§ Mr. AttleeWill the Prime Minister state the business for next week, and also what he proposes to take in the event of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being suspended to-night?
§ The Prime MinisterMonday:—Supply, Committee [12th Allotted Day], Board of Education Estimate.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: —Report stage of the Factories Bill. If
§ the Report stage is concluded at a reasonable hour on Thursday, the Third Reading of the Bill will be moved.
§ Friday:—Supply, Committee [9th Allotted Day, Second Part], Ministry of Health Estimate.
§ On any day, if there is time, other Orders will be taken.
§ I propose to move to report Progress on the Finance Bill somewhere about half-past seven this evening, and then to take the Scottish Bills Nos. 2 to 5 on the Order Paper. I hope to be able to take all this business to-night, and the Eleven o'Clock Rule is being suspended for that purpose. It is not the intention of the Government to keep the House sitting unduly late.
§ Mr. ShortWill the Home Office have all their Amendments to the Factories Bill on the Paper by Tuesday?
§ The Prime Ministerindicated assent.
§
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, 245; Noes, 111.
1969| Division No. 211.] | AYES. | [3.49 p.m. |
| Asland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Cary, R. A. | Dugdale, Captain T. L. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Duggan, H. J. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Cayzer, Sir H. R. (Portsmouth, S.) | Duncan, J. A. L. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'kn'hd) | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Dunglass, Lord |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Edmondson, Major Sir J. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Channon, H. | Etliston, Capt. G. S. |
| Apsley, Lord | Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Elmley, Viscount |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Chorlton, A. E. L. | Emery, J. F. |
| Assheton, R. | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Emmott, C. E. G. C |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Barclay-Harvey, Sir C. M. | Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Entwistle, Sir C. F. |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Erskine-Hill, A. G. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. G. | Cox, H. B. T. | Fildes, Sir H. |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Aylesbury) | Cranborne, Viscount | Fox, Sir G. W. G. |
| Beit, Sir A. L. | Craven-Ellis, W. | Furness, S. N. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Critchley, A. | Ganzoni, Sir J. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Crooke, J. S. | Gibson, Sir C. G. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Bird, Sir R. B. | Crookshank, Capt. H F. C. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. |
| Gluckstein, L. H. | ||
| Blair, Sir R. | Cross, R. H. | Goodman, Col. A. W. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Crossley, A. C. | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) |
| Bossom, A. C. | Crowder, J. F. E. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Cruddas, Col. B. | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Grimston, R. V. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Davison, Sir W. H. | Gritten, W. G. Howard |
| Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | Dawson, Sir P. | Guinness, T. L. E. B. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | De Chair, S. S. | Gunston, Capt. D. W. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | De la Bère, R. | Guy, J. C. M. |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | Denman, Ron. R. D. | Hannah, I. C. |
| Caine, G. R. Hall. | Denville, Alfred | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Doland, G. F. | Harris, Sir P. A. |
| Cartland, J. R. H, | Dorman-Smith, Major Sir R. H. | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Drewe, C. | Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) |
| Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Solley, H. R. |
| Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Mitchell, H. (Brentford and Chiswick) | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| Herbert, A. P. (Oxford U.) | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Herbert, Capt. Sir S. (Abbey) | Moreing, A. C. | Somervell. Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Higgs, W. F. | Morris, O. T. (Cardiff, E.) | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Holdsworth, H. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'ld) |
| Holmes, J. S. | Morrison, Rt. Han. W. S. (Cirencester) | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Munro, P. | Stourton, Major Hon, J. J. |
| Horsbrugh, Florenee | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Strauss, E. A. (Southward, N.) |
| Hewitt, Dr. A. B | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Hudson, R. S. (Southport) | O'Neill, Rt. Han. Sir Hugh | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- (N'thw'h) |
| Joel, D. J. B. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Jones, Sir H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Palmer, G. E. H. | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Patrick, C. M. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Keeling, E. H. | Peake, O. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Peat, C. U. | Touche, G. C. |
| Kimball, L. | Perkins, W. R. D. | Train, Sir J. |
| Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Petherick, M. | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Pilkington, R. | Turton, R. H. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Plugge, Capt. L. F. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Latham, Sir P. | Porritt, R. W. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Law, Sir A. J. (High Peak) | Procter, Major H. A. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Law, R. K. (Hull, S.W.) | Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. |
| Lees-Jones, J. | Ramsbotham, H. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Watt, G. S. H. |
| Lewis, O. | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Wayland, Sir W. A |
| Liddall, W. S. | Rayner, Major R. H. | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Lindsay, K. M. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) | Wells, S. R. |
| Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Lloyd, G. W. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Loftus, P. C. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Lyons, A. M. | Ropner, Colonel L. | Wise, A. R. |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Scot. U.) | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| McKie, J. H. | Russell, Sir Alexander | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Maclay, Hon. J. P. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Wragg, H. |
| Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Salmon, Sir I. | Wright, Squadron-Leader J. A. C. |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Samuel, M. R. A. | |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Markham, S. F. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | Mr. James Stuart and Lieut. |
| Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Sandys, E. D. | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Scott, Lord William | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Corsett) | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Montague, F. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Adamson, W. M. | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Muff, G. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Noel-Baker, P. J. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Paling, W. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Parker, J. |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Parkinson, J. A. |
| Batey, J. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Hopkin, D. | Pritt, D. N. |
| Bonn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Richards, R. (Wrexham) |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Riley, B. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (S. Ayrshire) | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. | Ritson, J. |
| Burke, W. A. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Brom.) |
| Cape, T. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Sanders, W. S. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kelly, W. T. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Sexton. T. M. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Kirby, B. V. | Short, A. |
| Cooks, F. S. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Daggar, G. | Lathan, G. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Leach, W. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Lee, F. | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Leonard, W. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Day, H. | Leslie, J. R. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Dobbie, W. | Lunn, W. | Stephen, C. |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Ede, J. C. | McEntee, V. La T. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | McGhee, H. G. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | McGovern, J. | Thorne, W. |
| Gallacher, W. | MacNeill, Weir, L. | Thurtle, E. |
| Gardner, B. W. | Mander, G. Ie M. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Marshall, F. | Viant, S. P. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon, A. | Maxton, J. | Walker, J, |
| Watkins, F. C. | Wilkinson, Ellen | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Watson, W. MeL. | Williams, D. (Swansea, E.) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Welsh, J. C. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) | |
| Westwood, J. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Whiteley, W. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) | Mr. Mathers and Mr. Groves. |
Question, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.