§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister tell us what business he proposes to take to-morrow?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr.Baldwin)Yes, Sir. To-day we propose to proceed with the Budget Resolutions, and, if the Budget Resolutions should be finished to-night, to-morrow we propose to debate the Regulations under the Emergency Powers Act.
§ Mr. MacDONALDArising out of the last part of the Prime Minister's reply, the basis of the Regulations has been published in a sort of pamphlet, but there are additions, I understand, and amendments that are to be issued from time to time; one has been handed to me to-day. What provision do the Government propose to make so that these amendments and additions should be put before the House of Commons without delay—certainly before they are brought into actual operation?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAll the Regulations that are contemplated will be put on the Paper, and can be debated to-morrow. No Regulation can be imposed without being debated and passed in this House, so the right hon. Gentleman need be under no misapprehension there. In other words, if any other Regulations are imposed besides those which will be on tile Paper to-night, they will have to be laid in a similar way, and will have to be passed by this House within a week.
§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That on Wednesdays, the 5th, 12th and 19th May, and on Fridays, the 7th, 14th and 21st May, Government business do have precedence.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think I advised the House yesterday that I should have to move this Motion, which, I regret to say, the Government consider necessary in view of the present crisis. It is obvious that, having had to give. up yesterday to a Debate on the crisis, and having to give to-morrow to the Debate on the Regulations—both necessary and proper in the circumstances—it would be impossible, without taking private Members' time, to get the financial business through as is prescribed, and the Government, although they hope that no further regulations or legislation may be necessary, feel that they must at this time take the precaution of being on the safe side, and ensure that, until Whitsuntide, these limited hours allotted to private Members 209 should be at the disposal of the Government in case of need. That is the reason why I have put down this Motion, which I commend to the consideration of the House.
§
Question put,
That on Wednesdays, the 5th, 12th ai,r1 19th May, and on Fridays, the 7th, 14th and 21st May, Government business do have precedence.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 291; Noes, 107.
211| Division No. 197.] | AYES. | 3.25 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Dalziel, Sir Davison | Howard, Captain Hon. Donald |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Albery, Irving James | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) |
| Astor, Viscountess | Drewe, C. | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Eden, Captain Anthony | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) | Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. F. S. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Jacob, A. E. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Ellis, R. G. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Elveden, Viscount | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Bellairs, Commander Canyon W. | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Everard, W. Lindsay | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Kindersley, Major G. M. |
| Berry, Sir George | Fermoy, Lord | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Fielden, E. B. | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Lamb, J.Q. |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Foxcrott, Captain C. T. | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Frece, Sir Walter de | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Loder, J. de V. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Lougher, L. |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W, | Ganzoni, Sir John | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Gates, Percy | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Brass, Captain W. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Lumley, L. R. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Lynn, Sir Robert J. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Goff, Sir Park | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Gower, Sir Robert | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Grace, John | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus |
| Braun-Lindsay, Major H. | Grant, J. A. | MacIntyre, Ian |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Grattar Doyle, Sir N. | McLean, Major A. |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w, E) | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Gretton, Colonel John | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John |
| Burman, J. B. | Guest, Capt. At. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.) | Mac Robert, Alexander M. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Makins, Brigadier-General E |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hall, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hammersiey, S. S. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Hanbury, C. | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Harland, A. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Harrison, G. J. C. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hartington, Marquess of | Morden, Col. W. Grant |
| Chilcott, Sir Warden | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Moreing, Captain A. H. |
| Christie, J. A. | Hawke, John Anthony | Morrison, H. (Wilts. Salisbury) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Murchison, C. K. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Nall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Colfox, Major Wm- Phillips | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hills, Major John Wailer | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Couper, J. B. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | O'Connor, T. J. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Holt, Captain H. P. | Penny, Frederick George |
| Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Crookshank,Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Philipson, Mabel |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Pilcher, G. |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Power, Sir John Cecil | Skelton, A. N. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Preston, William | Smith, R, W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingst-on-Hull) |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Radford, E. A. | Smithers, Waldron | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Raine, W. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Ramsden, E. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Wells, S. R. |
| Rawson, Sir Alfred Cooper | Sprot, Sir Alexander | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Remer, J. R. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Remnant. Sir James | Stanley, Hon, O. F. G. (Westm'eland) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Rentoul, G. S. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Rice, Sir Frederick | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Strickland, Sir Gerald | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Ropner, Major L. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Withers, John James |
| Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Styles, Captain H. Walter | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Womersley, W. J. |
| Rye, F. G. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Salmon, Major I. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Sandeman, A. Stewart | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | |
| Sandon, Lord | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W.) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Commander B. Eyres Monsell and Major Sir Harry Barnston. |
| Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) | Tartan, Sir Edmund Russborough | |
| Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Ammon, Charles George | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Attle, Clement Richard | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Potts, John S. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hardie, George D. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Barnes, A. | Harris, Percy A. | Rose, Frank H. |
| Barr, J. | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Batley, Joseph | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shaw, At, Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon, Charles W. | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Briant, Frank | Hirst, G. H. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Buchanan, G. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South, | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Cape, Thomas | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Cluse, W.S. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Collins Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Compton, Joseph | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Connolly, M. | Kelly, W. T | Stephen, Campbell |
| Cove, W. G. | Kennedy, T. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Sullivan, Joseph |
| Dalton, Hugh | Kirkwood, D. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Lansbury, George | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lawson, John James | Thomson Trevelyan (Middlesbro.W.) |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Lee, F. | Thurtle, E. |
| Dennison, R. | Livingstone, A. M. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Dunnico, H. | Lowth, T. | Viant, S. P. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Lunn William | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Gosling, Harry | Mackinder, W. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanmark, Hamliton) | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Westwood, J. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | March, S. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Maxton, James | Whiteley, W. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Montague, Frederick | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Groves, T. | Murnin, H. | Windsor, Walter |
| Grundy, T. W. | Naylor, T. E. | |
| Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) | Oliver, George Harold | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Guest, L. Haden (Southwark, N.) | Paling, W. | Mr. Warne and Mr. B. Smith. |
| Hall, F, (York, W. R., Normntan) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
Third Resolution read a Second time.