§
Motion made, and Question proposed:
That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, Business other than Business of Supply may be taken before Eleven of the Clock, and that the proceedings on other Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).
§ Mr. STEPHENCan the Prime Minister inform the House what he intends to take to-night under this Motion?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThis is a Motion which is customary at this period of the Session and is put down partly in order that, in the event of the Debate ending before 11 o'clock, Government business may be proceeded with which could not be done on a Supply day without a Motion of this kind. The portion of the Motion which refers to taking business after 11 o'clock is for the purpose of making progress with small Orders, and it is usual when the Question is asked, to advise the House of what those small Orders are to be. It is proposed, if this Motion be carried, to take these three Orders after 11 o'clock:
- Navy and Air Expenditure, 1925–26—Committee.
- The Committee stage of the Post Office (Sites) Bill.
- The Report and Third Reading of the Royal Naval Reserve Bill.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYShould not this be in the form of two Motions? Do not the two parts deal with different matters?
§ Mr. SPEAKERI do not think this Motion is similar to another Motion on which such a claim as that has been made and in the case of which I have always granted that claim. There is another Motion which under the Standing Orders ought to be put as two Motions, but this Motion is different and is not governed by the decision given in the other case.
§ Question put.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 166; Noes, 56.
1743| Division No. 256.] | AYES. | [3.27 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Frece, Sir Walter de | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Gates, Percy | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Goff, Sir park | Penny, Frederick George |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Gower, Sir Robert | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Apsley, Lord | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Ramsden, E. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Balniel, Lord | Hammersley, S. S. | Remer, J. R. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Hanbury, C. | Remnant, Sir James |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Hartington, Marquess of | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Haslam, Henry C. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) |
| Blundell, F. N. | Hawke, John Anthony | Ropner, Major L. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Russell, Alexander West- (Tynemouth) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Henderson, Lt.-Col. Sir V. L. (Bootle) | Salmon, Major I. |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Hilton, Cecil | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Savery, S. S. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Colonel C. K. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Huntingfield, Lord | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Hurd, Percy A. | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hurst, Gerald B. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Jacob, A. E. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Lamb, J. Q. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Clayton, G. C. | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Lister, Cunilffe-. Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Loder, J. de V. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Cope, Major William | Long, Major Eric | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | White, Lieut. -Col. Sir G. Dalrymple |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | MacIntyre, Ian | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | McLean, Major A. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Windsor-Cilve, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Dixey, A. C. | Macquisten, F. A. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Drewe, C. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Margesson, Capt. D. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Ellis, R. G. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich W.) |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Worthington- Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Moore Sir Newton J. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Morrison, H. (Wilts. Salisbury) | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir George |
| Fermoy, Lord | Nelson, Sir Frank | Hennessy. |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Baker, Walter | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Batey, Joseph | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Smith, H. B. Lees-(Keighley) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, Bennie (Penistone) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Snell, Harry |
| Compton, Joseph | Kirkwood, D. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lansbury, George | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lawrence, Susan | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Lowth, T. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Lunn, William | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Duncan, C. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Viant, S. P. |
| Gardner, J. P. | Mackinder, W. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Montague, Frederick | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Gosling, Harry | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Naylor, T. E. | Wright, W. |
| Groves, T. | Paling, W. | |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hardie, George D. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Mr. T. Kennedy and Mr. B. Smith. |
| Harris, Percy A. | Potts, John S. |
§
Ordered,
That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, Business other than Business of Supply may be taken before Eleven of the Clock, and that the proceedings on other Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]