§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDI should like to ask the Prime Minister two questions. First, what business it is proposed to take to-day, and, secondly, when the Lords Amendments to the Mining Industry Bill are to be considered?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe hope to get the first four Orders to-day, and also the Lords Amendments to the Mining Industry Bill.
Captain BENNWhen is it intended that the Minister of Health, shall make the statement as to the rate of subsidy for housing after the 1st October next, which he promised the municipal authorities he would make before the House rose?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI understand a question is put down for to-morrow.
Captain BENNTo-morrow is rather late, because if it is stated now that no statement is to be made, the matter might be raised to-night on the Adjornment. To-morrow will be too late.
§ The PRIME MINISTERThere will be much more time to-morrow.
§ Mr. MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister what business he proposes to take when the House re-assembles in the Autumn?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe House will adjourn to-morrow until Tuesday, 9th November.
On the day Parliament re-assembles, and during the remainder of the same week, we shall take the Report and Third Reading of the Electricity (Supply) Bill,
§ and, if time permit on any day in the week, we shall take other Orders on the Paper.
§ On Tuesday, 9th November, the usual Motion to take the time of the House for Government Business will be moved.
§ Mr. MacDONALDAre we to understand from the wording of the answer that the Government propose to take the Report and Third Reading of the Electricity (Supply) Bill in the first week after the Adjournment—and that the Prime Minister really expects to get it through in three days?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThose are our hopes, under the shadow of the approaching holiday.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYMay I ask when it is proposed to proceed further, if at all, with the Merchandise Marks Bill; and, secondly, when it is proposed to take the Bill down for presentation to-day to prevent bets being Placed abroad? Is the Prime Minister aware that the fiat-racing season will end before this Bill can be taken? The Bill will not come into operation and a great deal of revenue is going to be lost.
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe propose to proceed with the Merchandise Marks Bill during the Autumn Session. With regard to the other Bill, we hope to be able to proceed with it also in the Autumn Session.
§
Resolved,
That this House do meet To-morrow at Eleven of the Clock; that no Questions shall he taken after Twelve of the Clock, and that, as soon as Mr. Speaker shall have reported the Royal Assent to Acts which have been agreed upon by both Houses, or at Five of the Clock, if the Royal Assent shall have been reported before that hour, Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the House without Question put."—[The Prime Minister.]
§
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, 225; Noes, 78.
2819| Division No. 423.] | AYES. | [3.51 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Alexander, E.E. (Leyton) | Atholl, Duchess of |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Balfour, George (Hampstead) |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Balniel, Lord |
| Albery, Irving James | Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Barclay-Harvey, C.M |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Hartington, Marquess of | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Bellalrs, Commander Carlyon W. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Hawke, John Anthony | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. Willliam |
| Berry, Sir George | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Bralthwalte, A. N. | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Pilcher, G. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Herbert, S. (York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Hills, Major John Walter | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Hilton, Cecil | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel sir Assheton |
| Brittain, sir Harry | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Pr'ce, Major C. W. M. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St. Marylebone) | Raine, W. |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Holbrook, sir Arthur Richard | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Holland, Sir Arthur | Remnant. Sir James |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Holt, Captain H. P. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Rye, F. G. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Hudson, R.S. (Cumberland, Whlteh'n) | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hume, Sir G. H. | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Christie, J. A. | Hurst, Gerald B. | Sandon, Lord |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Jackson, Lieut,-Colonel Rt. Hon. F. S. | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Couper, J. B. | Jacob, A. E. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Jephcott, A. R. | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Craik Rt. Hon. sir Henry | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dtne, C.) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Crookshank, Cpt.H. (Lindsey, Galnsbro) | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | kindersley, Major G. M. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Lamb, J. Q. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Stott. Lieut-Colonel W. H. |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Dawson Sir Philip | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Locker-Lampson, G. [Wood Green] | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Drewe, C. | Luce, Maj. Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Templeton, W. P. |
| Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Thom, Lt. Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Maclntyre, Ian | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Ellis, R. G. | McLean, Major A. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Elveden, Viscount | Macmillan, Captain H. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Fermoy, Lord | Malone, Major P. B. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Fielden, E. B. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Watson. Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Margesson, Captain D. | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Wells, S R. |
| Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Meller, R. J. | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple |
| Fremantie, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Merriman, F. B. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Galbraith, J. F. W. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Gates, Percy | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Gilmour, Lt. Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Mitchell. W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Wilson. R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Moles, Thomas | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Goff, Sir Park | Monseil, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Grace. John | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Moore-Brauazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Greene, W. P. Crawford | Murchison, C. K. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Grotrian, H. Brent | Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L |
| Gunston), Captain D. W. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | |
| Hammersley, S. S. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn.W.G.(Ptrsf'ld.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Nierd, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir |
| Harry Barnston. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Bromley, J. | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Dalton, Hugh |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Buchanan, G. | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) |
| Barr, J. | Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) |
| Batey, Joseph | Charleton, H. C. | Day. Colonel Harry |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Clowes, S. | Dennison. R. |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Duncan, C. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Connolly, M. | Dunnico, H. |
| Fenby, T. D. | Lawrence, Susan | Sutton, J. E. |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Lee, F. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Gilliett, George M. | Lunn, William | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Gosling, Harry | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin.,Cent.) | March, S. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Greenall, T. | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Viant, S. P. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Montague, Frederick | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Groves, T. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Guest, Haden (Southwark, N.) | Naylor, T. E, | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Palin, John Henry | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Paling, W. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Hardle, George D. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Potts, John S. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A, (Burnley) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Windsor, Walter |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Riley, Ben | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Scrymgeour, E. | |
| Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Sexton, James | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Kenworthy, Lt. -Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Smith, Ronnie (Penistone) | Hayes. |
| Kirkwood, D. | Stephen, Campbell |