§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Prime Minister what is the purpose of suspending the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-night?
§ The Prime MinisterWe hope to make good progress to-day with the Livestock Industry Bill. We are very anxious, if possible, to conclude the Third Reading stage to-morrow. We must wait and see how we get on.
§ Mr. AttleeI take it there is no intention of asking the House to sit very late?
§ The Prime MinisterI do not think so.
§
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, 227; Noes, 90.
797| Division No. 178.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Cruddas, Col. B. | Joel, D. J. B. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr, P. G. | Davison, Sir W. H. | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Dawson, Sir P. | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'kn'hd) | De la Bère, R. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Latham, Sir P. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Apsley, Lord | Doland, G. F. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Dorman-Smith, Major R. H. | Levy, T. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Drewe, C. | Lewis, O. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Dugdale, Major T. L. | Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Duggan, H. J. | Lloyd, G. W. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Duncan, J. A. L. | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) |
| Balniel, Lord | Dunglass, Lord | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. |
| Barclay-Harvey, Sir C. M. | Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Scot. U.) |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Ellis, Sir G. | McKie, J. H. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Elliston, Capt. G. S. | Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Elmtey, Viscount | Magnay, T. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Maitland, A. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Erskine-Hill, A. G. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Manningham-Buller, Sir M. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Fremantle, Sir F. E. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Blaker, Sir R. | Ganzoni, Sir J. | Markham, S. F. |
| Blindell, Sir J. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Gluckstein, L. H. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Goodman, Col. A. W. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir G. E. W. | Gower, Sir R. V. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Moore, Lieut.-Col. T. C. R. |
| Brass, Sir W. | Grant-Ferris, R. | Morgan, R. H. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Grimston, R. V. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) |
| Bull, B. B. | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) |
| Burgin, Dr. E. L. | Gunston, Capt. D. W. | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Guy, J. C. M. | Ormsby Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. |
| Butler, R. A. | Hannah, I. C. | Palmer, G. E. H. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Patrick, C. M. |
| Cary, R. A. | Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Peake, O. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) | Peters, Dr. S. J. |
| Cayzer, Sir H. R. (Portsmouth, S.) | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Petherick, M. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Pilkington, R. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Plugge, Capt. L. F. |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Higgs, W. F. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton |
| Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Procter, Major H. A. |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Holmes, J. S. | Purbrick, R. |
| Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. |
| Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Hudson, R. S. (Southport) | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Hulbert, N. J. | Reid, Captain A. Cunningham |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Hunter, T. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) |
| Crooks, J. S. | Hurd, Sir P. A. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. | Renter, J. R. |
| Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Southby, Commander A. R. J. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Ropner, Colonel L. | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Russell, A. West (Tynemouth) | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) | Watt, G. S. H. |
| Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Storey, S. | Wayland, Sir W. A. |
| Salmon, Sir I. | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Salt, E. W. | Strickland, Captain W. F. | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Samuel, M. R. A. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton (N'thw'h) | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Sueter, Roar-Admiral Sir M. F. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Sanderson, Sir F. B. | Sutcliffe, H. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Savery, Sir Servington | Tasker, Sir R. I. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Selley, H. R. | Tate, Mavis C. | Wise, A. R. |
| Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) | Wragg, H. |
| Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) | Wright, Squadron-Leader J. A. C. |
| Simmonds, O. E. | Thomas, J. P. L. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. | Touche, G. C. | |
| Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. | Sir George Penny and Lieut.-Colonel |
| Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) | Turton, R. H. | Sir A. Lambert-Ward. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir F. Dyke | Hardie, G. D. | Riley, B. |
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Harris, Sir P. A. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Adamson, W. M. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Rowson, G. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Hopkin, D. | Sanders, W. S. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Jagger, J. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. | Sexton, T. M. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Short, A. |
| Barr, J. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Simpson, F. B. |
| Batey, J. | Kelly, W. T. | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Kirby, B. V. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees (K'ly) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (S. Ayrshire) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Burke, W. A. | Lawson, J. J. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Cape, T. | Leslie, J. R. | Stephen, C. |
| Chater, D. | Logan, D. G. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Lunn, W. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Dalton, H. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Thorne, W. |
| Day, H. | McEntee, V. La T. | Thurtle, E. |
| Ede, J. C. | McGhee, H. G. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) | Viant, S. P. |
| Gallacher, W. | MacNeill, Weir, L. | Walker, J. |
| Gardner, B. W. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Watkins, F. C. |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Muff, G. | Westwood, J. |
| Gibbins, J. | Nathan, Major H. L. | Whiteley, W. |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Naylor, T. E. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Paling, W. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Grenfell, D. R. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Potts, J. | |
| Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Price, M. P. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Ridley, G. | Mr. Groves and Mr. Charleton. |
Question, "That those words be there inserted," put, and agreed to.