§ The PRIME MINISTERThe business for next week is as follows:
§ Monday: Local Authorities (Emergency Provisions) Bill, Second Reading; Fees (Increase) Bill, Report and Third Reading; and Industrial Assurance Bill, Second Reading.
§ Tuesday: Consolidated Fund Bill, Second Beading.
§ Wednesday: Consolidated Fund Bill, Third Reading.
§ Thursday: Adjournment for Easter until Monday, 9th April.
§ The Lords Amendments (if any) to Bills will be taken as soon as they have been received.
§ In view of the fact that full days are required for the discussion on the Second and Third Reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill, it will be necessary for me to take, Private Members' time on Tuesday 2761 and Wednesday evenings, and I shall on Monday give notice of the necessary Motion.
Mr. MacDonaldIs it proposed that we should meet on Thursday as though it were a Friday, or at the ordinary time of a Quarter to Three?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe shall meet at Eleven o'clock on Thursday.
§ Lieut-Commander KENWORTHYCan the right hon. Gentleman arrange that the Industrial Assurance Bill be taken at a reasonable hour, in view of the great interest taken in the matter?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope that we may, on Monday, be able to take the
§ three Bills mentioned, leaving it to the House to decide whether or not it will be at a reasonable hour.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYBut will that Bill be the first Order?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat is impossible.
§
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, 259; Noes, 149.
2763| Division No. 58.] | AYES. | [3.55 P.m. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) | Craig, Captain C, C. (Antrim, South) | Hewett, Sir J. P. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon, Leopold C. M. S. | Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hiley, Sir Ernest |
| Apsley, Lord | Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Crooke, J. S. (Deritend) | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St. Marylebone) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Davidson, J. c. C.(Hemel Hempstead) | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Hood, Sir Joseph |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) | Hopkins, John W. W. |
| Barlow, Rt. Hon. Sir Montague | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Dixon, C. H. (Rutland) | Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Doyle, N. Grattan | Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Becker, Harry | Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. |
| Bell, Lieut-Col. W. C. H. (Devlzes) | Edge, Captain Sir William | Hudson, Capt. A. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hume, G. H. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Ednam, Viscount | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. |
| Berry, Sir George | Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | England, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Evans, Capt. H. Arthur (Leicester, E.) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Blundell. F. N. | Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Falcon, Captain Michael | Jarrett, G. W. S. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul |
| Brass, Captain W. | Fawkes, Major F. H, | Joynson-Hicks, Sir William |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Kelley, Major Fred (Rotherham) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Foreman, Sir Henry | Kennedy, Captain M. S. Nigel |
| Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) | Forestier-Walker, L. | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Foxcroft, Captain Charles Talbot | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Brown, J. W. (Middlesbrough, E.) | Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Lamb, J. O. |
| Bruford, R. | Frece, Sir Walter de | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. |
| Bruton, Sir James | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Law Rt. Hon. A. B. (Glasgow, C.) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Furness, G. J. | Lewis, Thomas A. |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Ganzonl, Sir John | Lloyd-Greame, Rt. Hon. Sir P. |
| Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew | Gardiner, James | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Burney, Com. (Middx., Uxbridge) | Gates, Percy | Lorden, John William |
| Butcher, Sir John George | George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) | Lorimer, H. D. |
| Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) | Goff, Sir R. Park | Lougher, L. |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Gould, James C. | Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) |
| Button, H, S. | Gray, Harold (Cambridge) | Lynn, R. J. |
| Cadogan, Major Edward | Greaves-Lord, Walter | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) | Macnamara, Rt. Hon. Dr. T. J. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Greenwood, William (Stockport) | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Gwynne, Rupert S. | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Manville, Edward |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W.(Liv'p'l,W.D'by) | Margesson, H. D. R. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Halstead, Major D. | Mason, Lieut.-Col. C. K. |
| Coates, Lt.-Col. Norman | Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) | Mercer, Colonel H. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Mitchell, W. F, (Saffron Walden) |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Harrison, F, C. | Molloy, Major L. G. S. |
| Colvin, Brig-General Richard Beale | Harvey, Major S. E. | Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Hawke, John Anthony | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Cope, Major William | Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) | Morden, Col. W. Grant |
| Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Moreing, Captain Algernon H. |
| Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell | Herbert, Col. Hon. A. (Yeovil) | Morris, Harold |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Herbert, S. (Scarborough) | Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honiton) | Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Murchison, C. K. | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) |
