§ 45. Mr. MANDERasked the Prime Minister if he will consider the possibility of placing at the disposal of private Members such time as may be available through the early rising of the House on Fridays?
§ Mr. MANDERIs my right hon. Friend not aware that on the last two Fridays there were three hours left, and is it not a little unreasonable to prevent private Members using the time if it is available?
§ Mr. BALDWINMay I ask my hon. Friend if he does not realise that if the House rises early it is because it desires to rise early? I do not know whether my hon. Friend thinks that it is within his power to hold a House on a Friday, but I ask him if it is not very unfair to other hon. Members, who can have no possible notice of any particular Bill coming forward, that a Bill might make progress when it is strongly opposed by people who have had no opportunity of being present?
§ Mr. MANDERDoes my right hon. Friend not realise that the names of the Bills were on the Order Paper and that all hon. Members knew perfectly well what Bills were coming forward, and that the only reason why they were not able to speak on them was that the Chief Whip moved the Adjournment of the House?
§ Mr. HOLFORD KNIGHTHas my right hon. Friend's attention been called to the Rights of Way Bill, which has received a Second Reading in this House on seven occasions during the last 25 years? It is a non-controversial Bill, and in the circumstances will he give some sympathetic consideration to the chequered career of the Bill?
§ Mr. BALDWINIf the Bill is non-controversial it can get a Second Reading after Eleven o'clock, but as a matter of fact there is ample Government business always, and we are increasing it week by week in the hope that the House may be sufficiently interested on Fridays to sit until Four o'clock.
§ Mr. LANSBURYIn the likely event of the Motion to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule being carried, may I ask how long the Lord President of the Council proposes to keep the House tonight?
§ Mr. BALDWINWe want to make substantial progress with the Wheat Bill before Easter—I do not say to get the Bill, but to make substantial progress. I should like to see good progress made to-night, but I think that we shall better be able to judge whether the progress is good or not a little later in the day. I would rather not commit myself beyond that at this moment.
§ Mr. LANSBURYIf progress is not satisfactory from the right hon. Gentleman's point of view, how long does he propose to sit in order to try and get satisfactory progress?
§ Mr. BALDWINAt the moment I would rather say that the idea of progress is more in my mind than time.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on the Wheat Bill be Exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Baldwin.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 311; Noes, 39.
1809| Division No. 96.] | AYES. | [3 35 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Elmley, Viscount | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Lumley, Captain Lawrence B. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Lyons, Abraham Montagu |
| Albery, Irving James | Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Mabane, William |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Apsley, Lord | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | McEwen, J. H. F. |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | McKeag, William |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Fox, Sir Gifford | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Fraser, Captain Ian | Maclean, Rt. Hn. Sir D. (Corn'll N.) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Ganzoni, Sir John | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Glossop, C. W. H. | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Magnay, Thomas |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Goldie, Noel B. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Beaumont, Hn. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Gower, Sir Robert | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Bernays, Robert | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Granville, Edgar | Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Marjoribanks, Edward |
| Bird, Sir Robert B. (Wolverh'pton W.) | Greene, William P. C. | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Boothby, Robert John Graham | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Martin, Thomas B. |
| Borodale, Viscount | Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) | Mason, David M. {Edinburgh, E.) |
| Bossom, A. C. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Millar, Sir James Duncan |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Braithwaite, Maj. A. N. (Yorks, E. R.) | Hales, Harold K. | Milne, John Sydney Wardlaw |
| Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) | Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Ztl'nd) | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) |
| Briant, Frank | Hammersley, Samuel S. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Hanbury, Cecil | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Hanley, Dennis A. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Harbord, Arthur | Moreing, Adrian C. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Harris, Sir Percy | Morgan, Robert H. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks., Newb'y) | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenn'gt'n) | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Burghley, Lord | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Muirhead, Major A. J. |
| Burnett, John George | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Munro, Patrick |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Nail-Cain, Arthur Ronald N. |
| Caine, G. R. Hall | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsf'd) | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Hepworth, Joseph | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Hillman, Dr. George B. | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Normand, Wilfrid Guild |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Holdsworth, Herbert | North, Captain Edward T. |
| Chalmers, John Rutherford | Hope, Sydney (Chester, Stalybridge) | Nunn, William |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Hornby, Frank | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Horsbrugh, Florence | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. |
| Chotzner, Alfred James | Howard, Tom Forrest | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Christie, James Archibald | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Pearson, William G. |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Peat, Charles U. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Penny, Sir George |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Hurd, Percy A. | Perkins, Walter R. D. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romf'd) | Petherick, M. |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Cooke, Douglas | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Peto, Geoffrey K.(Wverh'pt'n, Bllst'n) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Janner, Barnett | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Cowan, D. M. | Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) | Pybus, Percy John |
| Cross, R. H. | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Crossley, A. C. | Ker, J. Campbell | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Ramsden, E. |
| Curry, A. C. | Kimball, Lawrence | Rankin, Robert |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Knight, Holford | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) |
| Denville, Alfred | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Remer, John R. |
| Dickie, John P. | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. |
| Doran, Edward | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Reynolds, Col. Sir James Philip |
| Drewe, Cedric | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Lees-Jones, John | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Robinson, John Roland |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Dunglass, Lord | Levy, Thomas | Rosbotham, S. T. |
| Eden, Robert Anthony | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Ellis, Robert Geoffrey | Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. |
| Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Somervell, Donald Bradley | Train, John |
| Runge, Norah Cecil | Somerville, Annesley A (Windsor) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Sopor, Richard | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Salmon, Major Isidore | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Salt, Edward W. | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour |
| Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Stones, James | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Sandeman, Sir A. N, Stewart | Stourton, Hon. John J. | White, Henry Graham |
| Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Strauss, Edward A. | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Savery, Samuel Servington | Strickland, Captain W. F. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Scone, Lord | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. | Sutcliffe, Harold | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) | Tate, Mavis Constance | Womersley, Walter James |
| Skelton, Archibald Noel | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. (P'dd'gt'n, S.) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) | |
| Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Thompson, Luke | Sir Frederick Thomson and Captain |
| Smithers, Waldron | Touche, Gordon Cosmo | Austin Hudson. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Groves, Thomas E. | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grundy, Thomas W. | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Price, Gabriel |
| Buchanan, George | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cape, Thomas | Hirst, George Henry | Thorne, William James |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Jenkins, Sir William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Daggar, George | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. David |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Kirkwood, David | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Leonard, William | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Logan, David Gilbert | |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Lunn, William | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | McEntee, Valentine L. | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. Allen |
| Parkinson. |