§ Mr. AttleeCan the Prime Minister say what is to be the business for next week?
§ The Prime MinisterOn Monday we shall take the Second Reading of the Finance Bill and the Committee stage of the Civil List Bill.
Tuesday: Continuation of the Debate on the Second Reading of the Finance Bill, which we propose to conclude at 7.3o, and afterwards the Third Reading of the Civil List Bill.
Wednesday: Supply, Committee (8th allotted day). The Vote to be considered will be announced later.
Thursday: Ministers of the Crown Bill, Report and Third Reading.
The Business for Friday will be announced later, arid, if there is time on any day, other Orders will be taken.
§
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, 269; Noes, 117.
447| Division No. 192.] | AYES. | [3.58 p.m. |
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir F. Dyke | Bull, B. B. | Doland, G. F. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Bullock, Capt. M. | Donner, P. W. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Burghley, Lord | Dorman-Smith, Major Sir R. H. |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Burton, Col. H. W. | Dower, Major A. V. G. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Cary, R. A. | Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. | Castlereagh, Viscount | Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Dugdale, Captain T. L. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Cayzer, Sir H. R. (Portsmouth, S.) | Duggan, H. J. |
| Assheton, R. | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Dunglass, Lord |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Elliot, Rt. Hen. W. E. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Ellis, Sir G. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Channon, H. | Elmley, Viscount |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Chorlton, A. E. L. | Emery, J. F. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Emmott, C. E. G. C. |
| Balniel, Lord | Clarke, Lt.-Col. R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Barclay-Harvey, Sir C. M. | Clarry, Sir Reginald | Entwistle, Sir C. F. |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Aylesbury) | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Everard, W. L. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Fildes, Sir H. |
| Beit, Sir A. L. | Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. | Fleming, E. L. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Cox, H. B. T. | Fox, Sir G. W. G. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Critchley, A. | Furness, S. N. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Fyfe, D. P. M. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Gross, R. H. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) |
| Bossom, A. C. | Crowder, J. F. E. | Gledhill, G. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Cruddas, Col. B. | Gluekstein, L. H. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vonsittart | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Goldie, N. B. |
| Sower, Comdr. R. T. | Davison, Sir W. H. | Goodman, Col. A. W. |
| Brass, Sir W. | Dawson, Sir P. | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Do Chair, S. S. | Gretton-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | De la Bère, R. | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. |
| Brown, Col. O. C. (Hexham) | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Gridley, Sir A. B. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Denville, Alfred | Grimston, R. V. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Gunston, Capt. D. W. | Mander, G. le M. | Savery, Sir Servington |
| Guy, J. C. M. | Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Selley, H. R. |
| Hanbury, Sir C. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Shakespeare, G. H. |
| Hannah, I. C. | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. |
| Harbord, A. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Shute, Colonel Sir J. J. |
| Harris, Sir P. A. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| Heilgers, Captain F F. A. | Moreing, A. C. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Morgan, R. H. | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'ld) |
| Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Herbert, Capt. Sir S. (Abbey) | Munro, P. | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. |
| Higgs, W. F. | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) |
| Holdsworth, H. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Hopkinson, A. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton. (N'thw'h) |
| Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Patrick, C. M. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Peake, O. | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Perkins, W. R. D. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Hudson, R. S. (Southport) | Petherick, M. | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Hulbert, N. J. | Pilkington, R. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Hume, Sir G. H. | Plugge, Capt. L. F. | Touche, G. C. |
| Hunter, T. | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Power, Sir J. C. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Joel, D. J. B. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Tufnell, Lieut-Commander R. L. |
| Keeling, E. H. | Procter, Major H. A. | Turton, R. H. |
| Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Radford, E. A. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| 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, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Latham, Sir P. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) | Watt, G. S. H. |
| Leckie, J. A. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) | Wayland, Sir W. A |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Wells, S. R. |
| Levy, T. | Ropner, Colonel L. | White, H. Graham |
| Lewis, O. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Lindsay, K. M. | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Little, Sir E. Graham. | Rothschild, J. A. de | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. | Rowlands, G. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Lloyd, G. W. | Russell, Sir Alexander | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Loftus, P. C. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Wise, A. R. |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley | |
| M'Connell, Sir J. | Salmon, Sir I. | Wragg, H. |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Scot. U.) | Samuel, M. R. A. | Wright, Squadron-Leader J. A. C. |
| McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| McKie, J. H. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | |
| Magnay, T. | Sandys, E. D. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. | Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. Lambert |
| Ward and Mr. James Stuart. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Day, H. | Kelly, W. T. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Dobbie, W. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Ede, J. C. | Kirby, B. V. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Kirkwood, D. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Gallacher, W. | Lawson, J. J. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Gardner, B. W. | Lee, F. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Garro Jones, G. M. | Leonard, W. |
| Barr, J. | Gibbins, J. | Logan, D. G. |
| Batey, J. | Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Macdonald, G. (Ince) |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | McEntee, V. La T. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | McGhee, H. G. |
| Broad, F. A. | Grenfell, D. R. | MacLaren, A. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | MacNeill, Weir, L. |
| Blown, Rt. Hon. J. (S. Ayrshire) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Mainwaring, W. H. |
| Buchanan, G. | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Marshall, F. |
| Burke, W. A. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Mathers, G. |
| Cassells, T. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Maxton, J. |
| Chater, D. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Milner, Major J. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hopkin, D. | Montague, F. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Jagger, J. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) |
| Cocks, F. S. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Daggar, G. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Muff, G. |
| Dalton, H. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. | Nathan, Colonel H. L. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Noel-Baker, P. J. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Paling, W. |
| Parkinson, J. A. | Smith, E. (Stoke) | Watson, W. McL. |
| Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees. (K'ly) | Welsh, J. C. |
| Potts, J. | Smith, T. (Normanton) | Westwood, J. |
| Price, M. P. | Sorensen, R. W. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Pritt, D. N. | Stephen, C. | Williams, D. (Swansea, E.) |
| Quibell, D. J. K. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Ritson, J. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Brom.) | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Rowson, G. | Thorne, W. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Salter, Dr. A. (Bermondsey) | Thurtle, E. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Sanders, W. S. | Tirker, J. J. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Sexton, T. M. | Viant, S. P. | |
| Shinwell, E. | Walkden, A. G. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Short, A. | Walker, J. | Mr. Whiteley and Mr. Groves. |