Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALDCan the Chancellor of the Exchequer say how far he proposes to go with the business tonight in the event of his getting the suspension of the Eleven o'clock rule?
§ Mr. BALDWINI propose the suspension of the Eleven o'clock rule simply by way of precaution. I hope to get the first five Orders.
§
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."—[Mr. Baldwin.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 228; Noes, 92.
1927| Division No. 134.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Butler, H. M. (Leeds, North) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton, East) | Berry, Sir George | Butt, Sir Alfred |
| Alexander, Col. M. (Southwark) | Betterton, Henry B. | Cadogan, Major Edward |
| Allen, Lieut.-Col. Sir William James | Blades, Sir George Rowland | Camplon, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Blundell, F. N. | Cautley, Henry Strother |
| Apsley, Lord | Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) |
| Archer-Shee, Lieut.-Colonel Martin | Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Wilfrid W. | Brass, Captain W. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Brassey, Sir Leonard | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Churchman, Sir Arthur |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Briggs, Harold | Clarry, Reginald George |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Brittain, Sir Harry | Clayton, G. C. |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Brown, Major D. C. (Hexham) | Cobb, Sir Cyril |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Brown, Brig.-Gen. Clifton (Newbury) | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. |
| Becker, Harry | Bruford, R. | Cohen, Major J. Brunel |
| Bell, Lieut.-Col. W. C. H. (Devizes) | Buckingham, Sir H. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew | Cope, Major William |
| Bennett, Sir T. J. (Sevenoaks) | Butcher, Sir John George | Craig, Captain C. C. (Antrim, South) |
| Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hutchison, G. A. C. (Midlothian, N.) | Richardson, Lt.-Col. Sir P. (Chertsey) |
| Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Hutchison, W. (Kelvingrove) | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford |
| Crook, C. W. (East Ham, North) | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. Sir S. (Ecclesall) |
| Crooke, J. S. (Deritend) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Robertson-Despencer, Major (Isl'gt'n W) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Rogerson, Capt. J. E. |
| Davies, Alfred Thomas (Lincoln) | Jodrell, Sir Neville Paul | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Joynson-Hicks, Sir William | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. |
| Doyle, N. Grattan | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Du Pre, Colonel William Baring | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Russell-Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Colonel G. R. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Ednam, Viscount | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) |
| Elliot, Capt. Walter E. (Lanark) | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Sanders, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert A. |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lorden, John William | Sandon, Lord |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lorimer, H. D. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Erskine-Bolst, Captain C. | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Evans, Ernest (Cardigan) | Lumley, L. R. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Eyres-Monsell, Com. Bolton M. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Simpson-Hinchcliffe, W. A. |
| Falcon, Captain Michael | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Malone, Major P. B. (Tottenham, S.) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Ford, Patrick Johnston | Martin, A. E. (Essex, Romford) | Somerville, Daniel (Barrow-in-Furness) |
| Fraser, Major Sir Keith | Mercer, Colonel H. | Sparkes, H. W. |
| Frece, Sir Walter de | Mitchell, W. F. (Saffron Walden) | Spender-Clay, Lieut.-Colonel H. H. |
| Furness, G. J. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Stanley, Lord |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Molloy, Major L. G. S. | Steel, Major S. Strang |
| Garland, C. S. | Molson, Major John Elsdale | Stewart, Gershom (Wirral) |
| Gates, Percy | Moore, Major-General Sir Newton J. | Stott, Lt.-Col. W. H. |
| George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Goff, Sir R. Park | Morrison, Hugh (Wilts, Salisbury) | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Gray, Harold (Cambridge) | Morrison-Bell, Major A. C. (Honito[...]) | Terrell, Captain R. (Oxford, Henley) |
