§ Mr. S. BALDWINMay I ask the Prime Minister what the business of the House will be next week; and perhaps he will be good enough to tell us at the same time how far he desires to proceed with the business of the day in the event of the Motion standing in his name on the Paper being carried?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn Monday, we propose to take the Mental Treatment Bill (Lords) Second Reading, and the Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution; Railways (Valuation for Eating) Bill, Second Reading.
Tuesday, Road Traffic Bill (Lords) Second Reading, and the consideration of the Instruction to the Committee which is on the Paper in the name of the Minister of Transport; Committee stage of the Money Resolution for the Road Traffic Bill; Mental Treatment, Money Resolution, Report stage.
Thursday, Committee of Supply, Supplementary Estimates. The list, which will be on the Paper, will include Government Hospitality, Foreign Office, Department of Overseas Trade, Forestry Commission, Mines Department, Registrar-General's Office, Law Charges (England), and Miscellaneous Legal Expenses. The Report stage of the Money Resolution on Road Traffic.
§ On any day, should time permit, other Orders will be taken.
§ I may have to ask for the suspension of the Eleven o' Clock Rule, but in the main it will be to enable us to complete business, and I hope that late sittings may be avoided by agreement through the usual channels.
§ As regards the business for to-night, if the Motion to suspend the Eleven o' Clock Rule is carried, I understand that my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade proposes, if the Chairman allows him, to suggest that it would be for the convenience of the Committee on the Coal Mines Bill to begin with a general discussion on the new Clauses dealing with amalgamation. I hope it will be possible to complete this discussion and make good progress. It is not intended to sit unreasonably late. It is intended, however, to complete also the further stages of the Poor Law Bill which is, I am informed, a purely formal Bill which got a Second Reading last night without discussion. It is only a consolidation Measure.
§ Sir K. WOODWith regard to the first part of the statement, do I understand the right hon. Gentleman to say that it was a week's business that was contemplated or a month's?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe right hon. Gentleman must accommodate himself to a Labour Government's work.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That other Government Business have precedence this day of the Business of Supply, and 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 271, Noes 135.
613| Division No. 159.] | AYES. | [3.54 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Benson, G. | Charleton, H. C. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Bentham, Dr. Ethel | Chater, Daniel |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Church, Major A. G. |
| Altchison, Rt. Hon. Cralgie M. | Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Clarke, J. S. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Bowen, J. W. | Cluse, W. S. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Broad, Francis Alfred | Cocks, Frederick Seymour. |
| Angell, Norman | Bromfield, William | Compton, Joseph |
| Arnott, John | Bromley, J. | Cove, William G. |
| Ayles, Walter | Brooke, W. | Cowan, D. M |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Brothers, M. | Daggar, George |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Brown, C. W. E. (Notts, Mansfield) | Dallas, George |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Dalton, Hugh |
| Batey, Joseph | Buchanan, G. | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) |
| Beckett, John (Camberwell, Peckham) | Burgess, F. G. | Denman, Hon. R. D. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Buxton, C. R. (Yorks. W. R. Elland) | Dickson, T. |
| Bennett, Captain E. N.(Cardiff, Central) | Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel (Norfolk, N.) | Dudgeon, Major C. R. |
| Bennett, William (Batterses, South) | Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Dukes, C. |
| Duncan, Charles | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Runclman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Ede, James Chuter | Logan, David Gilbert | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Edge, Sir William | Longbottom, A. W. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Edmunds, J. E. | Longden, F. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Sandham, E. |
| Elmley, Viscount | Lowth, Thomas | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Lunn, William | Scott, James |
| Foot, Isaac | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Forgan, Dr. Robert | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Scurr, John |
| Freeman, Peter | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Sexton, James |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | McElwee, A. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd (Car'vn) | McEntee, V. L. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | McKinlay, A. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) | MacLaren, Andrew | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Shield, George William |
| Gibson, H. M. (Lancs. Mossley) | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Gill, T. H. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Shinwell, E. |
| Gillett, George M. | McShane, John James | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Glassey, A. E. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Simmons, C. J. |
| Gossling, A. G. | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Simon, E. D. (Manch'ter, Withington) |
| Gould, F. | Mansfield, W. | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | March, S. | Sinkinson, George |
