§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINI have two questions to put to the Prime Minister. First, has there been any change in the business announced for Thursday; and, secondly, does the right hon. Gentleman propose, if the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule be carried to-day, to do any business other than the first Order on the Paper?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)Representations have been made to me that it is desirable to change the business for Thursday, and the Government are perfectly prepared to do so. Therefore, with the assent of both sections of the Opposition, an opportunity will be afforded on Thursday for a Debate on Indian affairs, when the Vote on Account on Civil Estimates, 1931, will be taken in Committee of Supply. For the convenience of Members I may add that we propose to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on the Air Estimates and to take the necessary Votes in Committee on Tuesday, the 17th. That was originally the business for Thursday; it should be transferred to Tuesday, which originally had been assigned to the Vote on Account. With reference to the second question, following the practice of recent years, the object of the Motion for the Suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule is to ensure that the Army Votes that have been put clown are taken to-night. It is the usual thing.
§ Mr. BALDWINThe right hon. Gentleman has left me in some doubt. What is the other section of the Opposition?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope the right hon. Gentleman has not misunderstood me. I did not mean his colleague who is going to sit alongside him later.
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, 242; Noes, 128.
991| Division No. 187.] | AYES. | [3.48 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Arnott, John |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Alpass, J. H. | Attlee, Clement Richard |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Ammon, Charles George | Ayles, Walter |
| Baker, John (Wolvarhampton, Bilston) | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Palmer, E. T. |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Perry, S. F. |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Hoffman, P. C. | Peters, Dr. Sidney John |
| Barr, James | Hopkin, Daniel | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Batey, Joseph | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Phillips, Dr. Marion |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Picton-Turbervill, Edith |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Pole, Major D. G. |
| Bennett, William (Batteries, South) | Isaacs, George | Potts, John S. |
| Benson, G. | Jenkins, Sir William | Price, M. P. |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Pybus, Percy John |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Jones, F. Llewellyn- (Flint) | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson |
| Bowen, J. W. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Raynes, W. R. |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Jones, Rt. Hon. Lelf (Camborne) | Richards, R. |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Bromfield, William | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Rlley, Ben (Dewsbury) |
| Brothers, M. | Kelly, W. T. | Romerll, H. G. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Buchanan, G. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Rothschild, J. de |
| Burgess, F. G. | Kinley, J. | Rowson, Guy |
| Buxton, C R. (Yorks. W. R. Elland) | Knight, Holford | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cape, Thomas | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S.W.) | Lathan, G. | Samuel, H. Walter (Swansea, West) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Sanders, W. S. |
| Chater, Daniel | Law, A. (Rossendale) | Sandham, E. |
| Church, Major A. G. | Lawrence, Susan | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Clarke, J. S. | Lawson, John James | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Leach, W. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Compton, Joseph | Lees, J. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Cove, William G. | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Daggar, George | Lindley, Fred W. | Shield, George William |
| Dallas, George | Lloyd, C. Ellis | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Longbottom, A. W. | Shinwell, E. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Longden, F. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Day, Harry | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Simmons, C. J. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lowth, Thomas | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Lunn, William | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Dukes, C. | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Duncan, Charles | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Smith, H. B. Lees- (Keighley) |
| Ede, James Chuter | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | McElwee, A. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | McEntee, V. L. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| England, Colonel A. | McKinlay, A. | Snell, Harry |
| Foot, Isaac | MacLaren, Andrew | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) |
| Freeman, Peter | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Sorensen, R. |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | McShane, John James | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) | Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Stephen, Campbell |
| George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd (Car'vn) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Gibson, H. M. (Lanes, Mossley) | Manning, E. L. | Strauss, G. R. |
| Gill, T. H. | March, S. | Sullivan, J. |
| Gillett, George M. | Marley, J. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Glassey, A. E. | Marshall, Fred | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Gossling, A. G. | Mathers, George | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Gould, F. | Matters, L. W. | Townend, A. E. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Maxton, James | Viant, S. P. |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Win. (Edin., Cont.) | Melville, Sir James | Walkden, A. G. |
| Gray, Milner | Messer, Fred | Walker, J. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Middleton, G. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Millar, J. D. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) | Mills, J. E. | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Milner, Major J. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Montague, Frederick | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Morley, Ralph | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | West, F. R. |
| Hall. G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Westwood, Joseph |
| Hall, J. H (Whitechapel) | Muff, G. | White. H. G. |
| Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Muggeridge, H. T. | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Murnin, Hugh | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Nathan, Major H. L. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Hardle, George D. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Harris, Percy A. | Noel Baker, P. J. | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Hayes, John Henry | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Winterton, G. E.(Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Henderson, Arthur, Junr. (Cardiff, S.) | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | |
| Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Palin, John Henry. | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. Thurtle. |
| Herriotts, J. | Paling, Wilfrid | |
| NOES. | ||
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Ashley. Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid, W. | Atkinson, C. |
| Albery, Irving James | Astor, Viscountess | Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Atholl, Duchess of | Ba[...]niel, Lord |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Forestler-Walker, Sir L. | Preston, Sir Walter Rueben. |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Reid, David D. (County Dawn) |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Ganzoni, Sir John | Remer, John R. |
| Berry, Sir George | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. sir James Rennell |
| Bird, Ernest Roy | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Greene, W. p. Crawford | Ruggles-Brise, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Salmon, Major I. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Savery, S. S. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Simms, Major-General J. |
| Butler, R. A. | Hartington, Marquess of | Smith, R.W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Henderson, Capt. R.R.(Oxf'd, Henley) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cattle Stewart, Earl of | Hard, Percy A. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Cayzer, Maj.Sir Herbt. R.(Prtsmth,S.) | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Cockerill, Brig, General sir George | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Macquisten, F. A. | Train, J. |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Maltland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Mitchell, Sir W, Lane (Streatham) | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Mitchell-Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Dairymple White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Warrender, sir Victor |
| Davies. Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Davison, sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Mu[...]rhead, A. J. | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsf'ld) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | O'Neill, Sir H. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Erskine, Lord (Somerset,Weston.s.-M.) | Penny, Sir George | |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstapi[...]) | Major Sir George Hennessy and Sir Frederick Thomson. |
| Ferguson, Sir John | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
Resolution agreed to.