§ Mr. LANSBURYMay I ask the Prime Minister how much of the business on the Paper it is proposed to ask the House to consider to-day?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)The right hon. Gentleman will recognise the form of the Motion, which has been put down primarily at
§ the request of the Chairman of Ways and Means who is anxious to get two private Bills through to-night. On that account we are asking the House to agree to the Motion in regard to the private Bills and to the rule relating to half-past Nine. In addition to the first Motion on the Order Paper in the name of the Minister of Agriculture, the Government desire to take to-night the first three Orders on the Paper and the Import Duties Orders which, I understand, will not raise any large or controversial issue.
§ Mr. LANSBURYOn that, I am not sure that the Import Duties Orders will not raise any question of importance. We have not had much time to look into them, and there are quite a number of them. It is possible that we shall want to debate them.
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe right hon. Gentleman will appreciate that they are exempted business. I do not think that he will find them very troublesome, but, if he does, perhaps he will communicate through the usual channels.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on Government business and on any Private Business set down for consideration at half-past Seven of the Clock this evening, by direction of the Chairman of Ways and Means, be exempted from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House) and, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 6, any such Private Business may be taken after half-past nine of the clock."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 220; Noes, 50.
1111| Division No. 247.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Denville, Alfred |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Doran, Edward |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Carver, Major William H. | Drewe, Cedric |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel |
| Apsley, Lord | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Duggan, Hubert John |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Bulfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Elmley, Viscount |
| Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Bernays, Robert | Colman, N. C. D. | Essenhigh, Reginald Clare |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) |
| Blindell, James | Cooke, Douglas | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Boulton, W. W. | Cooper, A. Duff | Fermoy, Lord |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vanslttart | Copeland, Ida | Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Cranborne, Viscount | Fox, Sir Gilford |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Crooke, J. Smedley | Fraser, Captain Sir Ian |
| Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Fuller, Captain A. G. |
| Broadbent, Colonel John. | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Ganzoni, Sir John |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Cross, R. H. | Gledhill, Gilbert |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard | Glossop, C. W. H. |
| Burnett, John George | Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Gluckstein, Louis Halle |
| Burton, Colonel Henry Walter | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. |
| Calne, G. R. Hall. | Davison, Sir William Henry | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas |
| Graves, Marjorie | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Mabane, William | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) |
| Grigg, Sir Edward | MacAndrew, Major J. O. (Ayr) | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Grimston, R. V. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Bassetlaw) | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Sandys, Duncan |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Savery, Servington |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | McKie, John Hamilton | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Hales, Harold K. | McLean, Major Sir Alan | Shaw, Captain William T. (Fortar) |
| Hammersley, Samuel S. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Hanbury, Sir Cecil | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Harvey, Major Sir Samuel (Totnes) | Martin, Thomas B. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Sir Cuthbert | Meller, Sir Richard James (Mitcham) | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) |
| Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Spens, William Patrick |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Stones, James |
| Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. Leslie | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Storey, Samuel |
| Hornby, Frank | Moss, Captain H. J. | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Nunn, William | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Hums, Sir George Hopwood | Ormsby-Gore. Rt. Hn. William G. A. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Hurd, Sir Percy | Orr Ewing, I. L. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Patrick, Colin M. | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Iveagh, Countess of | Peake, Osbert | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Jackson, J. C. (Heywood & Radcliffe) | Pearson, William G. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Peat, Charles U. | Thompson, Sir Luke |
| Jamleson, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Perkins, Walter R. D. | Thomson, Sir James D. W. |
| Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Tree, Ronald |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilston) | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univ.) | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Kirkpatrick, William M. | Radford, E. A. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Watt, Major George Steven H. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour. |
| Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Rathbone, Eleanor | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Leckle, J. A. | Reid, William Allan (Derby) | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Leech, Dr. J. W. | Rickards, George William | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Ropner, Colonel L. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Levy, Thomas | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Worthington, Sir John |
| Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock) | Ross, Ronald D. | |
| Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffs. | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir Edward | Sir George Penny and Lieut.- |
| Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. Gr'n) | Runge, Norah Cecil | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| Lockwood, John C. (Hackney, C.) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Paling, Wilfred |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Harris, Sir Percy | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. Clement R. | Holdsworth, Herbert | Rea, Sir Walter |
| Banfield, John William | Janner, Barnett | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Batey, Joseph | Jenkins, Sir William | Thorne, William James |
| Buchanan, George | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cape, Thomas | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah |
| Cleary, J. J. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | West, F. R. |
| Cocks, Fredrick Seymour | Lawson, John James | White, Henry Graham |
| Daggar, George | Leonard, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Dobbie, William | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Edwards, Sir Charles | Lunn, William | Wilmot, John |
| Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | McEntee, Valentine L. | |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Mainwaring, William Henry | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Maxton, James | Mr. John and Mr. Croves |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Owen, Major Goronwy |