§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask what time the Prime Minister proposes to take for the Economy Bill and how he suggests that the time should be distributed?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe propose to continue and conclude the Committee stage of the Economy Bill to-morrow, and, if time permit, we shall proceed with the following Bills, which I believe are non-controversial: the Committee stage of the Imperial War Graves Endowment Fund Bill, and the Second Readings of
§ the Weights and Measures Amendment Bill [Lords] and the Bankruptcy Bill [Lords].
§ Wednesday: We propose to take the Committee stage of the Army and Air Force (Annual) Bill as first Order.
§ Thursday: If there be no Report stage to the Economy Bill, we propose to allocate the whole day to the Third Reading. I hope this arrangement of business will render late sittings unnecessary.
§ Sir H. CROFTWhen is it proposed to take the Law of Property Amendment Bill, which is holding up the whole of the building operations in some parts of the country?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI cannot make a promise as to that for the moment. My hon. and gallant Friend realises that next week will be very fully occupied, but I will look into the matter.
§
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, 209; Noes, 97.
857| Division No. 169.] | AYES. | [3.52 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Grace, John |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Greenwood Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w, E) |
| Albery, Irving James | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Clayton, G. C. | Guinness. Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool,W.Derby) | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Cope, Major William | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Couper, J. B. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Apsley, Lord | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Balniel, Lord | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Barclay-Harvey C. M. | Curzon, Captain viscount | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Dixey, A. C. | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Drewe, C. | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Cilve | Eden, Captain Anthony | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N). |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Finburgh, S. | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer |
| Burman, J. B. | Forrest, W. | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Frece, Sir Walter de | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Ganzoni, Sir John | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. F. S. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Gates, Percy | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Can'l) |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham | Jacob, A. E. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon, Cuthbert |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Goff, Sir Park | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Kidersley, Major G. M. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F.(Will'sden, E.) |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Murchison, C. K. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir clement | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Nuttall, Ellis | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Oakley, T. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Penny, Frederick George | Thorn, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Looker, Herbert William | Pilcher, G. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Tinne, J. A. |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Preston, William | Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Lumley, L. R. | Ramsden, E. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Rawson, Sir Alfred Cooper | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Remnant, Sir James | Wells, S R. |
| MacIntyre, Ian | Rice, Sir Frederick | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| McLean, Major A. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Macmillan, Captain H. | Ropner, Major L. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Macnaghten, Hon. sir Malcolm | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Salmon, Major, I. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steal- | Sanders, Sir Robert A, | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Sandon, Lord | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Savery, S. S. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Margesson, Captain D. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Skelton, A N. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Major Sir Harry Barnston and |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Smithers, Waldron | Major Hennessy. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Potts, John S. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Riley, Ben |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hall, G. H, (Merthyr Tydvil) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Barr, J. | Harris, Percy A. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Batey, Joseph | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Briant, Frank | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley) |
| Broad, F. A. | Hirst, G. H. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Bromley, J. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Cape, Thomas | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kelly, W. T. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kennedy, T. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Kenworthy, Lt-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Cove, W. G. | Kenyon, Barnet | Thurtle, E. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lowth, T. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Lunn, William | Viant, S. P. |
| Dennison, R, | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Duncan, C. | Mackinder, W. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D.(Rhondda) |
| Fenby, T. D. | March, S. | Westwood, J. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Maxton, James | Whiteley, W. |
| Gillett, George M. | Montague, Frederick | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Gosling, Harry | Morris, R. H. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm, (Edin., Cent.) | Naylor, T. E. | Windsor, Walter |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Oliver, George Harold | Wright, W. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Owen, Major G. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Paling, W. | |
| Groves, T. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. A. Barnes and Mr. Hayes. |
Question put, and agreed to.