§ Mr. LANSBURY(by Private Notice) asked the Lord President of the Council what will be the business set down for Friday next?
§ The LORD PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL (Mr. Baldwin)Second Reading of the Financial Emergency Enactments (Continuance) Bill; remaining stages of the Veterinary Surgeons (Irish Free State Agreement) Bill [Lords], and of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill [Lords]; Second Reading of the Dangerous Drugs Bill [Lords]; Second Reading of the Destructive Imported Animals Bill [Lords], and Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution; Second Reading of the Grey Seals Protection Bill [Lords].
§ Mr. LANSBURYI suppose that, if there is time, other Orders will be taken?
§ Mr. BALDWINI am much obliged to the right hon. Gentleman.
§ Mr. MANDERIn the event of there being time, as on the last two Fridays, when there were three hours, will it be possible to take any private Members' Bills that may be on the Paper?
§ Mr. BUCHANANWith reference to the Motion on the Paper to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule this evening, what business are the Government taking to-day under that Motion?
§ Mr. BALDWINWe are asking for the suspension of the Rule merely to get the first Order, that is to say, the Army Votes and a small Supplementary Estimate.
§
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, 262; Noes, 33.
1641| Division No. 95.] | AYES. | [3.30 p.m. |
| Actand-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds,W.) | Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald |
| Agnew. Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Briscoe, Capt. Richard George |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Beaumont, Hon, R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Broadbent, Colonel John |
| Albery, Irving James | Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Brocklebank, C. E. R. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) | Bernays, Robert | Brown, Ernest (Leith) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks., Newb'y) |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Bird, Ernest Roy (Yorks., Skipton) | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Blaker, Sir Reginald | Burghley, Lord |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Slindell, James | Burnett, John George |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Borodale, Viscount | Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Horsbrugh, Florence | Penny, Sir George |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Perkins, Walter R. D. |
| Chalmers, John Rutherford | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Petherick, M. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Hurd, Percy A. | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n,Biliton) |
| Chotzner, Alfred James | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Christie, James Archibald | James, Wing-Corn. A. W. H. | Potter, John |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Clayton, Dr. George C. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Ker, J. Campbell | Ramsden, E. |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Cooke, Douglas | Kimball, Lawrence | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Kirkpatrick, William M. | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Cowan, D. M. | Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Knebworth, Viscount | Remer, John R. |
| Cross, R. H. | Knight, Holford | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Knox, Sir Alfred | Robinson, John Roland |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lamb. Sir Joseph Quinton | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Denville, Alfred | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Rosbotham, S. T. |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Donner, P. W. | Leckie, J. A. | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Dower, Captain A. V. G. | Lees-Jones, John | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. |
| Drewe, Cedric | Leigh, Sir John | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) |
| Dunglass, Lord | Liddall, Walter S. | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Eden, Robert Anthony | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Salmon, Major Isidore |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Salt, Edward W. |
| Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Elmley, Viscount | Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Erekine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Scone, Lord |
| Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) | Lyons, Abraham Montagu | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | Mabane, William | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | MacAndrew, Capt. J. D. (Ayr) | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Falle Sir Bertram G. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst | McEwcn, J. H. F. | Smith, R. W. (Ab'rd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | McKeag, William | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | McKie, John Hamilton | Somervell, Donald Bradley |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Soper, Richard |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Maitland, Adam | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Glossop, C. W. H. | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. | Stanley, Hon. O. F G. (Westmorland) |
| Goff, Sir Park | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Stones, James |
| Goldie, Noel B. | Martin, Thomas B. | Storey, Samuel |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Millar, Sir James Duncan | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Mitcheson, G. G. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles |
| Hales, Harold K. | Moreing, Adrian C. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Halt, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Hammersley, Samuel S. | Moss, Captain H. J. | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Hanley, Dennis A. | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Munro, Patrick | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Harbord, Arthur | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | White, Henry Graham |
| Hartland, George A. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Normand, Wilfrid Guild | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | North, Captain Edward T. | Womersley, Walter James |
| Headla'n Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Nunn, William | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Henderson, sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Hillman, Dr. George B. | Palmer, Francis Noel | |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Patrick, Colin M. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Holdsworth, Herbert | Peake, Captain Osbert | Sir Victor Warrender and Major |
| Hope, Capt. Arthur O. J. (Aston) | Pearson, William G. | George Davies. |
| Hornby, Frank | Peat, Charles U. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Buchanan, George | Edwards, Charles |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Cripps, Sir Stafford | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) |
| Batey, Joseph | Daggar, George | Grundy, Thomas W. |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) |
| Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Lunn, William | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. David |
| Hirst, George Henry | McEntee, Valentine L. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Kirkwood, David | Parkinson, John Allen | Williams Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Price, Gabriel | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Lawson, John James | Salter, Dr. Alfred | |
| Leonard, William | Thorne, William James | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Logan, David Gilbert | Tinker, John Joseph | Mr. Gordon Macdonald and Mr. |
| Duncan Graham. |
Question put, and agreed to.