§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINCan the Prime Minister tell us what will be the business for next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIn the event of the Motion in my name being carried to-night, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week will be the first four Allotted Days for the Committee stage of the Finance Bill. The Report stage of the Money Resolution relating to the Mauritius Loan Guarantee will be taken on Monday, and, should time permit, other Orders may be taken during the week.
The business for Friday, 12th June, will be announced later.
§ Mr. TINKERWhen is it expected to get on to the Statute Book the Workmen's Compensation Bill and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Bill, which passed through the House without any opposition?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am afraid I cannot answer that question without notice. If the hon. Member will put it on the Paper, I shall be very glad to give him a reply.
Sir G. HAMILTONWill the right hon. Gentleman consider in future making an announcement on Thursday of what the business will be on the following Friday week, because it is very inconvenient to Members not to know?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat inconvenience has lasted from almost time 357 immemorial. I am always glad to meet the convenience of the House, and, as a matter of fact, I ask that I should be able to announce the following Friday week's business on the Thursday, but it is not always possible.
§ Motion made, and Question put,
358§ "That the Proceedings on the Motion relating to the Finance Bill (Allocation of Time) have precedence this day of the Business of Supply, and 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, 230; Noes, 107.
359| Division No. 269.] | AYES. | [3.30 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Grundy, Thomas W. | Muff, G. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Muggeridge, H. T. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Noel Baker, P. J. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Hamilton, Sir H. (Orkney & Zetland) | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Hardie, David (Rutherglen) | Oldfield, J. R. |
| Arnott, John | Hardie, G. D. (Springburn) | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Harris, Percy A. | Paling, Wilfrid |
| Ayles, Walter | Haycock, A. W. | Palmer, E. T. |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hayes, John Henry | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Perry, S. F. |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Batey, Joseph | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Pole, Major D. G. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Harriotts, J. | Potts, John S. |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Pybus, Percy John |
| Benson, G. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Hollins, A. | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Raynes, W. R. |
| Bowen, J. W. | Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Isaacs, George | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Ritson, J. |
| Bromfield, William | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Brooke, W. | Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. (Preston) | Romeril, H. G. |
| Brothers, M. | Kelly, W. T. | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) | Kinley, J. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Buchanan, G. | Kirkwood, D. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Knight, Holford | Sandham, E. |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Eiland) | Lang, Gordon | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Cameron, A. G. | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Scurr, John |
| Cape, Thomas | Law, A. (Rossendale) | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Lawrence, Susan | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Themas (Preston) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Chater, Daniel | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Shield, George William |
| Church, Major A. G. | Leach, W. | Shleis, Dr. Drummond |
| Clarke, J. S. | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Simmons, C. J. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Leonard, W. | Simen, E. D. (Maneh'fer, Withington) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Collins, Sir Godfrey (Greenock) | Logan, David Gilbert | Sinkinson, George |
| Compton, Joseph | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Daggar, George | Lunn, William | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Dalton, Hugh | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Smith, Lees-, Rt. Hon. H. B. (Keighley) |
| Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Day, Harry | McElwee, A. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | McEntee, V. L. | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) |
| Dukes, C. | McGovern, J. (Glasgow, Shettleston) | Sorensen, R. |
| Duncan, Charles | McKinlay, A. | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Ede, James Chuter | MacLaren, Andrew | Stephen, Campbell |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Strauss, G. R. |
| Egan, W. H. | Maophenon, Rt. Hon. James I. | Sullivan, J. |
| Elmley, Viscount | McShane, John James | Sutton, J. E. |
| Foot, Isaac | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Freeman, Peter | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Manning, E. L. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Mansfield, W. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | Marcus, M. | Tillett, Ben |
| Gill, T. H. | Marshall, Fred | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Gillett, George M. | Mathers, George | Tout, W. J. |
| Glassey, A. E. | Matters, L. W. | Townend, A. E. |
| Gossling, A. G. | Maxton, James | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Gould, F. | Messer, Fred | Vaughan, David |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Millar, J. D. | Viant, S. P. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Mills, J. E. | Waikden, A. G. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Morley, Ralph | Walker, J. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Wallace, H. W. |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Tudor |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Watkins, F. C. |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Mort, D. L. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Wellock, Wilfred | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Welsh, James (Paisley) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) | Wise, E. F. |
| West, F. R. | Williams Dr. J. H. (Lianelly) | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Westwood, Joseph | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) | |
| White, H. G. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) | Wilson, J. (Oldham) | Mr. B. Smith and Mr. Thurtle. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Albery, Irving James | Everard, W. Lindsay | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Ferguson, Sir John | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) | Fermoy, Lord | Remer, John R. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Fleiden, E. B. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Flson, F. G. Clavering | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Berry, Sir George | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Ganzonl, Sir John | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Grace, John | Simms, Major-General J. |
| Bracken, B. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kine'dine, C.) |
| Bralthwaite, Major A. N. | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hamilton, Sir George (llford) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Broadbent, Colonel J. | Hammersley, S. S. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Thomson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Haslam, Henry C. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hurd, Percy A. | Todd, Capt. A. J. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Latham, H. P. (Scarboro' & Whitby) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Christie, J. A. | Lockwood, Captain J. H. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Margesson, Captain H. D. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingtley |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Marjorlbanks, Edward | Wright, Brig.-Gen. W. D. (Tavist'k) |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Milne, Wardlaw-, J. S. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir George Penny. |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |