§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister say what business he proposes to take next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday we shall take Supply, the Treasury Vote, on which a discussion on Inter-Allied Debts will take place.
Tuesday: Supply—India Office Vote.
Wednesday: Third Reading of the Finance Bill until 8.15 p.m. Committee stage of the Palestine and East Africa Loans (Guarantee) (Money Resolution), and Committee stage of the Expiring Laws Bill.
627 Thursday: Report and Third Reading of the Mining Industry Bill. If that Bill is not reported from the Committee upstairs in time to be taken on Thursday, we shall take Supply.
The business for Friday will be announced later.
If time permit, on any day next week, we shall make progress with other Orders on the Paper.
§ Mr. MacDONALDWith regard to the Third Beading of the Finance Bill up to 8.15, is the right hon. Gentleman aware that there is a good deal to be said on general financial policy, and that 8.15 is hardly the arrangement that has been made? Further, does he really propose to take the Report and Third Reading of the Mining Industry Bill on the same day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWith regard to the first point, I understood that was the arrangement, and in the same way with regard to the business for Thursday. If it is not considered sufficient time—it must depend rather on the condition in
§ which the Bill comes downstairs—renewed consultation might take place.
§ Mr. HARRISI wish to ask a question of general interest to the whole House. Is the Prime Minister aware of the growing practice of Standing Committees sitting iii the afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock, which prevents Members taking their place—
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Member submitted that question to me, and I ruled that it was not in order.
§ Mr. HARRISI received a message through your Secretary, Sir, informing me that the question should be addressed to the Prime Minister. I received that message yesterday afternoon.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe question required amending in form.
§
Motion made, and Question put:
That the proceedings on the Finance Bill have precedence this day of the Business of Supply."—[The Prime Minister.]
The House divided: Ayes, 241; Noes, 105.
| Division No. 371.] | AYES. | [3.45 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt.R. (Prtsmth.S.) | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) |
| Albery, Irving James | Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Fanshawe Commander G. D. |
| Apsley, Lord | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Fermoy, Lord |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Charterls, Brigadier-General J. | Fielden. E. B. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Christie, J. A. | Finburgh, S. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Ford, Sir P. J. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Forestier-Waiker, Sir L. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Clarry, Reginald George | Forrest, W. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Clayton, G. C. | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. |
| Bellaire, Commander Canyon W. | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Frece, Sir Walter de |
| Bennett, A. J. | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir G. K. | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony |
| Bird, E. R (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Ganzonl, Sir John |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Colfox, Major Wm. Philip | Gates, Percy |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Cooper, A. Duff | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Blundell, F. N. | Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Goff Sir Park |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Gower. Sir Robert |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Gratton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Brass, Captain W. | Crookshank, Col.H.(Lindsey,Galnsbro) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Waiter E. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd,Hemel Hempst'd) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hannon. Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Davies, MaJ. Geo.F.(Somerset,Yeovil) | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Brown, Brig Gen.H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Dixon, Captain Rt. Hon. Herbert | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Drewe, C. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Hasiam, Henry C. |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Headiam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Ellis, R. G. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) |
| Campbell, E. T. | England, Colonel A. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Erskine, Lord (Somers t,Weston-s-M) | Herbert, S. (York, N.H., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Hilton, Cecil | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St.Marylebone) | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Holt, Captain H. P. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Murchison, C. K. | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Nelson, Sir Frank | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Hudson, R. S. (Cumberland,Whiteh'n) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sugden, sir Wilfrid |
| Hunting field , Lord | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn.W.G.(Ptrsf'ld.) | Templeton, W. p. |
| Hutchison,G.A.Clark(Midl'n & P'bl's) | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Nuttall, Ellis | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Jacob, A. E. | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Tinne, J. A. |
| Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas Douglas | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Pllditch, Sir Philip | Waddington, R. |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Preston, William | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Price, Major C. W. M. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Raine, W. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Ramsden, E. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Locker Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Loder, J. de V. | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Looker, Herbert William | Remnant, Sir James | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dalrymple |
| MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Rice, Sir Frederick | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Ropner, Major L. | Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R.,Richm'd) |
| Macintyre, Ian | Ruggles-Brlse, Major E. A. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| McLean, Major A. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Macmillan, Captain H. | Salmon, Major I. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D | Wragg, Herbert |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Savery, S. S. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T |
| Margesson, Captain D. | Shaw, Capt. Walter (Wilts, Westb'y) | |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Slmms, Or. John M. (Co. Down) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Skelton, A. N. | Major Sir Harry Barnston and |
| Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Major Cope. |
| Mitchell. S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dlne, C.) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Grundy, T. W. | Pethick Lawrence, F. W. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Guest, Haden (Southwark. N.) | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hall, F. (York., W.R., Normanton) | Potts, John S |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hardle, George D. | Riley, Ben |
| Barr, J. | Harney, E. A. | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) |
| Batey, Joseph | Harris, Percy A. | Salter, Dr, Alfred |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Hartshorn. Rt. Hon. Vernon | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Broad, F. A. | Hirst, G. H. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Buchanan, G. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Cape, Thomas | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Snell, Harry |
| Charleton, H. C. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Spencer. G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Cluse, W. S. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Compton, Joseph | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Sullivan, J. |
| Cove, W. G. | Kelly, W. T. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Kennedy, T. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Kirkwood, D. | Thurtle, E. |
| Davies, David (Montgomery) | Lawrence, Susan | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies. Rhys John (Westhouphton) | Lawson, John James | Townend, A. E. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Lee, F. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dennison, R. | Livingstone, A. M. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Dunnico, H. | Lowth, T. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Lunn, William | Webb, Rt. Han. Sidney |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Gardner, J. P. | Mackinder, W. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | MacLaren, Andrew | Westwood, J. |
| Gillett, George M. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Whiteley, W. |
| Gosling, Harry | March, S. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Montague, Frederick | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenall, T. | Murnin, H. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Naylor, T. E. | |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Palln, John Henry | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Groves, T. | Paling, W. | Mr. A. Barnes and Mr. Haves. |