§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister state what business he proposes to take next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIn view of the present position of business and the desire of the Opposition that the Government should find time to discuss certain subjects in which they are interested, I am afraid I shall not be able to give the business for next week until to-morrow except to say that on Monday we shall proceed with the Safeguarding of Industries Resolutions.
§ Mr. MacDONALDI am not sure that I quite understood what the right hon. Gentleman said. Does he propose on Monday to proceed with these Resolutions?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am not sure until after to-night what stage we shall be taking.
§ Captain WEDGWOOD BENNWith regard to the Ways and Means Resolution, the right hon. Gentleman will recollect that he undertook to put the Resolution on the Paper for the convenience of Members. I observe that the Resolution on the Paper was put down in accordance with his promise the day before yesterday and appeared yesterday. It was then withdrawn and a new Resolution was put on the Paper this morning. May I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether this is the last and final form in which they are to appear?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERPerhaps I may answer that?
§ Captain BENNNo. On a point of Order. A Ways and Means Resolution, I submit, is a matter for the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
§ Mr. SPEAKERIt is always supposed that the Government is one and indivisible.
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI really am not furnished with the details of this particular proposal and, unhappily, the Financial Secretary, who was dealing with this branch, is laid up by illness. Therefore I am not able to answer this question myself, but I will ask the House to accept the answer on my behalf from the President of the Board of Trade, who is fully acquainted with the details and with whose views on the matter I am in entire accord.
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe hon. and gallant Gentleman is quite right in one sense. That is to say, the Resolution which is now on the Paper covers exactly the same articles as were included in the Resolution that was on the Paper yesterday, but there is a variation proposed in the rate of duty. I think it would be convenient if I were to deal with the proposals when we come to the Paper Resolution, and not to deal with them by question and answer at present.
§ Captain BENNMay I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer one further question, in view of the happy state of unity which appears to exist among members of the Government? May I ask whether, in accordance with the immemorial practice of this House, he intends to adorn our Debates this evening?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI do not know that it has been the immemorial practice of the Opposition to prescribe in advance what members of the Government should deal with any particular matter.
§ Mr. RUNCIMANWill the Prime Minister say whether, when making his programme of time, he has made any provision for discussion of the Motion placed on the Paper by the right hon. Member for the Combined Universities (Mr. Fisher) on the subject of the recently issued Education Circular?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think the answer to that question is comprised in the answer I have given to the Leader of the Opposition.
§ Mr. RUNCIMANAm I to understand that the Resolution which is down in the name of my right hon. Friend will be discussed according to arrangements made with the House?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI do not think that is implied in what I said. I cannot state until to-morrow what will be the business for next week.
§
Motion made and Question put.
That other Government Business have precedence this day of the Business of Supply, and that the Proceedings of the Committee of Ways and Means 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, 241: Noes, 129.
2521| Division No. 453.] | AYES. | [4.5 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Greene, W. p, Crawford |
| Albery, Irving James | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th's'w, E) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Cooper, A. Duff | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S, | Cope, Major William | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Applin, Colonel R V. K. | Couper, J. B. | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Balniel, Lord | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Crookshank, Col. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Davidson,J.(Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth. Drake) | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Berry, Sir George | Drewe, C. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) |
| Bethell, A. | Duckworth, John | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Henn, sir Sydney H. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Hilton. Cecil |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Elveden, Viscount | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St. Marylebone) |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Brass, captain W. | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Hopkins, J. W, W. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Fielden, E. B. | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Finburgh, S. | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Fleming, D. P. | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Hutchison, G. A. Clark(Midl'n & P'bl's) |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Forrest, W. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Jacob, A. E. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Frece, Sir Walter de | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Ganzoni. Sir John | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Gates, Percy | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Gee, Captain R. | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Col. George R. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Goff, Sir Park | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Gower, Sir Robert | Locker-Lampson. G. (Wood Green) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Grace, John | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Grant, J. A. | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Pielou, D. P. | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Lumley, L. R. | Pilcher, G. | Templeton, W. P. |
| MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Macintyre, Ian | Preston, William | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| McLean, Major A. | Price, Major C. W. M. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir w. Mitchell |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Radford, E. A. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Raine, W. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Ramsden, E. | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Margesson, Captain D. | Remnant, Sir James | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Rice, Sir Frederick | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Rye. F. G. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Salmon, Major I. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Moore, Lieut. Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Wells, S. R. |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. c. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Morden, Col. W. Grant | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Savery, S. S. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Murchison, C. K. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Nelson, sir Frank | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belfst) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Skelton, A. N. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hon. W. G.(Ptrsf'ld.) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Nuttall, Ellis | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Oakley, T. | Smithers, Waldron | Woodcock. Colonel H. C. |
| O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Spender Clay, Colonel H. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Sprot, Sir Alexander | |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Pease, William Edwin | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Commander B. Eyres Monsell and |
| Pennefather, Sir John | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Colonel Gibbs. |
| Penny, Frederick George | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife. West) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro) | Hardie, George D. | Scurr, John |
| Ammon, Charles George | Harris, Percy A. | Sexton, James |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hayday, Arthur | Short. Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Baker, Walter | Hayes, John Henry | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Smillie, Robert |
| Batey, Joseph | Hirst, G. H. | Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Snell, Harry |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W, | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Briant, Frank | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Broad, F. A. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Bromfield, William | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Bromley, J. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Taylor, R. A. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Buchanan, G. | Kelly, W. T. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) |
| Cape, Thomas | Kennedy, T. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Clowes, S. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kirkwood, D. | Thurtle, E. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lansbury, George | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lawson, John James | Townend, A. E. |
| Connolly, M. | Lee, F. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Cove, W. G. | Livingstone, A. M. | Varley, Frank B. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lowth, T. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dalton, Hugh | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J.R.(Aberavon) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | MacLaren, Andrew | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Dennison, R. | March, S. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Dunnico, H. | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Montague, Frederick | Weir, L. M. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Morris, R. H. | Westwood, J. |
| Fenby, T. D. | Murnin, H. | Whiteley, W. |
| Gillett, George M. | Naylor, T. E. | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Gosling, Harry | Palin, John Henry | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenall, T. | Paling, W. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Potts, John S. | Windsor, Walter |
| Groves, T. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wright, W. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ritson, J. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) | |
| Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Warne. |
Question put, and agreed to.