| Greaves-Lord, Walter | Murchison, C. K. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) | Newman, Colonel J. R. P. (Finchley) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Newson, Sir Percy Wilson | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Gwynne, Rupert S. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Tubbs, S. W. |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Nicholson, Brig.-Gen. J. (Westminster) | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Liv'p'l, W. D'by) | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Halstead, Major D. | Nield, Sir Herbert | Wallace, Captain E. |
| Hamilton, Sir George C. (Altrincham) | Norton-Griffiths, Lieut.-Col. Sir John | Ward, Col. L. (Kingston-upon-Hull) |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Waring, Major Walter |
| Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Paget, T. G. | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. |
| Harrison, F. C. | Parker, Owen (Kettering) | Wells, S. R. |
| Harvey, Major S. E. | Pease, William Edwin | White, Col. G. D. (Southport) |
| Hawke, John Anthony | Pennefather, De Fonblanque | Whitia, Sir William |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Penny, Frederick George | Wilson, Col. M. J. (Richmond) |
| Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Herbert, S. (Scarborough) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Winterton, Earl |
| Hewett, Sir J. P. | Peto, Basil E. | Wise, Frederick |
| Hiley, Sir Ernest | Pielou, D. P. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Wood, Rt. Hn. Edward F. L. (Ripon) |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Preston, Sir W. R. | Wood, Major Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Hood, Sir Joseph | Privett, F. J. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Hopkins, John W. W. | Raeburn, Sir William H. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Houfton, John Plowright | Rankin, Captain James Stuart | Yate, Colonel Sir Charles Edward |
| Howard, Capt. D. (Cumberland, N.) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Yerburgh, R. D. T. |
| Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C. K. | Remnant, Sir James | |
| Hudson, Capt. A. | Reynolds, W. G. W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hughes, Collingwood | Rhodes, Lieut.-Col. J. P. | Colonel Leslie Wilson and Colonel |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Richardson, Sir Alex. (Gravesend) | Gibbs. |
| Hurst, Lt.-Col. Gerald Berkeley | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Groves, T. | MacDonald, J. R. (Aberavon) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Grundy, T. W. | M'Entee, V. L. |
| Attlee, C. R. | Guthrie, Thomas Maule | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Barnes, A. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | March, S. |
| Batey, Joseph | Harris, Percy A. | Marshall, Sir Arthur H. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hay, Captain J. P. (Cathcart) | Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) |
| Bennett, A. J. (Mansfield) | Hayes, John Henry (Edge Hill) | Maxton, James |
| Berkeley, Captain Reginald | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Millar, J. D. |
| Bonwick, A. | Hinds, John | Morel, E. D. |
| Br[...]ant, Frank | Hirst, G. H. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Broad, F. A. | Hogge, James Myles | Muir, John W. |
| Buxton, Charles (Accrington) | Hutchison, Sir R. (Kirkcaldy) | Murray, R. (Renfrew, Western) |
| Buxton, Noel (Norfolk, North) | Jarrett, G. W. S. | Nichol, Robert |
| Chapple, W. A. | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Phillipps, Vivian |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East) | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Davies, J. C. (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Kenworthy, Lieut.-Commander J. M. | Potts, John S. |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Kirkwood, D. | Pringle, W. M. R. |
| Duffy, T. Gavan | Lansbury, George | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Duncan, C. | Lawson, John James | Riley, Ben |
| Ede, James Chuter | Leach, W. | Roberts, C. H. (Derby) |
| Falconer, J. | Lee, F. | Rose, Frank H. |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Lees-Smith, H. B. (Keighley) | Saklatvala, S. |
| Gosling, Harry | Linfield, F. C. | Salter, Dr. A. |
| Graham, W. (Edinburgh, Central) | Lyle-Samuel, Alexander | Shaw, Hon. Alex. (Kilmarnock) |
| Simpson, J. Hope | Thornton, M. | Whiteley, W. |
| Snowden, Philip | Trevelyan, C. P. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Stephenson, Lieut. Colonel H. K. | Walsh, Stephen (Lancaster, Ince) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Stephen, Campbell | Webb, Sidney | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Sullivan, J. | Wheatley, J. | |
| Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) | White, Charles F. (Derby, Western) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) | White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.) | Mr. Spoor and Mr. Lunn. |