§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINMay I ask the Prime Minister for what Orders he has put down the Motion appearing on the Order Paper to-day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Government are interested in items 2, 3 and 4 on the Order Paper of to-day and would like to get them. I am informed that the only Amendment on the Paper to these Orders is purely a drafting Amendment on the Palestine and East Africa Loans Bill, and, if possible, we should like to get them.
§ Mr. BALDWINDoes the right hon. Gentleman intend to sit late?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, not unusually late, if we can get them at a reasonable hour.
§
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, 236; Noes, 103.
1001| Division No. 240.] | AYES. | [3.45 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Burgess, F. G. | Edwards, E. (Morpeth) |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Caine, Hall-, Derwent | Elmley, Viscount |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigie M. | Cape, Thomas | England, Colonel A. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Foot, Isaac |
| Alpass, J. H. | Chater, Daniel | Freeman, Peter |
| Amnion, Charles George | Church, Major A. G. | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) |
| Angell, Sir Norman | Cluse, W. S. | Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) |
| Arnott, John | Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) |
| Aske, Sir Robert | Cocks, Frederick Seymour | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Compton, Joseph | Gibbins, Joseph |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Cove, William G. | Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Cowan, D. M. | Gillett, George M. |
| Barr, James | Cripps, Sir Stafford | Glassey, A. E. |
| Batey, Joseph | Daggar, George | Gossling, A. G. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Dallas, George | Gould, F. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Dalton, Hugh | Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) |
| Bennett, William (Batteries, South) | Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | Granville, E. |
| Benson, G. | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Gray, Milner |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Day, Harry | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) |
| Bowen, J. W. | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Dukes, C. | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Duncan, Charles | Groves, Thomas E. |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Ede, James Chuter | Grundy, Thomas W. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Edmunds, J. E | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | March, S. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Marcus, M. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Marley, J. | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Hardie, George D. | Marshall, Fred | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Haycock, A. W. | Mathers, George | Shield, George William |
| Hayes, John Henry | Matters, L. W. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Messer, Fred | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Middleton, G. | Shinwell, E. |
| Hicks, Ernest George | Millar, J. D. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Mills, J. E. | Simmons, C. J. |
| Hoffman, P. C. | Milner, Major J. | Simon, E. D. (Manch'ter, Withington) |
| Hollins, A. | Montague, Frederick | Sinkinton, George |
| Hopkin, Daniel | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Horrabin, J. F. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Smith, Lees-, Rt. Hon. H. B. (Keighley) |
| Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Mort, D. L. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Isaacs, George | Muff, G. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Johnston, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Muggeridge, H. T. | Sorensen, R. |
| Jones, Llewellyn, F. | Murnin, Hugh | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Strauss, G. R. |
| Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camberne) | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) |
| Kelly, W. T. | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Palin, John Henry | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Palmer, E. T. | Tillett, Ben |
| Kinley, J. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Knight, Holford | Perry, S. F. | Viant, S. P. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Walker, J. |
| Lang, Gordon | Phillips, Dr. Marion | Wallace, H. W. |
| Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Law, A. (Rossendale) | Pole, Major D. S. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Lawrence, Susan | Potts, John S. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Lawson, John James | Price, M. P. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Pybus, Percy John | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Leach, W. | Quibell, D. J. K. | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Rathbone, Eleanor | West, F. R. |
| Lees, J. | Raynes, W. R. | Westwood, Joseph |
| Longbottom, A. W. | Richards, R. | White, H. G. |
| Longden, F. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Whitaley, William (Blaydon) |
| Lunn, William | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Robinson, Sir T, (Lancs, Stretford) | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Romeril, H. G. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| McElwee, A. | Rothschild, J. de | Wilson, J. (Oldham) |
| McEntee. V. L. | Rowson, Guy | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) |
| MacNeill-Weir, L. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Wise, E. F. |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| McShane, John James | Sanders, W. S. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Sandham, E. | |
| Hander, Geoffrey le M. | Sawyer, G. P. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Manning, E. L. | Scrymgeour, E. | Mr. Charleton and Mr. Paling. |
| Mansfield, W. | Sexton, Sir James | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte. Lieut.-Colonel | Colfox, Major William Philip | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Cranborne, Viscount | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller |
| Amery. Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Baillie-Hamilton, Hon. Charles W. | Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. (Hertford) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyen | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Berry, Sir George | Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Marjoribanks, Edward |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Ferguson, Sir John | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Ford, Sir p. J. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | O'Connor, T. J. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Galbraith, J. F. W. | O'Neill, Sir H. |
| Broadbent, Colonel J. | Ganzoni, Sir John | Penny, Sir George |
| Brawn, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Gower, Sir Robert | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Butler, B. A. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Remer, John R. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Hammersley, S. S. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Hartington, Marquess of | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Salmon, Major I. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart | Sueter, Roar-Admiral M. F. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Simms, Major-General J. | Thomson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Skelton, A. N. | Tinne, J. A. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | |
| Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Todd, Capt. A. J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Smithers, Waldron | Ward. Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Somervilie, A. A. (Windsor) | Wells, Sydney R. | Sir Frederick Thomson. |