HC Deb 18 February 1930 vol 235 cc1160-4
Sir A. CHAMBERLAIN

May I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as Leader of the House for the time being, how far he proposes to go to-night?

Mr. SNOWDEN

My right hon. Friend is asking for the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule in order to get the Second Reading of the Road Traffic Bill, and the Financial Resolution for the Mental Treatment Bill

Sir A. CHAMBERLAIN

Does the right hon. Gentleman really think it reasonable that, in addition to taking the Second Reading of the Bill in a single day, he should ask the House to sit after Eleven in order to take the Money Resolution? If he does, I beg to enter my immediate protest, and to say that I shall stay to oppose the Resolution.

Mr. E. BROWN

Was there not an arrangement that we should have a day and a half for these two matters?

Sir A. CHAMBERLAIN

May I press the right hon. Gentleman for a reply if he can give it? I feel strongly that the Government are not treating the House fairly.

Commander Sir BOLTON EYRES MONSELL

Are His Majesty's Opposition to be subjected to the same dragooning tactics that we experienced last night?

Mr. SNOWDEN

Surely, there is no need for this outburst of temper. We desire to get the Second Reading of the Road Traffic Bill and the Report stage of the Money Resolution for the Mental Treatment Bill. —

Sir A. CHAMBERLAIN

I did not hear that.

Mr. SNOWDEN

I believe I did say it was the Mental Treatment Bill. That, I understand, is a minor matter, and we do not ask for anything further to-night.

Sir A. CHAMBERLAIN

I must interpose to say I did not catch the right hon. Gentleman's words. I was speaking under a misapprehension.

Colonel ASHLEY

Is it proposed to take the Instruction in the name of the Minister of Transport?

Mr. SNOWDEN

No, it is not intended to take that. Our present intention is that it should be taken as the first business on Thursday.

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 Chancellor of the Exchequer.]

The House divided: Ayes, 241; Noes, 195.

