§ Mr. ATTLEEMay I ask the Prime Minister what business it is proposed to take to-night if his Motion be carried?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAfter the Debate that has been announced, we are anxious to get to-night the Third Reading of the Milk Bill.
§ Mr. ATTLEEDoes the right hon. Gentleman expect the House to sit very late?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI hope not. The issue is simple, and we have had long discussions. We gave nearly the whole of a working day to the Financial Resolution a fortnight ago and there were Debates on the Second Reading and on the Committee stage. I think it is not unreasonable to ask the House for the Third Reading to-night.
§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSIn view of the fact that not only are great principles involved in the Bill, that something over £2,000,000 is at stake and that the speech of the right hon. Gentleman on the last occasion when the Bill was before the House was of such a controversial nature that it is inevitable that some reply must be made, if there is a Division at 11 o'clock, does not the right hon. Gentleman think that rather late to take the Milk Bill?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI regret that my right hon. Friend should for once have been a little controversial.
Captain ARTHUR EVANSDo I gather that it is proposed to take the Committee stage of the Shipping Bill to-night?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNot to-night.
§
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, 216; Noes, 99.
1007| Division No. 79.] | AYES. | [3.27 m.p. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Baxter, A. Beverley | Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'kn'hd) | Beit, Sir A. L. | Brass, Sir W. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Bernays, R. H. | Briscoe, Capt. R. G. |
| Apsley, Lord | Blair, Sir R. | Brocklebank. C. E. R. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Blaker, Sir R. | Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) |
| Assheton, R. | Blindell, Sir J. | Brown, Brig -Gen. H. C. (Newbury) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Boothby, R. J. G. | Bull, B. B. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H.(Isle of Thanet) | Bossom, A. C. | Bullock, Capt. M. |
| Balniel, Lord | Boulton, W. W. | Burgin, Dr. E. L. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Bowater Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Butler, R. A. |
| Calne, G. R. Hall- | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Orr-Ewing, I. L. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Palmer, G. E. H. |
| Cartland, J. R. H. | Gunston, Capt. D. W. | Patrick, C. M. |
| Gary, R. A. | Guy, J. C. M. | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Cautley, Sir H. S. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. D. H. | Peters, Dr. S. J. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hamilton, Sir G. C. | Petherick, M. |
| Channon, H. | Hannah, I. C, | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Pilkington, R. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Harvey, G. | Pownall, Sir A. Assheton |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Procter, Major H. A. |
| Cobb, Sir C. S. | Heneage, Lieut. -Colonel A. P. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. |
| Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir G. P. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Colman, N. C. D, | Hepworth. J. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) |
| Colville, Lt.-Col. D. J. | Herbert, A. P. (Oxford U.) | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff(W'st'r S.G'gs) | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Remer, J. R. |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Holmes, J. S. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) |
| Courthope, Col. Sir G. L. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Rowlands, G. |
| Critchley, A. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Ruggles-Brise. Colonel Sir E. A. |
| Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H, Page | Hulbert, N. J. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Crooke. J S | Hume, Sir G. H. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Hunter, T. | Salmon, Sir I. |
| Croom-Johnson, R. P. | Hurd, Sir P. A. | Salt, E. W. |
| Cross, R. H. | Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Samuel, Sir A. M. (Farnham) |
| Crossley, A. C. | Joel, D. J. B. | Samuel, M. R. A. (Putney) |
| Crowder, J. F. E. | Keeling, E. H. | Sandys, E. D. |
| Culverwell, C. T. | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. |
| Davies, Major G. F. (Yeovil) | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Savery, Servington |
| Davison, Sir W, H. | Kirkpatrick, W. M. | Scott, Lord William |
| Dawson, Sir P. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Selley, H. R. |
| Da Chair, S. S. | Latham, Sir P. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| De la Bère, R. | Law, R. K. (Hull, S.W.) | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Denville, Alfred | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Levy, T. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Donner, P. W. | Lewis, O. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Dower, Capt. A. V. G. | Liddall, W. S. | Storey, S. |
| Drewe, C. | Lindsay, K. M. | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) |
| Duckworth, G. A. V. (Salop) | Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Lloyd, G. W. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Dugdale, Major T. L. | Locker-Lampson, Comdr, O. S. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Duggan, H. J. | Loftus, P. C. | Taylor, vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Dunglass, Lord | MacAndrew, Lt.-Col. Sir C. G. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | MacDonald, Rt. Hn. J. R. (Scot. U.) | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Ellis, Sir G. | Mac Donald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Titchfleld, Marquess of |
| Elliston, G. S. | Maclay, Hon. J. P. | Touche, G. C. |
| Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Emrys- Evans, P. V. | Maitland, A. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Entwistle, C. F. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Wallace, Captain Euan |
| Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Ward, Irene (Wallsend) |
| Fraser, Capt. Sir I. | Mason, Lt.-Col. Hon. G. K. M. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Fremantle, Sir F, E. | Maxwell, S. A. | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Ganzonl, Sir J. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Wayland, Sir W A- |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Gluckstein, L. H. | Moreing, A. C. | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. | Morgan, R. H. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Goodman, Col. A. W. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Morrison, W. S. (Cirencester) | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Granville, E. L. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Gridley, Sir A. B. | Munro, P. M. | |
| Grigg, Sir E. W. M. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Grimston, R. V. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. | Sir George Penny and Lieut.-Colonel |
| Sir A. Lambert Ward. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Day, H. | Harris, Sir P. A, |
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Dobble, W. | Hicks, E. G. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Holdsworth, H. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Ede, J. C. | Holland, A. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | Jagger, J. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. c. R. | Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) |
| Banfield, J. W. | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | John, W. |
| Barnes. A. J. | Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. |
| Barr, J. | Gallacher, W. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) |
| Batey, J. | Gardner, B. W. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Bellenger, F. | Garro-Jones, G. M. | Kelly, W. T. |
| Benson, G. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Kirby, B. V. |
| Burke, W. A. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Lawson, J. J. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Leach, W. |
| Cove, W. G. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Leslie, J. R. |
| Dagger, G. | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. |
| Dalton, H. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Logan, D. G. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Handie, G. D. | McEntee, V. La T. |
| McGhee, H. G. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) | Thorne, W. |
| Mainwaring, W. H | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) | Thurtle, E. |
| Marklew, E. | Rowson, G. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Marshall, F. | Seely, Sir H. M. | Walker, J. |
| Maxton, J. | Sexton, T. M. | Watkins, F C. |
| Messer, F. | Shinwell, E. | Whiteley, W. |
| Montague, F. | Short, A. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Simpson, F. B. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Naylor, T. E. | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Paling, W. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Parker, H. J. H. | Smith, E. (Stoke) | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Pethick-Lawrencc, F, W. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Potts, J. | Smith, T. (Normanton) | |
| Pritt, D. N. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ghtn-le-Sp'ng) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Ritson, J. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) | Mr. Charleton and Mr. Groves. |