§ Mr. LANSBURYMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman the Lord President of the Council what business is it proposed to take on Friday?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe Second Reading of the Public Works Loans Bill, and the Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution.
§ Report stage of Navy, Army and Air Expenditure, 1930—that is the Resolutions which it is hoped to pass to-day through Committee stage.
§ Second Readings of the
§ British Museum Bill [Lords],
§ Agricultural Credits (Mortgages) Bill [Lords'], and
§ Report and Third Reading of the Patents and Designs Bill [Lords].
§ Second Reading of the Carriage by Air Bill [Lords], and, if there is time, other Orders on the Paper.
§ Mr. LANSBURYI am glad that the right hon. Gentleman has put in the last proviso. We are not at all sure whether all this little packet can be got through on Friday or not. We must have time to examine it, and therefore I do not say, right off, whether we shall be able to assist the right hon. Gentleman in putting it through or not.
§ Mr. MAXTONIf time does permit of other Orders being taken, can the right hon. Gentleman tell us to which other Orders he proposes to give precedence?
§ Mr. LANSBURYHow far does the right hon. Gentleman propose to go to-night?
§ Mr. BALDWINWe propose to take the first Order, and also the Navy, Army and Air Expenditure, 1930, Committee stage, which is the second Order and which the right hon. Gentleman knows is merely a confirmation of the action of the Public Accounts Committee.
§ Mr. BUCHANANIn connection with the Report stage of the National Health Insurance Bill, the very first new Clause on the Paper is in the name of one of the right hon. Gentleman's own supporters, and on it will very largely depend what progress is made with the Bill. It would be convenient if he announced whether the Government intend to accept that proposed new Clause or not. If the Government accept it, the whole Report stage will be thrown out of gear and it will inevitably mean that a good deal more time will be taken. Perhaps he will let us know the Government's intention on the proposed new Clause, because on that must depend the length of the sitting to-night.
§ Mr. BALDWINI quite agree with the last part of what the hon. Member has said, but I think his question would be more suitably put when the House comes to the Report stage of the Bill.
§ Motion made, and Question put,
922§ "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, 259; Noes, 40.
923| Division No. 248.] | AYES. | [3.28 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Eden, Robert Anthony | Mac Andrew, Maj. C. G. (Partick) |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Elliston, Captain George Sampson | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Albery, Irving James | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (L'pool, W.) | Erskine-Boist, Capt. C. C. (Blk'pool) | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) | Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Fermoy, Lord | Magnay, Thomas |
| Balniel, Lord | Fieldon, Edward Brocklehurst | Maitland, Adam |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Fox, Sir Gifford | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Fraser, Captain Ian | Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. |
| Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Fremantle, Sir Francis | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Ganzoni, Sir John | Martin, Thomas B. |
| Bird, Sir Robert B. (Wolverh'pton W.) | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Blaker, Sir Reginald | Goff, Sir Park | Meller, Richard James |
| Blindell, James | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) |
| Borodale, Viscount | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Grimston, R. V. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Mitcheson, G. G. |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Munro, Patrick |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Hales, Harold K. | Nall, Sir Joseph |
| Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) | Hall, Capt. W. D'Arcy (Brecon) | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Harris, Sir Percy | Normand, Wilfrid Guild |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Hartington, Marquess of | North Captain Edward T. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hartland, George A. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Burnett, John George | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Peat Charles U. |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Percy, Lord Eustace |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Perkins, Walter R. D. |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Peters, Dr. Sidney John |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Heneage, Lieut. Colonel Arthur P. | Petherick, M. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hope, Sydney (Chester Stalybridge) | Peto, Sir Basll E. (Devon, B'nstaple) |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada |
| Chalmers, John Rutherford | Hornby, Frank | Potter, John |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Chotzner, Alfred James | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Procter, Major Henry Adam |
| Clarke, Frank | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Ramsden, E. |
| Colville, John | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Rankin. Robert |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Cook, Thomas A. | James, wing.-Com. A. W. H. | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Cooke, Douglas | Jamieson, Douglas | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Copeland, Ida | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Cowan, D. M. | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Remer, John R. |
| Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Craven-Ellis, William | Ker, J. Campbell | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Rosbotham, S. T. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Knight, Holford | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) |
| Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Law, Sir Alfred | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tslde) |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Leckie, J. A. | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Salmon, Major Isidore |
| Denville, Alfred | Lees-Jones, John | Sait, Edward W. |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Leigh, Sir John | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Dickie, John P. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Donner, P. W. | Levy, Thomas | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Dower, Captain A. V. G. | Liddall, Walter S. | Scone, Lord |
| Drewe, Cedric | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Dunglass, Lord | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd.Gr'n) | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Eady, George H. | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Tate, Mavis Constance | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. (P'dd'gt'n, S.) | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Somerville, Annesley A (Windsor) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Train, John | Womersley, Walter James |
| Spencer, Captain Richard A. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir K. Kingsley |
| Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Stanley, Hon. O. F. C. (Westmorland) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Stevenson, James | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Stewart, William J. | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Stones, James | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) | |
| Strauss, Edward A. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Strickland, Captain W. F. | Watt, Captain George Steven H. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. | Weymouth, Viscount | George Penny. |
| Sutcliffe, Harold | White, Henry Graham | |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Batey, Joseph | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Maxton, James |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Grundy, Thomas W. | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Price, Gabriel |
| Buchanan, George | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Thorne, William James |
| Cape, Thomas | Hirst, George Henry | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. David |
| Daggar, George | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lawson, John James | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Duncan, Charles (Derby, Claycross) | Leonard, William | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Edwards, Charles | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Lunn, William | |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | McEntee, Valentine L. | Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |