HC Deb 06 April 1938 vol 334 cc354-6
Mr. Atlee

Will the Prime Minister state what business it is proposed to take in the event of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being suspended?

The Prime Minister

We are moving the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule in order to obtain the Committee stage of the Class VII Buildings Votes which are on the Order Paper.

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, 250; Noes, 126.

Division No. 165.] AYES. [3.50 p.m.
Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. Crooke, Sir J. S. Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J.
Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. Cross, R. H. Horsbrugh, Florence
Albery, Sir Irving Crowder, J. F. E. Howitt, Dr. A. B.
Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) Cruddas, Col. B. Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.)
Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Se'h Univ's) Culverwell, C. T. Hulbert, N. J.
Apsley, Lord Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) Hunter, T.
Assheton, R. De la B&ère, R. Hurd, Sir P. A.
Astor, Major Hon. J. J. (Dover) Denman, Hon. R. D. Hutchlnson, G. C.
Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) Denville, Alfred Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H.
Atholl, Duchess of Doland, G. F. James, Wing-Commander A. W. H.
Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. Duggan, H. J. Joel, D. J. B.
Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Th[...]net) Duncan, J. A. L. Jones. L. (Swansea W.)
Balniel, Lord Eastwood, J. F. Keeling, E. H.
Baxter, A. Beverley Edge, Sir W. Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose)
Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. Edmondson, Major Sir J. Kerr, H. W. (Oldham)
Beauchamp, Sir B. C. Elliot, Rt. Han. W. E. Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R.
Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) Elliston, Capt. G. S. Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F.
Beechman, N. A. Elmley, Viscount Lamb, Sir J. Q.
Bernays, R. H. Emmott, C. E. G. C. Law, Sir A. J. (High Peak)
Bird, Sir R. B. Emrys-Evans, P. V. Leech, Sir J. W.
Blair, Sir R. Entwistle, Sir C. F. Lees-Jones, J.
Boothby, R. J. G. Erskine-Hill, A. G. Leigh, Sir J.
Bossom, A. C. Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) Leighton, Major B. E. P.
Brass, Sir W. Fildes, Sir H. Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L.
Bris[...], Capt. R. G. Fleming, E. L. Lewis, O.
Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) Fyfe, D. P. M. Lindsay, K. M.
Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. Lipson, D. L.
Brown, Brig. Gen. H. C. (Newbury) Gluckstein, L. H. Llewellin, Colonel J. J.
Browne, A. C. (Belfast, W.) Goldie, N. B. Lloyd, G. W.
Bullock, Capt. M. Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) Loftus, P. C.
Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. Grant-Ferris, R. Lyons, A. M.
Burton, Col. H. W. Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. Mabane, W. (Huddersfield)
Butcher, H. W. Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G.
Cartland, J. R, H. Gridley, Sir A. B. M'Connell, Sir J.
Carver, Major W. H. Grigg, Sir E. W. M. Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight)
Cary, R. A. Grimston, R. V. McKie, J. H.
Castlereagh, Viscount Guinness, T. L. E. B. Macquisten, F. A.
Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) Hacking, Rt. Hon. D. H. Magnay, T.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) Hambro, A. V. Maitland, A.
Channon, H. Hannah, I. C. Makins, Brig.-Gen. E.
Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) Hannon, Sir P. J. H. Manningham-Buller, Sir M.
Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) Hartington, Marquess of Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) Markham, S. F.
Clarry, Sir Reginald Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) Marsden, Commander A.
Clydesdale, Marquess of Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) Maxwell, Hon. S. A.
Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J.
Colman, N. C. D. Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham)
Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth)
Conant, Captain R. J. E. Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) Mills, Sir F. (Leytort, E.)
Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) Higgs, W. F. Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest)
Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham)
Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) Holdsworth, H. Moore, Lieut.-Colonel Sir T. C. R.
Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. Holmes, J. S. Morris-Jones, Sir Henry
Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) Rowlands, G. Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- (N'thw'h)
Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F.
Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. Tasker, Sir R. I.
Munro, P. Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) Tate, Mavis C.
Nall, Sir J. Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.)
Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. Salmon, Sir I. Thomson, Sir J. D. W.
