§ Mr. AttleeWill the Prime Minister state the business of the House in the week after the Recess, and also what business it is proposed to take to-night?
§ The Prime MinisterTuesday, 14th June: Supply; Committee [9th Allotted Day]. The Colonial Office Vote will be considered.
Wednesday, 15th June: Supply; Committee [10th Allotted Day]. The Board of Trade Vote will be considered with particular reference to the van Zeeland Report, International Trade and British Shipping.
I will announce the Business for Thursday, 16th June, to-morrow. The order of the business which we propose to take will depend upon the progress made to-day.
2245 Friday, 17th June: Supply; Committee [nth Allotted Day] (1st part). The Ministry of Transport Vote will be considered.
As opportunity offers, progress will be made with other Orders.
In regard to to-night, we are suspending the Eleven o'clock Rule in order, after taking the Essential Commodities Reserves Bill, to obtain the Committee stage of the Herring Industry Bill, and we also propose to take the Import Duties Orders and the Cattle (Import Regulation) Revocation Order.
§ Mr. AttleeDoes the Prime Minister propose to take the Committee stage of
§ the Herring Bill if the Debate on the earlier Bill should be protracted? Is it intended to enter upon the Herring Bill at a late hour?
§ The Prime MinisterI have every hope that we shall reach the Herring Bill before a very late hour. We must see how we get on.
§
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, 196; Noes, 97.
2247| Division No. 231.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Denville, Alfred | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Dixon, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. | MaCorquodale, M. S. |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Duggan, H. J. | Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Dunglass, Lord | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. |
| Apsley, Lord | Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | Macnamara, Major J. R. J. |
| Assheton, R. | Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Marsden, Commander A. |
| Beechman, N. A. | Emery, J. F. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitoham) |
| Bernays, R. H. | Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) |
| Bird, Sir R. B. | Errington, E. | Mills, Sir F. (Loyton, E.) |
| Blair, Sir R. | Everard, W. L. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Fleming, E. L. | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Morgan, R. H. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Furness, S. N. | Morris, O. T. (Cardiff, E.) |
| Broadbridge, Sir G. T. | Fyfe, D. P. M. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Goldie, N. B. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Grant-Ferris, R. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. |
| Bull, B. B. | Granville, E. L. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. |
| Bullock. Capt. M. | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. | O'Connor, Sir Terance J. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Palmer, G. E. H. |
| Butcher, H. W. | Grimston, R. V. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Pilkington, R. |
| Cary, R. A. | Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. | Plugge, Capt. L. F. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Hannah, I. C. | Procter, Major H. A. |
| Cayzer, Sir H. R. (Portsmouth, S.) | Hannon, Sir P. J. H | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Harvey, Sir G. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Channon, H. | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) |
| Chorlton, A. E. L. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Reid, W- Allan (Derby) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Ramer, J. R. |
| Clarke, Frank (Dartford) | Higgs, W. F. | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. |
| Clarry, Sir Reginald | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) |
| Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Hopkinson, A. | Salmon, Sir I. |
| Colfox, Major W. P. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Salt, E. W. |
| Colville, Rt. Hon. John | Hulbert, N. J. | Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) |
| Conent, Captain R. J. E. | Hurd, Sir P. A. | Samuel, M. R. A. |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. |
| Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. | James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. | Scott, Lord William |
| Cox, H. B. Trevor | Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Selley, H. R. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Keeling, E. H. | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) |
| Craven-Ellis, W. | Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Shute, Colonel Sir J. J. |
| Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Crooks, Sir J. S. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| Cross, R. H. | Leech, Sir J. W. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Crowder, J. F. E. | Lees-Jones, J. | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Cruddas, Col. B, | Lennox-Boyd, A. T, L. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Culverwell, C. T. | Levy, T. | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Lewis, O. | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Lindsay, K. M. | Spens, W. P. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | Lloyd, G. W. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| De la Bère, R. | Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife. E.) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Loftus, P. C. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Strauss, E. A. (Southwark. N.) | Turton, R. H. | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Stuart, Lord C. Criohton- (N'thw'h) | Wakefield, W. W. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Walker-Smith, Sir J. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Suetar, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan | Wise, A. R. |
| Tasker, Sir R. I. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Tate, Mavis C. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) | Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C. |
| Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Titchfield, Marquess of | Wayland, Sir W. A. | |
| Touche, G. C. | Wedderburn, H. J. S. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Tree, A. R. L. F. | Wells, S. R. | Captain Dugdale and Mr. Munro. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | Pearson, A. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Poole, C. C. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Hardie, Agnes | Price, M. P. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Harris, Sir P. A. | Pritt, D. N. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Hayday, A. | Ritson, J. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Hicks, E. G. | Sexton. T. M. |
| Batey, J. | Hopkin, D. | Shinwell, E. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Jones, A, C. (Shipley) | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Benson, G. | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Burke, W. A. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Cape, T. | Lathan, G. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Chater, D. | Lawson, J. J. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Leach, W. | Stephen, C. |
| Daggar, G. | Leslie, J. R. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Logan, D, G. | Stokes, R. R. |
| Davies, S.O. (Merthyr) | Lunn, W. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Day, H. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Summerskill, Edith |
| Dobbie, W. | McEntee, V. La T. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Ede, J. C. | McGhee, H. G. | Thorne, W. |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | McGovern, J. | Thurtle, E. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | MacLaren, A. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | MacNeill Weir, L. | Tomlinson, G. |
| Gallacher, W. | Mander, G. le M. | Viant, S. P. |
| Gardner, B. W. | Marshall, F. | Watkins, F. C. |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Maxton, J. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Gibson, R. (Greenock) | Montague, F. | Whiteley, W. (Blaydon) |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Noel-Baker, P. J. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Granted, D. R. | Oliver, G. H. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Paling. W. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Parker, J. | |
| Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Parkinson, J. A. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Mr. Groves and Mr. Mathers. |
Question put, and agreed to.