§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDCould the Prime Minister inform the House whether any change has been made in the business of Supply announced for this week?
§ The PRIME MINISTERTo-morrow, Tuesday, at eight o'clock we shall take the Home Office Vote instead of the Navy Vote. We shall devote the whole of Wednesday to a discussion of the new naval construction programme.
I might take this opportunity of saying that the Motion put down for the suspension of the Eleven o'clock Rule is for the purpose of taking three small Orders to-night, Nos. 4, Isle of Man (Customs)
§ Bill, Third Reading; 5, Navy and Air Expenditure (1923–24) Committee, and 6, Telegraph [Money] Report. I would add to these the National Library (Scotland) Bill, Money Resolution.
Captain BENNMight I ask the Prime Minister whether it would not be more convenient, instead of putting down this Motion in general terms, to state exactly what are the Orders for which the Eleven o'clock Rule is suspended?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think that I am adopting the usual practice in this matter.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, Business other than Business of Supply may be taken before Eleven of the Clock, and that the Proceedings on Government Business other than the Business of Supply 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, 205; Noes, 74.
39| Division No. 320.] | AYES. | [3.43 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Conway sir W. Martin | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Cooper, A. Duff | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Cope, Major William | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Albery, Irving James | Couper, J. B. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Crookshank, Cpt. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. |
| Balniel, Lord | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Herbert, S. (York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Hilton, Cecil |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Holt, Captain H. P. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Doyle. Sir N. Grattan | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Drewe, C. | Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Hudson, R.S. (Cumberland, Whiteh'n) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Fermoy, Lord | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Fielden, E. B. | Jacob, A. E. |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Fleming, D. P. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Forrest, W. | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Burgoyne, Lieut. Colonel Sir Alan | Fraser, Captain Ian | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston). |
| Burman, J. B. | Gates, Percy | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Campbell, E. T. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Goff, Sir Park | Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Grace, John | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Grant, J. A. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th's'w. E.) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Gretton, Colonel John | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E | Lumley, L. R. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | MacAndrew, Charles Glen |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | McLean, Major A. |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Tinne, J. A. |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Rice, Sir Frederick | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Margesson, Capt. D. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Waddington, R. |
| Meller, R. J. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark; | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon B. M. | Sandon, Lord | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Nelson, Sir Frank | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belfast) | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Skelton, A. N. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Smith, Carington, Neville W. | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Penny, Frederick George | Smithers, Waldron | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W. R., Ripon) |
| Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Sprot, Sir Alexander | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Pilditch, Sir Philip | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Power, Sir John Cecil | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) | Young, E. Hilton (Norwich) |
| Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Steel, Major Samuel Strang | |
| Preston, William | Strickland, Sir Gerald | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Styles, Captain H. Walter | Major Sir Harry Barnston and |
| Ramsden, E. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Major Hennessy. |
| Rawson, Alfred Cooper | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hardle, George D. | Parkinson, John Alien (Wigan) |
| Alexander, A. V (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Harris, Percy A. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hayday, Arthur | Purcell, A. A. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hayes, John Henry | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Baker, Walter | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Scurr, John |
| Barr, J. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Broad, F. A. | Jones. J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Buchanan, G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Snell, Harry |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kelly, W. T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kennedy, T. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Ken worthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Kenyon, Barnet | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Livingstone, A. M. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lowth, T. | Thurtle, E. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Lunn, William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Dennison, R. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Duncan, C. | Mackinder, W. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dunnico, H. | MacLaren, Andrew | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Maxton. James | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Gillett, George M. | Montague, Frederick | Windsor, Walter |
| Gosling, Harry | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Naylor, T. E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Groves, T. | O'Connor, Thomas P. | Mr. Warne and Mr. A. Barnes. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Palling, W. |
Question put, and agreed to.