§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINI desire to ask the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs two questions. First, what business he proposes to take to-night? The second is a question which I should ask the Leader of the House, but perhaps the Secretary of State will consult with the Leader of the House and give me an answer to-morrow. It is with reference to a question I asked this day week about the Motion regarding the allowances of Members of Parliament; whether the Prime Minister was in a position to 3ay when that Motion could be taken. I have been looking at the dates, and it seems to me that Friday might be a convenient day, but I should be glad if the right hon. Gentleman will consult the Leader of the House and give me an answer to-morrow.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYThis Friday or next?
§ Mr. BALDWINNext Friday.
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for DOMINION AFFAIRS (Mr. J. H. Thomas)With reference to the second question of the right hon. Gentleman, I anticipate that an answer will be made to-morrow. With regard to his first question, it is proposed to-night to dispose of the items on the Order Paper down to and including the Report of Army and Air Expenditure, 1929, with the exception of the Committee stage of the Public Works Loan Bill. In view of the representations made with regard to that Bill, it has been decided to put it down for Friday next, after the business already announced for that day.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYWith reference to the private Member's Motion referred to by the right hon. Member for Bewdley (Mr. S. Baldwin),
§ I presume that that is not going to squeeze out important business for which the country is waiting, and also that it will not entail the House sitting very late in order to get through other business?
§ Mr. THOMASAll these factors will be kept in mind, and I can only say in the words of a famous phrase, "Wait and see."
§ Sir K. WOODIt is rather late to make that suggestion.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken this day before Eleven of the clock, and that the Proceedings on Government Business other than the Business of Supply be exempted, at this day's sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Thomas.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 228; Noes, 110.
1493| Division No. 453.] | AYES. | [3.28 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | Lathan, G. (Sheffield, Park) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Gill, T. H. | Law, Albert (Bolton) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Gillett, George M. | Law, A. (Rossendale) |
| Alpass, J. H. | Glassey, A. E. | Lawrence, Susan |
| Ammon, Charles George | Gossling, A. G. | Lawson, John James |
| Arnott, John | Gould, F. | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Leach, W. |
| Ayles, Walter | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Gray, Milner | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) |
| Barr, James | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Lees, J. |
| Batey, Joseph | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Leonard, W. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) | Lewis, T. (Southampton) |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Grundy, Thomas W. | Logan, David Gilbert |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Longbottom, A. W. |
| Benson, G. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Longden, F. |
| Blindell, James | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Lunn, William |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) |
| Bromfield, William | Hardie, G. D. (Springburn) | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) |
| Brothers, M. | Harris, Percy A. | McElwee, A. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Haycock, A. W. | McKinlay, A. |
| Buchanan, G. | Mayday, Arthur | MacLaren, Andrew |
| Burgess, F. G. | Hayes, John Henry | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) | MacNeill-Weir, L. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | McShane, John James |
| Church, Major A. G. | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Horriotts, J. | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Manning, E. L. |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Mansfield, W. |
| Cowan, D. M. | Hollins, A. | March, S. |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie | Marcus, M. |
| Daggar, George | Horrabin, J. F. | Marley, J. |
| Dallas, George | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Marshall, Fred |
| Dalton, Hugh | Isaacs, George | Mathers, George |
| Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Middleton, G. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Jones, Llewellyn, F. | Millar, J. D. |
| Day, Harry | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Montague, Frederick |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Morley, Ralph |
| Duncan, Charles | Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Morris, Rhys Hopkins |
| Ede, James Chuter | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) |
| Edmunds, J. E. | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Kelly, W. T. | Mort, D. L. |
| Egan, W. H. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Muff, G. |
| Elmley, Viscount | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Murnin, Hugh |
| England, Colonel A. | Kirkwood, D. | Naylor, T. E. |
| Evans, Major Herbert (Gateshead) | Knight, Holford | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Foot, Isaac | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Noel Baker, P. J. |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Lang, Gordon | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) |
| Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Sanders, W. S. | Tillett, Ben |
| Owen, H. F. (Hereford) | Sawyer, G. F. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Palin, John Henry | Scrymgeour, E. | Tout, W. J. |
| Paling, Wilfrid | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Townend, A. E. |
| Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Perry, S. F. | Sherwood, G. H. | Vaughan, David |
| Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Shield, George William | Viant, S. P. |
| Pole, Major D. G. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Walker, J. |
| Potts, John S. | Shillaker, J. F. | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Tudor |
| Price, M. P. | Shinwell, E. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Pybus, Percy John | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Quibell, D. J. K. | Simon, E. D. (Mancb'ter, Withington) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Rathbone, Eleanor | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) | West, F. R. |
| Raynes, W. R. | Smith, Lees-, Rt. Hon. H. B.(Keighley) | Westwood, Joseph |
| Richards, R. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | White, H. G. |
| Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Smith, W. R. (Horwich) | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Ritson, J. | Stamford, Thomas W. | Wilson C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Stephen, Campbell | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Romeril, H. G. | Strauss, G. R. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Sullivan, J. | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Rothschild, J. de | Sutton, J. E. | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Rowson, Guy | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) | |
| Salter, Dr. Alfred | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Samuel, H. Walter (Swansea, West) | Thurtle, Ernest | Mr. William Whiteley and Mr. Charleton. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Fison, F. G. Clavering | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsf'ld) |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Frece, Sir Walter de | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Peake, Capt. Osbert |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Ganzoni, Sir John | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Ruggies-Brise, Colonel E. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Boyce, Leslie | Gritten, W. G. Howard | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Savery, S. S. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Broadbent, Colonel J. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Brown, Brig-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Buchan, John | Henderson, Capt. H. H. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast South) |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Inskip, Sir Thomas | Thompson, Luke |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Thomson, Sir F. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Thomson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W. |
| Christie, J. A. | Latham, H. P. (Scarboro' & Whitby) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Todd, Capt. A. J. |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Train, J. |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Lockwood, Captain J. H. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Macquisten, F. A. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Margesson, Captain H. D. | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Marjoribanks, Edward | Womersley, W. J. |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Edmonoson, Major A. J. | Meller, R. J. | |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s. M.) | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Ferguson, Sir John | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Sir Victor Warrender and Captain |
| Fielden, E. B. | Nall-Cain, A. R. N. | Austin Hudson. |
Resolutions agreed to.