§ Sir D. MACLEANMay I ask the Leader of the House what is the business for next week and what is the special urgency for the Motion standing in his name to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule to-night, in view of the very late hours the House has been already called upon to sit?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe business which we propose to take next week is as follows:
On Monday, the Unemployment Insurance Bill, Report and Third Reading; the Housing (Scotland—No. 2) Bill, continuation of the Debate on the Bill, as amended in Standing Committee; the Greenwich Hospital Bill; and the Indian Divorces (Validity) Bill, Committee and Third Reading.
1559 On Tuesday and Wednesday we propose to take the Safeguarding of Industries Bill, as the first and second days allotted to the Committee Stage.
On Thursday, the Colonial Office Vote, in pursuance of the arrangement come to.
On Friday, the Emergency Powers Regulations and the discussion on the Washington Convention.
As regards to-night, I hope that it may not be necessary to sit after 11 o'clock, but it is absolutely necessary that we should take the Unclassified Services, Railway and Canal (War) Agreement Liquidation Vote, in order that the Government may be able to meet its liabilities under the Railway Agreement.
§ Captain W. BENNCan the right hon. Gentleman say when the adjourned De-
§ bate on the setting up of the Estimates Committee will be taken?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI put the Motion down again for Monday, when it was adjourned last night. Monday's programme is a non-contentious one, and I hope that there will be time to resume the Debate on that day.
Lieut.-Colonel J. WARDBefore the right hon. Gentleman puts it down, will he get some kind of agreement with those who are opposed to it, so that they will not talk it out again?
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings of the Committee of Supply be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings or the House), notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 283; Noes, 53.
1561| Division No. 192.] | AYES. | [4.7 p. m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Goff, Sir R. Park |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Clough, Robert | Gould, James C. |
| Adkins, Sir W. Ryland D. | Coats, Sir Stuart | Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward A. |
| Amery, Leopold C. M. S. | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Grant, James Augustus |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Grayson, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry |
| Ashley, Colonel Wilfrid W. | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Green, Albert (Derby) |
| Astor, Viscountess | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) |
| Atkey, A. R. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) |
| Bagley, Captain E. Ashton | Coote, Colin Reith (Isle of Ely) | Greenwood, William (Stockport) |
| Baird, Sir John Lawrence | Cope, Major William | Greer, Harry |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) | Greig, Colonel Sir James William |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) | Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Gwynne, Rupert S. |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Davies, Sir William H. (Bristol, S.) | Hamilton, Major C. G. C. |
| Barrand, A. R. | Davison, Sir VV. H. (Kensington, S.) | Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Dewhurst, Lieut.-Commander Harry | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Dockrell, Sir Maurice | Harris, Sir Henry Percy |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Doyle, N. Grattan | Haslam, Lewis |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Edge, Captain William | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. |
| Benn, Capt. Sir I. H., Bart. (Gr'nw'h) | Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Edwards, Hugh (Glam., Neath) | Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) |
| Bethell, Sir John Henry | Elliott, Lt.-Col. Sir G. (Islington, W.) | Higham, Charles Frederick |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Elveden, Viscount | Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank |
| Bigland, Alfred | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Evans, Ernest | Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. |
| Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Farquharson, Major A. C. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Blair, Sir Reginald | Fell, Sir Arthur | Hope, Sir H. (Stirling & CI'ckm'nn,W.) |
| Borwick, Major G. O. | Fildes, Henry | Hopkins, John W. W. |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | FitzRoy, Captain Hon. Edward A. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. W. E. | Flannery, Sir James Fortescue | Home, Edgar (Surrey, Guildford) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Home, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) |
| Breese. Major Charles E. | Foreman, Sir Henry | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Forestier-Walker, L. | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Forrest, Walter | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. |
| Britton, G. B. | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Broad, Thomas Tucker | Fraser, Major Sir Keith | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Bruton, Sir James | Frece, Sir Walter de | Jameson, John Gordon |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Bull. Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Gange, E. Stanley | Johnstone, Joseph |
| Burdon, Colonel Rowland | Ganzoni, Sir John | Jones, Sir Evan (Pembroke) |
| Burgoyne, Lt.-Col. Alan Hughes | Gardiner, James | Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Gardner, Ernest | Joynson-Hicks, Sir William |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Geddes, Rt. Hon. Sir E. (Camb'dge) | Kellaway, Rt. Hon. Fredk. George |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Gee, Captain Robert | Kidd, James |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Birm., Aston) | George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm., W.) | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Knight, Major E. A. (Kidderminster) |
