Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister tell us what business he proposes to take on Friday?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)In accordance with the agreement arrived at between all parties last night it is proposed to put down the Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons under Eighteen) Bill as the first Order to be followed by the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Bill, on the definite understanding that if the first Order is not obtained by One o'clock, further discussion of that Measure should be adjourned, so as to allow of a full three hours' Debate on the Third Reading of the Rent Bill to be concluded by Four o'clock. I hope very much it will be possible to get the first-named Bill.
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSMay I ask a question about the business for to-day. How far is it intended to go with the Agricultural Rates Bill; and will the right hon. Gentleman take into account the fact that the principal Act which dealt with a much smaller amount of money and did not apply to Scotland, took 15 Parliamentary days?
§ Mr. J. JONESBefore the right hon. Gentleman answers that question, may I ask him if he is prepared to give facilities on Friday so that the first Bill may, if necessary, be voted upon before One o'clock?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI do not quite understand the last question. If the hon. Member means do we propose to get the Bill through before we rise, the answer is "Yes." With regard to the question of the hon. Member for Derby (Mr. C. Roberts), we hope to get, as was announced. I think, last week, the Report stage and Third Reading of the Rates Bill.
§ Mr. ROBERTSCan we not have a longer time for this really important Measure? It only had four days' discussion in Standing Committee, where never more than 34 Members attended.
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is quite true there is no restriction of time in the Standing Committee, and that really shows that the Bill meets with an amount of general approval. It is very important that this Bill should be got before the House adjourns, and, as my hon. Friend knows, time is getting on now.
Mr. THOMASHaving regard to the fact that the only opposition to the first Order on Friday is likely to come from his side of the House, will the right hon. Gentleman make an effort to persuade his own supporters not to block the Bill?
Viscountess ASTORWill the right hon. Gentleman press upon his supporters—or some of his supporters, because only a few of them take this view—that they are wasting Government time by blocking this Bill?
§ Viscount CURZONIs it not the case that a certain number of us who served on the Committee are very anxious to give our views, even though we may eventually support the Bill?
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Agricultural Rates Bill and on the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill 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, 222; Noes, 144.
1363| Division No. 284.] | AYES. | [3.47 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Doyle, N. Grattan | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Ednam, Viscount | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Apsley, Lord | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Col. Sir Martin | England, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick W. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lorden, John William |
| Astor, Viscountess | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lorimer, H. D. |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. | Lougher, L. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Eyres-Monsell, Com. Rt. Hon. Bolton M. | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Falcon, Captain Michael | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) |
| Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfrey | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Mason, Lieut.-Col. C. K. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) |
| Bennett, Sir T. J. (Sevenoaks) | Frece, Sir Walter de | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Molloy, Major L. G. S. |
| Berry, Sir George | Furness, G. J. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Gardiner, James | Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Gates, Percy | Morrison-Bell, Major Sir A. C. (Honiton) |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Murchison, C. K. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Goff, Sir R. Park | Nall, Major Joseph |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Gretton, Colonel John | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) |
| Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l, W. D'by) | Nield, Sir Herbert |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Halstead, Major D. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Bruford, R. | Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Paget, T. G. |
| Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Pease, William Edwin |
| Burney, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) | Harrison, F. C. | Pennefather, De Fonblanque |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Harvey, Major S. E. | Penny, Frederick George |
| Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) | Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Button, H. S. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Peto, Basil E. |
| Cadogan, Major Edward | Herbert, S. (Scarborough) | Pielou, D. P. |
| Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Hiley, Sir Ernest | Privett, F. J. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Raeburn, Sir William H. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Hitchin) | Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy | Raine, W. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hopkins John W. W. | Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) | Remnant, Sir James |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. | Rentoul, G. S. |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hudson, Capt. A. | Reynolds, W. G. W. |
| Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Hurd, Percy A. | Richardson, Sir Alex, (Gravesend) |
| Cope, Major William | Hurst, Gerald B. | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) |
| Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Robertson-Despencer, Major (Isl'gt'n W.) |
| Crook, C. W. (East Ham, North) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Rogerson, Capt. J. E. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Jenkins, W. A. (Brecon and Radnor) | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Jephcott, A. R. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. |
| Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Johnson, Sir L. (Walthamstow, E.) | Russell, William (Bolton) |
| Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Joynson-Hicks, Sir William | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Kelley, Major Sir Frederick A. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. |
| Dixon, Capt. H. (Belfast, E.) | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Shepperson, E. W. | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) | White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Simpson-Hinchliffe, W. A. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Singleton, J. E. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Titchfield, Marquess of | Wise, Frederick |
| Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Wood, Rt. Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. | Tubbs, S. W. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Stanley, Lord | Turton, Edmund Russborough | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Stewart, Gershom (Wirral) | Wallace, Captain E. | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Waring, Major Walter | |
| Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H. | Wells, S. R. | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Colonel the Rt. Hon. G. A. Gibbs. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Francis Dyke | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Richards, R. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Herriotts, J. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hinds, John | Riley, Ben |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hirst, G. H. | Ritson, J. |
| Attlee, C. R. | Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Roberts, C. H. (Derby) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) | Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) |
| Barnes, A. | Irving, Dan | Rose, Frank H. |
| Batey, Joseph | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Royce, William Stapleton |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East) | Salter, Dr. A. |
| Berkeley, Captain Reginald | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Bonwick, A. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sexton, James |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Briant, Frank | Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Bromfield, William | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Simpson, J. Hope |
| Brotherton, J. | Kenyon, Barnet | Sinclair, Sir A. |
| Buckie, J. | Lansbury, George | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Burgess, S. | Lawson, John James | Smillie, Robert |
| Burnie, Major J. (Bootle) | Leach, W. | Smith, T. (Pontefract) |
| Buxton, Charles (Accrington) | Lee, F. | Snell, Harry |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) | Snowden, Philip |
| Charleton, H. C. | Linfield, F. C. | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) |
| Clarke, Sir E. C. | Lowth, T. | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | McCurdy, Rt. Hon. Charles A. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Collison, Levi | MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) | Sutherland, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell | M'Entee, V. L. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | March, S. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Duffy, T. Gavan | Marshall, Sir Arthur H. | Tillett, Benjamin |
| Duncan, C. | Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'd'ne, E.) | Trevelyan, C. P. |
| Dunnico, H. | Middleton, G. | Warne, G. H. |
| Edmonds, G. | Millar, J. D. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Morel, E. D. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) | Mosley, Oswald | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Falconer, J. | Muir, John W. | Weir, L. M. |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Foot, Isaac | Murray, John (Leeds, West) | White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.) |
| George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) | Whiteley, W. |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Newbold, J. T. W. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Gray, Frank (Oxford) | O'Connor, Thomas P. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | O'Grady, Captain James | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Oliver, George Harold | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Paling, W. | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Pattinson, R. (Grantham) | Wright, W. |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Pattinson, S. (Horncastle) | Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Hancock, John George | Phillipps, Vivian | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hardie, George D. | Ponsonby, Arthur | |
| Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) | Potts, John S. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hayday, Arthur | Pringle, W. M. R. | Mr. Morgan Jones and Mr. Lunn. |
Question put, and agreed to.