§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Prime Minister what business he proposes to take to-night?
§ The Prime MinisterIt is hoped to get the Second Reading of the Physical Training and Recreation Bill, and the Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution. If there is time before Eleven o'clock, we shall move the Second Reading of the Statutory Salaries Bill. There is a private Bill down for half-past seven, which, I understand, will not take very long.
§ Mr. TinkerIf the Statutory Salaries Bill goes on after Eleven o'clock, how long does the right hon. Gentleman intend that the House shall sit?
§ The Prime MinisterI think we had better wait and see how we get on. I do not anticipate any difficulty.
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, 206; Noes; 110.
189| Division No. 128.] | AYES. | [3.20 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir F. Dyke | Bowyer, Capt. Sir G. E. W. | Colfox, Major W. P. |
| Acland-Troytt, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Boyce, H. Leslie | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S.G'gs) |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Bull, B. B. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Burgin, Dr. E. L. | Courtauld, Major J. S. |
| Assheton, R. | Campbell, Sir E. T. | Courthope, Col. Sir G. L. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Cartland, J. R. H. | Critchley, A. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Carver, Major W. H. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Castlereagh, Viscount | Croom-Johnson, R. P. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Cross, R. H. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanel) | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Crossley, A. C. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Cruddas, Col. B. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) |
| Bernays, R. H. | Channon, H. | Denman, Hon. R. D. |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Denville, Alfred |
| Blindell, Sir J. | Christie, J. A. | Draws, C. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Clarke, F. E. (Dartford) | Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Clarke, Lt.-Col. R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Dugdale, Major T. L. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Duggan, H. J. |
| Duncan, J. A. L. | Keeling, E. H. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) |
| Edge, Sir W. | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Reid, Sir D. D. (Dawn) |
| Elliston, Capt. G. S. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) |
| Elmley, Viscount | Latham, Sir P. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) |
| Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Leckie, J. A. | Roberts, W (Cumberland, N.) |
| Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) |
| Erskine-Hill, A. G. | Leigh, Sir J. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Rowlands, G. |
| Findlay, Sir E. | Levy, T. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Ganzoni, Sir J. | Lindsay, K. M. | Samuel, M. R. A. |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Lloyd, G. W. | Sandys, E. D. |
| Grant-Farris, R. | Lumley, Capt. L. R. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. |
| Granville, E. L. | Lyons, A. M. | Scott, Lord William |
| Grattan-Doyle, sir N. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Soot. U.) | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. | MacDonaid, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) | Shakespeare, G. H. |
| Cridloy, Sir A. B. | Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Shepperson, Sir E. W. |
| Grimston, R. V. | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Guinness, T. L. E. B. | McKie, J. H. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U. B'lf'st) |
| Guy, J. C. M. | Maclay, Hon. J. P. | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| Hannah, I. C. | Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Somerset, T. |
| Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Magnay, T. | Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Harbord, A. | Maitland, A. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Harris, Sir P. A. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Harrington, Marquess of | Mander, G. le M. | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) | Mayhow, Lt.-Col. J. | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. |
| Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Mills, Sir F. (Layton, E.) | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Mills, Major J. D. (Now Forest) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Mitchell, H. (Brentford and Chiswick) | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Moreing, A. C. | Touche, G. C, |
| Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Morgan, R. H. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Holdsworth, H. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Holmes, J. S. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Munro, P. | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Hopkinton, A. | Nail, Sir J. | Watt, G. S. H. |
| Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | White, H. Graham |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Wiekham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Hudson, R. S. (Southport) | Palmer, G. E. H. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Hulbert, N. J. | Patrick, C. M. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Hume, Sir G. H. | Peat, C. U. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Hunter, T. | Peters, Dr. S. J. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | Pilkington, R. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Porritt, R. W. | |
| Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Radford, E. A. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Jones, H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Ramsbotham, H. | Sir George Penny and "Lieut.- |
| Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Rankin, Sir R. | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Grenfell, D. R. | Maxton, J. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Montague, F. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Groves, T. E. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Ammon, C. G. | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Muff, G. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Noel-Baker, P. J. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Hardie, G. D. | Paling, W. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Parker, J. |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Parkinson, J. A. |
| Batey, J. | Jagger, J. | Potts, J. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Pritt, D. N. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Bromfield, W. | John, W. | Richards. R. (Wrexham) |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. | Ridley, G. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Riley, B. |
| Chater, D. | Jones, J. J. (Silvertown) | Ritson, J. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Cove, W. G. | Kelly, W. T. | Rowson, G. |
| Dagger, G. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Sexton. T. M. |
| Dalton, H. | Kirby, B. V. | Shinwell, E. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Kirkwood, D. | Short, A. |
| Davits, S. O. (Morthyr) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G | Silverman, S. S. |
| Day, H. | Lawson, J. J. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Dobbie, W. | Leach, W. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Leonard, W. | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Ede, J. C. | Leslie, J. R. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees (K'ly) |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Logan, D. G. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Lunn, W. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Gallacher, W. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Stephen, C. |
| Gardner, B. W | McEntee, V. La T. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Gibbins, J. | McGhee, H. G. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Gibson, R. (Greenock) | McGovern, J. | Thorne, W. |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Maclean, N. | Thurtle, E. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Mainwaring, W. H. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Viant, S. P. | Wilkinson, Ellen | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Walter, J. | Williams, D. (Swansea, E.) | |
| Watkins, F. C. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Walton, W. McL. | Wilton, C. H. (Attercliffe) | Mr. Mathers and Mr. Whiteley. |
| Westwood, J. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
Bill read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.