Division No. 170.] AYES. [3.52 p.m.
Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) Groves, Thomas E. Mort, D. L.
Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) Mosley, Lady C. (Stoke-on-Trent)
Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher Hall, Capt. W. P. (Portsmouth, C.) Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick)
Altchison, Rt. Hon. Craigle M. Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) Muff, G.
Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') Hardie, George D. Muggeridge, H. T.
Alpass, J. H. Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon Nathan, Majar H. L.
Arnott, John Hastings, Dr. Somerville Naylor, T. E.
Aske, Sir Robert Haycock, A. W. Noel Baker, P. J.
Attlee, Clement Richard Hayday, Arthur Oldfield, J. R.
Ayles, Walter Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston)
Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) Palin, John Henry.
Barnes, Alfred John Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) Paling, Wilfrid
Batey, Joseph Herriotts, J. Palmer, E. T.
Beckett, John (Camberwell, Peckham) Hoffman, P. C. Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan)
Bellamy, Albert Hollins, A. Perry, S. F.
Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood Hopkin, Daniel Pethick-Lawrence, F. W.
Bennett, William (Battersea, South) Horrabin, J. F. Phillips, Dr. Marion
Benson, G. Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) Picton-Turbervill, Edith
Bentham, Dr. Ethel Isaacs, George Pole, Major D. G.
Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) Johnston, Thomas Potts, John S.
Bowen, J. W. Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) Price, M. P.
Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Quibell, D. J. K.
Broad, Francis Alfred Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. Ramsay, T. B. Wilson
Brockway, A. Fenner Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. Rathbone, Eleanor
Brooke, W. Kelly, W. T. Raynes, W. R.
Brother, M. Kennedy, Thomas Richards, R.
Brown, C. W. E. (Notts. Mansfield) Kinley, J. Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring)
Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) Riley, Ben (Dewsbury)
Burgess, F. G. Lang, Gordon Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees)
Buxton, C. R. (Yorks. W. R. Elland) Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George Ritson, J.
Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel (Norfolk, N.) Lathan, G. Romeril, H. G.
Caine, Derwent Hall- Law, A. (Rosendale) Rosbotham, D. S. T.
Cameron, A. G. Lawrence, Susan Rowson, Guy
Cape, Thomas Lawson, John James Salter, Dr. Alfred
Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) Sanders, W. S.
Charleton, H. C. Leach, W. Sandham, E.
Chater, Daniel Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) Sawyer, G. F.
Church, Major A. G. Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) Scrymgeour, E.
Cluse, W. S. Lewis, T. (Southampton) Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston)
Cocks, Frederick Seymour Lloyd, C. Ellis Sherwood, G. H.
Compton, Joseph Logan, David Gilbert Shield, George William
Cove, William G. Longbottom, A. W. Shiels, Dr. Drummond
Daggar, George Longden, F. Shillaker, J. F.
Dallas, George Lowth, Thomas Shinwell, E.
Dalton, Hugh Lunn, William Short, Alfred (Wednesbury)
Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) Simmons, C. J.
Denman, Hon. R. D. MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) Simon, E. D. (Manch'ter, Withington)
Devlin, Joseph MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) Sinkinson, George
Dickson, T. McEntee, V. L. Sitch, Charles H.
Dudgeon, Major C. R. McKinlay, A. Smith, Alfred (Sunderland)
Dukes, C. MacLaren, Andrew Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe)
Duncan, Charles MacNeill-Weir, L. Smith, Frank (Nuneaton)
Ede, James Chuter McShane, John James Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley)
Edmunds, J. E. Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) Smith, Rennie (Penistone)
Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) Mander, Geoffrey le M. Smith, Tom (Pontefract)
Edwards, E. (Morpeth) March, S. Smith, W. R. (Norwich)
Egan, W. H. Marcus, M. Snell, Harry
Foot, Isaac. Markham, S. F. Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip
Forgan, Dr. Robert Marley, J. Snowden, Thomas (Accrington)
Freeman, Peter Marshall, Fred Sorensen, R.
Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) Mathers, George Stamford, Thomas W.
Gibbins, Joseph Matters, L. W. Stewart, J. (St. Rollox)
Gibson, H. M. (Lancs. Mossley) Melville, Sir James Strachey, E. J. St. Loe
Gill, T. H. Messer, Fred Strauss, G. R.
Gillett, George M. Millar, J. D. Sullivan, J.
Glassey, A. E. Milner, J. Sutton, J. E.
Gossling, A. G. Montague, Frederick Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln)
Gould, F. Morgan, Dr. H. B. Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.)
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) Morley, Ralph Thurtle, Ernest
Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) Tillett, Ben
Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) Tinker, John Joseph
Tout, W. J. Wellock, Wilfred Williams, T. (York, Don Valley)
Townend, A. E. Welsh, James (Paisley) Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe)
Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) Wilson, J. (Oldham)
Vaughan, D. J. West, F. R. Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow)
Viant, S. P. Westwood, Joseph Winterton, G. E.(Leicester, Loughb'gh)
Walker, J. White, H. G. Wise, E. F.
Wallace, H. W. Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) Wright, W. (Rutherglen)
Wallhead, Richard C. Whiteley, William (Blaydon) Young, R. S. (Islington, North)
Watkins, F. C. Wilkinson, Ellen C.
Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Mr. Hayes and Mr. T. Henderson.
NOES.
Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrst'ld)
Albery, Irving James Everard, W. Lindsay Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert
Allen, W. E. D. (Belfast, W.) Falle, Sir Bertram G. Oman, Sir Charles William C.
Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. Ferguson, Sir John O'Neill, Sir H.
Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. Fison, F. G. Clavering Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William
Atholl, Duchess of Ford, Sir P. J. Peake, Capt. Osbert
Atkinson, C. Forestier-Walker, Sir L. Penny, Sir George
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) Frece, Sir Walter de Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings)
Balfour, George (Hampstead) Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple)
Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) Galbraith, J. F. W. Power, Sir John Cecil
Balniel, Lord Ganzoni, Sir John Pownall, Sir Assheton
Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. Gower, Sir Robert Purbrick, R.
Beaumont, M. W. Grace, John Pybus, Percy John
Bellairs, Commander Carlyon Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. Ramsbotham, H.
Berry, Sir George Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter Rawson, Sir Cooper
Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John Remer, John R.
Bird, Ernest Roy Gritten, W. G. Howard Rentoul, Sir Gervais S.
Boothby, R. J. G. Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. Reynolds, Col. Sir James
Bourne, Captain Robert Croft Gunston, Captain D. W. Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y)
Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell
Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) Ross, Major Ronald D.
Boyce, H. L. Hammersley, S. S. Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth)
Bracken, B. Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry Salmon, Major I.
Brass, Captain Sir William Hartington, Marquess of Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham)
Briscoe, Richard George Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart
Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) Haslam, Henry C. Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D.
Brown, Ernest (Leith) Henderson, Capt. R. R.(Oxf'd, Henley) Shakespeare, Geoffrey H.
Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome
Buchan, John Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down)
Buckingham, Sir H. Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) Skelton, A. N.
Bullock, Captain Malcolm Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.)
Burton, Colonel H. W. Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. Smith-Carington, Neville W.
Butler, R. A. Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) Smithers, Waldron
Butt, Sir Alfred Hurd, Percy A. Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Carver, Major W. H. Iveagh, Countess of Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East)
Cautley, Sir Henry S. James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert Southby, Commander A. R. J.
Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) Stanley, Maj. Hon. O. (W'morland)
Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R.(Prtsmth, S.) Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur
Cazalet, Captain Victor A. Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) Stewart, W. J (Belfast South)
Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) Knox, Sir Alfred Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton)
Christle, J. A. Lamb, Sir J. Q. Tinne, J. A.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. Titchfield, Major the Marquess of
Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) Todd, Capt. A. J.
Colman, N. C. D Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) Train, J.
Colville, Major D. J. Leighton, Major B. E. P. Turton, Robert Hugh
Conway, Sir W. Martin Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon
Courtauld, Major J. S. Llewellin, Major J. J Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey)
Cowan, D. M. Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert
Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. Long, Major Eric Wardlaw-Milne, J. S.
Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) Lymington, Viscount Warrender, Sir Victor
Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) Macquisten, F. A. Wayland, Sir William A.
Dalkeith, Earl of Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay)
Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey Makins, Brigadier-General E. Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.)
Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) Margesson, Captain H. D. Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George
Davidson, Major-General Sir J. H. Marjoribanks, E. C. Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Davies, Dr. Vernon Merriman, Sir F. Boyd Withers, Sir John James
Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) Mond, Hon. Henry Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount
Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. Womersley, W. J.
Dawson, Sir Philip Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley
Duckworth, G. A. V. Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L.
Dugdale, Capt. T. L. Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton
Eden, Captain Anthony Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester)
Edmondson, Major A. J. Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Elliot, Major Walter E. Muirhead, A. J. Sir G. Hennessy and Sir F. Thomson.
England, Colonel A. Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge)

Question put, and agreed to.