§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDWith regard to the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-day, will the Prime Minister be good enough to tell us how far he proposes to go?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe wording of the Motion which stands in my name was adopted five times last year, and takes this form so that, in the event of 1436 the first Private Bill being disposed of, the second Private Bill can be taken before Eleven o'Clock. If that were not done, we could only take one Private Bill, and would have to take the other on another evening.
As regards the business, we propose to take the two Reports of Supply for the 11th and the 24th February. I do not propose to ask the House to take the Committee stage of the Trade Facilities Bill, because there are some Amendments down for that which may need discussion, but I hope it will be possible to take what is practically unopposed business, namely, the Committee stage of the Public Works Loans Bill.
§ Mr. MacDONALDIt is not proposed to take the third item [Supply: 1st March, Report] on the Order Paper?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROh, no.
§ Mr. MACLEANMay I ask you, Mr. Speaker, whether the Motion standing in the name of the Prime Minister ought not to be in the form of two Motions—one dealing with public, and the other with private business?
§ Mr. SPEAKERA similar Motion has been several times before the House. It is possible, if desired, to take the last words in a separate Motion. I think that would be very inconvenient to the House.
§ Mr. J. JONESIn response to the reply made by the Prime Minister to the Leader of the Opposition, may I be allowed to ask if the House of Commons will have the right to give instructions to the Foreign Secretary?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe Debate is for to morrow.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on Government Business and on any Private Business set down for consideration at a Quarter-past Eight of the Clock this evening, by direction of the Chairman of Ways and Means, be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House), and that, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 8, any such Private Business may be taken after Half-past Nine of the Clock."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 263; Noes, 138.
1439| Division No. 60.] | AYES. | [3.55 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Forrest, W. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Fraser, Captain Ian | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn |
| Albery, Irving James | Gadie, Lieut.-Colonel Anthony | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Ganzoni, Sir John | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W.Derby) | Gates, Percy. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Gee, Captain R. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Gilmour, Colonel Rt. Hon. Sir John | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Astor, Viscountess | Goff, Sir Park | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Gower, Sir Robert | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Balniel, Lord | Grace, John | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Grant, J. A. | Murchison, C. K. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Berry, Sir George | Gretton, Colonel John | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Bethel, A. | Grotrian, H. Brent. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Blundell, F. N. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W.G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Hammersley, S. S. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Hanbury, C. | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Penny, Frederick George |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Harland, A. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Harrison, G. J. C. | Pilcher, G. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hartington, Marquess of | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Haslam, Henry C. | Preston, William |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Radford, E. A. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Raine, W. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Ramsden, E. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Rawson, Sir Alfred Cooper |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Rees, Sir Beddoe |
| Burman, J. B. | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) |
| Burney, Lieut.-Com. Charles D. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Remnant, Sir James |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Holland, Sir Arthur | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Holt, Capt. H. P. | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Homan, C. W. J. | Ropner, Major L. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Christie, J. A. | Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Sandon, Lord |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hurd, Percy A. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustavo D. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Savery, S. S. |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Jacob, A. E. | Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Jephcott, A. R. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. McI. (Renfrew, W) |
| Cope, Major William | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Smithers, Waldron |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir John H. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Lamb, J. Q. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Wlll'sden, E.) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Loder, J. de V. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Looker, Herbert William | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Lougher, L. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Elveden, Viscount | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| England, Colonel A. | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Thorn, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Lumley, L. R. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | MacIntyre, Ian | Tinne, J. A. |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | McLean, Major A. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Macmillan, Captain H. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement. |
| Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Fermoy, Lord | Macquisten, F. A. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Fielden, E. B. | Mac Robert, Alexander M. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Ford, Sir P. J. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Waterhouse, Captain Charles | Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Watts, Dr. T. | Winby, Colonel L. P. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Wells, S. R. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George | |
| Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry Barnston. |
| White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dalrymple | Wise, Sir Fredric | |
| Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (File, West) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Saklatvala, Shapurji |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hirst, G. H. | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Scurr, John |
| Baker, Walter | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Sexton, James |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Batey, Joseph | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Briant, Frank | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Broad, F. A. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Bromfield, William | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Bromley, J. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Buchanan, G. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Snell, Harry |
| Cape, Thomas | Kelly, W. T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kennedy, T. | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) |
| Clowes, S. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kenyon, Barnet | Stamford, T. W. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Kirkwood, D. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lansbury, George | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Compton, Joseph | Lawson, John James | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Connolly, M. | Lee, F. | Thurtle, E. |
| Cove, W. G. | Lunn, William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J.R. (Aberavon) | Townend, A. E. |
| Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Mackinder, W. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | MacLaren, Andrew | Varley, Frank B. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Viant, S. P. |
| Dennison, R. | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Dunnico, H. | March, S. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Fenby, T. D. | Maxton, James | Warne, G. H. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Montague, Frederick | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Gillett, George M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Gosling, Harry | Naylor, T. E. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Oliver, George Harold | Welsh, J. C. |
| Greenall, T. | Owen, Major G. | Westwood, J. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Coine) | Palin, John Henry | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Paling, W. | Whiteley, W. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Groves, T. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Potts, John S. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Purcell, A. A. | Windsor, Walter |
| Hardie, George D. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wright, W. |
| Harris, Percy A. | Riley, Ben | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hayday, Arthur | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) | |
| Hayes, John Henry | Rose, Frank H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. A. Barnes and Mr. Charles dwards. |
| Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |