HC Deb 11 March 1937 vol 321 cc1345-51
Mr. Attlee

May I ask the Prime Minister what business it is proposed to take next week?

The Prime Minister

On Monday it is proposed to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on the Air Estimates, and to consider Votes A, 1, 4, 3 and 8, and the Air Supplementary Estimate in Committee.

Tuesday: It is proposed to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on the Army Estimates and to consider Votes A, 1, 2, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 and Ordnance Factories Estimate; and Supplementary Estimates for the Army and Army Ordnance Factories in Committee; Ways and Means, Committee.

Wednesday: Second Reading of the following Bills will be taken: Merchant Shipping (Spanish Frontiers Observation) Bill, which is an urgent Bill, and which is expected to be received from another place this evening; Statutory Salaries Bill; and Chairmen of Traffic Commissioners Bill.

Thursday: Supply [3rd allotted Day]; Report stage of the Navy, Air and Army Estimates; Report of Ways and Means; Committee and remaining stages of the Merchant Shipping (Spanish Frontiers Observation) Bill [Lords].

Friday: Consideration of Import Duties Orders relating to iron and steel, certain parts of umbrellas, and the Irish Free State Special Duties Order relating to horses. If there is time we shall also take the Second Reading of the Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill [Lords].

On any day, if there is time, other Orders will be taken.

It is not possible at this moment accurately to judge the likely course of business on Wednesday and Thursday next week, but on whichever appears to be the more suitable day we propose to take the Report stage of the Special Areas Money Resolution, so that the Bill may be brought in and made available to Members.

I have also to inform the House that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will bring a message from His Majesty on Tuesday relating to the Civil List, and that at the beginning of Business on Wednesday, we shall move for the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the Gracious Message.

Mr. Attlee

In view of the very heavy business put down for next week, is the Prime Minister proposing to ask the House to sit very late? I particularly draw his attention to the additional items which he mentioned for Wednesday and Thursday which, in view of the important business put down for those days, are likely to make a considerable difference. May I ask, in particular, that we shall not enter on this important business at a very late hour of the day?

The Prime Minister

I think that it is not possible at the present moment to answer that question in detail. We do not at all know the course that business may run on Wednesday or Thursday, and I think we must wait and see. It is important to get that particular Report stage, because until it is obtained we cannot have the Bill printed, and I am sure that my right hon. Friend will see that it is important that that Bill should be in the hands of the House.

Mr. Attlee

The Report stage of the Special Areas Money Resolution is not a matter which ought to be brought on very late.

Mr. Batey

Do we understand what the Prime Minister really is proposing to do with the Report stage of the Special Areas Money Resolution? Is the Prime Minister proposing to take it after Eleven o'clock on Wednesday night, because there are many Members on this side who have not been able to speak on that Resolution and who want to speak on it?

The Prime Minister

Perhaps the hon. Member will be good enough to read the dialogue which has just taken place between the Leader of the Opposition and myself.

Mr. Batey

I have been listening to the dialogue, and it is not possible to know from it. I think the Prime Minister should tell us whether he intends to take that Resolution after Eleven o'clock?

The Prime Minister

I do not think anything was said on that point at all.

Mr. Attlee

I asked the Prime Minister with regard to the Report stage of, the Special Areas Money Resolution that it should not be taken at a very late hour of the evening, and I take it that he does not propose to bring it on after Eleven o'clock?

Mr. Garro Jones

So far as Thursday is concerned, will it not be utterly impossible to bring it on at other than a late hour, in view of the fact that for the first time within my recollection, at any rate, the Report stages of the Army, Navy and Air Force Estimates are being taken all on the same day?

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, 247; Noes, 109.