Nicolson, Hon. H. G. Salt, E. W. Titchfield, Marquess of
O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) Touche, G. C.
Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. Samuel, M. R. A. Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C.
Patrick, C. M. Sandeman, Sir N. S. Walker-Smith, Sir J.
Peat, C. U. Sanderson, Sir F. B. Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan
Peters, Dr. S. J. Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull)
Petherick, M. Savery, Sir Servington Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend)
Pickthorn, K. W. M. Scott, Lord William Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S.
Pilkington, R. Selley, H. R. Warrender, Sir V.
Plugge, Capt. L. F. Shakespeare, G. H. Waterhouse, Captain C.
Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) Watt, Major G. S. Harvie
Radford, E. A. Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) Wayland, Sir W. A.
Ramsbotham, H. Shute, Colonel Sir J. J. Wedderburn, H. J. S.
Rankin, Sir R. Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) Wells, S. R.
Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) Smith, L. W. (Hallam) Whiteley, Major J. P, (Buckingham)
Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R.
Rawson, Sir Cooper Somerset, T. Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.)
Rayner, Major R. H. Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) Withers, Sir J. J.
Reed, A. C. (Exeter) Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) Womersley, Sir W. J.
Reid, J. S. C. (Hillhead) Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J, Wood, Hon. C. I. C.
Reid, W. Allan (Derby) Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C.
Remer, J. R. Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) Young, A. S. L. (Partick)
Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.)
Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) Storey, S. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Ropner, Colonel L. Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. Captain Dugdale and Mr. Furness.
Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.)
NOES.
Adams, D. (Consett) Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) Pearson, A.
Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W.
Adamson, W. M. Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) Pritt, D. N.
Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) Hardie, Agnes Richards, R. (Wrexham)
Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) Harris, Sir P. A. Ridley, G.
Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. Hayday, A. Riley, B.
Banfield, J. W. Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) Ritson, J.
Barr, J. Henderson, J, (Ardwick) Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.)
Batey, J. Henderson, T. (Tradeston) Rothschild, J. A. de
Bellenger, F. J. Hicks, E. G. Salter, Dr. A. (Bermondsey)
Bevan, A. Hills, A. (Pontefract) Sexton, T. M.
Brown, C. (Mansfield) Hopkin, D. Shinwell, E.
Buchanan, G. Jagger, J. Simpson, F. B.
Burke, W. A. John, W. Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe)
Cassells, T. Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. Smith, E. (Stoke)
Charleton, H. C. Jones, A. C. (Shipley) Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly)
Chater, D. Jones, Sir H. Haydn (Merioneth) Smith, T. (Normanton)
Cluse, W. S. Jones, J. J. (Silvertown) Sorensen, R. W.
Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Stephen, C.
Cocks, F. S. Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng)
Cove, W. G. Kirkwood, D. Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.)
Daggar, G Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth)
Dalton, H. Lathan, G. Thorne, W.
Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) Lawson, J. J. Thurtle, E.
Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) Leach, W. Tinker, J. J.
Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) Leonard, W. Tomlinson, G.
Dav, H. Leslie, J. R. Viant, S. P.
Dunn, E. (Rather Valley) Lunn, W. Walkden, A. G.
Ede, J. C. Macdonald, G. (Ince) Walker, J.
Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) McEntee, V. La T. Watkins, F. C.
Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) McGovern, J. Watson, W. McL.
Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) Maclean, N. Westwood, J.
Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T, H. MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) White, H. Graham
Frankel, D. Mander, G. le M. Whiteley, W. (Blaydon)
Gallacher, W. Montague, F. Wilkinson, Ellen
Gardner, B. W. Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Williams, D. (Swansea, E.)
Gibson, R. (Greenock) Muff, G. Williams, T. (Don Valley)
Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) Nathan, Colonel H. L. Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe)
Green, W. H. (Deptford) Naylor, T. E. Woods, G. S. (Finsbury)
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A Noel-Baker, P. J. Young, Sir R. (Newton)
Grenfell, D. R. Paling, W.
Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) Parker, J. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) Parkinson, J. A. Mr. Groves and Mr. Mathers.

Question, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair," put, and agreed to.