) | Wilson. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Rose, Frank H. |
Question put, and agreed to.
§ Ordered, "That, for the remainder of the Session at every sitting:
- (1) Government business do have precedence;
- (2) At the conclusion of Government Business, Mr. Speaker shall propose the Question, That this House do now adjourn, and, if that Question shall not have been agreed to, Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the House without Question put not later than one hour after the conclusion of Government Business, if that Business has been concluded before 10.30 p.m., but, if that Business has not been so concluded, not later than 11.30 p.m., provided that if notice of proceedings made in pursuance of any Act of Parliament requiring any order, rule, or regulations to be laid before the House of Commons shall stand upon the Notice Paper at any sitting such proceedings shall be taken immediately after Government Business, and Mr. Speaker shall not adjourn the House until such proceedings shall have been concluded;
- (3) Any Private Business set down, or Motion for Adjournment standing over under Standing Order No. 10, for consideration at a quarter-past Eight o'clock on any day shall, if Government Business is concluded before that time, be taken at the conclusion of Government Business, and, for the purposes of the preceding provisions of this Order, shall he deemed to be Government Business."