§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINMay I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what business he proposes to take to-night?
§ Mr. P. SNOWDENIt is proposed to-night to dispose of the Local Government (Clerks) Bill, the Motion relating to Greenwich Hospital and Travers' Foundation, and the Gas and Electricity Orders on the Paper. If a communication is received from another place relating to the Agricultural Land (Utilisation) Bill and the Smallholders and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill this afternoon, we propose to consider those Measures to-night.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 1.5, Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken 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. P. Snowden.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 214; Noes, 91.
2109| Division No. 458.] | AYES. | [3.29 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Daggar, George | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) |
| Amman, Charles George | Day, Harry | Herriotts, J. |
| Arnott, John | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Ede, James Chuter | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) |
| Ayles, Walter | Edmunds, J. E. | Hoffman, P. C. |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Hollins, A. |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Egan, W. H. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Batey, Joseph | Elmley, Viscount | Horrabin, J. F. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Evans, Major Herbert (Gateshead) | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Foot, Isaac | Isaacs, George |
| Benson, G. | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | John, William (Rhondda, West) |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Jones, Llewellyn-, F. |
| Bowen, J. W. | Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Bread, Francis Alfred | Gill, T. H. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) |
| Brooke, W. | Gillett, George M. | Jones, Rt. Hon. Lelf (Camborne) |
| Brothers, M. | Glassey, A. E. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Gossling, A. G. | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Gould, F. | Kedward, R. M. (Kent, Ashford) |
| Buchanan, G. | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Kelly, W. T. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Gray, Milner | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. |
| Cameron, A. G. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Knight, Holford |
| Cape, Thomas | Groves, Thomas E. | Lang, Gordon |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George |
| Church, Major A. G. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Law, Albert (Bolton) |
| Clarke, J. S. | Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Law, A. (Rossendale) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney& Zetland) | Lawrence, Susan |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Hardie, G. D. (Springburn) | Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Haycock, A. W. | Lawson, John James |
| Cowan, D. M. | Hayes, John Henry | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) | Leach, W. |
| Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) | Smith, Lees-, Rt. Hon. H. B. (Keighley) |
| Lees, J. | Palin, John Henry | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Leonard, W. | Palmer, E. T. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wipan) | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Logan, David Gilbert | Perry, S. F. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Longbottom, A. W. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) |
| Longden, F. | Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Pole, Major D. G. | Strauss, G. R. |
| Lunn, William | Potts, John S. | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Pybus, Percy John | Thomas, Ht. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| McElwee, A. | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Thurtle, Ernest |
| McKinlay, A. | Rathbone, Eleanor | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Raynes, W. R. | Toole, Joseph |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Richards, R. | Tout, W. J. |
| McShane, John James | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Townend, A. E. |
| Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Viant, S. P. |
| Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Walker, J. |
| Manning, E. L. | Ritson, J. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Mansfield, W. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Watkins, F. C. |
| March, S. | Romeril, H. G. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Marley, J. | Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Marshall, Fred | Rowson, Guy | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Mathers, George | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Westwood, Joseph |
| Matters, L. W. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | White, H. G. |
| Messer, Fred | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Middleton, G. | Sanders, W. S. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Mills, J. E. | Sawyer, G. F. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Milner, Major J. | Scurr, John | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Montague, Frederick | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Morley, Ralph | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Sherwood, G. H. | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Shield, George William | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Mort, D. L. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Muff, G. | Shillaker, J. F. | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Muggeridge, H. T. | Shinwell, E. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Murnin, Hugh | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | |
| Naylor, T. E. | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Sinkinson, George | Mr. William Whiteley and Mr. Paling. |
| Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | |
| Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Frece, Sir Walter de | Morrison, W. S. (Glos., Cirencester) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Penny, Sir George |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Ganzoni, Sir John | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | Remer, John R. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. |
| Boyce, Leslie | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Broadband Colonel J. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hartington, Marquess of | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Somerset, Thomas |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm-, W.) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Hurd, Percy A. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Christie, J. A. | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Knox, Sir Alfred | Thomson, Sir F. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Latham, H. P. (Scarboro'& Whitby) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) | Wilton, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Long, Major Hon. Eric | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Macquisten, F. A. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Margesson, Captain H. D. | |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Marjoribanks, Edward | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Captain Wallace and Sir Victor Warrender. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | |
| Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
Question put, and agreed to.