Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister how far he proposes to go with business to-night, if the Eleven o'Clock Rule is suspended?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe hope to get the first five Orders. The suspension of the Rule is necessary in order to get through Supply. We must have Supply.
§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
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.]
§ Mr. BUCHANANI want to raise a point in regard to the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Member cannot. I am bound to put the Motion forthwith.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 286; Noes, 129.
2277| Division No. 47.] | AYES. | [3.57 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Boothby, R. J. G. | Clayton, G. C. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Cobb, Sir Cyril |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. |
| Albery, Irving James | Brass, Captain W. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Brassey, Sir Leonard | Cooper, A. Duff |
| Alexander, Sir Win. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Cilve | Cope, Major William |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Briggs, J. Harold | Couper, J. B. |
| Allen, Lieut.-Col. Sir William James | Briscoe, Richard George | Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Brittain, Sir Harry | Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islingtn, N.) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Brocklebank, C. E. R- | Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) |
| Ashmead-Bartlett, E. | Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry |
| Atholl. Duchess of | Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Crook, C. W. |
| Atkinson, C. | Brown, Maj. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) |
| Baird, Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence | Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C (Berks.Newb'y) | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Buckingham, Sir H, | Curzon, Captain Viscount |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Bullock, Captain M. | Dalkeith, Earl of |
| Balniel, Lord | Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Daiziel, Sir Davison |
| Barclay-Harvey, C M. | Burman, J. B, | Davidson,J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Butler. Sir Geoffrey | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset,Yeovil) |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Calne, Gordon Hall | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Campbell, E. T. | Dawson, Sir Philip |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Dixey, A. C. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Doyle, Sir N. Grattan |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Atton) | Drewe, C. |
| Berry, Sir George | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Eden, Captain Anthony |
| Bethell, A. | Charterls, Brigadier-General J. | Edmondson, Major A. J. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Christie, J. A. | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Elliot, Captain Walter E. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Ellis, R. G. |
| Elveden, Viscount | Lamb, J. Q. | Ropner, Major L. |
| England, Colonel A. | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Col. George R. | Ruggies-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Rye, F. G. |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Salmon, Major I. |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Locker-Lampson, Com.O. (Handsw'th) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Loder, J. de V. | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Lougher, L. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Fielden, E. B. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D |
| Finburgh, S. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W.R., Sowerby) |
| Fleming, D. P. | Lumley, L. R. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W.) |
| Forrest, W. | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Sinclair, Col.T. (Queen's Univ., Belfst) |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Smith, R.W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | MacIntyre, Ian | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Gates, Percy | McLean, Major A | Smithers, Waldron |
| Gault Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Macmillan, Captain H. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Glyn, Major R. G. C. | MacPherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Goff, Sir Park | Macquisten, F. A. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Gower, Sir Robert | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Grace, John | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Grant, J. A. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Greene, W. P. Crawford | Malone, Major P. B. | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w, E) | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Margesson, Captain D. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Grotrian, H. Brent | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Meyer, Sir Frank | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Harland, A. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Thomson, Sir W.Mitchell-(Croydon,S.) |
| Harrison, G. J. C. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Waddington, R. |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Murchison, C. K. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Ward, Col. J. (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Nelson, Sir Frank | Ward. Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Heneage. Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H | Nuttall, Ellis | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Oakley, T. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Hilton, Cecil | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Wells. S. R. |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Wheter. Major Granville C. H. |
| Holt, Capt. H. P. | Pease, William Edwin | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Homan, C. W. J. | Pennefather, Sir John | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Penny, Frederick George | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Pielou, D. P. | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Pilcher, G. | Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd) |
| Hudson, R.S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Power, Sir John Cecil | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Huntingfield, Lord | Price, Major C. W. M. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Hurst, Gerald B. | Radford, E. A. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Hutchison,G.A.Clark (Midl'n & P'bi's) | Raine, W. | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W.R., Ripon) |
| Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Rawson, Alfred Cooper | Wood. E. (Chest'r. Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). |
| Jacob, A. E. | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Remer, J. R. | Worthington-Evans. Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Remnant, Sir James | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Rentoul, G. S. | |
| Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Rice, Sir Frederick | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Colonel Gibbs and Captain |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Douglas Hacking. |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes., Stretford) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Greenall, T. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Compton, Joseph | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Connolly, M. | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Cove, W. G. | Groves, T. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Crawfurd, H. E. | Grundy, T. W. |
| Barr, J. | Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Guest, J. (York, Hermsworth) |
| Batey, Joseph | Davies. Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) |
| Broad, F. A. | Day, Colonel Harry | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Bromley, J. | Dunnico, H. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Edwards C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Hardie, George D. |
| Buchanan, G. | Fenby, T. D. | Harris, Percy A. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon |
| Cape, Thomas | Gibbins, Joseph | Hastings, Sir Patrick |
| Clowes, S. | Gillett, George M. | Hayday, Arthur |
| Cluse, W. S. | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Hayes, John Henry |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Naylor, T. E. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Oliver, George Harold | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Hirst, G H. | Palin, John Henry | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Paling, W. | Thorne. W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Thurtle, E. |
| Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Potts, John S. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Varley, Frank B. |
| Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Riley, Ben | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Ritson, J. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Rose, Frank H. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D (Rhondds) |
| Kelly, W. T. | Scrymgeour, E. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Kennedy, T. | Scurr, John | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Kenworthy, Lt. Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Sexton, James | Welsh, J. C. |
| Lansbury, George | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Wheatley. Rt. Hon. J. |
| Lee. F. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Wignall, James |
| Livingstone, A. M. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Lowth, T. | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Lunn, William | Sitch, Charles H. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) |
| Mac Donald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Smillie, Robert | Williams, T. (York. Don Valley) |
| MacLaren, Andrew | Snell, Harry | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) | Windsor, Walter |
| March, S. | Stamford, T. W. | Wright, W. |
| Maxton, James | Stephen, Campbell | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Montague, Frederick | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | |
| Morrison. R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Sutton, J. E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Murnin, H. | Taylor, R. A. | Mr. Warne and Mr. Allen |
| Parkinson. |
Resolution agreed to.