§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Prime Minister what business will be taken during the first week after the summer recess, and also what Orders he proposes to take to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe wish to get the first three Orders on the Order Paper—Government of India Bill, consideration of Lords Amendments; Housing (Scotland) Bill, consideration of Lords Amendments, and Money Payments (Justices Procedure) Bill; and the Motion with regard to the Unemployment Insurance (Seasonal Workers) Order. With regard to the other question, we propose to ask the House to meet again after the summer recess on Tuesday, 29th October. The business to be taken during the first week is as follows:
Tuesday, 29th October: Cotton Spinning Industry Bill, Second Reading, and Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution; Expiring Laws Continuance 2488 Bill, Second Reading, and Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution; Pensions (Governors of Dominions, etc.) Bill, Second Reading.
Wednesday, 30th October: Employment of Women and Young Persons Bill, Second Reading, and Hours of Employment (Conventions) Bill [Lords], Second Reading; Public Works Loans Bill, Second Reading, and Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution; Weights and Measures Bill [Lords], Second Reading.
Thursday, 31st October: Cotton Spinning Industry Bill, Committee.
Friday, 1st November: Committee and remaining stages of the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill and of the Public Works Loans Bill.
On any day, if there is time, other Orders may be taken.
§ Dr. ADDISONCan we be assured that the Bill which will be required to give effect to the far-reaching proposals referred to will be circulated well in advance of any possible discussion?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think that follows as a matter of course. We never try to push anything on the House.
§ Mr. CHURCHILLWill the Prime Minister consider at what period in the resumed session a day can be set down for the further discussion of the Supplementary Estimates on the Air, which I understand the Government are willing to give?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, that shall be done.
§ Mr. ATTLEEWith regard to the business for Thursday, 31st October, the Cotton Spinning Industry Bill, do I take it that the Government expect the House to manage the whole of the Committee stage of that important Bill in one day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is difficult to say, but we shall all come back, I hope, very strong.
§ Mr. BUCHANANI understand that the Prime Minister wants to-day the first three Orders on the Paper and also the Motion dealing with Unemployment Insurance in respect of seasonal workers. In view of the fact that the Order deals with an important section of workers, 2489 and has many ramifications, I hope the House will have an opportunity of discussing it at a reasonable hour, and that if we have not finished the previous business at a reasonable time this Order will be postponed until there is time for it to be adequately discussed.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI think there is a general feeling in the House that it is desirable to get this Order, and I hope the House will do its best to get it in reasonable time. The hon. Member knows that the time is not long before the Recess, and I am sure that everyone desires to get this Order.
§ Mr. BUCHANANI do not deny that the House desires to get the Order, but that does not take away the right of hon. Members to discuss it, as it affects an important section of the community. Will the right hon. Gentleman see that the House is given an opportunity to discuss it at a reasonable time?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe will see how we get on to-day.
§ Mr. BUCHANANThere is no mention in the business after the Recess of the regulations dealing with unemployment insurance. Can the Prime Minister give us any idea when the Government intend to deal with this problem?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am afraid that I cannot at the moment, We have fixed the business for the first, week after the Recess, and cannot give the hon. Member a definite answer.
§ Mr. BUCHANANIn that case, may I ask whether hon. Members will have the proposed new regulations circulated before the House has to discuss them?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROf course time must be given, but I cannot say anything about the time at the moment.
§
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.
2491| Division No. 305.] | AYES. | [4.2 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | Christie, James Archibald | Fyfe, D. P. M. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Galbraith, James Francis Wallace |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Clarke, Frank | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Clayton, Sir Christopher | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton |
| Apsley, Lord | Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Granville, Edgar |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Colman, N. C. D. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas |
| Assheton, Ralph | Conant, R. J. E. | Graves, Marjorie |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick Wolfe | Cooke, Douglas | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Cooper, T. M. (Edinburgh, W.) | Grigg, Sir Edward |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Copeland, Ida | Grimston, R. V. |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Guy, J. C. Morrison |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Crooke, J. Smedley | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. |
| Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Cross, R. H. | Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) |
| Bernays, Robert | Crossley, A. C. | Hanbury, Sir Cecil |
| Blindell, James | Curry, A. C. | Harris, Sir Percy |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Davison, Sir William Henry | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenn'gt'n) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Dickie, John P. | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Sir Cuthbert |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Dixon, Captain Rt. Hon. Herbert | Heligers, Captain F. F. A. |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Donner, P. W. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Duckworth, George A. V. | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Duggan, Hubert John | Herbert, Capt. S. (Abbey Division) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Eales, John Frederick | Hornby, Frank |
| Burghley, Lord | Edmondson, Major Sir James | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Howard, Tom Forrest |
| Burnett, John George | Elmley, Viscount | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Bik'pool) | Hume, Sir George Hopwood |
| Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | Hurd, Sir Percy |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Everard, W. Lindsay | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Fermoy, Lord | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.( |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Jamieson, Rt. Hon. Douglas |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Janner, Barnett |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Fraser, Captain Sir Ian | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Fremantle, Sir Francis | Ker, J. Campbell |
| Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) | Morgan, Robert H. | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univ.) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) |
| Kirkpatrick, William M. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Stevenson, James |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Morrison, William Shephard | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Munro, Patrick | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Leckie, J. A. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Leigh, Sir John | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Nunn, William | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Levy, Thomas | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Lewis, Oswald | Palmer, Francis Noel | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Liddall, Walter S. | Patrick, Colin M. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Llewellin, Major John J. | Pearson, William G. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Peat, Charles U. | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Locker-Lampson. Rt. Hn. G.(Wd. Gr'n) | Percy, Lord Eustace | Todd, Lt.-Col. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Peters, Dr. Sidney John | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Petherick, M. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Mabane, William | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bliston) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| MacAndrew, Major J. O. (Ayr) | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| McCorquodale, M. S. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Radford, E. A. | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S. |
| McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- | Watt, Major George Steven H. |
| Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Reid, William Allan (Derby) | Wells, Sydney Richard |
| Maitland, Adam | Rickards, George William | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir Edward | Wllloughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Runge, Norah Cecil | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Mellor, Sir J. S. P. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John | |
| Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-in-F.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Somervell, Sir Donald | Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward |
| Moreing, Adrian C. | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) | and Major George Davies. |
| NOES. | ||
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. Clement R. | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Paling, Wilfred |
| Banfield, John William | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Buchanan, George | Jenkins, Sir William | Thorne, William James |
| Cleary, J. J. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lawson, John James | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Daggar, George | Leonard, William | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, Stephen Owen | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Dobbie, William | Lunn, William | Wilmot, John |
| Edwards, Sir Charles | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | McEntee, Valentine L. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Gibbins, J. | McGovern, John | Mr. Groves and Mr. D. Graham. |
Question put, and agreed to.