§ Mr. CHURCHILLMay I ask the Prime Minister a question about business? Since the announcement of business was made, the Chairman of Ways and Means has put down an important Private Bill for 7.30; and, in view of that fact, would the Government state how far they intend to go in the series of Bills which are before us this afternoon?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is quite true that, since the business was announced last Thursday, the Chairman of Ways and Means has put down the Surrey County Council Bill. I have no means of ascertaining how long the Debate on that Bill may last—[HON. MEMBERS: "Three hours!"]—but we
§ announced that we should take the first three Orders in addition to the Money Resolution. Of these Orders, the third—Unemployment Insurance [Money] (No. 2), Report—is urgently needed, and must be got. Regarding the first and second Orders, both of which are important, we should like to make progress, but perhaps it would be for the convenience of the House if the usual communications might be made during the day.
§
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, 268; Noes, 152.
1077| Division No. 152.] | AYES. | [3.51 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Duncan, Charles | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Ede, James Chuter | Jowitt, Sir W. A. (Preston) |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Edmunds, J. E. | Kelly, W. T. |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigie M. | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Egan, W. H. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Elmley, Viscount | Kinley, J. |
| Ammon, Charles George | Foot, Isaac | Knight, Holford |
| Arnott, John | Forgan, Dr. Robert | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) |
| Aske, Sir Robert | Freeman, Peter | Lang, Gordon |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George |
| Ayles, Walter | George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd (Car'vn) | Lathan, G. |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bliston) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Law, A. (Rossendale) |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) | Lawrence, Susan |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Gibbins, Joseph | Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) |
| Barr, James | Gibson, H. M. (Lanes, Mossley) | Lawson, John James |
| Batey, Joseph | Gill, T. H. | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Glassey, A. E. | Leach, W. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, central) | Gossling, A. G. | Lee, Frank (Derby, N.E.) |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Gould, F. | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) |
| Benson, G. | Gray, Milner | Lees, J. |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Lewis, T. (Southampton) |
| Blindell, James | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Lindley, Fred W. |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Lloyd, C. Ellis |
| Bowen, J. W. | Groves, Thomas E. | Logan, David Gilbert |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Grundy, Thomas W. | Longbottom, A. W. |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Longden, F. |
| Bromley, J. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvll) | Lowth, Thomas |
| Brooke, W. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Lunn, William |
| Brothers, M. | Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts. Mansfield) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Mac Donald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Brown Ernest (Leith) | Hardie, George D. | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | McElwee, A. |
| Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) | Hastings, Dr. Somerville | McEntee, V. L. |
| Buchanan, G. | Haycock, A. W. | McKinlay, A. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Hayday, Arthur | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) |
| Baxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Hayes, John Henry | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Calne, Derwent Hall | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | MacNeill-Weir, L. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S.W.) | Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | McShane, John James |
| Chater, Daniel | Herriotts, J. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) |
| Church, Major A. G. | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Mansfield, W. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Hoffman, P. C. | March, S. |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Hollins, A. | Marcus, M. |
| Compton, Joseph | Hopkin, Daniel | Markham, S. F. |
| Cove, William G. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Marley, J. |
| Cowan, D. M. | Hudson, James H. (Ruddersfield) | Marshall, F. |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Mathers, George |
| Daggar, George | Isaacs, George | Matters, L. W. |
| Dallas, George | Jenkins, Sir William | Messer, Fred |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Middleton, G. |
| Day, Harry | Jones, F. Llewellyn- (Flint) | Millar, J. D. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Mills, J. E. |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Jones, Rt. Hon. Lelf (Camborne) | Mliner, Major J. |
| Dukes, C. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Montague, Frederick |
| Morley, Ralph | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O.(W. Bromwich) | Strauss, G. R. |
| Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Romeril, H. G. | Sullivan, J. |
| Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Rowson, Guy | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Mort, D. L. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Mosley, Lady C. (Stoke-on-Trent) | Samuel, H. Walter (Swansea, West) | Tillett, Ben |
| Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) | Sanders, W. S. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Muff, G. | Sandham, E. | Toole, Joseph |
| Muggerldge, H. T. | Sawyer, G. F. | Townend, A. E. |
| Murnin, Hugh | Scott, James | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Nathan, Major H. L. | Scrymgeour, E. | Vaughan, David |
| Naylor, T. E. | Sexton, Sir James | Viant, S. P. |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Walkden, A. G. |
| Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Wallace, H. W. |
| Oldfield, J. R. | Sherwood, G. H. | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Tudor |
| Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Shield, George William | Watkins, F. C. |
| Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Palin, John Henry | Shillaker, J. F. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah |
| Palmer, E. T. | Shinwell, E. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Perry, S. F. | Simmons, C. J. | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) | West, F. R. |
| Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | White, H. G. |
| Phillips, Dr. Marion | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Pole, Major D. G. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Potts, John S. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Price, M. P. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Pybus, Percy John | Snell, Harry | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Rathbone, Eleanor | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) | Wise, E. F. |
| Raynes, W. R. | Stamford, Thomas W. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Richards, R. | Stephen, Campbell | |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mr. Paling and Mr. Thurtle. | ||
| NOES | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Muirhead, A. J. |
| Albery, Irving James | Everard, W. Lindsay | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsf'ld) |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Ferguson, Sir John | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Fermoy, Lord | O'Connor, T. J. |
| Atkinson, C. | Fielden, E. B. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William |
| Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. | Fison, F. G. Clavering | Peake, Capt. Osbert |
| Balniel, Lord | Ford, Sir P. J. | Penny, Sir George |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Ganzonl, Sir John | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Gower, Sir Robert | Remer, John R. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Reynolds, Col. Sir James |
| Boyce, Leslie | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'te'y) |
| Bracken, B. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd'., Hexham) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Buchan, John | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Hanbury, C. | Savery, S. S. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Simms, Major-General J. |
| Butler, R. A. | Hartington, Marquess of | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U., Belfast) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Smithers, Waldron |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R.(Prtsmth,S.) | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Christie, J. A. | Hurd, Percy A. | Stanley, Hon. O. (Westmorland) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Iveagh, Countess of | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast, South) |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Llewellin, Major J. J. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | McConnell, Sir Joseph | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. or W.) | Todd, Capt. A. J |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Macquisten, F. A. | Train, J. |
| Davison, Sir W. H (Kensington, S.) | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Dundale, Capt. T. L. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Mitchell-Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Wardlaw-Milne, J. S. |
| Warrender, sir Victor | Withers, Sir John James | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Waterhouse, Captain Charles | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount | |
| Wells, Sydney R. | Womersley, W. J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) | Wood, Rt. Hon. sir Kingsley | Sir Frederick Thomson and Captain |
| Windsor-Clive, Lieut. Colonel George | Wright, Brig.-Gen. W. D. (Tavlst'k) | Margesson. |