§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDWill the Chancellor of the Exchequer tell us what business it is proposed to take next week?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLOn Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we shall take the Second Reading of the Local Government Bill.
On Thursday, the Committee stage of the Money Resolution for the Local Government Bill.
Perhaps it will be more convenient if the business for Friday is announced later.
If there is time on any day other Orders will be taken, including outstanding Re- ports of Supply and the Consolidated Fund Bill.
§ Mr. MacDONALDMay I ask when the Money Resolution will be tabled?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLTo-morrow.
§ Mr. MACPHERSONCan the right hon. Gentleman say when the Scottish Local Government Bill will be taken?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLNo, I cannot say, but it will not be taken next week.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings of the Committee of Ways and Means and on the Expiring Laws Continuance 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, 201; Noes, 116.
1927| Division No. 13.] | AYES. | [3.49 p.m. |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Looker, Herbert William |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Apsley, Lord | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Lumley, L. R. |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander, F. W. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | McLean, Major A. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Falls, Sir Charles F. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel- |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Fermoy, Lord | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Forrest, W. | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Foxcroft, Captain C T | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish | Fraser, Captain Ian | Meller, R. J. |
| Berry, Sir George | Frece, Sir Walter do | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw |
| Blundell, F. N. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Gates, Percy | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Goff, Sir Park | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. | Gower, Sir Robert | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Grace, John | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Grant, Sir J. A. | Murchison, Sir Kenneth |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Neville, Sir Reginald J. |
| Buchan, John | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hacking, Douglas H. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Burgoyne, Lieut. Colonel Sir Alan | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Burman, J. B. | Hall, Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Penny, Frederick George |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hammersley, S. S. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth. S.) | Harrison, G. J. C. | Perring, Sir William George |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hartington, Marquess of | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Preston, Sir Walter (Cheltenham) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Preston, William |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Heneags, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Radford, E. A. |
| Chilcott, Sir Warden | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Raine, Sir Walter |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Herbert, S. (York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Ramsden, E. |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Hilton, Cecil | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Clayton, G. C. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Reid, Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Holt, Captain H. P. | Ropner, Major L. |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cope, Major Sir William | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) | Hurd, Percy A. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Illffe, Sir Edward M. | Sandon, Lord |
| Culverwell, C. T, (Bristol, West) | Iveagh, Countess of | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | Savery, S. S. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Lamb, J. Q. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Univ., Belfst.) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Drewe, C. | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Smithers, Waldron |
| Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Loder, J. de V. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Ellis, R. G. | Long, Major Eric | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. | Wilson, Sir Murrough (Yorks, Richm'd) |
| Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Waddington, R. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel Georgs |
| Storry-Deans, R, | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Streatfeild, Captain S. R. | Warrender, Sir Victor | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Tasker, R. Inigo. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | Watts, Sir Thomas | Wright, Brig.-General W. D. |
| Thomson, Rt. Hon. sir W. Mitchell- | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple- | |
| Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Williams. A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Captain Wallace. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Jenkins. W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Ammon, Charles George | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Shinwell, E. |
| Baker, Walter | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Smillie, Robert |
| Barnes, A. | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Batey, Joseph | Kennedy, T. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Snell, Harry |
| Bellamy, A. | Kirkwood, D. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Benn, Wedgwood | Lansbury, George | Stamford, T. W. |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Lawrence, Susan | Stephen, Campbell |
| Briant, Frank | Lawson, John James | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Lee, F. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Buchanan, G. | Longbottom, A. W. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lowth, T. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lunn, William | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Connolly, M. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Mackinder, W. | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Dalton, Hugh | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Townend, A. E. |
| Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Day, Harry | March, S. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dennison, R. | Maxton, James | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Dunnico, H. | Morris, R. H. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Fenby, T. D. | Naylor, T. E. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Owen, Major G. | Westwood, J. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Palin, John Henry | Whiteley, W. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson end Colne) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Williams, David (Swansea. E.) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Potts, John S. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Hardie, George D. | Ritson, J. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Harney, E. A. | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Eliand) | Windsor, Walter |
| Harris, Percy A. | Runciman, Hilda (Cornwall, St. Ives) | Wright, W. |
| Hayday, Arthur | Sakiatvala, Shapurji | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Salter, Dr. Alfred | |
| Hirst, G. H. | Scrymgeour, E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Scurr, John | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Hayes. |