§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister how far he proposes to go with the business to-day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI regret that it will be necessary to ask the House to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule to-day. Hon. Members will have observed that the time from 8.15 is to be taken up by a Private Bill. I am informed that there are several Private Bills which will have to be put down between now and Easter, and which will interfere unavoidably with the progress of Public Business. I hope, however, that we shall get in Committee the two Financial Resolutions on the Paper, and after that seven of the Reports which I think are more or less non-controversial, that is to say, the Report of Supply of the 9th and 10th February, and the first three Votes of the 15th February, not taking the Mines Department Vote, because I think that may possibly require some discussion.
§
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, 233; Noes, 92.
47| Division No. 35.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. |
| Albery, Irving James | Campbell, E. T. | Fermoy, Lord |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Ford, Sir P. J. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M.S. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Forrest, W. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Foster, Sir Harry S. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Fraser, Captain Ian |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Clarry, Reginald George | Frece, Sir Walter de |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Gates, Percy |
| Balniel, Lord | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Cooper, A. Duff | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Cope, Major William | Goff, Sir Park |
| Berry, Sir George | Couper, J. B. | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islingtn. N.) | Grace, John |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Dalziel, Sir Davison | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hanbury, C. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Dawson, Sir Philip | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. Berks, Newb'y) | Elveden, Viscount | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Bullock, Captain M | Everard, W. Lindsay | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Malone, Major P. B. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Herbert, S. (York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hills, Major John Waller | Margesson, Captain D. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Meller, R. J. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Merriman, F. B. | Stanley, Lord (Flyde) |
| Holland, Sir Arthur | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Holt, Captain H. P. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Moles, Thomas | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Hudson, Capt. A.U.M. (Hackney, N.) | Morrison H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Tinne, J. A. |
| Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Murchison, C. K. | Litchfield, Major the Marquees of |
| Huntingfield, Lord | Nelson, Sir Frank | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W.G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Jacob, A. E. | Oakley, T. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Owen, Major G. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Penny, Frederick George | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Wells, S. R. |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dalrymple |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Ramsden, E. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Reid, D. D. (County Down) | Williams, Com. C.(Devon, Torquay) |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Remer, J. R. | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Remnant, Sir James | Williams, Herbert G.(Reading) |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Ropner, Major L. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Loder, J. de V. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynamouth) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Looker, Herbert William | Salmon, Major I. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Lynn, Sir R. J. | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Mac Andrew, Charles Glen | Sandon, Lord | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Sassoon Sir Philip Albert Gustave D | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| McLean, Major A. | Savery, S. S. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Macmillan, Captain H. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. McI. (Renfrew, W.) | |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir H. Barnston. |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Saklatvala, Shapurji |
| Baker, Walter | Hardie, George D. | Scurr, John |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Harris, Percy A. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Barnes, A. | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Shields, Dr. Drummond |
| Bar, J. | Hayes, John Henry | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Batey, Joseph | Henderson, Right Hon- A. (Burnlay) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Snell, Harry |
| Briant, Frank | Hirst. G. H. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Broad, F. A. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) |
| Buchanan, G. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kelly, W. T. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Cove, W. G. | Kenyon, Barnet | Thurtle, E. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lansbury, George | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lee, F. | Townend, A. E. |
| Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Lowth, T. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J.R. (Aberavon) | Viant, S. P. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Mackinder, W. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Dennison, R. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Duncan, C. | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Westwood, J. |
| Dunnico, H. | March, S. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Maxton, James | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Gillett, George M. | Montague, Frederick | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Gosling, Harry | Morris, R. H. | Windsor, Walter |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wright, W. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Naylor, T. E. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | |
| Groves, T. | Ponsonby, Arthur | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Grundy, T. W. | Potts, John S. | Mr. T. Kennedy and Mr. Charles Edwards. |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Rose, Frank H. | |
| Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) |