§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINMay I ask the Prime Minister what the business will be for next week, and how late he pro poses that the House should sit to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMonday, Supply (Second Allotted Day), Civil Estimates and Estimates for the Revenue Departments, 1930—Vote on Account—Report stage. It is understood that the question of Unemployment will be discussed.
Tuesday, Coal Mines Bill, Committee.
Wednesday, Army and Air Force Supplementary Estimates in Committee, with the Report stage of Supplementary Estimates taken on 6th March. If there is time, further stages of the Land Drainage (Scotland) Bill.
Thursday, Discussion of the Censure Motion on the Paper in the names of the right hon. Member for Bewdley (Mr. S. Baldwin) and the right hon. Member for Epping (Mr. Churchill); Report Stage of the Army and Air Force Supplementary Estimates.
On any day, should time permit, other Orders may be taken.
With regard to the business to-day, as I indicated last Monday, we must for administrative reasons dispose of our outstanding financial business without 653 delay, and I should propose to take what is on the Paper during the sitting tonight.
§ Mr. BALDWINI do not know whether the right hon. Gentleman has examined the Votes himself, but there are under the Post Office Vote a number of questions of very great importance, and it is the same in regard to the Overseas Trade Vote, and I think it would be quite impossible to get a full discussion of these subjects in which I suggest is an unreasonable time.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think that a good deal depends upon what Ruling is given. I am not sure myself—and I am not expressing any opinion—what the Chairman of Committees may deem desirable and necessary to rule. Within the strict limit of the Supplementary Votes I do not think that there are very many questions which can be raised.
Commander Sir BOLTON EYRES MONSELLI should like to raise a point of Order, which I would not have raised if the right hon. Gentleman had not intended to take the whole of these Supplementary Estimates. I should like to draw your attention, Mr. Speaker, to the fact that there is a discrepancy between these Votes as they appear in the Blue Paper and the White Paper. Class G, Vote 4, as it appears on the White Paper, was down on the Blue Paper as Class 6, Vote 14. I should like to ask whether the Blue Paper is not the authentic paper of Parliament. In that ease, this Vote cannot be taken to-day.
§ The PRIME MINISTERBefore you give your decision, Mr. Speaker, may I explain that it is purely a printer's error?
§ As soon as we discovered it, the attention of the other parties were drawn to it. Of course, if a strict interpretation of the technical Rule is to be taken, undoubtedly, the Blue Paper is the authoritative one. That would mean that the Vote would have to be put down again and added to the next day's financial business.
§ Mr. SPEAKERTechnically speaking, of course, notice has to be given of a Vote; otherwise, it cannot be taken. The proper Parliamentary Paper is the Blue Paper. I understand that it is not a printer's error, but that it was an error in the original Paper that was handed in at the Table. That was the mistake. If the House insists on abiding strictly by the technical Rule, the Vote cannot be taken to-day, but the House may think it advisable, under the circumstances, not to insist upon a strict reading of the Rule.
§ Mr. E. BROWNOn the White Paper, my hon. Friend the Member for Holland-with-Boston (Mr. Blindell) has a Motion down, and, as he has received the Blue Paper, it will be scarcely fair to him to take the Vote in his absence. He has had his Motion down for several weeks.
§ Mr. SPEAKERIf there is anything of that kind involved, it will be best to abide by the technical Rule and not take the Vote to-day.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings in Committee of Supply and on Report of Supply [3rd March] 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, 159.
