§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask, first of all, what Orders the Government propose to take after suspending the 11 o'clock Rule to-day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Orders which it is necessary to get at this time of the year under the financial arrangements—the Navy Votes, that is, to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair, and Votes A, 1, 10 and 2 in Committee; the Ways and Means Resolution, which the right hon. Gentleman knows is purely formal, and the Third Reading of the Trade Facilities Bill.
§ Mr. JOHNSTONWill the right hon. Gentleman inform us when he intends to proceed with the Forestry Bill, which has disappeared from the Order Paper for the past week?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI cannot answer that question at all definitely, but we hope to make progress with it before the Adjournment for Easter.
§ Mr. MacDONALDMight we know what business is intended to be taken next week, and, at the same time, would it be convenient to make any announcement about Easter?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMonday, we shall consider the Navy and Army Estimates on the Report stage.
Tuesday, Consolidated Fund Bill, Second Reading. A Debate will take place on the Geneva Protocol.
Wednesday, Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions (Continuance) Bill; Continuation and conclusion of the Debate on the Second Reading, and, if time permit, other Orders on the Paper. At 8.15 p.m., Private Members' Motions.
Thursday, Lords Amendments to the British Sugar (Subsidy) Bill. Consolidated Fund Bill, Third Reading.
In order to allow an uninterrupted Debate on Tuesday next, on the Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill, I propose to put down a Motion to take Private Members' time that evening.
With regard to the Easter Holidays, we propose taking the Adjournment on Thursday, 9th April, and I hope it may not be necessary to ask the House to reassemble until Tuesday, the 28th.
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHMay I ask whether the Budget will be taken on the day of reassembly?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAs at present advised, yes.
§ Mr. MACLEANIs the House to understand that the right hon. Gentleman expects to get the Third Reading of the Trade Facilities Bill to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes.
§
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, 281: Noes, 133.
2481| Division No. 51.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Eden, Captain Anthony | Loder, J. de V. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Looker, Herbert William |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Lougher, L. |
| Albery, Irving James | Ellis, R. G. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Elvedon, Viscount | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | England, Colonel A. | Lumley, L. R. |
| Allen, Lieut.-Col. Sir William James | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | MacAndrew, Charles Glen |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Everard, W. Lindsay | MacIntyre, Ian |
| Astor, Viscountess | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John |
| Atkinson, C. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Fermoy, Lord | MacRobert, Alexander M. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Fielden, E. B. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. steel |
| Balniel, Lord | Finburgh, S. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Fleming, D. P. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Forestier-Walker, L. | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Forrest, W. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Fraser, Captain Ian | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Bellairs, Commander Cariyon W. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw |
| Berry, Sir George | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Bethell, A. | Gates, Percy | Mitchell, Sir w. Lane (Streatham) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Gee, Captain R. | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Blundell, F. N. | Goff, Sir Park | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Gower, Sir Robert | Murchison, C. K. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Grace, John | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A | Grant, J. A. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Gretton, Colonel John | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Grotrian, H. Brent | Oakley, T, |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Pease, William Edwin |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Hammersley, S. S. | Penny, Frederick George |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hanbury, C. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Harland, A. | Perring, William George |
| Burman, J. B. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Burney, Lieut.-Com. Charles D. | Hartington, Marquess of | Philipson, Mabel |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Pitcher, G. |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Haslam, Henry C. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Campbell, E. T. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Radford, E. A. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Ralne, W. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Ramsden, E. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Henniker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. | Rawlinson. Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hilton, Cecil | Remnant, Sir James |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Christie, J. A. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Holland, Sir Arthur | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Holt, Capt. H. P. | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes., Stretford) |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Homan, C. W. J. | Ropner, Major L. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Ruggles Brise, Major E. A. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Rye, F. G. |
| Cockerill. Brigadier-General G. K. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Salmon, Major I. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Huntingfield, Lord | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hurd, Percy A. | Sandeman. A. Stewart |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hurst, Gerald B. | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Cope, Major William | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl'S) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Couper, J. B. | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Savery, S. S. |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. George L. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. McI. (Renfrew, W) |
| Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Jephcott, A. R. | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belfst) |
| Crook, C. W. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston). | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Kidd. J. (Linlithgow) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Kindersley, Major Guy-M. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Daiziel, Sir Davison | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Davidson, J. (Hertf'd. Hemel Hempst'd) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Lamb, J. Q. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Lane-Fox, Lieut.-Col. George R. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Drewe, C. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Duckworth, John | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Stuart, Crichton, Lord C. | Warrender, Sir Victor | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles | Womersley, W. J. |
| Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W. R., Ripon) |
| Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) | Wood, E. (Chest'r. Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Tasker, Major H. Inigo | Watts, Dr. T, | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). |
| Templeton, W. P. | Wells. S. R. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | Wheler, Major Granville C. H. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Tinne, J. A. | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Turton, Edmund Russborough | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) | |
| Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Waddington, R. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl | Colonel Gibbs and Captain Douglas Hacking. |
| Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) | Wise, Sir Fredric |