§ Mr. SNOWDENMay I ask the Prime Minister if he can state the business for next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIn the event of the Motion allocating time for the remaining stages of the Hating and Valuation (Apportionment) Bill being passed by the House to-day, the business next week will be:
Monday, First Allotted Day in Committee on the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Bill;
Tuesday, completion of the Committee stage of the Finance Bill, and other Orders on the Paper;
Wednesday and Thursday, second and third Allotted Days in Committee on the Bating and Valuation (Apportionment) Bill; and,
§ Friday, Private Members' Bills will be considered.
§ On any day, if there is time, other Orders will be taken.
§ Mr. SNOWDENWith reference to the business for to-day, can the Prime Minister say how far it is proposed to go with the Bills on the Order Paper?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI cannot answer that question, as I have no control over the time which these Bills may take.
§ Lieut. Commander KENWORTHYThere are certain Orders on the Paper which are interesting to all hon. Members, and have been on the Order Paper for some weeks past. There is the Naval Prize (Transfer of Fund) Bill. Surely we can be told which Orders are going to be taken?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat. Order will not be taken in any case, but I am going to make a statement later in the proceeding to-day on the Bills which we hope to take.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That other Government Business have precedence this day of the Business of Supply, and 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, 213; Noes, 116.
711| Division No. 217.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Edmondson, Major A. J. |
| Albery, Irving James | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Elliot, Major Walter E. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Buchan, John | Ellis, R. G. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Buckingham, Sir H. | England, Colonel A. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Burman, J. B. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston S. M.) |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Cudogan, Major Hon. Edward | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith |
| Astor, Viscountess | Campbell, E. T. | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Carver, Major W. H. | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Fielden, E. B. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Chilcott, Sir Warden | Finburgh, S. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Forrest, W. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Foster, Sir Harry S. |
| Berry, Sir George | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. |
| Bethel, A. | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. I. | Fraser, Captain Ian |
| Blundell, F. N. | Cope, Major Sir William | Frece, Sir Walter de |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Couper, J. B. | Gates, Percy |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Courtauld, Major J. S. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Grotrian, H. Brent |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Galnsbo) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hacking, Douglas H. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hanbury, C. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Drewe, C. | Harland, A. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Malone, Major P. S. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Margesson, Captain D. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. |
| Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang |
| Holt, Captain H. P. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Moore, Sir Newton J. | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Hopkins, J. W. W. | Morden, Col. W. Grant | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Tasker, R. Inigo. |
| Hume-Williams, Sir W. Ellis | Nelson, Sir Frank | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrs'ld.) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Oakley, T. | Tichfield, Major the Marquess of |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Penny, Frederick George | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Waddington, R. |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Perring, Sir William George | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Power, Sir John Cecil | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Lamb, J. O. | Preston, William | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Radford, E. A. | Watts, Sir Thomas |
| Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Raine, Sir Walter | Wells, S. R. |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple |
| Loder, J. de V. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Looker, Herbert William | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Lougher, Lewis | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Salmon, Major I. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Sandeman, N. Stewart | Womersley, W. J. |
| Lumley, L. R. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Lynn, Sir R. J. | Sandon, Lord | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Wragg, Herbert |
| MacIntyre, Ian | Savery, S. S. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| McLean, Major A. | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W. R., Sowerby) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (Norwich) |
| Macmillan, Captain H. | Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W.) | |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Shepperson, E. W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mac Robert, Alexander M. | Skelton, A. N. | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Captain Viscount Curzon. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Grundy, T. W. | Paling, W. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Stall., Cannock) | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Ponsonby, Arthur |
| Ammon, Charles George | Harney, E. A. | Potts, John S. |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Harris, Percy A. | Pureed, A. A. |
| Baker, Walter | Hayday, Arthur | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Ritson, J. |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Batey, Joseph | Hirst, G. H. | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Briant, Frank | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie | Scurr, John |
| Bromfield, William | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Bromley, J. | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Shinwell, E. |
| Buchanan, G. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Cape, Thomas | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Smillie, Robert |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kelly, W. T. | Snell, Harry |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kennedy, T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Compton, Joseph | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Connolly, M. | Kirkwood, D. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Cove, W. G. | Lawrence, Susan | Strauss, E. A. |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Lawson, John James | Sullivan, J. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Livingstone, A. M. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lowth, T. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plalstow) |
| Day, Harry | Lunn, William | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Dunnico, H. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Mackinder, W. | Townend, A. E. |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | MacLaren, Andrew | Varley, Frank B. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Vlant, S. P. |
| Gosling, Harry | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | March, S. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Greenall, T. | Maxton, James | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Morris, R. H. | Whiteley, W. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Murnin, H. | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Groves, T. | Palin, John Henry | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Williams, T. (York Don Valley) | Wright, W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. A. Barnes. |
| Windsor, Walter |