§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINWill the Prime Minister tell us what the Business will be for next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMonday, the following Supplementary Estimates will be considered in Committee: Ministry of Transport; Railway Freight Rebates; Forestry Commission; Inland Revenue; Outstanding Votes in Class III and Class VIII and Excess Votes. The Report stage of Votes taken on the 20th and 24th of February.
Tuesday, Civil Estimates and Estimates for the Revenue Departments—Vote on Account in Committee. It is understood that the question of the Tariff Truce Agreement will be raised on the Board of Trade Vote.
Wednesday, Coal Mines Bill, Committee stage. I hope it will be the completion of it.
Thursday, Committee stage of the outstanding Supplementary Estimates for the Civil and Revenue Departments, beginning with the Fishery Board, Scotland, and the Post Office. Report stage of Votes taken on 3rd March.
On any day, should time permit, other Orders may be taken.
I would like to add, for the information of the House, that the Vote on Account and Class VI of the Civil Estimates will be available for Members on Saturday morning.
§ Mr. BALDWINDoes the Prime Minister propose to ask the House to sit late to-night, and how far does he intend to go with the Bill?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have been looking at the Amendments that are on the Paper, and I think that once the first important point is settled the large number that follow will not take very much time. What I would like to do would be to get the business so far advanced before we rise to-night that the completion of the Committee stage may be possible at the next sitting when that is the business before us.
§ Sir PHILIP CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe Prime Minister has said that, after the first important Amendment is disposed of to-night, there do not seem to be any other Amendments of such grave importance as to occupy the, House for any considerable time. I would point out to him that, important and critical as the first Amendment is, it is followed by an Amendment hardly less important, namely, that dealing with the whole question of price, to which I am certain that the Committee would wish to devote very considerable and careful attention. Even if the Prime Minister secures the verdict of this Committee in favour both of control of output and control of price, there must necessarily follow, with even greater importance attached to them, all those Amendments which are designed to offer some protection to consumers, industrial and domestic.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am sure that the right hon. Gentleman would be the last Member of the House to say that we have been driving the Committee on the Coal Bill too hard. I can assure him that it is not the intention of my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade or of myself to break the rule, but still we really must get a settlement of the Committee stage of the Bill without further delay.
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe right hon. Gentleman has said that the Government have not driven the Committee too hard. I quite agree, and the importance of the Bill made that very necessary; but I am sure that the President of the Board of Trade would endorse what indeed he has himself often said, that he has been met, if with keen opposition, at any rate with very reasonable accommodation in the matter of time and debate. Only last night when we were dealing with important Clauses, by arrangement 2425 on all sides on the Committee, we were able to rise at a very convenient hour, and I am sure that I am voicing the opinion of all sections in saying that, if further progress is to be made with this Bill, it will be made with most convenience if proper facilities are accorded to the House.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings in Committee on the Coal Mines Bill 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, 306; Noes, 173.
2429| Division No. 194.] | AYES. | [3.57 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Egan, W. H. | Knight, Holford |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Elmiey, Viscount | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Moiton). |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | England, Colonel A. | Lang, Gordon |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigle M. | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Foot, Isaac | Lathan, G. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Forgan, Dr. Robert | Law, Albert (Bolton) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Freeman, Peter | Law, A, (Rosendale) |
| Angell, Norman | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Lawrence, Susan |
| Arnott, John | George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd (Car'vn) | Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) |
| Aske, Sir Robert | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Lawson, John James |
| Ayles, Walter | Gibbins, Joseph | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | Leach, W. |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Gill, T. H. | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Glliett, George M. | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) |
| Batey, Joseph | Glassey, A. E. | Lees, J. |
| Beckett, John (Camberwell, Peckham) | Gossling, A. G. | Lewis, T. (Southampton) |
| Cellamy, Albert | Gould, F. | Lloyd, C. Ellis |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Logan, David Gilbert |
| Bennett, Captain E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Longbottom, A. W. |
| Bennett, William (Batteries, South) | Granville, E. | Longden, F. |
| Benson, G. | Gray, Milner | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. |
| Bentham, Dr. Ethel | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Coine) | Lowth, Thomas |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Lunn, William |
| Blindell, James | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Groves, Thomas E. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Bowen, J. W. | Grundy, Thomas W. | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | McElwee, A. |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Hall, G. H Merthyr Tydvil) | McEntee, V. L. |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Hall, Capt. W. P. (Portsmouth, C.) | McKinlay, A. |
| Bromfield, William | Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | MacLaren, Andrew |
| Bromley, J. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) |
| Brooke, W. | Harbison, T. J. | MacNeill-Welr, L. |
| Brothers, M. | Harbord, A. | McShane, John James |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts, Mansfield) | Hardie, George D. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Harris, Percy A. | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Mansfield, W. |
| Buchanan, G. | Haycock, A. W. | March, S. |
| Burgess, F. G | Hayday, Arthur | Marcus, M. |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks. W. R. Eiland) | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Markham, S. F. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel (Norfolk, N.) | Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) | Marley, J. |
| Caine, Derwent Hall. | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Marshall, Fred |
| Cameron, A. G. | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Mathers, George |
| Cape, Thomas | Herriotts, J. | Mattes, L. W. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Maxton, James |
| Charleton, H. C. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Melville, Sir James |
