Mr. MacDONALDI will put two questions at the same time. Supposing the Prime Minister gets the Eleven o'clock Rule suspended to-day, what business does he propose to take? The second question is: When is it proposed that the House should resume after the Christmas Recess?
§ The PRIME MINISTERPerhaps it is not altogether by chance that the two questions have been put together. We hope to get. Orders 4, 5, 6 and 7 to-night. If we make reasonable progress, we hope, very much, that it will not be necessary to call the House together until 22nd January.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIn view of the great urgency of the matters which we have to discuss in the next few days, would it not be just as well to curtail the Christmas Recess?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI can assure the hon. and gallant Gentleman that, if any curtailment is necessary, I shall do it.
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEWhat business will be taken on the resumption of the House?
§
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, 193; Noes. 100.
2629| Division No. 70.] | AYES. | [4.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Brigge, J. Harold |
| Alnsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Briscoe, Richard George |
| Albery, Irving James | Berry, sir George | Brocklebank, C. E. R. |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman | Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. |
| Amery, Fit. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Broun-Lindsay, Major H. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Buchan, John |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Bowyer, Capt. O. E. W. | Buckingham, Sir H. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Brass, Captain w. | Campbell, E. T. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Cautley, Sir Henry S. |
| Cayzer, Sir c. (Chester, City) | Harrison, G. J. C. | Preston, William |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hartington, Marquess of | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Cecil, Rt Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Haslam, Henry C. | Ramsden, E. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm.,W.) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Rhys Hon. C. A. U. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Christie, J. A. | Hilton. Cecil | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. sir S. J. G. | Rye, F. G. |
| Clayton, G. C. | Holt, Captain H. P. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Fernham) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Home, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. | Sandon, Lord |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. |
| Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Savery, S. S. |
| Crookehank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hume, Sir G. H. | Scott, Rt. Hon. Sir Lesile |
| Crookshank.Cpt.H.(Lindsey,Gainsbro) | Hurd, Percy A. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Hurst, Gerald B. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Insklp, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Iveagh, Countess of | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset,Yeovil) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Kindersley, Major Guy M. | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Tasker, R. Inigo. |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Lister, Cunliffe., Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Templeton, W. P. |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Locker Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Looker, Herbert William | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston.s.-M.) | Mac Andrew, Major Charles Glen | Tinne, J. A. |
| Erskine. James Malcolm Montelth | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Macmillan, Captain H. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Mac Robert, Alexander M. | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Vaughan-Morgan. Col. K. P. |
| Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel. | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Ford, Sir P. J. | Malone. Major P. B. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Margesson, Captain D. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Forrest, W. | Marriott. Sir J. A. R. | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Foster, Sir Harry S. | Meyer, Sir Frank | Walls, S. R. |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple- |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Monsell. Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Ganzonl, Sir John | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Gates, Percy | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Nelson, Sir Frank | Withers, John James |
| Goff, Sir Park | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Grant. Sir J. A. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn.W.G.(Ptrsf'ld.) | Womersley. W. J |
| Grattan- Doyle, Sir N. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Oakley, T. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High peak) |
| Hacking, Douglas H. | Penny, Frederick George | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Hall, Lieut. Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Hall. Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | |
| Hamilton, Sir George | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hammersiey, S. S. | Peto, G. (Somereet. Frome) | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Power, Sir John Cecil | Major Sir William Cope. |
| Harland, A. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (File. West) | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Lansbury, George |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Glbbins. Joseph | Lawrence, Susan |
| Baker, Walter | Gillett, George M. | Lawson, John James |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Lowth, T. |
| Barf, J. | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Lunn, William |
| Batey, Joseph | Grenfell. D. R. (Glamorgan) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Griffith, F. Kingsley | Mackinder. W. |
| Bellamy, A. | Grundy, T. W. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Hall, F. (York., W.R., Normanton) | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hall. G. H (Merthyr Tydvil) | March, S. |
| Briant, Frank | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Maxton, James |
| Broad, F. A. | Hardle, George D. | Montague, Frederick |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Harris, Percy A. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Buxton. Rt. Hon. Noel | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Hirst, G. H. | Oliver. George Harold |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hirst. W. (Bradford. South) | Owen, Major G. |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Hutchison. Sir Robert (Montrose) | Parkinson, John Alien (Wigan) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Jenkins. W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Potts, John S. |
| Day, Harry | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W.Bromwich) |
| Dennison, R, | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Dunnico, H. | Kelly, W. T. | Scurr, John |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Kennedy, T. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Thurtle, Ernest | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah |
| Shinwell, E. | Tomlinson, R. P. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Slesser, Sir Henry H. | Townend, A. E. | Westwood, J. |
| Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Viant, S. P. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip | Wallhead, Richard C. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) |
| Stamford. T. W. | Walsh, Rt. Hon Stephen | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Stephen, Campbell | Warns, 6. H. | Wright, W. |
| Taylor, R. A. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) | |
| Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney | TELLERS FOR THE NOES — |
| Mr. Whiteley and Mr. Paling. |