§ Mr. LANSBURYWill the Lord President of the Council kindly state what will be the business next week?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe business will be:—
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: Consideration of the Motion to approve of draft Unemployment Assistance (Determination of Need and Assessment of Needs) Regulations, 1934.
§ Thursday: Remaining stages of Electricity (Supply) Bill, and Committee Stage of British Shipping (Assistance) Bill.
§ Friday: Motion for the Christmas Adjournment until Monday, 28th January, 1935.
§ During the week, if time permits, other Orders, including the remaining stages of the Education Endowments (Scotland) Bill, may be taken.
§ Mr. LANSBURYI assume that next week the right hon. Gentleman will give us information as to the business to be taken when we reassemble?
§ Mr. BALDWINCertainly.
§
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, 259; Noes, 45.
571| Division No. 22.] | AYES. | [3.47 p.m. |
| Adam, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Clayton, Sir Christopher | Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) |
| Alnsworth, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Grigg, Sir Edward |
| Allan, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Applln, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. |
| Apsley, Lord | Conant, R. J. E. | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Cook, Thomas A. | Guy, J. C. Morrison |
| Assheton, Ralph | Cooke, Douglas | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Cooper, A. Duff | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Crooke, J. Smedley | Harbord, Arthur |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Galnsb'rol | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Cross, R. H. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Crossley, A. C. | Haslam, Henry (Homcastle) |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Cruddas, Lieut-Colonel Bernard | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Davison, Sir William Henry | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. |
| Blindell, James | Denman, Hon, R. D. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Denville, Alfred | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Doran, Edward | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Holdsworth, Herbert |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Duggan, Hubert John | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Astom) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Dung lass, Lord | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Elliot, Rt. Hon, Walter | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Browns, Captain A. C. | Elliston, Captain George Sampson | Hurd, Sir Percy |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Elmley, Viscount | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato |
| Burnett, John George | Everard, W. Lindsay | Ker, J. Campbell |
| Burton, Colonel Henry Walter | Fermoy, Lord | Kerr, Hamilton W. |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Flelden, Edward Brockiehurst | Kirkpatrick, William M. |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Fleming, Edward Lascellee | Knight, Holford |
| Calne, G. R. Hall | Foot, Isaae (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Fox, Sir Gifford | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Glossop, C. W. H. | Law, Sir Alfred |
| Carver, Major William H. | Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S. W.) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | Leech, Dr. J. W. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Got, Sir Park | Lees-Jones, John |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Gower, Sir Robert | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. |
| Christie, James Archibald | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Liddall, Walter S. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Lindsay, Noel Ker |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Litter, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe. |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Potter, John | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Lottus, Pierce C. | Power, Sir John Cecil | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) |
| Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Stevenson, James |
| Mabane, William | Pybus, Sir John | Stones, James |
| MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) | Radford, E. A. | Storey, Samuel |
| MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Strauss, Edward A |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Ramsbotham, Herwald | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton |
| McKie, John Hamilton | Ramsden, Sir Eugene | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| McLean, Major Sir Alan | Ray, Sir William | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Rea, Walter Russell | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Reid, David D, (County Down) | Sutclifle, Harold |
| Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Held, William Allan (Derby) | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Remer, John R. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Marsden, Commander Arthur | Renwick, Major Gustav A. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthuru | Thompson, Sir Luke |
| Milne, Charles | Rickards, George William | Todd, Lt.-Col. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chlsw'k) | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Ropner, Colonel L. | Train, John |
| Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Tree, Ronald |
| Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Rothschild, James A. de | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Moreing, Adrian C. | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Morrison, William Shephard | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour. |
| Moss, Captain H. J. | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) | White, Henry Graham |
| Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Salmon, Sir Isidore | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Munro, Patrick | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Nail, Sir Joseph | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petertf'ld) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid | Savery, Samuel Servington | Windsor-Cilve, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| North, Edward T. | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thnoss) | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Orr Ewing, I. L. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Unv., Belfast) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Patrick, Colin M. | Skelton, Archibald Noel | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noakt) |
| Pearson, William G. | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Percy, Lord Eustace | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) | |
| Perkins, Walter R. D. | Smithers, Sir Waldron | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Soper, Richard | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Petherick, M. | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. | George Penny. |
| Pike, Cecil F. | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Banfield, John William | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Maxton, James |
| Batey, Joseph | Grundy, Thomas W. | Milner, Major James |
| Buchanan, George | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Cape, Thomas | Harris, Sir Percy | Parkinson, John Allin |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | John, William | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cove, William G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Thorne, William James |
| Daggar, George | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lawson, John James | West, F. R. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Leonard, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Dobbie, William | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Edwards, Charles | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Lunn, William | Wilmot, John |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Angleseal | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Mainwaring, William Henry | Mr. Paling and Mr. Groves. |
Question, "That the Clause be read a Second time," put, and agreed to.