Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALDCan the Chancellor of the Exchequer indicate what will he the business for next week?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLOn Monday we shall move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on Army Estimates and consider Vote A and Vote on Account in Committee.
Tuesday: We shall take the British Sugar (Subsidy) Bill, Report stage, and Committee stage of the necessary Supplementary Estimate; Army Votes, Report stage; and Trade Facilities Bill, Committee. At 8.15 p.m. there will be a Private Member's Motion.
Wednesday: We shall take the British Sugar (Subsidy) Bill, Third Reading; the Former Enemy Allens Bill, Second Reading; the Report stage of outstanding Supplementary Estimates; the Church of Scotland (Property and Endowments) Money Resolution, Report stage. At 8.15 p.m. there will be a Private Member's Motion.
Thursday: We shall move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on Navy Estimates, and consider Votes A, 1, 10, and 2 in Committee.
If time permit, on Tuesday and Wednesday, we shall take other Orders on the Paper.
1526 It may be necessary occasionally to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule, to ensure that the necessary Supply and other business shall be obtained before the 31st of March.
§ Mr. MACPHERSONIn reference to Monday, there is an Amendment by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Sir A. Holbrook), which is supported by hon. Members of all parties, dealing with pensions to ex-ranker officers. Can my right hon. Friend tell the House whether the Government intend to leave the decision on that question to the free vote of the House
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI do not think that the right hon. Gentleman should put that question at this moment without notice.
§ Mr. PERCY HARRISWill the right hon. Gentleman say whether Government time can be given to the discussion of the London Traffic (Restricted Streets) Order, which is the first Order made under the London Traffic Act? It is retrospective in character, dating back to January, and affects a great number of interests besides the interest of the travelling public. Is it not sufficiently important to warrant a discussion in Government time so that proper publicity may be given to the discussion?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am afraid it is not possible to alter the present arrangements.
§ Mr. HARRISI beg to give notice that I shall raise this matter to-night.
§ Sir GODFREY COLLINSDoes the right hon. Gentleman intend to take any further Estimates to-night except the Report stage of the Air Estimates?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLNo, Sir, it is not proposed to take any further Estimates to-night.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, the Proceedings on Report of Supply may be taken this day after Eleven of the Clock, and be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Churchill.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 228; Noes, 114.
1529| Division No. 37.] | AYES. | [3.52 p.m. |
| Albery, Irving James | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.) | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Owen, Major G. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Pease, William Edwin |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Hammersley, S. S. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Atkinson, C. | Hanbury, C. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Balniel, Lord | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Hartington, Marquess of | Phillpson, Mabel |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Berry, Sir George | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Bethell, A. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Radford, E. A. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Raine, W. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Ramsden, E. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Hilton, Cecil | Remnant, Sir James |
| Brass, Captain W. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Holland, Sir Arthur | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Holt, Capt. H. P. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Homan, C. W. J. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Burman, J. B. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Burney, Lieut.-Com. Charles D. | Horlick, Lieut. Colonel J. N. | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Savery, S. S. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W.R., Sowerby) |
| Calne, Gordon Hall | Hume, Sir G. H. | Shaw, Lt.-Col, A. D. Mel. (Renfrew, W) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Huntingfield, Lord | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hurd, Percy A. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hurst, Gerald B. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Christie, J. A. | Jacob, A. E. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Jephcott, A. R. | Spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Cope, Major William | Lamb, J. Q. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Col. George R. | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Templeton, W. P. |
| Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Lloyd, Rt. Hn. Sir G.(E Sussex, E'stb'ne) | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Crook, C. W. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Thomson, Sir W. Mitchell- (Croydon, S.) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Loder, J. de V. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Looker, Herbert William | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Lumley, L. R. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Macintyre, Ian | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Drewe, C. | McLean, Major A. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Wells, S. R. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Macquisten, F. A. | Wheler, Major Granville C. H. |
| Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Ellis, R. G. | Margesson, Captain D. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Elveden, Viscount | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Meller, R. J. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wolmor, Viscount |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W.R., Ripon) |
| Fermoy, Lord | Nall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Wood, E.(Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Finburgh, S. | Nelson, Sir Frank | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Forrest, W. | Neville, R. J. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | |
| Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Galbraith, J. F. W. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Colonel Gibbs and Captain Douglas |
| Hacking. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Attlee, Clement Richard | Barnes, A. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Barr, J. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Batey, Joseph |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Hirst, G. H. | Salter, Dr, Alfred |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Scurr, John |
| Bromfield, William | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Jones, J. J. (West Hans, Silvertown) | Snell, Harry |
| Connally, M. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Kelly, W. T. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Kennedy, T. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Dennison, R. | Kenyon, Barnet | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Duncan, C. | Lansbury, George | Thurtle, E. |
| Dunnico, H. | Lawson, John James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth. Bedwellty) | Livingstone, A. M. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Lowth, T. | Varley, Frank B. |
| Fisher, Rt. Hen. Herbert A. L. | Lunn, William | Viant, S. P. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Gillett, George M. | MacLaren, Andrew | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | March, S. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Greenall, T. | Maxton, James | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Grenfell, D. R, (Glamorgan) | Montague, Frederick | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Groves, T. | Murnin, H. | Whiteley, W. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Naylor, T. E. | Wignall, James |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Palin, John Henry | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Paling, W. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hardie, George D. | Potts, John S. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Harney, E. A. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Riley, Ben | Wright, W. |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Ritson, J. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hayes, John Henry | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) | |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Rose, Frank H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Warne. |