§ Mr. EDWARDSMay I ask the Lord President of the Council the business for next week.
§ Mr. BALDWINOn Monday: Supply (13th Allotted Day), Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Vote.
Tuesday: Supply (14th Allotted Day), Committee; but an agreement has been come to, to suit the convenience of the whole House, to enable a Motion to be put down in regard to the shipping industry, and the Debate will be on that subject on that day.
Wednesday: Second Reading of the Colonial Stock Bill; Report and Third Beading of the Shops Bill [Lords]; and Motion to approve the Amendment of the Hops Marketing Scheme, 1932.
Thursday: Supply (15th Allotted Day), Committee, Colonial Office.
The business for Friday will be announced later.
On any day, if there is time, other business will be taken.
§ Mr. MAXTONMay I ask the Lord President of the Council a question? I have not had an opportunity of giving him notice because the circumstances arose only in the last hour. With regard to Tuesday, the right hon. Gentleman knows that I am keenly interested, and 2074 my constituency is considerably involved, in the shipping industry. The Committee upstairs which is dealing with the Incitement to Disaffection Bill has decided to meet on that afternoon. I want to ask if the Lord President can do something to make it possible for hon. Members who are working on that Committee to be present when the shipping question is being discussed.
§ Mr. BALDWINI am afraid the meetings of Committees upstairs have nothing at all to do with the Leader of the House. I would point out that if it be the fact, as I have no doubt it is, because the hon. Member says so, that the Committee will sit in the afternoon, the Debate on shipping will run to 11 o'clock and I doubt very much whether the Committee upstairs will sit as long as that.
§ Mr. MAXTONI am really anxious to get something done in this matter. I do not know whether it affects any other Member of the House. [An HON. MEMBER: "You are leader of a party!"] I am not laying stress on that point; but certainly I belong to a party which tries to do its work efficiently. The right hon. Gentleman knows that the important part of the Debate will be at the beginning, when the Ministerial statement will be made, and that is precisely the time at which the Committee have arranged to meet—at four o'clock. I know that the right hon. Gentleman is not responsible for the arrangement of the business of Committees, but I am quite sure that, if he cared to meet a Member of the Opposition, some word from him to the Ministers who are responsible for that Measure could easily secure some readjustment.
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINI venture to support the appeal of the hon. Member for Bridgeton (Mr. Maxton). I have found myself in somewhat similar difficulties owing to my membership of the Joint Select Committee on India, and I cannot help thinking that the House is in some danger of depriving itself of assistance that it would wish to have by the simultaneous meeting of Committees and the House. I hope that my right hon. Friend, in view of the circumstances of this case, will feel that it is not beyond the scope of his authority to call the attention of the Chairman of the Committee to the circumstances and ask 2075 whether the Committee could not meet earlier in the afternoon and finish its sitting at 4 o'clock instead of beginning it then.
§ Mr. LAWSONMay I supplement the point made by the hon. Member for Bridgeton by saying that I think it can be accepted that there has been no undue prolongation of Debate in that Committee. [HON. MEMBERS: "Oh!"] I ask any hon. Member to look at the number of times we have met. There is a more important fact still, that on two occasions when it has not met one half of the Government Members were not present. The Committee has also been suspended on various occasions and has eventually adjourned. I really think the right hon. Gentleman might give this matter serious attention, because it really is not fair to ask us to meet in the afternoons.
§ Mr. PETHERICKWill the right hon. Gentleman, who is asked to use his influence in that direction, very fully examine the case, and I think he will realise that that Committee have sat on a very large number of days and that it is a Bill which contains only four short Clauses?
§ Mr. REMERWith reference to the announcement of business and the statement that any other business may be taken, will the right hon. Gentleman give consideration to the point that the Silk Duties (No. 1) Order should not be taken without notice being given to those Members who are interested in that subject?
§
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, 242; Noes, 40.
2077| Division No. 318.] | AYES. | [3.45 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | Clarry, Reginald George | Guy, J. C. Morrison |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cobb, Sir Cyrll | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hales, Harold K. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Colman, N. C. D. | Hanbury, Cecil |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Conant, R. J. E. | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Cook, Thomas A. | Hartland, George A. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Cooke, Douglas | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) |
| Baillie, Sir Adrlan W. M. | Cooper, A. Duff | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cranborne, Viscount | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Critchley, Brig.-General A. C. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Crooks, J. Smedley | Holdsworth, Herbert |
| Balniel, Lord | Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Galnsb'ro) | Hornby, Frank |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Cross, R. H. | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'tn, C.) | Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Curry, A. C. | Hurd, Sir Percy |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Davison, Sir William Henry | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Dawson, Sir Philip | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. |
| Bernays, Robert | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Jamieson, Douglas |
| Bossom, A. C | Denville, Alfred | Ker, J. Campbell |
| Boulton, W. W. | Dickie, John P. | Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Doran, Edward | Kerr, Hamilton W. |
| Bower, Commander Robert Tatton | Drummond-Wolff, H. M. C. | Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Duckworth, George A. V | Knight, Holford |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Llonel | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Duggan, Hubert John | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Leech, Dr. J. W. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Dunglass, Lord | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Elmley, Viscount | Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Lindsay, Noel Ker |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | Llster, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. G'n) |
| Burnett, John George | Everard, W. Lindsay | Loftus, Pierce C. |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Mabane, William |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Fox, Sir Gifford | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Glossop, C. W. H. | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | McLean, Major Sir Alan |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. (Birm., W) | Goff, Sir Park | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Grimston, R. V. | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Christie, James Archibald | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E | Martin, Thomas B. |
| Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Ramsden, Sir Eugene | Stones, James |
| Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Rea, Walter Russell | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Remer, John R. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Milne, Charles | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Rickards, George William | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Moreing, Adrian C. | Ropner, Colonel L. | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. (P'dd'gt'n, S.) |
| Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Ross, Ronald D. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Moss, Captain H. J, | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Munro, Patrick | Runge, Norah Cecil | Train, John |
| Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Tree, Ronald |
| Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| North, Edward T. | Salmon, Sir Isldore | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Nunn, William | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| O'Connor, Terence James | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour |
| Orr Ewing, I. L. | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | White, Henry Graham |
| Palmer, Francis Noel | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Patrick, Colin M. | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Peake, Osbert | Skelton, Archibald Noel | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Pearson, William G. | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Petherick, M | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Potter, John | Somervell, Sir Donald | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Pownall, Sir Assheton | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Procter, Major Henry Adam | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Radford, E. A. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | |
| Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Ramsbotham, Herwald | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Banfield, John William | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Batey, Joseph | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Maxton, James |
| Buchanan, George | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Milner, Major James |
| Cape, Thomas | Healy, Cahir | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jenkins, Sir William | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cove, William G. | Kirkwood, David | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Lawson, John James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Daggar, George | Leonard, William | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Logan, David Gilbert | West, F. R. |
| Dobbie, William | Lunn, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Edwards, Charles | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | McEntee, Valentine L | Wilmot, John |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Mainwaring, William Henry | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |
Question put, and agreed to.