§ Colonel GRETTONMay I ask a question upon Business before the Motion to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule is put? 223 Can the Leader of the House inform us what Business it is proposed to take after eleven o'clock?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Captain Margesson)Perhaps I may answer that question. If possible, it is proposed to get the remaining stages of the Statute of Westminster Bill and the Educational Endowments (Scotland) Money Resolution. If, as the Debate proceeds, we see that more time is needed for the Statute of Westminster Bill, then inquiries at the Whips' Office will be made. We should like to see what takes place, but at the moment we adhere to the statement which was made yesterday.
§ Mr. MARJORIBANKSCan the Parliamentary Secretary assure us that at any rate the Irish Amendment of importance to the Statute of Westminster Bill will not be taken after eleven o'clock and that he is not seeking to make us go into the Division Lobby in order to make us pass this important Statute after eleven o'clock, because such a procedure, after the strong pledge given by the Solicitor-General, would be highly improper.
§ Captain MARGESSONAs the Prime Minister stated yesterday, there is no intention whatever of asking for a Division at a late hour. Of course, no important Division will be asked for at an unreasonable hour. We must see how the Debate proceeds before we decide what is to be the course of the proceedings.
§ Colonel GRETTONWhat is a reasonable hour? Of course, no one would wish to carry the Debate over for the sake of half-an-hour, but what does the hon. and gallant Member mean by reasonable hour?
§ Captain MARGESSONAs I have said, there is no intention by the Prime Minister of asking the House to sit late and take important decisions at an early hour to-morrow morning. We shall have to see how the Debate proceeds, and then, if necessary and representations are made and it is found that the Debate has been protracted, something will be done to accommodate the convenience of Members of the House. There is no intention of asking that an important decision shall be arrived at at some inconvenient hour.
§ Earl WINTERTONCan my hon. And gallant Friend say whether, if there is any alteration of Business, it will affect the Business set down for to-morrow?
§ Captain MARGESSONI think we must be allowed to see how the Debate proceeds to-day. In any case, if extra time is to be afforded, I do not see any reason why the Business set down for tomorrow need necessarily be altered. I think the same arrangements could be carried out.
§ Mr. BUCHANANCan the hon. and gallant Member say whether if in any case he intends to go on with the Educational Endowments (Scotland) Money Resolution?
§ Captain MARGESSONThe Report stage of the Money Resolution, as the hon. Gentleman knows, is exempted Business, and we hope, if possible, to get the Report stage of the Financial Resolution to-night.
§
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)."—[Mr. Baldwin.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 404; Noes, 38.
227| Division No. 18.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Blaker, Sir Reginald |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Blindell, James |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Balniel, Lord | Borodale, Viscount |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigie M. | Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Bossom, A. C. |
| Albery, Irving James | Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Boulton, W. W. |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman {Llverp'l, W.) | Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart |
| Allen, Maj. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd, W) | Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Beaumont, R. E. B. (Portsm'th, Centr'l) | Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Boyce, H. Leslie |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald |
| Aske, Sir William Robert | Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Braithwaite, Maj. A. N. (Yorks, E. R.) |
| Atkinson, Cyril | Bernays, Robert | Braithwaite, J, G. (Hillsborough) |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Brass, Captain Sir William |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Bevan, Stuart James (Holborn) | Briscoe, Richard George |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Levy, Thomas |
| Brockiebank, C. E. R. | Ford, Sir Patrick J. | Liddall, Walter S. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Fraser, Captain Ian | Lister, Rt. Hon. sir Philip Cunliffe- |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Nawb'y) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Fuller, Captain A. E. G. | Lloyd, Geoffrey |
| Buchan, John | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. G'n) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (Handsw'th) |
| Burghley, Lord | Gledhill, Gilbert | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) |
| Burnett, John George | Glossop, C. W. H. | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. |
| Burton, Colonel Henry Walter | Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Lyons, Abraham Montagu |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. | Mabane, William |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Goldle, Noel B. | MacAndrew, Maj. C. G. (Partick) |
| Caine, G. R. Hall | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | McConnell, Sir Joseph |
| Campbell, Rear-Admt. G. (Burnley) | Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) | McCorquodale, M. S. |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Grimston, R. V. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Carver, Major William H. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) |
| Castiereagh, Viscount | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | McEwen, J. H. F. |
| Castle Stewart, Earl | Gunston, Captain D. W. | McKeag, William |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Guy, J. C. Morrison | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Hales, Harold K. | McLean, Major Alan |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgbaston) | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (Corn'll N.) |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Hall, Capt. W. D'Arcy (Brecon) | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Chotzner, Alfred James | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Macmillan, Maurice Harold |
| Christle, James Archibald | Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Clarke, Frank | Hanley, Dennis A. | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Magnay, Thomas |
| Clayton, Dr. George C. | Harbord, Arthur | Maitland, Adam |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Hartington, Marquess of | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Hartland, George A. | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot |
| Colville, Major David John | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Harve,. Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Manningham-Butler, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. |
| Cooke, James D. | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Martin, Thomas B. |
| Copeland, Ida | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John M. |
