§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDIs the Prime Minister moving the suspension, of the Eleven O'clock Rule to-night in order to give all parties a chance of supporting the Protection of Lapwings Bill—that, and that alone—or does he propose to take contentious business?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo. I do not think the business I propose to take is contentious. It is customary to move the suspension of the Eleven O'clock Rule on the first night of the Army discussions in order to make sure of getting the Committee stage of the Votes. We do hope to get the Second Reading of the Lapwings Bill, if it be non-contentious, and we hope to get the Report of the Super-annuation (Diplomatic Service) [Money] Resolution.
§ Mr. MacDONALDIs it necessary to get the Report stage of the Superannuation (Diplomatic Service) [Money] Resolution? Otherwise, I think we might let the Eleven O'clock Rule go.
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe must get the Army Votes, and there are always many hon. Members who wish to speak on them, but it is not my desire to keep the House up unduly late to-night.
§ Mr. MacDONALDThe point is not the Army Votes, but the Superannuation (Diplomatic Service) [Money] Resolution.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI was going to say that we hoped to get that, but I do not propose to keep the House unduly late to get it.
§ Mr. KIRKWOODI hope we will be in order in debating this Superannuation (Diplomatic Service) [Money] Resolution, because, if I am present, I intend to do so.
§ Mr. MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister what business he proposes to take next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday, it is proposed to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on the Air Estimates and consider Votes A, 1, 4, 2, and 3 in Committee.
Tuesday, Second Reading of the Local Authorities (Emergency Provisions) Bill; further progress with the British Guiana Bill, and the Superannuation (Diplomatic Service) Bill; and other Orders on the Paper.
Thursday, it is proposed to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on the Navy Estimates and consider in Committee Votes A, 1, 10, and 2; Navy Supplementary Estimate, 1927, and Civil Excess Vote, 1926–27.
§ On any day, if time permit, other Orders will be taken.
§ The Air Estimates, I believe, were in the Vote Office this morning. The other Service Estimates to be taken next week will be available to Members at the week-end.
§ Mr. MacDONALDCan the right hon. Gentleman give us any idea when he is to make his announcement about the Franchise Bill; and, secondly, when a
§ day is to be given for the Debate arising out of the Treasury Report?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes. To take the latter question first, I hope to fix the first portion of Monday week, the 19th instant. In regard to the Franchise Bill, it will be presented on Monday next. I cannot yet give the date of the Second Reading, but my undertaking holds, that the Second Reading will be taken before we rise for the Easter Recess.
§ Mr. WALLHEADDoes the right hon. Gentleman propose to lay the Minutes of Evidence before the House before the Debate on the Treasury Report takes place?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo.
§ Mr. WALLHEADWhat is the use of having a Debate then, if we do not know what it is about?
§
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, 224; Noes, 111.
1241| Division No. 27.] | AYES. | [3.51 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Chapman, Sir S. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Charterls, Brigadier-Central J. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Albery, Irving James | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Goff, Sir Park |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Grace, John |
| Allen,J.Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Clarry, Reginald George | Grant, Sir J. A. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Grotrlan, H. Brent |
| Apsley, Lord | Cooper, A. Duff | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cope, Major William | Hacking, Douglas H. |
| Balniel, Lord | Couper, J. B. | Hamilton, Sir George |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Crookshank, Cpt.H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Harmsworth, Hon. E. C. (Kent) |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Harrison, G. J. C. |
| Bennett, A. J. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Davies, MaJ-Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Berry, Sir George | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Bethel, A. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Dawson, Sir Philip | Henderson, Capt, R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Drewe, C. | Henderson, Sir Vlvian (Bootle) |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Eden, Captain Anthony | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Hills, Major John Waller |
| Brass, Captain W. | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Hilton, Cecil |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Ellis, R. G. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | England, Colonel A. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(St. Marylebone) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Holt, Captain H. P. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hope, Sir Harry (Forlar) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. |
| Burman, J. B. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Forrest, W. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Fraser, Captain lan | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Gadle, Lieut-Col. Anthony | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. H. (Ladywood) | Gauit, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Iveagh, Countess of |
| Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen't) | Nuttall, Ellis | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Storry-Deans, R. |
| Jephcott, A. R. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Penny, Frederick George | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. |
| Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Templeton, W. P. |
| Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Thom, Lt.Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Power, Sir John Cecil | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| Lamb, J. Q. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell |
| Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Preston, William | Tinne, J. A. |
| Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon- Sir Philip | Price, Major C. W. M. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Raine, Sir Walter | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Ramsden, E. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Looker, Herbert William | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Waddington, R. |
| Lougher, Lewis | Reid, Capt. Cunningham(Warrington) | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Rhys Hon. C. A. U. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Lumley, L. R. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Lynn, Sir R. J. | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs, Stretford) | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carilsle) |
| MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Ropner, Major L. | Wells, S. R. |
| McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple |
| MacIntyre, Ian | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm | Salmon, Major I. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Sandeman, N. Stewart | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Margesson, Capt. D. | Savery, S. S. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Mason, Colonel Glyn K. | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgewater) |
| Meller, R. J. | Shepperson, E. W. | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- | Skelton, A. N. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T, C. R. (Ayr) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Wragg, Herbert |
| Nelson, Sir Frank | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | |
| Neville, Sir Reginald J. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Fxeter) | Sprot, Sir Alexander | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Nicholson. Col. Rt. Hn. W.G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. | Mr. F. C. Thomson. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Sexton, James |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Baker, Walter | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Jankins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Barnes, A. | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Barr, J. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Batey, Joseph | Junes, T, I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Kelly, W. T. | Snell, Harry |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Kennedy, T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Broad, F. A. | Kirkwood, D. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Lansbury, George | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Buchanan, G. | Lawrence, Susan | Sullivan, Joseph |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Lawson, John James | Sutton, J. E. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Livingstone, A. M. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Compton, Joseph | Lowth, T. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lunn, William | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Dennison, R. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Dunnico, H. | March, S. | Varley, Frank B. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Maxton, James | Viant, S. P. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Morris, R. H. | Wellhead, Richard C. |
| Gosling, Harry | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edln., Cent.) | Oliver, George Harold | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Owen, Major G. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Paling, W. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Groves, T. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Potts, John S. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hardle, George D. | Ritson, J. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Hayday, Arthur | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks,W.R.,Elland) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Rose, Frank H. | |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Saklatvala, Shapurji | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hirst, G. H. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Mr Hayes and Mr.Whiteley. |
Question, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair," put, and agreed to.