§ Mr. CLYNESMay I ask the Prime Minister, in the event of the; Ireland (Confirmation of Agreement) Bill being disposed of early, what other business, if any, is intended to be taken, and also whether he can to-day announce the business for Friday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI propose to take the Ireland (Confirmation: of Agreement) Bill, the Government of India (Civil Services) Bill, the Land Settlement (Facilities) Amendment (Money) Resolution, the Mail Contract (Fair Isle and Sumburgh) Motion, the Coastguard Bill, Second Beading, which, I understand, is non-controversial, and the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, Motion, which was debated some, time ago in this House, but which, I think, is also non-controversial. At that point, assuming that we get as far as that, my right hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury will then move the Adjournment of the House. I am sorry that I cannot now announce the business for Friday, but I hope to do so to-morrow.
§ Mr. RUNCIMANMay I ask the Leader of the House whether, with reference to the Votes which are to be taken in Committee of Supply to-morrow, it will be possible to take the Coal Mining Industry Subvention Vote before the British Empire Exhibition Guarantee Vote? I do not press the point, but it appears to be of major importance that we should have the discussion on the former Vote first, and that it might be for the convenience of the House.
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, I think it would be better to take the Coal Vote first.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYMay I ask the Prime Minister whether there will be an opportunity given to discuss the Government's policy with regard to the British Dye stuffs Corporation?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI should think that a discussion on that particular subject before Christmas is unlikely.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that here we have a case that is of interest in all parts of the House, where a large sum of money is involved, and does he not think it right to give an opportunity to discuss it? I do not want a long opportunity, but some opportunity.
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt may be possible to raise it during the various stages of the Consolidated Fund Bill, but it is not so long before we shall be meeting again.
§ Mr. BUCHANANMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman if, in arranging the business before the end of the Session, he will consider the inadequate time that has been devoted to Scottish questions? I would point out, quite respectfully, that the recently himself paid a visit to Scotland and saw the conditions there in regard to housing and the important matters arising therefrom, and in view of the extremely acute position in Scotland, will he not consider the possibility of giving time to discuss Scottish housing before the Adjournment? It is admitted on all hands, even by the Minister of Health, that the position there is more acute than in England.
§ The PRIME MINISTERThere, again, it is entirely a question of time. It is always a pleasure to me to have a Scottish debate.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYOn a point of Order. May I ask whether the Consolidated Fund Bill which will arise out of to-morrow's discussion will not be strictly confined to what is in that Bill, namely, the British Empire Exhibition Guarantee and the Coal Subvention? I ask that because the Prime Minister stated just now that we could possibly discuss the Dyestuffs Corporation on the Consolidated Fund Bill.
§ Mr. SPEAKERCertainly, if the strict rule were followed, that discussion must be confined to subjects contained in the Bill, but I will consider the point further.
§ The PRIME MINISTERMay I say, with reference to the question put by the hon. and gallant Member for Central Hull (Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy), that I
§ had thought of the point which was referred to you and it occurred to me that there would be ample opportunity for discussion on the Estimates. It might well be that there would be very little discussion of those points on the Consolidated Fund Bill, and we should then have the rest of the day for raising the subjects that hon. Members might wish to debate.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe suggestion of the Prime Minister is the best way of meeting the wish of the House.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the proceedings on Government Business 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, 285: Noes, 126.