| Courtauld, Major John Sewell | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Meller, Richard James |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Mills, Sir Frederick |
| Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Hepworth, Joseph | Milne, Charles |
| Craven-Ellis, William | Herbert, George (Rotherham) | Milne, John Sydney Wardlaw- |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Hillman, Dr. George B. | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chlsw'k) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Crookshank, Capt, H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Holdsworth, Herbert | Mitcheson, G. G. |
| Crossley, A. C. | Hope, Capt. Arthur O. J. (Aston) | Molson, A. Harold Elsdale |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Hopkinson, Austin | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) |
| Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Morgan, Robert H. |
| Curry, A. C. | Hornby, Frank | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Horobin, Ian M. | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Morris, Rhys Hopkin (Cardigan) |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Howard, Tom Forrest | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Moss, Captain H. J. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Muirhead, Major A. J. |
| Denville, Alfred | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Munro, Patrick |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Nall-Cain, Arthur Ronald N. |
| Dickie, John P. | Hurd, Percy A. | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Donner, P. W. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Doran, Edward | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. sir R. (Montr'se) | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) |
| Drewe, Cedric | Hutchison, w. D. (Essex, Romf'd) | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Peters'fld) |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Inskip, Sir Thomas W. H. | North, Captain Edward T. |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Llonel | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Nunn, William |
| Duggan, Hubert John | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Oman, sir Charles William C. |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Jamieson, Douglas | Ormiston, Thomas |
| Dunglass, Lord | Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. |
| Eady, George H. | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Eden, Robert Anthony | Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Edge, Sir William | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Edmondson, Major A, J. | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Peake, Captain Osbert |
| Elliot, Major Walter E. | Ker, J. Campbell | Pearson, William G. |
| Ellis, Robert Geoffrey | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Peat, Charles U. |
| Elliston, Captain George Sampson | Kimball, Lawrence | Penny, Sir George |
| Elmley, Viscount | Kirkpatrick, William M. | Petherick, M. |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Knebworth, viscount | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bliston) |
| Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | Knight, Holford | Pickering, Ernest H. |
| Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, s.) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Potter, John |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Law, Sir Alfred | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Ferguson, Sir John | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Fermoy, Lord | Leckie, J. A. | Procter, Major Henry Adam |
| Flanagan, W. H. | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Pybus, Percy John |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Lees-Jones, John | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Ramsbotham, Herswald | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Ramsden, E. | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Rankin, Robert | Skelton, Archibald Noel | Train, John |
| Ratcliffe, Arthur | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. sir Walter D. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Rathbone, Eleanor | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Rawson, Sir Cooper | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Somerset, Thomas | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Reid, David D. (County Down) | Somervell, Donald Bradley | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Reid, William Allan (Derby) | Soper, Richard | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Remer, John R. | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E, | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Ropner, Colonel L. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. C. (Westmorland) | White, Henry Graham |
| Ross Taylor, Waller (Woodbridge) | Steel- Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. | Stevenson, James | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Stewart, William J. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Runge, Norah Cecil | Stones, James | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) | Storey, Samuel | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Stourton, John J. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Russell,Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) | Strickland, Captain W. F. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Salmon, Major Isidore | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. | Withers, Sir John James |
| Salt, Edward W. | Summersby, Charles H. | Womersley, Walter James |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. (Pd'gt'n, S.) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Templeton, William P. | Wood, Major M. McKenzie (Banff) |
| Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Thorn, Lieut.-Colonel John Gibb | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Savery, Samuel Servington | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Scone, Lord | Thomas, Major J. B. (King's Norton) | |
| Shakespeare, Geoffrey H, | Thompson, Luke | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Thornson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Mr. Russell Rea. |
| Shaw, Captain William T. (Forfar) | Thorp, Linton Theodore | |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grundy, Thomas w. | McGovern, John |
| Batey, Joseph | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Maxton, James |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Milner, Major James |
| Buchanan, George | Healy, Cahir | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Cape, Thomas | Hicks, Ernest George | Price, Gabriel |
| Cove, William G. | Hirst, George Henry | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Daggar, George | Kirkwood, David | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. David |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lawson, John James | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Devlin, Joseph | Leonard, William | |
| Duncan, Charles (Derby, Claycross) | Logan, David Gilbert | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Edwards, Charles | Lunn, William | Mr. Duncan Graham and Mr. John. |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) |
Question, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.