§ Mr. LANSBURYMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman how far he intends to go if the Motion which he is about to move is carried? May I also enter, not a violent but a mild, protest at the regularity with which the Standing Order is being suspended?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have great sympathy with the right hon. Gentleman in his last remark, but—
§ Mr. LANSBURYNecessity knows no law.
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes. We desire to make substantial progress with the Supplementary Estimates which are on the Paper; to obtain the Committee stage and Third Reading of the Unemployment Insurance Bill, which, as I have already stated, is purely a consolidation measure; and the Report stage of the Housing (Scotland) Money Resolution.
§ Mr. LANSBURYThere is a private Bill down for to-night, and I think it is possible that we shall not get through the Supplementary Estimates. Business that is regarded as non-controversial in all parts of the House I expect none of us would object to going through.
§
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, 227; Noes, 28.
779| Division No. 58.] | AYES. | [3.30 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Glossop, C. W. H. | Orr Ewing, I. L. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Gluckstein, Louis Halie | Percy, Lord Eustace |
| Albery, Irving James | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | Petherick, M. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Goff. Sir Park | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilston) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Apsley, Lord | Graves, Marjorie | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Assheton, Raiph | Grigg, Sir Edward | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Grimston, R. V. | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Ramsbotham, Herwald |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Hamilton, Sir George (liford) | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Hanbury, Cecil | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th. C.) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Harris, Sir Percy | Remer, John R. |
| Bonn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenn'gt'n) | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Bernays, Robert | Harvey, Major Sir Samuel (Totnes) | Rickards, George William |
| Blindell, James | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Robinson, John Roland |
| Boulton, W. W. | Heligers, Captain F. F. A. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Bower, Commander Robert Tatton | Hepworth, Joseph | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Rose Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Holdsworth, Herbert | Ruggies-Brise, Colonel Sir Edward |
| Brockiebank, C. E. R. | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Brown, Brig, Gen. H. C.(Berks., Newb'y) | Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romford) | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Burghley, Lord | Janner, Barnett | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Burnett, John George | Ker, J. Campbell | Soone, Lord |
| Burton, Colonel Henry Walter | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Kirkpatrick, William M. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Knight, Heiford | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-in-F.) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Smithers, Sir Waldron |
| Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Leckie, J. A. | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Soper, Richard |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J.A.(Birm. W) | Levy, Thomas | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) | Lewis, Oswald | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Clarke, Frank | Liddall, Walter S. | Storey, Samuel |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Clayton, Sir Christopher | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Clydesdale, Marquees of | Little, Graham-, Sir Ernest | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. G'n) | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'ndsw'th) | Taylor,Vice-Admiral E.A.(P'dd'gt'n, S.) |
| Cooke, Douglas | Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Loftus, Pierce C. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G.(Partick) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Crooke, J. Smedley | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | MacDonald, Rt. Hn. J. R. (Seaham) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | McLean, Major Sir Alan | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Crossley, A. C. | Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Maitland, Adam | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S. |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Denville, Alfred | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Watt, Major George Steven H. |
| Dickie, John P. | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Weymouth, Viscount |
| Donner, P. W. | Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N.) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Meller, Sir Richard James | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Mills. Major J. D. (New Forest) | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Strestham) | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Morrie-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Eillston, Captain George Sampson | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Morrison, William Shephard | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'oaks) |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Munro, Patrick | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Fraser, Captain Sir Ian | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | |
| Fremantie, Sir Francis | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES |
| Ganzonl, Sir John | Nunn, William | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Edwards, Charles | Groves, Thomas E. |
| Banfield, John William | Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Grundy, Thomas W. |
| Cleary, J. J. | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Daggar, George | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Hicks, Ernest George |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Mainwaring, William Henry | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Maxton, James | William, David (Swansea, East) |
| Lawson. John James | Nathan, Major H. L. | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Leonard, William | Smith, Tom (Normanton) | Wilmot, John |
| Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Thorne, William James | |
| McEntee, Valentine L. | Tinker, John Joseph | TELLERS FOR THE NOES |
| Mr. John and Mr. Paling. |