Mr. MacDONALDWill the Prime Minister be good enough to tell us what the business for next Friday is to be?
§ The PRIME MINISTERReport stage of the Money Resolutions for the Local Government Bills; Third Beading of the Superannuation (Diplomatic Service) Bill, and of the Appellate Jurisdiction Bill; Report stage of the Overseas Trade Bill, and, if time permits, other Orders on the Paper.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Adjourned Debate on Local Government Bill and Local Government (Scotland) Bill (Allocation of Time) he exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 221; Noes, 129.
2131| Division No. 54.] | AYES. | [3.46 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Balniel, Lord | Bethel, A. |
| Albery, Irving James | Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Bevan, S. J. |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman | Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Birchall, Major J. Dearman |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Bowyer, Captain G. E. W |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J.(Kent,Dover) | Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Brass, Captain W. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Berry, Sir George | Briggs, J. Harold |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hamilton, Sir George | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Harland, A. | Philipson, Mabel |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Hartington, Marquees of | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Preston, Sir Walter (Cheltenham) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y). | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Preston, William |
| Buchan, John | Haslam, Henry C. | Radford, E. A. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Raine, Sir Walter |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Ramsden, E. |
| Burman, J. B. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Reid, Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Holt, Captain H. P. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Cayzer Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Ropner, Major L |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hume, Sir G. H. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Salmon, Major I. |
| Christle, J. A. | Hurst, Gerald B. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Clarry, Reginald George | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Sandon, Lord |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Savery, S. S. |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Knox, Sir Alfred | Slmms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Skelton, A. N. |
| Cope, Major Sir William | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Couper, J. B. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Smith, R. W.(Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Long, Major Eric | Smithers, Waldron |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Lougher, Lewis | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Lowe, Sir Francis William | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Crookshank, Cpt.H.(Lindsey,Gainsbro) | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Stanley, Lord (Fyide) |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Lumley, L. R. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | McLean, Major A. | Templeton, W. P. |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Dixon, Captain Rt. Hon. Herbert | MacRobert, Alexander M. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- | Tinne, J. A. |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Ellis, R. G. | Malone, Major P. B. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| England, Colonel A. | Margesson, Captain D. | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Erskine, James Malcolm Montelth | Meyer, Sir Frank | Waddington, R. |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Fermoy, Lord | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Fielden, E. B. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Forestler-Walker, Sir L. | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Watts, Sir Thomas |
| Forrest, W. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | Murchison, Sir Kenneth | Wells, S. R. |
| Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Nelson, Sir Frank | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Neville, Sir Reginald J. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Gates, Percy | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W.G.(Ptrst'ld.) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Nuttall, Ellis | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Goff, Sir Park | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hen. Sir L. |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Wright, Brig.-General W. D. |
| Grant, Sir J. A. | Pennefather, Sir John | |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Penny, Frederick George | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Captain Viscount Curzon. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Bromfield, William | Dunnico, H. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Fenby, T. D. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Buchanan, G. | Gibbins, Joseph |
| Baker, Walter | Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Gillett, George M. |
| Barnes, A. | Cape, Thomas | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) |
| Barr, J. | Charleton, H. C. | Greenall, T. |
| Batey, Joseph | Connolly, M. | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Cove, W. G. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) |
| Bellamy, A. | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Griffith, F. Kingsley |
| Benn, Wedgwood | Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Grundy, T. W. |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hall, F. (York., W.R., Normanton) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Day, Harry | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) |
| Briant, Frank | Dennison, R. | Hardle, George D. |
| Harris, Percy A. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Hayday, Arthur | Mcsley, Sir Oswald | Sutton, J. E. |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Murnin, H. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Darby) |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Palin, John Henry | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Hirst, G. H. | Paling, W. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Hollins, A. | Pethick- Lawrence, F. W. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Ponsonby, Arthur | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Potts, John S. | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Townend, A. E. |
| John, William (Rhondda, Wast) | Rlley, Ben | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Ritson, J. | Viant, S. P. |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W.Bromwich) | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) | Warne, G. H. |
| Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Saklatvala, Shapurji | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Kelly, W. T. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Kennedy, T. | Scrymgeour, E. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Sexton, James | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Lawrence, Susan | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Westwood, J. |
| Lawson, John James | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Lee, F. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Longbottom, A. W. | Shinwell, E. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanally) |
| Lowth, T. | Sitch, Charles H. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Lunn, William | Slesser, Sir Henry H. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Smillie, Robert | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Mackinder, W. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | Windsor, Walter |
| Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| March, S. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip | |
| Montague, Frederick | Stamford, T. W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Morris, R. H. | Stephen, Campbell | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. Whiteley. |
Question put, and agreed to.