§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Prime Minister what Orders he proposes to take in view of the proposed suspension of the 11 o'clock Rule?
§ The Prime MinisterWe desire to obtain the Second Reading of the Reserve Forces Bill, and the Committee stage of the remaining Supplementary Estimates. If there is time, we shall take the Report stage of the Estimates discussed yesterday, and the Committee stage of the British Shipping (Continuance of Subsidy) Bill, and the Third Reading of the Empire Settlement Bill. There is no intention of keeping the House up 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, 252; Noes, 122.
231| Division No. 73.] | AYES. | [3.56 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Butler, R. A. | Duckworth, G. A. V. (Salop) |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Caine, G. R. Hall | Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Campbell, Sir E. T. | Duggan, H. J. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'kn'hd) | Cartland, J. R. H. | Duncan, J. A. L. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Cary, R. A. | Dunne, P. R. R. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Cayzer, Sir H. R. (Portsmouth, S.) | Ellis, Sir G. |
| Apsley, Lord | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Elmley, Viscount |
| Assheton, R. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Emmott, C. E. G. C. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Channon, H. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Errington, E. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Clarke, F. E. | Everard, W. L. |
| Barclay-Harvey, Sir C. M. | Clarry, Sir Reginald | Fildes, Sir H. |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Fox, Sir G. W. G. |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Colfox, Major W. P. | Fremantle, Sir F. E. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Furness, S. N. |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Ganzoni, Sir J. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. |
| Beit, Sir A. L. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Gluckstein, L. H. |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir E. N. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) |
| Blair, Sir R. | Ceurthope, Col. Sir G. L. | Grant-Ferris, R. |
| Blindell, Sir J. | Cranborne, Viscount | Granville, E. L. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Critchley, A. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Crooke, J. S. | Gretton, Col Rt. Hon. J. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Gridley, Sir A. B. |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir G. E. W. | Cross, R. H. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Crossley, A. C. | Guy, J. C. M. |
| Brass, Sir W. | Crowder, J. F. E. | Hamilton, Sir G. C. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Culverwell, C. T. | Hanbury, Sir C. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Hannah, I. C. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Davison, Sir W. H. | Haslam, H. C. (Hornoastle) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | De Chair, S. S. | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | De la Bère, R. | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. |
| Browne, A. C. (Belfast, W.) | Denville, Alfred | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. |
| Bull, B. B. | Dodd, J. S. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Bucnan- |
| Bullook, Capt. M. | Donner, P. W. | Hepworth, J. |
| Burgin, Dr. E. L. | Dorman-Smith, Major R. H. | Herbert, A. P. (Oxford U.) |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Drewe, C. | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Samuel, M. R. A. (Putney) |
| Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. |
| Holdsworth, H. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Sandys, E. D. |
| Holmes, J. S. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. |
| Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Scott, Lord William |
| Hopkinson, A. | Moore, Lieut.-Col. T. C. R. | Shakespeare, G. H. |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Moreing, A. C. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Morgan, R. H. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. |
| Hudson, R. S. (Southport) | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Hulbert, N. J. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| Hunter, T. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Somerset, T. |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | Munro, P. | Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Jackson, Sir H. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Jones, H. Haydn (Merloneth) | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Spears, Brigadier-General E L. |
| Keeling, E. H. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Palmer, G. E. H. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Kimball, L. | Patrick, C. M. | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. |
| Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Peake, O. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Peat, C. U. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Peters, Dr. S. J. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Law, Sir A. J. (High Peak) | Patherick, M. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Leech, Dr. J. W. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Lees-Jones, J. | Pilkington, R. | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. |
| Leigh, Sir J. | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Touche, G. C. |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Porritt, R. W. | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Levy, T. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Lewis, O. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Turton, R. H. |
| Liddall, W. S. | Ramsbotham, H. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. | Ramsden, Sir E. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Lloyd, G. W. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Loftus, P. C. | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Rayner, Major R. H. | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Wayland, Sir W. A | |
| MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C G. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| M'Connell, Sir J. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) | Wells, S. R. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Scot. U.) | Remer, J. R. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Ropner, Colonel L. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| McKie, J. H. | Rowlands, G. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Russell, A. West (Tynemouth) | |
| Magnay, T. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Maitland, A. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Sir George Penny and Lieut. |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Salmon, Sir I. | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| Markham, S. F. | Salt, E. W. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir F. Dyke | Gallacher, W. | MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) |
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Gardner, B. W. | Mainwaring, W. H. |
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Garro Jones, G. M. | Mander, G. le M. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Marshall, F. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Maxton, J. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Messer, F. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Montague, F. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Owen, Major G. |
| Batey, J. | Hardie, G. D. | Paling, W. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Parker, J. |
| Benson, G. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Parkinson, J. A. |
| Bevan, A. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Bromfield, W. | Hicks, E. G. | Potts, J. |
| Brooke, W. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Price, M. P. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Hollins, A. | Pritt, D. N. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (S. Ayrshire) | Hopkin, D. | Richards, R. (Wrexham) |
| Buchanan, G. | Jagger, J. | Ridley, G. |
| Cape, T. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Riley, B. |
| Chater, D. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Ritson, J. |
| Cove, W. G. | John, W. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Brom.) |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helons) |
| Day, H. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Lathan, G. | Rowson, G. |
| Ede, J. C. | Lawson, J. J. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | Lee, F. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Leslie, J. R. | Sexton, T. M. |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Logan, D. G. | Shinwell, E. |
| Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | Lunn, W. | Short, A. |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Silverman, S. S. |
| Foot, D. M. | McGhee, H. G. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Frankel, D. | Maclean, N. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Smith, E. (Stoke) | Walkden, A. G. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) | Watkins, F. C. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Sorensen, R. W. | Watson, W. McL. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) | Welsh, J. C. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) | Westwood, J. | |
| Thorne, W. | Whiteley, W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Thurtle, E. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) | Mr. Mathers and Mr. Groves. |
| Tinker, J. J. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
Bill read a Second time.