Mr. W. M. ADAMSONI wish to put before you, Sir, a point of Order in relation to a Private Notice Question which I sent to the Minister of Pensions this morning, after notifying Mr. Speaker in accordance with the regulations. I have had a letter from Mr. Speaker, who says he cannot accept this question, because it deals with a private case. The case was one of a man—[HON. MEMBERS: "Order!"] I am not going into the merits of the case, except to say that I notified the Minister of Pensions of the case a month ago. I received a letter to-day that he could not give me a reply, and I want to know when I can have information upon this case? [HON. MEMBERS: "Order!"] A man in the asylum had his wife's pension reduced! [HON. MEMBERS: "Order!"]
§ Mr. HARDIEPinching from the Church ex-service man and giving it to the landlords.
Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKERThe hon. Member has been going into the merits of the case. The rule is that, to get an answer, a question must be put down two days before the answer is required. It is within the discretion of Mr. Speaker, if he consider a question one of urgency, to allow it to be asked after a Quarter to Four on any day, on notice being given to the Minister. Mr. Speaker did consider this question, and was not of opinion that it was of sufficient urgency or importance to justify him in relaxing the ordinary rules.
Mr. ADAMSONI want to be fair to you, Mr. Deputy-Speaker. I have no wish to contest your ruling, but I demand from the Minister of Pensions an answer as to why he has forced this man into an asylum-[HON. MEMBERS: "Order!"]- and reduced his wife's pension by 3s., which I say is a disgrace. I want to ask-[Hon. MEMBERS: "Order!"]-I am going to see that this House-[HON. MEMBERS: "Name!"]-contrary to the constitution of this country and by your action these things are going on-[Interruption]-I want a reply to this question.
Mr. ADAMSON (who remained standing)I want this case gone into now, because the Minister of Pensions has held it up for a month. [HON. MEMBERS: "Name!"] I am going to state this case now, and I am entitled to bring it forward here. I am going to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House in order to have this matter gone into immediately, and I ask you—
Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKERI name the hon. Member for the Cannock Division (Mr. W. M. Adamson) for persistently disregarding the authority of the Chair.
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI beg to move, "That Mr. William Murdoch Adamson, the Member for the Cannock Division of Staffordshire, be suspended from the service of the House."
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 260; Noes, 91.
2051| Division No. 432.] | AYES. | [3.54 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Fenby, T. D. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Fermoy, Lord |
| Albery, Irving James | Chapman, Sir S. | Fielden, E. B. |
| Alexander. E. E. (Leyton) | Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. |
| Alton, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Chilcott, sir Warden | Forrest, W. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Christie, J. A. | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Fraser, Captain Ian |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Frece, Sir Walter de |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Clarry, Reginald George | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Banks, Reginald Mitchell | Clayton, G. c. | Gadie, Lieut.-Colonel Anthony |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M, | Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. M. | Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Gates, Percy |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Cooper, A. Duff | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Cope, Major William | Gee, Captain R. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Couper, J. B. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Berry, Sir George | Courtauld, Major J. S. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Bethell, A. | Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Goff, Sir Park |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Grace, John |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Crawfurd, H. E. | Grant, J. A. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Briant, Frank | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th's'w, E) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Davidson, J.(Hertl'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Brocklebank. C. E. R. | Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hall. Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Buckingham. Sir H. | Dixey, A. C. | Hanbury. C. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Drewe, C. | Hannon. Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Eden, Captain Anthony | Harmsworth. Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Burman, J. B. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Harrison. G. J. C. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Evans. Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Heneaqe, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Herbert, S.(York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Hilton, Cecil | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Morrison, H. Wilts, Salisbury, | Smithers, Waldron |
| Holland, Sir Arthur | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Murchison, C. K. | Spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Nelson, Sir Frank | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. | Newman, Sir P. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Stanley, Col. Hon. G.F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsl'ld.) | Stanley, Lord (Fyide) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Nuttall, Ellis | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Huntingfield, Lord | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Hurd, Percy A | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Hurst, Gerald B. | Owen, Major G. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) | Pease, William Edwin | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Hutchison. Sir Robert (Montrose) | Penny, Frederick George | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Templeton, W. P. |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Thomson, F. c. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Philipson, Mabel | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Pielou, D. P. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro., W.) |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Plicher, G. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Pliditch, Sir Philip | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Kindersley, Major G. M. | Power, Sir John Cecil | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Kinloch-Cooke, sir Clement | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Preston, William | Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Radford, E. A. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Raine, W. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Ramsden, E. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Reid, D. D. (County Down) | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Loder, J. de V. | Rentoul, G. S. | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Wells. S. R. |
| MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| McDonnell. Colonel Hon. Angus | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Macintyre. Ian | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| McLean, Major A. | Russell, Alexander West- (Tynemouth) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Salmon, Major I. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| MacRobcrt, Alexander M. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Margesson, Captain D. | Sandon, Lord | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Savery, S. S. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Mason, Lieut. Col. Glyn K. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mel.(Renfrew, W) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde- |
| Meller, R. J. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts. Westb'y) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Merriman, F. B. | Shepperson, E. W. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John | |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mitchell. W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Sinclair, Col.T.(Queen's Univ., Belfst.) | Commander B. Eyres Monsell and |
| Mitchell. Sir w. Lane (Streatham) | Skeiton, A. N. | Major Sir Harry Barnston. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro) | Hardie, George D. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hayes, John Henry | Smillie, Robert |
| Baker. J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Baker, Walter | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Snell, Harry |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hirst, G. H. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Barnes, A. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Barr, J. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Batey, Joseph | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Kennedy, T. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Bromfield, William | Kirkwood, D. | Thurtle, E. |
| Bromley, J. | Lawson, John James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Buchanan, G. | Lowth, T. | Townend, A. E. |
| Cape, Thomas | Lunn, William | Viant, S. P. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Mackinder, W. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Compton, Joseph | MacLaren, Andrew | Warne, G. H. |
| Connolly, M. | March, S. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermilne) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Montague, Frederick | Weir, L M. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Whiteley, W. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Murnin, H. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Dennison, R. | Naylor, T. E. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Dunnico, H. | Palin, John Henry | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Edwards. C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Windsor, Walter |
| Gillett, George M. | Potts, John S. | Wright, W. |
| Greenall, T. | Richardson, R. (Houghton.le-Spring) | |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Riley, Ben | TELLERS FOR THE NOES. — |
| Groves, T. | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks. W. R., Elland) | Mr. George Lansbury and Mr. |
| Grundy, T. W, | Saklatvala, Shapurji | Kelly. |
| Hall, F. (York, w. R-, Normanton) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
Question put, and agreed to.
§ Mr. WALLHEADThat is a job you love.
§ Whereupon, the hon. Member for the Cannock Division withdrew from the House.
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS then proceeded to present a Bill.
§ Mr. BUCHANANCan I ask you a question on a point of Order?
§ Mr. BUCHANAN rose—
§ Mr. BUCHANANAm I not entitled, on a point of Order, to raise a question?
§ Dr. SALTER then proceeded to present a Bill.
Mr. BECKETTDo we understand that with this pack of howling dogs we are not entitled—[Interruption.] We do not mind the Chair, but we do object to—[Interruption.]
§ Captain GEErose—
§ Captain GEEOn a point of Order— [Interruption.]