§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Prime Minister for what reason he is proposing to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe shall report Progress in Committee on the
§ Finance Bill at 7.30 p.m. We hope afterwards to conclude the Committee stage of the Air Navigation Bill and the Pensions (Governors of Dominions, etc.) Bill. We are suspending the Eleven o'Clock Rule for this purpose. There is one other Order which, I think, is non-contentious, and might be disposed of, namely, the Report and Third Reading of the Weights and Measures Bill.
§ Mr. ATTLEEI suppose that it is not intended to ask the House to sit late, or to take the Pensions (Governors of Dominions, etc.) Bill at a late hour? The Prime Minister will recollect that on previous occasions the question has been raised with regard to this Bill that we should take it in good time.
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope to manage it. I will not press the one point which the right hon. Gentleman has mentioned, if it will be inconvenient.
§
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, 202; Noes, 121.
211| Division No. 225.] | AYES. | [3.25 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Cook, T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Gulnness, T. L. E. B. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Guy, J. C. M. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'burgh, W.) | Hamilton, Sir G. C. |
| Albery, I. J. | Courthope, Col. Sir G. L. | Hannah, I. C. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'kn'hd) | Cranborne, Viscount | Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. |
| Assheton, R. | Crossley, A. C. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Crowder, J. F. E. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Davies, Major G. F. (Yeovil) | Holmes, J. S. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Dawson, Sir P. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Aylesbury) | De la Bère, R. | Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir E. N. | Dorman-Smith, Major R. H. | Hulbert, N. J. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Duckworth, G. A. V. (Salop) | Hurd, Sir P. A. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. | Dugdale, Major T. L. | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Duggan, H. J. | James, Wing-commander A. W. |
| Blindell, Sir J. | Duncan, J. A. L. | Jones, L. (Swansea, W.) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Dunglass, Lord | Keeling, E. H. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Dunne, P. R. R. | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Eckersley, P. T. | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | Kirkpatrick, W. M. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Browne, A C. (Belfast, W.) | Emery, J. F. | Latham, Sir P. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Leech, Dr. J. W. |
| Burgin, Dr. E. L. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Lees-Jones, J. |
| Cartland, J. R. H. | Fildes, Sir H. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Cary, R. A. | Findlay, Sir E. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. |
| Cautley, Sir H. S. | Fleming, E. L. | Levy, T. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Ganzonl, Sir J. | Lewis, O. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir A. (Br. W.) | Gibson, C. G. | Liddall, W. S. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Lindsay, K. M. |
| Channon, H. | Gluckstein, L. H. | Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Goodman, Col. A. W. | Lloyd, G. W. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. |
| Chorlton, A. E. L. | Granville, E. L. | Lumley, Capt. L. R. |
| Christle, J. A. | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Grimston, R. V. | MacDonald, Rt. Hn. J. R. (Scot. U.) |
| Colville, Lt.-Col. D. J. | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Macdonald. Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) |
| McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Somerset, T. |
| McKie, J. H. | Power, Sir J. C. | Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Maclay, Hon. J. P. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Macmillan, H. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Radlord, E. A. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Maitland, A. | Ramsbotham, H. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Ramsden, Sir E. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton, (N'thw'h) |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Rankin, R. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Markham, S. F. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Rathbone, J. B. (Bodmin) | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Ropnar, Colonel L. | Touche, G. C. |
| Moore, Lieut.-Col. T. C. R. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (L'nderry) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Com. R. L. |
| Morgan, R. H. | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Turton, R. H. |
| Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. | Russell, A. West (Tynemouth) | Walker-Smith, Sir J. |
| Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Wallace, Captain Euan |
| Morrison, W. S. (Cirencester) | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Ward, Irene (Wallsend) |
| Neven-Spence, Maj. B. H. H. | Salmon, Sir I. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Salt, E. W. | Williams, H. G (Croydon, S.) |
| Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Samuel, Sir A. M. (Farnham) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Palmer, G. E. H. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Patrick, C. M. | Sandys, E. D. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Peake, O. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Percy, Rt. Hon. Lord E. | Shakespeare, G. H. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Perkins, W. R. D. | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) | |
| Petherick, M. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Shute, Colonel Sir J. J. | Sir George Penny and Lieut. |
| Pilkington, R. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| Plugge, L. F. | Smithers, Sir W. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Maxton, J. |
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Montague, F. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Groves, T. E. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Ha'kn'y, S.) |
| Adamson, W. M. | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Hall, I. H. (Whitechapel) | Paling, W. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Hardle, G. D. | Parker, J. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Harris, Sir P. A. | Parkinson, J. A. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Potts, J. |
| Batey, J. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Bellenger, F. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Riley, B. |
| Benson, G. | Holland, A. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Bevan, A. | Hopkin, D. | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Bromfield, W. | Jagger, J. | Rowson, G. |
| Brooke, W. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Salter, Dr. A. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (S. Ayrshire) | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Burke, W. A. | John, W. | Shinwell, E. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Chater, D. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Simpson, F. B. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Jones, H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Compton, J. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Cove, W. G. | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Daggar, G. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Davies, D. L. (Pontypridd) | Kirby, B. V. | Stephen, C. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Kirkwood, D. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Day, H. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Dobble, W. | Lathan, G. | Thorne, W. |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Leach, W. | Thurtle, E. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Lee, F. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Leonard, W. | Viant, S. P. |
| Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | Leslie, J. R. | Walker, J. |
| Foot, D. M. | Logan, D. G. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Gallacher, W. | Lunn, W. | Watson, W. McL. |
| Gardner, B. W. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Westwood, J. |
| Garro Jones, G. M. | McEntee, V. La T. | White, H. Graham |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | McGhee, H. G. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Gibbins, J. | MacLaren, A. | Williams, D. (Swansea, E.) |
| Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | MacNeill, Weir, L. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Mander, G. le M. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Marklew, E. | |
| Grenfell, D. R. | Marshall, F. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Whiteley and Mr. Mathers. |