Mr. MacDONALDWill 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. BALDWINThe 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.
1623| 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. |