HC Deb 10 March 1926 vol 192 cc2302-5
Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALD

Will the Prime Minister tell us how far he proposes to go with business to-day?

The PRIME MINISTER

I hope to get the first five Orders. [HON. MEMBERS: "When?"]

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, 257; Noes, 121.

Division No. 74.] AYES. [3.48 p.m.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-colonel Bird, E.R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James
Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. Blades, Sir George Rowland Bullock, Captain M.
Albery, Irving James Blundell, F. N Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan
Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) Bourne, Captain Robert Croft Burman, J. B.
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. Butler, Sir Geoffrey
Applin, Colonel R. V. K. Boyd-Carpenter, Major A Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Brass, Captain W. Campbell, E. T.
Astor, Viscountess Brassey, Sir Leonard Cautley, Sir Henry S.
Atholl, Duchess of Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City)
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Briggs, J. Harold Cazalet, Caption Victor A.
Balniel, Lord Briscoe, Richard George Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston)
Barclay-Harvey, C. M. Brittain, Sir Harry Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. Brocklebank, C. E. R. Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood)
Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. Chapman, Sir S.
Bennett, A. J. Broun-Lindsay, Major H. Charteris, Brigadier-General J.
Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) Christie, J. A.
Berry, Sir George Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer
Betterton, Henry B. Buckingham, Sir H. Churchman, Sir Arthur C.
Cobb, Sir Cyril Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard Ramsden, E.
Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. Holland, Sir Arthur Rees, Sir Beddoe
Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington)
Cohen, Major J. Brunel Hopkins, J. W. W. Reid, D. D. (County Down)
Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) Remer, J. R.
Cooper, A. Duff Howard, Captain Hon. Donald Remnant, Sir James
Cope, Major William Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) Rice, Sir Frederick
Couper, J. B. Hudson, R. S. (Cumb'l'nd, Whiteh'n) Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y)
Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crowe) Hume, Sir G. H. Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint)
Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stratford)
Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. Hurd, Percy A. Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A.
Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) Iliffe, Sir Edward M. Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Crookshank, Cpt. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Cunliffe, Sir Herbert Jacob, A. E. Sandeman, A. Stewart
Curzon, Captain Viscount James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Sanders, Sir Robert A.
Dalkeith, Earl of Jephcott, A. R. Sandon, Lord
Davidson, J.(Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) Savery, S. S.
Davies, Dr. Vernon Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William Scott, Sir Leslie (Liverp'l, Exchange)
Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) Kennedy, A. R. (Preston). Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. McI. (Renfrew, W.)
Davison. Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y)
Eden, Captain Anthony Kindersley, Major Guy M. Sheffield, Sir Berkeley
Edmondson, Major A. J. King, Captain Henry Douglas Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Edwards, John H. (Accrington) Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement Sinclair. Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belfst)
Elliot, Captain Walter E. Knox, Sir Alfred Slaney, Major P. Kenyon
Elveden, Viscount Lamb, J. Q. Smith, R.W.(Aberd'n & Kinc'dlne, C.)
Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. Smithers, Waldron
Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) Sprot, Sir Alexander
Everard, W. Lindsay Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.)
Fairfax, Captain J. G. Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) Stanley, Lord (Fylde)
Falle, Sir Bertram G. Loder, J. de V. Steel, Major Samuel Strang
Fielden, E. B. Looker, Herbert William Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H.
Finburgh, S. Lougher, L. Streatfeild, Captain S. R.
Forestier-Walker, Sir L. Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere Strickland, Sir Gerald
Foster, Sir Harry S. Lumley, L. R. Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C.
Fraser, Captain Ian MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser
Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) Tasker, Major R. Inigo
Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony MacIntyre, I. Templeton, W. P.
Ganzoni, Sir John McLean, Major A. Thompson, Luke (Sunderland)
Gates, Percy McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South)
Gee, Captain R. Macquisten, F. A. Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell.
Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John MacRobert, Alexander M. Tinne, J. A.
Glyn, Major R. G. C. Malone, Major P. B. Titchfield, Major the Marquess of
Goff, Sir Park Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement
Grant, J. A. Margesson, Captain D. Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough
Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. Marriott, Sir J. A. R. Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P.
Greene, W. P. Crawford Meyer, Sir Frank Wallace, Captain D. E.
Grotrian, H. Brent Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull)
Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E.(Bristol, N.) Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) Warrender, Sir Victor
Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley)
Gunston, Captain D. W. Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C R. (Ayr) Wells, S. R.
Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) Moore, Sir Newton J. Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H.
Hanbury, C. Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dalrymple
Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern)
Harland, A. Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay)
Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) Murchison, C. K. Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd)
Harrison, G. J. C. Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) Winby, Colonel L. P.
Hartington, Marquess of Nicholson, O. (Westminster) Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) Nuttall, Ellis Wise, Sir Fredric
Haslam, Henry C. Oakley, T. Womersley, W. J.
Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M- Penny, Frederick George Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater)
Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde)
Henn, Sir Sydney H. Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West)
Hennessy, Major J. R. G. Pielou, D. P. Woodcock, Colonel H. C.
Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T.
Herbert, S. (York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) Preston, William
Hilton, Cecil Price, Major C. W. M. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. Radford, E. A. Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry Barnston.
Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) Raine, W.
NOES.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Bromley, J. Day, Colonel Harry
Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') Buchanan, G. Dennison, R.
Attlee, Clement Richard Cape, Thomas Fenby, T. D.
Baker, Walter Charleton, H. C. Gillett, George M.
Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) Cluse, W. S. Graham, D M. (Lanark, Hamilton)
Barnes, A. Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) Greenall, T.
Barr, J. Connolly, M. Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne)
Batey, Joseph Cove, W. G. Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan)
Beckett, John (Gateshead) Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool)
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Dalton, Hugh Groves, T.
Broad, F. A. Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) Grundy, T. W.
Bromfield, William Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth)
Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Naylor, T. E. Stephen, Campbell
Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) Oliver, George Harold Stewart, J. (St. Rollox)
Hardie, George D. Palin, John Henry Taylor, R. A.
Harris, Percy A. Paling, W. Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby)
Hayday, Arthur Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro., W.)
Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. Thurtle, E.
Henderson, T. (Glasgow) Ponsonby, Arthur Tinker, John Joseph
Hirst, G. H. Potts, John S. Townend, A. E.
Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) Purcell, A. A. Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P.
Hore-Belisha, Leslie Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) Varley, Frank B.
Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) Riley, Ben Wallhead, Richard C.
Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen
John, William (Rhondda, West) Rose, Frank H. Warne, G. H.
Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda)
Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Scrymgeour, E. Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney
Kennedy, T. Scurr, John Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah
Kenyon, Barnet Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J.
Lansbury, George Shepherd, Arthur Lewis Wilkinson, Ellen C.
Lawson, John James Shiels, Dr. Drummond Williams, David (Swansea, East)
Lee, F. Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly)
Lowth, T. Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe)
Lunn, William Sitch, Charles H. Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) Slesser, Sir Henry H. Windsor, Walter
Mackinder, W. Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley) Wright, W.
MacLaren, Andrew Smith, Rennie (Penistone) Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton)
Maxton, James Snell, Harry
Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Montague, Frederick Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) Mr. Hayes and Mr. Charles Edwards.
Morris, R. H. Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles
Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Stamford, T. W.

First two Resolutions agreed to.