§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Prime Minister how far it is proposed to go in the event of the Motion for the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being carried? May I also ask whether it is the intention to take the Second Reading of an important Bill which has been put down on a Supply day, and whether there is not a growing tendency to encroach upon Supply days?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAs I explained to the House on Thursday there is no intention of encroaching and the Resolution on the Paper has not the effect of encroaching upon a Supply day. If Supply is finished before eleven o'clock, then the Government's proposal in the Resolution will come into operation. If the Supply day is not finished before eleven o'clock, then the Resolu- 871 tion is a very ordinary one that we put before the House. It is not intended to take the Second Reading of an important Bill such as the British Sugar (Subsidy) Bill unless we can move it somewhere about 9.30 p.m.
§ Sir HERBERT SAMUELIn regard to the growing practice of putting down other business on Supply days, is it not the case that when Parliament decided that all the outstanding Votes in Supply should be guillotined at the end of the Session, it was intended that the 20 days allocated to Supply should be occupied solely by Supply business and that if the number of Votes put down for a Supply day was not adequate to fill up the time other Votes could be put down in order to complete the day, rather than have a guillotine Vote at the end of the Session?
§ The PRIME MINISTERDuring the last two years the Report stages of the three Service Estimates have been obtained before 7 o'clock. Although other business has been proceeded with, the House on one occasion adjourned at 7.20 p.m. and on another occasion at 9.55 p.m.
§ Sir H. SAMUELDo not those facts show that the Government arrangement of business was not satisfactory as a sufficient number of Supply Votes were not put down for those days to keep the attention of the House?
§ Mr. MAXTONIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that on each of the allotted days so far Government business has been put down? That is equivalent to putting pressure on the House to conclude its business before the recognised time. Is he not aware that the pressure which can be exercised in such circumstances is very effective, and that it is not being completely frank to say that the Government have no intention of doing this? The fact that they have put these other Measures on the Order Paper is a declaration of their intentions, as is also the fact that they propose to move the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule. Having declared their intentions, we of the Opposition know well the usual pressure which is applied to carry out such intentions. So far not one of the three allotted days has been free for 872 Opposition purposes, and I should like to know whether this principle is going to be applied by the Government to the other 17 allotted days?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe hon. Member is really under a misapprehension. The Government expect the House to take the full allotted time for the three Service Votes on Report stage, but, if it does not, we do not wish the House to rise early and, therefore, we propose that certain pressing business should be done which the House will have to do before Easter in any event.
§ Mr. BUCHANANThe Prime Minister has really two Motions in the one on the Order Paper. It may be true that for the last two years this practice has been followed, but if the right hon. Gentleman will go back to the time when there was a normal opposition, I mean normal in size, he will find that it was not the case. It is not fair to expect an Opposition small in numbers to keep business going in the same way as a big Opposition. It must also be remembered that the Liberal party sat with the Government on the Government side and the Opposition was then limited to about 45 members. As he well knows, if Government supporters do not speak on Supply it is almost impossible for an Opposition of that size to keep the Debate going all day. In view of the change in the composition of the Opposition and also in view of the fact that the Sugar Bill has been down twice already, I hope he will reconsider this question and not put down Government business on Supply days. The Prime Minister ought to be the guardian of the rights of Members of this House; at least it is alleged that he is the guardian of our rights. I shall divide the House on both these Motions. I think that the Prime Minister is most unfair in this matter and is not upholding the traditions of Parliament.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
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 Reports of Supply of 12th, 8th, and 15th March may be taken after Eleven of the clock."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 230; Noes. 42.
873| Division No. 169.] | AYES. | [3.46 p.m. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J.Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Gibson, Charles Granville | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Perkins, Walter R. D. |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Gledhill, Gilbert | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Apsley, Lord | Glossop, C. W. H. | Ralkes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | God, Sir Park | Ramsay T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Goldle, Noel B. | Rankin, Robert |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd. N.) | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham |
| Balniel, Lord | Granville, Edgar | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Bateman, A. L. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Graves, Marjorle | Remer, John R. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Grigg, Sir Edward | Rickards, George William |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Grimston, R. V. | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Blaker, Sir Reginald | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. |
| Blindell, James | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Borodale, Viscount | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) |
| Bossom, A. C. | Hanbury, Cecil | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Hanley, Dennis A. | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Llverp'l) |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Hartland, George A. | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenn'gt'n) | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Scone, Lord |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chetmst'd) | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-in-F.) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newby) | Hepworth, Joseph | Smith, R. W. (Ab'rd'n & Klnc'dlne, C.) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Smithers, Waldron |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Burnett, John George | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Spans, William Patrick |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Stevenson, James |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romford) | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord Hugh | Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Clarke, Frank | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E.A. (P'dd'gt'n, s.) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Levy, Thomas | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Lewis, Oswald | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Liddall, Walter S. | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Cooke, Douglas | Lindsay, Kenneth Martin (Kilm'rnock) | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Tree, Ronald |
| Copeland, Ida | Locker-Lampion, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd.Gr'n) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Galnsb'ro) | Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Crossley, A. C. | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. C. C. | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Wallace, John (Dunferm[...]lne) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Mabane, William | Ward, Lt.-Col, Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Dickle, John P. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S. |
| Doran, Edward | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour |
| Dunglass, Lord | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Eden, Robert Anthony | Maitland, Adam | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Elliston, Captain George Sampson | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Wills, Wilfr[...]d D. |
| Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Winterton, Rt Hon. Earl |
| Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Womersley, Walter James |
| Fermoy, Lord | Moreing, Adrian C. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Morris-Jones. Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Flint, Abraham John | Mulrhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Fraser, Captain Ian | Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid | George Penny. |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Bernays, Robert | Cocks, Frederick Seymour |
| Banfield, John William | Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Daggar, George |
| Batey, Joseph | Buchanan, George | Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Leonard, William | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Edwards, Charles | Logan, David Gilbert | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Walsh Univ.) | Lunn, William | Thorns, William James |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | McEntee, Valentine L. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | McGovern, John | White, Henry Graham |
| Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Mainwaring, William Henry | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Harris, Sir Percy | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Wilmot, John |
| Hicks, Ernest George | Maxton, James. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| John, William | Owen, Major Goronwy | |
| Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Paling, Wilfred | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Rea, Waiter Russell | Mr. C. Macdonald and Mr. Groves. |
§ Motion made, and Question put,
§ "That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing
876§ Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 239: Noes, 43.
