§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Prime Minister what business it is proposed to take next week and also how far he proposes to ask the House to go to-night, in the event of the Motion being carried?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI will answer the second question first. It is proposed to take, according to the announcement of last Thursday, the first and second items on the Order Paper to-day, namely, the British Hydrocarbon Oils Production Bill, and the Mining Industry (Welfare
§ Fund) Bill, and also the Money Resolution on Rural Water Supplies.
§ Regarding the business for next week:
§ Monday and Tuesday: Unemployment Bill, Committee, Fifth and Sixth allotted days.
§ Wednesday: Private Members' Motions.
§ Thursday: Consideration of Motions to approve the Cattle (Import Regulation) Order, 1933, Additional Import Duties (No. 1) Order, 1934, Additional Import Duties (No. 23) Order, 1933, and the Amendments to the Hops Marketing Scheme, 1932.
§ Friday: Private Members' Bills.
§ On any day, if there is time, other Orders may be taken.
§
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, 275; Noes, 40.
1313| Division No. 91.] | AYES. | [3.57 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. (Birm., W) | Fremantle, Sir Francis |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Fuller, Captain A. G. |
| Albery, Irving James | Choriton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Churchill. Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Clarry, Reginald George | Gillett, Sir George Masterman |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Clayton, Sir Christopher | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Gledhill, Gilbert |
| Apsley, Lord | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Gluckstein, Louis Halle |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Conant, R. J. E. | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. |
| Balniel, Lord | Cooke, Douglas | Goff, Sir Park |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Cooper, A. Duff | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Copeland, Ida | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) |
| Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Granville, Edgar |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Craven-Ellis, William | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Bernays, Robert | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Grigg, Sir Edward |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Cross, R. H. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Crossley, A. C. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. |
| Blindell, James | Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. |
| Boothby, Robert John Graham | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Davison, Sir William Henry | Guy, J. C. Morrison |
| Boulton, W. W. | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Denville, Alfred | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Hanbury, Cecil |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Dickie, John P. | Hanley, Dennis A. |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Doran, Edward | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Harbord, Arthur |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Hartland, George A. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Dunglass, Lord | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Edge, Sir William | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) |
| Buchan, John | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Lesile | Elmley, Viscount | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) |
| Burnett, John George | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Holdsworth, Herbert |
| Burton, Colonel Henry Walter | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Hornby, Frank |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Horobin, Ian M. |
| Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Erskine-Boist, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. |
| Carver, Major William H. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Fermoy, Lord | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Fox, Sir Gifford | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. |
| Jamieson, Douglas | Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Jesson, Major Thomas E. | North, Edward T. | Soper, Richard |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Nunn, William | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Peake, Captain Osbert | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. |
| Ker, J. Campbell | Pearson, William G. | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Peat, Charles U. | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Knight, Holford | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Petherick, M. | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilston) | Stevenson, James |
| Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Pickford, Hon. Mary Ada | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) |
| Leckie, J. A. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Stones, James |
| Lees-Jones, John | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Storey, Samuel |
| Levy, Thomas | Procter, Major Henry Adam | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Lewis, Oswald | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Lindsay, Kenneth Martin (Kilm'rnock) | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Lindsay, Noel Ker | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Llewellin, Major John J. | Ramsbotham, Herwald | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Rankin, Robert | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'ndsw'th) | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham. | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Mabane, William | Renwick, Major Gustav A. | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G.(Partick) | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| McKie, John Hamilton | Ross, Ronald D. | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| McLean, Major Sir Alan | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Runclman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Tree, Ronald |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian | Runge, Norah Cecil | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Maitland, Adam | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Marsden, Commander Arthur | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Martin, Thomas B. | Salmon, Sir Isidore | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Milne, Charles | Savery, Samuel Servington | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Mitchell, Harold P.(Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Selley, Harry R. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Skelton, Archibald Noel | Womersley, Walter James |
| Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Waiter D. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Moss, Captain H. J. | Smith, R. W. (Ab'rd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | |
| Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Somerset, Thomas | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Somervell, Sir Donald | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir George Penny. |
| Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Maxton, James |
| Batey, Joseph | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Grundy, Thomas W. | Paling, Wilfred |
| Cape, Thomas | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Price, Gabriel |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Harris, Sir Percy | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Curry, A. C. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Daggar, George | Kirkwood, David | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lawson, John James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Dobble, William | Lunn, William | White, Henry Graham |
| Edwards, Charles | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | McEntee, Valentine L. | |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Mainwaring, William Henry | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |