§ Mr. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAINMay I ask the Deputy-Leader of the House what business he proposes to take next week?
§ Mr. CLYNESI regret that I am obliged to defer, until the House assembles to-morrow, a statement of next week's business. The arrangement of the business next week will be very much affected by the progress made during to-day's sitting on the Housing (Financial Privisions) Bill, as, indeed, will the date on which we may hope to rise next month.
§ Mr. CHAMBERLAINCan the right hon. Gentleman say how far he proposes to go to-night with the Housing Bill?
§ Mr. CLYNESI cannot state the precise Clause. We did not make the progress yesterday which we ought to have made, only two Clauses having been completed. We trust that the House will again agree to the suspension of the Eleven o'clock Rule, without any desire to keep the House silting late, but in, order that reasonable progress may be made.
§ Sir H. BRITTAINDoes the right hon. Gentleman hope to be able to give us to-morrow the date on which we shall rise next month?
§ Mr. CLYNESI am afraid not to-morrow.
§ Mr. HAYDAYMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether the Press notice of yesterday, stating that time would be given for the passage of the Bill dealing with the Stone of Destiny, is correct or not.
§ Mr. CLYNESThe statement in the newspapers is not correct. I have not received any deputation on the subject, and the question of facilities has not been considered.
§ Mr. CHAMBERLAINDoes the right hon. Gentleman desire to get the whole of the Housing Bill to-night or does he propose to give another day?
§ Mr. CLYNESNaturally we should desire to get the whole Bill to-night, but I would not say we shall try to press our desire to the length of a long all-night sitting.
§ Mr. PRINGLEDoes the right hon. Gentleman think there is any probability of finishing to-night, and, in view of the improbability of finishing to-night, would
§ it not be better to fix a definite time for the House to rise?
§ Mr. CLYNESI can only say, as in the case of last night, we shall have consideration for the convenience of Members. I think the House responded last night to the appeal made to them at about 12 o'clock.
Ordered,
That other Government Business have precedence this day of the Business of Supply."—[Mr. Clynes.]Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Housing (Financial Provisions) Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Clynes.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 236; Noes, 122.
597| Division No. 161.] | AYES. | [3.53 p.m. |
| Ackroyd, T. R. | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Lansbury, George |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. William | Gardner, J. P.(Hammersmith, North) | Laverack, F. J. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Gavan-Duffy, Thomas | Law, A. |
| Alden, Percy | George, Major G. L. (Pembroke) | Lawrence, Susan (East Ham, North) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Gibbins, Joseph | Lawson, John James |
| Ammon, Charles George | Gilbert, James Daniel | Leach, W. |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Gorman, William | Linfield, F. C. |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Gosling, Harry | Lowth, T. |
| Ayles, W. H. | Greenall, T. | Lunn, William |
| Baker, Walter | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | McCrae, Sir George |
| Banton, G. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | McEntee, V. L. |
| Barclay, R. Noton | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Mackinder, W. |
| Barker, G. (Monmauth, Abertillery) | Groves, T. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Barnes, A. | Grundy, T. W. | Maden, H. |
| Batey, Joseph | Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Mansel, Sir Courtenay |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hall, G, H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | March. S. |
| Black, J. W. | Harbison, Thomas James S. | Masterman. Rt. Hon. C. F. G. |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Harbord, Arthur | Mixton, James |
| Bonwick, A. | Hardle, George D. | Middleton, G. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Harris, John (Hackney, North) | Millar. J. D. |
| Briant, Frank | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Mitchell. R. M.(Perth & Kinross, Perth) |
| Broad, F. A. | Harvey. T. E, (Dewsbury) | Montague, Frederick |
| Brown, A.E. (Warwick, Rugby) | Hastings, Somerville (Reading) | Morel, E.D. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Haycock, A. W. | Morris. R. H. |
| Buchanan, G. | Hayday, Arthur | Morrison, Herbert(Hackney, South) |
| Buckle, J. | Henderson, Rt Hon. A. (Burnley) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Cape, Thomas | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Morse, W. E. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Henderson, W. W.(Middlesex, Enfield) | Moulton. Major Fletcher |
| Church, Major A. G. | Hillary, A. E. | Muir, John W. |
| Clarke, A. | Hindle, F. | Muir, Ramsay (Rochdale) |
| Climie, R. | Hobhouse, A. L. | Murray, Robert |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hodge, Lieut.-Colonel J. P. (Preston) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Hoftman,P. C. | Nichol, Robert |
| Cove, w. G. | Hogbin, Henry Calsrns | Nixon, H. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Hore-Belisha, Major Leslie | O'Grady, Captain James |
| Davies, David (Montgomery) | Howard, Hon. G. (Bedford, Luton) | Oliver, George Harold |
| Davies, Rhys John(Westhoughton) | Hudson, J. H. | Oliver, P. M. (Manchester, Blackley) |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Jackson, R. F.(Ipswich) | Owen, Major G. |
| Dickle, Captain J.P. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Paling, W. |
| Dickson, T. | Jewson, Dorothea | Perry, S.F. |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | John, William(Rhondda, West) | Pethick-Lawrence, F W. |
| Dukes, C. | Johnston, Thomas (Stirling) | Philipson, Mabel |
| Dunn, J. Freeman | Johnstone, Harcourt (Willesden, East) | Phillipps, Vivian |