263| Division No. 470.] | AYES. | [4.0 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Gee, Captain R. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Gilmour Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Clarry, Reginald George | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Albery, Irving James | Clayton, G. C. | Goff, Sir Park |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Grace, John |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Grant, J. A. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Greene, w. P. Crawford |
| Astor, Viscountess | Cooper, A. Duff | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cope, Major William | Grotrian, H Brent |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Couper, J. B. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R.(Eastbourne) |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Crook, C. W. | Hall, Capt. W. O'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Berry, Sir George | Crookshank, Cpt. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Harland, A. |
| Bethell, A. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Dalziel, Sir Davison | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhawpton, W.) | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Blundell. F. N. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Dixey, A. C. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootie) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Drewe, C. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Hennessy, Major J. R. Q. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Elveden, Viscount | Hills, Major J. W. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | England, Colonel A. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-S. M.) | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Homan, C. W. j. |
| Brown, Maj. D.C.(N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Hope. Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Hope, S r Harry (Forfar) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Falls, Sir Charles F. | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster. Mossley) |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Fermoy, Lord | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. |
| Burman, J. B. | Fielden, E. B. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Finburgh, S. | Hudson, Capt. A. U.M.(Hackney, N.) |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Fleming, D. P. | Hudson. R. S. (Cumberland, Whiteh"n) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Ford, P. J. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis |
| Campbell, E. T. | Forrest, W. | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Frece, Sir Walter de | Hutchison, G. A. Clark(Midl'n & P'bl's) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Jephcott. A. R. |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Joynson Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Christie, J. A. | Gates, Percy | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Kindersley, Major G. M. | Oakley, T. | Smithers, Waldron |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Pease. William Edwin | Stanley, Col. Hon. G.F.(Will'sden, E.) |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Penny, Frederick George | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Lane-Fox, Colonel George H. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Philipson, Mabel | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Loder, J. de V. | Pielou, D. P. | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Looker, Herbert William | Pitcher, G. | Templeton, W. P. |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Power, Sir John Cecil | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Preston, William | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Lumley, L. R. | Price, Major C. W. M. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Radford, E. A. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of. W.) | Ramsden, E. | Vaughan-Moroan, Col. K. P. |
| Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Ward. Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| McLean, Major A. | Reid, D. D. (County Down) | Watson, Bt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Macmillan, Captain H, | Remnant, Sir James | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Wells, S. R. |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Rice, Sir Frederick | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Margesson, Capt. D. | Rye, F. G. | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Salmon, Major I. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Meller, R. J. | Samuel, A, M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Sanderson. Sir Frank | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Sandon, Lord | Womersley, W. J. |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Savery, S. S. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich. W.) |
| Moreing, Captain A. H. | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Morrison H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W.R., Sowerby) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Murchison, C. K. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Nelson, Sir Frank | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wragg, Herbert |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Shepperson, E. W. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | |
| Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ. ,Belfst) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hon. W.G.(Pirsf'ld.) | Skelton, A. N. | Commander B. Eyres Monsell and |
| Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Colonel Gibbs. |
| Nuttall, Ellis | Smith, R. W.(Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | |
| NOES | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Owen, Major G. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Groves, T. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Grundy, T. W. | Potts, John S. |
| Baker, Waiter | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Riley, Ben |
| Barnes, A. | Hardie, George D. | Ritson, J. |
| Barr, J. | Harney, E. A. | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) |
| Batey, Joseph | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Rose, Frank H. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hayes, John Henry | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Saklatvala, Shapurji |
| Bromfield, William | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Bromley, J. | Hirst, G. H. | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Scurr, John |
| Buchanan, G. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Sexton, James |
| Cape, Thomas | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Hutchison, sir Robert (Montrose) | Shiels, Or. Drummond |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Compton, Joseph | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Connolly, M. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Cove, W. G. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, Ronnie (Penistone) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Kennedy, T. | Snail, Harry |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Lanspury, George | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Dennison, R. | Lawson, John James | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Dunnico, H. | Lea, F. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Lowth, T. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Fenby, T. D. | Lunn, William | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Mackinder, W. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | March, S. | Taylor, R A. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Mitchell. E. Rosslyn (Paisley | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Gillett, George M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Gosling, Harry | Murnin, H. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark. Hamilton) | Naylor, T. E. | Thurtle, E. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Oliver, George Harold | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah | Windsor, Walter |
| Varley, Frank B. | Westwood, J. | Wright, w |
| Viant, S . P. | Whiteley, W. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Wallhead, Richard C. | Wiggins, William Martin | |
| Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen | Wilkinson, Ellen C. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) | Williams, David (Swansea, East) | Mr. Warne and Mr. Charles |
| Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhonda's) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) | Edwards. |
| Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
Bill read a Second time.