§ Mr. A. HENDERSONIs the Prime Minister now in a position to state the business which the Government intend to take on Friday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, Sir. We propose to put down the Third Reading of the Rating and Valuation Bill; the Second Reading of the Government of India (Civil Services) Bill [Lords]; the Second Reading of the Coastguard Bill [Lords]; the Report and Third Reading of the Roads and Streets in Police Burghs (Scotland) Bill; the Report and Third Reading of the Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Bill [Lords]: the Committee stage of the Money Resolution relating to the Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Bill; and, if time permit, other Orders.
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMWill the Prime Minister reconsider his decision to take the Money Resolution on the Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Bill in view of the fact that there is general agreement that further negotiations with regard to that Bill must take place and that in any case we cannot make any progress before the Christmas Recess.
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe most important thing at the moment is to get the Rating Bill to another place.
§ Mr. GRAHAMWill the Prime Minister reply on the point whether he intends to take this Resolution?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is impossible to say whether we can or not.
§ Mr. RUNCIMANWith regard to the business on the Paper to-day, will the Prime Minister state to what hour he expects to keep the House sitting, and how far he proposes to proceed with the Resolutions?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMy right hon. Friend has been a Member of this House for so many years that he must know that the only answer I can give at this moment is that the time depends on the progress of the business.
§ Mr. BUCHANANMay I, Mr. Speaker, put a question? At the beginning of this Session a Motion was made giving the Government the whole time of the House, and since then almost every day a Motion has been put down to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule, and there have only been two days on which it has not been put down. The only time some of us private Members have to raise questions is on the Motion for the Adjournment. Yesterday was the first occasion an opportunity arose for private Members, and on that occasion a number of Electricity Orders and other business were taken, cutting out the opportunity which would other wise have been given to private Members. I want to ask if there is no way of protecting the private Member against this kind of procedure? Is there no other way of giving an opportunity to private Members of raising questions connected with the administration of the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Pensions?
§ Mr. SPEAKERIt is not uncommon during the pressure of business to have these Motions. The only remedy I can 2235 suggest is the one I suggested yesterday, namely, greater brevity in the speeches made.
§ Mr. BUCHANANEven if that were practised to-day, I submit that all greater brevity in the speeches would lead to would be that the Government would get a greater amount of business conducted after Eleven. It is not a question of quarrel against the Government, but the protection of my own rights. I have certain questions to put to the Minister of Labour which are of the greatest importance to my native city, and I want to raise them with the Minister, if I possibly can, before the Adjournment, but I can see no opportunity. I do not
§ want there to be any more scenes like that which occurred yesterday, and I want to ask you, Sir, if there is no way of obviating the occurrence of that kind of thing?
§ Mr. SPEAKERI am afraid there is nothing that lies in my hands. If there were, I would gladly use it to shorten the proceedings.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceeding? of the Committee of Ways and Means be exempted, at this clay's sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 268; Noes, 142.
