§ Mr. ARTHUR HENDERSONMay I ask the Leader of the House if he is in a position to say what business the Government propose to take next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday and Tuesday, and on Wednesday until a quarter-past eight, we shall consider further the Economy Bill. The business for Thursday will be announced later.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs the right hon. Gentleman in a position to say when he will make a statement on the proposed Ministry of Defence? I believe it was promised soon after we re-assembled after Easter.
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, Sir. If I remember rightly, what I told the House was that I should be very pleased to make such a statement when that subject came up for Debate. I always said
§ it should come up on one of the Estimates. I shall be very glad to deal with it then.
§ Mr. THURTLEIs it intended to take the Committee stage of the Army (Annual) Bill next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, I hope so, but I have not included it in the business I have read out. I have already said that the business for Thursday will be announced later.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That other Government Business have precedence this day of the Business of Supply, and that the Proceedings on the Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 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, 204; Noes, 111.
493| Division No-150.] | AYES. | [3.45 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Albery, Irving James | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Davies, Sir Thomas (Clrencester) | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. |
| Apsley, Lord | Duckworth, John | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. F. S. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Atkinson, C. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Jacob, A. E. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Ellis, R. G. | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | England, Colonel A. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Bethel, A. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Fermoy, Lord | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Gadle, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Gee, Captain R. | Loder, J. de V. |
| Bridgman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Goff, Sir Park | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Gower, Sir Robert | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Grace, John | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Herman |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Lumley, L. R. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w, E) | Lynn, Sir R. J. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Gretton, Colonel John | Mac Andrew, Major Charles Glen |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Macintyre, Ian |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | McLean, Major A. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | McNeill. Rt. Hon. Ronald John |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | MacRobert, Alexander M. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Harland, A. | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Hartington, Marquess of | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J A (Birm., W.) | Hawke, John Anthony | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- |
| Chamberlain. Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Holt, Captain H. P. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Cope, Major William | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Nall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W.G.(Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hudson, R.S. (Cumberland, Whiteh'n) | Oakley, T. |
| Penny, Frederick George | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Waddington, R. |
| Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Philipson, Mabel | Skelton, A. N. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Preston, William | Smithers, Waldron | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Wells, S. R. |
| Radford, E. A. | Sprot, Sir Alexander | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Raine, W. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Remnant, Sir James | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Ropner, Major L. | Streatfelld, Captain S. R. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Strickland, Sir Gerald | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Womersley, W. J. |
| Rye, F. G. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Salmon, Major I. | Templeton, W. P. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | |
| Sandeman, A. Stewart | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Major Sir H. Barnston and Captain |
| Margesson. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Rose, Frank H. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hirst, G. H. | Sexton, James |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Barr, J. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Batey, Joseph | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Smillie, Robert |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Snell, Harry |
| Briant, Frank | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Bromfield, William | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Cape, Thomas | Kennedy, T. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Clowes, S. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Kenyon, Barnet | Sullivan, Joseph |
| Cove, W. G. | Kirkwood, D. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lee, F. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Dennison, R. | Lowth, T. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Lunn, William | Thurtle, E. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Mackinder, W. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Fenby, T. D. | MacLaren, Andrew | Townend, A. E. |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Varley, Frank B. |
| Gillett, George M. | March, S. | Viant, S. P. |
| Gosling, Harry | Maxton, James | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Montague, Frederick | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Greenall, T. | Morris, R. H. | West wood, J. |
| Greenwood. A. (Nelson and Colne) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Whiteley, W. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Murnin, H. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Naylor, T. E. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Groves, T. | Owen, Major G. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Palin, John Henry | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Paling, W. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Windsor, Walter |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wright, W. |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Harney, E. A. | Potts, John S. | |
| Harris, Percy A. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Ritson, J. | Mr. Warne and Mr. Hayes. |