§ Mr. ATTLEEWill the Prime Minister tell us what business it is proposed to take on Friday, and also if it is desired that the House shall sit late to-night if the Motion in his name is carried?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)Regarding the second question, it is not our desire that the House shall sit late to-night, but it really must depend on the progress made in Committee. We should like to get into Clause 3 if possible; in fact, it is necessary to get into Clause 3. Regarding Friday's business, we shall ask that further progress be made on that day in Committee on the Wheat Bill, and, if there is time, further Orders will be taken. I ought to remind the House that it is very desirable to pass the Isle of Man (Customs) Bill, which has just been introduced, and the Tanganyika and British Honduras Loans Bill before the Easter Recess, and we shall put them down on Friday with the hope that we may get their further stages.
§ Sir PERCY HARRISIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that we got up last night before Eight o'Clock, and cannot time be better arranged so as to pro-
§ vide some time for private business instead of rushing away?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI should be very delighted to do that. Nobody was more surprised than myself about the early rising of yesterday, because the House will remember that. I moved the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule in order to get the business which we got through by Half-past Seven. Hon. Members may be assured that if I had had any indication of the very early rising last night I should have given a more extended programme on the Orders of the Day.
§ Mr. THORNEDoes the right hon. Gentleman recognise that one of the reasons for the early rising last night was due to the common sense of the Members on this side of the House?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI shall be glad to take that common sense into account in announcing future 'business.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceeding, on the Wheat Bill be exempted, at this clay's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 289; Noes, 35.
281| Division No. 106] | AYES. | [3.23 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Duggan, Hubert John |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Chalmers, John Rutherford | Eady, George H. |
| Albery, Irving James | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) | Eden, Robert Anthony |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nhd.) | Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Edmondson. Major A. J. |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick Wolfe | Chotzner, Alfred James | Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Christie, James Archibald | Elliston, Captain George Sampson |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Clarke, Frank | Elmley, Viscount |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Clayton, Dr. George C. | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) |
| Balniel, Lord | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Essenhigh, Reginald Clare |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Colfox, Major William Philip | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Colman, N. C. D. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. |
| Beaumont, Hn. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Colville, John | Fielden, Edward Brockiehurst |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Conant, R. J. E. | Foot, Dingle (Dundee) |
| Bernays, Robert | Cook, Thomas A. | Fox, Sir Gifford |
| Bird, Sir Robert B.(Wolverh'pton W.) | Cooke, Douglas | Fuller, Captain A. G. |
| Blindell, James | Cooper, A. Duff | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Boulton, W. W. | Copeland, Ida | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Crooke, J. Smedley | Gledhill, Gilbert |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Glossop, C. W. H. |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Gluckstein, Louis Halle |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Cross, R. H. | Goff, Sir Park |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Crossley, A. C. | Goldie, Noel B. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks.,Newb'y) | Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) |
| Buchan, John | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Granville, Edgar |
| Burghley, Lord | Davison, Sir William Henry | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas |
| Burnett, John George | Dawson, Sir Philip | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Denman, Hon. R D. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Guinness. Thomas L. E. B. |
| Campbell, Rear-Adml. G. (Burnley) | Dickie, John P. | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Donner, P. W. | Guy, J. C. Morrison |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Drewe, Cedric | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Carver, Major William H. | Duckworth, George A. V | Hales, Harold K. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry s. | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F (Dulwich) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. w.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Salmon, Major Isidore |
| Hanley, Dennis A. | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Salt, Edward W. |
| Harris, Sir Percy | Magnay, Thomas | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Hartland, George A. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Haslam, Henry (Lindsay, H'ncastle) | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsf'd) | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Scone, Lord |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Selley, Harry R. |
| Holdsworth, Herbert | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Hope, Capt. Arthur O. J. (Aston) | Millar, Sir James Duncan | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Hope, Sydney (Chester, Stalybridge) | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Hornby, Frank | Milne, Charles | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Horobin, Ian M. | Mitchell, Harold p. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A.(C'thness) |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Morris, Rhys Hopkin (Cardigan) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Hurd, Percy A. | Moss, Captain H. J. | Somerset, Thomas |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Somervell, Donald Bradley |
| Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. | Munro, Patrick | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Jackson, J. C. (Heywood & Madeline) | Nathan, Major H. L. | Soper, Richard |
| James, Wing.-Com. A. w. H. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Peterst'ld) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | North, Captain Edward T. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | O'Donovan, Dr. William James | Stones, James |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Storey, Samuel |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Knight, Holford | Peake, Captain Osbert | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Pearson, William G. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E.A.(P'dd'gt'n,S.) |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon, George | Penny, Sir George | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Petherick, M. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Law, Sir Alfred | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Pickering, Ernest H. | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles |
| Lees-Jones, John | Pike, Cecil F. | T itch Held, Major the Marquess of |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Train, John |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Pybus, Percy John | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Levy, Thomas | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Lewis, Oswald | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Liddall, Walter S. | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Lindsay, Noel Ker | Ramsbotham, Herwald | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Ratcliffe, Arthur | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Rea, Walter Russell | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Reid, William Allan (Derby) | Weddcrburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Remer, John R. | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Reynolds, Col. Sir James Philip | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Mabane, William | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur u. | White, Henry Graham |
| MacAndrew, Maj. C. G. (Partick) | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Robinson, John Roland | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| McConnell, Sir Joseph | Ropner, Colonel L. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| McCorquodale, M. S. | Rosbotham, S. T. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Ross, Ronald D. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Womersley, Walter James |
| McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Rothschild, James A. de | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| McKeag, William | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. | Wragg, Herbert |
| McKie, John Hamilton | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | |
| Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Runge, Norah Cecil | TELLERS FOR TOE AYES.— |
| McLean, Major Alan | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield,B'tside) | Sir Victor Warrender and Captain |
| Maclean, Rt. Hn. Sir D. (Corn'll N.) | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) | Austin Hudson. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Price, Gabriel |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Batey, Joseph | Grundy, Thomas W. | Thorne, William James |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cape, Thomas | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jenkins, Sir William | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. David |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | John, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Daggar, George | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Wetthoughton) | Kirkwood, David | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Edwards, Charles | Lawson, John James | |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Leonard, William | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Logan, David Gilbert | Mr. Gordon Macdonald and Mr. Groves. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Parkinson, John Allen |