HC Deb 07 February 1938 vol 331 cc676-9
Mr. Attlee

Will the Prime Minister inform us how far he proposes to go tonight in the event of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being suspended?

The Prime Minister

We hope to make good progress with the Coal Bill in Committee, and we do not expect to sit late.

Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Coal Bill 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, 230; Noes, 108.

Division No. 84.] AYES. [3.55 p.m.
Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) Entwistle, Sir C. F. Orr-Ewing, I. L.
Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. Errington, E. Patrick, C. M.
Amery, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Erskine-Hill, A. G. Peake, O.
Assheton, R Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) Perkins, W. R. D.
Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) Findlay, Sir E. Petherick, M.
Baillie, Sir A. W. M. Furness, S. N. Pickthorn, K. W. M.
Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. Pilkington, R.
Balfour, Capt. H. H. (lsle of Thanet) Gluckstein, L. H. Plugge, Capt. L. F.
Balniel, Lord Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. Porritt, R. W.
Barrie, Sir C. C. Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton
Baxter, A. Beverley Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) Procter, Major H. A.
Beauchsmp, Sir B. C. Gridley, Sir A. B. Raikes, H. V. A. M.
Bennett, Sir E. N. Grigg, Sir E. W. M. Ramsbotham, H.
Bernays, R. H. Grimston, R. V. Rankin, Sir R.
Bird, Sir R. B. Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.)
Blair, Sir R. Guinness, T. L. E. B. Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin)
Boothby, R. J. G. Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. Reed, A. C. (Exeter)
Bossom, A. C. Hacking, Rt. Hon. D. H. Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool)
Boulton, W. W. Hambro, A. V. Ropner, Colonel L.
Brass, Sir W. Hannah, I. C. Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry)
Briscoe, Capt. R. G. Harvey, Sir G. Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge)
Brocklebank, Sir Edmund Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R.
Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) Russell, Sir Alexander
Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen)
Bull, B. B. Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. Salt, E. W.
Bullock, Capt. M. Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan. Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.)
Burghley, Lord Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) Samuel, M. R. A.
Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. Sandeman, Sir N. S.
Burton, Col. H. W. Holmes, J. S. Sandys, E. D.
Butler, R. A. Howitt, Dr. A. B. Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P.
Campbell, Sir E. T. Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack. N.) Scott, Lord William
Cartland, J. R. H. Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) Selley, H. R.
Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) Hulbert, N. J. Shakespeare, G. H.
Gazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) Hume, Sir G. H. Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree)
Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) Hunter, T. Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A.
Channon, H. Hurd, Sir P. A. Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich)
Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) Hutchinson, G. C. Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen)
Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) Jarvis, Sir J. J. Somervell. Sir D. B. (Crewe)
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Keeling, E. H. Somerville. A. A. (Windsor)
Clarke, Colonel R. S. (E. Grinstead) Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J.
Clarry, Sir Reginald Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm't'd)
Clydesdale, Marquess of Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.)
Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) Kimball, L. Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.)
Colville, Lt.-Col Rt. Hon. D. J. Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. Strauss, H. G. (Norwich)
Conant, Captain R. J. E. Lamb, Sir J. Q. Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- (N'thw'h)
Cooke, J. D (Hammersmith, S.) Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn)
Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) Leech, Sir J. W. Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F.
Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. Tasker, Sir R. I.
Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. Lewis, O. Tate, Mavis C.
Cox, H. B. Trevor Lloyd. G. W. Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne)
Cranborne, Viscount Loftus, P. C. Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.)
Croft, Brit-Gen. sir H. Page Lyons, A. M. Thomas, J. P. L.
Crooke, Sir J. S. Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) Thomson, Sir J. D. W.
Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. Titchfield, Marquess of
Cross. R. H. McCorquodale, M. S. Touche, G. C.
Crowder, J. F. E. Macdenald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C.
Culverwell, C. T. Maclay, Hon. J. P. Tutnell. Lieut.-Commander R. L.
Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. Wakefield, W. W.
Davison, Sir W. H. Maitland, A. Walker-Smith, Sir J.
De Chair, S. S. Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan
De la Bère, R. Manningham-Butler, Sir M. Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull)
Denman, Hon. R. D. Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. Ward, Irene M. B. (Wailsend)
Denville, Alfred Markham, S. F. Warrender, Sir V.
Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. Marsden, Commander A. Waterhouse, Captain C.
Dorman-Smith, Major R. H. Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. Wedderburn, H. J. S.
Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) Mellar, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham)
Duggan, H. J. Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R.
Duncan, J. A. L. Mitchell. Sir W. Lane (Streatham) Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.)
Dunglass, Lord Mitcheson. Sir G. G Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin)
Eastwood, J. F. Mocre, Lieut.-Colonel Sir T. C. R. Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G.
Eden, Rt. Hon. A. Moreing, A. C. Withers, Sir J. J.
Edmondson, Major Sir J. Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) Womersley, Sir W. J.
Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C.
Ellis, Sir G. Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. Young, A. S. L. (Partick)
Elliston, Capt. G. S. Nicholson, G. (Farnham)
Elmley, Viscount Nicolson, Hon. H. G. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—
Emmott, C. E. G. C. O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Captain Hope and Captain
Emrys-Evans, P. V. Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. Dugdale.
NOES.
Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) Banfield, J. W.
Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S) Ammon, C. G. Barnes, A. J.
Adamson, W. M. Allies, Rt. Hon. C. R. Batey, J.
Bellenger, F. J. Hopkin, D. Salter, Dr. A. (Bermondsey)
Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) Seely, Sir H. M.
Broad, F. A. Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) Sexton. T. M.
Brown, C. (Mansfield) Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. Shinwell, E.
Chater, D. Jones, A. C. (Shipley) Silkin, L.
Cluse, W. S. Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's)
Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. Kelly, W. T. Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe)
Cocks, F. S. Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. Smith, E. (Stoke)
Daggar, G. Kirby, B. V. Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly)
Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) Kirkwood, D. Smith, T. (Normanton)
Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. Stephen, C.
Day, H. Lathan, G. Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng)
Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) Lawson, J. J. Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.)
Ede, J. C. Leach, W. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth)
Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) Leslie, J. R. Thorne, W.
Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) Logan, D. G. Thurtle, E.
Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. Lunn, W. Tinker, J. J.
Frankel, D. Macdonald, G. (Ince) Tomlinson, G.
Gallacner, W. McEntee, V. La T. Viant, S. P.
Gardner, B. W. McGhee, H. G. Walkden, A. G.
Garro Jones, G. M. MacLaren, A. Walker. J.
George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) Marshall, F. Watkins, F. C.
Gibson, R. (Greenock) Maxton, J. Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C.
Green, W. H. (Deptford) Messer, F. White, H. Graham
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. Milner, Major J. Whiteley, W. (Blaydon)
Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Wilkinson, Ellen
Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) Muff, G. Williams, D. (Swansea, E.)
Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) Nathan, Colonel H. L. Williams, E. J. (Ogmore)
Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) Oliver, G. H. Williams, T. (Don Valley)
Harris, Sir P. A. Parker, J. Windsor, W. (Hull, C.)
Hayday, A. Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. Young, Sir R. (Newton)
Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) Pritt, D. N.
Henderson, T. (Tradeston) Ritson, J. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—
Hills, A. (Pontefract) Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) Mr. Groves and Mr. Mathers.