| Granville, E. | Marcus, M. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Gray, Milner | Markham, S. F. | Smith, Alfred (Sunderland) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Marley, J. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey. Rotherhlthe) |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Marshall, Fred | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Mathers, George | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Matters, L. W. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R. Normanton) | Maxton, James | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Melville, Sir James | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Hall, Capt. W. P. (Portsmouth, C.) | Messer, Fred | Snell, Harry |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Middleton, G. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Hardle, George D. | Millar, J. D. | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Mills, J. E. | Sorensen, R. |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Milner, J. | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Haycock, A. W. | Montague, Frederick | Stephen, Campbell |
| Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) | Morgan, Dr. H. B. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Morley, Ralph | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe |
| Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Strauss, G. R. |
| Herriotts, J. | Mort, D. L. | Sullivan, J. |
| Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Mosley, Lady C. (Stoke-on-Trent) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Hoffman, P. C. | Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) | Taylor R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Hollins, A. | Muff, G. | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) |
| Hopkin, Daniel | Muggeridge, H. T. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Murnin, Hugh | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Horrabin, J. F. | Nathan, Major H. L. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Noel Baker, P. J. | Tillett, Ben |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Townend, A. E. |
| Isaacs, George | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) | Turner, B. |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Palin, John Henry | Viant, S. P. |
| Jones, F. Llewellyn- (Flint) | Paling, Wilfrid | Walker, J. |
| Jones, Rt. Hon Leif (Camborne) | Palmer, E. T. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Perry, S. F. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) | Phillips, Dr. Marlon | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Kelly, W. T. | Picton-Turbervill, Edith | West, F. R. |
| Kennedy, Thomas | Pole, Major D. G. | Westwood, Joseph |
| Kinley, J. | Potts, John S. | White, H. G. |
| Kirkwood, D. | Price, M. P. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Knight, Holford | Quibell, D. J. K. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Lang, Gordon | Rathbone, Eleanor | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Lathan, G. | Raynes, W. R. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Law, A. (Rossendale) | Richards, R. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Lawrence, Susan | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Lawson, John James | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Romeril, H. G. | Winterton, G. E.(Leicester. Loughb'gh) |
| Leach, W. | Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Rothschild, J. de | |
| Lees, J. | Rowson, Guy | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Mr. Hayes and Mr. Whiteley. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut-Colonel. | Beaumont, M. W. | Boyce, H. L. |
| Allen, W. E. D. (Belfast, W.) | Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Briscoe, Richard George |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Berry, Sir George | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) |
| Atkinson, C. | Bird, Ernest Roy | Bullock, Captain Malcolm |
| Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. | Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Butler, R. A. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Carver, Major W. H |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Castle Stewart, Earl of |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hanbury, C. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R.(Prtsmth, S.) | Hartington, Marquess of | Salmon, Major I. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Henderson, Capt. R. R.(Oxf'd, Henley) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A.(Birm., W.) | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Christie, J. A. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Savery, S. S. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Colville, Major D. J. | King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U., Belfst) |
| Crichton-Stuart. Lord C. | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Smith, R. W.(Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Long, Major Eric | Smithers, Waldron |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Lymington, Viscount | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Macquisten, F. A. | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | MacRobert, Rt. Hon. Alexander M. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Margesson, Captain H. D. | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Marjorlbanks, E. C. | Tinne, J. A. |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Mond, Hon. Henry | Todd, Capt. A. J. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset. Weston-s.-M.) | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Ferguson, Sir John | Muirhead, A. J. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Fermoy, Lord | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsfld) | Wardlaw-Milne, J. S. |
| Fielden, E. B. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Ford, Sir P. J. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | O'Neill, Sir H. | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Gault, Lieut. Col. Andrew Hamilton | Peake, Capt. Osbert | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Purbrick, R. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Ramsbotham, H. | Worthington-Evans. Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Reynolds, Col. Sir James | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Ross, Major Ronald D. | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Hammersley, S. S. | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | Sir Frederick Thomson. |