§ Mr. LANSBURYI should like to know how far the Prime Minister proposes to go with the business down for to-day?
§ Mr. MOLSONMay I also ask whether the Government are aware that it is important that the Doncaster Drainage Bill should be passed as soon as possible?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe want to get the first three Orders on the Paper —Housing (Financial Provisions) Bill, the Doncaster Area Drainage Bill, and the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Bill. There are also other Orders on the Paper, Nos. 4 and 5—Evidence (Foreign, Dominion and Colonial Documents) Bill, Assurance Companies (Winding Up) Bill —which it is understood are not contentious. There is no intention of keeping the House unduly late. The Government hope to obtain the remaining stages of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Bill, and will make as much progress as possible with the other Orders on the Paper to which I have referred. I hope that it will be possible to deal with the Doncaster Area Drainage Bill to-day, because, as the House is aware, there is further serious flooding in that district.
§ Mr. LANSBURYIn regard to the business announced by the Prime Minister, of course, so far as we are concerned, we shall do everything possible to help the Doncaster Area Drainage Bill through, but, as regards the Assurance Companies (Winding Up) Bill, we have not had an opportunity of really looking at that Bill, and we are not sure, therefore, what our attitude will be.
§ The PRIME MINISTERIf there is any objection to proceeding with that Bill, it certainly will not be proceeded with.
§
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, 260; Noes, 31.
827| Division No. 66.] | AYES. | [4.2 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Brass, Captain Sir William |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. p. G. | Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsna'th,C.) | Briscoe, Capt. Richard George |
| Albery, Irving James | Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Broadbent, Colonel John |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Brocklebank, C. E. R. |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Bernays, Robert | Brown,Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks.,Newb'y) |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Birchall, Major Sir Jobs Dearman | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Blindell, James | Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Bottom, A. C. | Burnett, John George |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Boulton, W. W. | Butler, Richard Austen |
| Balntel, Lord | Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Cadegan, Hon. Edward |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Bowyar, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Calne, G. R. Hall- |
| Barrle, Sir Charles Coupar | Boyd-Carpenter, sir Archibald | Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Herbert, Capt. S. (Abbey Division) | Procter, Major Henry Adam |
| Castle Stewart, Earl | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Raikes, Henry V, A. M. |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Holdsworth, Herbert | Ramsay. T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Ramsbotham, Herwald |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Hornby, Frank | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Horobln, Ian M. | Rea Walter Russell |
| Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Remer, John R. |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Clarke, Frank | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Rosbotham, Sir Samuel |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Hurd, Sir Percy | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romf'd) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Russell, Richard John (Eddlsbury) |
| Cooke, Douglas | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Ker, J. Campbell | Salmon, Sir Isldore |
| Courtauld, Major John Sewell | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Kirkpatrick, William M. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Knight, Holford | Sandeman. Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Crossley. A. C. | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovll) | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Shaw, Captain William T. (Forfar) |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Danman. Hon. R. D. | Lees-Jones, John | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A.(C'thness) |
| Dickle, John P. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Donner, P. W. | Levy, Thomas | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Lewis, Oswald | Smith, Sir Jonah W. (Barrow-In-F.) |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Liddall, Walter S. | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine,C.) |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunllffe- | Smithers, Waldron |
| Dunglass, Lord | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Elliston, Captain George Sampson | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Eimley, Viscount | Mabane, William | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | MacAndrcw, Capt. J. o. (Ayr) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Exsenhigh, Reginald Clare | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | McKie, John Hamilton | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Fermoy, Lord | McLean, Major Sir Alan | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Tryon. Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Glossop, C. W. H. | Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N.) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Gluckstein. Louis Halle | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Wallace, Captain D. E, (Hornsey) |
| Glyn, Major Ralph G. C. | Meller, Richard James | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Goff, Sir Park | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Goldie, Noel B. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Molson. A. Hugh Elsdals | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S. |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Moreing, Adrian C. | Wedderburn, Henry James Sorymgeour- |
| Granville, Edgar | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Graves, Marjorie | Morrison, William Shephard | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Munro, Patrick | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Nail-Cain, Hon. Ronald | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Hales, Harold K. | Nation, Brigadler-General J. J. H. | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Hammersley, Samuel S. | Nunn, William | Womersley, Walter James |
| Hanley, Dennis A. | O'Connor, Terence James | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G.A. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Harris, Sir Percy | Patrick, Colln M. | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Hartland, George A. | Peat, Charles U. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'V'noaks) |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Patherick, M. | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bllit'n) | |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | pike, Cecil F. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Pownall, Sir Assheton | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Cripps, Sir Stafford | Grundy, Thomas W. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Daggar, George | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) |
| Banfield, John William | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Hicks, Ernest George |
| Batey, Joseph | Edwards, Charles | Hirst, George Henry |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Cove, William G. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George |
| Logan, David Gilbert | Parkinson, John Allen | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Lunn, William | Price, Gabriel | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| McEntee, Valentino L. | Salter, Dr. Alfrtd | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Maxton, James | Thorne, William James | |
| Mllner, Major James | Williams, David (Swansea, East) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES — |
| Mr. C. Macdonald and Mr. Tinke |