Mr. MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister inform us what business the Government propose to take to-night, and why it is proposed to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe propose to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule merely as a matter of precaution, because it is necessary that we should get Order No. 2 (Workmen's Compensation Bill [Lords], Third Reading), and Order No. 3 (Consideration of Coastguard Bill [Lords], as amended in the Standing Committee), in addition to the First Order.
§ Mr. LIVINGSTONECan the Prime Minister say when the House will rise?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am afraid I cannot give any definite answer yet. I hope the Prorogation will be not later than Tuesday next. I should not like to say that there is much chance of proroguing on Monday. It must depend particularly upon the consultations between parties this afternoon.
§ Mr. MACLEANWe understand that it is intended to introduce a Bill dealing with the amendment of the law relating to the rating of machinery in Scotland. Does the Prime Minister expect to get that Bill passed through all its stages this Session?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe object of the introduction of the Bill now is that it may be printed, and that we should have some pleasant reading study for the holidays.
§ Mr. MACLEANAre we to take it that this is the Government's Christmas card to Scottish Members?
§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSMay I ask if Order No. 2—Workmen's Compensation Bill [Lords]—is subject to any Amendment?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, it is the Third Reading.
§ Mr. BUCHANANCan the right hon. Gentleman give the House any idea, what business will be taken immediately we come back?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe first week of a Session is always occupied by the Debate on the Address, when it is possible to raise any question.
§ Mr. HARDIEIs there any intention to take Order No. 4—Petroleum Bill [Lords]—before we rise?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI understand that Order No. 4 is being opposed, and we can only take it in the event of it being not opposed.
§
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, 240; Noes, 112.
1631| Division No. 500.] | AYES. | [4.2 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Chapman, Sir S. | Fleming, D. P. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. |
| Albery, Irving James | Christie, J. A. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Clarry, Reginald George | Gates, Percy |
| Astor, Viscountess | Clayton, G. C. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Gee, Captain R. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Barnett, Major Sir R. | Cooper, A. Duff | Goff, Sir Park |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Cope, Major William | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Couper, J. B. | Grant, J. A. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Greene. W. P. Crawford |
| Berry, Sir George | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th'w, E) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Crooksnank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Crookshank. Cpl. H (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Davidson, J.(Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R.(Eastbourne) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Bowyer, Capt G. E. W. | Dawson, Sir Philip | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Dixey, A. C. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Drewe, C. | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Edwards, John H. (Accerington) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Burgoyne. Lieut.-Colonel sir Alan | Elveden, Viscount | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Burman, J. B. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-S.-M ) | Herbert, S.(York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hills, Major John Walter |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. C. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St Marylebone) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Holland, Sir Arthur |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Fielden, E. B. | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Finburgh, S. | Hudson, Capt. A. U.M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Hume, Sir G. H. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Murchison, C. K. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Jackson. Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Neville, R. J. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon, Cuthbert | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsf'ld.) | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Oakley, T. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Sueter, Rear, Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. | Pease, William Edwin | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | penny, Frederick George | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Templeton, W. P. |
| Loder, J. de V. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Looker, Herbert William | Philipson, Mabel | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Pielou, D.P. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Lumley, L. R. | Pilcher, G. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Lynn, Sir R. J. | Power, Sir John Cecil | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | Preston, William | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Price, Major C. W. M. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Macintyre. Ian | Radford, E. A. | Wells, S. R. |
| McLean, Major A. | Raine, W | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Macmillan, Captain H. | Ramsden, E. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Remnant, Sir James | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Makins, Brigadler-General E. | Rice, Sir Frederick | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Salmon, Major I. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Margesson, Captain D | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Merriman, F. B. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Sandon, Lord | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Sassoon. Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Savery, S. S. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W. R., Sowerby) | |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Shaw, Lt. Col. A. D Mcl.(Renfrew, W) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Colonel Gibbs and Major Hennessy. |
| Morrison, H. (Wills, Salisbury) | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Ammon, Charles George | Hardie, George D. | Rose, Frank H. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Harris, Percy A. | Saklatvala, Shapurji |
| Baker, j. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hayes, John Henry | Sexton, James |
| Baker, Walter | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Barnes, A. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Barr, J. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Smillie, Robert |
| Batey, Joseph | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Snell, Harry |
| Briant, Frank | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Bread, F. A. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Bromfield, William | Kennedy, T. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Buchanan, G. | Kirkwood, D. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Cape, Thomas | Lansbury, George | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lawson, John James | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lee, F. | Thurtle, E |
| Connolly, W. | Lindley, F. W. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cove, W. G. | Livingstone, A. M. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lowth, T. | Viant, S. p. |
| Dalton, Hugh | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Mackinder, W. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D.(Rhondda) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | MacLaren, Andrew | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Westwood, J. |
| Dennison, R. | March, S. | Whiteley, W. |
| Duncan, C. | Montague, Frederick | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Dunnico, H. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Fenby, T. D. | Naylor, T. E. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | O'Connor, Thomas P. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Oliver, George Harold | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Gillett, George M. | Paling, W. | Windsor, Walter |
| Gosling, Harry | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wright, W. |
| Greenall, T. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Potts, John S. | |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Purcell. A. A. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Groves, T. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Riley, Ben | Warne. |
| Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Ritson, J. |