§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINMay I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give the House any indication how far he hopes to proceed with the Finance Bill this evening?
§ Mr. P. SNOWDENAs I said the other day, we have not made very much progress up to now. We have only disposed of nine Clauses, and, as I said the other day, I am anxious, if possible, to make better progress. On the other hand, I do not want to prevent ample debate upon matters of importance. Clauses 10 and 11 are certainly of importance, and it would only be right that I should afford full opportunities for discussing them. The immediately following Clauses, up to Clause 16, are not so important, and three of them at least are concessions to the taxpayer. I do not anticipate, therefore, that they will take very much time. I should like to get Clause 16 this evening.
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINI beg the Chancellor of the Exchequer to remember the observation that the Prime Minister made the other day, that the Government were trying the House of Commons very hard, and sometimes too hard. I think the Chancellor of the Exchequer asks more than it is reasonable
§ to ask, or than he can have any hope of getting.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Finance Bill have precedence this day of the Business of Supply."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 234; Noes, 110.
2391| Division No. 346.] | AYES. | [3.52 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Mort, D. L. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Harbord, A. | Moses, J. J. H. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Hardie, George D. | Mosley, Lady C. (Stoke-on-Trent) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Harris, Percy A. | Muff, G. |
| Arnott, John | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Muggeridge, H. T. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Haycock, A. W. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Ayles, Walter | Hayday, Arthur | Noel Baker, P. J. |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hayes, John Henry | O'Connor, T. J. |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Henderson, Arthur, Junr, (Cardiff, S.) | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Palin, John Henry |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir E. N. (Cardiff C.) | Herriotts, J. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan). |
| Benson, G. | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Perry, S. F. |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Hoffman, P. C. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Bowen, J. W. | Hopkin, Daniel | Picton-Turbervill, Edith |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Horrabin, J. F. | Pole, Major D. G. |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Potts, John S. |
| Brothers, M. | Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts, Mansfield) | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Isaacs, George | Richards, R. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) | Johnston, Thomas | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks. W. R. Elland) | Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Cameron, A. G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Romeril, H. G. |
| Cape, Thomas | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. | Rowson, Guy |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Chater, Daniel | Kennedy, Thomas | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Church, Major A. G. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Clarke, J. S. | Kirkwood, D. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Knight, Holford | Samuel, H. W. (Swansea, West) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Sanders, W. S. |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lathan, G. | Sandham, E. |
| Cove, William G. | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Daggar, George | Law, A. (Rossendale) | Scurr, John |
| Dallas, George | Lawrence, Susan | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Shield, George William |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Leach, W. | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Day, Harry | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) | Shinwell, E. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lees, J. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Dickson, T. | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Simmons, C. J. |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Lloyd, C. Ellis | Sinkinson, George |
| Dukes, C. | Logan, David Gilbert | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Duncan, Charles | Longbottom, A. W. | Smith, Alfred (Sunderland) |
| Ede, James Chuter | Longden, F. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Edmunds, J. E. | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Lowth, Thomas | Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley) |
| Egan, W. H. | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Elmley, Viscount | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Freeman, Peter | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | McEntee, V. L. | Snell, Harry |
| Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) | McKinlay, A. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd (Car'vn) | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) | McShane, John James | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Strauss, G. R. |
| Gibson, H. M. (Lancs. Mossley) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Sullivan, J. |
| Gill, T. H. | Mansfield, W. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Gillett, George M. | March, S. | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Gossling, A. G. | Marcus, M. | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) |
| Gould, F. | Mathers, George | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Melville, Sir James | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Gray, Milner | Middleton, G. | Tillett, Ben |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne). | Millar, J. D. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Milner, Major J. | Toole, Joseph |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) | Montague, Frederick | Tout, W. J. |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Morley, Ralph | Townend, A. E. |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Turner, B. |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) | Viant, S. P. |
| Hall, Capt. W. P. (Portsmouth, C.) | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Walkden, A. G. |
| Walker, J. | White, H. G. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Wallace, H. W. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Tudor | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) | Wise, E. F. |
| Watkins, F. C. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) | Williams, David (Swansea, East) | Wright, W. (Rutherglen) |
| Wellock, Wilfred | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Welsh, James (Paisley) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) | |
| West, F. R. | Wilson C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Westwood, Joseph | Wilson, J. (Oldham) | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Paling. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Ferguson, Sir John | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Kennell |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Albery, Irving James | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Salmon, Major I. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Atkinson, C. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Samuel, Samuel (W'dsworth, Putney) |
| Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Balniel, Lord | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Savery, S. S. |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Berry, Sir George | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Hammersley, S. S. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Smithers, Waldron |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Hartington, Marquess of | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Boyce, H. L. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Bracken, B. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast, South) |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Hurd, Percy A. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Tinne, J. A. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Long, Major Eric | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Macquisten, F. A. | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Margesson, Captain H. D. | Wardlaw-Milne, J. S. |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Marjoribanks, E. C. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Womersley, W. J. |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Penny, Sir George | |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Ramsbotham, H. | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Sir Frederick Thomson. |
Question, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.