§ Mr. LANSBURYWould the Prime Minister state what is the business for next week, and how far he proposes to go to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI propose to move the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule in order to make sure that we shall finish the Report stage of the Government of India Bill, and also to get the following Orders: Third Reading of the Superannuation Bill and the Report of the two Supplementary Estimates which were taken in Committee last night. I understand that these are not controversial. The business for next week is:
§ Monday: Supply (7th Allotted Day) Committee; Ministry of Transport Vote.
§ Tuesday and Wednesday: Third Reading of the Government of India Bill.
§ Thursday: Second Reading of the National Health Insurance and Contributory Pensions Bill and the Committee stage of the necessary Money
| Division No. 228.] | AYES. | [3.42 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Bossom, A. C. | Cautley, Sir Henry S. |
| Albery, Irving James | Boulton, W. W. | Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd) | Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Cazalat, Thelma (lslington, E.) |
| Align, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Briscoe, Capt. Richard George | Caralet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) |
| Allen, Lt.Col. Sir William (Armagh) | Broadbent, Colonel John | Chamberlain,Rt.Hn.Sir J.A.(Birm.,W.) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) |
| Assheton, Ralph | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd, Hexham) | Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Brown, Brig.Gen.H.C.(Berks.,Newb'y) | Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leofric |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Browne, Capta'in A. C. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Cobb, Sir Cyril |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Burnett, John George | Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Butler, Richard Austen | Colman, N. C. D. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.S. (Portsm'th.O) | Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Conant, R. J. E. |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Cook, Thomas A. |
| Bernays, Robert | Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Cooke, Douglas |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Cooper, A. Duff |
| Blindell, James | Carver, Major William H. | Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry |
§ Resolution: and if there be time, the Second Reading of the Counterfeit Currency (Convention) Bill (Lords); Second Reading of the Criminal Lunatics (Scotland) Bill; and the Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution. Both of these Bills have come from another place.
§ Friday: The Motion for the Whitsuntide Adjournment. The House will reassemble after the Recess on Monday, 17th June.
§ On any day, if time permits, other Orders may be taken.
§ Mr. MAXTONMay I ask the Prime Minister whether he has seen statements in the newspapers indicating that a large reconstruction in the Government is to take place? The House is keenly interested in this matter, and will he therefore take steps to see that if these changes are to take place, an announcement will be made to the House before the Adjournment for the Whitsuntide holiday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThat is quite contrary to precedent. It is true that I have seen announcements in the newspapers, but they are really so varied and contradictory that I am not quite sure from where the information is being supplied.
§ Mr. MAXTONIs the House to take it that the newspaper stories are completely without foundation?
§ Motion made, and Question put:
§ " That the Procedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House."—[The Prime Minister.]
1315| Cranborne, Viscount | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Ramsden, Sir Eugene |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger | Rankin, Robert |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Kimball, Lawrence | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Kirkpatrick, William M. | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) |
| Curry, A. C. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Davidson, Rt. Hon. J. C. C. | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Robinson, John Roland |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset,Yeovil) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Davison, Sir William Henry | Law, Sir Alfred | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Leckle, J. A. | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Dickle, John P. | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Doran, Edward | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Dower, Captain A. V. G. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Drewe, Cedric | Levy, Thomas | Salmon, Sir Isldore |
| Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Lewis, Oswald | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Lindsay, Noel Ker | Samuel, M. R. A. (W'ds'wth, Putney) |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Sandys, Duncan |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Llewellin, Major John J, | Savery, Servington |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Fermoy, Lord | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Flelden, Edward Brocklehurst | Mabane, William | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. sir Walter D. |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) |
| Flint, Abraham John | MacAndrew, Major J. O. (Ayr) | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) |
| Foot, Dingle (Dundee) | MacDonald, Rt. Hn. J. R. (Seaham) | Soper, Richard |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Fox Sir Gifford | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Fraser Captain Sir Ian | McKeag, William | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Galbraith, James Francis Wallace | McKle, John Hamilton | Spens, William Patrick |
| Ganzoni Sir John | McLean, Major Sir Alan | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Gilmour Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'morland) |
| Gluckstein Louis Halle | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Goff Sir Park | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Goodman Colonel Albert W. | Mallalieu. Edward Lancelot | Stones, James |
| Gower Sir Robert | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Granvi'lle Edgar | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M, | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Grattan Doyle Sir Nicholas | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Grigg,Sir Edward | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Grimston R. V. | Martin, Thomas B. | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Guinness Thomas L. E. B. | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Hales Harold K. | Mills, Major J.D (New Forest) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Hamilton, Sir Geroge (llford) | Milne, Charles | Thomson, Sir James D. W. |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W.(Orkney & Zetl' nd) | Mitchell, Harold P.(Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Titchfield, Major the Marquess, of |
| Hammersley, Samuel S. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Hanbury, Cecil | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Harris, Sir Percy | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Moreing, Adrian C. | Ward. Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Harvey, Major Sir Samuel (Totnes) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir John S |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Munro, Patrick | Watt, Major George Steven H. |
| Herbert, Capt. S. (Abbey Division) | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Wayland Sir William A. |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | White, Henry Graham |
| Hope, Capt. Hon. A, O. J. (Aston) | Nunn, William | William, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Hore-Bellsha, Leslie | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Hornby, Frank | Ormsby Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Orr Ewing, I. L. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Patrick, Colin M. | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Peake, Osbert | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Petherick, M. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n,Bilston) | Young, Rt. Hon. Sir Hilton (S'V'noaks) |
| Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Pybus, Sir John | |
| Janner, Barnett | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Sir George Penny and Sir Victor |
| Ramsbotham, Herwald | Warrender. |
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| Addlson, Rt. Hon. Dr. Christopher | Edwards, Charles | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) |
| Attlee Clement Richard | Gardner, Benjamin Walter | McEntee, Valentine L. |
| Banfield, John William | George, Major G. lloyd (Pembroke) | Maxton, James. |
| Batey, Joseph | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Brown, C, W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Griffiths, George A, (Yorks,W.Riding) | Thorne, William James |
| Buchanan, George | Groves, Thomas E. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cleary, J. J. | Grundy, Thomas W. | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Jenkins, Sir William | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Daggar, George | John, William | Wlimot, John |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | |
| Davies, Rhys John (Weethoughton) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon, George | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Davies, Stephen Owen | Leonard, William | Mr. Paling and Mr. D. Graham. |
| Dobble, William | Lunn, William |