§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday, as I announced yesterday, we propose to take the Motion on military expenditure and disarmament, standing in the name of the hon. Member for Aberavon (Mr. MacDonald).
Tuesday: Supply—Post Office and Mines Department Votes.
Wednesday: Supply—Colonial Office Vote and Supplementary Estimate for Rhodesia.
Thursday: Supply. The Vote is being arranged through the usual channels.
On Wednesday and Thursday the Committee and Report stages respectively of all the outstanding Votes in Supply will be put from the Chair at Ten o'clock.
Friday's business will be announced later.
Captain BENNWhen is it intended to take the Debate on the Education (Scotland) Bill?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope I shall be able to make an announcement next week.
§ Mr. RILEYCan the right hon. Gentleman say when the Bill for the regulation of agricultural labourers' wages will be introduced?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am afraid not before the Autumn Session.
§ Mr. MACPHERSONWill the Post Office Vote on Tuesday end at 8.15?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat is the intention.
Mr. MacDONALDWith regard to the business after eleven o'clock to-night, is it the intention to take anything except the four Orders mentioned yesterday—the Lords Amendments to the Housing, etc. (No. 2) Bill, the Third Readings of the East India Loans, Expiring Laws Continuance and Public Works (Loans) Bills?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe hope, if possible, to take Order 17, Education (Institution Children) Bill.
§
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, 215; Noes, 134.
2507| Division No. 299.] | AYES. | [3.48 p.m. |
| Ainsworth, Captain Charles | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry |
| Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) | Forestier-Walker, L. | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Hugh |
| Apsley, Lord | Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Col. Sir Martin | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Paget, T. G. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Parker, Owen (Kettering) |
| Astor, Viscountess | Gardiner, James | Pease, William Edwin |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. | Pennefather, De Fonblanque |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Penny, Frederick George |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Goff, Sir R. Park | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague | Gretton, Colonel John | Peto, Basil E. |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Philipson, Mabel |
| Becker, Harry | Gwynne, Rupert S. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Privett, F. J. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l, W. D'by) | Raeburn, Sir William H. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Halstead, Major D. | Rankin, Captain James Stuart |
| Berry, Sir George | Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Harvey, Major S. E. | Rees, Sir Beddoe |
| Bird, Sir William B. M. (Chichester) | Hawke, John Anthony | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) | Rentoul, G. S. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Robertson-Despencer, Major (Islgtn, W.) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Herbert, S. (Scarborough) | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Hiley, Sir Ernest | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Briggs, Harold | Hood, Sir Joseph | Russell, William (Bolton) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hopkins, John W. W. | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. |
| Brown, J. W. (Middlesbrough, E.) | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Sanderson, Sir Frank B. |
| Bruford, R. | Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) | Sandon, Lord |
| Bruton, Sir James | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hudson, Capt. A. | Shipwright, Captain D. |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Hughes, Collingwood | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew | Hurst, Gerald B. | Simpson.-Hinchliffe, W. A. |
| Burney, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) | Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) | Singleton, J. E. |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Button, H. S. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Spears, Brig.-Gen. E. L. |
| Cadogan, Major Edward | Jephcott, A. R. | Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul | Stanley, Lord |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Joynson-Hicks, Sir William | Stewart, Gershom (Wirral) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel | Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur | Lamb, J. Q. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Lever, Sir Arthur L. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Cope, Major William | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) | Lorden, John William | Wallace, Captain E. |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Lorimer, H. D. | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Lougher, L. | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke upon Trent) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Waring, Major Walter |
| Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Doyle, N. Grattan | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Margesson, H. D. R. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Mercer, Colonel H. | Winterton, Earl |
| Ednam, Viscount | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Wise, Frederick |
| Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Ellis, R. G. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| England, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Molloy, Major L. G. S. | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Morrison-Bell, Major Sir A. C. (Honiton) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. | Murchison, C. K. | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) | Nall, Major Joseph | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Eyres-Monsell, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. M. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | |
| Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Fawkes, Major F. H. | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Colonel |
| Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. | Nield, Sir Herbert | the Rt. Hon. G. A. Gibbs. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. | Bennett, A. J. (Mansfield) | Broad, F. A. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Berkeley, Captain Reginald | Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) |
| Attlee, C. R. | Bonwick, A. | Burgess, S. |
| Barnes, A. | Bowdier, W. A. | Burnie, Major J. (Bootle) |
| Batey, Joseph | Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Buxton, Charles (Accrington) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Briant, Frank | Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) |
| Chapple, W. A. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sexton, James |
| Clarke, Sir E. C. | Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) | Shakespeare, G. H. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Collison, Levi | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Shaw, Thomas (Preston) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Kenyon, Barnet | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Darbishire, C. W. | Kirkwood, D. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Duffy, T. Gavan | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Simpson, J. Hope |
| Duncan, C. | Lawson, John James | Sinclair, Sir A. |
| Dunnico, H. | Leach, W. | Snell, Harry |
| Ede, James Chuter | Lee, F. | Snowden, Philip |
| Edge, Captain Sir William | Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel H. K. |
| Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) | Lowth, T. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) | Lyle-Samuel, Alexander | Strauss, Edward Anthony |
| Falconer, J. | MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | M'Entee, V. L. | Sullivan, J. |
| George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) | McLaren, Andrew | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Gilbert, James Daniel | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Gosling, Harry | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Thornton, M. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Macpherson Rt. Hon. James I. | Tout, W. J. |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Marshall, Sir Arthur H. | Trevelyan, C. P. |
| Greenall, T. | Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) | Turner, Ben |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Millar, J. D. | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. | Warne, G. H. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Morel, E. D. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Webb, Sidney |
| Hancock, John George | Muir, John W. | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Harbord, Arthur | Murnin, H. | Westwood, J. |
| Hardie, George D. | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) |
| Hartshorn, Vernon | O'Grady, Captain James | Whiteley, W. |
| Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) | Oliver, George Harold | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Hayes, John Henry (Edge Hill) | Paling, W. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Phillipps, Vivian | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Herriotts, J. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Hinds, John | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wright, W. |
| Hirst, G. H. | Riley, Ben | Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Hodge, Rt. Hon. John | Ritson, J. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hogge, James Myles | Rose, Frank H. | |
| Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) | Royce, William Stapleton | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Irving, Dan | Salter, Dr. A. | Mr. Ammon and Mr. Rhys Davies. |
| Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Scrymgeour, E. |