§ Mr. LANSBURYMay I ask the Prime Minister if he has any statement to make regarding business?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)Yes, Sir; and I must apologise to the House for the fact that my statement will be an unusually long one.
In view of the representations which have been made, the Government agree to give extra time for the consideration of the Russian Goods (Import Prohibition) Bill, if it is required. We shall take the Second Reading to-day, and the remaining stages to-morrow, disposing of the Bill by about 9 or 10 o'clock. Afterwards we propose further to consider the Rent Restrictions Bill in Committee.
The remaining business to be taken before the Easter Recess has been the subject of negotiation and agreement through the usual channels, and it might be for the convenience of the House if a statement on Business were made to-day instead of to-morrow.
In the event of the Resolution passed by this House relating to the appointment of a Joint Select Committee on; India being agreed to in another place, we shall on Monday next consider a Motion nominating the Commoner Members of the Joint Committee, and then deal with the following Orders:
This is a long list, but, if hon. Members will look into it, they will find that there is very little business in it. I am informed that a large number of the Lords 1759 Amendments to the London Passenger Transport Bill are purely drafting, and that the last four Orders I have mentioned are of a non-contentious nature, involving not much more than formalities.
- Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Bill, Report and Third Reading;
- London Passenger Transport Bill, Lords Amendments;
- Teachers (Superannuation) Money Resolution, Committee;
- Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Bill [Lords], remaining stages;
- Pharmacy and Poisons Bill [Lords], Second Reading;
- Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords], Second Reading.
Tuesday, 11th April: Rent Restrictions Bill, conclusion of Committee stage. Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords], remaining stages. Hon. Members will recollect that this is a purely consolidating Measure. Teachers (Superannuation) Money Resolution, Report.
Wednesday, 12th April: Debate on the Motion relating to Unemployment which has been tabled by the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition.
On Thursday, 13th April, when the House will meet at Eleven o'clock, it is hoped to take the Motion for the Easter Adjournment until Tuesday, 25th April.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland informs me that he is tabling to-day a Motion with regard to Vile appointment of a tribunal under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act, 1921, to inquire into certain allegations in connection with the administration of affairs by the Corporation of Glasgow. It would, of course, be desirable that the Resolution should be passed before the House rises for the Easter Recess.
§ Mr. LANSBURYIs it generally agreed that the proceedings on the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Bill on Monday should occupy the time until, say, Eleven o'Clock, and that this other non-controversial business should come afterwards? We want as much time as we can get for the Housing Bill.
§ The PRIME MINISTER indicated assent.
§ Sir AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINMay I ask my right hon. Friend whether he or the Foreign Secretary will be able, on the Motion for the Adjournment, to make any further statement about the Rome proposals?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think it might be possible. Would my right hon. Friend be good enough to consult either the Foreign Secretary or myself in the interval? We will do everything that we can to make a statement possible.
§ Sir C. OMANShould I be out of order if I asked the right hon. Gentleman on what date the names of the persons selected to serve on the Joint Select Committee on India will be divulged to us?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope they will be on the Paper on Friday, or at any rate on Monday.
§ Mr. McGOVERNI am sorry that I did not catch the portion of the Prime Minister's statement concerning the tribunal of inquiry into the allegations of graft in Glasgow. Would he tell me again when that proposal is to be brought forward; and, as there will require to be a Debate on it, could he say what time will be given for that Debate?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe communication from the Secretary of State for Scotland has only just come in, and we have not been able to assign time for it. All that I announced to-day was that it would be desirable that the Resolution should be passed before the House rises for the Easter Recess.
§ Mr. DAVID MASONWill it be possible, before we part for the Easter Recess, for the Prime Minister or the Foreign Secretary to give us any information about the negotiations with America regarding debts?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, that will not be possible.
§
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, 293; Noes, 46.
