§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister how far the Government propose to go this evening in the event of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being suspended?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe are moving the Motion which stands in my name as n. precautionary measure in regard to the first two Orders, as it is necessary to get them. In addition, we propose to take four non-contentious items, namely, Orders 4 (Trade Facilities Bill, Committee), 6 (Air Ministry (Croydon Aerodrome Extension)), 8 (Agricultural Returns Bill), and 9 (Importation of Pedigree Animals Bill), and we will not, in any event, take the Report stage of the Army Vote to-day.
§ Mr. BUCHANANI notice the right hon. Gentleman states that Orders 4 (Trade Facilities Bill, Committee), 6 (Air Ministry (Croydon Aerodrome Extension)), 8 (Agricultural Returns Bill), and 9 (Importation of Pedigree Animals
| Division No. 43.] | AYES. | [4.0 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Balniel, Lord |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Sarclay-Harvey, C. M. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Astor, Maj. Hon. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Barnston, Major Sir Harry |
| Albery, Irving James | Atholl, Duchess of | Beamish, Captain T. P. H. |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Atkinson, C. | Bellairs. Commander Carlyon W. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Bennett, A. J. |
| Allen, Lieut.-Col. Sir William James | Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- |
§ Bill) are non contentious, but some of us on this side feel that No. 4 at least is contentious.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI had hoped, after the discussions which have taken place, that No. 4 would be regarded as non-contentious.
§ Mr. BUCHANANIn view of the fact that this is a question which particularly affects some of our constituencies, cannot the right hon. Gentleman see his way to allow us more time to discuss it?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThere has been an exceptional amount of time already allotted, and if the Eleven o'Clock Rule is suspended there will be ample opportunity for discussion.
§ Mr. BUCHANANIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that last year, when our Government was in office, far more time was allowed for the discussion of this subject than has been given this year?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think that only emphasises the fact that there is not so much need for discussion now.
§ Mr. MacDONALDMay we take it that Item 4 is not going to be taken at an inconveniently late hour?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIf the first two items are secured, I have, no desire to keep the House up at night. T should like to get one or two of these Orders if they prove non-contentious, but it is not my intention to keep the House late.
§ The PRIME MINISTERNot to-night.
§
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, 295; Noes, 128.
2079| Berry, Sir George | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Goft, Sir Park | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Gower, Sir Robert | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Grace, John | Monsell, Eyres, Com. at. Hon. B. M. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Grant, J. A. | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Greene, W. P, Crawford | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H, (w'th's'w, E) | Morrison, H, (Wits, Salisbury) |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Gretton, Colonel John | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Murchison, C. K. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Nall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Neville, R. J. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hammersley, S. S. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Harland, A. | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Oakley, T. |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Hartington, Marquess of | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Brown, Maj. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Ormsby Gore, Hon. William |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'v) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Owen, Major G. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Pease, William Edwin |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Penny, Frederick George |
| Burman, J. B. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Perring, William George |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. | Pielou. D. P. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Herbert, S. (York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hilton, Cecil | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Price, Major C, W. M. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Raine, W. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Holt. Capt. H. P. | Ramsden, E. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Homan, C. w. J. | Rawson, Alfred Cooper |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Rees, Sir Beddoe |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hope, Sir Harry (Fortar) | Reid, Captain A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Christie, J. A. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Remnant, Sir James |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mosslay) | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Ropner, Major L. |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Ruggies-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Huntingfield, Lord | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cope, Major William | Hurd, Percy A. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Couper, J. B. | Hurst, Gerald B. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col, George L. | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Sandeman. A. Stewart |
| Cowan, Sir Wm, Henry (Islingson, N.) | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Sanderson. Sir Frank |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Jacob, A. E. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Crook, C. W. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Savery, S. S. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) | Jephcott, A. R. | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merloneth) | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W) |
| Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Dalziel, Sir Davison | Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Davidson, J. (Hertf'd,Hemel Hempst'd) | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belfst.) |
| Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Skelton, A. N. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Lamb, J. Q. | Smith, R.W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine. C.) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Col. George R. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Smithers, Waldron |
| Doyle, Sir N. Grattan | Lloyd, Rt. Hn. Sir G. (E Sussex, E'stb'ne) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Drewe, C. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Spender Clay. Colonel H. |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Loder, J. de V. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Looker, Herbert William | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Elliet, Captain Walter E. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Stanley, Han. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Ellis, R. G. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Etveden, Viscount | Lumley, L. R. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| England, Colonel A. | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Stuart. Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Macdonald, Capt. P, D. (I. of W.) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | MacIntyre, Ian | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | McLean, Major A. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Fielden, E. B. | Macmillan Captain H. | Thomson. Sir W. Mitchell (Croydon, S.) |
| Fleming, D. P. | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Titchfield, Major the Marquest of |
| Ford, P. J. | Macquisten, F. A. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P |
| Forestler-Walker, L. | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Wallace. Captain D. E. |
| Forrest, W. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | Malone, Major P. B. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Margesson, Captain D. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Gates, Percy | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) | Wood, Sir S. Hill (High Peak) |
| Watts, Dr. T. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Wells, S. R. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Wheler, Major Granville C. H. | Wise, Sir Fredric | |
| White, Lieut. Colonel G. Dalrymple | Womersley, W. J. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W.R., Ripon) | Colonel Gibbs and Captain Douglas |
| Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) | Hacking. |
| Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, w.). |