§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Prime Minister when the White Paper on Defence will be published and, secondly, whether he can say what Orders he hopes to get to-day?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope to be able to make a more definite announcement in regard to the White Paper on Thursday in the announcement on business, than I can to-day. With regard to what Orders we hope to get to-day, I would say the first five, and the Bacon Order.
§ Mr. ATTLEECan we get the White Paper in full time to give an adequate amount of study to it before we come to
§ the discussion of Defence? May I also ask with regard to the Orders to be taken to-day, whether the Prime Minister expects the House to sit very late—it sat very late last night—and to take a new matter at a very late hour?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI certainly hope to give as much time for the White Paper as possible. I am as anxious as any Member of the House can be that that should be done. I hope that it will not be necessary to sit unduly late tonight. I recognise that the House sat rather late last night, but the right hon. Gentleman knows the exigencies of finance. I hope it will be possible to make good progress.
§
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, 268; Noes, 122.
263| Division No. 57.] | AYES. | [3.47 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Channon, H. | Everard, W. L. |
| Agnew, Lleut. -Comdr. P. G. | Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Fildes, Sir H. |
| Albery, I. J. | Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Findlay, Sir E. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'kn'hd) | Chorlton, A. E. L. | Fleming, E. L. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Christie, J. A. | Fraser, Capt. Sir I. |
| Amery. Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Ganzonl, Sir J. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Clarke, F. E. | Gibson, C. G. |
| Apsley, Lard | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Cobb, Sir C. S. | Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. |
| Assheton, R. | Colman, N. C. D. | Goldie, N. B. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Colville, Lt.-Col. D. J. | Goodman, Col. A. W. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Cook, T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Granville, E. L. |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff(W'st'r S.G'gs) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Courthope, Col. Sir G. L. | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. |
| Belt, Sir A. L. | Cranborne, Viscount | Gridley, Sir A. B. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Crooke, J. S. | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Blaker, Sir R. | Cross, R. H. | Gritten, W. G. Howard |
| Blindell, Sir J. | Crossley, A. C. | Gulnness, T. L. E. B. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Cruddas, Col. B. | Gunston, Capt. D. W. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Culverwell, C. T. | Guy, J. C. M. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Davidson, Rt. Hon. Sir J. C. C. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. D. H. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Davles, Major G. F. (Yeovil) | Hamilton, Sir G. C. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. | Davison, Sir W. H. | Hanbury, Sir C. |
| Brass, Sir W. | De Chair, S. S. | Hannah, I. C. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G, | De la B`re, R. | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Denville, Alfred | Harbord, A. |
| Brawn, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Dodd, J. S. | Harvey, G. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Donner, P. W. | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) |
| Brown, Brig. -Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Gorman-Smith, Major R. H. | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. |
| Bull, B. B. | Dugdale, Major T. L. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Duggan, H. J. | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) |
| Burghley, Lord | Duncan, J. A. L. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Dunne, P. R. R. | Holdsworth, H. |
| Calne, G. R. Hall | Eckersley, P. T. | Holmes, J. S. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. |
| Cartland, J. R. H. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Hopkinson, A. |
| Cary, R. A. | Ellis, Sir G. | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Cautley, Sir H. S. | Emery, J. F. | Howitt, Or. A. B. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Emrys Evans, P. V. | Hudson, R. S. (Southport) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord Hugh | Entwistle, C. F. | Hulbert, N. J. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Erskine Hill, A. G. | Hunter, T. |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | Palmer, G. E. H. | Smithers. Sir W. |
| Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Patrick, C. M. | Somerset, T. |
| Jackson, Sir H. | Peat, C. U. | Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Percy, Rt. Hon. Lord E. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Jones, H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Perkins, W. R. D. | Southby, Comdr. A. R. J. |
| Jones, L. (Swansea, W.) | Petherick, M. | Spender-Clay Lt.-CI. Rt. Hn. H. H. |
| Keeling, E. H. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Pilkington, R. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Plugge, L, F | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Stourton, Hon. J. J. |
