§ Mr. ATTLEE.May I ask the Prime Minister what business he proposes to take to-night in the event of the Motion suspending the 11 o'Clock Rule being carried?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWe are suspending the 11 o'Clock Rule in order to get the Navy Votes on the Order Paper, and we hope also to obtain the
§ Report stage of the Supplementary Estimates up to and including the Revenue Departments.
§ 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, 247; Noes, 91.
45| Division No. 99.] | AYES. | [3.45 p.m. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Donner, P. W. | Levy, T. |
| Albery, I. J. | Drewe, C. | Lewis, O. |
| Alexander, Brig.-Gen. Sir W. | Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Liddall, W. S. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Duckworth, G. A. V. (Salop) | Lindsay, K. M. |
| Anderson Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Dugdale, Major T. L. | Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Duggan, H. J. | Lloyd, G. W. |
| Aske Sir R. W. | Duncan, J. A. L. | Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. |
| Assheton, R. | Edge, Sir W. | Loder, Captain Hon. J. de V. |
| Astor, Major Hon. J. J. (Dover) | Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Lyons, A. M. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Emmott, C. E. G. C. | MacAndraw. Lt.-Col. Sir C. G. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | MacDonald Rt. Hn. J. R. (Scot. U.) |
| Balniel, Lord | Entwistle, C. F. | MacDonald. Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Errington, E. | Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) | McKie, J. H. |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Maclay, Hon. J. P. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir E. N. | Fraser, Capt. Sir I. | Maitland. A. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Fremantle, Sir F. E. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Furness, S. N. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Blindell, Sir J. | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Markham, S. F. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir I. | Mason, Lt.-Cot. Hon. G. K. M. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Gluckstein, L. H. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. |
| Bowyer. Capt. Sir G. E. W. | Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Goodman, Col. A. W. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) |
| Bran, Sir W. | Gower, Sir R. V. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Granville, E. L. | Moreing, A. C. |
| Bull, B. B. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Morgan, R. H. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. |
| Burgin, Dr. E. L. | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Unlv's.) |
| Butler, R. A. | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. | Morrison, W. S. (Clrencester) |
| Butt. Sir A. | Grimston, R. V. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. (Drake) | Munro, P. M. |
| Cartland, J. R. H. | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Guinness, T. L. E. B. | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh |
| Cary, R. A. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. D. H. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hannah, I. C. | Palmer, G. E. H. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Patrick, C. M. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Harris, Sir P. A. | Peat, C. U. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Hartington, Marquess of | Percy, Rt. Hon. Lord E. |
| Channon, H. | Harvey, G. | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Petherick, M. |
| Churchill. Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Clarke, F. E. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan | Pilkington, R. |
| Clarry, Sir R. G. | Herbert, A. P. (Oxford U.) | Plugge, L. F. |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. |
| Cobb, Sir C. S. | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Pownall, Sir A. Assheton |
| Colfox, Major W. P. | Holmes, J. S. | Procter, Major H. A. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. |
| Colville, Lt.-Col. D. J. | Hopkinson, A. | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Rankin, R. |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff(Wst'r S.G'gs) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Unlv's.) |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Hulbert, N. J. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Craddock, Sir R. H. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) |
| Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Hurd, Sir P. A. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Remer. J. R. |
| Cross, R. H. | Jackson, Sir H. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) |
| Crossley, A. C. | Keeling, E. H. | Roberts W. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Crowder, J. F. E. | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Culverwell, C. T. | Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (L'nderry) |
| Davies, Major G. F. (Yeovil) | Kirkpatrick, W. M. | Rothschild. J. A. de |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Russell A. West (Tynemouth) |
| De Chair, S. S. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Russell S. H. M. (Darwen) |
| De la Bère, R. | Latham, Sir P. | Salmon. Sir I. |
| Denman, Hon. R, D. | Leckie, J. A. | Samuel Sir A. M. (Farnham) |
| Denville, Alfred | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Samuel, M. R. A. (Putney) |
| Sandys, E. D. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. | Turton, R. H. |
| Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. | Tufnell, Lieut.-Com. R. L. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Savery, Servington | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'I'd) | Wallace, Captain Euan |
| Scott, Lord William | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) | Ward. Irene (Wallsend) |
| Seely, Sir H. M. | Storey, S. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Selley, H. R. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Shakespeare, G. H. | Strickland, Captain W. F. | Wells, S. R. |
| Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. | White, H. Graham |
| Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) | Sutcliffe, H. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. | Tasker, Sir R. I. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Sinclair. Rt Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) | Tate, Mavis C. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Smithers, Sir W. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) | |
| Somerville, A. A. (Wlndtor) | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Southby, Comdr. A. R. J. | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. | Sir George Penny and Lieut.- |
| Spens, W. p. | Touche, G. C. | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) | Tree, A. R. L. F. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Garro-Jones, G. M. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Grenfell, D. R. | Potts, J. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Pritt, D. N. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Groves, T. E. | Ritson, J. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Banfield, J. W. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Rowson, G. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Salter, Dr. A. |
| Barr, J. | Holland, A. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Batey, J. | Hopkin, D. | Sexton, T. M. |
| Bellenger, F. | Jagger, J. | Shinwell, E. |
| Benson, G. | John, W. | Short, A. |
| Broad, F. A. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Brooke, W. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Burke, W. A. | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Chater, D. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Leach, W. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Lee, F. | Thorne, W. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Leonard, W. | Thurtle, E. |
| Compton, J. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Tinker, J. J. |
| Cove, W. G. | McEntee, V. La T. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Daggar, G. | McGhee, H. G. | Walker, J. |
| Dalton, H. | McGovern, J. | Walkins, F. C. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | MacNeill, Weir, L. | Watson, W. McL. |
| Day, H. | Marklew, E. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Dobbie, W. | Mathers, G. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Maxton, J. | Wilson, c. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Ede, J. C. | Messer, F. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | Montague, F. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Naylor, T. E. | |
| Gardner, B. W. | Oliver, G. H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Whiteley and Mr. Charleton. |