§ Mr. S. BALDWINMay I ask the Prime Minister how far he proposes going to-night in the event of his Motion being carried?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe object of the Motion is to ensure that the Speaker is moved out of the Chair, and the four Buildings Estimates on the Paper disposed of in Committee of Supply at this day's sitting. In addition, we want the Second Reading of the Army and Air Force (Annual) Bill and the Report stage of the Unemployment Insurance Bill Money Resolution which are excepted business, and which, it is hoped, will not occupy more than a, few minutes.
§ Mr. BALDWINI have one further question. The right hon. Gentleman was not able to be in his place on Thursday when I asked a question about the Easter holidays. I do not know whether he is in a, position yet to say anything about that. Perhaps if he is not, he will be good enough to let me know when he would like a question on that subject?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think that I could answer, but I should be a little more certain if the right hon. Gentleman was good enough to put the question to me to-morrow. I would like to have a few more minutes' consideration.
§
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, 179; Noes, 183.
903| Division No. 237.] | AYES. | [3.49 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Attlee, Clement Richard | Bennett, William (Battersea. South) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Benson. G. |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Cralgie M. | Barr, James | Bowen, J. W. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Batey, Joseph | Bowerman, Rt. Nan. Charles W. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Bellamy, Albert | Brockway, A. Fenner |
| Arnott, John | Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks. W. R. Elland) | Kennedy, Thomas | Richards, R. |
| Buxton, Rt. Hon. Noel (Norfolk, N.) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Roberts, Rt.Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Caine, Derwent Hail. | Knight, Holford | Romerll, H. G. |
| Cameron, A. G. | Lang, Gordon | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Cape, Thomas | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Rowson, Guy |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S.W.) | Lawrence, Susan | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lawson, John James | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Chater, Daniel | Leach, W. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Church, Major A. G. | Lee, Frank (Derby, N.E.) | Sandham, E. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Scurr, John |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lees, J. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lloyd, C. Ellis | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Cove, William G. | Logan, David Gilbert | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Daggar, George | Longbottom, A. W. | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Dallas, George | Longden, F. | Shleis, Dr. Drummond |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lowth, Thomas | Shinwell, E. |
| Day, Harry | Lunn, William | Simmons, C. J. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Simon, E. D. (Manch'ter, Withington) |
| Dickson, T. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Smith, Alfred (Sunderland) |
| Duncan, Charles | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Ede, James Chuter | McElwee, A. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Edmunds, J. E. | McEntee, V. L. | Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | MacLaren, Andrew | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Elmley, Viscount | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | March, S. | Sorensen, R. |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Markham, S. F. | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe |
| Gillett, George M. | Marley, J. | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Glassey, A. E. | Marshall, Fred | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S.W.) |
| Gossling, A. G. | Mathers, George | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Gould, F. | Matters, L. W. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Maxton, James | Thurtie, Ernest |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Messer, Fred | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Mills, J. E. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Montague, Frederick | Vlant, S. P. |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Morgan, Dr. H. B. | Walker, J. |
| Hall, Capt. W. P. (Portsmouth, C.) | Morley, Ralph | Wallace, H. W. |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Tudor |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) | West, F. R. |
| Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Muggerldge, H. T. | Whiteley, Wilfrld (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Oldfield, J. R. | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) |
| Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Herrlotts, J. | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Paling, Wilfrid | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Hoffman, P. C. | Palmer, E. T. | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Hopkin, Daniel | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | winterton, G. E.(Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Horrabin, J. F. | Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Isaacs, George | Pole, Major D. G. | Wright, W. (Ruthergien) |
| Johnston, Thomas | Potts, John S. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Pybus, Percy John | |
| Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Kelly, W. T. | Rathbone, Eleanor | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Hayes |
| NOES. | ||
| Albery, Irving James | Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Burton, Colonel H. W. | Davison, Sir W. H.(Kensington, S.) |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir William (Armagh) | Butler, R. A. | Dugdale, Capt. T. L. |
| Allen, W. E. D. (Belfast, W.) | Butt, Sir Alfred | Eden, Captain Anthony |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Edmondson, Major A. J. |
| Astor, Maj. Hon. John J.(Kent, Dover) | Castle Stewart, Earl of | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.M.) |
| Atkinson, C. | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Baille-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. | Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Fails, Sir Bertram G. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bowdley) | Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Ferguson, Sir John |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J.A.(Birm., W.) | Fielden, E. B. |
| Bainlel, Lord | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Forestier Walker, Sir L. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Christie, J. A. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Galbraith, J. F. W. |
| Bellaire, Commander Carlyon | Colfox, Major William Philip | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Berry, Sir George | Colman, N. C. D. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Colville, Major D. J. | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) | Courthope, Colonel Sir G. L. | Grace, John |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Boyce, H. L. | Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) |
| Bracken, B. | Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Dalkeith, Earl of | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Buchan, John | Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) |
| Hammersley, S. S. | Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Muirhead, A. J. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Herbert, Sir Dennis (Hertford) | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Stanley, Maj. Hon. O. (W'morland) |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | O'Neill, Sir H. | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast South) |
| Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. | Peaks, Capt. Osbert | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Penny, Sir George | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Pilditch, Sir Philip | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Power, Sir John Cecil | Todd, Capt. A. J. |
| Iveagh, Countess of | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Preston, Sir Walter Rueben | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Jones, Sir G. W. H. (Stoke New'gton) | Ramsbotham, H. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Kindersley, Major G. M. | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Reid, David D. (County Down) | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Remer, John R. | Wardlaw-Milne, J. S. |
| Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Reynolds, Col. Sir James | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'[...]) | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Llewellin, Major J. J. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Ross, Major Ronald D. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Long, Major Eric | Ruggies-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. | Winterton. Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Lymington, Viscount | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Withers, Sir John James |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Salmon, Major I. | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Margesson, Captain H. D. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Worthington-Evans. Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Meller, R. J. | Savery, S. S. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Merriman, Sir F. Boyd | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome | |
| Mond, Hon. Henry | Simms, Major-General J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Monsell, Eyres. Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dlne, C.) | Major Sir George Hennessy and Sir |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Frederick Thomson. |
| Morden, Col. W. Grant |
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI beg to move, "That this House do now adjourn."
After the decision to which the House has just come we should only be following precedent if the House were to adjourn, in order to give the Prime Minister an opportunity of considering his position.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Member cannot move the Adjournment of the House.
Commander Sir BOLTON BYRES MONSELLOn a point of Order. When a Motion moved by the Prime Minister is defeated in the House of Commons, is it not right or in order for the Opposition to discuss the question on a Motion for the Adjournment?
§ Mr. SPEAKERI do not know that the fact of the Government being defeated on this Motion makes any difference to the Rules of the House.