§ Mr. LANSBURYMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman the Lord President of the Council the business for next week, and also, in order to save time, the object of the proposal to suspend the 11 o'clock Rule.
§ Mr. BALDWINIf I may answer the latter question first, the answer is a straight one. It is solely for the purpose of making a little more progress with the Government of India Bill. It is not proposed to sit late, but very often an extra half-hour makes a little difference, and we are rather behind the point we had hoped to reach.
The business for next week is as follows:
Monday: 1st allotted Supply day, Civil and Revenue Departments Vote on Account, Committee stage, Debate on Unemployment.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Government of India Bill, Committe stage.
Thursday: 2nd allotted Supply day, Civil and Revenue Departments Vote on Account, Report stage. There will be a Debate on the operations in the commodity markets.
The business for Friday will be announced later. On any day, if there is time, other Orders will be taken.
§ Mr. LANSBURYOn the question of suspending the Rule to-night, I should like to ask the Lord President whether it is to be a regular sort of proposition, and also to be assured that we are not to be asked to sit late this evening. As far as the official Opposition is concerned, I do not think that there has been any waste of time. The right hon. Gentleman should discipline his friends in this matter and not keep the House sitting late. I am not suggesting at all that they are wasting time, but, if there is any time being wasted, the right hon. Gentleman should deal with those of his own family.
§ Mr. BALDWINMembers of our own family usually are very difficult to deal with, but I certainly hope that it will be a rare occurrence to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule on this particular business. With regard to the second question, I can only say that it is not our intention to sit late.
§ Mr. CHURCHILLHas my right hon. Friend formed any idea of the point it is intended to reach in the discussion to-night?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLIt will depend upon the importance of the discussion.
§ Mr. BALDWINI have never attempted to lay down any point. It is
§ impossible to do so. It will be necessary to see if good progress is being made.
§ Mr. CHURCHILLMay I draw the attention of my right hon. Friend to the fact that on Clause 13 the very important question of the Instrument of Instructions comes under discussion, and it will be very difficult to dispose of that unless we are to sit very late, which, I am very glad to hear, there is no intention of doing.
§ Mr. BALDWINThere is no intention of doing that.
§ Mr. PALINGWas there not some understanding by a Committee which considered the Committee stage, that, in view of the agreement made, it would not be necessary to sit late or to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule?
§ Mr. BALDWINI was not at the discussions myself, but I think there will be general agreement that we are a little behind the position at which we ought to have been by now. Therefore, I am afraid that to-night it is necessary to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule, and I hope that it will facilitate procedure.
§
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)."—[Mr. Baldwin.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 251; Noes, 34.
1313| Division No. 66.] | AYES. | [3.55 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Albery, Irving James | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J.A.(Birm., W.) | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l, W.) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) | Elmley, Viscount |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) | Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Apsley, Lord | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D, | Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Colfox, Major William Philip | Foot, Dingle (Dundee) |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cooke, Douglas | Fox, Sir Gilford |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Cooper, A. Dull | Fraser, Captain Sir Ian |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Courtauld, Major John Sewell | Fuller, Captain A. G. |
| Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Ganzonl, Sir John |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Cranborne, Viscount | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Gillett, Sir George Masterman |
| Blindell, James | Crooke, J. Smedley | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Bossom, A. C. | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Gledhill, Gilbert |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Davidson, Rt. Hon. J, C. C. | Glossop, C. W. H. |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Gluckstein, Louis Halle |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Davison, Sir William Henry | Goff, Sir Park |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Dawson, Sir Philip | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Dickle, John P. | Grigg, Sir Edward |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Donner, P. W. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Burnett, John George | Doran, Edward | Guy, J. C. Morrison |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Dunglass, Lord | Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl'nd) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Eady, George H. | Harris, Sir Percy |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Harvey, Major Sir Samuel (Totnes) |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Moss, Captain H. J. | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Smithers, Sir Waldron |
| Holdsworth, Herbert | Munro, Patrick | Somervell, Sir Donald |
| Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Hornby, Frank | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Soper, Richard |
| Horobin, Ian M. | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid | Spens, William Patrick |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | North, Edward T. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Hutchison, W. D. (Essex, Romford) | Nunn, William | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) |
| Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. | Oman, Sir Charles William C | Steel-Maitland, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Orr Ewing, I. L. | Stevenson, James |
| Janner, Barnett | Palmer, Francis Noel | Stones, James |
| Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Patrick, Colin M. | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Peake, Osbert | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Pearson, William G. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Peat. Charles U. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Petherick, M. | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Kirkpatrick, William M. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Potter, John | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. (P'dd'gt'n.S.) |
| Leckie, J. A. | Procter. Major Henry Adam | Templeton, William P. |
| Leech, Or. J. W. | Radford, E. A. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Thomas, James P. L, (Hereford) |
| Levy, Thomas | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Lewis, Oswald | Ramsay T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Liddall, Walter S. | Rankin, Robert | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock] | Rathbone, Eleanor | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Lindsay, Noel Ker | Rea, Walter Russell | Tree, Ronald |
| Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G.(Wd. Gr'n) | Reid, David D. (County Down) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Reid, William Allan (Derby) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Mabane, William | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G.(Partick) | Rickards, George William | Wardlaw-Milne. Sir John S. |
| MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) | Warrencer. Sir Victor A. G. |
| McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Ropner, Colonel L. | Watt, Major George Steven H. |
| McKie, John Hamilton | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | White, Henry Graham |
| McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Rothschild, James A. de | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir Edward | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Magnay, Thomas | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Salmon, Sir Isldore | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Marsden, Commander Arthur | Samuel, M. R. A. (W'ds'wth, Putney). | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'noaks) |
| Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Young, Ernest J, (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | |
| Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Savery, Samuel Servington | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Scone, Lord | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Grundy, Thomas W. | Paling, Wilfred |
| Banfield. John William | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvll) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Batey, Joseph | Jenkins, Sir William | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, North) |
| Cape, Thomas | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Thorne, William James |
| Cleary, J. J. | Lawson, John James | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cove, William G. | Logan, David Gilbert | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Lunn, William | West, F. R. |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | McEntee, Valentine L. | Wilmot, John |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Mainwaring, William Henry | |
| Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Nathan, Major H. L. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |