§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINMay I ask what Orders the Prime Minister desires to take this evening?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)It is proposed to make as much progress as possible with the business announced down to and including the further stages of the Mining Industry (Welfare Fund) Bill, but it is not intended to ask the House to sit inordinately late.
§
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, 238; Noes, 125.
807| Division No. 217.] | AYES. | [3.46 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Cove, William G. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Daggar, George | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Or. Christopher | Dallas, George | Hall, Capt. W. P. (Portsmouth, C). |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigle M. | Dalton, Hugh | Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | Harbord, A. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hardie, George D. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Day, Harry | Harris, Percy A. |
| Arnott, John | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hastings, Dr. Somerville |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Haycock, A. W. |
| Ayles, Walter | Dukes, C. | Hayday, Arthur |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Duncan, Charles | Hayes, John Henry |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Ede, James Chuter | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) |
| Barr, James | Edmunds, J. E. | Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) |
| Batey, Joseph | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Elmley, Viscount | Herriotts, J. |
| Benson, G. | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Foot, Isaac. | Hopkin, Daniel |
| Bowen, J. W. | Freeman, Peter | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Horrabin, J. F. |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | John, William (Rhondda, West) |
| Bromfield, William | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) | Johnston, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Brooke, W. | Gibbins, Joseph | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Brothers, M. | Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | Jones, Rt. Hon Le[...] (Camborne) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Gill, T. H. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Gillett, George M. | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Glassey, A. E. | Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks. W. R. Elland) | Gossling, A. G. | Kelly, W. T. |
| Cameron, A. G. | Gould, F. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Cape, Thomas | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S.W.) | Granville, E. | Knight, Holford |
| Chater, Daniel | Gray, Milner | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Lang, Gordon |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour. | Groves, Thomas E. | Lathan, G. |
| Compton, Joseph | Grundy, Thomas W. | Law, Albert (Bolton) |
| Law, A. (Rossendale) | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Lawrence, Susan | Oldfield, J. R. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Lawson, John James | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Sorensen, R. |
| Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Leach, W. | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Strauss, G. R. |
| Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Lees, J | Palin, John Henry | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Palmer, E. T | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S.W.) |
| Lloyd, C. Ellis | Perry, S. F. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Longbottom, A. W. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Longden, F. | Phillips, Dr. Marion | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Lunn, William | Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Tillett, Ben |
| Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Pole, Major D. G. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Potts, John S. | Toole, Joseph |
| McElwee, A. | Price, M. P. | Tout, W. J. |
| McKinlay, A. | Quibell, D. J. K. | Townend, A. E. |
| Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Raynes, W. R. | Vaughan, David |
| MacNeill-Weir, L. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Viant, S. P. |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Walker, J. |
| McShane, John James | Ritson, J. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Watkins, F. C. |
| Manning, E. L. | Romeril, H. G. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Manstlein, W. | Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| March, S. | Rowson, Guy | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Marcus, M. | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Marley, J. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Marshall, Fred | Samuel Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | West, F. R. |
| Mathers, George | Sanders, W. S. | Westwood, Joseph |
| Matters, L. W. | Sandham, E. | White, H. G. |
| Maxton, James | Sawyer, G. F. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Middleton, G. | Scott, James | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Milner, Major J. | Scrymgeour, E. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Morley, Ralph | Sexton, Sir James | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Sherwood, G. H. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Mort, D. L. | Shield, George William | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Muff, G. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Muggeridge, H. T. | Shillaker, J. F | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Murnin, Hugh | Shinwell, E. | Wise, E. F. |
| Nathan, Major H. L. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Naylor, T. E. | Simmons, C. J. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | |
| Noel Baker, P. J. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mr. Paling and Mr. Charleton. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Albery, Irving James | Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Atkinson, C. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Marjoribanks, Edward |
| Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Duckworth, G. A. V. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Balniel, Lord | Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Muirhead, A. J. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | O'Connor, T. J. |
| Berry, Sir George | Ferguson, Sir John | Peake, Capt. Osbert |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Fison, F. G. Clavering | Penny, Sir George |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Boyce, Leslie | Ganzoni, Sir John | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Grace, John | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Remer, John R. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Rentoul, Sir Gervals S. |
| Butler, R. A. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Reynolds, Col. Sir James |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hanbury, C. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hartington, Marquess of | Salmon, Major I. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Henderson, Capt. R. R.(Oxf'd,Henley) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Christie, J. A. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hurd, Percy A. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Inskip, Sir Thomas | Somerset, Thomas |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Llewellin, Major J. J. | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast South) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Long, Major Hon. Eric | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Thompson, Luke | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Tinne, J. A. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Warrender, Sir Victor | |
| Todd, Capt. A. J. | Wells, Sydney R. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Train. J. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) | Sir Frederick Thomson and Captain |
| Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George | Margesson. |