HC Deb 19 July 1922 vol 156 cc2084-7
Colonel WEDGWOOD

May I ask the Leader of the House how far on the Order Paper he proposes to proceed this evening?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I must ask the House to take the first four Orders on the Paper. If hon. Members will look at the next three they will see that they are, as I believe, wholly non-contentious, and I should hope that the House would be ready to pass them without difficulty I should not ask the House to sit late, or to continue sitting late, for those three Orders, if it be not the wish of the House to do so, but I should hope that they would be passed without difficulty. The first four I must ask the House to take.

Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY

May I ask why, in the matter of business, Scotland has again been callously thrown into the background? We were led to believe that the two Scottish Bills which were taken last week would be taken as first Orders—that the Allotments Bill would be the first Order to-day; and we expected that that would be so. Now, suddenly, ahead of them is the School Teachers (Superannuation) Bill, an English Bill, which the right hon. Gentleman admits, is a contentious Bill, and these two Scottish Orders will probably come on very late at night.

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The reason for putting the English Bill first is because, in the opinion of the Government, concurred in by the leaders of parties, it is desirable that the English Education Bill, on which the main fight is being fought, should be definitely settled before the Scottish Bill is taken. That is the only change that has been made, and I believe it will be for the general convenience of the House.

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That one additional day be allotted to the Business of Supply."—[Mr. Chamberlain]

Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY rose

Mr. SPEAKER

If the hon. and gallant Gentleman looks at paragraph (4) of Standing Order No. 15, he will find that I have to put the Question without Amendment or Debate.

Motion made, and Question put, "That Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the Provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]

The House divided: Ayes, 228; Noes, 56.

