§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINWill the Prime Minister tell us what business it is proposed to take next week; and may I also ask whether, for the general convenience of Members, he can make any statement as to the probable date of the commencement of the summer recess, and what business he proposes to ask the House to consider before that date?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)Regarding the second part of the question, if the right hon. Gentleman will be good enough to repeat it next week, I shall then be in a position to make a statement. There are certain things that are uncertain——[Interruption.]—that is the flexibility of our English language—and until I have finished negotiations which are in hand just now I am not quite sure what drafts I may have to make upon the time of the House; but next week I hope to make a statement.
The Business for next week will be:
Monday: Supply [12th Allotted Day]. The Vote for the Treasury and subordinate Departments, which includes pro- 626 vision of the Committee of Imperial Defence, will be put down in order to admit of a general discussion on the Defence Services of the Empire. The Committee stage of the Unemployment Insurance (No. 4) Bill will also be taken.
Tuesday: Finance Bill, Report [1st Allotted Day]. Unemployment Insurance (No. 4) Bill, Third Reading.
Wednesday: Finance Bill, Report [2nd Allotted Day].
Thursday: Finance Bill, Report [3rd Allotted Day].
Friday: Finance Bill, Third Reading.
§ Lieut-Commander KENWORTHYIn regard to the discussion on the Imperial Defence Services, may I ask my right hon. Friend whether that is all we are to know of the lines on which the Debate is to be conducted?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI do not quite understand the point of my hon. and gallant Friend's question. I understand it is the desire of the Opposition to have a general Debate upon defence questions, and the Vote will be put down to enable that to be done.
§ Mr. KIRKWOODMay I ask the Prime Minister when the Unemployment (Anomalies) Bill is to come before the House?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIn the following week. The Anomalies Bill will follow immediately after the Money Bill. The Money Bill has to be got through by a date, and that is why there is a little bit of a rush. The Anomalies Bill will follow immediately afterwards.
§ Mr. BROCKWAYThere is a Motion on the Paper referring to the release of the prisoners of Meerut. Is the Prime Minister able to give the House time for a discussion of that Motion?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, we have too many important Debates.
§
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 the Mauritius Loan (Guarantee) Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. T. Kennedy.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 235; Noes, 92.
629| Division No. 354.] | AYES. | [3.54 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hopkin, Daniel | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Pole, Major D. G. |
| Altchison, Rt. Hon. Craigle M. | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Potts, John S. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Isaacs, George | Price, M. P. |
| Alpass, J. H. | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Qulbell, D. J. K. |
| Angell, Sir Norman | Johnston, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson |
| Arnott, John | Jones, Llewellyn-, F. | Raynes, W. R. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Richards, R. |
| Ayles, Walter | Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Barr, James | Jones, Morgan (Caerpbilly) | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Batey, Joseph | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Ritson, J. |
| Beckett, John (Camberwell, Peckham) | Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. (Preston) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Kelly, W. T. | Romerll, H. G. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Kenworthy. Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Rothschild, J. de |
| Benson, G. | Kinley, J. | Rowson, Guy |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Kirkwood, D. | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Knight, Holford | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Bowen, J. W. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Lang, Gordon | Samuel, H. Walter (Swansea, West) |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Sanders, W. S. |
| Brooke, W. | Lathan, G. (Sheffield, Park) | Sandham, E. |
| Brothers, M. | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Law, A. (Rosendale) | Scott, James |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Lawrence, Susan | Scurr, John |
| Buchanan, G. | Lawson, John James | Sexton, Sir James |
| Burgess, F. G. | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Cape, Thomas | Leach, W. | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S W.) | Lee, Frank (Derby, N. E.) | Shield, George William |
| Chater, Daniel | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Church, Major A. G. | Lees, J. | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lloyd, C. Ellis | Shinwell, E. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Logan, David Gilbert | Simmons, C. J. |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Longbottom, A. W. | Simon, E. D. (Manch'ter, Withington) |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Longden, F. | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Daggar, George | Lovat- Fraser, J. A. | Sinkinson, George |
| Dallas, George | Lunn, William | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Smith, Lees-, Rt. Hon. H. B. (Keighley) |
| Day, Harry | McElwee, A. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | McEntee, V. L. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Duncan, Charles | McGovern, J. (Glasgow, Shettleston) | Sorensen, R. |
| Ede, James Chuter | McKinlay, A. | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Edge, Sir William | MacLaren, Andrew | Strauss, G. R. |
| Edmunds, J. E. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Sullivan, J. |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwelity) | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | McShane, John James | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) |
| Egan, W. H. | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Evans, capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Freeman, Peter | Manning, E. L. | Tillett, Ben |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Mansfield, W. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) | March, S. | Toole, Joseph |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) | Marcus, M. | Tout, W. J. |
| Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | Markham, S. F. | Townend, A. E. |
| Gill, T. H. | Marley, J. | Turner, Sir Ben |
| Glassey, A. E. | Marshall, Fred | Vaughan, David |
| Gossling, A. G. | Mathers, George | Viant, S. P. |
| Gould, F. | Matters, L. W. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Millar, J. D. | Walker, J. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Mills, J. E. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Milner, Major J. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Morgan, Dr. H. B. | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Morley, Ralph | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Morris, Rhys Hopkins | West, F. R. |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Westwood, Joseph |
| Hardie, David (Rutherglen) | Mort, D. L. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Hardie, G. D. (Springburn) | Muff, G. | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Muggerldge, H. T. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Murnin, Hugh | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Haycock, A. W. | Nathan, Major H. L. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Hayday, Arthur | Noel Baker, P. J. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hayes, John Henry | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Oldfield, J. R. | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Henderson, W. W. (Mlddx., Enfield) | Palin, John Henry | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Herrlotts, J. | Palmer, E. T. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Hirst, G. H. (York, W. R., Wentworth) | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | |
| Hollins, A. | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mr. Charleton and Mr. Paling. |
| NOSE | ||
| Alnsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Fermoy, Lord | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Ford, Sir P. J. | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Astor, Viscountess | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Remer, John R. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Savery, S. S. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Half, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Boyce, Leslie | Hartington, Marquess of | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Bracken, B. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Broadbent, Colonel J. | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Buchan, John | Heneage, Lieut-Colonel Arthur P. | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hurd, Percy A. | Thompson, Luke |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Knox Sir Alfred | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Latham, H. P. (Scarboro' & Whitby) | Train, J. |
| Christie, J. A. | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Llewellin, Major J. J. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Galnsbro) | McConnell, Sir Joseph | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Macquisten, F. A. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Margesson, Captain H. D. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Dalrymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Muirhead, A. J. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) | |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | TELLERS FOR THE NOES. |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Peake, Captain Osbert | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Penny, Sir George | Sir Frederick Thomson. |
Bill read the Third time, and passed.