§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Prime Minister to state what the business will be next week?
§ The Prime MinisterMonday.—1st Allotted Supply Day: Civil and Revenue 556 Departments Vote on Account; Committee stage. Debate on the Report of the Trinidad Commission.
§ Tuesday.—Consideration of Supplementary Estimates in Committee, beginning with Prisons, England and Wales; Approved Schools, etc., England and Wales; State Management Districts.
§ Wednesday.—Second Reading of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Bill.
§ Thursday.—Committee stage of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Bill.
§ Friday.—Consideration of Private Members' Bills.
§ If there is time on any day, other Orders may be taken.
§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Prime Minister who will be answering Foreign Office questions next week in the event of there being no Foreign Secretary or Deputy Foreign Secretary?
§ The Prime MinisterI suggest that Foreign Office questions should be addressed to me as Prime Minister, and that they should be placed in the position occupied by Foreign Office questions in the order of questions. That will keep Foreign Office questions separate from the questions which are addressed to me, and which begin at Question 45.
§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask, further, how far the Government propose to go with business to-night?
§ The Prime MinisterWe are proposing to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule in order to get the Report and Third Reading of the Cinematograph Films Bill. We also propose to take the four Government of India and of Burma Orders, which are exempted business, and I think there will be an opportunity to-day to dispose of the remaining stages of the National Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill.
§
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, 245; Noes, 122.
559| Division No. 108.] | AYES. | [3.54 p.m. |
| Aeland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Peake, O. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Furness, S. N. | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Gibson, Sir C. G. (Pudsey and Otley) | Petherick, M. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Gluckstein, L. H. | Pilkington, R. |
| Apsley, Lord | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Plugge, Capt. L. F. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Grant-Ferris, R. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton |
| Assheton, R. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Rayner, Major R. H. |
| Balniel, Lord | Grigg, Sir E. W. M | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Grimston, R. V. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) |
| Beechman, N. A. | Hambro, A. V. | Rosa Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Hannah, I. C. | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Bernays, R. H. | Hartington, Marquess of | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Russell, Sir Alexander |
| Blair, Sir R. | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Bossom, A. C. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Salmon, Sir l. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Salt, E. W. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Samuel, M. R. A. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Holdsworth, H. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. |
| Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | Holmes, J. S. | Sandys, E. D. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Loith) | Hopkinsen, A. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Horsbrugh, Florence | Scott, Lord William |
| Bull, B. B. | Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Selley, H. R. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Shakespeare, G. H. |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Caine, G. R. Hall. | Hulbert, N. J. | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Shute, Colonel Sir J. J |
| Cary, R. A. | Hurd, Sir P. A. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hutchinson, G. C. | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Channon, H. | Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Clarke, F. E. (Dartford) | Leech, Sir J. W. | Storey, S. |
| Clarke, Colonel R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Leigh, Sir J. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Clarry, Sir Reginald | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Colvilla, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Levy, T. | Tasker, Sir R. l. |
| Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Liddall, W. S. | Tata, Mavis C. |
| Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Lindsay, K. M. | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Lipson, D. L. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Cox, H. B. Trevor | Lloyd, G. W. | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. |
| Craven-Ellis, W. | Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Crooke, Sir J. S. | Loftus, P. C. | Touche, G. C. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Train, Sir J. |
| Cross, R. H. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Crossley, A. C. | McCorquodale, M. S. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Crowder, J. F. E. | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Tufnell, Lieut-Commander R. L. |
| Culverwell, C. T. | McKie, J. H. | Turton, R. H. |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| De Chair, S. S. | Markham, S. F. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| De la Bère, R. | Marsden, Commander A. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Denville, Alfred | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Doland, G. F. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie |
| Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Wayland, Sir W. A |
| Dugdale, Captain T. L. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Duggan, H. J. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Duncan, J. A. L. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forett) | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Dunglass, Lord | Mitchell, H. (Brentford and Chiswick) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Morgan, R. H. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Ellis, Sir G. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Emery, J. F. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| Errington, E. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C. |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | |
| Everard, W. L. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Findlay, Sir E. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Lieut.-Colonel Kerr and Mr. |
| Fleming, E. L. | Palmer, G. E. H. | Munro. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | Noel-Baker, P. J. |
| Adams, D. (Corsett) | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Parker, J. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Parkinson, J. A. |
| Alexander, R. Hon. A. V. (H'ltbr.) | Hardie, Agnes | Pearson, A. |
| Amman, C. G. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Hayday, A. | Price, M. P. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Richards, R. (Wrexham) |
| Barnes, A. J. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Ridley, G. |
| Batey, J. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Ritson, J. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Hills, A. (Pontefrast) | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Hollins, A. | Sexton, T. M. |
| Benson, G. | Hopkin, D. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Jagger, J. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Burks, W. A. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Cape, T. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Casseils, 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, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kelly, W. T. | Stephen, C. |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Cocks, F. S. | Kirby, B. V. | Stokes, R. R. |
| Cove, W. G. | Lathan, G. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Daggar, G. | Lawson, J. J. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Leach, W. | Thorne, W. |
| Davies, R. J, (Westhoughton) | Lea, F. | Thurtle, E. |
| Davits, S. O. (Merthyr) | Leonard, W. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Day, H. | Lunn, W. | Tomlinson, G. |
| Debbie, W. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Viant, S. P. |
| Ede, J. C. | McEntee, V. La T. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | McGhee, H. G. | Walkins, F. C. |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Maclean, N. | White, H. Graham |
| Gallacher, W. | MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) | Whiteley, W. (Blaydon) |
| Gardner, B. W. | Mander, G. le M. | Williams, D. (Swansea, E.) |
| Garro Jones, G. M. | Marshall, F. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Mathers, G. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Maxton, J. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Montague, F. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Grenfell, D. R | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Muff, G. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Nathan, Colonel H. L. | Mr. Groves and Mr. Adamson. |
| Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Naylor, T. E. |