§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDSuppose the inevitable happens to-night, and the Eleven o'Clock Rule is suspended, what business do the Government propose to take?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI put down the Motion to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule with a view solely to securing the passage of the Tithe Bill.
§ Mr. MacDONALDMay I ask what business is proposed for to-morrow and next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTERTo-morrow—I use the words "if not already taken" in case the Tithe Bill should be finished earlier—the Criminal Justice Bill, further Consideration and Third Reading; Second Reading of the Government of India (Civil Services) Bill [Lords]; Legitimacy Bill [Lords]; Married Women (Torts) Bill [Lords]; and Coastguard Bill [Lords], and, if time allow, other Orders on the Paper.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, we shall take the Report
§ and Third Reading of the Rating and Valuation Bill, and, if time permit, other Orders.
§ The business for Thursday and Friday I hope to announce at the beginning of the week.
§ The PRIME MINISTERPerhaps the hon. and gallant Gentleman will put that question down in a week's time.
§
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, 270; Noes, 117.
585| Division No. 367.] | AYES. | [3.47 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Albery, Irving James | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir B. (Eastbourne) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon Leopold C. M. S. | Cooper, A. Duff | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Couper, J. B. | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Apsley, Lord | Craig Capt Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Hanbury, C. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Hannon. Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Harland, A. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Curtis-Bennett, Sir Henry | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase | Curzon Captain Viscount | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Beliairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Davies, A V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Berry, Sir George | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hennessy, Major J. B. G. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Hilton, Cecil |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Drewe, C. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Duckworth John | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Holt, Capt. H. P. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Elveden, Viscount | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Fairfax Captain J. G. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Faile, Sir Bertram G. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberland, Whiteh'n) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Fermoy, Lord | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Fielden, E. B. | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Fleming, D. P. | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Burman, J. B. | Forrest, W. | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Butt, Sir Aifred | Fraser, Captain Ian | Jacob, A. E. |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Frece, Sir Walter de | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Cavzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Gates, Percy | Kindersley, Major G. M. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | King, Capt. Henry Douglas |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Gee, Captain R. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Lamb. J. O. |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Goff, Sir Park | Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. |
| Chilcott, Sir Warden | Gower, Sir Robert | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Christie, J. A. | Grace, John | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th's' w, E) | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Gretton, Colonel John | Loder, J. de V. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Grotrian, H. Brent | Looker, Herbert William |
| Lord, Walter Greaves- | Pease, William Edwin | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Penny, Frederick George | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Lumley, L. R. | Perring, William George | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Lynn, Sir R. J. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Templeton, W. P. |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Philipson, Mabel | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Macintyre, Ian | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Macmilian, Captain H. | Price, Major C. W. M. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Radford, E. A. | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Raine, W. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Rawlinson, Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Rawson, Alfred Cooper | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Remnant. Sir James | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Rentoul, G. S. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Margesson, Capt. D. | Rice, Sir Frederick | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Meller, R. J. | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Mline, J. S. Wardlaw- | Salmon, Major I. | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd) |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Savery, S. S. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Moore-Brabazon Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W.) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Murchison, C. K. | Shepperson, E. W. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hon. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Smithers, Waldron | Wragg, Herbert |
| Nuttall, Ellis | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Oakley, T. | Spender Clay, Colonel H. | |
| Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Sprot, Sir Alexander | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) | Commander B. Eyres Monsell and |
| Colonel Gibbs. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Rose, Frank H. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hardle, George D. | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Baker, Walter | Harris, Percy A. | Scurr, John |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Sexton, James |
| Barnes, A. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Batey, Joseph | Hirst, G. H. | Smillie, Robert |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Smith, Ben (Barmondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Bromfield, William | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Snell, Harry |
| Buchanan, G. | Kelly, W. T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Cape, Thomas | Kennedy, T. | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) |
| Clowes, S. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lansbury, George | Stamford, T. W. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lawson, John James | Stephen, Campbell |
| Connolly, M | Lee, F. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Cove, W. G. | Livingstone, A. M. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lowth, T. | Thurtle, E. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lunn, William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | MacDonald, Rt Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Townend, A. E. |
| Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Mackinder, W. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | MacLaren, Andrew | Viant, S. P. |
| Dennison. R. | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Duncan, C. | March, S. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermilne) |
| Dunnico, H. | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Montague, Frederick | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Fenby, T. D. | Morris, R. H. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Weir, L. M. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Murnin, H. | Westwood, J. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Oliver, George Harold | Whiteley, W. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Owen, Major G. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Paling, John Henry | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Greenall, T. | Paling, W. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Potts, John S. | Windsor, Walter |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wright, W. |
| Groves, T. | Riley, Ben | |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ritson, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) | Mr. Warne and Mr. Hayes. |