| Dunnico, H. | Jones, C. Sydney (Liverpool, W. Derby) | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Potts, John S. |
| Edwards, G. (Norfolk, Southern) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Pringle, W. M. R. |
| Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Purcell, A. A. |
| Egan, W. H. | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. (Bradford, E.) | Raffety, F. W. |
| Emlyn-Jones, J. E. (Dorset, N.) | Keens, T. | Ramage, Captain Cecil Beresford |
| England, Colonel A. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Rathbone, Hugh R. |
| Falconer, J. | Kenyon, Barnet | Raynes, W. R. |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Kirkwood, D. | Rea, W. Russell |
| Franklin, L. B. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Rees, Sir Beddoe |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Stephen, Campbell | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Ritson, J. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W.Bromwich) | Sturrock, J. Leng | Wedgwood, Col. Rt. Hon. Joslah C. |
| Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Sullivan, J. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Robertson, T. A. | Sunlight, J. | Westwood, J. |
| Robinson, S. W. (Essex, Chelmsford) | Sutton, J. E. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Robinson, W. E. (Burslem) | Tattersall, J. L. | White, H. G. (Birkenhead, E.) |
| Romeril, H. G. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) | Whiteley, W. |
| Rose, Frank H. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) | Wignall, James |
| Royle, C. | Thompson, Piers G. (Torquay) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Samuel, H. Walter (Swansea, West) | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) | Williams, Col. P. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Scrymgeour, E, | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) | Williams, Lt.-Col. T.S.B.(Kennington) |
| Scurr, John | Thornton, Maxwell R. | Williams, Maj. A. S. (Kent, Sevenoaks) |
| Seely H. M. (Norfolk, Eastern) | Tillett, Benjamin | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Sexton, James | Tinker, John Joseph | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Toole, J. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Sherwood, George Henry | Tout, W. J. | Windsor, Walter |
| Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. | Wintringham, Margaret |
| Simon, E. D.(Manchester, Withington) | Turner, Ben | Wood, Major M. M. (Aberdeen, C.) |
| Smillie, Robert | Varley, Frank B. | Woodwark, Lieut.-Colonel G. G. |
| Smith, T. (Pontefract) | Viant, S. P. | Wright, W. |
| Snell, Harry | Vivian, H. | Young, Andrew (Glasgow, Partick) |
| Spears, Brig.-Gen. E. L. | Wallhead, Richard C. | |
| Spence, R. | Ward, G. (Leicester, Bosworth) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) | Mr. Frederick Hall and Mr. Allen Parkinson. |
| Spero, Dr. G. E. | Warne, G.H. | |
| Starmer, Sir Charles | Watson, W. M.(Dunfermline) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, Brg. Gen. Sir W.(Glas.C.) | Ferguson, H. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Astor, Viscountess | Gates, Percy | Pease, William Edwin |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Baird, Major Rt. Hon. Sir John L. | Gilmour, Colonel Rt. Hon. Sir John | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Gretton, Colonel John | Perring, William George |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. W. E. | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W, | Gwynne, Rupert S. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H, | Ralne, W. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Berry, Sir George | Harland, A. | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Ropner, Major L. |
| Birchall, Major J Dearman | Hartington, Marquess of | Roundell, Colonel R. F. |
| Bitmdell, F. N. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Sandeman, A, Stewart |
| Bourne, Robert Croft | Hennessy, Major J.R. G. | Savery, S. S. |
| Bridgeman. Rt. Hon. William Clive | Herbert, Capt. Sidney (Scarborough) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hood, Sir Joseph | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Hope, Rt. Hon. J. F. (Sheffield, C.) | Spender-Clay, Lieut-Colonel H. H, |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Howard, Hn. D. (Cumberland, North) | Stanley, Lord |
| Burman, J. B. | Hughes, Collingwood | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Sutcliffe, T. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth,S.) | Jephcott, A. R. | Thomson, F. C.(Aberdeen, South) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell-(Croydon,S.) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Kindersley, Major G. M. | Tichfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Clarry, Reginald George | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Lamb, J. Q. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Lane-Fox, George R. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Cope, Major William | Lumley, L. R. | Wells, S. H. |
| Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Lyle, Sir Leonard | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Davies, Alfred Thomas(Lincoln) | Lynn, Sir R. J. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset,Yeovil) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Marriott, Sir J.A.R. | Wood, Major Rt. Hon. Edward F. L. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Martin, F. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, E.) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Doyle, Sir N. Grattan | Meller, R.J. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Elliot, Walter E. | Mitchell,W. F. (Saffron Walden) | |
| Elveden, Viscount | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane(Streatham) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Eyres-Monsell.Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Captain Viscount Curzon and Major Colfox. |
| Falle, Major Sir Bertram Godfray | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) |
Question, "That the words proposed to be left out, to the word 'in,' in line 34, stand part of the Clause," put, and agreed to.