§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister say what business he proposes to take next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday we propose to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on the Army Estimates, and we shall consider Votes A, 1, 10, 13, 14 and 15 in Committee.
Tuesday: Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, Second Reading.
Wednesday: Civil Services Vote on Account, Committee stage. A Debate will take place on the Ministry of Labour Vote.
Thursday: Civil Services Vote on Account, Report stage. We do not know what particular Vote will be taken on that day.
It will be necessary during the week to take the Third Reading of two Bills which have recently been before the House, the Unemployment Insurance (Northern Ireland Agreement) Bill, and the Trade Facilities Bill.
§ Mr. MacDONALDIn regard to Tuesday's business, the Second Reading of the Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, is it the intention of the Government to restrict that Bill to one day's Debate? 2599 Seeing that the Bill raises at least four very important subjects, does not the right hon. Gentleman think that the Second Reading ought to be spread over more than Tuesday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think that is a perfectly fair question. The Bill, as the right hon. Gentleman says, raises three or four very definite and distinct questions, in watertight compartments. It was in my mind that these questions could be debated better in Committee than on Second Reading, but I am prepared, if the Leader of the Opposition thinks that there should be more time, to consider the matter, if he will communicate with me through the usual channels.
§ Sir ROBERT SANDERSWill the Committee stage of this Bill be taken in Committee of the whole House?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, it is obliged to be taken in Committee of the whole House.
§ Colonel GRETTONIn regard to the Electricity Bill, Second Reading, will the Prime Minister have regard to the complexity and importance of the matters raised in that Bill, and give ample time for consideration, before the Second Reading is taken?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have not been able to fix a date yet for the Electricity Bill, but I hope to take the Second Reading before we rise, on the ground that I think there will be so much matter in the Bill to be discussed, that I regard it of primary importance to get it to Committee at a time of the year when there will be ample time to discuss its contents.
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, 250; Noes, 116.
2601| Division No. 86.] | AYES. | [3.49 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cazalet, Captain Victor A | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Albery, Irving James | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Gates, Percy. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton |
| Applln, Colonel R. V. K. | Chapman, Sir S. | Gee, Captain R. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Christie, J. A. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Atkinson, C. | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Grant, J. A. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Barriay-Harvey, C. M. | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Cooper, A. Duff | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Berry, Sir George | Cope, Major William | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Couper, J. B. | Hanbury, C. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Harland, A. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Llndsey, Gainsbro) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Brings. J. Harold | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Henderson, Lieut-Col. V. L. (Bootle) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. |
| Brlttaln, Sir Harry | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Dixey, A. C. | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Broun-Llndsay, Major H. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'Pd., Hexham) | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Hilton, Cecil |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Elveden, Viscount | Holland, Sir Arthur |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Homan, C. W. J. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Burman, J. B. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Burney, Lieut.-Com. Charles D. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Fanshawe. Commander G. D. | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Fermoy, Lord | Hudson, R. S. (Cumb'l'nd, Whlteh'n) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Fielden, E. B. | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Cassels, J. D. | Forrest, W. | Hutchison, G. A. Clark(Midl'n & P'bl's) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Fraser, Captain Ian | Jackson, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. F. S. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Pennefather, Sir John | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Penny, Frederick George | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Perring, Sir William George | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| King, Captain Henry Douglas | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Philipson, Mabel | Templeton, W. P. |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Plelou, D. P. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Tinne, J. A. |
| Loder, J. de V. | Radford, E. A. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Looker, Herbert William | Raine, W. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Lougher, L. | Ramsden, E. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Remnant, Sir James | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Lumley, L. R. | Rice, Sir Frederick | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Macintyre, Ian | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stratford) | Watts, Dr. T. |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dalrymple |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Salmon, Major I. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Margesson, Captain D. | Sandeman, A. Stewart | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. | Sandon, Lord | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Meyer, Sir Frank | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Savery, S. S. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Murchison, C. K. | Smithers, Waldron | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L |
| Nelson, Sir Frank | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exster) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Sprot, Sir Alexander | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry Barnston. |
| Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Stanley,Col.Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) | |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | |
| O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (File, West) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Rose, Frank H. |
| Alexander, A. v. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hirst, G. H. | Saklatvala, Shapurji |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Baker, Walter | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Barnes, A. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Barr, J. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Broad, F. A. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Cape, Thomas | Kelly, W. T. | Snell, Harry |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kennedy, T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lansbury, George | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Lawson, John James | Stamford, T. W. |
| Connolly, M. | Lee, F. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Cove, W. G. | Livingstone, A. M. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lowth, T. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lunn, William | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Thurtle, E. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Mackindar, W. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Day, Colonel Harry | MacLaren, Andrew | Townend, A. E. |
| Dennison, R. | March, S. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Fenby, T. D. | Maxton, James | Viant, S. P. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Warne, G. H. |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Montague, Frederick | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Giliett, George M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Gosling, Harry | Naylor, T. E. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Oliver, George Harold | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Palin, John Henry | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Paling, W. | Williams, David (Swansea, E) |
| Groves, T. | Pethlck-Lawrence, F. W. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Potts, John S. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvll) | Purcell, A. A. | |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. Hayes. |
| Harrison, G. J. C. | Riley, Ben | |
| Hayday, Arthur | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) |