HC Deb 03 May 1923 vol 163 cc1620-3
Mr. MacDONALD

Will the Chancellor of the Exchequer tell us what business there is for next week, and could he at the same time announce when the Whitsuntide Recess will begin and when it will end?

Mr. BALDWIN

The business will be as follows:

Monday: Special Constables Bill, Report and Third Reading; Explosives Bill [Lords,] Second Reading; Forestry (Transfer of Woods) Bill, Second Reading; Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Bill [Lords], Second Reading; Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Bill, Report and Third Reading.

Tuesday: Rent Restrictions (Notices of Increase) Bill, Third Reading.

Wednesday: The Motion respecting the Draft Conventions and Recommendations adopted at the Third and Fourth Sessions of the International Labour Conference; and, if there is any time available before 8.15 p.m., other Bills on the Paper not taken on Monday.

Thursday: Supply—Foreign Office Vote.

I hope it may be possible to adjourn on Thursday the 17th instant, and reassemble on Tuesday the 29th.

Motion made, and Question, That the Proceedings on the Rent Restrictions (Notices of Increase) Bill have precedence this day of the Business of Supply."—[Mr. Baldwin.] put, and agreed to.

Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Rent Restrictions (Notices of Increase) Bill be exempted, at this day's sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Baldwin.]

The House divided: Ayes, 249; Noes, 159.