Division No. 103.] AYES. [3.55 p.m.
Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) Burgin, Dr. E. L. Denville, Alfred
Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. Butler, R. A. Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F.
Albery, Sir Irving Campbell, Sir E. T. Doland, G. F.
Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'kn'hd) Cartland, J. R. H. Donner, P. W.
Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) Castlereagh, Viscount Dorman-Smith, Major R. H.
Amery, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury)
Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side)
Apsley, Lord Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) Dugdale, Major T. L.
Assheton, R. Channon, H. Duggan, H. J.
Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Duncan, J. A. L.
Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) Clarke, F. E. (Dartford) Dunglass, Lord
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley Clydesdale, Marquess of Eckersley, P. T.
Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) Edmondson, Major Sir J.
Barrie, Sir C. C. Colfax, Major W. P. Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E.
Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. Colman, N. C. D. Ellis, Sir G.
Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. Emery, J. F.
Beit, Sir A. L. Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) Emmott, C. E. G. C.
Bennett, Sir E. N. Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) Emrys-Evans, P. V.
Bernays, R. H. Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) Erskine-Hill, A. G.
Birchall, Sir J. D. Critchley, A. Evans, D. O. (Cardigan)
Bird, Sir R. B. Crooke, J. S. Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales)
Bossom, A. C. Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. Everard, W. L.
Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart Cross, R. H. Fox, Sir G. W. G.
Bowyer, Capt. Sir G. E. W. Crossley, A. C. Fremantle, Sir F. E.
Briscoe, Capt. R. G. Crowder, J. F. E. Ganzoni, Sir J.
Brocklebank, C. E. R, Cruddas, Col. B. George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke)
Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) Culverwell, C. T. Gluckstein, L. H.
Browne, A. C. (Belfast, W.) Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C.
Bull, B. B. Davison, Sir W. H. Goldie, N. B.
Bullock, Capt. M. De la Bère, R. Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral)
Grant-Ferris, R. Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. Shepperson, Sir E. W.
Granville, E. L. Macquisten, F. A, Shute, Colonel Sir J. J.
Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. Maitland, A. Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A.
Gretton, Col. Hi. Hon. J. Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich)
Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) Mander, G. le M. Smith, L. W. (Hallam)
Grimiton, R. V. Margesson, Capt, Rt. Hon. H. D. R. Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen)
Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) Markham, S. F. Smithers, Sir W
Gunston, Capt. D. W. Maxwell, Hon. S. A. Somerset, T.
Guy, J. C. M. Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. Somervell. Sir D. B. (Crewe)
Hacking, Rt. Hon. D. H. Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) Somerville, A. A. (Windsor)
Hamilton, Sir G. C. Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) Southby, Commander A. R J.
Hanbury, Sir C. Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) Spens, W. P.
Hannah, I. C. Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde)
Hannon, Sir P. J. H. Moore, Lieut.-Col. T. C. R. Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd)
Harbord, A. Moore-Brabazon, Lt.-Col. J. T. C. Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.)
Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) Morgan, R. H. Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.)
Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. Morris-Jones, Sir Henry Strickland, Captain W. F.
Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) Stuart, Lord C. Crichton-(N'thw'h)
Hepworth, J. Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) Munro, P. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F.
Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. Sutcliffe, H.
Holdsworth, H. Nicolson, Hon. H. G. Tate, Mavis C,
Holmes, J. S. O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne)
Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.)
Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. Palmer, G. E. H. Titchfield, Marquess of
Horsbrugh, Florence Patrick, C. M. Train, Sir J.
Howitt, Dr. A. B. Peake, O. Tree, A. R. L. F.
Hume, Sir G. H. Perkins, W. R. D. Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C.
Hunter, T. Pilkington, R. Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L.
Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. Ponsonby, Col. C. E. Turton, R. H.
Jarvis, Sir J. J. Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. Wakefield, W. W.
Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. Ramsbotham, H. Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend)
Kimball, L. Rankin, Sir R. Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S.
Lamb, Sir J. Q. Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) Warrender, Sir V.
Latham, Sir P. Rayner, Major R. H. Wayland, Sir W. A
Leckie, J. A. Reid, Captain A. Cunningham Wedderburn, H. J. S.
Leech, Dr. J. W. Reid, W. Allan (Derby) Wells, S. R.
Lees-Jones, J. Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) White, H. Graham
Leigh, Sir J. Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R.
Leighton, Major B. E. P. Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) Williams, C. (Torquay)
Levy, T. Ropner, Colonel L. Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.)
Lewis, O. Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) Willoughby de Eresby, Lord
Lindsay, K. M. Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G.
Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. Rowlands, G. Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Lloyd, G. W. Russell, A. West (Tynemouth) Womersley, Sir W. J.
Looker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley
Loftus, P. C. Salmon, Sir I. Wragg, H.
Lumley, Capt. L. R. Salt, E. W. Wright, Squadron-Leader J. A. C.
MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. Sanderson, Sir F. B. Young, A. S. L. (Partick)
McCorquodale, M. S. Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P.
MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Scot. U.) Seely, Sir H. M. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) Selley, H. R. Sir George Penny and Lieut.-
McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. Shakespeare, G. H. Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward.
McKie, J. H. Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree)
NOES.
Adams, D. (Consett) Day, H. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly)
Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) Dobbie, W. Kelly, W. T.
Adamson, W. M. Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T.
Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) Kirby, B. V.
Ammon, C. G. Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) Lawson, J. J.
Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. Leach, W.
Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. Frankel, D. Leonard, W.
Banfield, J. W. Gallacher, W. Leslie, J. R.
Barnes, A. J. Gardner, B. W. Logan, D. G.
Batey, J. Garro Jones, G. M. Lunn, W.
Bellenger, F. J. Gibbins, J. Macdonald, G. (Inee)
Benson, G. Green, W. H. (Deptford) McEntee, V. La T.
Bevan, A. Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. Maclean, N.
Broad, F. A. Grenfell, D. R. MacNeill, Weir, L.
Bromfield, W. Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) Montague, F.
Brooke, W. Hall, G. H. (Aberdara) Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.)
Buchanan, G. Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) Muff, G.
Burke, W. A. Hardie, G. D. Paling, W.
Cassells, T. Hayday, A. Parker, J.
Charleton, H. C. Henderson, J. (Ardwick) Parkinson, J. A.
Chater, D. Henderson, T. (Tradeston) Pethick-Lawrence, F. W.
Cluse, W. S. Hicks, E. G. Potts, J.
Cocks, F. S. Hollins, A. Price, M. P.
Cove, W. G. Jagger, J. Quibell, D. J. K.
Cripps, Hon. Sir Stafford Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) Richards, R. (Wrexham)
Daggar, G. Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens)
Davidson. J. J. (Maryhill) John, W. Rowson, G.
Sanders, W. S. Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) Westwood, J.
Sexton, T. M. Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) Wilkinson, Ellen
Shinwell, E. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) Williams, E. J. (Ogmore)
Short, A. Thorne, W. Williams, T. (Don Valley)
Silverman, S. S. Thurtle, E. Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe)
Simpson, F. B. Tinker, J. J. Windsor, W. (Hull, C.)
Smith, E. (Stoke) Viant, S. P. Woods, G. S. (Finsbury)
Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees-(K'ly) Watkins, F. C. Young, Sir R. (Newton)
Smith, T. (Normanton) Watson, W. McL.
Sorensen, R. W. Wedgwood, Rt. Hon, J. C. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Mr. Whiteley and Mr. Mathers.

Question, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question," put, and agreed to.