§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I draw the attention of the Prime Minister to the order of business on the Order Paper to-day. In replying to the usual question I put to him regarding the order of business, he gave as the first Order the Order under the Safeguarding of Industries Act, 1921, relating to gas mantles, and as the second Order the Trade Facilities and Loans Guarantee Bill. It is true I asked him if he would be good enough to put the Second Reading of the Bill on the Paper at such a time as would be convenient to the House for a full discussion, and it is just possible, that, out of courtesy to me, he changed the Order. Therefore I do not complain, but, to avoid any further misunderstanding, I should like to ask him if, in future, when a change be made in the order of business, he would be good enough to see that the Whips are communicated with.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have to admit that a mistake was made in this matter. It was because of the suggestion that the Bill should be, taken at an early hour that the change was made. My hon. Friend, who has not had very much experience as Chief Whip, omitted 1769 to have the announcement made. He, himself, explained to me this morning that he had made that mistake.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIn case the first two Orders run to a late hour, does the right hon. Gentleman propose to take the Second Reading of the Importation of Animals Bill, at any rate, after midnight?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI should be sorry that a Bill of this importance should
§ be taken at a very late hour. I hope we may be able to deal with it at a comparatively early hour.
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 268; Noes, 158.
1771| Division No. 20.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sip James Tynte | Crook, C. W. (East Ham, North) | Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) | Crooke, J. S. (Deritend) | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hopkins, John W. W. |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Dalziel, Sir D. (Lambeth, Brixton) | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) |
| Astor, Viscountess | Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Houlton, John Plowright |
| Balrd, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Houston, Sir Robert Patterson |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S) | Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Dawson, Sir Philip | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) | Hudson, Capt. A. |
| Banks, Mitchell | Doyle, N. Grattan | Hughes, Collingwood |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Edge, Captain Sir William | Hume, G. H. |
| Becker, Harry | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Ednam, Viscount | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Hurst, Lt.-Col. Gerald Berkeley |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Elvedon, Viscount | Hutchison, G. A. C. (Peebles, N.) |
| Berry, Sir George | England, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Birchell, Major J. Dearman | Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. | Jarrett, G. W. S. |
| Bird, Sir W. B. M. (Chichester) | Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) | Jenkins, W. A. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Falcon, Captain Michael | Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Fawkes, Major F. H. | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Brass, Captain W. | Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Fildes, Henry | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. |
| Briggs, Harold | Foreman, Sir Henry | Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Forestier-Walker, L. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Lorden, John William |
| Brown, J. W. (Middlesbrough, E.) | Frece, Sir Walter de | Lorimer, H. D. |
| Bruford, R. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Lougher, L. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Furness, G. J. | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Gardiner, James | Lumley, L. R. |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Garland, C. S. | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. |
| Burney, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) | Gates, Percy | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James J. |
| Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) | Gilbert, James Daniel | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Button, H. S. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Malone, Major P. B, (Tottenham, S.) |
| Cadogan, Major Edward | Gould, James C. | Margesson, H. D. R. |
| Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Gray, Harold (Cambridge) | Mason. Lieut.-Col. C. K. |
| Cassels, J. D. | Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) | Mercer, Colonel H. |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Gretton, Colonel John | Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Grigg, Sir Edward | Molloy, Major L. G. S. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Molson, Major John Eisdale |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. J. A. (Birm. W.) | Gwynne, Rupert S. | Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Morden, Col. W. Grant |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W.(Liv'p'l, W. D'by) | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Halstead, Major D. | Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Spender | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honiton) |
| Clayton, G. C. | Harrison, F. C. | Murchison, C. K. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Harvey, Major S. E. | Nall, Major Joseph |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Hawke, John Anthony | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Collie, Sir John | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) |
| Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Herbert, S. (Scarborough) | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Howett, Sir J. P. | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John |
| Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell | Hiley, Sir Ernest | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Paget, T. G. |
| Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Rounded, Colonel R. F. | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wallace, Captain E. |
| Penny, Frederick George | Russell, William (Bolton) | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| Peto, Basil E. | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) |
| Phllipson, H. H. | Sandon, Lord | Wells, S. R. |
| Pielou, D. P. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Weston, Colonel John Wakefield |
| Pliditch, Sir Philip | Shepperson, E. W. | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Simpson-Hinchcliffe, W. A. | White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Preston, Sir W. R. | Singleton, J. E. | Willey, Arthur |
| Privett, F. J. | Skelton, A. N. | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Raeburn, Sir William H. | Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) | Windsor, Viscount |
| Ralne, W. | Sparkes, H. W. | Winterton, Earl |
| Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. | Spears, Brig.-Gen. E. L. | Wise, Frederick |
| Rees, Sir Beddoe | Steel, Major S. Strang | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Remer, J. R. | Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth | Wood, Rt. Hn. Edward F. L. (Ripon> |
| Remnant, Sir James | Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Reynolds, W. G. W. | Strauss, Edward Anthony | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir p. (Chertsey) | Thomson, Luke (Sunderland) | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Herelord) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. Sir S. (Ecclesall) | Titchfield, Marquess of | Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Robertson, J. D. (Islington, W.) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | |
| Rogerson, Capt. J. E. | Tubbs, S. W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Colonel Gibbs and Major Barnston. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Herriotts, J. | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Hill, A. | Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) |
| Attlee, C. R. | Hirst, G. H. | Rose, Frank H. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Barnes, A. | Hogge, James Myles | Saklatvala, S. |
| Batey, Joseph | Irving, Dan | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Sexton, James |
| Berkeley, Captain Reginald | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Bonwick, A. | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Shaw, Thomas (Preston) |
| Bowdier, W. A. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Shinwell, Emanuel |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Briant, Frank | JonBs, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Broad, F. A. | Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) | Simpson, J. Hope |
| Bromfield, William | Kelley, Major Fred (Rotherham) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Brotherton, J. | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Kenyon, Barnet | Smith, T. (Pontefract) |
| Buchanan, G. | Kirkwood, D. | Snell, Harry |
| Burgess, S. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Snowden, Philip |
| Burnle, Major J. (Bootle) | Lansbury, George | Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.) |
| Buxton, Charles (Accrington) | Lawson, John James | Stephen, Campbell |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Leach, W. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Chapple, W. A. | Lee, F. | Sullivan, J. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Linfield, F. C. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Clarke, Sir E. C. | Lowth, T. | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West> |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Collins, Pat (Walsall) | M'Entee, V. L. | Thornton, M. |
| Collison, Levi | McLaren, Andrew | Tout, W. J. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Trevelyan, C. P. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | March, S. | Turner, Ben |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Marshall, Sir Arthur H. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) | Warns, G. H. |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Maxton, James | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Duncan, C. | Middleton, G. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Dunnico, H. | Millar, J. D. | Webb, Sidney |
| Edmonds, G. | Mond, Rt. Hon. sir Alfred Moritz | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Morel, E. D. | Weir, L. M. |
| Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Westwood, J |
| Entwistle, Major C. F. | Mosley, Oswald | White, Charles F. (Derby. Western) |
| Falconer, J. | Muir, John W. | White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.) |
| Foot, Isaac | Murnin, H. | Whiteley, W. |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) | Wignall, James |
| Gray, Frank (Oxford) | Newbold, J. T. W. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Nichol, Robert | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Oliver, George Harold | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Paling, W. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Pattinson, R. (Grantham) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Phillipps, Vivian | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Hancock, John George | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, c.) |
| Harbord, Arthur | Pringle, W. M. R. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hardle, George D. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | |
| Harney, E. A. | Riley, Ben | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) | Ritson, J. | Mr. Lunn and Mr. Morgan Jones. |
| Hayday, Arthur | Roberts, C. H. (Derby) |
Bill read a Second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House for To-morrow.—[Colonel Gibbs.]