§ 45. Mr. MANDERasked the Prime Minister if he is now able to state what arrangements he proposes in order to give private Members time when available?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)I would refer my hon.
§ Friend to the reply given to him on the 9th March by my right hon. Friend the Lord President of the Council, to which I have nothing to add.
§ Mr. MANDERWill my right hon. Friend later on consider giving time to those Private Members' Bills that have recently got a Second Reading and have been sent to a Committee, but have not gone further?
§ Mr. HOLFORD KNIGHTIf the House generally respects the desire of the Government to provide all necessary time for Government business, and other time remains that is not required for Government business, will the Prime Minister consider sympathetically the giving of opportunities for proceeding with private business?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, I am always willing to discuss these questions sympathetically, but I think the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Lord President of the Council has been proved by subsequent events to be right, namely, that a few odds and ends of time are of no use for controversial Bills, and that so far as non-controversial Bills are concerned they can be concluded without this special provision.
§ Mr. MANDERWe want time later on then.
§
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)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 319; Noes, 27.
877| Division No. 134.] | AYES. | [3.36 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Boulton, W. W. | Cautley, Sir Henry S. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) |
| Alexander, Sir William | Boyce, H. Leslie | Chalmers, John Rutherford |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) | Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Chamberlain. Rt.Hon.SirJ.A.(Birm., W) |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Bracken, Brendan | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) | Chapman, Col. R.(Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Broadbent, Colonel John | Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) |
| Atkinson, Cyril | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks., Newb'y) | Clarke, Frank |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Buchan, John | Clarry, Reginald George |
| Balniel, Lord | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Clayton, Dr. George C. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Burnett, John George | Collins, Sir Godfrey |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Butt, Sir Alfred | Conant, R. J. E. |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Cook, Thomas A. |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Cooper, A. Duff |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Campbell, Rear-Adml. G. (Burnley) | Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. |
| Bernays, Robert | Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Cowan, D. M. |
| Bevan, Stuart James (Holborn) | Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry |
| Blaker, Sir Reginald | Carver, Major William H. | Craven-Ellis, William |
| Blindell, James | Castle Stewart, Earl | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Kimball, Lawrence | Potter, John |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Kirkpatrick, William M. | Procter, Major Henry Adam |
| Cross, R. H. | Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Crossley, A. C. | Knebworth, Viscount | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Knight, Holford | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Ramsden, E. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Law, Sir Alfred | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Dickie, John P. | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Remer, John R. |
| Donner, P. W. | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. |
| Drewe, Cedric | Lees-Jones, John | Renwick, Major Gustav A. |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Lewis, Oswald | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Liddall, Walter S. | Robinson, John Roland |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Eden, Robert Anthony | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Rosbotham, S. T. |
| Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Elmley, Viscount | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G.(Wd.Gr'n) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield,B'tside) |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | Lyons, Abraham Montagu | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Mabane, William | Salmon, Major Isidore |
| Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst | MacAndrew, Maj. C. G. (Partick) | Salt, Edward W. |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Ford, Sir Patrick J. | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Fuller, Captain A. G. | McKeag, William | Scone, Lord |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | McKie, John Hamilton | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Maclean, Rt. Hon. Sir D.(Corn'll N.) | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Glossop, C. W. H. | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Magnay, Thomas | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A.(C'thness) |
| Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Goff, Sir Park | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. |
| Goldie, Noel B. | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Margesson, Cant. Henry David R. | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Marjoribanks, Edward | Soper, Richard |
| Granville, Edgar | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Graves, Marjorie | Martin, Thomas B. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro',W.) | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Grimston, R. V. | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | Milne, Charles | Stewart, William J. |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Milne, John Sydney Wardlaw- | Stones, James |
| Hales, Harold K. | Mitchell, Harold P.(Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Storey, Samuel |
| Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Hamilton, Sir R.W.(Orkney & Z'tl'nd) | Molson. A. Hugh Elsdale | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Hammersley, Samuel S. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Hanley, Dennis A. | Morgan, Robert H. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E.A.(P'dd'gt'n,S.) |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Templeton, William P. |
| Harbord, Arthur | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Hartland, George A. | Morris, Rhys Hopkin (Cardigan) | Thompson, Luke |
| Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Todd. A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Moss, Captain H. J. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Haslam, Henry (Lindsay, H'ncastle) | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Munro, Patrick | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Nall-Cain, Arthur Ronald N. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Nathan, Major H. L. | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Holdsworth, Herbert | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Hornby, Frank | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Normand, Wilfrid Guild | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Howard, Tom Forrest | North, Captain Edward T. | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour. |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Nunn, William | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Hudson,Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney. N.) | O'Connor, Terence James | White, Henry Graham |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Palmer, Francis Noel | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romford) | Patrick, Colin M. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| James, Wing.-Com. A. W. H. | Peake, Captain Osbert | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Pearson, William G. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Peat, Charles U. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) | Penny, Sir George | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bilst'n) | |
| Ker, J. Campbell | Pickering, Ernest H. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Kerr, Hamilton W | Pike, Cecil F. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Mr. Walter Rea. |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Kirkwood, David | Price, Gabriel |
| Batey, Joseph | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Daggar, George | Lawson, John James | Thorne, William James |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Leonard, William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Edwards, Charles | Logan, David Gilbert | Watts-Morgan, Lieut.-Col. David |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Lunn, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | McEntee, Valentine L. | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | |
| Jenkins, Sir William. | Maxton, James | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Jones, J. J, (West Ham, Silvertown) | Parkinson, John Allen | Mr. Groves and Mr. Cordon |
| Macdonald. |
§ Mr. MACQUISTENOn a point of Order. May I ask whether, in view of these figures, it would be sufficient to ask those who object to this Motion to stand up, and so save the time of the House?