§ Mr. CLYNESMay I ask for what purpose it is intended to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, to ensure the Second Reading of, and the Financial Resolution on the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Bill which is the second Order on the Paper, and to take the Report of the
§ Votes which were passed through Committee last night.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYDoes the Prime Minister intend to make a practice of taking Report of Supply after Eleven o'Clock at night during this Session?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is not an unusual thing.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYIs the right hon. Gentleman not aware that it is a very objectionable thing from the point of view of the taxpayer?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI understand that an arrangement has been made by which these Votes are to be taken before Easter, and there is not much time left. If the hon. and gallant Member was in the House last night, he would know that there are few matters which caused a discussion.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs not the right hon. Gentleman aware that I was in the House last night, and if he will look at the OFFICIAL REPORT he will see that I made two valuable contributions to the Debate.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on Government Business 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, 190; Noes, 117.
1801| Division No. 68.] | AYES. | [3.49 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Buchan, John | Fairfax, Captain J. G. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Buckingham, Sir H. | Fermoy, Lord |
| Applln, Colonel R. V. K. | Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Fielden, E. B. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Campbell, E. T. | Forestler-Walker, Sir L |
| Atklnson, C. | Carver, Major W. H. | Forrest, W. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Fraser, Captain Ian |
| Balniel, Lord | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Christle, J. A. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Clarry, Reginald George | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Berry, Sir George | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Goff, Sir Park |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Couper, J. B. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Courtauld, Major J. S. | Grant, Sir J. A. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Crookshank, Cpt.H.(Lindsey,Gainsbro) | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Hacking, Douglas H. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hall, Lieut.-Col, Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Dixey. A. C. | Hamilton, Sir George |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Eden, Captain Anthony | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Harrison. G. J. C. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Erskine, James Malcoim Monteith | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks,Newb'y) | Everard, W. Lindsay | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivlan | Margesson, Captain D. | Smith, R. W,(Aberd'n & Kinc'dine,C.) |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Meller, R. J. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hilton, Cecil | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Meyer, Sir Frank | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Holt, Capt. H. P. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Nelson, Sir Frank | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W.G.(Ptrsf"ld.) | Tltchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Hume, Sir G. H. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Oakley, T. | Waddington, R. |
| Iveagh, Countess of | Penny, Frederick George | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Perring, Sir William George | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| King, Commodore Henry Dougias | Preston, William | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Raine, Sir Walter | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple. |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Ramsden, E. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Lister, Cunllffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Reid. Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Lioyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Remnant, Sir James | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Rentoul, G. S. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Loder, J. de V. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Long, Major Eric | Rice, Sir Frederick | Wolmer, viscount |
| Looker, Herbert William | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Lougher, Lewis | Ropner, Major L. | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Lumiey, L. R. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Lynn, Sir R. J. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Wortnington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| McLean, Major A. | Sandon, Lord | |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES. |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Savery, S. S. | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Mr. F. C. Thomson. |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Skelton, A. N. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hardle, George D. | Riley, Ben |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Harney, E. A. | Ritson, J. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro") | Harris, Percy A. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W.Bromwich) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hayday, Arthur | Rose, Frank H. |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Henderson Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Runciman, Hilda (Cornwall, St. Ives) |
| Baker, Walter | Hirst, G. H. | Saklatvala, Shapurji |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Barnes, A. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Barr, J. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Batey, Joseph | John Willam (Rhondda, West) | short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Briant, Frank | Jones Morgan (caerphilly) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Calthness) |
| Bromley, J. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (pontypridd) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Buchanan, G. | Kennedy, T. | Snell, Harry |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kirkwood, D. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lansbury, George | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon, John R. | Lawrence, Susan | Sullivan, J. |
| Compton, Joseph | Lawson, John James | Sutton, J. E. |
| Connolly, M. | Lee. F. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lowth, T. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lunn, William | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Day, Harry | Mackinder, W. | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Dennison, R. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Townend, A. E. |
| Duncan, C. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James J. | Varley, Frank B. |
| Dunnico, H. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Viant, S. P. |
| Fenby, T. D. | March, S. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermllne) |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Maxton, James | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Gillett, George M. | Montague, Frederick | Welsh, J. C. |
| Gosling, Harry | Morris, R. H. | whiteley, W. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Greenall, T. | Naylor, T. E. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Owen, Major G. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Palln, John Henry | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Windsor, Walter |
| Groves, T. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wright, W. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Potts, John S. | |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Rees, Sir Beddoe | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & sketland) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Paling. |