§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDCan the Prime Minister say what business will be taken next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday: Local Government (Scotland) Bill, Third Reading.
Tuesday: Report stage of the Air Estimates and of the Army Estimates.
Wednesday: Committee stage of further Supplementary Estimates for the Grant to the Lord Mayor's Fund, and Relief 569 in Distressed Mining Areas in Scotland; Unemployment Insurance (Northern Ireland Agreement) Bill, further stages.
Thursday: It is proposed to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on the Navy Estimates and to consider Votes A, 1, 10 and 2, and Navy Supplementary Estimate in Committee.
The business for Friday will be announced later. If there is time on any day, other Orders will be taken.
§ Captain GARRO-JONESSeeing that the Report stage of the Air Estimates is to be taken on Tuesday, does that mean that the whole of the Air Estimates, the moving of Mr. Speaker out of the Chair and the Committee stage, are to be taken to-day, and also the private Bill, Clyde Navigation Bill? Does the right hon. Gentleman think that that is an adequate
§ length of time to devote to the Committee stage of the Air Estimates?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe hon. and gallant Member is inaccurate in his supposition.
Mr. MALONECan the right hon. Gentleman tell the House the date of the Dissolution, or, if not, can be say when we are likely to be informed?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI should like to have a little more notice of that question.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Business of Supply 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, 187; Noes, 85.
571| Division No. 261.] | AYES. | [3.56 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Ellis, R. G. | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Albery, Irving James | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Fermoy, Lord | Lougher, Sir Lewis |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Fielden, E. B. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Luce, Maj.-Gen. Sir Richard Herman |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Fraser, Captain Ian | Lumley, L. R. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Gates, Percy | Macintyre, Ian |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | McLean, Major A. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Berry, Sir George | Goff, Sir Park | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Bristol, N.) | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Marriott, Sir J. A. R. |
| Brats, Captain W. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hamilton, Sir George | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Hammersley, S. S. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hanbury, C. | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Moreing, Captain A. H. |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Harland, A. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Burman, J. B. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Murchison, Sir Kenneth |
| Campbell, E. T. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Haslam, Henry C. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. Sir Vivian | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Christie, J. A. | Hills, Major John Waller | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hohler, Sir Gerald Fitzroy | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Preston, William |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Radford, E. A. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hopkinson, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) | Ramsden, E. |
| Couper, J. B. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Reid, Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) |
| Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen Sir Aylmer | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley (Deritend) | Hurd, Percy A. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Hurst, Sir Gerald | Robinson, Sir T, (Lancs., Stretford) |
| Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Iliffe, Sir Edward M. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Ropner, Major L. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | King, Commodore Henry Douglas | Sandeman, N. Stewart |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Sanderson, Sir Frank |
| Sandon, Lord | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Womersley, W. J. |
| Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustavo D. | Turton, Sir Edmund Russborough | Woodcock, Colonel H. C. |
| Savery, S. S. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Shaw, Lt.-Col. A. D. Mcl. (Renfrew, W.) | Wallace, Captain D. E. | Wragg, Herbert |
| Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Ward, Lt. Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) | Wright, Brig.-General W. D. |
| Southby, Commander A. R. J. | Warrender, Sir Victor | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (Norwich) |
| Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Wells, S. R. | |
| Tasker, R. Inigo. | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Thomson, Sir Frederick | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) | Major Sir George Hennessy and Major Sir William Cope. |
| Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) | |
| Tinne, J. A. | Wilson, Sir Murrough (Yorks, Richm'd) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Harris, Percy A. | Runciman, Hilda (Cornwall, St. Ives) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hirst, G. H. | Saklatvala, Shapurji |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Scrymgoour, E. |
| Barr, J. | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Batey, Joseph | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Shield, G. W. |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Bellamy, A. | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Benn, Wedgwood | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Snell, Harry |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Lansbury, George | Stamford, T. W. |
| Bromley, J. | Lawrence, Susan | Stephen, Campbell |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Longbottom, A. W. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Buchanan, G. | Lowth, T. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel | Lunn, William | Taylor R. A. |
| Cape, Thomas | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Thorns, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Connolly, M. | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Dalton, Hugh | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Day, Harry | March, S. | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Dennison, R. | Maxton, James | Viant, S. P. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Morris, R. H. | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Gillett, George M. | Naylor, T. E. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cant.) | Owen, Major G. | Whiteley, W. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Potts, John S. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Purcell, A. A. | Windsor, Walter |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | |
| Hardie, George D. | Ritson, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. Hayes. |
Bill read a Second time, and committed.