1763| Division No. 120.] | AYES. | [3.20 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Borodale, Viscount |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Boulton, W. W. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l, W.) | Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Briscoe, Capt. Richard George |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Broadbent, Colonel John |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Brocklebank, C. E. R. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Brown, Ernest (Leith) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Bernays, Robert | Bullock, Captain Malcolm |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Blindell, James | Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie |
| Burnett, John George | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Petherick, M. |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Harbord, Arthur | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Harris, Sir Percy | Pickering, Ernest H. |
| Caine, G. R. Hall- | Hartington, Marquess of | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Hartland, George A. | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Potter, John |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Carver, Major William H. | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Procter, Major Henry Adam |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hepworth, Joseph | Pybus, Percy John |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Holdsworth, Herbert | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Hornby, Frank | Ramsden, Sir Eugene |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J.A. (Birm., W.) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Rankin, Robert |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Ratcliffe, Arthur |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Christie, James Archibald | Hurd, Sir Percy | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir, Thomas W. H. | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Clarke, Frank | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Renwick, Major Gustay A. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Clayton, Dr. George C. | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Robinson, John Roland |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Ker, J. Campbell | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Kimball, Lawrence | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Knebworth, Viscount | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Cooke, Douglas | Knight, Holford | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Copeland, Ida | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. |
| Cowan, D. M. | Law, Sir Alfred | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Lees-Jones, John | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Craven-Ellis, William | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Lewis, Oswald | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C, (Gainsb'ro) | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Cross, R. H. | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Curry, A. C. | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd, Gr'n) | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O.(Handsw'th) | Selley, Harry R, |
| Denville, Alfred | Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Dickie, John P. | Lovat-Frater, James Alexander | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Donner, P. W. | Lyons, Abraham Montagu | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Doran, Edward | Mabane, William | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Dower, Captain A. V. G. | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Drewe, Cedric | McCorquodale, M. S. | Smith, R. W. (Ab'rd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | MacDonald, Rt. Hn. J. R. (Seaham) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Duggan, Hubert John | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Soper, Richard |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | McKeag, William | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Dunglass, Lord | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Eales, John Frederick | McLean, Major Sir Alan | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Eden, Robert Anthony | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Spens, William Patrick |
| Edge, Sir William | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Edmondson, Major A. J. | Magnay, Thomas | Stanley, Hon. O. F. C. (Westmorland) |
| Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Maitland, Adam | Stevenson, James |
| Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Mallalieu, Edward Lanceiot | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) |
| Eillston, Captain George Sampson | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Stones, James |
| Elmley, Viscount | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Storey, Samuel |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Martin, Thomas B. | Strauss, Edward A, |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Faile, Sir Bertram G. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Templeton, William P. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Moreing, Adrian C. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Gledhill, Gilbert | Morgan, Robert H. | Thompson, Luke |
| Glossop, C. W. H. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Moss, Captain H. J. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Golf Sir Park | Munro, Patrick | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Nation, Brigadler-General J. J. H. | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Nunn, William | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W). | O'Connor, Terence James | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Grimston, R. V. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | Patrick, Colin M. | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour. |
| Hales, Harold K. | Peake, Captain Osbert | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Ztl'nd) | Pearson, William G. | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Hanbury, Cecil | Percy, Lord Eustace | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Hanley, Dennis A. | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) | Womersley, Walter James | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Wills, Wilfrid D. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) | George Penny. |
| Wise, Alfred R. | Worthington, Dr. John V. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Mainwaring, William Henry |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Banfield, John William | Healy, Cahir | Maxton, James |
| Batey, Joseph | Hicks, Ernest George | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Hirst, George Henry | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | John, William | Price, Gabriel |
| Cape, Thomas | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Kirkwood, David | Thorne, William James |
| Cove, William G. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Lawson, John James | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Daggar, George | Leonard, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Dobbie, William | Lunn, William | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Edwards, Charles | McEntee, Valentine L. | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | McGovern, John | |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Groves and Mr. D. Graham. |
Resolution agreed to.