2239| Division No. 434.] | AYES. | [3.50 p. m |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hanbury, C. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Crook, C. W. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Albery, Irving James | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Harms worth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Crookshank, Col. H.(Lindsey,Gainsbro) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Dalziel, Sir Davison | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Davidson, J. (Hertl'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Davison. Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Dixey, A. C. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish | Drewe, C. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) |
| Berry, Sir George | Eden, Captain Anthony | Herbert, S. (York, N. R-,Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Bethell, A. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hilton, Cecil |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Elveden, Viscount | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St. Marylebone) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | England, Colonel A. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Holland, Sir Arthur |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Homan, C. W. J. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Fermoy, Lord | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Fielden, E. B. | Hudson, R. s. (Cumberland, Whiteh'n) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Finburgh, S. | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Fleming, D. P. | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Forrest, W. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Burton. Colonel H. W. | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Fraser, Captain Ian | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Frece, Sir Walter de | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Kidd. J. (Linlithgow) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Gates. Percy | Kindersley, Major Guy M. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Gauit, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Gee, Captain R. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A.(Birm., W.) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Goff, Sir Park | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Gower, Sir Robert | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Grant, J. A. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Christle, J. A. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th's'w, E) | Loder, J. de V. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Gretton, Colonel John | Looker, Herbert William |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Lougher, L. |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Cope, Major William | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R.(Eastbourne) | Mac Andrew, Charles Glen |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hammersley, S. S. | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus |
| Macintyre, Ian | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Storry Deans, R. |
| McLean, Major A. | Preston, William | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Price, Major C. W. M. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Maitland, Sir Arthur D. steel | Radford, E. A. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Raine, W. | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Margesson, Captain D. | Ramsden, E. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Rees, sir Beddoe | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.) |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Reid, D. D. (County Down) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Remnant, Sir James | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Rice, Sir Frederick | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes., Stretford) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Morden, Col. W. Grant | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Moreing, Captain A. H. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. w. |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Murchison, C. K. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Nelson, Sir Frank | Sandon, Lord | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Savery, S. S. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W) | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Nuttall, Ellis | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Oakley, T. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belfast) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Skelton, A. N. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Womersley, W. J. |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Smith, R. W.(Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Pease, William Edwin | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Pennefather, Sir John | Smithers, Waldron | Wragg, Herbert |
| Penny, Frederick George | Somerville. A. A. (Windsor) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Spender Clay, Colonel H. | |
| Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Sprot, Sir Alexander | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Philipson, Mabel | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sder. E.) | Commander B. Eyres Monsell and |
| Pilcher, G. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Colonel Gibbs. |
| Power, Sir John Cecil | Steel, Major Samuel Strang | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife. West) | Grundy, T. W. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Alexander, A. v. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Riley, Ben |
| Ammon, Charles George | Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Ritson, J. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bliston) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Robinson, W. C.(Yorks, W. R., Elland) |
| Baker, Walter | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Rose, Frank H. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hardie, George D. | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Barnes, A. | Harris, Percy A. | Saklatvala, Shapurji |
| Barr, J. | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Batey, Joseph | Hayday, Arthur | Scurr, John |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Sexton, James |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hirst, G. H. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Briant, Frank | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Broad, F. A. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | sitch, Charles H. |
| Bromley, J. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Smillie, Robert |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Buchanan, G. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Cape, Thomas | John, William (Rhondda, West | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Clowes, S. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Snell, Harry |
| Cluse, W. S. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Compton, Joseph | Kelly, W. T. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Connolly, M. | Kennedy, T. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Cove, W. G. | Kirkwood, D. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Lansbury, George | Sutton, J. E. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Lawson, John James | Taylor, R. A. |
| Davies. Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Livingstone, A. M. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Davies. Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lowth, T. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Day colonel Harry | Lunn, William | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) |
| Dennison, R. | Mackinder, W. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Duncan, C. | MacLaren, Andrew | Thurtle, E. |
| Dunnico, H. | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Fenby, T. D. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Townend, A. E. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | March, S. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Montague, Frederick | Varley, Frank B. |
| Gillett, George M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Viant, S. P. |
| Gosling, Harry | Murnin, H. | Wellhead, Richard C. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Owen, Major G. | Walsh, Rt. Han. Stephen |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Palin, John Henry | Warne. G. H. |
| Greenall, T. | Paling, W. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondds) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Potts, John S. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Groves, T. | Purcell, A. A. | Weir, L. M. |
| Westwood, J. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Whiteley, W. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Wiggins, William Martin | Windsor, Walter | Hayes. |
| Wilkinson, Ellen C. | Wright, W. | |
| Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
Question put, and agreed to.
§ Mr. W. THORNECan you help me, Sir, out of a difficulty? A few minutes ago I was having a conversation with one of my personal friends, and, in consequence of that, I was a little absent-minded and went into the wrong Lobby. The result was that I was advised to vote for the Government, but I could not see my way to do that. Is there any remedy whereby I can record my vote for the "Noes"?
§ Mr. SPEAKERI am afraid that the hon. Member must accept the fact.