| Cheyne, Sir William Watson | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Child, Brigadier-General Sir Hill | Glyn, Major Ralph | Lane-Fox, G. R. |
| Law, Alfred J. (Rochdale) | Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Stevens, Marshall |
| Lindsay, William Arthur | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Stewart, Gershom |
| Lister, Sir R. Ashton | Palmer, Major Godfrey Mark | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Lloyd-Greame, Sir P. | Palmer, Brigadier-General G. L. | Taylor, J. |
| Locker-Lampson. G. (Wood Green) | Parker, James | Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham) |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) | Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) |
| Lorden, John William | Pearce, Sir William | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) |
| Loseby, Captain C. E. | Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Thomas-Stanford, Charles |
| Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Tickler, Thomas George |
| Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachie) | Percy, Charles (Tynemouth) | Townley, Maximilian G. |
| McLaren, Hon. H. D. (Leicester) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Townshend, Sir Charles Vere Ferrers |
| McLaren, Robert (Lanark, Northern) | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Tryon, Major George Clement |
| M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. | Pollock, Sir Ernest Murray | Waddington, R. |
| Macleod, J. Mackintosh | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Wallace, J. |
| McMicking, Major Gilbert | Pratt, John William | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir John Tudor |
| Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Prescott, Major W. H. | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke upon Trent) |
| McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Purchase, H. G. | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Mallalieu, Frederick William | Rae, H. Norman | Ward, William Dudley (Southampton) |
| Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Marriott, John Arthur Ransome | Randles, Sir John Scurrah | White, Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Martin, A. E. | Raw, Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. N. | Williams, C. (Tavistock) |
| Matthews, David | Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham, East) | Williams, Lt.-Col. Sir R. (Banbury) |
| Meysey-Thompson, Lieut.-Col. E. C. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) | Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald |
| Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Willoughby, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Claud |
| Mitchell, William Lane | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H. |
| Molson, Major John Elsdale | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes., Stretford) | Wilson-Fox, Henry |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Rutherford, Colonel Sir J. (Darwen) | Winfrey, Sir Richard |
| Morden, Col. W. Grant | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Winterton, Earl |
| Morison, Rt. Hon. Thomas Brash | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Norwood) | Wise, Frederick |
| Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur | Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustavo D. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill-(High Peak) |
| Murray, C. D. (Edinburgh) | Seager, Sir William | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Murray, Hon. Gideon (St. Rollox) | Seely. Major-General Rt. Hon. John | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Nail, Major Joseph | Shaw, Capt. William T. (Forfar) | Young, E. H. (Norwich) |
| Neal. Arthur | Simm, M. T. | Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon) |
| Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Smithers, Sir Alfred W. | Younger, Sir George |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander | |
| Nicholl, Commander Sir Edward | Stanier, Captain Sir Beville | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) | Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr. |
| Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Stanton, Charles Butt | McCurdy. |
| Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Steel, Major S. Strang | |
| NOES. | ||
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Halls, Walter | Rendall, Athelstan |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hartshorn, Vernon | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Hayday, Arthur | Robertson, John |
| Barton, Sir William (Oldham) | Hayward, Evan | Rose, Frank H. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Bottomley, Horatio W. | Hogge, James Myles | Sueter, Murray Fraser |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Irving, Dan | Swan, J. E. |
| Briant, Frank | Kelley, Major Fred (Rotherham) | Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Kenyon, Barnet | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Cairns, John | Kiley, James Daniel | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Cape, Thomas | Lowther, Major C. (Cumberland, N.) | Waterson, A. E. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Midlothian) | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Davies, Major D. (Montgomery) | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Devlin, Joseph | J Morgan, Major D. Watts | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett) |
| Entwistle, Major C. F. | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Myers, Thomas | |
| Gillis, William | O'Connor, Thomas P. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Glanville, Harold James | Raffan, Peter Wilson | Mr. Lawson and Colonel Penry |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Redmond, Captain William Archer | Williams. |