HC Deb 21 March 1923 vol 161 cc2570-3
Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALD

I 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 MINISTER

We 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.

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.