§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINMay I ask the Prime Minister how far the Government intend to go with the business on the Order Paper to-day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is the intention to take the first four items on the Order Paper.
§ Mr. BALDWINMay I ask whether the Prime Minister has any information to give the House regarding the business for to-morrow; whether he has decided to introduce the London Naval Treaty Bill, or whether it will be postponed until the Autumn?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have made further inquiries about that Bill, and, in the circumstances, I think it would be very advisable to take it to-morrow, especially after the ratification of the
§ Treaty yesterday by the United States Senate. Therefore, we propose to take that Bill; and, in view of the debate yesterday, the ground has been so well covered that the consideration of the Bill on Second Reading might be reasonably brief. Might I also say, with regard to the Public Works (Loans) Bill and the Public Works Facilities Bill, which will be the Third and Fourth Orders on the Paper to-morrow, that I understand some representations have been made to the effect that, if the order of these two Bills was exchanged, it would be more convenient to the House. If that is so, that alteration will be made.
§ Mr. BALDWINI hope the right hon. Gentleman will see his way to make that alteration.
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes.
§ Mr. BALDWINThe only other question is, what Orders are to be put on the Paper for Thursday? I think that question was left open.
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Board of Trade Vote will be taken 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 Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 239; Noes, 132.
1947| Division No. 444.] | AYES. | [3.42 p.m. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Church, Major A. G. | Gray, Milner |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigie M. | Cluse, W. S. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) |
| Alpass, J. H. | Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) |
| Arnott, John | Cove, William G. | Groves, Thomas E. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Cowan, D. M. | Grundy, Thomas W. |
| Ayles, Walter | Daggar, George | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Dallas, George | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Dalton, Hugh | Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) |
| Barr, James | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) |
| Batey, Joseph | Day, Harry | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) |
| Bellamy, Albert | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hastings, Dr. Somerville |
| Benson, G. | Dukes, C. | Hayday, Arthur |
| Bentham, Dr. Ethel | Duncan, Charles | Hayes, John Henry |
| Bowen, J. W. | Ede, James Chuter | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Edge, Sir William | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Edmunds, J. E. | Herriotts, J. |
| Brooke, W. | Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) |
| Brothers, M. | Egan, W. H. | Hollins, A. |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts, Mansfield) | Elmley, Viscount | Hopkin, Daniel |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | England, Colonel A. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Freeman, Peter | Horrabin, J. F. |
| Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) |
| Buchanan, G. | Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) | Hunter, Dr. Joseph |
| Burgess, F. G. | Gill, T. H. | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Gillett, George M. | Isaacs, George |
| Caine, Derwent Hall- | Glassey, A. E. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) |
| Cameron, A. G. | Gossling, A. G. | John, William (Rhondda, West) |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Jones, F. Llewellyn- (Flint) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Jones, Rt. Hon. Lelf (Camborne) |
| Chater, Daniel | Granville, E. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Morley, Ralph | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Jowitt, Sir W. A. (Preston) | Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Simmons, C. J. |
| Kelly, W. T. | Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) | Simon, E. D. (Manch'ter, Withington) |
| Kennedy, Thomas | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Mort, D. L. | Sinkinson, George |
| Kirkwood, D. | Moses, J. J. H. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Knight, Holford | Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Muff, G. | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Lang, Gordon | Murnin, Hugh | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Law, A. (Rosendale) | Noel Baker, P. J. | Snell, Harry |
| Lawrence, Susan | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) | Oldfield, J. R. | Sorensen, R. |
| Lawson, John James | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Leach, W. | Palin, John Henry | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe |
| Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) | Paling, Wilfrid | Sullivan, J. |
| Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Palmer, E. T. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Lees, J. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Perry, S. F. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Lloyd, C. Ellis | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Logan, David Gilbert | Phillips, Dr. Marion | Tillett, Ben |
| Longbottom, A. W. | Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Longden, F. | Pole, Major D. G. | Townend, A. E. |
| Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Potts, John S. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Lowth, Thomas | Pybus, Percy John | Vaughan, D. J. |
| Lunn, William | Quibell, D. F. K. | Walker, J. |
| Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Watkins, F. C. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Rathbone, Eleanor | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| McElwee, A. | Raynes, W. R. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| McEntee, V. L. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| McGovern, J. (Glasgow, Shettleston) | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) | Ritson, J. | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | West, F. R. |
| McShane, John James | Romeril, H. G. | White, H. G. |
| Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Rowson, Guy | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Mansfield, W. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| March, S. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Marcus, M. | Sanders, W. S. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Markham, S. F. | Sandham, E. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Marley, J. | Sawyer, G. F. | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Marshall, Fred | Sexton, James | Wilson R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Mathers, George | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Matters, L. W. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Maxton, James | Sherwood, G. H. | Wright, W. (Rutherglen) |
| Messer, Fred | Shield, George William | |
| Millar, J. D. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mills, J. E. | Shillaker, J. F. | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Milner, Major J. | Shinwell, E. | William Whiteley. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Christie, J. A. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Cranborne, Viscount | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Atkinson, C. | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Iveagh, Countess of |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) |
| Berry, Sir George | Dalkeith, Earl of | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Long, Major Hon. Eric |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Eden, Captain Anthony | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Boyce, H. L. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Margesson, Captain H. D. |
| Bracken, B. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Marjoribanks, E. C. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Ferguson, Sir John | Meller, R. J. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Fermoy, Lord | Mitchell-Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Fison, F. G. Clavering | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) |
| Butler, R. A. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Muirhead, A. J. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | O'Connor, T. J. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt, R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | O'Neill, Sir H. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hammersley, S. S. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Peake, Capt. Osbert |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Haslam, Henry C. | Penny, Sir George |
| Power, Sir John Cecil | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U., Belfst.) | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Pownall, Sir Assheton | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Ramsbotham, H. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. | Smithers, Waldron | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Southby, Commander A. R. J. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Ross, Major Ronald D. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur | Womersley, W. J. |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast South) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Salmon, Major I. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Tinne, J. A. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | |
| Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Todd, Capt. A. J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Savery, S. S. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement. | Major Sir George Hennessy and Sir |
| Frederick Thomson. |
Question put, and agreed to.