§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Prime Minister what business it is proposed to take next week?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)On Monday: Committee stage of the Petroleum (Production) Bill [Lords].
§ Tuesday: Supply (11th Allotted Day), Committee, Ministry of Health Vote.
§ Wednesday: Supply (12th Allotted Day), Committee. The subject of the Vote has not yet been handed in, but it will be announced as soon as possible.
§ Thursday: Report and Third Reading of the Poor Law (Scotland) Bill, and consideration of a Motion to approve the Milk Scheme for the North of Scotland.
§ The business for Friday will be announced later.
§ On any day, if there is time, other Orders may be taken.
§ Sir W. BRASSMay I ask my right hon. Friend whether he intends the House to sit very late to-night; and whether he is aware that it is not only the Report stage of the Traffic Bill that we are to take, but that there are parts of three Clauses which are being recommitted by the Minister of Transport which have to be considered before the Report stage starts?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI propose to move the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule in order that we may get, at any rate, the Report stage of the 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, 247; Noes, 34.
1309| Division No. 307.] | AYES. | [3.24 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Graves, Marjorie | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Grimston, R. V. | Pearson, William G. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Perkins, Walter R. D. |
| Albery, Irving James | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Pickering, Ernest H. |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Guy, J. C- Morrison | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Radford, E. A. |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Hales, Harold K. | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Hanbury, Cecil | Ramsay T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Ramsbotham, Herwald |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Harris, Sir Percy | Ramsden, Sir Eugene |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Hartland, George A. | Rankin, Robert |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Bernays, Robert | Hepworth, Joseph | Remer, John R. |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Blindell, James | Holdsworth, Herbert | Rickards, George William |
| Bossom, A. C. | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Horsbrugh, Florence | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Bower, Commander Robert Tatton | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Hurd, Sir Percy | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'ld, Hexham) | Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Ker, J. Campbell | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Burnett, John George | Knight, Holford | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Knox, Sir Alfred | Scone, Lord |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Law, Sir Alfred | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (P'rtsm'th, S.) | Leckie, J. A. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Lees-Jones, John | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. |
| Chapman, Col.R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Leigh, Sir John | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield Hallam) |
| Christie, James Archibald | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) |
| Clarke, Frank | Levy, Thomas | Somervell, Sir Donald |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Llewellin, Major John J. | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Mabane, William | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) | Stevenson, James |
| Colville, Lieut.-colonel J. | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Stewart, J. H. (File, E.) |
| Cook, Thomas A. | McCorquodale, M. S. | Stones, James |
| Copeland, Ida | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Critchley, Brig.-General A. C. | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | McKeag, William | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Galnsb'ro) | McKie, John Hamilton | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Crossley, A. C. | McLean, Major Sir Alan | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Culverwell, Cyril Tom | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Magnay, Thomas | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Denman, Hon. R D. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Denville, Alfred | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Dickie, John P. | Manningham-Buner, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Train, John |
| Drewe, Cedric | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Tree, Ronald |
| Drummond-Wolff, H. M. C. | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Dunglass, Lord | Meller, Sir Richard James | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Edmondson, Major Sir James | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Milne, Charles | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Elmley, Viscount | Mitchell, Harold P.(Br'tfd & Chisw'k) | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Emrys- Evans, P. V. | Molson, A. Hugh Eisdale | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | White, Henry Graham |
| Ford, Sir Patrick J. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Fox, Sir Gilford | Morrison, William Shepherd | Willoughby do Eresby, Lord |
| Fuller, Captain A. G. | Moss, Captain H. J. | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Gledhill, Gilbert | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid | |
| Goff, Sir Park | Nunn, William | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Batey, Joseph | George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Buchanan, George | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Thorns, William James |
| Cape, Thomas | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Cove, William G. | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | West, F. R. |
| Daggar, George | Jenkins, Sir William | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lawson, John James | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, Stephen Owen | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Dobbie, William | Logan, David Gilbert | Wilmot, John |
| Edwards, Charles | McEntee, Valentine L. | |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Maxton, James | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Groves and Mr. G. Macdonald |