§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister be good enough to tell us what business he proposes to take next week, and perhaps it will be convenient for him at the same time to tell us when he proposes that the new Session shall open.
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)On Monday and Tuesday, we 2510 shall take the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill. When the respective stages of this Bill, which it is understood are to be treated as formal, have been obtained, the Adjournment of the House will be moved—on Monday for a Debate on Unemployment, to be initiated by the Labour party; and on Tuesday for a Debate on Agriculture, to be initiated by the Liberal party.
On Wednesday, we shall take the Lords Amendments to the Landlord and Tenant (No. 2) Bill and other Bills; and further stages of the following Bills: Superannuation and other Trust Funds (Validation) [Lords], Indian Church [Lords], Statute Law Revision [Lords], and Medical and Dentists Acts Amendment [Lords].
On Thursday, consideration of Lords Amendments to Bills and any other Business necessary to bring the Session to a close.
It is hoped that it will be possible to prorogue this day.
On any day, if time permit, any necessary Business will be taken.
The date of meeting next Session will be Tuesday, 7th February, 1928.
§ Mr. MacDONALDI notice that there is no mention of the Resolution that has been passed in another place for the appointment of two Judges. Does the Government propose to proceed with that Resolution this year or not?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat is entirely a question of time, but I have included it in the necessary Business to be taken if time permit. I hope that it will be possible to do so, but I cannot say.
§ Sir ROBERT HUTCHISONI would like to ask the Prime Minister if he could see his way on Tuesday to accept a Motion on agriculture instead of the Debate taking place on the Motion for the Adjournment of the House. I apologise to the Parliamentary Secretary for not being in a position to hand in a considered Motion before coming down to the House to-day. The right hon. Gentleman has now got that Motion, and I am wondering whether the Prime Minister can see his way to accept it.
§ The PRIME MINISTERPerhaps the hon. and gallant Member will be good enough to consult my right hon. Friend in the usual way. The Notice of Motion to which the hon. and gallant Gentleman refers was only received after the Paper from which I have read had been circulated, and I was only aware of it within five minutes of reading my reply.
§ Mr. J. JONESWhy is there a reference to the Labour party and also to the Liberal party? I was always under the impression that on these occasions the official Opposition was recognised as the people who had to raise questions.
§ Mr. MacDONALDWith reference to the Motion which stands on the Order Paper in the name of the Prime Minister—
That the Motion relating to the Prayer Book Measure, 1927, have precedence this day of the Business of Supply, and that the Proceedings on Report of Supply [14th
§ December] be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House) "—
§ may I ask, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, if you will be good enough to put this Motion in two parts?
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Motion relating to the Prayer Book Measure, 1927, have precedence this day of the Business of Supply."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House proceeded to a Division.
§ Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKER stated that he thought the Ayes had it; and, on his decision being challenged, it appeared to him that the Division was unnecessarily claimed, and he accordingly called upon the Members who supported and who challenged his decision successively to rise in their places, and he declared that the Ayes had it, one Member only who challenged his decision having stood up.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on Report of Supply [14th December] 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, 281; Noes, 115.
