§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINMay I ask the prime minister what business it is proposed to take to-night, in the event of the Motion which is down on the Paper in his name being carried? May I ask him at the same time whether he cannot examine the work of the House, in order to see if it is possible not to move this Resolution every day? It is extremely hard upon the whole House, and the first effect it is having is, that we never get any Cabinet Minister in the House after Eleven o'Clock at night.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am very sorry that the right hon. Gentleman's last statement should be true—[HON. MEMBERS: "So we are."]—but, if the right hon. Gentleman will examine the records of this House, he will find that July has, perhaps habitually, been devoted to this bad practice. I shall be only too glad to come to any sort of agreement to enable the House to rise at a reasonable hour, but business must be done.
It is proposed to-night to dispose of the Committee stage of the Housing (Rural Authorities) Bill, and the Second Reading of the British Sugar Industry (Assistance) Bill. There is a small Bill, the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, which has come down from another place where it has received no opposition. I hope it will be received here with unanimous assent. If it is possible to get that Bill through—[Interruption]—I ask hon. Members to look at the Bill—so that it may become operative before the autumn 237 is finished, it would be desirable. We shall not push it if there is any strong opposition. Those are the three items that we ask for to-night.
§ Mr. THORNEMay I ask the Prime Minister whether there is any authority, under the Standing Orders, by which he could call the House together at Eleven o'clock each day between now and the Adjournment, in order to get through the business?
Sir F. HALLWould the right hon. Gentleman consider taking, after the Housing (Rural Authorities) Bill, the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, which I think is perfectly understood to be non-
§ contentious, and which every one desires to see passed?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat is why I am putting it down as the third Order.
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe second Order is not quite so non-contentious.
§
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, 248; Noes, 130.
239| Division No. 393.] | AYES. | [3.30 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesca) | Leach, W. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Gibbins, Joseph | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Gill, T. H. | Lees, J. |
| Arnott, John | Glassey, A. E. | Leonard, W. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Gossling, A. G. | Lloyd, C. Ellis |
| Ayles, Walter | Gould, F. | Logan, David Gilbert |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Longden, F. |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Lunn, William |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) |
| Barr, James | Grundy, Thomas W. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Batey, Joseph | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | McElwee, A. |
| Beckett, John (Camberwell, Peckham) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | McEntee, V. L. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | McKinlay, A. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | MacNeill-Weir, L. |
| Benson, G. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Blindell, James | Hardie, G. D. (Springburn) | McShane, John James |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Hayday, Arthur | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Hayes, John Henry | Manning, E. L. |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) | Mansfield, W. |
| Bromfield, William | Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) | March, S. |
| Brooke, W. | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Marcus, M. |
| Brothers, M. | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Markham, S. F. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Herriotts, J. | Marshall, Fred |
| Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Mathers, George |
| Buchanan, G. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Matters, L. W. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Hoffman, P. C. | Messer, Fred |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Horrabin, J. F. | Middleton, G. |
| Cape, Thomas | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Millar, J. D. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Mills, J. E. |
| Chater, Daniel | Isaacs, George | Milner, Major J. |
| Cluse, W. S. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Montague, Frederick |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Morley, Ralph |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jones, Llewellyn-, F. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) |
| Compton, Joseph | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Mort, D. L. |
| Cowan, D. M. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Muff, G. |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Jones, Rt. Hon. Lelf (Camborne) | Murnin, Hugh |
| Daggar, George | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Dallas, George | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. (Preston) | Noel Baker, P. J. |
| Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Kelly, W. T. | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) |
| Day, Harry | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Kinley, J. | Palin, John Henry |
| Duncan, Charles | Kirkwood, D. | Palmer, E. T. |
| Ede, James Chuter | Knight, Holford | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) |
| Edmunds, J. E. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Perry, S. F. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Lang, Gordon | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Lathan, G. (Sheffield, Park) | Phillips, Dr. Marlon |
| Egan, W. H. | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Picton-Turbervill, Edith |
| England, Colonel A. | Law, A. (Rossendale) | Pole, Major D. G. |
| Evans, Major Herbert (Gateshead) | Lawrence, Susan | Potts, John S. |
| Foot, Isaac | Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) | Price, M. P. |
| Freeman, Peter | Lawson, John James | Pybus, Percy John |
| Quibell, D. J. K. | Shinwell, E. | Viant, S. P. |
| Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Simmons, C. J. | Walker, J. |
| Rathbone, Eleanor | Sinclair, Sir A. (Calthness) | Wallace, H. W. |
| Raynes, W. R. | Sinkinson, George | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Tudor |
| Richards, R. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | Watkins, F. C. |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Smith, Lees-, Rt. Hon. H. B. (Keighley) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Ritson, J. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) | Westwood, Joseph |
| Romeril, H. G. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip | White, H. G. |
| Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Rowson, Guy | Sorensen, R. | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) |
| Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Stamford, Thomas W. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Salter, Dr. Alfred | Strauss, G. R. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Sullivan, J. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Sanders, W. S. | Sutton, J. E. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Sawyer, G. F. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Scott, James | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Scurr, John | Thurtle, Ernest | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Sexton, Sir James | Tillett, Ben | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Tinker, John Joseph | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Toole, Joseph | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Sherwood, G. H. | Tout, W. J. | |
| Shield, George William | Townend, A. E. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles | Mr. Paling and Mr. Charleton. |
| Shillaker, J. F. | Vaughan, David | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Everard, W. Lindsay | Nall-Cain, A. R. N. |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Ferguson, Sir John | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) |
| Albery, Irving James | Fison, F. G. Clavering | Peake, Capt. Osbert |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Forestler-Walker, Sir L. | Penny Sir George |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Frece, Sir Walter de | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Ganzoni, Sir John | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Balniel, Lord | Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral J. P. H. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Gower, Sir Robert | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Remer, John R. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Rodd, Rt. Hon Sir James Rennell |
| Boyce, Leslie | Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Broadbent, Colonel J. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Brown, Brig-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Savery, S. S. |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Butler, R. A. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hurd, Percy A. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Inskip, Sir Thomas | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt, R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Christle, J. A. | Leigh, Sir John (Clapham) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Thompson, Luke |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) | Todd, Capt. A. J. |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Lockwood, Captain J. H. | Train, J. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Long, Major Hon. Eric | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Macquisten, F. A. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Margesson, Captain H. D. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Marjoribanks, Edward | Womersley, W. J. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Milne, Wardlaw-, J. S. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Sir Frederick Thomson. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Muirhead, A. J. |