| Kimball, L. | Pownall, Sir A. Assheton | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Kirkpatrlck, W. M. | Procter, Major H. A. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Radford, E. A. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- (N'thw'h) |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Latham, Sir P. | Ramsden, Sir E. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Leech, Dr. J. W. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Lees-Jones, J. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Levy, T. | Rayner, Major R. H. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Lewis, O. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Lindsay, K. M. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Llewellin, Lieut. -Col. J. J. | Remer, J. R. | Touche, G. C. |
| Loder, Captain Hon. J. de V. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Train, Sir J. |
| Loftus, P. C. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Tree, A. H. L. F. |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Ropner, Colonel L. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| MacAndrew, Lt-Col. Sir C. G. | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Com. R. L. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hn. J. R. (Scot. U.) | Rowlands, G. | Turton, R. H. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon M. (Ross) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E, A. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| McEwen, Capt. H. J. F. | Runciman. Rt. Hon. W. | Ward, Irene (Wallsend) |
| McKie, J. H. | Russell, A. West (Tynemouth) | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Maclay, Hon. J. P. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Wayland, Sir W. A. |
| Makins, Brig. Gen. E. | Salmon, Sir I. | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Salt, E. W. | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Samuel, Sir A. M. (Farnham) | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Maxwell, S. A. | Samuel, M. R. A. (Putney) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Savery, Servington | Windsor-clive, Lleut.-Colonel G. |
| Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Scott, Lord William | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Mitchell, H. (Brentford and Chiswick) | Shakespeare, G. H. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Morgan, R. H. | Shaw, Major p. S. (Wavertree) | Wood. Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. | |
| Morrison, W. S. (Cirencester) | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U. B'lf'st) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Smiles, Lieut-Colonel Sir W. D. | Sir George Penny and Lieut.- |
| Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Gallacher, W | Mathers, G. |
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Gardner, B. W. | Maxton, J. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Garro-Jones, G. M. | Montague, F. |
| Adamson, W. M. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham. N.) |
| Alexander, Ht. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Muff, G. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Anderson, F. (Whltehaven) | Hardie, G. D. | Parker, H. J. H. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Potts, J. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Price, M. P |
| Batey, J. | Hollins, A. | Richards, R. (Wrexham) |
| Bellenger, F. | Hopkin, D. | Riley, B. |
| Benson, G. | Jagger, J. | Ritson, J. |
| Bevan, A. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Roberts, Rt Hon. F. O. (W. Brom.) |
| Bromfield, W. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Roberts, W (Cumberland, N.) |
| Buchanan, G. | Kelly, W. T. | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Burke, W. A. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Cape, T. | Kirby, B. V. | Rowson, G. |
| Chater, D. | Kirkwood, D. | Salter, Dr. A. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lathan, G. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Lawson, J. J. | Sexton, T. M. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Leach, W. | Shinwell, E |
| Cove, W. G. | Lee, F. | Short, A. |
| Crlpps, Hon. Sir Stafford | Leonard, W. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Daggar, G. | Leslie, J. R. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Dalton, H. | Logan, D. G. | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhlli) | Lunn, W. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhlthe) |
| Davies D, L. (Pontypridd) | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | McEntee, V. La T. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Day, H. | McGovern, J. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Dobble, W. | MacLaren, A. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Ede, J. C. | Maclean, N. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) | Thurtle, E. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwelity) | MacNeill, Weir, L. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Mainwaring, W. H. | Viant, S. P. |
| Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | Marklew, E. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Marshall, F. | Walker, J. |
| Watkins, F. C. | Wilkinson, Ellen | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) | |
| Westwood, J. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| White, H. Graham | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) | Mr. Charleton and Mr. Groves. |
| Whiteley, W. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
Second Resolution read a Second time.