§ Mr. LANSBURYWill the Lord President tell us the business for next week, when the House will rise for the Easter holiday, and the date of the Budget.
§ Mr. BALDWINOn Monday; Financial Emergency Enactments (Continuance) Bill, remaining stages, Tanganyika and British Honduras Money Resolution, Committee stage; and further progress with certain of the Bills which have been announced for to-morrow.
Tuesday; The third Allotted Supply Day, Report stage of the Air, Navy and Army Estimates. We will put down Air first to meet the wishes of hon. Members opposite.
Wednesday and Thursday; Committee stage of the Wheat Bill.
§ The business for Friday will be announced later.
§ If there is time on any other day, other Orders will be taken. It is hoped to take the Motion for the Easter Adjournment on Thursday, 24th March, and the House will meet again on Tuesday, 5th April.
§ The Chancellor of the Exchequer hopes to open his Budget on Tuesday, 19th April.
§ Mr. KIRKWOODWhen are the Government going to introduce the amending Bill to the Rent Restrictions Act?
§ Mr. BALDWINI am afraid I cannot say.
§ Mr. BALDWINNot that I have heard of.
§
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, 241; Noes, 30.
1989| Division No. 102.] | AYES. | [3.48 p m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) |
| Albery, Irving James | Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Christie, James Archibald | Falle, Sir Bertram G. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Clarke, Frank | Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Clarry, Reginald George | Foot, Dingle (Dundee) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Ford, Sir Patrick J. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Fox, Sir Gifford |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Colfox, Major William Philip | Fraser, Captain Ian |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Colman, N. C. D. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Colville, David John | George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) |
| Beaumont, Hn. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Conant, R. J. E. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Bernays, Robert | Cooke, Douglas | Glossop, C. W. H. |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Cooper, A. Duff | Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. |
| Boothby, Robert John Graham | Copeland, Ida | Goff, Sir Park |
| Bossom, A. C. | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Goldie, Noel B. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Crossley, A. C. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Granville, Edgar |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Curry, A. C. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Davison, Sir William Henry | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Denville, Alfred | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Buchan, John | Donner, P. W. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Doran, Edward | Hales, Harold K. |
| Burghley, Lord | Dower, Captain A. V. G. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Burnett, John George | Drewe, Cedric | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Duckworth, George A. V. | Hammersley, Samuel S. |
| Caine, G. R. Hall- | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Hanbury, Cecil |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Duggan, Hubert John | Hanley, Dennis A. |
| Campbell, Rear-Adml. G. (Burnley) | Duncan, James A. L.(Kensington, N.) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Eden, Robert Anthony | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) |
| Carver, Major William H. | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Emrys-Evans, P. V, | Hops, Sydney (Chester, Stalybridge) |
| Cayzer, Maj, Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Hopkinson, Austin |
| Hornby, Frank | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Scone, Lord |
| Howard, Tom Forrest | Mitcheson, G. G. | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Morris, Rhys Hopkin (Cardigan) | Somervell, Donald Bradley |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H, | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. |
| Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romf'd) | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | North, Captain Edward T. | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Jackson, J. C. (Heywood & Radcliffe) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| James, Wing.-Com. A. W. H. | Patrick, Colin M. | Stones, James |
| Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Peake, Captain Osbert | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Pearson, William G. | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Johnston, J. W, (Clackmannan) | Peat, Charles U. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Petherick, M. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Ker, J. Campbell | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bilst'n) | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Kirkpatrick, William M. | Pickering, Ernest H. | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Pike, Cecil F. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. (P'dd'gt'n, S.) |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Potter, John | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Leckie, J. A. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Leech, Dr. J. W. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Procter, Major Henry Adam | Thompson, Luke |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Purbrick, R. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Lindsay, Noel Ker | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Llewellin, Major John J. | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Ramsbotham, Herwald | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Mabane, William | Ramsden, E, | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| MacAndrew, Maj. C. G. (Partick) | Rankin, Robert | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Reid, David D. (County Down) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| McEwen, J. H. F. | Reynolds, Col. Sir James Philip | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| McKie, John Hamilton | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Robinson, John Roland | White, Henry Graham |
| Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Maitland, Adam | Rosbotham, S. T. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Rothschild, James A. de | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Marjoribanks, Edward | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Marsden, Commander Arthur | Salmon, Major Isidore | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Martin, Thomas B, | Salt, Edward W. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton(S'v'noaks) |
| Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | |
| Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Meller, Richard James | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. Lambert |
| Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Ward and Major George Davies. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Grundy, Thomas W. | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Price, Gabriel |
| Batey, Joseph | Hall, George H, (Merthyr Tydvil) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Hirst, George Henry | Thorne, William James |
| Cove, William G, | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Kirkwood, David | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Daggar, George | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lawson, John James | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lunn, William | |
| Edwards, Charles | McEntee, Valentine L. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Mr. Cordon Macdonald and Mr. |
| Groves. |
Question, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair," put, and agreed to.