§ Mr. LANSBURYMay I ask the Prime Minister what Orders he proposes to take to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe hope to conclude the Report stage of the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions (Amendment) Bill by Eleven o'Clock. The Eleven o'Clock Rule is being suspended in order to obtain the Third Reading of the Exchange Equalisation Account Bill.
§
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, 253; Noes, 37.
33| Division No. 166.] | AYES. | [3.39 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Howitt. Dr. Alfred B. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Davison, Sir William Henry | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Denville, Alfred | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Hurd, Sir Percy |
| Altchison, Rt. Hon. Cralgie M. | Dickie, John P. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Donner, P. W. | Janner, Barnett |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Doran, Edward | Jesson, Major Thomas E. |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick Wolfe | Dower, Captain A. V, G. | Ker, J. Campbell |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J.(Kent. Dover) | Duckworth, George A. V. | Kerr, Hamilton W. |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Kimball, Lawrence |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Duggan, Hubert John | Knight. Holford |
| Balniel, Lord | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Knox. Sir Alfred |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Elliot, Major Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Elmley, Viscount | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.8. (Portem'th.C.) | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) |
| Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) | Leech, Dr. J. W. |
| Benn. Sir Arthur Shirley | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Lees-Jones, John |
| Bernays, Robert | Fermoy. Lord | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst | Levy, Thomas |
| Blindell, James | Fox, Sir Gifford | Lindsay, Noel Ker |
| Borodale, viscount | Fraser, Captain Ian | Lloyd, Geoffrey |
| Bossom, A. C. | Fremantle. Sir Francis | Locker-Lampson, Rt.Hn. G.(Wd. Gr'n) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Fuller, Captain A. G. | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Ganzoni, Sir John | Loder, Captain J. de Vere |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Glossop, C. W. H. | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. |
| Braithwaite, J. G. (Hillsborough) | Glyn, Major Raiph G. C. | Lyons, Abraham Montagu |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Goff, Sir Park | Mabane, William |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Goldie, Noel B. | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G.(Partick) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks.,Newb'y) | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O- (Ayr) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Burghley, Lord | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of w.) |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Lesile | Graves, Marjorie | McEwen, Captain J. H. P. |
| Burnett, John George | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Campbell, Edward Taswell (Bromley) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | McLean, Major Sir Alan |
| Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Campbell-Johnston, Matcolm | Hamilton, Sir R.W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Maitland, Adam |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Hammersley, Samuet S. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hanbury, Cecil | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hanley, Dennis A. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Hartington, Marquess of | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hartland. George A. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Harvey, George (Lambeth,Kenningt'n) | Merriman, Sir F. Boyd |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Mills. Sir Frederick (Leyton. E.) |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Mitchell, Harold p.(Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) |
| Clarke, Frank | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Headlam, Lieut. Col. Cuthbert M. | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsf'd) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) |
| Cooke, Douglas | Heneage. Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Morris, John Patrick (Salford, N.) |
| Ceeper, A. Duff | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Morris-Jones. Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Cowan. D. M. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Munro, Patrick |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Murray-Phillpson, Hylton Raiph |
| Crookshank, Col. C.de Windt (Bootle) | Hore-Belisha. Leslie | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Horobin, Ian M. | Nicholson. Godfrey (Morpeth) |
| Cross. R. H. | Horsbrugh, Florence | Nunn, William |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. C. C. | Howard, Tom Forrest | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Peake, Captain Osbert | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Petherick, M. | Scone, Lord | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Pike, Cecil F. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Todd. A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Power, Sir John Cecil | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| powNail, Sir Assheton | Simon, Rt, Hon. Sir John | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Procter, Major Henry Adam | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A.(C'thness) | Wallace, John (DunferMilne) |
| Raikes. Henry V. A. M. | Skelton, Archibald Noel | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Smith, Sir Jonah W. (Barrow-in-F.) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Rathbone, Eleanor | Smithers, Waldron | Warrender, Sir victor A. G. |
| Reo, Walter Russell | Somervell, Donald Bradley | Watt, captain George Steven H. |
| Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour |
| Remer, John R. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | White, Henry Graham |
| Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) | Spens, William Patrick | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Stanley, Lord (Lancaster, Fylde) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Robinson, John Roland | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Ropner, Colonel L. | Stewart, J. H. (File, E.) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Rosbotham, Sir Samuel | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Ross, Ronald D. | Storey, Samuel | Wood, sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Strauss, Edward A. | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. | Strickland, Captain W. F. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'oaks) |
| Runge, Norah Cecil | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton. | |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray F. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Rutherford, John (Edmonton) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (f'nham) | Summersby, Charles H. | George Penny. |
| Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Tate, Mavis Constance | |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | McEntee, Valentine L. |
| Banfield, John William | Granfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Batey, Joseph | Grundy, Thomas W. | Maxton, James |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Hicks, Ernest George | Price, Gabriel |
| Buchanan, George | Hirst, George Henry | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cove, William G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Kirkwood, David | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Edwards, Charles | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Thomas (York, Den Valley) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Lunn, William | |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.- |
| Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |
Question, "That the Clause be read a Second time," put, and agreed to.