§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Prime Minister what business it is proposed to take in the event of the Motion for the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being carried?
§ The Prime MinisterWe hope to make good progress to-day with the Factories Bill. It is proposed to take Additional Import Duties (No. 6) Order relating to iron and steel goods, and the Clearing Office (Rumania) Amendment Order, both of which are exempted business. We also desire to obtain the Committee stage of the Money Resolution relating to the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Scotland) Bill.
§ Mr. AttleeI take it there is no intention of asking the House to sit very late?
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir.
§
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, 215; Noes, 133.
377| Division No. 220.] | AYES. | [3.47 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Blair, Sir R. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Blaker, Sir R. | Channon, H. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Bossom, A. C. | Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Boulton, W. W. | Chorlton, A. E. L. |
| Apsley, Lord | Boyce, H. Leslie | Christie, J. A. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Bracken, B. | Clarry, Sir Reginald |
| Assheton, R. | Braithwaite, Major A. N. | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Brass, Sir W. | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) |
| Balniel, Lord | Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. |
| Barclay-Harvey, Sir C. M. | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Cox, H. B. T. |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Bullock, Capt. M. | Cranborne, Viscount |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Cartland, J. R. H. | Craven-Ellis, W. |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Aylesbury) | Castlereagh, Viscount | Critchley, A. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page |
| Beit, Sir A. L. | Cayzer, Sir H. R. (Portsmouth, S.) | Cross, R. H. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Cruddas, Col. B. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenharn) | Culverwell, C. T. |
| Davison, Sir W. H, | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Law, Sir A. J. (High Peak) | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) |
| Denville, Alfred | Law, R. K. (Hull, S.W.) | Rowlands, G. |
| Doland, G. F. | Leckie, J. A. | Russell, Sir Alexander |
| Donner, P. W. | Lees-Jones, J. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Dower, Major A. V. G. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) |
| Drewe, C. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Salmon, Sir I. |
| Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Levy, T. | Salt, E. W. |
| Dugdale, Captain T. L. | Lindsay, K. M. | Samuel, M. R. A. |
| Duggan, H. J. | Little, Sir E. Graham- | Sandys, E. D. |
| Duncan, J. A. L. | Lloyd, G. W. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | Loftus, P. C. | Selley, H. R. |
| Ellis, Sir G. | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Emery, J. F. | Lyons, A. M. | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) |
| Emmott, C. E. G. C | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Everard, W. L. | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Fildes, Sir H. | McKie, J. H. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Furness, S. N. | Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Macquisten, F. A. | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Goodman, Col. A. W. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Spens, W. P. |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Gridley, Sir A. B. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W m'ld) |
| Grigg, Sir E. W. M. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Mitchell, H. (Brentford and Chiswick) | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) |
| Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Moreing, A. C. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton (N'thw'h) |
| Guy, J. C. M. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. D. H. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Tasker, Sir R. J. |
| Hannah, I. C. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Thomas, J. P. L. |
| Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Touche, G. C. |
| Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Turton, R. H. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan. | Orr-Ewing, I. L | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Hepworth, J. | Patrick, C. M. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Peaks, O. | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Higgs, W. F. | Peat, C. U. | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Perkins, W. R. D. | Wells, S. R. |
| Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Peters, Dr. S. J. | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Holdsworth, H. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Holmes, J. S. | Pilkington, R. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Porritt, R. W. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Procter, Major H. A. | Wise, A. R. |
| Hulbert, N. J. | Purbrick, R. | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Hume, Sir G. H. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Hunter, T. | Rankin, Sir R. | Wright, Squadron-Leader J. A. C. |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Jones, Sir H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Rawson, Sir Cooper | |
| Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Rayner, Major R. H. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Keeling, E. H. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) | Mr. James Stuart and Lieut. |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Dobbie, W. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) |
| Adamson, W. M. | Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | Jones, J. J. (Silvertown) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Ammon, C. G. | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Kelly, W. T. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Gallacher, W. | Kirby, B. V. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Gardner, B. W. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Barr, J. | Garro Jones, G. M. | Lathan, G. |
| Batey, J. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Leach, W. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Lee, F. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Gibbins, J. | Leonard, W. |
| Bromfield, W. | Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Logan, D. G. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (S. Ayrshire) | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Lunn, W. |
| Buchanan, G. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) |
| Burke, W. A. | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | McEntee, V. La T. |
| Cape, T. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | McGhee, H. G. |
| Cassells, T. | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | McGovern, J. |
| Chater, D. | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | MacLaren, A. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Mainwaring, W. H. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Mander, G. le M. |
| Cove, W. G. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Marshall, F. |
| Daggar, G. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Maxton, J. |
| Dalton, H. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Messer, F. |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Hollins, A. | Milner, Major J. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Hopkin, D. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Jagger, J. | Muff, G. |
| Day, H. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Nathan, Colonel H. L. |
| Naylor, T. E. | Sexton, T. M. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Oliver, G. H. | Shinwell, E. | Viant, S. P. |
| Owen, Major G. | Short, A. | Walker, J. |
| Paling, W. | Silverman, S. S. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Parker, J. | Simpson, F. B. | Watson, W. McL. |
| Parkinson, J. A. | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) | Welsh, J. C. |
| Pritt, D. N. | Smith, E. (Stoke) | Westwood, J. |
| Quibell, D. J. K. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) | White, H. Graham |
| Richards, R. (Wrexham) | Smith, T. (Normanton) | Whiteley, W. (Blaydon) |
| Ridley, G. | Sorensen, R. W. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Riley, B. | Stephen, C. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Ritson, J. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Brom.) | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Roberta, W. (Cumberland, N.) | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Rowson, G. | Thorne, W. | |
| Salter, Dr. A. (Bermondsey) | Thurtle, E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Groves and Mr. Mathers. |