§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister what business he proposes to take to-day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope to take, if possible, the first Order on the Paper. There is a number of Votes included in it, but I do not think there are any matters of outstanding importance. I hope it will be possible to do so.
I think I ought to take this opportunity of saying that it will be necessary for the Government to take four Private Members' evenings between now and the end of the month, having regard to the financial business that must be got through before 29th March. The programme I indicated two or three days ago is rather upset by the number of Private Bills for which time has had to be found and of which I was not aware when the business of the House was first under consideration. I propose, if it be necessary—and I fear that it will be--to move a Motion early next week allocating to the Government the nights which we desire to take; and which are 16th and 17th and 23rd and 24th March.
§ Mr. RUNCIMANMay I ask the Leader of the House what business will be taken on Thursday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAs at present advised, we shall be occupied in winding up Supplementary Estimates. If on consideration—I am not prepared to make 1037 any statement to-day—it is thought desirable to have a brief discussion regarding the visit of the Foreign Secretary to Geneva, we shall take an opportunity of doing that on Thursday afternoon. I understand there is a Private Bill down for that day.
§
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, 222; Noes, 89.
1039| Division No. 52.] | AYES | [3.40 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Fermoy, Lord | Macintyre, Ian |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Finburgh, S. | McLean, Major A. |
| Albery, Irving James | Forrest, W. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Fraser, Captain Ian | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Fremantle, Lieut-Colonel Francis E. | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Mac Robert, Alexander M. |
| Apsley, Lord | Gates, Percy. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Gee, Captain R. | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Goff, Sir Park | Melier. R. J. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Gower, Sir Robert | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- |
| Balniel, Lord | Grace, John | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon w. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Murchison, C. K. |
| Berry, Sir George | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Betterton, Henry R. | Hammersley, S. S. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Hanbury, C. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Harrison, G. J. C. | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Hartington, Marquess of | Oakley, T. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Haslam, Henry C. | Penny, Frederick George |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Hawke, John Anthony | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Philipson, Mabel |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Pilcher, G. |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Burman, J. B. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hills, Major John Waller | Ramsden, E. |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Holland, Sir Arthur | Remnant, Sir James |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Rentoul, G. S. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forlar) | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Ropner, Major L. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Ruggles-Brise, Major E.A. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumb'l'nd, Whiteh'n) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Huntingfield, Lord | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Hurd, Percy A. | Sandon, Lord |
| Cope, Major William | Hurst, Gerald B. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Hiffe, Sir Edward M. | Savery, S. S. |
| Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Jackson, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. F. S. | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth. Cen'l) | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W.R., Sowerby) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Jacob, A. E. | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | James Lieut.-Colonel Hon Cuthbert | Skelton, A. N. |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Dalziel, Sir Davison | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Kindersley, Major G. M. | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Lamb, J. Q. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Dixey, A. C. | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Locker-Lampson, G. (wood Green) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Elveden, Viscount | Loder, J. de V. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Looker, Herbert William | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lord, Walter Greaves- | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Luce, Maj,-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Lumley, L. R. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) | Winby, Colonel L. P. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl | |
| Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd) | Wise, Sir Fredric | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry Barnston. |
| Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) | |
| NOES | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (File, West) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvll) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Alexander, A. v. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hardie, George D. | Scurr, John |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Harris, Percy A. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Baker, Walter | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertiliery) | Hirst, G. H. | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Barr, J. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Batey, Joseph | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Snell, Harry |
| Briant, Frank | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Broad. F. A. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Bromley, J. | Kelly, W. T. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Buchanan, G. | Kennedy, T. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lansbury, George | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lowth, T. | Thurtle, E. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lunn, William | Townend, A. E. |
| Cove, W. G. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Mackinder, W. | Wallhead. Richard C. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Westwood, J. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Whiteley, W. |
| Dennison, R. | March, S. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Duncan, C. | Maxton, James | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Montague, Frederick | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Windsor, Walter |
| Gillett, George M. | Naylor, T. E. | Wright, W. |
| Gosling, Harry | Paling, W. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Ponsonby, Arthur | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. A. Barnes and Mr. T. Henderson. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Potts, John S. | |
| Grundy, T. W. | Rose, Frank H. |