§ Mr. ARTHUR HENDERSONWill the Prime Minister tell us what is the business to be taken on Wednesday; and also the date on which the House is going to adjourn, and when it will be expected to resume after the Summer Recess?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am afraid that the statement is rather a long one. The business of the House for Monday and Tuesday was announced last week.
§ Wednesday, 5th August: Appropriation Rill: Second Reading.
§ Thursday, 8th August: Supplementary Estimate for the Mines Department in Committee.
§ Friday, 7th August: Report of the Supplementary Estimate for the Mines Department.
§ Appropriation Bill; remaining stages.
§ Saturday, 8th August: Motion for the Summer Adjournment, until Monday, 16th November.
§ To-morrow, after the conclusion of the Business of Supply, we shall consider the
§ Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Bill [Lords], Committee: National Library of Scotland Bill [Lords], Report and Third Reading.
956§ It will be necessary, before the Adjournment, to consider the Lords Amendments, if any, to the following Bills which have already passed this House:
- Air Ministry (Cattewater Seaplane Station):
- Diseases of Animals;
- Public Works Loans:
- Roads Improvement;
- Sandwich Port and Haven;
- Summer Time;
- Telegraph (Money);
- Unemployment Insurance:
- Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions;
- Wireless Telegraphy (Explanation).
§ The Bills now before Parliament which will be postponed for consideration in the autumn are as follow:
- All stages of the
- Coastguard [Lords];
- Circuit Courts and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) [Lords];
- Dangerous Drugs [Lords];
- Education (Scotland);
- Expiring Laws;
- Forestry (adjourned Debate on Second Reading);
- Government of India (Civil Services) [Lords];
- Lead Paint (Protection against Poisoning):
- Legitimacy [Lords];
- Married Women (Torts) [Lords]
- Merchandise Marks (Imported Agricultural Produce);
- Rent Restrictions (Scotland);
- Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland):
- Wild Birds Protection.
- Remaining stages of the
- Criminal Justice;
- Mining Industry (Welfare Fund);
- Public Health (Scotland) Amendment;
- Rating and Valuation;
- Tithe.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYWhat time will the House meet on Friday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAt the usual time.
§ Mr. MACKINDERWas it not the intention of the Government to rise on Friday under ordinary circumstances? Is there really any reason for the House sitting on Saturday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo one would be better pleased than I if it could be possible to bring our proceedings to an end on Friday, and I hope very much that communications may take place on that subject through the usual channels. It it could be arranged, it would meet the convenience of the House, and would, I am sure, be to everyone's advantage.
§ Sir GRATTAN DOYLEWhat does the right hon. Gentleman mean by the "usual time" on Friday—11 o'clock or 2.45?
§ The PRIME MINISTEREleven o'clock is the usual time on Friday.
§ Mr. RUNCIMANWould it be possible to arrange to take the Report stage of the Coal Mines Vote after the Appropriation Bill on Friday? I understand that when the Appropriation Bill is discussed on Friday there is likely to be some conversation of the subject of public expenditure. Would it be possible to take that before the Report stage of the Coal Mines Resolution?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am afraid the Report stage must be taken, but I hope very much, in view of the fact that we shall have had the whole of Thursday, that the Report stage may be taken, as the Report stage very often is, as a formal matter.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs it proposed to rise at 4 o'clock on Friday, or do we go right on?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat, of course, is a matter of arrangement. If it were possible to conclude on Friday, no doubt an arrangement could be made with the consent of the House.
§ Mr. MAXTONHaving regard to the very serious state of affairs in the country with reference to industrial troubles and unemployment, and in view of the Prime Minister's announcement as to the length of the Recess, would the House be reassembled in the event of the troubles becoming more serious in the interim?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThere is always power to call the House together.
§ Mr. MAXTONWould the right hon. Gentleman give us an assurance that, in the event of any serious trouble arising, the House would be summoned?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI cannot imagine that such an assurance is necessary. I have no hesitation in giving it.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, Supplementary Estimates for New Services may be considered in. Committee of Supply, and that Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Eleven of the Clock."— [The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 129; Noes, 63.
959| Division No. 337.] | AYES | [3.20 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Albery, Irving James | Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Curzon, Captain viscount | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Davies, Sir N. Grattan | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) |
| Balniel, Lord | Drewe, C. | Holt, Captain H. P. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) |
| Blundell, F. N. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Fermoy, Lord | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'and, Whiteh'n) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Fielden, E. B. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Finburgh, S. | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Burman, J. B. | Fleming, D. P. | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Forestier-Walker, L. | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Forrest, W. | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Gates, Percy | Jacob, A. E. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Col. George R. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Goff, Sir Park | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Cope, Major William | Grace, John | Lord, Walter Greaves- |
| Couper, J. B. | Grant, J. A. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Grotrian, H. Brent | Lumley, L. R. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | MacAndrew, Charles Glen |
| McLean, Major A. | Rice, Sir Frederick | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Rye F. G. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Skelton, A. N. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfied) |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Smithers, Waldron | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Sprot, Sir Alexander | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W. R., Ripon) |
| Murchison, C. K. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). |
| Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | |
| Pilcher, G. | Strickland, Sir Gerald | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Ramsden, E. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Major Sir Harry Barnston and |
| Captain Douglas Hacking. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Rose, Frank H. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Batey, Joseph | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Bromley, J. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Snell, Harry |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Kelly, W. T. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Dalton, Hugh | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Kenyon, Barnet | Thurtle, E. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lansbury, George | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Macklnder, W. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Duncan, C. | MacLaren, Andrew | Westwood, J. |
| Fenby, T. D. | March, S. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Maxton, James | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Gillett, George M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Gosling, Harry | Naylor, T. E. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Paling, W. | Wright, W. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Ponsonby, Arthur | |
| Groves, T. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Riley, Ben | Mr. T. Kennedy and Mr. Hayes. |
Question put, and agreed to.