§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister what business he proposes to take next week? Perhaps, at the same time, the right hon. Gentleman will tell us when he proposes that the House should adjourn for the Easter Recess, and when it will reassemble?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMonday, Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill.
§ Tuesday, Remaining stages of the Consolidated Fund Bill.
§ Thursday, Second Reading of the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill.
§ On any day, if time permit, other Orders will be taken.
§ For the Easter Recess, we propose to rise on Thursday, 5th April, and to reassemble on Tuesday, 17th April.
574§ Motion made, and Question put,
§ "That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, the Reports of the Navy Supplementary Estimate, 1927, and Civil Services Excess, 1926, and Business other than Business of Supply may be considered this day before Eleven o'Clock, that the Reports of Supply of the 15th and 19th March may be taken after Eleven of the Clock, and that the Proceedings on the Reports of Supply of the 15th and 19th March and on the Rating (Scotland) Amendment Bill 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, 214; Noes, 118.
575| Division No. 55.] | AYES. | 3.47 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Ellis, R. G. | Loder, J. de V. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | England, Colonel A. | Long, Major Eric |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Lougher, Lewis |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Atkinson, C. | Everard, W. Lindsay | MacAndrew. Major Charles Glen |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus |
| Balniel, Lord | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Maclntyre, Ian |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Fermoy, Lord | McLean, Major A. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Bellairs. Commander Carlyon | Forrest, W. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Berry, Sir George | Gadle, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | MacRobert, Alexander M. |
| Bethel, A. | Ganzonl, Sir John | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Gates, Percy | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Meller, R. J. |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Brass, Captain W, | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Hacking, Douglas H. | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Brittain. Sir Harry | Hamilton, Sir George | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Murchison, Sir Kenneth |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Harrison, G. J. C. | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hartington, Marquess of | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Nicholson, O. (Westminster" |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hon. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld" |
| Campbell, E. T. | Haslam, Henry C. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Headlam, Lieut,-Colonel C. M. | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Henderson,Capt.R.R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Oakley, T. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Penny, Frederick George |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Heneage, Lieut.-colonel Arthur P. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Chadwick, sir Robert Burton | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Perring, Sir William George |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Hilton, Cecil | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Phillpson, Mabel |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy | Pllcher, G. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Clayton, G. C. | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Preston, William |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N) | Raine, Sir Walter |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whlteh'n) | Ramsden, E. |
| Couper, J. B. | Hurd, Percy A. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U, |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Illfle, Sir Edward M. | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Crookshank,Cpt,H.(Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Culverwell, C. T, (Bristol, West) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Ropner, Major L. |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Joynson -Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Dixey, A. C. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Salmon, Major I. |
| Drewe, C. | Lamb, J. Q. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Eden. Captain Anthony | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Lister, Cunllffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustavs D. |
| Savory, S. S. | Tasker, R. Inigo. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Shaw. Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl.(Renfrew,W.) | Thornton, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Tinne, J. A. | Winby. Colonel L. P. |
| Skelton, A. N. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Wlndsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Somervlite, A. A. (Windsor) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Waddington, R. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Sprot, Sir Alexander | Wallace, Captain D. E. | Wood. E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Streatfeild, Captain S. R. | Warrender, Sir Victor | Woodcock, Colonel H. C |
| Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Styles, Captain H. Walter | Wells, S. R. | |
| Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple- | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Major Cope and Captain Margesson | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hayes, John Henry | Rose, Frank H. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Runciman, Hilda (Cornwall, St. Ives) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hirst, G. H. | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Baker, J. (Wotverhampton, Bilston) | Hore-Belisha, Lestle | Saklatvala, shapurji |
| Baker, Walter | Hudson. J. H. (Huddersfield) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertlliery) | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Scurr, John |
| Batey, Joseph | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Sexton, James |
| Briant, Frank | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Broad, F. A. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Bromfield, William | Jones, T. J. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Kelly, W. T. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Kennedy, T. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Smith, H. B. Lees-(Keighley) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lansbury, George | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Compton, Joseph | Lawrence, Susan | Snell, Harry |
| Connolly, M. | Lawson, John James | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Cove, W. G. | Lee, F. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lowth, T. | Stamford, T.W. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lunn, William | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Mac Donald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Strauss, E. A. |
| Day, Harry | Mackinder, W. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Dennison, R, | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Dunnico, H. | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon C. P. |
| Gardner, J. P. | March, S. | Variey, Frank B. |
| Garro-Janes, Captain G. M. | Maxton, James | Viant, S. P. |
| Gillett, George M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Gosling, Harry | Murnin, H. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Naylor, T. E. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Greenall, T. | Oliver, George Harold | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Owen, Major G. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Palin, John Henry | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley | Paling, W. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) |
| Groves, T. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wlgan) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Windsor, Walter |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Potts, John S. | Wright, W. |
| Hall. G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-Is-Spring) | |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Riley, Ben | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hardie, George D. | Ritson, J. | Mr charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Harris, Percy A. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W. Bromwich) | whiteley. |
| Hayday, Arthur | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R. Eiland) |
First Resolution read a Second time.