§ Mr. AttleeWill the Prime Minister tell the House what business it is proposed to take if the Eleven o'Clock Rule is suspended?
§ The Prime MinisterThe Committee stage of the Statutory Salaries [Money] Resolution and the several Government of India and Burma Orders which are on the Paper. We should also like to obtain Orders Nos. 1 to 4, and to deal with the Amendments to the Unemployment Assistance Bill, which is expected to come from another place this evening, and which is a purely drafting Measure.
§
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, 266; Noes, 113.
1007| Division No. 80.] | AYES. | [3.46 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir F. Dyke | Barclay-Harvey, Sir C, M. | Bowyer, Capt. Sir G. E. W. |
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Barrie, Sir C. C. | Boyd-Carpenter, Major Sir A. B. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Baxter, A. Beverley | Braithwaite, Major A. N. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Brass, Sir W. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Brisooe, Capt. R. G. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'kn'hd) | Beaumont, M. W. (Aylesbury) | Brocklebank, C. E. R. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Beit, Sir A. L. | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) |
| Apsley, Lord | Bennett, Capt. Sir E. N. | Browne, A. C. (Belfast. W.) |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Blair, Sir R. | Bull, B. B. |
| Assheton, R. | Bossom, A. C. | Bullock, Capt. M. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Boulton, W. W. | Burgin, Dr. E. L. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Butler, R. A. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. |
| Cary, R. A. | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Holdsworth, H. | Ramsden, Sir E. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Holmes, J. S. | Rankin, Sir R. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Hopkinson, A. | Rayner, Major R. H. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) |
| Channon, H. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Reid, Captain A. Cunningham |
| Chorlton, A. E. L. | Hudson, R. S. (Southport) | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) |
| Christie, J. A. | Hunter, T. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) |
| Clarke, F. E. | Hurd, Sir P. A. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) |
| Clarke, Lt.-Col. R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Jackson, Sir H. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Keeling, E. H. | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) |
| Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Kimball, L. | Russell, A. West (Tynemouth) |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Salt, E. W. |
| Courthope, Col. Sir G. L. | Latham, Sir P. | Samuel, M. R. A. (Putney) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Law, R. K. (Hull, S.W.) | Sandeman, Sir N. S. |
| Critchley, A. | Lees-Jones, J. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. |
| Crooke, J. S. | Leigh, Sir J. | Scott, Lord William |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Cross, R. H. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Crossley, A. C. | Levy, T. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. |
| Crowder, J F. E. | Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. | Shuts, Colonel Sir J. J. |
| Cruddas, Col. B. | Lloyd, G. W. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Culverwell, C. T. | Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Loftus, P. C. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| De Chair, S. S. | Lumley, Capt. L. R. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| De la Bère, R. | Lyons, A. M. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Spens. W. P. |
| Donner, P. W. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Dorman-Smith, Major R. H. | M'Connell, Sir J. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Drewe, C. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Scot. U.) | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Dugdale, Major T. L. | Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. |
| Duggan, H. J. | McKie, J. H. | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) |
| Duncan, J. A. L. | Macmillan, H. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Dunglass, Lord | Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Magnay, T. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Ellis, Sir G. | Maitland, A | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Elliston, Capt. G. S. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Emery, J. F. | Mander, G. le M. | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Emmott, G. E. G. C. | Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Taylor Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. |
| Erskine-Hill, A. G. | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Touche, G. C. |
| Evans. Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Train, Sir J. |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Everard, W. L. | Mills, Major J. D. (Now Forest) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Fildes, Sir H. | Moore, Lieut.-Col. T. C. R. | Turton, R. H. |
| Findlay, Sir E. Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Morgan, R. H. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Ganzoni, Sir J. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Munro, P. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Gluckstein, L. H. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Wayland, Sir W. A |
| Granville E. L. | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Wells, S. R. |
| Grettor, Col. Rt. Hon. J. | Palmer, G. E. H. | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Gridley, Sir A, B. | Patrick, C. M. | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Peake, O. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Peat, C. U. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Perkins, W. R. D, | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Hanbury, Sir C. | Peters, Dr. S, J. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Hannah, I. C. | Petherick, M. | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Wright, Squadron-Leader J. A. C. |
| Harris, Sir P. A. | Pilkington, R. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | |
| Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Porritt, R. W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Sir George Penny and Lieut.- |
| Hepburn, P. G. T. Euchan | Radford, E. A. | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Barr, J. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Attlee, Rt. Hon, C. R. | Batey, J. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Banfield, J. W. | Bellenger, F. J. |
| Ammon, C. G | Barnes, A. J. | Broad, F. A. |
| Bromfield, W. | Kelly, W. T. | Rowson, G. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Salter, Dr. A. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (S. Ayrshire) | Lathan, G. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Burke, W. A. | Lawson, J. J. | Sexton, T. M. |
| Cape, T. | Lee, F. | Shinwell, E. |
| Cassells, T. | Leslie, J. R. | Short, A. |
| Chater, D. | Logan, D. G. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lunn, W. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Cove, W. G. | McEntee, V. La T. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Dalton, H. | McGhee, H. G. | Stephen, C. |
| Day, H. | McGovern, J. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Dobbie, W. | Maclean, N. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) | Thorne, W. |
| Ede, J. C. | Mainwaring, W. H. | Thurtle, E. |
| Gallacher, W. | Marshall, F. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Gardner, B. W. | Mathers, G. | Viant, S. P. |
| Garro Jones, G. M. | Maxton, J. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Messer, F. | Walker, J. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A | Milner, Major J. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Grenfell, D. R. | Montague, F, | Watson, W. McL. |
| Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Muff, G. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Halt, G. H. (Aberdare) | Naylor, T. E. | Westwood, J. |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Paling, W. | Whiteley, W. |
| Hardie, G. D. | Parker, J. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Hayday, A. | Parkinson, J. A. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Potts, J. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Hicks, E. G. | Price, M. P. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Hopkin, D. | Quibell, D. J. K. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Richards, R. (Wrexham) | |
| Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Riley, B. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| John, W. | Ritson, J. | Mr. Charleton and Mr. Groves. |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |