§ Mr. AttleeWill the Prime Minister say what business it is proposed to take in the event of his Motion being carried?
§ The Prime MinisterWe are suspending the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-day in order to make progress with the Supplementary Estimates, beginning with: Board of Education; Public Education, Scotland; Miscellaneous Expenses (which refers to the Special Areas Reconstruction Association), and Scottish Office. We would also like to obtain the Third Reading of the East India Loans Bill, and Orders Nos. 4 and 5—two Report stages of Money Resolutions, which are exempted business. We do not intend to keep the House sitting late.
§
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, 226; Noes, 84.
41| Division No. 71.] | AYES. | [3.48 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir F. Dyke | Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. |
| Acland, R. T. O. (Barnstaple) | Clarke, Lt.-Col. R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Gluckstein, L. H. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Clarry, Sir Reginald | Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'kn'hd) | Colfox, Major W. P. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Gridley, Sir A. B. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) |
| Apsley, Lord | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Grimston, R. V. |
| Assheton, R. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Gritten, W. G. Howard |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Cranborne, Viscount | Guy, J. C. M. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Hanbury, Sir C. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Crooke, J. S. | Hannah, I. C. |
| Barclay-Harvey, Sir C. M. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Crowder, J, F. E. | Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Culverwell, C. T. | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Aylesbury) | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Davison, Sir W. H. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan |
| Beit, Sir A. L. | De la Bère, R. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir E. N. | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Denville, Alfred | Holdsworth, H. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Holmes, J. S. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Doland, G. F. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Donner, P. W. | Hopkinson, A. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. | Dorman-Smith, Major R. H. | Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. |
| Brass, Sir W. | Drewe, C. | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Duckworth, G. A. V. (Salop) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Dugdale, Major T. L. | Hudson, R. S. (Southport) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Duggan, H. J. | Hulbert, N. J. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Duncan, J. A. L. | Hunter, T. |
| Dunglass, Lord | Hurd, Sir P. A. | |
| Bull, B. B. | Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Jackson, Sir H. |
| Burgin, Dr. E. L. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Elmley, Viscount | Kimball, L. |
| Butler, R. A. | Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. |
| Cartland, J. R. H. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. |
| Cary, R. A. | Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Leech, Dr. J. W. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Cayzer, Sir H. R. (Portsmouth, S.) | Everard, W. L. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Levy, T. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir A. (Br.W.) | Fremantle, Sir F. E. | Lewis, O. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Furness, S. N. | Liddall, W. S. |
| Channon, H. | Ganzoni, Sir J. | Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Lloyd, G. W. |
| Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Patrick, C. M. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Loftus, P. C. | Peake, O. | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Lumley, Capt. L. R. | Petherick, M. | Spens, W. P. |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Pilkington, R. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| McCorquodale, M. S. | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Scot. U.) | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Storey, S. |
| McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Ramsbotham, H. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| McKie, J. H. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Maitland, A. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Ropner, Colonel L. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Touche, G. C. |
| Markham, S. F. | Rothschild, J. A. de | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Russell, A. West (Tynemouth) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Salmon, Sir I. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Salt, E. W. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Mitchell, H. (Brentford and Chiswick) | Samuel, M. R. A. (Putney) | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Moreing, A. C. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Wayland, Sir W. A |
| Morris, O. T. (Cardiff, E.) | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Savery, Sir Servington | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Seely, Sir H. M. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Shakespeare, G. H. | Wright, Squadron-Leader J. A. C. |
| Munro, P. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. | |
| O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | Sir George Penny and Lieut.-Colonel |
| Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) | Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| Palmer, G. E. H. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Hardie, G. D. | Ritson, J. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Salter, Dr. A. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Hopkin, D. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Jagger, J. | Sexton. T. M. |
| Batey, J. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Shinwell, E. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Short, A. |
| Benson, G. | Kelly, W. T. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Chater, D. | Lathan, G. | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lawson, J. J. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Lee, F. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Cove, W. G. | Leslie, J. R. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Logan, D. G. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Day, H. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Thorne, W. |
| Ede, J. C. | McEntee, V. La T. | Thurtle, E. |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | McGhee, H. G. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | MacLaren, A. | Viant, S. P. |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Mainwaring, W. H. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Frankel, D. | Marshall, F. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Gallacher, W. | Maxton, J. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Gardner, B. W. | Messer, F. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Garro Jones, G. M. | Montague, F. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Grenfell, D. R. | Naylor, T. E. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | |
| Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Potts, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Pritt, D. N. | Mr. Mathers and Mr. Groves. |