§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister what business he proposes to take after Eleven o'clock to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI shall ask the House to make a slight alteration in the Motion which I propose to move, so as to make it read:
That the Proceedings on Government Business, other than the Committee of Supply, be exempted.1561 The reason for that is, that we have received an Amendment from another place to the Air Ministry (Cattewater Seaplane Station) Bill, which I shall ask the House to take, and I am told that it is desirable to get through a formal stage of the Greenwich Hospital and Travers' Foundation.
§ Mr. MacDONALDCan we have the Amendment made in the other place before we actually come to discuss it?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI will take what steps I can to see that it is communicated; I have only just had notice of it.
Captain BENNIn view of the Standing Order, which says that a Motion such as this, which is not debatable, must be moved in the form in which it appears, is it competent for the Prime Minister to propose to amend the Motion without notice?
§ Mr. SPEAKERNot if it extend the Motion certainly, but only if it be less than the original Motion.
Captain BENNDoes not the Standing Order say that the Motion on the Paper shall be put without Amendment or Debate?
§ Mr. SPEAKERI do not propose to put an amended Motion, but to put the Motion in a slightly different form from that which appears on the Order Paper.
Captain BENNMay I respectfully submit that there is no distinction between putting an amended Motion and between putting it in another form?
§ Mr. SPEAKERIf the hon. and gallant Gentleman presses his point, then I am afraid—
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on Government Business, other than the Committee of Supply, 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, 289; Noes, 121.
1565| Division No. 355.] | AYES. | [3.52 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Butt, Sir Alfred | England, Colonel A. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) |
| Albery, Irving James | Campbell, E. T. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Fanshawe, Commander G. D |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Fielden, E. B. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Fleming, D. P. |
| Ashmead-Bartlett, E. | Chapman, Sir S. | Ford, P. J. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Chilcott, Sir Warden | Forrest, W. |
| Atkinson, C. | Christie, J. A. | Foster, Sir Harry S. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Clarry, Reginald George | Frece, Sir Walter de |
| Balniel, Lord | Clayton, G. C. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Banks, Reginald Mitchell | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Galbraith, J. F. W. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Cooper, A. Dun | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Couper, J. B. | Gates, Percy |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Courtauld, Major J. S. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Bennett, A. J. | Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Berry, Sir George | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Goff, Sir Park |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Crook, C. W. | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w, E). |
| Blundell, F. N. | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London). |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastb'rne) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Hanbury, C. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Dixey, A. C. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Doyle, Sir N. Grattan | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Drewe, C. | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Burman, J. B. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Elveden, Viscount | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Henderson, Capt. R.R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Margesson, Captain D. | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Henn, Sir Sydney M. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Meller, R. J. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. | Meyer, Sir Frank | Smithers, Waldron |
| Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Hilton, Cecil | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Moore Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Moreing, Captain A. H. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Holland, Sir Arthur | Murchison, C. K. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Holt, Captain H. P. | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel sir Joseph | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Homan, C. W. J. | Nelson, Sir Frank | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k Nun.) | Neville, R. J. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Templeton, W. P. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Hume, Sir G. H. | Nuttall, Ellis | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell-(Croydon, S.) |
| Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Huntingfield, Lord | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Hurst, Gerald B. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Perring, William George | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Jacob, A. E. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Philipson, Mabel | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Power, Sir John Cecil | Wells, S. R. |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Preston, William | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Price, Major C. W. M. | Wiggins, William Martin |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Radford, E. A. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Raine, W. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Ramsden, E. | Wilson, Sir Charles H. (Leeds, Centrl.) |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Litchfield) |
| Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Col. George R. | Rawson, Alfred Cooper | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Rentoul, G. S. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Rice, Sir Frederick | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Richardson Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Loder, J. de V. | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes., Stretford) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Looker, Herbert William | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Lougher, L. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W. R., Ripon) |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Rye, F. G. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| MacAndrcw, Charles Glen | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| McLean, Major A. | Sandon, Lord | Wragg, Herbert |
| Macmillan, Captain H. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W. R., Sowerby) | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry |
| Maitland Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W) | Barnston. |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Day, Colonel Harry | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Dennison, R. | Hirst, G. H. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Duncan, C. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Fenby, T. D. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bliston) | Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) |
| Baker, Walter | George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | John, William (Rhondda, West) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Gillett, George M. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) |
| Barr, J. | Gosling, Harry | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) |
| Batey, Joseph | Greenall, T. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Kennedy, T. |
| Bromley, J. | Groves, T. | Kenyon, Barnet |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Grundy, T. W. | Kirkwood, D. |
| Cape, Thomas | Guest, J. (York, Hems worth) | Lansbury, George |
| Cluse, W. S. | Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Lee, F. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Hall, F. (York, W. Ft., Normanton) | Livingstone, A. M. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) |
| Connolly, M. | Hardie, George D. | MacLaren, Andrew |
| Cove, W. G. | Harney, E. A. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Harris, Percy A. | March, S. |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Maxton, James |
| Dalton, Hugh | Hayes, John Henry | Montague, Frederick |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A, (Burnley) | Morris, R. H. |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Murnin, H. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Naylor T. E. | Sitch, Charles H. | Warne, G. H. |
| Oliver, George Harold | Slesser, Sir Henry H. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Smillie, Robert | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Ponsonby, Arthur | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | Westwood, J. |
| Potts, John S. | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) | Whiteley, W. |
| Richardson R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Riley, Ben | Snell, Harry | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Ritson, J. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Stephen, Campbell | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Sutton, J. E. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Taylor, R. A. | Wright, W. |
| Rose, Frank H. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) | |
| Salter, Dr. Alfred | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Scrymgeour, E. | Tinker, John Joseph | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Scurr, John | Varley, Frank B. | Charles Edwards. |
| Sexton, James | Viant, S. P. |