2515| Division No. 481.] | AYES. | [3.51 p.m. |
| Acland- Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C(Berks, Newb'y) | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Buchan, John | Davies, Dr. Vernon |
| Albery, Irving James | Buckingham, Sir H. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, s.) |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Burman, J. B. | Dixey, A. C. |
| Allen, Lieut.-Col. Sir William James | Burton, Colonel H. W. | Drewe, C. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Duckworth, John |
| Apsley, Lord | Campbell, E. T. | Eden, Captain Anthony |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Carver, Major W. H. | Edge, Sir William |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent. Dover) | Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Ellis, R. G. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | England, Colonel A. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) |
| Balniel, Lord | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Fairfax, Captain J. G. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Falls, Sir Bertram G. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Chapman, Sir S. | Falls, Sir Charles F. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Christie, J. A. | Fermoy, Lord |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Fielden, E. B. |
| Berry, Sir George | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Finburgh, S. |
| Bethel, A. | Clayton, G. C. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Forrest, W. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Fraser, Captain Ian |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Freemantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E |
| Blundell, F. N. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Gates, Percy |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Cooper, A. Duff | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Couper, J. B. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. | Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Goff, Sir Park |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Grace, John |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Crookshank, Cpt. H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Macquisten, F. A. | Sandon, Lord |
| Hacking, Douglas H. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Savery, S. S. |
| Hall, Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Manningham- Buller, Sir Mervyn | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mci. (Renfrew, W) |
| Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Margesson, Captain D. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Hammersley, S. S. | Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Merriman, F. B. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Harland, A. | Meyer, Sir Frank | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Harrison, G. J. C. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belfst) |
| Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc' dine, C.) |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Haslam, Henry C. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Moles, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Moreing, Captain A. H. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Hills, Major John Waller | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Hilton, Cecil | Murchison, Sir Kenneth | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S J. G. | Nall, Colonel Sir Joseph | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Hohier, Sir Gerald Fitzroy | Nelson, Sir Frank | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Holt, Capt. H. P. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Tasker, R. Inigo. |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Tinne, J. A. |
| Hume, Sir G. H. | Nuttall, Ellis | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Huntingfield, Lord | Oakley, T. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Penny, Frederick George | Waddington, R. |
| Iveagh, Countess of | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Philipson, Mabel | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Pilcher, G. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Kindersley. Major Guy M. | Preston, William | Wells, S. R. |
| King. Commodore Henry Douglas | Pringle, J. A. | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dalrymple |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Radford, E. A. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Raine. Sir Walter | Williams, Com. C. (Devon. Torquay) |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Ramsden, E. | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Remer, J. R. | Wilson, Sir Charles H.(Leeds, Centrl.) |
| Loder, J. de V. | Remnant, Sir James | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Long, Major Eric | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Looker, Herbert William | Rice, Sir Frederick | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Lumley, L. R. | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Lynn, Sir Robert J. | Ruggles- Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'age & Hyde) |
| Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Salmon, Major I. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | |
| McLean, Major A. | Sandeman, N. Stewart | TELLERS FOR THE AYES — |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir George |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Hennessy. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Day, Colonel Harry | Hirst, G. H. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Dennison, R. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Dunnico, H. | Hore- Belisha, Leslie |
| Ammon, Charles George | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Fenby, T. D. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) |
| Baker, Walter | Gardner, J. P. | John William (Rhondda West) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) |
| Barnes, A. | Gibbins, Joseph | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Barr, J | Gillett, George M. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) |
| Batey, Joseph | Gosling, Harry | Kennedy, T. |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Coine) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Lansbury, George |
| Bromfield, William | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Lawrence, Susan |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Groves, T. | Lindley, F. W. |
| Bexton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Grundy, T. W. | Lunn, William |
| Cape, Thomas | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Mackinder, W. |
| Compton, Joseph | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Connolly, M. | Hardie, George D. | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) |
| Cove, W. G. | Harris, Percy A. | Morris, R. H. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Hayday, Arthur | Murnin, H. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Henderson. T. (Glasgow) | Oliver, George Harold |
| Owen, Major G. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Palin, John Henry | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Varley, Frank B. |
| Paling, W. | Sitch, Charles H. | Viant, S. P. |
| Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Potts, John S. | Snell, Harry | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Riley, Ben | Stephen. Campbell | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Ritson, J. | Strauss, E. A. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Robinson, W.C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) | Sullivan, Joseph | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Rose, Frank H. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Saklatvala, Shapurji | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Salter, Dr. Alfred | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) | Wright, W. |
| Scrymgeour, E | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Pialstow) | |
| Sexton, James | Thurtle, Ernest | TELLERS FOR THE NOES — |
| Mr. Whiteley and Mr. Hayes. |