§ Mr. SNOWDENMay I ask the Prime Minister for what purpose he is proposing to suspend the Eleven o'clock Rule to-night, and, in the event of the
§ Agricultural Credits Bill being got through by Eleven o'clock, does he intend to take any other business, and, if so, what? Does he intend to take the two Motions about the American mail contract?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)No, we do not intend to take those. We hope to get the Agricultural Credits Bill, the Petroleum (Amendment) Bill, the Naval Prize (Transfer of Fund) and Educational Endowments (Scotland) [Expenses].
§
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, 227; Noes, 119.
2059| Division No. 270.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hanbury, C. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Albery, Irving James | Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hartington. Marquess of |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Cooper, A. Duff | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Coupar, J. B. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Balniel, Lord | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hilton, Cecil |
| Berry, Sir George | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Bethel, A. | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Holt, Captain H. P. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Drewe, C. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W | Eden, Captain Anthony | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Howard-Bury, colonel C. K. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberland, Whiteh'n) |
| Brass, Captain W. | Ellis, R. G. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | England, Colonel A. | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Hutchison, Sir G. A. Clark |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Fermoy, Lord | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Buchan, John | Fielden, E. B. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Forrest, W. | King, Commodore Henry Douglas |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Frece, Sir Walter de | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Burman, J. B. | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Ganzoni, Sir John | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Gates, Percy | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) |
| Cassels, J. D. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Long, Major Eric |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Grant, Sir J. A. | Looker, Herbert William |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Lougher, Lewis |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w, E) | Lumley, L. R. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | MacIntyre, Ian |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | MacRobert, Alexander M. |
| Christie, J. A. | Hacking, Douglas H. | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hamilton, Sir George | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Meller, R. J. | Salmon, Major I. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Waddington, R. |
| Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Sandeman, N. Stewart | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Sandon, Lord | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Sassoon Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Savery, S. S. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Nelson, Sir Frank | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Watts, Sir Thomas |
| Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Skelton, A. N. | Wells, S. R. |
| Nuttall, Ellis | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple- |
| Oakley, T. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh | Smithers, Waldron | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Penny, Frederick George | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. | Wilson, Sir Murrough (Yorks, Richm'd) |
| Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Sprot, Sir Alexander | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Pownall, Sir Assheton | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. | Withers, John James |
| Preston, William | Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Womersley, W. J. |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Storry-Deans, R. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Radford, E. A. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Raine, Sir Walter | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Ramsden, E. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (Norwich) |
| Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Templeton, W. P. | |
| Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | Major Sir William Cope and |
| Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | Captain Margesson. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hardie, George D. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hayes, John Henry | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hirst, G. H. | Saklatvala, Shapurji |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Barr, J. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Sexton, James |
| Batey, Joseph | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Broad, F. A. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Bromfield, William | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Smillie, Robert |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Jones, W. N. (Carmarthen) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Buchanan, G. | Kelly, W. T. | Snail, Harry |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Kennedy, T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lansbury, George | Strauss, E. A. |
| Compton, Joseph | Lawrence, Susan | Sutton, J. E. |
| Connolly, M. | Lawson, John James | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Cove, W. G. | Lee, F. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lindley, F. W. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Livingstone, A. M. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lowth, T. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Day, Harry | Mackinder, W. | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Dennison, R. | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Townend, A. E. |
| Duncan, C. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Edge, Sir William | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Viant, S. P. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | March, S. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Fenby, T. D. | Montague, Frederick | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M- | Morris, R. H. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Morrison. R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Welsh, J. C. |
| Gillett, George M. | Murnin, H. | Westwood, J. |
| Gosling, Harry | Naylor, T. E. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Owen, Major G. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenall, T. | Palin, John Henry | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Paling, W. | Windsor, Walter |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wright, W. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Potts, John S. | |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Purcell, A. A. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Riley, Ben | Mr. A. Barnes and Mr. Whiteley. |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Ritson, J. |