877| Division No. 170.] | AYES. | [3.55 p.m. |
| Albery, Irving James | Dickie, John P. | Leigh, Sir John |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) | Doran, Edward | Lelghton, Major B. E. P. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Duckworth, George A. V. | Levy, Thomas |
| Applln, Lieut.-col. Reginald V. K. | Duggan, Hubert John | Lewis, Oswald |
| Apsley, Lord | Dunglass, Lord | Liddall, Walter S. |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Eden, Robert Anthony | Lindsay, Kenneth Martin (Kllm'rnock) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Lloyd, Geoffrey |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. Gr'n) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Elliston, Captain George Sampson | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Loder, Captain J. de Vere |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Entwistle, Cyril Fullard | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander |
| Bainlel, Lord | Erskine, Lord (Weston-super-Mare) | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. |
| Bateman, A. L. | Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | Mabane, William |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) | MacAndrew, Lt.-Col. C. G. (Partick) |
| Beaumont, Hn. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Fermoy, Lord | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) |
| Bonn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Fleming, Edward Lascelles | MacDonald, Rt. Hn. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Flint, Abraham John | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Blaker, Sir Reginald | Fox, Sir Gilford | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Blinded, James | Fraser, Captain Ian | Macmillan, Maurice Harold |
| Borodale, Viscount | Fremantle, Sir Francis | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian |
| Bossom. A. C. | Gibson, Charles Granville | Maitland, Adam |
| Boulton, W. W. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Gledhill, Gilbert | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Glossop, C. W. H. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Goff, Sir Park | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Goldie, Noel B. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd. N.) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Granville, Edgar | Moreing, Adrian C. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Buchan- Hepburn, P. G. T. | Graves, Marjorie | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Grigg, Sir Edward | Munro, Patrick |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Grimston, R. V. | Nail-Cain, Hon. Ronald |
| Burnett, John George | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Nunn, William |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Hanbury, Cecil | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Hanley, Dennis A. | Perkins, Walter R. O. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Hartland, George A. | Ra[...]kes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington. E.) | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord Hugh | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Ramsay T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Rankin, Robert |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Clarke, Frank | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hepworth, Joseph | Reid, William Allan (Derby) |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Remer, John R. |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Rickards, George William |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas |
| Cooke, Douglas | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. |
| Copeland, Ida | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romf'd) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Galnsb'ro) | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Crossley, A. C. | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Davidson. Rt. Hon. J. C. C. | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Scone, Lord | Summersby, Charles H. | Wayland, Sir William A |
| Simmonds, Oliver Edwin | Sutcliffe, Harold | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour. |
| Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E.A. (P'dd'gt'n,S.) | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Smith, Sir J. Walker (Barrow-ln-F.) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Smith, R. W. (Ab'rd'n & Klnc'dlne, C.) | Thorp, Linton Theodore | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Smithers, Waldron | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Somerville, Annesley A (Windsor) | Touche, Gordon Cosmo | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Tree, Ronald | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Spens, William Patrick | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. I. | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) | Turton, Robert Hugh | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Stevenson, James | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) | Womersley, Walter James |
| Stourton, Hon. John J. | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Strauss, Edward A. | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Strickland, Captain W. F. | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) | |
| Stuart, Lord C. Crichton. | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S. | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hamilton, Sir R.W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Maxton, James |
| Banfield, John William | Harris, Sir Percy | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Batey, Joseph | Healy, Cahir | Paling, Wilfred |
| Bernays, Robert | Hicks, Ernest George | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | John, William | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Buchanan, George | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Thorne, William James |
| Daggar, George | Leonard, William | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Logan, David Gilbert | White, Henry Graham |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lunn, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Edwards, Charles | McEntee, Valentine L. | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | McGovern, John | Wilmot, John |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Mainwaring, William Henry | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | |
| Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. G. Macdonald and Mr. Groves. |
First Resolution read a Second time.