§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Patronage Secretary whether he has any statement to make with regard to Wednesday's business and the business which it is proposed to take to-day?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Captain Margesson)I understand that the Opposition desire to debate the report of the Royal Commission on the Private Manufacture of and Trading in
§ Arms, instead of the Colonial Office Vote previously announced. The business for Thursday and Friday will be announced to-morrow. As regards the second question, the Eleven o'clock Rule is being suspended to make certain of obtaining the Committee stage of the Civil List Resolutions. It is hoped that there will be time to obtain the Committee stage of the Statutory Salaries Bill.
Colonel Sandeman AllenCan my right hon. and gallant Friend say when the Colonial Office Vote will be taken?
§ Captain MargessonNo, Sir. As the House is aware, it is for the Opposition to put down what Votes they wish to debate on allotted Supply days. Therefore, it does not rest with the Government to say what Vote will be put down.
§ Sir Archibald SinclairWhat Vote will be put down on Wednesday?
§ Captain MargessonThe Treasury Vote.
§
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)."—[Captain Margesson.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 207; Noes, 92.
25| Division No. 186.] | AYES. | [3 31 p.m. |
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Clarke, F. E. (Dartford) | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Clarke, Lt.-Col. R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Grant-Ferris, R. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Granville, E. L. |
| Allan, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Gridley, Sir A. B. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Cox, H. B. T. | Grigg, Sir E W. M. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Cranborne, Viscount | Grimston, R. V. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Gunston, Capt. D. W. |
| Assheton, R. | Cross, R. H. | Hamilton, Sir G. C. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Crossley, A. C. | Hannah, I, C. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Harris, Sir P. A. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Davison, Sir W. H. | Harvey, Sir G |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | De la Bère, R. | Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Heneage, limit.-Colonel A. P. |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Aylesbury) | Doland, G. F. | Herbert, A. P. (Oxford U.) |
| Bernays, R. H. | Dorman-Smith, Major Sir R. H. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Drewe, C. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Hopkinson, A. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Dugdale, Captain T. L. | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Dunglass, Lord | Howitt, Dr. A. B. |
| Bracken, B. | Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) |
| Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | Elmley, Viscount | Hudson, R. S. (Southport) |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. Dr. E. L. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Hunter, T. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Erskine-Hill, A. G. | James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. |
| Cary, R. A. | Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) | Jarvis, Sir J. J. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Findlay, Sir E. | Joel, D. J. B. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Fleming, E. L. | Keeling, B. H. |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Fremantle, Sir F. E. | Leckie, J. A. |
| Channon, H. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Gluokstein, L. H. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. |
| Chorlton, A. E. L. | Goldie, N. B. | Levy, T. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Goodman, Col. A. W. | Lewis, O. |
| Liddall, W. S. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. |
| Lindsay, K. M. | Pilkington, R. | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) |
| Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Lloyd, G. W. | Ramsbotham, H. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| MacDonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Tate, Mavis C. |
| McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Remer, J. R. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| McKie, J. H. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. |
| Magnay, T. | Ropner, Colonel L. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Maitland, A. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Touche, G. C. |
| Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Rothschild, J. A. de | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Russell, Sir Alexander | Turten, R. H. |
| Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Salmon, Sir I. | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. |
| Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Samuel, M. R. A. | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Watt, G. S. H. |
| Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Savery, Sir Servington | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | Selley, H. R. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Moreing, A. C. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Morris, O. T. (Cardiff, E.) | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Simmonds, O. E. | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Munro, P. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) | Wright, Squadron-Leader J. A. C. |
| Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Somervell. Sir D. B, (Crewe) | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | |
| O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Spens, W. P. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) | Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward |
| Palmer, G. E. H. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'ld) | and Commander Sir Archibald |
| Patrick, C. M. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) | Southby. |
| Petherick, M. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Potts, J. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Halt, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Pritt, D. N. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Riley, B. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Ritson, J. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Hicks, E. G. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Brom.) |
| Barnes, A. J. | Hopkin, D. | Rowson, G. |
| Barr, J. | Jagger, J. | Salter, Dr. A. (Bermondsey) |
| Batey, J. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Sanders, W. S |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. | Shinwell, E. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Silverman, S. S. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Chater, D. | Kirby, B. V. | Smith, Rt. Hen. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lawson, J. J. | Stephen, C. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Lee, F. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Daggar, G. | Leonard, W. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Leslie, J. R. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Logan, D. G. | Thorne, W. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Lunn, W. | Thurtle, E. |
| Day, H. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Tinker, J. J. |
| Dobbie, W. | McEntee, V. La T. | Viant, S. P. |
| Ede, J. C. | McGhee, H. G. | Walker, J. |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | McGovern, J. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | MacLaren, A. | Whiteley, W. |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Mainwaring, W. H. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Gallacher, W. | Maxton, J. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Gardner, B. W. | Montague, F. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Garro Jones, G. M. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | |
| Gibson, R. (Greenock) | Nathan, Colonel H. L. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Paling, W. | Mr. Mathers and Mr. Groves. |
| Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Parker, J. |