§ Mr. LANSBURYMay I ask the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury how far it is proposed to go to-night, and what is the subject for debate on the Adjournment to-morrow?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Captain Margesson)We are asking the House to suspend the Rule because we want to make sure of getting the Report and Third Reading of the Children and Young Persons Bill. It is also intended to take the Report of the Ways and Means Resolution on the Silk Duties, which is, of course, exempted business. On the Adjournment to-morrow the Opposition desire to raise the subject of the Geneva Disarmament Conference, and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will make a statement.
§ Sir P. HARRISIs there any precedent for taking a Resolution imposing new taxation after eleven o'clock?
| Division No. 175.] | AYES. | [3.43 p.m. |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Barclay-Harvey, C. M. |
| Albery, Irving James | Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Bateman, A. L. |
| Apsley, Lord | Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell |
§ Captain MARGESSONThere must be many precedents. Budget Resolutions are always exempted business, and can be taken at any time after eleven o'clock.
§ Sir P. HARRISThey have never been initiated after eleven o'clock.
§ Captain MARGESSONBudget Resolutions are taken on the day on which the Budget is introduced and sometimes are never even discussed. This Resolution has been discussed in Committee once.
§ Mr. MAXTONIs it proposed to devote the whole of the Adjournment time to-morrow to the question of Disarmament? Will there not be the usual opportunity for other subjects to be raised?
§ Captain MARGESSONIt is in the hands of the House. The Geneva Conference is the only subject of which notice has been given, and when that is disposed of other subjects can be raised, provided notice has been given to the Minister concerned.
§ Mr. MAXTONThe Adjournment Debate fulfils a special function, and I cannot remember an occasion when it was announced in advance that the whole day would be taken up by one particular subject. That is virtually what the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury is telling us. There are other sections in the House besides the official Opposition which wish to raise matters for which the Adjournment provides the only opportunity.
§ Mr. SPEAKERI do not know if the hon. Member is putting a question to me, but I shall give Members every opportunity of raising any question they desire on the Adjournment.
§ Motion made, and Question put,
§ "That other Government Business have precedence this day of the Business of Supply, and that the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at thi6 day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."— [Captain Margesson.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 262; Noes, 34.
| Beaumont, M. W. (Buck., Aylesbury) | Gledhill, Gilbert | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B- (Portsm'th. C.) | Glossop, C. W. H, | Morrison, William Shephard |
| Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Muirhead, Major A. J. |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. | Munro, Patrick |
| Bernays, Robert | Goodman, Colonel Albert W, | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Newton, Sir Douglas George C. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Graves, Marjorie | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) |
| Biaker, Sir Reginald | Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. w. G. (Peters'fld) |
| Blindell, James | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Normand, Wilfrid Guild |
| Borodale, Viscount | Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middiesbro', W). | North, Captain Edward T. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Grimsten, R. V. | Nunn, William |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Pearson, William G. |
| Brant, Frank | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Percy, Lord Eustace |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Hanley, Dennis A. | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilston) |
| Brockiebank, C. E. R. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Pickering, Ernest H. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) | Hartland, George A. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Procter, Major Henry Adam |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks., Newb'y) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Headiam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Rankin, Robert |
| Buchan, John | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Cheimsf'd) | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham. |
| Burghiey, Lord | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Burnett, John George | Holdsworth, Herbert | Remer, John R. |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Hope, Capt. Arthur O. J. (Aston) | Rentoul. Sir Gervais S. |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Hope, Sydney (Chester, Stalybridge) | Renwick, Major Gustav A. |
| Campbell, Rear-Adml. G. (Burniey) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Reynolds, Col. Sir James Philip |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Hornby, Frank | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecciesall) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Howard, Tom Forrest | Rosbotham, S. T. |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney,) | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Chalmers, John Rutherford | Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A.(Birm.,W) | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Salmon, Major Isidore |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Hunt, Sir Gerald B. | Salt, Edward W. |
| Chapman, Col. R.(Houghton-le-Spring) | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Choriton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Jamieson, Douglas | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Christie, James Archibald | Joel Dudley J. Barnato | Scone, Lord |
| Clarke, Frank | Johntone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Selley, Harry R. |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Ker, J. Campbell | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Colman, N C. D. | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Colville, John | Kimball, Lawrence | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Cooke, Douglas | Kirkpatrick, William M. | Slater, John |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Knatchbull, Captain Hon. M. H. R. | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir Georgs L. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Smith Carington, Neville W. |
| Cowan. D. M. | Leckie, J. A. | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Lees-Jones, John | Soper, Richard |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Crooke, J. Smediey | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootie) | Levy, Thomas | Stanley Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Lewis, Oswald | Stevenson, James |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Liddall, Walter S. | Stones, James |
| Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Daikeith, Earl of | Lloyd, Geoffrey | gutter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Lockwood, Capt. J. H. (Shipley) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Dickle John P. | Mabane, William | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Donner, P. W. | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G.(Partick) | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Doran, Edward | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Dower, Captain A. V. G. | McConnell, Sir Joseph | Train, John |
| Drewe, Cedric | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | McKie, John Hamilton | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Maciean, Rt. Hn. Sir D. (Corn'll N.) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Dunglass, Lord | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Maitland, Adam | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Malalleu, Edward Lancelot | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Ellis, Robert Geoffrey | Mander, Geoffrey la M. | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Elliston, Captain George Sampson | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | White, Henry Graham |
| Elmiey, Viscount | Margesson, Capt. Henry David R. | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Meller, Richard James | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Womersley, Walter James |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Milne, Charles | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Mitchell, Harold P.(Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Worthington. Dr. John V. |
| Ferguson, Sir John | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | Mitcheson, G. G. | |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Molson, A. Hugh Eisdale | TELLERS FOR THE AYES — |
| Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Fuller, Captain A. G. | Moreing, Adrian C. | George Penny. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Morgan, Robert H. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Grundy, Thomas, W. | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Maxton, Jams |
| Batey, Joseph | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Hicks, Ernest George | Price, Gabriel |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Hirst, George Henry | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cove, William G. | Kirkwood, David | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Daggar, George | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Edwards, Charles | Leonard, William | |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Logan, David Gilbert | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Lunn, William | Mr. Cordon Macdonald and Mr. |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | McEntee, Valentine, L. | Groves |
| Grithffis, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | McGovern, John |