§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDHow far, may I ask, does the right hon. Gentleman the Prime Minister propose to go to-night in the event of getting the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe hope to get the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule to make sure of getting Supply—the first item—[Civil Services and Revenue Departments Estimates, 1925–26]—Committee. I should very much like, if the House would be disposed to give it me, afterwards to get the Committee stage of the four Consolidation Bills. These are: Housing Bill [Lords], Housing (Scotland) Bill [Lords], Town Planning Bill [Lords], and Town Planning (Scotland) Bill [Lords]. We are anxious to get them passed into Jaw. There is no controversial matter in them, I think.
§ Mr. MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister tell us the business he proposes to take next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday we propose to take the Estimates for the Scottish Boards of Agriculture and Health, in Committee: and the Report stage of Clause 1 Buildings Votes.
On Tuesday we shall put down a Resolution to suspend the operation of certain Sections of the German Reparation (Recovery) Act, 1921, and the Forestry Bill, adjourned Debate on the Second Reading. At 8.15 there are Private Members' Motions, as usual.
§ On Wednesday there will be consideration of the following Bills: Agricultural Returns, Importation of Pedigree Animals, Guardianship of Infants, Summary Jurisdiction (Separation and Maintenance), Former Enemy Aliens (Disabilities Removal), Charitable Trusts, Air Ministry (Croydon Aerodrome Extension) and the Imperial Institute. At 8.15 there will be Private Member's Motion.
§ On Thursday there will be the Motion for the Easter Adjournment.
§ On Tuesday and Wednesday, if time permit, we shall take other Orders on the Paper.
§ Mr. MacDONALDWould the right hon. Gentleman say what, is the wording of the Resolution which he will put down for Tuesday? It is very important that we should have it.
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe hope to get it on the Paper to-night. I might tell the House that every effort will be made to have the Papers ready by to-morrow, and, if not, they will be circulated during the week-end. The reason we have not been able to make this announcement till now is that the agreement was only approved by the Reparation Commission last night. Of course it is desirable to get it through as quickly as possible.
§
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, 268; Noes, 121.
1527| Division No. 72.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Betterton, Henry B. | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Chapman, Sir S. |
| Albery, Irving James | Blades, Sir George Rowland | Christle, J. A. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Blundell, F. N. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W.Derby) | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Clarry, Reginald George |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Briggs, J. Harold | Clayton, G. C. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Briscoe, Richard George | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. |
| Ashmead-Bartlett, E. | Brittain, Sir Harry | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips |
| Atkinson, C. | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Cooper, A. Duff |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Cope, Major William |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Couper, J. B. |
| Balniel, Lord | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Buckingham, Sir H. | Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) |
| Barnett, Major Richard W. | Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Bullock, Captain M. | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Burman, J. B. | Crook, C. W. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Campbell, E. T. | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) |
| Berry, Sir George | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert |
| Bethell, A. | Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Curzon, Captain Viscount |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Hurd, Percy A. | Rawson, Alfred Cooper |
| Davidson, J.(Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Hurst, Gerald B. | Rees, Sir Beddoe |
| Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Hutchison, G. A. C.(Midl'n & Peebles) | Reid, Captain A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Remnant, Sir James |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Jacob, A. E. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Doyle, Sir N. Grattan | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Drewe, C. | Jephcott, A. R. | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Ropner, Major L. |
| Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Kindersley, Major G, M. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Elveden, Viscount | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Salmon, Major I. |
| England, Colonel A. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Lamb, J. Q. | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Col. George R. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Fermoy, Lord | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Savery, S. S. |
| Fielden, E. B. | Loder, J. de V. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mel. (Renfrew, W) |
| Finburgh, S. | Lougher, L. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Fleming, D. P. | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Ford, P. J. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. V. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ. Belfst) |
| Forestier-Walker, L. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Skelton, A. N. |
| Forrest, W. | Lumley, L. R. | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Frece, Sir Walter de | MacIntyre, Ian | Smithers, Waldron |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Gates, Percy | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Gee, Captain R. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G.(Westm'eland) |
| Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Malone, Major P. B. | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Grace, John | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Margesson, Captain D. | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Gretton, Colonel John | Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Grotrian, H. Brent | Meller, R. J. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Meyer, Sir Frank | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Croydon, S.) |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Harrison, G. J. C. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Moreing, Captain A. H. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Haslam, Henry C. | Murchison, C. K. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisie) |
| Hawke, John Anthony | Nall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Henderson, Capt. R. R.(Oxf'd, Henley) | Nelson, Sir Frank | Wells, S. R. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Neville, R. J. | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Nicholson, William G. (Petersfield) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. | Nuttall, Ellis | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | O'Connor, T. J, (Bedford, Luton) | Windsor-Cilve, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Hilton, Cecil | Pennefather, Sir John | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Penny, Frederick George | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Holland, Sir Arthur | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). |
| Holt, Captain H. P. | Pilcher, G. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Homan, C. W. J. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Price, Major C. W. M. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Climb., N.) | Radford, E. A. | |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Raine, W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hudson, R. S. (Cumb'l'nd, Whiteh'n) | Ramsden, E. | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry |
| Huntingfield, Lord | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel | Barnston. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Charleton. H. C. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Cluse, W. S. | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth. Pontypool) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Compton, Joseph | Groves, T. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Connolly, M. | Grundy, T. W. |
| Barnes, A. | Cove, W. G. | Guest, J. (York, Hermsworth) |
| Barr, J. | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Southwark, N.) |
| Batey, Joseph | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hall, F. (York, W R. Normanton) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Day, Colonel Harry | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Broad, F. A. | Dennison, R. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) |
| Bromfield, William | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Hardie, George D. |
| Bromley, J. | Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Harris, Percy A. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Gillett, George M. | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Graham, Rt. Hon-Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Hayday, Arthur |
| Cape, Thomas | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Hayes, John Henry |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Potts, John S. | Thurtle, E. |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Riley, Ben | Varley, Frank B. |
| Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Ritson, J. | Viant, S. P. |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W. Bromwich) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Robinson, W.C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Kelly, W. T. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Kennedy, T. | Scrymgeour, E. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Scurr, John | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Kenyon, Barnet | Sexton, James | Westwood, J. |
| Lansbury, George | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Lee, F. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Whiteley, W. |
| Lindley, F. W. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Wignall, James |
| Lowth, T. | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| March, S. | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Maxton, James | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Montague, Frederick | Snell, Harry | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Morris, R. H. | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) | Windsor, Walter |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Stamford, T.W. | Wright, W. |
| Naylor, T. E. | Stephen, Campbell | |
| Oliver, George Harold | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Owen, Major G. | Sutton, J. E. | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Palin, John Henry | Taylor, R. A. | Warne. |
| Paling, W. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
Question, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question," put, and agreed to