§ Mr. LANSBURYMay I ask the Lord President of the Council what will be the business for next week; and also, as there have been some statements in the Press as to the date of the Budget, is it possible for the right hon. Gentleman to tell us the date on which the Budget will be opened?
§ M. BALDWINYes, Sir; my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer will open his Budget on Tuesday, the 25th April. The business for next week will be as follows:
Monday: Conclusion of the Second Reading Debate on the Agricultural 2145 Marketing Bill, and Committee stage of the necessary Financial Resolution; consideration of Motions to approve the Additional Import Duties (No. 1) Order, 1933, and the Scottish Raspberries Marketing Scheme. The House will recollect that Monday's business was the subject of agreement through the usual channels. It is hoped to take the Division on the Second Reading of the Agricultural Marketing Bill at about ten o'clock, in order to get through the remaining business without sitting unduly late.
Tuesday: Third Allotted Supply Day—Report stage of the Army, Air and Navy Estimates.
With regard to Wednesday, the House will realise that Government business can now be taken on Wednesdays, yesterday having been the last day appropriated to private Members' Motions. Next Wednesday, the Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill will be taken, and the question of unemployment will be debated.
Thursday: Remaining stages of the Consolidated Fund Bill. It has not yet been decided what subject will be debated.
§ Friday: Private Members' Bills.
§ On any day, if there is time, other Orders will be taken.
§ Mr. LANSBURYWe have given the Patronage Secretary notice that on Thursday, if possible, we hope that the Foreign Secretary or the Prime Minister will make a full statement on the international situation, with special reference to all the questions which they have been discussing at Geneva and elsewhere, and I take it, also, in connection with the Sino-Japanese dispute.
§ Mr. BALDWINI am quite as anxious as the right hon. Gentleman, or my right hon. Friend the Member for Epping (Mr. Churchill), that there should be such a Debate at the earliest moment. I cannot yet say whether those Ministers will be back, but I purpose communicating immediately with them, if possible, to see if they can return in time for Thursday's Debate.
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)."—[Mr. Baldwin.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 284; Noes, 31.
2147| Division No. 84.] | AYES. | [3.49 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Eimley, Viscount |
| Albery, Irving James | Carver, Major William H. | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Castlereagh, Viscount | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Applin, Lieut. Col. Reginald V. K. | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) |
| Askea, Sir Robert William | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Essenhigh, Reginald Clare |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Falle Sir Bertram G. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Christle, James Archibald | Fermoy, Lord |
| Balniel, Lord | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Fleming, Edward Lascelles |
| Banks, Sir Reginald Mitchell | Clarke, Frank | Flint, Abraham John |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Colfox, Major William Philip | Fox, Sir Glfford |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th.C.) | Colman, N. C. D. | Fremantle, Sir Francis |
| Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Fuller, Captain A. G. |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Conant, R. J, E. | Ganzonl, Sir John |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Cook, Thomas A. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton |
| Bernays, Robert | Cooke, Douglas | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon, Sir John |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Cooper, A. Duff | Glossop, C. W. H. |
| Borodale, Viscount | Copeland, Ida | Gluckstein, Louis Halle |
| Bossom, A. C. | Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Goff, Sir Park |
| Boulton, W. W. | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Goldle, Noel B. |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Crooke. J. Smedley | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W, | Crookshank. Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) |
| Boyce, H. Leslle | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Galnsb'ro) | Granville, Edgar |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Cross, R. H. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Grlmston, R. V. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Davies, MaJ.Geo. F. (Somerset,Yeovil) | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Davison, Sir William Henry | Guy, J. C. Morrison |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks.,Newb'y) | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Dickie, John P. | Hall, Capt. W. D'Arcy (Brecon) |
| Burgin. Dr. Edward Leslie | Donner, P. W. | Hamilton, Sir George (llford) |
| Burnett, John George | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Duggan, Hubert John | Hammersley, Samuel S. |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Hanbury, Cecil |
| Calne, G. R. Hall- | Dunglass, Lord | Hanley, Dennis A. |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Eady, George H. | Harbord, Arthur |
| Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Edmondson, Major A, J. | Harris, Sir Percy |
| Hartland, George A. | Maltland, Adam | Shute, Colonel J. J. |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Smith, Braceweil (Dulwich) |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Smith, Sir Jonah W. (Barrow-le-F.) |
| Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Martin, Thomas B. | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Smithers, Waldron |
| Heneage, Lieut-Colonel Arthur P. | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Herbert, Capt. S. (Abbey Division) | Mitchell, Harold P.(Br'trd & Chisw'k) | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Hornby, Frank | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Home, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert S. | Muirhead, Major A. J. | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) |
| Howard, Tom Forrest | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Stanley Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Hewitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petert'fld) | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Normand, Wilfrid Guild | Stones, James |
| Hume, Sir George Hopwood | North, Captain Edward T. | Storey, Samuel |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Nunn, William | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | O'Connor, Terence James | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Hurd, Sir Percy | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. |
| Hunt, Sir Gerald B. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Palmer, Francis Noel | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Jamleson, Douglas | Patrick, Colin M. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Janner, Barnett | Peake, Captain Osbert | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Pearson, William G. | Thompson, Luke |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Ker, J. Campbell | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) | Petherick, M. | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bllst'n) | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Kirkpatrick, William M. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Knight, Holford | Ralkes, Henry V. A. M. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Knox, Sir Altred | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Islet) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Ramsbotham, Herwald | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Ramsden, Sir Eugene | Ward. Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Law, Sir Alfred | Ray, Sir William | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Law. Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Rea, Walter Russell | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Lees-Jones, John | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Levy, Thomas | Robinson, John Roland | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Lewis, Oswald | Ropner, Colonel L. | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Liddall, Walter S. | Ross, Ronald D. | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Lindsay, Noel Ker | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliff:- | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | White, Henry Graham |
| Liewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Range, Norah Cecil | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Locker-Lampson.Rt. Hn. G. (Wd.Gr'n) | Russell, Richard John (Eddlsbury) | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Wilton, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Salmon, sir Isidore | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G.(Partick) | Salt, Edward W. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Womarsley, Walter James |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| McKie, John Hamilton | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'oaks) |
| Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Savery, Samuel Servington | |
| McLean, Major Sir Alan | Selley, Harry R. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Edwards, Charles | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grenfell, David Reas (Glamorgan) | Maxton, James |
| Banfield, John William | Grundy, Thomas W. | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Batey, Joseph | Hall, F. (York, W.R., Normanton) | Price, Gabriel |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvll) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Buchanan, George | Hirst, George Henry | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Cove, William G. | .Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Dr. John H. (Lianelly) |
| Daggar, George | Lunn, William | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | |
| Dobble, William | McEntee, Valentine L. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |
Resolution agreed to.