§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister how far it is proposed to go to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is proposed to take the first four Orders.
§ Mr. MacDONALDHas the Prime Minister's attention been drawn to the fact that the last item, namely, Class 7, Vote 3, is on a very important subject which came up at a very late hour last night; and whether he does not think it would be convenient if that Vote were brought on earlier in the day. As it is, the hour will probably be late when it is reached.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have no desire that the House should be kept up late, and as, in taking the Report stages the other evening, we did not proceed late with obviously contentious matters, so I should not press this matter if it came on at a late hour. By a late hour. I mean after Twelve o'clock.
§ Mr. MacDONALDI only ask because the Committee stage of this Vote came on very late, and was very inadequately discussed.
§
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, 256; Noes, 129.
1249| Division No. 56.] | AYES. | [3.48 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Berry, Sir George | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Betterton, Henry B. | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Blades, Sir George Rowland | Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan |
| Albery, Irving James | Boothby, R. J. G. | Burman, J. B. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Burton, Colonel H. W. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L' pool, W. Derby) | Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Butler, Sir Geoffrey |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Brass, Captain W. | Campbell, E. T. |
| Apsley, Lord | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Cautley, Sir Henry S. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Briggs, J. Harold | Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R.(Prtsmth. S.) |
| Astor, Viscountess | Briscoe, Richard George | Cazalet,Captain Victor A. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Brittain, Sir Harry | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Rawson, Sir Alfred Cooper |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Rees, Sir Beddoe |
| Christie, J. A. | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Remer, J. R. |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Remnant, Sir James |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Robinson, Sir T. (Lanes., Stretford) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Ropner, Major L. |
| Cope, Major William | Huntingfield, Lord | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Couper, J. B. | Hurd, Percy A. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Jackson, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. F. S. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Jacob, A. E. | Savery, S. S. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Jephcott, A. R. | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) |
| Davidson, J. (Hertf'd. Hemel Hempst' d) | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Smithers, Waldron |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Knox, Sir Alfred | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Lamb, J. O. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) |
| Elveden, Viscount | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| England, Colonel A. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Looker, Herbert William | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lord, Walter Greaves- | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Lougher, L. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vera | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Lumley, L. R. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Fermoy, Lord | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Tasker, Major R. Inlgo |
| Fielden, E. B. | Macintyre, Ian | Templeton, W. P. |
| Finburgh, S. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel. | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Forrest, W. | McLean, Major A. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | Macmillan, Captain H. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Macquisten, F. A. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Ganzonl, Sir John | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Gates, Percy | Malone, Major P. B. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Gee, Captain R. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Gilmour, Colonel Rt. Hon. Sir John | Margesson, Captain D. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Waddington, R. |
| Goff, Sir Park | Meyer, Sir Frank | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Grace, John | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Grant, J. A. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Moles, Thomas | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Greene, W. P. Crawford | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Gretton, Colonel John | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Wells, S. R. |
| Grotrian, H. Brent | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E | Murchison, C. K. | White, Lieut. Colonel G. Dalrymple |
| Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Nall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Williams. Corn. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Hammersley, S. S. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Hanbury, C. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd) |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Harrison, G. J. C. | Nuttall, Ellis | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Oakley, T. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Haslam, Henry C. | Fenny, Frederick George | Womersley, W. J. |
| Hawke, John Anthony | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Philipson, Mabel | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Filcher, G. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Power, Sir John Cecil | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | |
| Herbert, S. (York. N. R.. Scar. & Wh'by) | Preston, William | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hills, Major John Waller | Price, Major C. W. M. | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry Barnston. |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Ramsden, E. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Cape, Thomas |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hllisbro') | Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Charleton, H. C. |
| Amnion, Charles George | Briant, Frank | Cluse, W. S. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Broad, F. A. | Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. |
| Baker, Walter | Bromfield, William | Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Bromley, J. | Compton, Joseph |
| Barnes, A, | Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Connolly, M. |
| Barr, J. | Buchanan, G. | Cove, W. G. |
| Batey, Joseph | Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Dalton, Hugh |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Kelly, W. T. | Snell, Harry |
| Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Kennedy, T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Kenyon, Barnet | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Dennison, R. | Kirkwood, D. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Duncan, C. | Lansbury, George | Stephen, Campbell |
| Dunnico, H. | Lawson, John James | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Lowth, T. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Fenby, T. D. | Lunn, William | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) |
| Gibbins, Joseph | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Gillett, George M. | Mackinder, W. | Thurtle, E. |
| Gosling, Harry | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan.) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Townend, A. E. |
| Greenall, T. | March, S. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Montague, Frederick | Varley, Frank B. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Viant, S. P. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Naylor, T. E. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Groves, T. | Owen, Major G. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Palin, John Henry | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Guest, J. (York, Hermsworth) | Paling, W. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Welsh, J. C. |
| Harris, Percy A. | Potts, John S. | Westwood, J. |
| Hayday, Arthu | Purcell, A. A. | Whiteley, W. |
| Hayes, John Henry | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Rose, Frank H. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) |
| Hirst, G. H. | Saklatvala, Shapurji | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Scrymgeour, E. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Scurr, John | Windsor, Walter |
| Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Wright, W. |
| Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr.Charles Edwards. |