§ Mr. LANSBURYWould the Prime Minister state what is the business for Friday, and also what business he in tends to take to-night if the Motion for the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule is carried?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)On Friday, we shall take the Committee and concluding stages of the Unemployment Assistance (Temporary Provisions) (No. 2) Bill; Motions to approve the Herring Industry Scheme and the Highway Code; and, if there is time, other Orders on the Paper. As regards the Government's intentions to-night, we are moving the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule in order to complete the Report stage of the Housing Bill, so that the additional day which is to be given to the Bill can be devoted to a Debate on the Third Reading.
§
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, 199; Noes, 34.
21| Division No. 204.] | AYES. | [3.18 p.m. |
| Acland Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Clarke, Frank |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Brass, Captain Sir William | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) | Broadbent, Colonel John | Conant, R. J. E |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Cooke, Douglas |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Cooper, A. Duff |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Butler, Richard Austen | Cross, R. H. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Davison, Sir William Henry |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M | Carver, Major William H | Doran, Edward |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Castlereagh, Viscount | Drewe, Cedric |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Cautley, Sir Henry S | Duckworth, George A. V. |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Duggan, Hubert John |
| Bernays, Robert | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. (Blrm., W) | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Blindell, James | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey |
| Bossom, A. C. | Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Entwistle, Cyril Fullard |
| Boulton, W. W. | Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Lyons, Abraham Montagu | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Fraser, Captain Sir Ian | Mabane, William | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | MacAndraw, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) | Salt, Edward W. |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Goff, Sir Park | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Savery, Servington |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | McKeag, William | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Graham, Sir F. Fergus {C'mb'rl'd. N.) | McKie, John Hamilton | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Granville, Edgar | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | McLean. Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian | Smithers, Sir Waldron |
| Grigg, Sir Edward | Magnay, Thomas | Soper, Richard |
| Grimston, R. V. | Maitland, Adam | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Hales, Harold K. | Martin, Thomas B. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) |
| Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Hammersley, Samuel S. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. | Stones, James |
| Hanbury, Cecil | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Storey, Samuel |
| Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Haneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Moreing, Adrian C. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Morgan, Robert H. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Hoare. Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Morris-Jones, Or. J. H. (Denbigh) | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Holdsworth, Herbert | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Munro, Patrick | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Howitt. Dr. Alfred B. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Orr Ewing, I. L | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Hurd, Sir Percy | Palmar, Francis Noel | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Patrick, Colin M. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Peake, Osbert | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Jackson, J. C. {Heywood & Radcliffe) | Petherick, M | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S. |
| Ker, J. Campbell | Pike, Cecil F. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. | Watt, Major George Steven H. |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Power, Sir John Cecil | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Leckie, J. A. | Procter, Major Henry Adam | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Leech, Dr. J. W. | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Lewis, Oswald | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham- | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Liddall, Walter S. | Remer, John R. | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock) | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'v'oaks) |
| Lloyd, Geoffrey | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | |
| Locker-Lampson, Com. O. (H'ndsw'th) | Ropner, Colonel L | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Sir George Penny and Lieut.- |
| Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward |
| Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Addison, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Maxton, James |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grundy. Thomas W. | Paling, Wilfred |
| Banfield, John William | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Batey, Joseph | Hamilton. Sir R. W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwan) |
| Cleary, J. J. | Harris, Sir Percy | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cove, William G. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | White, Henry Graham |
| Daggar, George | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Edwards, Charles | Lunn, William | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur | McEntee, Valentine L. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |