§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Prime Minister what will be the business for next week?
§ The Prime MinisterMonday: Second Reading of the Ministers of the Crown Bill and Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution; Committee and remaining stages of the Army and Air Force (Annual) Bill.
Tuesday: It is proposed to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on going into Committee of Supply on the Civil and Revenue Departments Estimates, and to consider Class VII, Buildings Votes 10 and 8, in Committee.
Wednesday: Committee stage of the Special Areas (Amendment) Bill.
Thursday: Second Reading of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Bill, and Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution; Second
§ Reading of the Public Records (Scotland) Bill; Report and Third Reading of the Maternity Services (Scotland) Bill, and of the Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Bill.
§ Friday: Consideration of private Members' Bills.
§ On any day, if there is time, other Orders will be taken.
§ Mr. AttleeWith regard to Monday's business, it is not, I take it, the intention to embark on the remaining stages of the Army and Air Force (Annual) Bill at a very advanced hour?
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir. We have, as the right hon. Gentleman knows, to get that Bill by the end of the month, and, if it should be that the proceedings on the Ministers of the Crown Bill are concluded in good time, we should hope to make progress with it.
§
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, 249; Noes, 101.
365| Division No. 130.] | AYES. | 3.51 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir F. Dyke | Clarke, F. E. (Dartford) | Entwistle, Sir C. F. |
| Acland, R. T. O. (Barnstaple) | Clarry, Sir Reginald | Errington, E. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Erskine-Hill, A. G. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Colfox, Major W. P. | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Findlay, Sir E. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Fleming, E. L. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S.G'gs) | Foot, D. M. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Fox, Sir G. W. G. |
| Assheton, R. | Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Fremantle, Sir F. E. |
| Aster, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Crooke, J. S. | Ganzoni, Sir J. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Groom-Johnson, R. P. | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Crossley, A. C. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Crowder, J. F. E. | Grant-Ferris, R. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. | Cruddas, Col. B. | Granville, E. L. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Culverwell, C. T. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Blinded, Sir J. | navies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon, J. |
| Bottom, A. C. | Davison, Sir W. H. | Gridley, Sir A. B. |
| Boulton, W. W. | De la Bère, R. | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir G. E. W. | Denville, Alfred | Guinness, T. L. E. B. |
| Brass, Sir W. | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Guy, J. C. M. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Dixon, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. D. H. |
| Bull, B. B. | Dorman-Smith, Major R. H. | Hamilton, Sir G. C. |
| Burgin, Dr. E. L. | Dower, Capt. A. V. G. | Hannah, I. C. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. |
| Butler, R. A. | Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Harbord, A. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Dugdale, Major T. L. | Harris, Sir P. A. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Duggan, H. J. | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Duncan, J. A. L. | Harvey, Sir G. |
| Cayzer, Sir H. R. (Portsmouth, S.) | Dunglass, Lord | Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Isli gton, E.) | Eastwood, J. F. | Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Ellis, Sir G. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Elliston, Capt. G. S. | Hepworth, J. |
| Channon, H. | Elmley, Viscount | Herbert, A. P. (Oxford U.) |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Emery, J. F. | Herbert, Capt. Sir S. (Abbey) |
| Christie, J. A. | Emmett, C. E. G. C. | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. |
| Hopkinson, A. | Mayhew, LI.-Col. J. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. |
| Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Scott, Lord William |
| Home, Rt. Hon. Sir R. S. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U. B'lf'st) |
| Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Mills, Major J. D. (Now Forest) | Somerset, T. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Moore, Lieut.-Col. T. C. R. | Somervell. Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Hudson, R. S. (Southport) | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hunter, T. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Munro, P. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| James, Wing-commander A. W. H. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Jones, Sir G. W. H. (S'k N'w'gt'n) | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Keeling, E. H. | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Storey, S. |
| Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J |
| Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Palmer, G. E. H. | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) |
| Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. | Patrick, C. M. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Peat, C. U. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Peters, Dr. s. J. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Latham, Sir P. | Pilkington, R. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Leckie, J. A. | Plugge, Capt. L. F. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Leech, Dr. J. W. | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P, | Porritt, R. W. | Thomas, J. P. L. |
| Levy, T. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. |
| Lewis, O. | Ramsbotham, H. | Touche, G. C. |
| Liddall, W. S. | Rankin, Sir R. | Train, Sir J. |
| Lindsay, K. M. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Turton, R. H. |
| Llewellin, Lieut.-Col, J. J | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Walker-Smith, Sir J. |
| Looker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Lumley, Capt. L. R. | Rayner, Major R. H. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Lyons, A. M. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Watt, G. S. H. |
| M'Connell, Sir J. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) | Ropner, Colonel L. | White, H. Graham |
| McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| McKie, J. H. | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Rothschild, J. A. de | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Russell, A. West (Tynemouth) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Maitland, A. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Salmon, Sir I. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Mander, G. le M. | Salt, E. W. | Wragg, H. |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Samuel, M. R. A. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | |
| Markham, S. F. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES. |
| Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Sandys, E. D. | Sir George Penny and Lieut.- |
| Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Ritson, J. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Hopkin, D. | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Jagger, J. | Rowson, G. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. | Salter, Dr. A. (Bermondsey) |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Sanders, W. S. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Sexton, T. M. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Kelly, W. T. | Shinwell, E. |
| Barr, J. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Short, A. |
| Batey, J. | Kirby, B. V. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Bevan, A. | Lathan, G. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Broad, F. A. | Lawson, J. J. | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Leach, W. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Burke, W. A. | Leonard, W. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Chater, D. | Leslie, J. R. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Cooks, F. S. | Logan, D. G. | Stephen, C. |
| Cove, W. G. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Daggar, G. | McEntee, V. La T. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | McGhee, H. G. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Day, H. | McGovern, J. | Thorne, W. |
| Debbie, W. | Maclean, N. | Thurtle, E. |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | MacNeill, Weir, L. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Marshall, F. | Viant, S. P. |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Mathers, G. | Walker, J. |
| Gallacher, W. | Maxton, J. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Gardner, B. W. | Messer, F. | Watson, W. McL. |
| Gibson, R. (Greenock) | Montague, F. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Westwood, J. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Noel-Baker, P. J. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Crenfell, D. R. | Paling, W. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Parkinson, J. A. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Potts, J. | |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Pritt, D. N. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hardie, G. D. | Richards, R. (Wrexham) | Mr. Whiteley and Mr. Groves. |
| Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Ridley, G. |
Resolution agreed to.