§ Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALDCan the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury inform me what will be the business for next week; and can he, at the same time, make any statement about the Easter Recess?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Commander Eyres Monsell)Monday, Unemployment Insurance (Transitional Provisions Amendment) Bill, Second Reading.
I hope the House may adjourn for the Easter Recess on Wednesday, '27th March. The Government are not yet in a position to say when we shall reassemble, but I hope it will not be earlier than the 9th April.
- Tuesday, Navy Estimates, Report stage.
- Wednesday, Consolidated Fund Bill, Second Reading.
- Thursday, Consolidated Fund Bill, remaining stages.
- The business for Friday will be announced later. If there is time on any day, other Orders will be taken.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings of the Committees of Supply and Ways and Means be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Sir W. Joynaon-Hicks.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 181; Noes, 87.
1281| Division No. 266.] | AYES. | [3.41 p.m. |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col Charles | Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Albery, Irving James | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Colman, N. C. D. | Hopkinton, Sir A. (Eng. Universities) |
| Apsley, Lord | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfred W. | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Llndsey, Gainsbro) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Astor, Maj. Hon. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Cunllffe, Sir Herbert | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Eden, Captain Anthony | King, Commodore Henry Douglas |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Bellairs, Commander Cariyon | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Ellis, R. G. | Lamb, J. O |
| Bennett, Albert (Nottingham, C.) | England, Colonel A. | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Berry, Sir George | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Loder, J. de V. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Faille, Sir Bertram G. | Looker, Herbert William |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Fraser, Captain Ian | Lougher, Sir Lewis |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Gadie, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere |
| Brass, Captain W. | Ganzonl, Sir John | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Gates, Percy | Lumley, L. R. |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Macintyre Ian |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Goff, Sir Park | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Britain, Sir Harry | Gower, Sir Robert | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Grant, Sir I. A. | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. |
| Buchan, John | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Meller, R. J. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Meyer, Sir Frank |
| Burman, J. B. | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hamilton, Sir George | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hanbury, C. | Moreing, Captain A. H. |
| Cauttey, Sir Henry S. | Harrison, G. J. C. | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hartington, Marquess of | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnet) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Nicholson, D. (Westminster) |
| Christie, J. A. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'd.) |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Henn, Sir Sydney H. | Nleid, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hills, Major John Waller | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hilton, Cecil | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | Sassoon, Sir Philip Albert Gustave D. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Perring, Sir William George | Savery, S. S. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Watson, Rt. Hon. W. (Carlisle) |
| Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C., | Watts, Sir Thomas |
| Pllcher, G. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Wells, S. R. |
| Pilditch, Sir Philip | Smithers, Waldron | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dairymple |
| Power, Sir John Cecil | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Williams, A. M. (Cornwall, Northern) |
| Pownall, Sir Assheton | Southby, Commander A. R. J. | Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) |
| Preston, Sir Walter (Cheltenham) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Winby, Colonel L. P. |
| Preston, William | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Wolmer, Viscount |
| Raine, Sir Walter | Starry-Deans, R. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Ramsden, E. | Streatfelid, Captain S. R. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Reid, Capt. Cunningham (Warrington) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser | Wragg, Herbert |
| Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Tasker, R. Inigo | Wright, Brig.-General W. D. |
| Robinson, Sir T. (Lancs., Stretford) | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | Thomson, Sir Frederick | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (Norwich) |
| Ross, R. D. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Tinne, J. A. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Salmon, Major I. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Major Sir William Cope. |
| Sandeman, N. Stewart | Wallace, Captain D. E. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Ammon, Charles George | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Batey, Joseph | Kelly, W. T. | Shield, G. W. |
| Benn, Wedgwood | Kennedy, T. | Shiels, Or. Drummond |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Lansbury, George | Shinwell, E. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Lee, F. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Briant, Frank | Longbottom, A. W. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Cape, Thomas | Lowth, T. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lunn, William | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Cluse, W. S. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Snell, Harry |
| Clynes, Right Hon. John R. | MacLaren, Andrew | Stamford, T. W. |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Sullivan, Joseph |
| Connolly, M. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Crawfard, H. E. | March, S. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Dalton, Ruth (Bishop Auckland) | Montague, Frederick | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Morris, R. H. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Day, Harry | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Edge, Sir William | Mosley, Sir Oswald | Tomlinson, R. P. |
| Fenby, T. D. | Naylor, T. E. | Townend, A. E. |
| Gardner, J. P. | Oliver, George Harold | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Gillett, George M. | Palin, John Henry | Viant, S. P. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin. Cent.) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Pethick- Lawrence, F. W. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Granted, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Potts, John S. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Grundy, T. W. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney Shetland) | Riley, Ben | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Ritson, J. | |
| Hayes, John Henry | Scrymgeour, E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Sexton, James | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. Whiteley. |