§ Lieut.- Commander KENWORTHYMay I ask the Prime Minister a question on business? In the event of the Motion standing on the Paper in the name of the Prime Minister being carried, is it intended to push on with the proceedings on Government business, or to rise at an hour when all the trains are gone? Has the right hon. Gentleman considered that aspect of the arrangement of the business of the House?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)At what hour the House rises must always depend on the progress which has been made with business. It is our desire to get on as fast as we can with the Committee stage of the Bill now under discussion.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIn that case, why did we rise at an abnormally early hour the last two nights—at an hour which happens to be the most inconvenient for hon. Members on this side of the House?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe night before last the Motion to report Progress was moved from the Opposition Benches.
§ Mr. W. THORNEIs the Prime Minister not aware that the reason why such slow progress is being made is that the Government are in such a fog about the whole business?
§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSIs the Prime Minister really satisfied with the progress of the Business of the House?
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Unemployment Insurance Bill 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, 226; Noes, 130.
507| Division No. 410.] | AYES. | [3.46 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Eden, Captain Anthony | MacIntyre, Ian |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | McLean, Major A. |
| Albery, Irving James | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Ellis, R. G. | MacRobart. Alexander M. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Ersklne, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- |
| Athoil, Duchess of | Ersklne, James Malcolm Monteith | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Atkinson, C. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Flelden, E. B. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Finburgh, S. | Mason, Lieut.-Col. Glyn K. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Forrest, W. | Mond, Rt. Hon. Sir Alfred |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish. | Fraser, Captain Ian | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Berry, Sir George | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Morrison, H. (Wilts. Salisbury) |
| Bethel, A. | Ganzoni, Sir John. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Gates, Percy | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Goff, Sir Park | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Grant, Sir J. A. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Blundell, F. N. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Pennefather, Sir John |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Penny, Frederick George |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Perkins. Colonel E. K. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Pllditch, Sir Philip |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Hammersley, S. S. | Preston, William |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Hanbury, C. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Radford, E. A. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) | Raine, Sir Walter |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Hartington, Marquess of | Remnant, Sir James |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) | Haslam, Henry C. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, N wb'y) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Henderson, Capt. R.R.(Oxf'd, Henley) | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Burman, J. B. | Henderson, Lt.-Col. Sir V. L. (Bootie) | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Russell, Alexander West-(Tynemouth) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J.J. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hills, Major John Walter | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. sir S. J. G. | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth.S.) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustavo D. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Scott, Rt. Hon. Sir Leslie |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Colonel C. K. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Shepperson, E. W. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Huntingfield, Lord | Skelton, A. N. |
| Cockerill, Brig-General Sir George | Hurd, Percy A. | Smith, R. W.(Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C) |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Hurst, Gerald B. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H./b |
| Cooper, A. Duff | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Cope, Major William | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Couper, J. B. | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Streatfelld, Captain S. R. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H.(Llndsey, Galnsbro) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Lamb, J. Q. | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Tasker, R. Inigo. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset. Yeovil) | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Templeton, W. P. |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Loder, J. de V. | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Long, Major Eric | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Lumley, L. R. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Tinne, J. A. |
| Drewe, C. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Duckworth John | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.) |
| Waddington, R. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Wallace, Captain D. E. | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L.(Kingston-on-Hull) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George | |
| Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl | TELLERS FOR THE AYES — |
| Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) | Womersley, W. J. | Colonel Gibbs and Major |
| Watts, Dr. T. | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) | Barnston |
| Wells, S. R. | Wood, E. (Chester, staly'b'ge & Hyde) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (File, West) | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hayday, Arthur | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hayes, John Henry | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Amnion, Charles George | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hirst, G. H. | Sltch, Charles H. |
| Baker, Walter | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Snell, Harry |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Batey, Joseph | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | John, William (Rnondda, West) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Bromfield, William | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Brown, Ernest (Lelth) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merlaneth) | Strauss, E. A. |
| Buchanan, G. | Kelly, W. T. | Sullivan, Joseph |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Kennedy, T. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Cape, Thomas | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kirkwood, D | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Clowes, S. | Lansbury, George | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lawrence, Susan | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lawson, John James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Compton, Joseph | Lowth, T. | Townend, A. E. |
| Connolly, M. | Lunn, William | Varley, Frank B. |
| Cove, W. G. | Mackinder, W. | Vlant, S. P. |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Dennison, R. | March, S. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Duncan, C. | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Dunnlco, H. | Montague, Frederick | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Edge, Sir William | Morris, R. H. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Murnin, H. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Glbbins, Joseph | Naylor, T. E. | Westwood, J. |
| Gillett, George M. | Oliver, George Harold | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Gosling, Harry | Owen, Major G. | Williams, David (Swansea, E.) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Palin, John Henry | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Paling, W. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenall, T. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Coine) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Windsor, Walter |
| Groves, T. | Potts, John S. | Wright, W. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Riley, Ben | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Rltson, J. | |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W.Bromwich) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Robinson, W. C (Yorks, W. R., Elland) | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Hardie, George D. | Rose, Frank H. | Whiteley. |
| Harney, E. A. | Saklatvala, Shapurjl |