§ Mr. CLYNESMay I ask the Prime Minister if he can now state the business for next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday we shall take Supply, Committee—Ministry of Labour Vote.
Tuesday: Until 8.15, further progress will be made with the Government of India (Indian Navy) Bill, and the Pacific Cable Bill; the Second Reading of the Destructive Insects and Pests Bill, and the Committee stage of the Money Resolution.
Wednesday: Until 8.15, and on Thursday, we shall take the Second Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (No. 2) Bill, and, if time permit, other Orders on the Paper.
§ Mr. CLYNESCan the Prime Minister make any statement as to when we may expect the introduction of the Bill referred to in the King's Speech relating to Trade Unions, and may we have some indication of the right hon. Gentleman's intention concerning the claims of women to an extension of the franchise?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWith regard to the first question, the Bill dealing with Trade Unions will be in the Vote Office early next week. With regard to the second question, I have repeatedly stated in this House that I shall make a statement before we rise for the Easter Recess on that subject, and I have nothing to add to that.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings of the Committee of Supply 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, 245; Noes, 104.
1441| Division No. 70.] | AYES. | [3.48 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hon. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Albery, Irving James | Goff, Sir Park | O'Connor, T J. (Bedford, Luton) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Gower, Sir Robert | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Grace, John | Penny, Frederick George |
| Apsley, Lord | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Perring, Sir William George |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. R. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Grant, Sir J. A. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Greene, W. p. Crawford | Philipson, Mabel |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Greenwood, Rt.Hn.Sir H.(W'th's'w, E.) | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Radford, E. A. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Raine, W. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Hali, Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Ramsden, E. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Reid, Capt. Cunningham(Warrington) |
| Berry, Sir George | Hammersley, S. S. | Remnant, sir James |
| Better-ton, Henry B. | Harland, A. | Rhys, Hon. C. A U. |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Harrison, G. J. C. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Hartington. Marquess of | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs, Stretford) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Hawke, John Anthony | Ropner, Major L. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Ruggies-Brise, Major E. A. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Henderson, Capt, R. R.(Oxf'd,Henley) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V, L. (Bootle) | Salmon, Major I. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Herbert,S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Sandon, Lord |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Buckingham, sir H. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Sheffield, sir Berkeley |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Holland, Sir Arthur | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belfst.) |
| Burman, J. B. | Holt, Captain H. P. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Smith. R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Colonel C. K. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Huntingfield, Lord | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hurd, Percy A. | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & P'bl's) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Jacob, A. E. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Chamberlain, Rt.Hn,SirJ.A.(Birm.,W.) | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Clayton, G. C. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Tasker, R. Inigo. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Templeton, W. P. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Thorn, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Locker- Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Cope, Major William | Loder, I. de V. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Couper, J. B. | Looker, Herbert William | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Wallace, Captain O. E. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Lumley, L. R. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Macintyre, I. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | McLean, Major A. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset,Yeovll) | Macmillan, Captain H. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Cavies, Dr. Vernon | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Macquisten, F. A. | Wells, S. R. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Williams, Com. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| England, Colonel A. | Malone, Major P. B. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Margesson, Captain D. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Meyer, Sir Frank | Wolmer, viscount |
| Fermoy, Lord | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Womersley, W, J. |
| Fielden, E. B. | Mitched, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Finburgh, S. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wood, Sir S. Hill. (High Peak) |
| Forrest, W. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Young, Rt. Hon. Hilton (Norwich) |
| Fremantle, Lt.-Col. Francis E. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Murchison, Sir Kenneth | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Gates, Percy | Nall, Colonel Sir Joseph | Colonel Gibbs and Major Sir Harry |
| Gauit, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Barnston. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (File, West) | Harney, E, A. | Scurr, John |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Harris, Percy A. | Sexton, James |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hayes, John Henry | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Baker, Walter | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Barnes, A. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Smillie, Robert |
| Batey, Joseph | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Sneil, Harry |
| Briant, Frank | Kelly, W. T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Broad, F. A. | Kennedy, T. | Spencer, G. A. (Broxtowe) |
| Bromley, J. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Lansbury, George | Stamford, T. W. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Lee, F. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Buchanan, G. | Lindley, F. W. | Strauss, E. A. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Lowth, T. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Cape, Thomas | Lunn, William | Taylor, R. A. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Mackinder, W. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Compton, Joseph | MacLaren, Andrew | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Connolly, M. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Cove, W. G. | Maxton, James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Dalton, Hugh | Montague, Frederick | Townend, A. E. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Morris, R. H. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Viant, S. P. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Mosley, Oswald | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Dunnico, H. | Owen, Major G. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Gardner, J. p. | Palin, John Henry | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Gillett, George M. | Paling, W. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Gosling, Harry | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Westwood, J. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin.,Cent.) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Windsor, Walter |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Potts, John S. | Wright, W. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tyovil) | Riley, Ben | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks,W.R.,Elrand) | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Hardie, George D. | Rose, Frank H. | Whiteley. |