Division No. 229.] AYES. [3.50 P.m.
Adair, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. S. Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray Lowther, Maj.-Gen. Sir C. (Penrith)
Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte Fell, Sir Arthur Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon)
Allen, Lieut.-Col. Sir William James Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. Macdonald, Rt. Hon. John Murray
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. FitzRoy, Captain Hon. Edward A. Mackinder, Sir H. J. (Camlachie)
Armstrong, Henry Bruce Flannery, Sir James Fortescue McLaren, Hon. H. D. (Leicester)
Atkey, A. R. Ford, Patrick Johnston McLaren, Robert (Lanark, Northern)
Baird, Sir John Lawrence Foreman, Sir Henry M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W.
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Forestier-Walker, L. McMicking, Major Gilbert
Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. Forrest, Walter Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J.
Barlow, Sir Montague Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I.
Barnston, Major Harry Fraser, Major Sir Keith Macquisten, F. A.
Barrand, A. R. Frece, Sir Walter de Magnus, Sir Philip
Beauchamp, Sir Edward Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Mallalieu, Frederick William
Beckett, Hon. Sir Gervase Ganzonl, Sir John Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.)
Bellairs, Commander Cariyon W. Gee, Captain Robert Marks, Sir George Croydon
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham Mason, Robert
Bennett, Sir Thomas Jewell Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Matthews, David
Bigland, Alfred Glyn, Major Ralph Middlebrook, Sir William
Blake, Sir Francis Douglas Goff, Sir R. Park Mildmay, Colonel Rt. Hon. F. B.
Boscawen, Rt. Hon. Sir A. Griffith- Grant, James Augustus Mitchell, Sir William Lane
Bowyer, Captain G. W. E. Gray, Major Ernest (Accrington) Moison, Major John Elsdale
Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred Moritz
Breese, Major Charles E. Greenwood, William (Stockport) Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J.
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Greig, Colonel Sir James William Morden, Col. W. Grant
Briggs, Harold Gretton, Colonel John Moreing, Captain Algernon H.
Brown, Major D. C. Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. Frederick E. Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert
Buchanan, Lieut.-Colonel A. L. H. Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. Murchison, C. K.
Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. Hacking, Captain Douglas H. Murray, Rt. Hon. C. D. (Edinburgh)
Burdon, Colonel Rowland Hallwood, Augustine Neal, Arthur
Burn, Col. C, R. (Devon, Torquay) Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley)
Carter, R. A. D. (Man., Withington) Hamilton, Sir George C. Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter)
Casey, T. W. Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Newson, Sir Percy Wilson
Cautley, Henry Strother Harmsworth, C, B. (Bedford, Luton) Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster)
Chamberlain, Rt, Hn. J. A.(Birm., W.) Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Nicholson, Reginald (Doncaster)
Chamberlain, N. (Birm., Ladywood) Harris, Sir Henry Percy Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield)
Cheyne, Sir William Watson Hinds, John Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry
Child, Brigadier-General Sir Hill Hope, J. D. (Berwick & Haddington) Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Hopkins, John W. W. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William
Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. spender Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike
Clough, Sir Robert Houston, Sir Robert Patterson Percy, Charles (Tynemouth)
Coats, Sir Stuart Hudson, B. M. Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings)
Cobb, Sir Cyril 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)
Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. Philipps, Sir Owen C. (Chester, City)
Conway, Sir W. Martin James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Pilditch, Sir Philip
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Jephcott, A. R. Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles
Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Jodrell, Neville Paul Pollock, Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Murray
Curzon, Captain Viscount Johnstone, Joseph Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton
Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) Jones, Sir Evan (Pembroke) Pratt, John William
Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Kidd, James Rae, Sir Henry N.
Dawson, Sir Philip King, Captain Henry Douglas Raeburn, Sir William H.
Dockrell, Sir Maurice Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Raw, Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. N.
Doyle, N. Grattan Lane-Fox, G. R. Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel
Du Pre, Colonel William Baring Larmor, Sir Joseph Remer, J. R.
Edge, Captain Sir William Law, Alfred J. (Rochdale) Remnant, Sir James
Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) Lindsay, William Arthur Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford)
Elveden, Viscount Lloyd, George Butler Roberts, Sir S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall)
Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'tingd'n) Robinson, S. (Brecon and Radnor)
Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. Lorden, John William Rodger, A. K.
Rothschild, Lionel de Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser White, Col. G. D. (Southport)
Rounded, Colonel R. F. Sugden, W. H. Williams, C. (Tavistock)
Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) Sutherland, Sir William Williams, Col. Sir R. (Dorset, W.)
Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur Taylor, J. Wills, Lt.-Col. Sir Gilbert Alan H.
Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. Terrell, George (Wilts, Chippenham) Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir M. (Bethnal Gn.)
Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) Thomas, Sir Robert J. (Wrexham) Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond)
Seager, Sir William Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) Windsor, Viscount
Seely, Major-General Rt. Hon. John Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Maryhill) Winterton, Earl
Shaw, William T. (Forfar) Townley, Maximilian G. Wise, Frederick
Shortt, Rt. Hon. E. (N'castle-on-T.) Tryon, Major George Clement Wood, Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon)
Smith, Sir Malcolm (Orkney) Waddington, R. Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak)
Smithers, Sir Alfred W. Wallace, J. Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L.
Sprot, Colonel Sir Alexander Walton, J. (York, W. R., Don Valley) Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward
Stanley, Major Hon. G. (Preston) Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon)
Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull)
Stewart, Gershom Waring, Major Walter TELLERS FOR THE AYES—
Sturrock, J. Leng Watson, Captain John Bertrand Colonel Leslie Wilson and Mr. McCurdy.
NOES.
Acland, Rt. Hon. Francis O. Hallas, Eldred Rose. Frank H.
Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) Royce, William Stapleton
Ammon, Charles George Holmes, J. Stanley Sexton, James
Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry Irving, Dan Short, Alfred (Wednesbury)
Banton, George Kelley, Major Frod (Rotherham) Spoor, B. G.
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West)
Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) Kenyon, Barnet Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow)
Barton, Sir William (Oldham) Kiley, James Daniel Waterson. A. E.
Bonn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Lawson, John James Watts-Morgan. Lieut.-Col. D.
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Lunn, William Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C.
Briant, Frank Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Midlothian) White, Charles F. (Derby, Western)
Bromfield, William MacVeagh, Jeremiah Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett)
Cairns, John Mosley, Oswald Williams, Penry (Middlesbrough, E.)
Carter, W. (Nottingham, Mansfield) Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) Wilson, James (Dudley)
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.)
Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Myers, Thomas Young. Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Edwards, G. (Norfolk, South) O'Grady, Captain James
Galbraith, Samuel Raffan, Peter Wilson TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Glanville, Harold James Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) Mr. Hogge and Mr. Kennedy.
Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) Robertson, John

Question put, and agreed to.