| Nall, Major Joseph | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. Sir S. (Ecclesall) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Newson, Sir Percy Wilson | Robertson, J. D. (Islington, W.) | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Rogerson, Capt. J. E. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Roundell, Colonel R. F. | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wallace, Captain E. |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Russell, William (Bolton) | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Paget, T. G. | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney | Waring, Major Walter |
| Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington) |
| Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. | Wells, S. R. |
| Pease, William Edwin | Sanderson, Sir Frank B. | Wheler, Col. Granville C. H. |
| Penny, Frederick George | Sandon, Lord | White, Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Whitla, Sir William |
| Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) | Willey, Arthur |
| Perring, William George | Shakespeare, G. H. | Winterton Earl |
| Peto, Basil E. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wise, Frederick |
| Philipson, H. H. | Shipwright, Captain D. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Pielou, D. P. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Simpson-Hinchcliffe, W. A. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Preston, Sir W. R. | Sinclair, Sir A. | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Pretyman, Rt. Hon. Ernest G. | Singleton, J. E, | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Raeburn, Sir William H. | Skelton, A, N. | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Raine, W. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) | Young, Rt. Hon. E. H. (Norwich) |
| Rees, Sir Beddoe | Sparkes, H. W. | |
| Reid, Cant A, S. C. (Warrington) | Strauss, Edward Anthony | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Remnant, Sir James | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton. | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Colonel Gibbs. |
| Rentoul, G. S. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H. | |
| Reynolds, W. G. W. | Sutcliffe, T. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hay, Captain J. p. (Cathcart) | Richards, R. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hayday, Arthur | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Attlee, C. R. | Hayes, John Henry (Edge Hill) | Riley, Ben |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (N'castle, E.) | Ritson, J. |
| Barnes, A. | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Batey, Joseph | Hinds, John | Saklatvala, S. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hirst, G. H. | Salter, Dr. A. |
| Bennett, A. J. (Mansfield) | Hogge, James Myles | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Berkeley, Captain Reginald | Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Bonwick, A. | Irving, Dan | Shinwell, Emanuel |
| Bowdler, W. A. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Broad, F. A | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Brotherton, J. | Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East) | Simpson, J. Hope |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Buchanan, G. | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Smith, T. (Pontefract) |
| Buckle, J. | Kenyon, Barnet | Snell, Harry |
| Burgess, S. | Kirkwood, D. | Snowden, Philip |
| Burnie, Major J. (Bootle) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Stephenson, Lieut.-Colonel K. K. |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Lansbury, George | Stephen, Campbell |
| Cairns, John | Lawson, John James | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Cape, Thomas | Leach, W. | Sullivan, J. |
| Chapple, W. A. | Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derhy) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Linfield, F. C | Thomson, T. (Middlesbrough, West) |
| Clarke, Sir E. C. | Lowth, T. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) | Thornton, M. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | M'Entee, V. L. | Trevelyan, C. P. |
| Collins, Pat (Walsall) | McLaren, Andrew | Turner, Ben |
| Collison, Levi | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | March, S. | Warne, G. H. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Marshall, Sir Arthur H. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Duffy, T. Gavan | Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dlne, E.) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. O. (Rhondda) |
| Duncan, C. | Maxton, James | Webb, Sidney |
| Dunnico, H. | Middleton, G. | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Ede, James Chuter | Millar, J. D. | Weir, L. M. |
| Fairbairn, R. R. | Morel, E. D. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Falconer, J. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wheatley, J. |
| Foot, Isaac | Mosley, Oswald | White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Muir, John W. | Whiteley, W. |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Murnin, H. | Wignall, James |
| Gray, Frank (Oxford) | Murray, Hon. A. C. (Aberdeen) | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Greenall, T. | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Nichol, Robert | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | O'Grady. Captain James | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Groves, T. | Oliver, George Harold | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Grundy, T, W. | Paling, W. | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen. C.) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wright, W. |
| Halt, G. H (Merthyr Tydvll) | Pattinson, S. (Horncastle) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Phillipps, Vivian | |
| Harbord, Arthur | Ponsonby, Arthur | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hardie, George D. | Potts, John S. | Mr. Ammon and Mr. Lunn. |
| Harris, Percy A. | Pringle, W. M. R. |
First Resolution read a Second time.