Mr. MacDONALDBefore I ask the Minister about the Business for next week, may I inquire what business he proposes to take to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think I told the House which Votes we wish to pass. The only other business which is exempted business over which the Government have no control, is the Shrewsbury Bishopric Motion, which the promoters desire to bring forward.
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday we propose to consider the following Supplementary Estimates in Committee: Royal Commissions; National Library (Scotland); Imperial War Graves Commission; Export Credits; Board of Education; Public Education (Scotland); Board of Control (England); Ministry of Labour; and other business on the Paper. I may say that the Supplementary Estimates for three of these items, a small amount for the Ministry of Labour Export Credits and War Graves Commission, will be available in the Vote Office to-morrow. All the others are in the possession of hon. Members.
Tuesday: The Second Reading of the Trade Facilities Bill and the Public Works Loan Bill; and other business.
Wednesday: The Report Stages of Supplementary Estimates, commencing with the Estimate for the Scottish Board of Health; and other Business on the Paper.
The Business for Thursday I hope to announce on Monday next.
§ Mr. R. RICHARDSONIs the right hon. Gentleman taking these Votes in the order in which he has read them?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat is our intention.
§ Mr. MAXTONIn arranging the order of the Business next week, will the Prime Minister have regard to the fact that the every-day suspension of the Eleven o'clock Rule withdraws from back benches the opportunity of the short Adjournment Debate from 11 to 11.30, which is a very valuable right of the back benches of this House, and will he consider the desirability of leaving us perhaps one night per week for that Adjournment Debate?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe answer to that, as hon. Members know, is that always, from now till Easter, more time is allowed to private Members than at any other period of the year. Therefore, it does reduce that hardship to a certain extent. I am aware of the inconvenience of suspending the Eleven o'Clock Rule, and I dislike doing it. But the only alternative at this time of the year is taking all private Members' time. If that were done, instead of suspending the Rule, it would leave the half-hour for the Adjournment Debate, but I do not think such a step would be any more popular. It is a disability under which we all labour between now and Easter—the amount of financial business that must be got through by a certain date—and it has been found
§ that Members do suffer under that disability, whatever Government is in power.
§ Mr. RUNCIMANIs it not a fact that a great deal of private Members' time is taken up with the discussion of Private Bills, and that it frequently happens that Motions put down have sometimes only half-an-hour or three-quarters-of-an-hour for discussion?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am glad my right hon. Friend has mentioned that, because it aggravates the position. It is peculiarly unfortunate, for just at this time of the Session there does seem to be a larger number of Private Bills than usual, and over the disposition of those Bills, as my right hon. Friend knows, the Leader of the House has no authority.
§ Lord H. CAVENDISH-BENTINCKWill my right hon. Friend fix Easter a little later?
§
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, 246; Noes, 106.
725| Division No. 49.] | AYES. | [3.52 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Finburgh, S. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Forestler-Walker, Sir L. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Forrest, W. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Charteris, Brigadler-General J. | Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Ganzonl, Sir John |
| Apsley, Lord | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Gates, Percy |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham |
| Astor, Maj. Hon. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cooper, A. Duff | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Balniel, Lord | Cope, Major William | Goff, Sir Park |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Couper, J. B. | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Grace, John |
| Berry, Sir George | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Cainsbro) | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Curtis-Bennett, Sir Henry | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Blundeil, F. N. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Dalkeith, Earl of | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Henbury, C. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Harland, A. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Dawson, Sir Philip | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Dixey, A. C. | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Elveden, Viscount | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Burney, Lieut.-Com. Charles D. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s,-M.) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Everard, W. Lindsay | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootie) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Fermoy, Lord | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Margesson, Capt. D. | Savery, S. S. |
| Holland, Sir Arthur | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Meller, R. J. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Merriman, F. B. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Meyer, Sir Frank | Skelton, A. N. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Milen, J. S. Wardlaw- | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Hudson, R.S. (Cumberl'and, Whiteh'n) | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Hume, Sir G. H. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Huntingfield, Lord | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Sport, Sir Alexander |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| lliffe, Sir Edward M. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Murchison, C. K. | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Nall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Jacob, A. E. | Nelson, Sir Frank | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W.G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Nuttail, Ellis | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Oakley, T. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Thomson, Rt. Hon. St. W. Mitchell- |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Pennefather, Sir John | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Penny, Frederick George | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Warner, Brigdler-General W. W. |
| Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Preston, William | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Loder, J. de V. | Price, Major C. W. M. | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Looker, Herbert William | Radford, E. A. | Wells, S. R. |
| Lougher, L. | Raine, W. | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Ramsden, E. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Rawson, Sir Alfred Cooper | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Lumley, L. R. | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Lynn, Sir Robert J. | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Macintyre, Ian | Ropner, Major L. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| McLean, Major A. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Macmillan, Captain H. | Rye, F. G. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Salmon, Major I. | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Maitland. Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | |
| Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Sanderson, Sir Frank | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Major Sir H. Barnston and Major Hennessy. |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Sandon, Lord | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Paling, W. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Pethick-Lawrence, F W. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hardie, George D. | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Harris, Percy A. | Potts, John S. |
| Baker, Walter | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Riley, Ben |
| Barnes, A. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) |
| Barr, J. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Rose, Frank H. |
| Batey, Joseph | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Beckett. John (Gateshead) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Saklatavala, Shapurji |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Broad, F. A. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Bromley, J. | Jones, Morgan (Caerpnilly) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Sexton, James |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Kennedy, T. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Cape, Thomas | Kenwothy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kirkwood, D. | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Calthness) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lansbury, George | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Clynes, Right Hon. John R. | Lee, F. | Smith, H. B. Lees-(Keighley) |
| Compton, Joseph | Livingstone, A. M. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Connolly, M. | Lowth, T. | Snell, Harry |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lunn, William | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | Mackinder, W. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Day, Colonel Harry | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Dennison, R. | March, S. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Maxton, James | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plalstow) |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Montague, Frederick | Thurtie, E. |
| Gillett, George M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Townend, A. E. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Naylor, T. E. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Groves, T. | Oilver, George Harold | Viant, S. P. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Palin, John Henry | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Hayes. |
| Welsh, J. C. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) | |
| Whiteley, W. | Windsor, Walter | |
| Williams, David (Swansea, E.) | Wright, W. | |
| Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |