§ Mr. ATTLEEWill the Lord President of the Council tell us what business will be taken next week and when the Cattle Industry Bill will be available. Has he any statement to make on the programme of business to the end of the Session, and what Orders is it proposed to take tonight in the event of his Motion being carried?
§ Mr. BALDWINOn the matter that most exercises the House I am afraid I can give no information to-day, but hope that next week, if the hon. Gentleman will repeat his question, I shall be able to give him the information he desires as to when we hope to conclude the business of this part of the Session. The business for next week will be:
Monday: Committee stage of the Cattle Industry (Emergency Provisions) [Money] Resolution, and remaining stages of the Colonial Stock Bill.
Tuesday: Supply (17th Allotted Day), Committee, Department of Mines Vote and Board of Education Vote. Report stage of the Cattle Industry [Money] Resolution.
Wednesday: Supply (18th Allotted Day), Scottish Estimates, Departments of Education and Health.
Thursday: Second Reading of the Cattle Industry (Emergency Provisions) Bill.
Friday: Supply (16th Allotted Day, Second Part).
On any day, if there is time, other Orders will be taken.
The Cattle Industry (Emergency Provisions) Bill will be in the Vote Office on Wednesday morning. It cannot, of course, be published until the Financial Resolution is approved. With regard to the Motion on the Paper to-day, we are anxious, if possible, to get on with some of the remaining business, and, although the list sounds formidable, there is really, I think, very little debatable matter in the Orders that I should like to take. They are the remaining stages of the Isle of Man (Customs) Bill, the Report of the Public Works Loans (Remission of Debt) Money Resolution, and we hope to make further progress with the Bill and the remaining stages of the Trustee Savings Banks (Special Investments) 534 Bill. The Motion on the Paper with regard to the Colonial Stock Bill is merely to rectify a slip that was made last night in not referring the Bill to Committee of the whole House. That is purely formal. There is the Motion relating to the Accounts of Greenwich Hospital and Travers' Foundation, and, if there is time without keeping the House unduly late, the Second Reading of the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Bill [Lords]
§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSAs the Bill dealing with meat cannot be printed until after the Money Resolution is passed, will any White Paper of explanatory memorandum be available, so that we can fully understand and appreciate the significance of the Bill?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe Bill is a very short one dealing with one specific point. I fancy that the discussion on the Financial Resolution, for which ample time will be allowed, will give the hon. Member and his friends all the information that they can desire. If there be anything further that he wants and will communicate privately, I will gladly see what can be done, but I think he will find that he will have ample material, and there will be nothing in the Bill which will come as a surprise to him. There are only four Clauses.
§ Mr. TINKERDo I understand that the right hon. Gentleman is taking the Mines Vote and the Board of Education Vote on Tuesday? If so, how is the time to be divided?
§ Mr. BALDWINI think that that can be arranged through the usual channels. I assume that the Debates are desired, and I think that the question of time is a matter of arrangement.
§ Mr. MAXTONAm I to understand from the answer of the right hon. Gentleman that the statement about the Adjournment or Prorogation, or whatever it may be, will riot be made to Members of the House before next Thursday, or will he make it earlier in the week?
§ Mr. BALDWINI propose to give the information to the House as soon as I get it myself. I hope to be in a position to do it before Thursday, but I cannot state the day.
Motion made, and Question put, 535
That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 14, Business other than Business of Supply may be considered before Eleven of the clock, and 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, 230; Noes, 41.
537| Division No. 334.] | AYES | [3.33 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds,W.) | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Goff, Sir Park | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Allen, Sir.J. Sandeman (Liverp'I, W.) | Goldie, Noel B. | Peake, Osbert |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J.Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Pearson, William G. |
| Allen, William (Stoke on Trent) | Gower, Sir Robert | Petherick, M. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n,Bllst'n) |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Grimston, R. V. | Potter, John |
| Aske, Slr Robert William | Gritten, W. G. Howard | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Pybus, Sir Percy John |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Hales, Harold K. | Ralkes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Hall, Capt. W. D'Arcy (Brecon) | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) |
| Bainlel, Lord | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Hanbury, Cecil | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Harbord, Arthur | Ramsbotham, Herwald |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Bucks., Aylesbury) | Harris, Sir Percy | Ramsden, Sir Eugene |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th,C.) | Hartington, Marquess of | Ratcliffe, Arthur |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Bernays, Robert | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Ray, Sir William |
| Blindell, James | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Bossom, A. C. | Hepworth, Joseph | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- |
| Boulton, W. W. | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Remer, John R. |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Hills. Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Rickards, George William |
| Braithwaite, Maj. A. N. (Yorks, E. R.) | Hornby, Frank | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) | Hurd, Sir Percy | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Janner, Barnett | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Caine, G. R. Hall- | Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Knight, Holford | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Knox, Sir Alfred | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Unv.,Belfast) |
| Christle, James Archibald | Law, Sir Alfred | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Leckie, J. A. | Smith, Sir J. Walker. (Barrow-in-F.) |
| Colman. N. C. D. | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Somerville. D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Sotheron-Estcourt. Captain T. E. |
| Cooke, Douglas | Levy, Thomas | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Lewis, Oswald | Spencer, Cantain Richard A. |
| Copeland, Ida | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe. | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Stanley, Rt. Yon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Locker-Lampson,Rt. Hn. G. (Wd.Gr'n) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) |
| Critchley, Brig.-General A. C. | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney. C.) | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Lockwood, Capt. J. H. (Shipley) | Stewart, William J.(Belfast. S.) |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | Mabane, William | Stones, James |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Crossley, A. C. | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton. |
| Curry, A. C. | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Magnay, Thomas | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Maitland, Adam | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Dickie, John P. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Dixey, Arthur C. N. | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Donner, P. W. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Drewe, Cedric | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on.T.) |
| Drummond-Wolff, H. M. C. | Martin, Thomas B. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) | Monsell. Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L, (Hull) |
| Everard, W. Lindsay | Morrison, William Shepherd | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | Moss, Captain H. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Fraser, Captain Sir Ian | Munro, Patrick | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Ganzonl, Sir John | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | White, Henry Graham |
| Gledhill, Gilbert | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Orr Ewing, I. L. | |
| Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) | Womersley, Sir Walter | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Wise, Alfred M. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) | Sir George Penny and Captain Austin Hudson. |
| Withers, Sir John James | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) | |
| NOES | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot |
| Bonfield, John William | George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Maxton, James. |
| Batey, Joseph | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Milner, Major James |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Buchanan, George | Groves, Thomas E. | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cape, Thomas | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvll) | Thorne, William James |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jenkins, Sir William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cove, William G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Lawson, John James | West, F. R. |
| Daggar, George | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lunn, William | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | |
| Dabble, William | McEntee, Valentine L. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Edwards, Charles | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Mr. John and Mr. D. Graham. |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Mainwaring, William Henry |
Question put, and agreed to.