§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask Minister for what purpose it to move the suspension of o'Clock Rule to-night?
§ The Prime MinisterAs the House will be aware to-morrow is also available for the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Bill, and to-day we desire to make sufficient progress to ensure the conclusion of the Report stage and Third Reading by to-morrow night. In addition to the consideration of that Bill to-day, we propose to take the second and third Orders, which I do not think will keep the House for any considerable time. The suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule is only precautionary.
§ Mr. MaxtonHas any time been fixed for terminating the Debate on the Rent Bill and proceeding to the other two Orders?
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir, no time has been fixed
§ Mr. MaxtonDoes that mean that those Orders will only be taken after Eleven o'clock?
§ The Prime MinisterThat depends upon how we get on with the business.
§ Mr. MaxtonThe Prime Minister is not being very informative. Is it his intention that the House should sit late, until the first Measure has made very substantial progress and the other two have been passed?
§ The Prime MinisterAs I said in my answer just now, all that we want is to make sufficient progress to ensure that we get the Report stage and Third Reading of the Rent Bill to-morrow. I do not at this moment expect that the programme for to-day will take an exceptionally long time.
§
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, 220; Noes, 137.
941| Division No. 172.] | AYES. | [3.49 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S.G'gs) | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Cox, H. B. Trevor | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Sc'h Univ's) | Crooks, Sir J. S. | Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. D. H. |
| Assheton, R. | Cross, R. H. | Hannah, I. C. |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Crowder, J. F. E. | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Culverwell, C. T. | Harbord. A. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Davison, Sir W. H. | Harvey, Sir G. |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Dawson, Sir P. | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Do la Bère, R. | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) |
| Bernays, R. H. | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Heilgers, Captain F. F A. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Denville, Alfred | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan |
| Bossom, A. C. | Donner, P. W. | Hepworth, J. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Dower, Major A. V. G. | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Duckworth W. R. (Moss Side) | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. |
| Broadbridge, Sir G. T. | Dugdale, Captain T. L. | Holmes, J. S. |
| Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | Duggan, H. J. | Hope. Captain Hon. A. O. J. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Duncan. J. A. L. | Hopkinson, A. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Eastwood, J. F. | Howitt, Dr. A. B. |
| Bull, B. B. | Eckersley, P. T. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Hulbert, N. J. |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Hunter, T. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Elliston, Capt. G. S. | Hurd, Sir P. A. |
| Butcher, H. W. | Elmley, Viscount | James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. |
| Butler, R. A. | Emery, J. F. | Joel, D. J. B. |
| Cartland, J. R. H. | Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Keeling, E. H. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Erskine-Hill, A. G. | Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Everard. W. L. | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Fildes, Sir H. | Latham, Sir P. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Findlay, Sir E. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Channon, H. | Fleming, E. L. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Liddall, W. S. |
| Christie, J. A. | Furness, S. N. | Lipson, D. L. |
| Clarke, Colonel R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Fyfe, D. P. M. | Lloyd, G. W. |
| Clarry, Sir Reginald | Gibson, Sir C. G. (Pudsey and Otley) | Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon Sir J. | Loftus, P. C. |
| Colville. Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Graham. Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) |
| Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Gridley, Sir A. B. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. |
| McKie, J. H. | Ramsbotham, H. | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Macnamara, Major J. R. J. | Ramsden, Sir E. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- (N'thw'h) |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Magnay, T. | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| Maitland, A. | Rayner, Major R. H. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Reid, J. S. C. (Hillhead) | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. |
| Markham, S. F. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) | Touche, G. C. |
| Mason, Lt.-Col. Hon. G. K. M. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Train, Sir J. |
| Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Ropner, Colonel L. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Rowlands, G. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie |
| Morrison. G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Wedderburn. H. J. S. |
| Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Salmon, Sir I. | Wells, S. R. |
| Neven-Spence, Major B. H H. | Salt, E. W. | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Samuel, M. R. A. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| O'Conner, Sir Terence J. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon, Sir P. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Scott, Lord William | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Palmer, G. E. H. | Selley, H. R. | Womerstey, Sir W. J. |
| Patrick, C. M. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| Peake, O. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Peat, C. U. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. | Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C. |
| Peters, Dr. S. J. | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Petherick, M, | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | |
| Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Plugge, Capt. L. F. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Mr. Munro and Captain |
| Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) | Waterhouse. |
| Radford, E. A. | Storey, S. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Parker, J. |
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Parkinson, J. A. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | Pearson, A. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Price, M. P. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Hardie, Agnes | Pritt, D. N. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Banheld, J. W. | Hayday, A. | Ridley, G. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Riley, B. |
| Barr, J. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Ritson, J. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Brom.) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Benson, G. | Holdsworth, H. | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Bevan, A. | Hollins, A. | Salter, Dr. A. (Bermondsey) |
| Bromfield, W. | Hopkin, D. | Sexton, T. M. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Jagger, J. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (S. Ayrshire) | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Simpson, F. B. |
| Buchanan, G. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Burke, W. A. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Cape, T. | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Cassells. T. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Chater, D. | Lathan, G. | Stephen C. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Leach, W. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Lee, F. | Strauss, G, R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Cocks, F. S. | Leonard, W. | Summerskill, Edith |
| Cove, W. G. | Leslie, J. R. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Cripps, Hon. Sir Stafford | Logan, D. G. | Thorne, W. |
| Daggar, G. | Lunn, W. | Thurtle, E. |
| Dalton. H. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Tinker, J. J. |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | McEntee, V. La T. | Tomlinson, G. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | McGhee, H. G. | Viant, S. P. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | MacLaren, A. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Day, H. | Maclean, N. | Watson, W. McL. |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Mainwaring, W. H. | Westwood, J. |
| Ede, J. C. | Mander, G. le M. | White, H. Graham |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Mathers, G. | Whiteley, W. (Blaydon) |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Maxton, J. | Williams, D. (Swansea, E.) |
| Gallacher, W. | Messer, F. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Gardner, B. W. | Montague, F. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Muff. C. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Gibson, R. (Greenock) | Nathan, Colonel H. L. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Naylor, T. E. | |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Noel-Baker, P. J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Grenfell, D. R. | Oliver. G. H. | Mr. Groves and Mr. Adamson. |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Paling, W. |