§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister what business will be taken next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday: Rating and Valuation Bill—completion of the Report stage, and Third Reading.
Tuesday: Discussion of the Motion relating to the Communist prosecution, standing on the Paper in the name of the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. MacDonald), and, if time permit, other Orders.
Wednesday and Thursday: We shall consider Ways and Means Resolutions giving effect to new duties proposed under the Safeguarding of Industries procedure.
The business on Friday will be announced later.
§ Mr. MacDONALDCan we be told now how many Resolutions will be put down for Wednesday and Thursday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is either four or five.
§ Mr. MacDONALDOne for each subject or item?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think so, but the subject of each will be in the Vote Office to-morrow.
§ Mr. MacPHERSONIs it proposed to take the Scottish Education Bill tonight? I understand it is opposed, and it is the third Order after Eleven o'Clock.
§ The PRIME MINISTERMy right hon. Friend will remember that I said it would be taken if it were non-controversial.
§ Mr. MACKINDERMay I ask the Prime Minister if the Members of this House may not have the evidence submitted to these Committees, in order to help them to make up their minds and to come to a decision on safeguarding?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo. that has never been given under any. administration of the Safeguarding of Industries Act. There is a very full Report.
§ Mr. MACKINDERBut, in view of the fact, that certain abridged Reports have been published in the newspapers, cannot we have what evidence has been submitted?
Captain BENNWill the right hon. Gentleman say when the Reports of these Committees will be available to Members; and, secondly, whether, before the discussion on Tuesday, we may have made available in the Library or elsewhere the official note of the Attorney-General's speech at the Old Bailey?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI will consider the second part of that question. The answer to the first part is on Friday.
§ Mr. BUCHANANIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that, in regard to the Scottish Education Bill, the opposition so far as the Labour Members and the great bulk of the Liberal Members are concerned, has been withdrawn, and, in view of that, will he not allow the Bill now to get its Second Reading?
§ The PRIME MINISTERTheir attitude is very important, but their abstention from opposition to the Bill does not necessarily make the Bill uncontroversial.
§ Mr. MACLEANIs it not the case that the only opposition is the opposition of the right hon. Member for the Scottish Universities (Sir H. Craik)? Is he to hold up the whole Bill?
§ Sir HENRY CRAIKThat is absolutely not a fact.
§ Mr. MACLEANOn a point of Order. Is it not the case that the notice on the Paper for the rejection of the Bill stands in the name of the right hon. Member for the Scottish Universities, and his alone?
§ Mr. SPEAKERI have often seen these Motions not carried into effect.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the evidence taken by the Safeguarding of Industry Committees is accessible to many hon. Members privately, and could it not be made accessible publicly?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am not aware of that.
§
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, 251; Noes, 117.
1607| Division No. 417.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Fraser, Captain Ian | Murchison, C. K. |
| Albery, Irving James | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Ganzoni, Sir John | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Gates, Percy. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Apsley, Lord | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Goff, Sir Park | Oakley, T. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Greene, W. P. Crawford | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Gretton, Colonel John | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Grotrian, H. Brent | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Owen, Major G. |
| Balniel, Lord | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Perring, William George |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Harland, A. | Pielou, D. P. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Berry, Sir George | Harrison, G. J. C. | Preston, William |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Haslam, Henry C. | Raine, W. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Hawke, John Anthony | Ramsden, E. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Reid, D. D. (County Down) |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Remnant, Sir James |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes., Stretford) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Holt, Captain H. P. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., N.) | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Sandon, Lord |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Hume, Sir G. H. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Huntingfield, Lord | Savery, S. S. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Hurd, Percy A. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl.(Renfrew, W.) |
| Burman, J. B. | Hurst, Gerald B. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. F. S. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Jacob, A. E. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Smithers, Waldron |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Jephcott, A. R. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Lamb, J. Q. | Storry Deans, R. |
| Chillcott, Sir Warden | Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Christie, J. A. | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Clayton, G. C. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Loder, J. de V. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Looker, Herbert William | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Cockerlll, Brigadier-General G. K. | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Templeton, W. P. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Cope, Major William | Lumley, L. R. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Waddington, R. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Macintyre, Ian | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | McLean, Major A. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Macmillan, Captain H. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Dixey, A. C. | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Doyle, Sir N. Grattan | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Drewe, C. | Macquisten, F. A. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Mac Robert, Alexander M. | Wells, S. R. |
| Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Malone, Major P. B. | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Elveden, Viscount | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Margesson, Captain D. | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd) |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Faile, Sir Bertram G. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Fermoy, Lord | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Finburgh, S. | Morden, Colonel W. Grant | Womersley, W. J. |
| Forrest, W. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. | Commander B. Eyres Monsell and |
| Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) | Colonel Gibbs. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hayday, Arthur | Sexton, James |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hayes, John Henry | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hirst, G. H. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Baker, Walter | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Smillie, Robert |
| Barnes, A. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Barr, J. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Batey, Joseph | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Snell, Harry |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Kelly, W. T. | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Briant, Frank | Kennedy, T. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Bromfield, William | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Bromley, J. | Lansbury, George | Stephen, Campbell |
| Buchanan, G. | Lawson, John James | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Cape, Thomas | Lee, F. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Livingstone, A. M. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lowth, T. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Connolly, M. | Lunn, William | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Cove, W. G. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Thurtle, E. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Mackinder, W. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | March, S. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dennison, R. | Montague, Frederick | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Duncan C. | Morris, R. H. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Dannico, H. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Naylor, T. E. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Gillett, George M. | Oliver, George Harold | Weir, L. M. |
| Gosling, Harry | Palin, John Henry | Whiteley, W. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Paling, W. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Potts, John S. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Groves, T. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Riley, Ben | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Ritson, J. | Windsor, Walter |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Rose, Frank H. | Wright, W. |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Saklatvala, Shapurji | |
| Hardie, George D. | Scrymgeour, E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Scurr. John | Mr. Warne and Mr. Charles Edwards. |