§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister be good enough to tell us what business he proposes to take to-morrow, and also next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)Yes, Sir. To-morrow we propose to take the Local Authorities (Emergency Provisions) Bill—Report and Third Reading; Secretaries of State Bill—Second Reading; Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Bill [Lords]—Second Reading; Land Drainage Bill [Lords]—Second Reading; Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Bill [Lords]—Second Reading.
Monday: Supply, Committee.
Tuesday: Supply, Committee.
Wednesday: Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) Bill—Second Reading.
The business for Thursday and Friday, and the particular Votes to be discussed on Monday and Tuesday, will be announced later.
§ Mr. BUCHANANI wish to ask two questions with regard to business. The first is as to the Secretaries of State Bill, which I understand is to deal with the raising of the status of the Secretary for Scotland. Large numbers of Scottish Members, particularly on the Opposition side, cannot be present. [HON. MEMBERS: "Why not?"] I am not going into the reasons why not. Fortunately or unfortunately, they are not present. In view of the fact, and of the importance of the Bill to Scotland, can the Bill be delayed? My second question is with regard to the execution of the Diligence (Scotland) Bill, which involves legal points. I understand the Lord Advocate is absent in Scotland doing some other business. In view of the fact that the Bill raises legal issues, will the Lord Advocate or any other legal gentleman be present on that Bench?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think the answer to that question is a very simple one. Take the first Bill first. Every Scottish Member, I believe, is anxious for the Bill. The Second Reading of a Bill sanctions its principle. The object of getting the Second Reading as soon as
§ we can is that by-and-by it will be ready to go to the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills, which at present, I understand has no business before it. If the Second Reading of that and some other smaller Bills be postponed to a later time in the Session, when there is a great deal of business to do, it may be very difficult to find the necessary time. I think it is to the advantage of the whole House that these Bills should be proceeded with on their Second Reading, and the Committee stage should not be taken until it is found possible to get a representative assembly on the Committee upstairs. With regard to the Execution of Diligence Bill, I am not aware of the movements of the Lord Advocate. It is obvious that we shall have to provide someone, who is able to explain it on the Second Reading, and, if no such Minister be available, it will be impossible to go on with it.
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That other Government Business have precedence this day of the Business of Supply."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 274; Noes, 98.
439| Division No. 209.] | AYES. | [3.15 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Burman, J. B. | Dawson, Sir Philip |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Burton, Colonel H. W. | Dean, Arthur Wellesley |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Frece, Sir Walter de |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Dixey, A. C. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Caine, Gordon Hall | Drewe, C. |
| Aster, Viscountess | Campbell, E. T. | Eden, Captain Anthony |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Edwards, John H. (Accrington) |
| Balniel, Lord | Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evalyn (Aston) | Ellis, R. G. |
| Barnett, Major Sir R. | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Elveden, Viscount |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) |
| Beamish, Captain T. P. H. | Chapman, Sir S. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Chilcott, Sir Warden | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Christie, J. A. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Falle, Sir Bertram G. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Fermoy, Lord |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish | Clarry, Reginald George | Fielden, E. B. |
| Berry, Sir George | Clayton, G. C. | Ford, Sir P. J. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Forrest, W. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Foster, Sir Harry S. |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony |
| Bowater, Sir T. Vansittart | Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Galbraith, J. F. W. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Cooper, A. Duff | Gates, Percy |
| Brass, Captain W. | Couper, J. B. | George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Goff, Sir Park |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Grace, John |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Grant, J. A. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Curtis-Bennett, Sir Henry | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w, E) |
| Brown, Maj. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Dalkeith, Earl of | Gretton, Colonel John |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Davidson, Major-General Sir John H. | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Davies, David (Montgomery) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Hanbury, C. | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Sandeman, A. Stewart |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | MacIntyre, Ian | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Harland, A. | McLean, Major A. | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Macmillan, Captain H. | Sandon, Lord |
| Harrison, G. J. C. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl.(Renfrew, W.) |
| Hartington, Marquess of | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Shaw, Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Haslam, Henry C. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Malone, Major P. B. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Margesson, Captain D. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Herbert, S. (York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Meyer, Sir Frank | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Mansell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Holland, Sir Arthur | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Strickland, Sir Gerald |
| Holt, Captain H. P. | Moreing, Captain A. H. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Tasker, Major R. Inigo |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Murchison, C. K. | Templeton, W. P. |
| Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Nail Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Howard, Captain Hon. Donald | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Huntingfield, Lord | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Tinne, J. A. |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Nuttall, Ellis | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Hurst, Gerald B. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) | Pennefather, Sir John | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Penny, Frederick George | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Iliffe Sir Edward M. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. F. S. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Perring, Sir William George | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Jacob, A. E. | Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Pete, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Pitcher, G. | Wells, S. R. |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Preston, William | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Price, Major C. W. M. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Kindersley, Major G. M. | Radford, E. A. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Raine, W. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Ramsden, E. | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Rees, Sir Beddoe | Windsor-Cilve, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. | Remnant, Sir James | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Rentoul, G. S. | Withers, John James |
| Loder, J. de V. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Looker, Herbert William | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | |
| Lumley, L. R. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Lynn, Sir R. J. | Salmon, Major I. | Col. Gibbs and Lord Stanley. |
| MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Mackinder, W. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | MacNeill-Weir, L. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Grundy, T. W. | March, S. |
| Barnes, A. | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Maxton, James |
| Barr, J. | Hall. G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Montague, Frederick |
| Batey, Joseph | Hardie, George D. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Murnin, H. |
| Broad, F. A. | Hayday, Arthur | Palin, John Henry |
| Bromley, J. | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Paling, W. |
| Buchanan, G. | Hirst, G. H. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Potts, John S. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Riley, Ben |
| Compton, Joseph | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Rose, Frank H. |
| Connolly, M. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Scurr, John |
| Cove, W. G. | Kelly, W. T. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Kennedy, T. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Dalton, Hugh | Kenworthy, Lt. Com. Hon. Joseph M | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Kirkwood, D. | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Lawrence, Susan | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Dennison, R. | Lansbury, George | Spencer, George A. (Broxtowe) |
| Duncan, C. | Lawson, John James | Stephen, Campbell |
| Dunnico, H. | Lee, F. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Gillett, George M. | Lowth, T. | Sullivan, Joseph |
| Gosling, Harry | Lunn, William | Taylor, R. A. |
| Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney | Windsor, Walter |
| Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) | Welsh, J. C. | Wright, W. |
| Thurtle, E. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. | Whiteley, W. | |
| Viant, S. P. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Wallhead, Richard C. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) | Mr. Warne and Mr. Allen |
| Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) | Parkinson. |