§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYOn the question of business, may I ask the Leader of the House—
§ Mr. SPEAKERIt is usual for some-body on another Bench to ask questions with regard to business.
§ Mr. CLYNESMay I ask the Leader of the House whether there is any change to be announced in the order of business?
§ Act, for the House to approve of the continuance of the Emergency Powers Regulations. This must be done during the week, and I propose to ask the House to take the discussion, if time permit, to-morrow, after the Report Stage of the Financial Resolution of the Safeguarding of Industries Bill, and, if time should not permit to-morrow, then on Wednesday, after the discussion of the Supplementary Estimates for Members' Expenses.
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That the Proceedings on Consideration of the Housing Bill, as amended, and of the Committees on Housing (Scotland) [Grants], Overseas Trade [Credits and Insurances], and Finance [Consolidated Fund] be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 216; Noes, 50.
601| Division No. 122.] | AYES. | [4.8 p.m. |
| Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. | Cope, Major William | Hewart, Rt. Hon. Sir Gordon |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Cowan, Sir H. (Aberdeen and Kinc.) | Hinds, John |
| Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hoare, Lieut-Colonel Sir S. J. G. |
| Amery, Leopold C. M. S. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy |
| Astor, Viscountess | Denniss, Edmund R. B. (Oldham) | Hope, Lt.-Col. Sir J. A. (Midlothian) |
| Atkey, A. R. | Dockrell, Sir Maurice | Hopkins, John W. W. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Edwards, Hugh (Glam., Neath) | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. |
| Banner, Sir John S. Harmood | Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Barlow, Sir Montague | Evans, Ernest | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) | Falcon, Captain Michael | Jesson, C. |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Jodrell, Neville Paul |
| Barrand, A. R. | Farquharson, Major A. C. | Jones, Sir Evan (Pembroke) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Fell, Sir Arthur | Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Kelley, Major Fred (Rotherham) |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | FitzRoy, Captain Hon. Edward A. | Kerr-Smiley, Major Peter Kerr |
| Bennett, Sir Thomas Jewell | Flannery, Sir James Fortescue | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Bethell, Sir John Henry | Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) |
| Bird, Sir A. (Wolverhampton, West) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Lewis, T. A. (Glam., Pontypridd) |
| Blair, Sir Reginald | Geddes, Rt. Hon. Sir E. (Camb'dge) | Lindsay, William Arthur |
| Blake, Sir Francis Douglas | Gee, Captain Robert | Lloyd, George Butler |
| Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- | George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Lloyd-Greame, Sir P. |
| Bowles, Colonel H. F. | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. W. E. | Gilbert, James Daniel | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John | Lowther, Major C. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Glyn, Major Ralph | M'Donald, Dr. Bouverie F. P. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Goulding, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward A. | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray |
| Brown, T. W. (Down, North) | Greene, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) | Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachie) |
| Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. | Greenwood, Colonel Sir Hamar | M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Greer, Harry | McMicking, Major Gilbert |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Greig, Colonel James William | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Gretton, Colonel John | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Gritten, W. G. Howard | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Birm., Aston) | Gwynne, Rupert S. | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Marriott, John Arthur Ransome |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm., W.) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B. |
| Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l, W. D'by) | Mitchell, William Lane |
| Cheyne, Sir William Watson | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Harmsworth, C. B. (Bedford, Luton) | Montagu, Rt. Hon. E. S. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Morden, Col. W. Grant |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Harmsworth, Sir R. L. (Caithness) | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Morison, Rt. Hon. Thomas Brash |
| Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Mosley, Oswald |
| Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Waddington, R. |
| Murchison, C. K. | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel | Wallace, J. |
| Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Remnant, Sir James | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Murray, William (Dumfries) | Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor) | Ward, William Dudley (Southampton) |
| Neal, Arthur | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Waring, Major Walter |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster) | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur | Williams, C. (Tavistock) |
| Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Williamson, Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald |
| Nield, Sir Herbert | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Willoughby, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Claud |
| O'Neill, Major Hon. Robert W. H. | Shaw, Capt. William T. (Forfar) | Wilson, Capt. A. S. (Holderness) |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castie-on-T.) | Wilson, Daniel M. (Down, West) |
| Parker, James | Smith, Sir Malcolm (Orkney) | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir M. (Bethnal Gn.) |
| Pearce, Sir William | Smithers, Sir Alfred W. | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander | Wise, Frederick |
| Percy, Charles (Tynemouth) | Steel, Major S. Strang | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Stevens, Marshall | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Perkins, Walter Frank | Surtees, Brigadier-General H. C. | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Philipps, Gen. Sir I. (Southampton) | Sutherland, Sir William | Woolcock, William James U. |
| Philipps, Sir Owen C. (Chester, City) | Taylor, J. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Pilditch, Sir Philip | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) | Yeo, Sir Alfred William |
| Polson, Sir Thomas A. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | Young, E. H. (Norwich) |
| Pratt, John William | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) | |
| Purchase, H. G. | Townshend, Sir Charles Vere Ferrers | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Raeburn, Sir William H. | Tryon, Major George Clement | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr. |
| McCurdy. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hirst, G. H. | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Sexton, James |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Kennedy, Thomas | Spoor, B. G. |
| Briant, Frank | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Sir O. (Anglesey) |
| Cairns, John | Kenyon, Barnet | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Cape, Thomas | Kiley, James Daniel | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lawson, John James | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Lunn, William | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Gillis, William | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Glanville, Harold James | MacVeagh, Jeremiah | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett) |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Mills, John Edmund | Wilson, James (Dudley) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Morgan, Major D. Watts | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Newbould, Alfred Ernest | |
| Hallas, Eldred | Redmond, Captain William Archer | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hayward, Evan | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Mr. Wignall and Mr. Waterson. |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Rose, Frank H. |