655| Division No. 214.] | AYES. | [3.53 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Cocks, Frederick Seymour. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Bowen, J. W. | Cove, William G. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Daggar, George |
| Alpass, J. H. | Brockway, A. Fenner | Dallas, George |
| Ammon, Charles George | Bromfield, William | Dalton, Hugh |
| Angell, Norman | Brothers, M. | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) |
| Arnott, John | Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Day, Harry |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Denman, Hon. R. D. |
| Ayles, Walter | Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) | Dukes, C. |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Burgess, F. G. | Duncan, Charles |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Buxton, C. R. (Yorks. W. R. Elland) | Ede, James Chuter |
| Batey, Joseph | Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel (Norfolk, N.) | Edmunds, J. E. |
| Beckett, John (Camberwell, Peckham) | Cameron, A. G. | Edwards, E. (Morpeth) |
| Bellamy, Albert | Cape, Thomas | Egan, W. H. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Elmley, Viscount |
| Bennett, Captain E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Charleton, H. C. | England, Colonel A. |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Chater, Daniel | Foot, Isaac |
| Benson, G. | Clarke, J. S. | Freeman, Peter |
| Bentham, Dr. Ethel | Cluse, W. S. | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) |
| George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd (Car'vn) | Lowth, Thomas | Sandham, E. |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Lunn, William | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Scott, James |
| Gibson, H. M. (Lance, Mossley) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Gillett, George M. | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Scurr, John |
| Glassey, A. E. | McElwee, A. | Sexton, James |
| Gossling, A. G. | McEntee, V. L. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Gould, F. | McKinlay, A. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | MacLaren, Andrew | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Granville, E. | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Gray, Milner | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Shield, George William |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne). | McShane, John James | Shields, Dr. Drummond |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Mansfield, W. | Shinwell, E. |
| Groves, Thomas E. | March, S. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Marcus, M. | Simmons, C. J. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Markham, S. F. | Sinkinson, George |
| Hall, G. H Merthyr Tydvil) | Marley, J. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Hall, Capt. W. P. (Portsmouth, C.) | Marshall, Fred | Smith, Alfred (Sunderland) |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Mathers, George | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey), Rotherhithe) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Matters, L. W. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaten) |
| Hardie, George D. | Maxton, James | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Messer, Fred | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Haycock, A. W. | Middleton, G. | Smith, Tom (Pontetract) |
| Hayday, Arthur | Millar, J. D. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Hayes, John Henry | Milner, J. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Montague, Frederick | Sorensen, R. |
| Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Morgan, Dr. H. B. | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Morley, Ralph | Stephen, Campbell |
| Herriotts, J. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe |
| Hoffman, P. C. | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Strauss, G. R. |
| Hollins, A. | Mort, D. L. | Sullivan, J. |
| Hopkin, Daniel | Moses, J. J. H. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Mosley, Lady C. (Stoke-on-Trent) | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Horrabin, J. F. | Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) | Taylor, W. B. (Norfo k, S. W.) |
| Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Muggeridge, H. T. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Nathan, Major H. L. | Thorne, W. (West Ham. Plaistow) |
| Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Naylor, T. E. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Isaacs, George | Noel Baker, P. J. | Tillett, Ben |
| Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Oldfield, J. R. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Toole, Joseph |
| Johnston, Thomas | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Tout, W. J. |
| Jones, F. Llewellyn- (Flint) | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Townend, A. E. |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Palin, John Henry | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Paling, Wilfrid | Turner, B. |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Vaughan, D. J. |
| Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Perry, S. F. | Viant, S. P. |
| Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Walker, J. |
| Kelly, W. T. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Kennedy, Thomas | Phillips, Dr. Marion | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Pole, Major D. G. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Kinley, J. | Potts, John S. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Knight, Holford | Price, M. P. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Pybus, Percy John | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Lang, Gordon | Quibell, D. J. K. | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | West, F. R. |
| Law, A. (Rosendale) | Rathbone, Eleanor | White, H. G. |
| Lawrence, Susan | Raynes, W. R. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Blrm, Ladywood) |
| Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) | Richards, R. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Lawson, John James | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Wilson C. H. (Sheffield. Attercliffe) |
| Leach, W. | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Lee, Frank (Derby. N. E.) | Ritson, J. | Winterton, G. E.(Lelcester, Loughb'gh) |
| Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Wise, E. F. |
| Lees, J. | Romerll, H. G. | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Wright, W. (Rutherglen) |
| Lloyd, C. Ellis | Rowson, Guy | |
| Logan, David Gilbert | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Longbottom, A. W. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Longden, F. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Whiteley. |
| Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Sanders, W. S. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. |
| Albery, Irving James | Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Boyce, H. L. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Beaumont, M. W. | Bracken, B. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) |
| Astor, Viscountess | Berry, Sir George | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Buckingham, Sir H. |
| Atkinson, C. | Bird, Ernest Roy | Bullock, Captain Malcolm |
| Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. | Boothby, R. J. G. | Burton, Colonel H. W. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Bourne, Captain Robert Croft. | Butler, R. A. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hammersley, S. S. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Ross, Major Ronald D. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hartington, Marquess of | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Haslam, Henry C. | Russell, Auexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Henderson, Capt. R. R.(Oxf'd, Henley) | Salmon, Major I. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Christie, J. A. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Hurd, Percy A. | Savery, S. S. |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Iveagh, Countess of | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Simms, Major-General J. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cunlilffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Llewellin, Major J. J. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Stanley, Maj. Hon. O. (W'morland) |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Duckworth, G. A. V. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast South) |
| Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | MacRobert, Rt. Hon. Alexander M. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Margesson, Captain H. D. | Train, J. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Ferguson, Sir John | Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester) | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Fermoy, Lord | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Fison, F. G. Clavering | Muirhead, A. J. | Wardlaw-Milne, J. S. |
| Ford, Sir P. J. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsf'ld) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Ganzonl, Sir John | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Gower, Sir Robert | O'Neill, Sir H. | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Grace, John | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Womersley, W. J. |
| Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Peake, Captain Osbert | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Wright, Brig.-Gen. W. D. (Tavist'k) |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Ramsbotham, H. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Rawson, Sir Cooper | |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Reynolds, Col. Sir James | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Sir Frederick Thomson. |
Question put, and agreed to.