§ Mr. AttleeCan the Prime Minister say for what purpose the Eleven o'Clock Rule is being suspended to-night?
§ The Prime MinisterIt is desired to take the first three Orders on the Paper. I am moving the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule merely as a precaution.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 14, the Report of the Army Supplementary Estimate, 1937, and the Report of the Navy Supplementary Estimate, 1937, may be considered, and Business other than the Business of Supply, may be taken before Eleven of the Clock, and that the Proceedings on the Reports of Supply of 10th and 17th March may be taken after Eleven of the Clock and 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, 272; Noes, 126.
1003| Division No. 146.] | AYES. | [3.39 p.m. |
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Burton, Col. H. W. | Donner, P. W. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Butcher, H. W. | Dower, Major A. V. G. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Butler, R. A. | Duggan, H. J. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Caine, G. R. Hall- | Duncan, J. A. L. |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Campbell, Sir E. T. | Dunglass, Lord |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Cartland, J. R. H. | Fastwood, J. F. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Cary, R. A. | Eckersley, P. T. |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Sc'h Univ's) | Castlereagh, Viscount | Edmondson, Major Sir J. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. |
| Apsley, Lord | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Ellis, Sir G. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Channon, H. | Elmley, Viscount |
| Assheton, R. | Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Emery, J. F. |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Emmott, C. E. G. C. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Christie, J. A. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Erskine-Hill, A. G. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Clarke, Colonel R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) |
| Balniel, Lord | Clarry, Sir Reginald | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Everard, W. L. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Fleming, E. L. |
| Beechman, N. A. | Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Fox, Sir G. W. G. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk N.) | Furness, S. N. |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) |
| Blair, Sir R. | Cox, H. B. Trevor | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Craven-Ellis, W. | Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) |
| Boulton, W. W. | Cross, R. H. | Grant-Ferris, R. |
| Brass, Sir W. | Crowder, J. F. E. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Culverwell, C. T. | Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) |
| Brocklebank. Sir Edmund | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Davison, Sir W. H. | Gridley, Sir A. B. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Dawson, Sir P. | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) |
| Browne, A. C. (Belfast, W.) | De la Bère, R. | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. |
| Bull, B. B. | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Denville, Alfred | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | Doland, G. F. | Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. D. H. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. |
| Hambro, A. V. | Mander, G. le M. | Sandys, E. D. |
| Hannah, I. C. | Manningham-Bullar, Sir M. | Savery, Sir Servington |
| Harbord, A. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Harm, Sir P. A. | Marsden, Commander A. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. |
| Harrington, Marquess of | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Mayhew, Lt.-Col, J. | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Hepworth, J. | Mitchell, H. (Brentford and Chiswick) | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel Sir T. C. R. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Higgs, W. F. | Moreing, A. C. | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Munro, P. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'ld) |
| Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. | Nall, Sir J. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) |
| Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- (N'thw'h) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Hunter, T. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Jones, Sir H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Owen, Major G. | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Palmer, G. E. H. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Keeling, E. H. | Patrick, C. M. | Touche, G. C. |
| Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Peake, O. | Train, Sir J. |
| Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Perkins, W. R. D. | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Peters, Dr. S. J. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. | Petherick, M. | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Turton, R. H. |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Pilkington, R. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Plugge, Capt. L. F. | Walker-Smith, Sir J. |
| Law, Sir A. J. (High Peak) | Procter, Major H. A. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Leech, Sir J. W. | Radford, E. A. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Leigh, Sir J. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Ramsbotham, H. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Levy, T. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie |
| Lewis, O. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) | Wells, S. R. |
| Liddall, W. S. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. | Reid, J. S. C. (Hillhead) | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Lloyd, G. W. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Loftus, P. C. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) | Wise, A. R. |
| Lyons, A. M. | Ropner, Colonel L. | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Rothschild, J. A. de | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| M'Connell, Sir J. | Rowlands, G. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | Wragg, H. |
| Macdonald, Capt. T. (Isle of Wight) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. | Wright, Wing-commander J. A. C. |
| McKie, J. H. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Maclay, Hon. J. P. | Salmon, Sir I. | |
| Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Salt, E. W. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Magnay, T. | Samuel, M. R. A. | Captain Waterhouse and |
| Maitland, A. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Captain Dugdale. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Dobbie, W. | Jagger, J. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) |
| Ammon, C. G. | Ede, J. C. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | John, W. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Gallacher, W. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) |
| Barnes, A. J. | Gardner, B. W. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) |
| Barr, J. | Garro Jones, G. M. | Kelly, W. T. |
| Batey, J. | Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Kirby, B. V. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Kirkwood, D. |
| Benson G. | Grenfell, D. R. | Lathan, G. |
| Bevan, A. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Lawson, J. J. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (S. Ayrshire) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Leach, W. |
| Buchanan, G. | Groves, T. E. | Leonard, W. |
| Burke, W. A. | Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | Leslie, J. R. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Logan, D. G. |
| Chater, D. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Lunn, W. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hardie, Agnes | Macdonald, G. (Ince) |
| Cocks, F. S. | Hayday, A. | McEntee, V. La T. |
| Cove, W G. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | McGhee, H. G. |
| Daggar, G. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | MacLaren, A. |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Maclean, N. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Hills, A. (Pontofract) | MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Hollins, A. | Mainwaring, W. H. |
| Day, H. | Hopkin, D. | Marshall, F. |
| Maxton, J. | Ritson, J. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Messer, F. | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Brom.) | Tomlinson, G. |
| Milner, Major J. | Salter, Dr. A. (Bermondsey) | Viant, S. P. |
| Montague, F. | Sexton, T. M. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Shinwell, E. | Walker, J. |
| Muff, G. | Silverman, S. S. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Naylor, T. E. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) | Watson, W. McL. |
| Noel-Baker, P. J. | Smith, E. (Stoke) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Oliver, G. H. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) | Westwood, J. |
| Paling, W. | Smith, T. (Normanton) | Whiteley, W. (Blaydon) |
| Parker, J. | Sorensen, R. W. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Parkinson, J. A. | Stephen, C. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Pearson, A. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Price, M. P. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) | |
| Quibell, D. J. K. | Thorne, W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES— |
| Richards, R. (Wrexham) | Thurtle, E. | Mr. Mathers and Mr. Adamson. |