§ Mr. A. V. ALEXANDERMay I ask the Prime Minister how far he proposes to go to-night in the event of the suspension of the Eleven o'clock Rule?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe want to get the first two Orders on the Paper.
§ Mr. ALEXANDERIs it necessary to suspend the Rule for the Sunday Performances Bill?
§ The PRIME MINISTERDoes my right hon. Friend mean that he will give it to me before Eleven o'clock?
§ Mr. ALEXANDERI gather that there is a considerable division of opinion on the Bill, and, in the circumstances, does the Prime Minister think that it is necessary to suspend the Rule in order to get through such a controversial Measure?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI thought that there was complete agreement on both sides as it is a Bill that came over with us. It settles this matter temporarily as it is so very pressing.
§ Mr. HARRISIs the Prime Minister aware that, if this Bill is not passed, the whole of London will be very much inconvenienced and disorganised?
§ Mr. MORRISDoes the Prime Minister seriously contemplate suspending the Rule in order to carry it through?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope that the House will carry it through. That is why I propose the suspension of the Rule; it is such a pressing practical necessity.
Sir F. HALLDoes not the right hon. Gentleman recognise that an enormous number of people are spending their time in cinemas when they would otherwise
§ be in places where they would not get the same education?
§ 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, 184; Noes, 58.
809| Division No. 518.] | AYES. | [3.27 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Galbraith, J. F. W. | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Col. Charles | Ganzonl, Sir John | Peake, Capt. Osbert |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigle M. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Penny, Sir George |
| Albery, Irving James | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Allan, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l.,W.) | Gillett, George M. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Gllmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Astor,Maj. Hon. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Purbrick, R. |
| Atkinson, C. | Gower, Sir Robert | Pybus, Percy John |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson |
| Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) | Gray, Milner | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Balniel, Lord | Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro' W.) | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Bellalrs, Commander Carlyon | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. (Cardiff, Central) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Remer, John R. |
| Berry, Sir George | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. |
| Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Reynolds, Col. Sir James |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Hanbury, C. | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Harbord, A. | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Harris, Percy A. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Salmon, Major I. |
| Broadbent, Colonel J. | Heneage, Lieut.-Col Arthur P. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Buchan, John | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Savery, S. S. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Simms, Major-General J. |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney,N.) | Simon, E. D. (Manch'ter, Withington) |
| Burgin, Dr. E. L. | Hurd, Percy A. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Butler, R. A. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Hutchison, Maj.-Gen. Sir R. | Skelton, A. N. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Jones, Llewellyn-, F. | Smith, R.W.(Aberd'n & Kinc'dlne, C.) |
| Campbell, E. T. | Jones, Rt. Hon. Lelf (Camborne) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Castle Stewart, Earl of | Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. (Preston) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Kindersley, Major G. M. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm-,W.) | Knight, Holford | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Southby, Commander A. R. J |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Lambert, Rt Hon. George (S. Molton) | Stanley, Lord (Fylde) |
| Colman. N. C. D. | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. | Stanley, Hon. O. (Westmorland) |
| Colville, Major D. J. | Latham, H. P. (Scarboro' & Whitby) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Sueter, Rear- Admiral M, F. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Lewis, Oswald (Colchester) | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Llewellin, Major J. J. | Thomas, Rt Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Thomson, Sir F. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) | Thomson, Mitchell-, Rt. Hon. Sir W. |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Lockwood, Captain J. H. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Train, J. |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J (Hertford) | Maclean, Sir Donald (Cornwall, N.) | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Macquisten, F. A. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Maitland, A. (Kent, Faversham) | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Marjorlbanks, Edward | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Mason, Colonel Glyn K. | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Dudgeon, Major C. R. | Milne, Wardlaw-, J. S. | White, H. G. |
| Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Eden, Captain Anthony | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Withers, Sir John James |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Mulrhead, A. J. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Nall Cain, A. R. N. | Wright, Brig.-Gen. W. D. (Tavist'k) |
| Ferguson, Sir John | Nathan, Major H. L. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton |
| Fielden, E. B. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G.(Ptrsf'ld) | |
| Foot, Isaac | O'Connor, T. J. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Ford, Sir P. J. | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Forestler-Walker, Sir L. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Mr. Classey. |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Owen, Major G. (Carnarvon) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Batey, Joseph | Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Bennett, William (Battersea, South) | Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S.W.) |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Benson, G. | Chater, Daniel |
| Cowan, D. M. | Logan, David Gilbert | Scurr, John |
| Daggar, George | Longden, F. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | MacLaren, Andrew | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Day, Harry | MacNeill-Weir, L. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Ede, James Chuter | March, S. | Simmons, C. J. |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Han, Upton) | Marley, J, | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Messer, Fred | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Morley, Ralph | Strauss, G. R. |
| Hardle, G. D. (Springburn) | Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Herriotts, J. | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S.W.) |
| Hoffman, P. C. | Mort, D. L. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Kelly, W. T. | Noel-Suxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) | Welsh, James (Palsley) |
| Kennedy, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) | West, F. R. |
| Lawson, John James | Palln, John Henry | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Leach, W. | Pole, Major D. G. | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| Lee, Frank (Derby, N.E.) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | |
| Lees, J. | Sanders, W. S. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Hayes and Mr. Thurtle. |