§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Prime Minister to state what the business will be to-morrow and on Friday?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)Sufficient progress has been made in Committee on the Betting Bill during the last two days, that it 1040 seems reasonable to expect that the Committee stage will be concluded tonight without an unduly late sitting. On this assumption, the Business will be as follows:
To-morrow (Thursday): Discussion of the Motion standing on the Order Paper in the name of the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition which relates to the Private Manufacture of and Trade in Arms.
Friday: Committee and remaining stages of the Poor Law Bill, and of the Dindings Agreement (Approval) Bill [Lords]; Consideration of Motions to approve Additional Import Duties Orders, Nos. 26 to 33 (inclusive), and of the Order relating to the Sheiffdom of Perth and Angus. That Order was published in the Order Paper yesterday and refers to the amalgamation of Sheriffdoms.
On either day, should there be time, other Orders may be taken.
§ Mr. BUCHANANWill the right hon. Gentleman be good enough to say whether it is the intention of the Government to take the Third Reading of the Poor Law Bill on Friday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes. I announced, as the hon. Member will have noticed, the Committee and remaining stages of the Bill.
§ Mr. BUCHANANDoes that mean that the Government have no intention of accepting any Amendment to the Poor Law Bill on the Committee stage? Obviously, to proceed with the Third Reading means that no Amendments can be accepted and that there will be no Report stage. Will he not reconsider his decision and wait until he has heard the Debate on Friday, especially in view of the fact that the Minister introducing the Bill said that it was intended to make the law in England the same as the law in Scotland? As the Bill does not do so, will the right hon. Gentleman wait until he hears the Debate on Friday before he makes up his mind that there shall be no Report stage and no alteration in the Bill?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe phrase "Committee and remaining stages "includes the Report stage, if a Report stage is necessary. If a Report stage be necessary, there will be so much more to 1041 do on Friday. We expect to get the whole programme and will take every step necessary to enable us to get it all.
§ Mr. BUCHANANAre the Government prepared to have an open mind on the Bill or not? They can hardly take the Third Reading of the Bill if they accept Amendments on the Committee stage on that day, and, in view of that fact, will the right hon. Gentleman reconsider the position and keep an open mind on the Bill until he has heard the Debate?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI can assure the hon. Member that the Government will keep an open mind on Friday in listening to the arguments brought forward on 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, 245; Noes, 36.
1043| Division No. 388.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) | Elliston, Captain George Sampson | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Elmley, Viscount | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Law, Sir Alfred |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Law, Richard K. (Hull. S.W.) |
| Assheton, Ralph | Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | Leech, Dr. J. W. |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | Lees-Jones, John |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Leigh, Sir John |
| Baldwin-Webb, Colonel J. | Fermoy, Lord | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Balniel, Lord | Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst | Lindsay, Noel Ker |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- |
| Beaumont. Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th,C.) | Flint, Abraham John | Lloyd, Geoffrey |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | Loftus, Pierce C. |
| Bernays, Robert | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Fox, Sir Gifford | Lyons, Abraham Montagu |
| Blindell, James | Ganzoni, Sir John | Mebane, William |
| Borodale, Viscount | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | MacAndrew, Lieut -Col. C. G. (Partick) |
| Bower, Commander Robert Tatton | Gluckstein, Louis Halle | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | McCorquodale, M. S. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | MacDonald, Rt. Hn. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Braithwaite. J. G. (Hillsborough) | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'ri'd. N.) | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Granville, Edgar | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Magnay, Thomas |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Grimston, R. V. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Mander, Geoffrey le M. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen.H.C.(Berks.,Newb'y) | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Harbord, Arthur | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Harris, Sir Percy | Milne, Charles |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Harvey, George (Lambeth,Kenn'gt'n) | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres |
| Carver, Major William H. | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col, J. T. C. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Moreing, Adrian C. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth.,S.) | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Holdsworth, Herbert | Morrison, William Shepherd |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Moss, Captain H. J. |
| Christie. James Archibald | Hope, Sydney (Chester, Stalybrldge) | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hopkinson, Austin | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Clayton, Sir Christopher | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) |
| Cobb. Sir Cyril | Hornby, Frank | Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Horobin, Ian M. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Orr Ewing, I. L. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney,N.) | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hurd, Sir Percy | Pearson, William G. |
| Copeland, Ida | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Critchley, Brig.-General A. C. | Iveagh, Countess of | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Galnsb'ro) | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Pybus, Sir John |
| Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Jamieson, Douglas | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. C. C. | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset,Yeovil) | Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) | Ramsden, Sir Eugene |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Dickie, John P. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Ray, Sir William |
| Dixey, Arthur C. N. | Jones, Levels (Swansea, West) | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Ker, J. Campbell | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Eady, George H. | Kirkpatrick, William M. | Rickards, George William |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Knight, Holford | Robinson, John Roland |
| Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Soper, Richard | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S. |
| Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Ruggies-Brise, Colonel E. A. | Spencer, Captain Richard A. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) | Wayland, Sir William A. |
| Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur | White, Henry Graham |
| Salt, Edward W. | Stevenson, James | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Stones, James | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Strickland, Captain W. F. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Sutcliffe, Harold | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A.(C'thness) | Thompson, Sir Luke | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-in-F.) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) | Train, John | |
| Smithers, Sir Waldron | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Somervell, Sir Donald | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir George Penny. |
| Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Banfield, John William | Grundy, Thomas W. | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Thorne, William James |
| Buchanan, George | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cape, Thomas | Kirkwood, David | West, F. R. |
| Daggar, George | Lawson, John James | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, Stephen Owen | Lunn, William | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Dobbie, William | McEntee, Valentine L. | Wilmot, John |
| Edwards, Charles | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Owen, Major Goronwy | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Paling, Wilfred | Mr. G. Macdonald and Mr. Groves. |
Motion made, and Question, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.