§ Mr. LANSBURYIf the Motion standing in the name of the Prime Minister is carried, will the right hon. Gentleman say how far he intends to go to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Eleven o'Clock Rule is being suspended as a precautionary measure. As announced yesterday, we hope to conclude the remaining stages of the Russian Goods (Import Prohibition) Bill by 9 or 10 o'clock to-night, and to devote an hour or two to the Committee stage of the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions (Amendment) Bill.
§ Mr. LANSBURYIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that since he made that statement some controversy, which may lead to a good deal of discussion, as to the scope of the Bill and the length of time it will be in operation has arisen, and that therefore it may be impossible to conclude as early as was expected, and does he really want to sit as late as we did the other evening, which was a very inconvenient hour?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI do not wish to ask the House to sit to an inconvenient hour, but as the situation of business stands we must use all the available time. We hope to conclude the Russian Goods (Import Prohibition) Bill by 9 o'clock to-night, and then to proceed with the Rent Restrictions Bill. We can arrange matters as the time goes on.
§ Mr. BUCHANANIn regard to the Rent Restrictions Bill, is the Prime Minister aware that it is not receiving the consideration which it ought to receive, considering that it is of terrible importance to vast numbers of people? To consider the Bill in an hour or two at the end of the day's sitting, as if it were a scrap Measure, is not fair to the
§ House. Will the right hon. Gentleman not consider that as the Bill is of such great importance he should start it de novo on another day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI understand that an agreement has been come to that the Rent Restrictions Bill shall be got through by the sitting on Tuesday. I want to facilitate its progress by using every available hour, so that the arrangement can be kept, and I hope that its progress will be facilitated.
Viscountess ASTORIs it not practically the same Bill that was considered by the late Government, and are not its provisions well known to all hon. Members?
§ Mr. LANSBURYIt is true that originally it was agreed that three days, should be given to the Committee stage of the Bill. If we have Tuesday of next week, that is giving us the three days which were asked for, owing to the fact that many hon. Members wished to discuss Amendments. We hope to get some extra time to-night, but, as I have pointed out, other questions have arisen in regard to the Embargo Bill, which may vitiate the previous arrangement. That is all that I wanted to say.
§
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 this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 293; Noes, 44.
1923| Division No. 122.] | AYES. | [3.33 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Bossom, A. C. | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Boulton, W. W. | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigie M. | Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A.(Birm., W) |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir William (Armagh) | Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric |
| Apsley, Lord | Briant, Frank | Christie, James Archibald |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Broadbent, Colonel John | Clarke, Frank |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Clarry, Reginald George |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Cobb, Sir Cyril |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks., Newb'y) | Conant, R. J. E. |
| Balniel, Lord | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Cooke, Douglas |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Burnett, John George | Cranborne, Viscount |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Crooke, J. Smedley |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) |
| Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Castlereagh, Viscount | Cross, R. H. |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Castle Stewart, Earl | Culverwell, Cyril Tom |
| Bernays, Robert | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Davison, Sir William Henry |
| Blindell, James | Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Dawson, Sir Philip |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) |
| Denville, Alfred, | Law, Sir Alfred | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S. W.) | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Donner, P. W, | Leckie, J. A., | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Drewe, Cedric | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Levy, Thomas | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Dunglass, Lord | Liddall, Walter S. | Rosbotham, Sir Samuel |
| Eden, Robert Anthony | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Elliston, Captain George Sampson | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd.Gr'n) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Elmley, Viscount | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'ndsw'th) | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lyons, Abraham Montagu | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | Mabane, William | Russell, Richard John (Eddisbury) |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Mac Andrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Falle, Sir Bertram G. | McCorquodale, M. S. | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Fermoy, Lord | MacDonald, Rt. Hn. J. R. (Seaham) | Salt, Edward W. |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | McKie, John Hamilton | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Fuller, Captain A. G. | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Ganzoni, Sir John | Magnay, Thomas | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Gillett, Sir George Masterman | Maitland, Adam | Scone, Lord |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Selley, Harry R. |
| Glossop, C. W. H. | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Goff, Sir Park | Martin, Thomas B. | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Meller, Richard James | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Grimston, R. V. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Milne, Charles | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Mitcheson, G. G. | Soper, Richard |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H., |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Hanbury, Cecil | Moreing, Adrian C. | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) | Stevenson, James |
| Harbord, Arthur | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) | Stones, James |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Morris-Jones, Dr. J, H. (Denbigh) | Storey, Samuel |
| Hartland, George A. | Moss, Captain H. J. | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Munro, Patrick | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Nall, Sir Joseph | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Hepworth, Joseph | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Herbert, Capt. S. (Abbey Division) | Nunn, William | Templeton, William P. |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Ormiston, Thomas | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Holdsworth, Herbert | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Palmer, Francis Noel | Thompson, Luke |
| Hornby, Frank | Patrick, Colin M. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Horobin, Ian M. | Peake, Captain Osbert | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Pearson, William G. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Howard, Tom Forrest | Peat, Charles U. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Petherick, M | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bliston) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada | White, Henry Graham |
| Hurd, Sir Percy | Potter, John | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romf'd) | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. | Procter, Major Henry Adam | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Purbrick, R. | Wise, Alfred R. |
| James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Pybus, Percy John | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Janner, Barnett | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Kimball, Lawrence | Ramsbotham, Herwald | |
| Knight, Holford | Rankin, Robert | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Ray, Sir William | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir George Penny. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Rea, Walter Russell | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Daggar, George |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Buchanan, George | Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) |
| Banfield, John William | Cape, Thomas | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) |
| Batey, Joseph | Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Edwards, Charles |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Cove, William G. | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Leonard, William | Thorne, William James |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Logan, David Gilbert | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Lunn, William | Waffhead, Richard C. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | McEntee, Valentine L. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Hall, George H. (Me[...] thyr Tydvil) | McGovern, John | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Healy, Cahir | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Hirst, George Henry | Maxton, James | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Jenkins, Sir William | Nathan, Major H. L. | |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Parkinson, John Allen | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Kirkwood, David | Price, Gabriel | Mr. John and Mr. D. Graham. |
| Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Salter, Dr. Alfred |