| Chater, Daniel | Hoffman, P. C. | Messer, Fred |
| Church, Major A. G. | Hollins, A. | Millar, J. D. |
| Clarke, J. S. | Hopkin, Daniel | Mills, J. E. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie | Milner, J. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Horrabin, J. F. | Montague, Frederick |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Morgan, Dr. H. B. |
| Compton, Joseph | Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Morley, Ralph |
| Cove, William G. | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Morris, Rhys Hopkins |
| Cowan, D. M. | Isaacs, George | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Daggar, George | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) |
| Dallas, George | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Johnston, Thomas | Mort, D. L. |
| Davies, E. C. (Montgomery) | Jones, F. Llewellyn. (Flint) | Moses, J. J. H. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Mosley, Lady C. (Stoke-on-Trent) |
| Day, Harry | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Muff, G. |
| Devlin, Joseph | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Dukes, C. | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Noel Baker, P. J. |
| Duncan, Charles | Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. | Oldfield, J. R. |
| Ede, James Chuter | Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley). |
| Edge, Sir William | Kelly, W. T. | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) |
| Edmunds, J. E. | Kennedy, Thomas | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Palin, John Henry |
| Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Kinley, J. | Paling, Wilfrid |
| Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Shield, George William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Perry, S. F. | Shields, Dr. Drummond | Tout, W. J. |
| Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Shillaker, J. F. | Townend, A. E. |
| Phillips, Dr. Marion | Shinwell, E. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Picton-Tubervill, Edith | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Turner, B. |
| Pole, Major D. G. | Simmons, C. J. | Vaughan, D. J. |
| Potts, John S. | Simon, E. D. (Manch'ter, Withington) | Viant, S. P. |
| Price, M. P. | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) | Walkden, A. G. |
| Pybus, Percy John | Sinkinson, George | Walker, J. |
| Quibell, D. J. K. | Sitch, Charles H. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Smith, Alfred (Sunderland) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Raynes, W. R. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | Watkins, F. C. |
| Richards, R. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) | Weliock, Wilfred |
| Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Ritson, J. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) | West, F. R. |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Snell, Harry | Westwood, Joseph |
| Romeril, H. G. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Rowson, Guy | Sorensen, R. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Stamford, Thomas W. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Salter, Dr. Alfred | Stephen, Campbell | Williams, T. (York Don Valley) |
| Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercllffe) |
| Samuel, H. W. (Swansea, West) | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Sanders, W. S. | Strauss, G. R. | Wilson R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Sawyer, G. F. | Sullivan, J. | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Scott, James | Sutton, J. E. | Wise, E. F. |
| Scurr, John | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Sexton, James | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) | Wright, W. (Rutherglen) |
| Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) | |
| Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Thurtle, Ernest | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Sherwood, G. H. | Tillett, Ben | Mr. Haves and Mr. Whiteley. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | MacRobert, Rt. Hon. Alexander M |
| Albery, Irving James | Cunilffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Dalkeith, Earl of | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir William (Armagh) | Dairymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Margesson, Captain H. D |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Marjoribanks, E. C. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd |
| Astor, Viscountess | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Monsen, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. |
| Atkinson, C. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) |
| Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s. M.) | Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester) |
| Balniel, Lord | Everard, W. Lindsay | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Muirhead, A. J. |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Ferguson, Sir John | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Fermoy, Lord | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Berry, Sir George | Fielden, E. B. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Forestler-Walker, Sir L. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | O'Neill, Sir H. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Peake, Captain Osbert |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Gower, Sir Robert | Penny, Sir George |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Bracken, B. | Grettan-Doyle, Sir N. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Gritten, W. G. Howard | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Preston, Sir Walter Rueben |
| Brown, Brig. Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Purbrick, R. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Butler, R. A. | Hanbury, C. | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Hartington, Marquess of | Remer, John R. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Reynolds, Col. Sir James |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Haslam, Henry C. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Ross, Major Ronald D. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Hurd, Percy A. | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Christie, J. A. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Iveagh, Countess of | Salmon, Major I. |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Colman, N. C. D. | King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Savery, S. S. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Simms, Major. General J. |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U., Belfst) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Skelton, A. N. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | McConnell, Sir Joseph | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Macquisten, F. A. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine. C.) |
| Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Tinne, J. A. | Weils, Sydney R. |
| Smithers, Waldron | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Somerset, Thomas | Todd, Capt. A. J. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Train, J. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Weimer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Southby, Commander A. R. J. | Turton, Robert Hugh | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Stanley, Maj. Hon. O. (W'morland) | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert | |
| Stewart, W. J. (Belfast, South) | Wardlaw-Milne, J. S. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. | Wayland, Sir William A. | Sir Frederick Thomson. |