§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINMay I ask the Prime Minister what the business will be after the Recess and whether he can tell us what is the purpose of the Motion for suspending the Eleven o'clock Rule which stands on the Paper to-day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMay I take the latter question first? The object of the Motion, if necessary, is to dispose of the second and third Orders on the Paper, namely, the Committee stage of the Post Office and Telegraph (Money) Bill and the Third Beading of the Palestine and East Africa Loans Bill. Both these Bills have already been fully debated, and their passage into law as soon after the Whitsun adjournment as possible is essential, if serious and inconvenient delays are to be avoided.
As regards the business when we resume, it will be as follows:
1979 Tuesday, 2nd June: The Allotted Day for the Third Reading of the Representation of the People (No. 2) Bill.
Wednesday, 3rd June: Supply—10th Allotted Day. The Vote will be announced later.
Thursday, 4th June: A Motion setting up a Time Table for the further stages of the Finance Bill. [Interruption.] I may say that until this morning that day was to be given for the first day of the Committee stage of the Finance Bill, but the indications on the Order Paper this morning compelled me to put that down as announced. If any agreement can be come to on a reasonable basis between now and then, that will not be taken.
Friday, 5th June: The business will be announced on Tuesday, 2nd June.
On any day, should time permit, other Orders may be taken.
§ Mr. BALDWINAs the right hon. Gentleman is taking what I believe to be a novel course in regard to the Guillotine, will he tell us how soon we
§ shall have the terms of the Motion on the Paper, as it will require some consideration?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI quite agree. As a matter of fact, it is not novel, because it was done in 1910 and 1914. It is hoped that the Resolution will appear on the Notice Paper to-morrow.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIt was quite impossible to hear what the Guillotine was for.
§ Sir W. DAVISONWill the Prime Minister say why the Government only follow precedents with regard to the flying of flags and neglect all other good precedents?
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYWe still do not know what it is about.
§
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, 239; Noes, 119.
1981| Division No. 251.] | AYES. | [3.40 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (File, West) | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Hoffman, P. C. |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Duncan, Charles | Horrabin, J. F. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) |
| Alpass, J. H. | Ede, James Chuter | Hunter, Dr. Joseph |
| Ammon, Charles George | Edge, Sir William | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. |
| Arnott, John | Edmunds, J. E. | Isaacs, George |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | Jenkins, Sir William |
| Ayles, Walter | Elmley, Viscount | John, William (Rhondda, West) |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bliston) | England, Colonel A. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univer.) | Jones, Llewellyn-, F. |
| Barr, James | Foot, Isaac | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Batey, Joseph | Freeman, Peter | Jones, Rt. Hon. Lelf (Camborne) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Kelly, W. T. |
| Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesea) | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Benson, G. | Gibbins, Joseph | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Gibson H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | Kirkwood, D. |
| Blindell, James | Gill, T. H. | Knight, Holford |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Glassey, A. E. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) |
| Bowen, J. W. | Gossling, A. G. | Lang, Gordon |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Gould, F. | Law, Albert (Bolton) |
| Bromfield, William | Graham. Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Law, A. (Rossendale) |
| Brooke, W. | Granville, E. | Lawrence, Susan |
| Brothers, M. | Gray, Milner | Lawson, John James |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts, Mansfield) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Leach, W. |
| Buchanan, G. | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) |
| Burgess, F. G. | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Lees, J. |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks, W. R. Elland) | Groves, Thomas E. | Leonard, W. |
| Cape, Thomas | Grundy, Thomas W. | Logan, David Gilbert |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Longbottom, A. W. |
| Chater, Daniel | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Longden, F. |
| Clarke, J. S. | Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Lunn, William |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Harris, Percy A. | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Haycock, A. W. | Mac Donald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Senham) |
| Cowan, D. M. | Hayday, Arthur | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Hayes, John Henry | McElwee, A. |
| Daggar, George | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | McKinlay, A. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Herriotts, J. | MacLaren, Andrew |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hicks, Ernest George | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) |
| Day, Harry | Hirst, G. H. (York W. R. Wentworth) | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| McShane, John James | Price, M. P. | Strauss, G. R. |
| Malone, C. L'Estrange (N'thampton) | Pybus, Percy John | Sullivan, J. |
| Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Quibell, D. J. K. | Sutton, J. E. |
| Mansfield, W. | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson | Taylor R. A. (Lincoln) |
| March, S. | Raynes, W. R. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Marcus, M. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Thorne, W. (West Ham. Plaistow) |
| Markham, S. F. | Riley, Ben (Dewsbury) | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Marley, J. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Tillett, Ben |
| Marshall, Fred | Romeril, H. G. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Mathers, George | Rosbotham, D. S. T. | Toole, Joseph |
| Matters, L. W. | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Tout, W. J. |
| Maxton, James | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Townend, A. E. |
| Messer, Fred | Samuel. Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Vaughan, David |
| Millar, J. D. | Sanders, W. S. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Mills, J. E. | Sandham, E. | Walker, J. |
| Milner, Major J. | Sawyer, G. F. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Montague, Frederick | Scott, James | Walters, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Tudor |
| Morley, Ralph | Scrymgeour, E. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Sexton, Sir James | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Presten) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Mort, D. L. | Sherwood, G. H. | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Muff, G. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) |
| Muggeridge, H. T. | Shillaker, J. F. | West, F. R. |
| Murnin, Hugh | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Westwood, Joseph |
| Naylor, T. E. | Simmons, C. J. | White, H. G. |
| Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Simon, E. D. (Manch'ter, Withington) | Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) |
| Oldfield, J. R. | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) | Whiteley, William (Blaydon) |
| Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | Sinkinson, George | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Sitch, Charles H. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Palin, John Henry. | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Smith, Lees-, Rt. Hon. H. B. (Keighley) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Perry, S. F. | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Wise, E. F. |
| Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) | Wood, Major McKenzie (Banff) |
| Phillips, Dr. Marion | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) | |
| Picton-Turbervill, Edith | Sorensen, R. | TELLERS FOR THE AVES.— |
| Pole, Major D. G. | Stamford, Thomas W. | Mr. Paling and Mr. Charleton. |
| Potts, John S. | Stephen, Campbell | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Dawson, Sir Philip | Peake, Capt. Osbert |
| Albery, Irving James | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Alexander, Sir Wm. (Glasgow, Cent'l) | Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Astor, Maj. Hon. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Everard, W. Lindsay | Reynolds, Col. Sir James |
| Atkinson, C. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'te'y) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Ferguson, Sir John | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Fermoy, Lord | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon | Fison, F. G. Clavering | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) | Ganzoni, Sir John | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Simms, Major-General J. |
| Bracken, B. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U., Belfast) |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Smithers, Waldron |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Somerville, A. A. (Windson) |
| Buchan, John | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Stanley, Hon. O. (Westmorland) |
| Butler, R. A. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hurd, Percy A. | Thomson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyen |
| Chamberlain Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Christie, J. A. | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Latham, H. P. (Scarboro' & Whitby) | Wells, Sydney R. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Lymington, Viscount | Withers, Sir John James |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Margesson, Captain H. D. | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Milne, Wardlaw-, J. S. | Womersley, W. J. |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Muirhead, A. J. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Dairymple-White, Lt.-Col. Sir Godfrey | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) | |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Sir Frederick Thomson and Captian |
| Bourne. |