Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALDI should like to ask the Prime Minister how far he proposes to go to-night, in the event of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being suspended.
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe propose to take no business except the Air Votes after eleven o'clock. Of course, if there be time before, we will take other Orders on the Paper.
§
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, 274; Noes, 160.
2573| Division No. 56] | AYES. | [4.6 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell |
| Alnsworth, Captain Charles | Brown, J. W. (Middlesbrough, E.) | Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) | Bruford, R. | Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry |
| Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) | Bruton, Sir James | Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Buckingham, Sir H. | Crook, C. W. (East Ham, North) |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Crooke, J. S. (Deritend) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Curzon, Captain Viscount |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick W. | Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew | Davidson, J.C.C.(Hemel Hempstead) |
| Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) | Burney, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) | Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Butcher, Sir John George | Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Butt, Sir Alfred | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Button, H. S. | Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) |
| Banks, Mitchell | Cadogan, Major Edward | Doyle, N. Grattan |
| Banner, Sir John S. Harmood. | Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. | Du Pre, Colonel William Baring |
| Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague | Cautley, Henry Strother | Edge, Captain Sir William |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Edmondson, Major A. J. |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Ednam, Viscount |
| Becker, Harry | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | England, Lieut.-Colonel A. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Chapman, Sir S. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith |
| Berry, Sir George | Churchman. Sir Arthur | Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Clarry, Reginald George | Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Clayton, G. C. | Falcon, Captain Michael |
| Blundell, F. N. | Coates, Lt.-Col. Norman | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Fawkes, Major F. H. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Flanagan, W. H. |
| Briggs, Harold | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Foreman, Sir Henry |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Cope, Major William | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot |
| Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) | Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) | Fraser, Major Sir Keith |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) | Robertson, J. D. (Islington. W.) |
| Furness, G. J. | Lorden, John William | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Ganzoni Sir John | Lorimer, H. D. | Russell, William (Bolton) |
| Gardiner, James | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Gates, Percy | Lynn, R. J. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. |
| George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Sandon, Lord |
| Goff, Sir R. Park | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Gray, Harold (Cambridge) | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Greaves-Lord, Walter | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Shipwright, Captain D. |
| Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Margesson, H. D. R. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Gretton, Colonel John | Marks, Sir George Croydon | Simpson-Hinchliffe, W. A. |
| Gulnness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Mason, Lieut-Col. C. K. | Sinclair, Sir A. |
| Guthrie, Thomas Maule | Mercer, Colonel H. | Singleton, J. E. |
| Gwynne, Rupert S. | Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Molloy, Major L. G. S. | Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) |
| Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W.(Liv'p'I.W.D'by) | Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. | Sparkes, H. W. |
| Halstead, Major D. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H |
| Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Stanley, Lord |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Morris, Harold | Stewart, Gershom (Wirral) |
| Harrison, F. C. | Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) | Stockton, Sir Edwin Forsyth |
| Harvey, Major S. E. | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honlton) | Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. |
| Hawke, John Anthony | Murchison, C. K. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton |
| Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) | Murray, John (Leeds, West) | Sturrock, J. Leng |
| Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H. |
| Herbert, S. (Scarborough) | Newson, Sir Percy Wilson | Sutcliffe, T. |
| Hewett, Sir J. P. | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Hlley, Sir Ernest | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) |
| Hoare. Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Nield, Sir Herbert | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St. Marylebone) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Hopkins, John W. W. | Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Pease, William Edwin | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland. N.) | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. | Penny, Frederick George | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Hughes, Collingwood | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Waring, Major Walter |
| Hume, G. H. | Perring, William George | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) |
| Hurst. Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. | Peto, Basil E. | Wells, S. R. |
| Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) | Pielou, D. P. | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) | Pilditch, Sir Philip | White, Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Whitla, Sir William |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. | Willey, Arthur |
| Jarrett, G. W. S. | Privett, F. J. | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Jenkins, W. A. (Brecon and Radnor) | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Winterton, Earl |
| Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul | Raine, W. | Wise, Frederick |
| Joynson-Hicks, Sir William | Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel | Wood, Rt. Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Rawson, Lieut.-Com. A. C. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Lamb, J. Q | Reld, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Yerburgh, R D. T. |
| Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. | Remer. J. R. | Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Law, Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow. C.) | Remnant, Sir James | |
| Lewis, Thomas A. | Rentoul, G. S. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Reynolds, W. G. W. | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Colonel |
| Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir P. | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) | Gibbs. |
| Locker-Lampson. G. (Wood Green) | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. | Cairns, John | Gray, Frank (Oxford) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Cape, Thomas | Greenall, T. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Chapple, W. A. | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Charleton. H. C. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) |
| Attlee, C. R. | Clarke, Sir E. C. | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Groves, T. |
| Barnes, A. | Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Grundy, T. W. |
| Batey, Joseph | Collison, Levi | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Davies, David (Montgomery) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Bennett, A. J. (Mansfield) | Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) |
| Bonwick, A. | Duffy, T. Gavan | Harbord, Arthur |
| Briant, Frank | Duncan, C. | Hardle, George D. |
| Broad, F. A. | Dunnico, H. | Harris, Percy A. |
| Bromfield, William | Ede, James Chuter | Hay. Captain J. P. (Cathcart) |
| Brotherton, J. | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Hayday. Arthur |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) | Hayes, John Henry (Edge Hill) |
| Buchanan, G. | Fairbairn, R. R. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (N'castle. E.) |
| Buckle, J. | Falconer, J. | Henderson. T. (Glasgow) |
| Burgess, S. | Foot, Isaac | Herriotts, J. |
| Burnle, Major J. (Bootle) | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Hill, A. |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Hinds, John |
| Hirst, G. H. | Morrison, R, C. (Tottenham, N.) | Smith, T. (Pontofract) |
| Hogge, James Myles | Mosley, Oswald | Snell, Harry |
| Irving Dan | Muir, John W. | Snowden, Philip |
| Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Murnin, H. | Stephen, Campbell |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Nichol, Robert | Sullivan, J. |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | O'Grady, Captain James | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Oliver, George Harold | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Paling, W. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) | Parker, H. (Hanley) | Thornton, M. |
| Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Trevelyan, C. P. |
| Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) | Phillips, Vivian | Turner, Ben |
| Kenyon, Barnet | Ponsonby, Arthur | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, lnce) |
| Kirkwood, D. | Potts, John S. | Warne, G. H. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Pringle, W. M. R. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Lansbury, George | Richards, R. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Lawson, John James | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Webb, Sidney |
| Leach, W. | Riley, Ben | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Lee, F. | Ritson, J. | Weir, L. M. |
| Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) | Roberts, C. H. (Derby) | Welsh, J. C. |
| Linfield, F. C. | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) | Wheatley, J. |
| Lowth, T. | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) | White, H. G. (Birkenhead. E.) |
| MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) | Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland) | Whiteley, W. |
| M'Entee, V. L. | Royce, William Stapleton | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| McLaren, Andrew | Saklatvala, S. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Salter, Dr. A. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| March, S. | Scrymgeour, E. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Marshall, Sir Arthur H. | Sexton, James | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Martin F. (Aberd'n & Klnc'dlne, E.) | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Maxton, James | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Wright, W. |
| Middleton, G. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Millar, J. D. | Simpson, J. Hope | |
| Morel, E. D. | Sitch, Charles H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Amnon and Mr. Lunn. |
Question put, and agreed to.