§ Mr. LANSBURYWill the Prime Minister kindly tell us the business for next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMonday, the conclusion of the Committee stage of the Wheat Bill.
464 Tuesday: The Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Bill, when I understand the subjects to be raised will be Shanghai and Manchuria, together with the Disarmament Conference at Geneva.
Wednesday: The remaining stages of the Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Bill, and I understand that the first question to be raised is unemployment.
Thursday: The Motion for the Easter Adjournment until 5th April.
On any day, if there is time, other Orders will be taken, including the Isle of Man (Customs) Bill and the Tanganyika and British Honduras Loans Bill, which it is necessary to pass into law before we adjourn. I shall propose that the House shall meet on Thursday at Eleven o'clock so as to rise in the afternoon.
§ Mr. BUCHANANMay I ask whether the Prime Minister has considered the question of rents, and how it is to be dealt with?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am not yet in a position to make a statement in regard to that matter. There are several Bills with which we have to deal, and I cannot say yet when we shall be able to deal with the question of rent.
§ Mr. LANSBURYCan the right hon. Gentleman say what business will be taken on the day when the House resumes after the Easter Adjournment?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI cannot say at the moment, but, if the right hon. Gentleman will put a question to me at the beginning of next week, I may be able to give him an answer.
§ Mr. LANSBURYDoes the Prime Minister propose to ask the. House to sit late to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo. We have made quite good progress with the Wheat Bill, and, if the same rate is continued to-day, I do not propose to ask the House to sit late.
§
Motion made, and Question put:
That the Proceedings on the Wheat Bill have precedence this day of the Business of Supply, and be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 311; Noes, 39.
467| Division No. 115.] | AYES. | [3.28 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'ndsw'th) |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Lockwood, Capt. J. H. (Shipley) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | Loder, Captain J. de Vere |
| Albery, Irving James | Everard, W. Lindsay | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nhd.) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Mabane, William |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Flint, Abraham John | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | McConnell, Sir Joseph |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Fox, Sir Gifford | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Fredrick Wolfe | Ganzoni, Sir John | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Gibson, Charles Granville | McKeag, William |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Atkinson, Cyril | Glossop, C. W. H. | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Gluckstein, Louis Halle | McLean, Major Alan |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Goff, Sir Park | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Goldie, Noel B. | Maitland, Adam |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Bernays, Robert | Graves, Marjorie | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter | Martin, Thomas B. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Blaker, Sir Reginald | Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Blindell, James | Grimston, R. V. | Millar, Sir James Duncan |
| Bossom, A. C. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Milne, John Sydney Wardlaw- |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Mitchell, Harold P.(Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Bracken, Brendan | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Mitcheson, G. G. |
| Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) | Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Ztl'nd) | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale |
| Briant, Frank | Hanley, Dennis A. | Moreing, Adrian C. |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Harris, Sir Percy | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hartington, Marquess of | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Hartland, George A. | Muirhead, Major A. J. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Haslam, Henry (Lindsay, H'ncastle) | Munro, Patrick |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks.,Newb'y) | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsf'd) | Newton, Sir Douglas George C. |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) |
| Campbell, Rear-Adml. G. (Burnley) | Holdsworth, Herbert | Normand, Wilfrid Guild |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Hope, Capt. Arthur O. J. (Aston) | North, Captain Edward T. |
| Carver, Major William H. | Hope, Sydney (Chester, Stalybridge) | Nunn, William |
| Castle Stewart, Earl | Hopkinson, Austin | O'Connor, Terence James |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hornby, Frank | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Horne, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh |
| Cayzor, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Howard, Tom Forrest | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgbaston) | Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Pearson, William G. |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Perkins, Walter R. D. |
| Chotzner, Alfred James | Hurd, Percy A. | Petherick, M. |
| Christie, James Archibald | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Peto, Sir Basil E.(Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Clarke, Frank | Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romf'd) | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bilst'n) |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Iveagh, Countess of | Pickering, Ernest H. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C) | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Conant, R. J. E. | James, Wing.-Com. A. W. H. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Janner, Barnett | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Cooke, Douglas | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Copeland, Ida | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Cowan, D. M. | Ker, J. Campbell | Ramsden, E. |
| Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Kimball, Lawrence | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Cross, R, H. | Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) |
| Crossley, A. C. | Knight, Holford | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Knox. Sir Alfred | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Reynolds, Col. Sir James Philip |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Dickie, John P. | Law, Sir Alfred | Robinson, John Roland |
| Donner, P. W. | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S. W.) | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Drewe, Cedric | Leckie, J. A. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Rosbotham, S. T. |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Lees-Jones, John | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Leigh, Sir John | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Eden, Robert Anthony | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Ednam, Viscount | Levy, Thomas | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) |
| Elmley, Viscount | Lewis, Oswald | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Salmon, Major Isidore |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. Gr'n) | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Stones, James | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Storey, Samuel | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Savery, Samuel Servington | Stourton, Hon. John J. | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Scone, Lord | Strickland, Captain W. F. | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Dothwell) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Simmonds, Oliver Edwin | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart | White, Henry Graham |
| Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) | Summersby, Charles H. | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Skelton, Archibald Noel | Sutcliffe, Harold | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. | Tate, Mavis Constance | Williams. Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. (P'dd'gt'n, S.) | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Smith, R. W. (Ab'rd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Templeton, William P. | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Smithers, Waldron | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) | Withers, Sir John James |
| Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Soper, Richard | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Womersley, Walter James |
| Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Train, John | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Spencer, Captain Richard A. | Tryon, Rt. Hon, George Clement | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) | |
| Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) | Sir George Penny and Captain |
| Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. | Austin Hudson. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Batey, Joseph | Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Grundy, Thomas W. | Price, Gabriel |
| Buchanan, George | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cape, Thomas | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Thorne, William James |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Hirst, George Henry | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Daggar, George | Kirkwood, David | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lawson, John James | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Edwards, Charles | Leonard, William | |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Logan, David Gilbert | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Lunn, William | Mr. Groves and Mr. John. |