§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDMay I ask the Prime Minister, in the event of the Government getting the suspension of the Eleven o'clock Rule to-night, how far the Government propose to go?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROnly the first Order.
§ Mr. MacDONALDCan any announcement be made to-day regarding the business after the Adjournment?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am afraid that I must ask for that question to be put down to-morrow. On the first day, as I announced, the Second Reading of the Finance Bill will be taken.
§ Mr. MacDONALDIs it proposed that the Finance Bill should be given a Second Reading on the first day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat has been the practice in recent years.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI see that there is a notice on the Order Paper of the presentation of the Bill on Rating and Valuation. May I ask the Prime Minister whether that Bill will be immediately printed, and in the hands of Members, so that they can have it in time before the discussion on the Finance Bill?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe right hon. Gentleman was not in the House one day when I announced that it would be printed in time for the Whitson holidays, so that Members may study it during the Recess.
§
Resolved,
That this House do meet To-morrow, at Eleven of the Clock; that no Questions shall be taken after Twelve of the Clock; and that at Five of the Clock Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the House without Question put"— [The Prime Minister.]
§
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, 232; Noes, 133.
1895| Division No. 149.] | AYES. | [3.49 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Curzon, Captain viscount | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Dalkeith, Earl of | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Loder, J. de V. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Dixey, A. C. | Lowe, Sir Francis William |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Drewe, C. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Astor, Viscountess | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Lynn, Sir R. J. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Elliot, Major Walter E. | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | England, Colonel A. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Balniel, Lord | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Macintyre, Ian |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | McLean, Major A. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Fermoy, Lord | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Fielden, E. B. | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Fraser, Captain Ian | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Frece, Sir Walter de | Margesson, Capt. D. |
| Berry, Sir George | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Gadle, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Ganzoni, Sir John | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Gates, Percy | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Blundell, F. N. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W | Goff, Sir Park | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Grant, Sir J. A. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Grotrian, H. Brent | Moore, Lieut.-Col. T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Brockiebank, C. E. R. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd, Hexham) | Hacking, Douglas H. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Buchan, John | Hamilton, Sir George | Murchison, Sir Kenneth |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Nail, Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hartington, Marquess of | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D, L. (Exeter) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry 5. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Newton, sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) | Haslam, Henry C. | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Penny, Frederick George |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Hilton, Cecil | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Pilditch, Sir Philip |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Radford, E. A. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Raine, Sir Walter |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Hume, Sir G. H. | Ramsden, E. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Remnant, Sir James |
| Cope, Major William | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. | Rentoul, G. S. |
| Couper, J. B. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Rice, Sir Frederick |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) |
| Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Kindersley, Major G. M. | Ropner, Major L. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Rye, F. G. |
| Salmon, Major I. | Streatfeild, Captain S. R. | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dalrymple- |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Sandeman, N. Stewart | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Sandon, Lord | Templeton, W. P. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Savery, S. S. | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Shepperson, E. W. | Tinne, J. A. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Wood, B. C. (Somerset, Bridgwater) |
| Skelton, A. N. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'dge & Hyde) |
| Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Waddington, R. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Wallace, Captain D. E. | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. | Wragg, Herbert |
| Smithers, Waldron | Warrender, Sir Victor | |
| Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Sprot, Sir Alexander | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) | Mr. F. C. Thomson. |
| Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Wells, S. R. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hirst, G. H. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Shinwell, E. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bliston) | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Baker, Walter | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Barnes, A. | Johnston. Thomas (Dundee) | Smillie, Robert |
| Batey, Joseph | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Briant, Frank | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Broad, F. A. | Kennedy, T. | Snell, Harry |
| Bromfield, William | Kirkwood, D. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Bromley, J. | Lansbury, George | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Lawrence, Susan | Stamford, T. W. |
| Buchanan, G. | Lawson, John James | Stephen, Campbell |
| Cape, Thomas | Lowth, T. | Strauss, E. A. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lunn, William | Sullivan, J. |
| Cluse, W. S. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Compton, Joseph | Mackinder, W. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Connolly, M. | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Cove, W. G. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Dalton, Hugh | March, S. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Maxton, James | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Day, Harry | Montague, Frederick | Viant, S. P. |
| Dennison, R. | Morris, R. H. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Dunnico, H. | Morrison, R. c. (Tottenham, N.) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Edge, Sir William | Murnin, H. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Fenby, T. D. | Naylor, T. E. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Owen, Major G. | Westwood, J. |
| Gillett, George M. | Palin, John Henry | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Paling, W. | Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Potts, John S. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Groves, T. | Riley, Ben | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Ritson, J. | Windsor, Walter |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W. Bromwich) | Wright, W. |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Rose, Frank H. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | |
| Hardie, George D. | Saklatvala, Shapurji | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Harney, E. A. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Scrymgeour, E. | Whiteley. |
| Hayes, John Henry | Scurr, John |
Question put, and agreed to.