Division No. 126.] AYES. [4.1 p.m.
Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter)
Ainsworth, Captain Charles Furness, G. J. Newson, Sir Percy Wilson
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Galbraith, J. F. W. Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster)
Archer-Shee, Lieut-Colonel Martin Ganzoni, Sir John Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield)
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. Garland, C. S. Nield, Sir Herbert
Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick W. Gates, Percy Norman, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Henry
Astor, J. J. (Kent, Dover) Gaunt, Rear-Admiral Sir Guy R. Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John
Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence Goff, Sir R. Park Oman, Sir Charles William C.
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Gould, James C. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Gray, Harold (Cambridge) Paget, T. G.
Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. Greaves-Lord, Walter Parker, Owen (Kettering)
Banner, Sir John S. Harmood- Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) Pease, William Edwin
Barnett, Major Richard W. Gretton, Colonel John Pennefather, De Fonblanque
Barnston, Major Harry Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. Penny, Frederick George
Becker, Harry Gwynne, Rupert S. Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings)
Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) Hacking, Captain Douglas H. Perkins, Colonel E. K.
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. Halstead, Major D. Perring, William George
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) Pielou, D. P.
Bennett, Sir T. J. (Sevenoaks) Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Pilditch, Sir Philip
Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton
Berry, Sir George Harrison, F. C. Privett, F. J.
Betterton, Henry B. Harvey, Major S. E. Raeburn, Sir William H.
Birchall, Major J. Dearman Hawke, John Anthony Raine, W.
Blades, Sir George Rowland Hay, Major T. W. (Norfolk, South) Rees, Sir Beddoe
Blundell, F. N. Henn, Sir Sydney H. Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington)
Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. Hennessy, Major J. R. G. Remnant, Sir James
Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. Herbert, S. (Scarborough) Rentoul, G. S.
Brass, Captain W. Hewett, Sir J. P. Reynolds, W. G. W.
Brassey, Sir Leonard Hilder, Lieut.-Colonel Frank Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P.
Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Hiley, Sir Ernest Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend)
Brittain, Sir Harry Hoare, Lieut.-Colonel Sir S. J. G. Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey)
Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford)
Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) Hohler, Gerald Fitzroy Roberts, Rt. Hon. Sir S. (Ecclesall)
Bruford, R. Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard Robertson-Despencer, Major (Isl'gt'n W)
Bruton, Sir James Hood, Sir Joseph Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs, Stretford)
Buckingham, Sir H. Hopkins, John W. W. Roundell, Colonel R. F.
Buckley, Lieut-Colonel A. Horne, Sir R. S. (Glasgow, Hillhead) Ruggles-Brise, Major E.
Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Butcher, Sir John George Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. Russell, William (Bolton)
Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) Hudson, Capt. A. Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Butt, Sir Alfred Hughes, Collingwood Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A.
Button, H. S. Hume, G. H. Sheffield, Sir Berkeley
Cadogan, Major Edward Hurd, Percy A. Shepperson, E. W.
Campion, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Hurst, Lt.-Col. Gerald Berkeley Shipwright, Captain D.
Cautley, Henry Strother Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) Simpson-Hinchcliffe, W. A.
Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. Singleton, J. E.
Chapman, Sir S. Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. Skelton, A. N.
Churchman, Sir Arthur James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Clayton, G. C. Jephcott, A. R. Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furn'ss)
Cobb, Sir Cyril Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul Sparkes, H. W.
Cohen, Major J. Brunel Joynson-Hicks, Sir William Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H.
Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips Kelley, Major Fred (Rotherham) Stewart, Gershom (Wirral)
Cope, Major William King, Captain Henry Douglas Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H.
Cory, Sir J. H. (Cardiff, South) Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Stuart, Lord C. Crichton-
Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. Lamb, J. Q. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. Sugden, Sir Wilfrid H.
Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H.
Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley)
Crooke, J. S. (Derltend) Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Curzon, Captain Viscount Lorden, John William Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Davidson, J. C. C. (Hemel Hempstead) Lorimer, H. D. Titchfield, Marquess of
Davies, Thomas (Cirencester) Lougher, L. Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Lowe, Sir Francis William Tubbs, S. W.
Dawson, Sir Philip Loyd, Arthur Thomas (Abingdon) Turton, Edmund Russborough
Doyle, N. Grattan Lumley, L. R. Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P.
Du Pre, Colonel William Baring Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm Wallace, Captain E.
Edmondson, Major A. J. McNeill, Ronald (Kenf, Canterbury) Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull)
Ednam, Viscount Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) Waring, Major Walter
Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) Manville, Edward Watts, Dr. T. (Man., Withington)
Ellis, R. G. Margesson, H. D. R. Wells, S. R.
England, Lieut-Colonel A. Mercer, Colonel H. Wheler, Col. Granville C. H.
Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) White, Lt.-Col. G. D. (Southport)
Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Whitla, Sir William
Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. Molloy, Major L. G. S. Willey, Arthur
Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond)
Fermor-Hesketh, Major T. Morden, Col. W. Grant Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Ford, Patrick Johnston Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) Winterton, Earl
Foreman, Sir Henry Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honiton) Wise, Frederick
Forestier-Walker, L. Murchison, C. K. Wolmer, Viscount
Fraser, Major Sir Keith Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) Wood, Rt. Hn. Edward F. L. (Ripon)
Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward Colonel Leslie Wilson and Colonel
Woodcock, Colonel H. C. Yerburgh, R. D. T. Gibbs.
NOES.
Adams, D. Harbord, Arthur Parry, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Henry
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Hardie, George D. Pattinson, S. (Horncastle)
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Harris, Percy A. Phillipps, Vivian
Attlee, C. R. Hartshorn, Vernon Ponsonby, Arthur
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) Potts, John S.
Barnes, A. Hayday, Arthur Pringle, W. M. R.
Batey, Joseph Hayes, John Henry (Edge Hill) Richards, R.
Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (N'castle, E.) Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring)
Bennett, A. J. (Mansfield) Henderson, Sir T. (Roxburgh) Riley, Ben
Berkeley, Captain Reginald Henderson, T. (Glasgow) Ritson, J.
Bonwick, A. Herriotts, J. Roberts, C. H. (Derby)
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Hill, A. Roberts, Frederick O. (W. Bromwich)
Briant, Frank Hinds, John Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell)
Broad, F. A. Hirst, G. H. Robinson, W. C. (York, Elland)
Brotherton, J. Hodge, Rt. Hon. John Rose, Frank H.
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Hogge, James Myles Salter, Dr. A.
Buchanan, G. Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) Scrymgeour, E.
Burgess, S. Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) Sexton, James
Burnie, Major J. (Bootle) John, William (Rhondda, West) Shaw, Thomas (Preston)
Buxton, Charles (Accrington) Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) Short, Alfred (Wednesbury)
Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East) Simpson, J. Hope
Cairns, John Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Smith, T. (Pontefract)
Cape, Thomas Jones, R. T. (Carnarvon) Snell, Harry
Chapple, W. A. Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) Snowden, Philip
Charleton, H. C. Jowett, F. W. (Bradford, East) Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe)
Clarke, Sir E. C. Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. Spencer, H. H. (Bradford, S.)
Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. Kirkwood, D. Stephen, Campbell
Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Lambert, Rt. Hon. George Stewart, J. (St. Rollox)
Cotts, Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Lansbury, George Sullivan, J.
Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Lawson, John James Thomson, T. (Middlesborough, West)
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Leach, W. Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow)
Dudgeon, Major C. R. Lee, F. Thornton, M.
Duffy, T. Gavan Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) Tout, W. J.
Duncan, C. Lowth, T. Trevelyan, C. P.
Dunnico, H. Lunn, William Turner, Ben
Ede, James Chuter Lyle-Samuel, Alexander Wallhead, Richard C.
Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) Warne, G. H.
Fairbairn, R. R. M'Entee, V. L. Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline)
Falconer, J. McLaren, Andrew Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Foot, Isaac Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. Webb, Sidney
Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) March, S. Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C.
Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) Marshall, Sir Arthur H. Weir, L. M.
Gray, Frank (Oxford) Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) Westwood, J.
Greenall, T. Maxton, James Wheatley, J.
Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) Millar, J. D. White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.)
Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Morel, E. D. Whiteley, W.
Groves, T. Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Williams, David (Swansea, E.)
Grundy, T. W. Mosley, Oswald Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Guest, J. (York, W. R., Hemsworth) Muir, John W. Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
Guthrie, Thomas Maule Nichol, Robert Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.)
Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) O'Grady, Captain James Wright, W.
Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Oliver, George Harold
Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) Paling, W. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Hancock, John George Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) Mr. Neil Maclean and Mr. Morgan
Jones.