§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any state-
§ ment to make with regard to to-day's and to-morrow's business?
§ Sir J. SimonYes, Sir. We hope to obtain the Second Reading of the Population (Statistics) Bill by about half-past seven this evening, and devote the remainder of the sitting to the consideration of the Blind Persons Bill. The other Orders that we desire to obtain, namely, the Merchant Shipping (Super-annnuation Contributions) Bill [Lords] and the Superannuation (Various Services) Bill, do not, I understand, raise any controversy. We do not intend to keep the House sitting late to-night, and the Motion for the Suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule is only a precautionary measure.
With regard to to-morrow, it was thought, when the business was announced last Thursday, that we might conclude the Committee stage of the Air-Raid Precautions Bill by half-past seven to-morrow, but my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister appreciates that this will not now be possible, and he proposes, therefore, that the whole of to-morrow's sitting should be available for the Committee stage of the Air-Raid Precautions Bill. This extra time having been given for the Bill, I hope that there will be general agreement to conclude the Committee stage at to-morrow's sitting without the House having to sit late. As a consequence of this alteration of business, the new Standing Order with regard to Money Resolutions will be postponed till a later date. I hope, however, that it will still be possible to obtain the Public Works Loans Bill to-morrow. This Bill comes before the House practically every Session, and is not usually controversial.
§
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)."—[Sir J. Simon.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 216; Noes, 95.
1701| Division No. 28.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Bennett, Sir E. N. | Bullock, Capt. M. |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Bernays, R. H. | Butcher, H. W. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W J. | Blair, Sir R. | Butler, R. A. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Blaker, Sir R. | Cartland, J. R. H. |
| Assheton, R. | Bossom, A. C. | Cary, R. A. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Brass, Sir W. | Castlereagh, Viscount |
| Baillie, Sir, A. W. M. | Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) |
| Barclay-Harvey, Sir C. M. | Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | Channon, H. |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Christie, J. A. |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Clarke, F. E. (Dartford) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Browne, A. C. (Belfast, W.) | Clarke, Lt.-Col. R. S. (E. Grinstead) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Bull, B. B. | Colfox, Major W. P. |
| Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Holmes, J. S. | Plugge, Capt. L. F. |
| Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Hopkinson, A. | Porritt, R. W. |
| Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Procter, Major H. A. |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Hudson, R. S. (Southport) | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Hulbert, N. J. | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Cox, H. B. Trevor | Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Joel, D. J. B. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Keeling, E. H. | Rowlands, G. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Royds, Admiral P. M. R. |
| Cross, R. H. | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Russell, Sir Alexander |
| Crowder, J. F. E. | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwin) |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Salmon, Sir I. |
| Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Samuel, M. R. A. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | Latham, Sir P. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. |
| De Chair, S. S. | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. |
| De la Bère, R. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Savery, Sir Servington |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lewis, O. | Scott, Lord William |
| Denville, Alfred | Liddall, W. S. | Selley, H. R. |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Lindsay, K. M. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Doland, G. F. | Lipson, D. L. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Donner, P. W. | Lloyd, G. W. | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Dorman-Smith, Major Sir R. H. | Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Drewe, C. | Loftus, P. C. | Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Lyons, A. M. | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Duggan, H. J. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Duncan, J. A. L. | Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Dunglass, Lord | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Edmondson, Major Sir J | Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Macquisten, F. A. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) |
| Ellis, Sir G. | Maitland, A. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Elliston, Capt. G. S. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Elmley, Viscount | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Marsden, Commander A. | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Pa[...] S.) |
| Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Thomas, J. P. L. |
| Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Everard, W. L. | Meller, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Fleming, E. L. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Turton, R. H. |
| Fremantle, Sir F. E. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Furness, S. N. | Mitcheson, Sir G. G. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Ganzoni, Sir J. | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Morris, O. T. (Cardiff, E.) | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Grant-Ferris, R. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie |
| Granville E. L. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Wayland, Sir W. A |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Munro, P. | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Nall, Sir J. | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Gunston, Capt. D. W. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Hambre, A. V. | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Hannah, I. C. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Harbord, A. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Harvey, Sir G. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Patrick. C. M. | Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C. |
| Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | Peake, O. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan | Perkins, W. R. D. | |
| Herbert, A. P. (Oxford U.) | Petherick, M. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Pilkington, R. | Mr. Grimston and Captain |
| Dugdale. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Hills, A. (Pontefract) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | Hopkin, D. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Jagger, J. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Foot, D. M. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. |
| Bonfield, J. W. | Gallacher, W. | Kelly, W. T. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Gardner, B. W. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. |
| Batey, J. | Garro Jones, G. M. | Kirby, B. V. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Lathan, G. |
| Bevan, A. | Gibson, R. (Greenock) | Lawson, J. J. |
| Broad, F. A. | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Leach, W. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Logan, D. G. |
| Chater, D. | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Macdonald. G. (Ince) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | McEntee, V. La T. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | McGhee, H. G. |
| Dalton, H. | Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | MacNeill, Weir, L. |
| Day, H. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Mathers, G. |
| Dobbie, W. | Hayday, A. | Maxton, J. |
| Dunn, E (Rother Valley) | Henderson, A. (Kingawinford) | Messer, F. |
| Ede, J. C. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Montague, F. |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Simpson, F. B. | Viant, S. P. |
| Muff, G. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) | Walkden, A. G. |
| Noel-Baker, P. J. | Smith, E. (Stoke) | Walker, J. |
| Paling, W. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) | Watkins, F. C. |
| Parker, J. | Smith, T. (Normanton) | Whiteley, W. (Blaydon) |
| Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Sorensen, R. W. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Price, M. P. | Stephen, C. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Ridley, G. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Brom.) | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Rothschild, J. A. de | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) | |
| Sexton. T. M. | Thorne, W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Shinwell, E. | Thurtle, E. | Mr. Groves and Mr. Adamson. |
| Silverman, S. S. | Tinker, J. J. |