§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Prime Minister to state the business for next week, and also what Orders it is proposed to take to-day, if the Motion on the Paper is carried?
§ The Prime MinisterThe business for next week is as follows:
§ Monday: Second Reading of the Housing (Rural Workers) Amendment Bill and Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolutions; and, if there is time, Second Reading of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill [Lords].
§ Tuesday: Second Reading of the Fire Brigades Bill and Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution; Committee stage of the Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Bill.
§ Wednesday: Second Reading of the Road Haulage Wages Bill, and Committee stage of the necessary Money Resolution; remaining stages of the Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Bill.
§ Thursday: Supply: Committee [5th Allotted Day]—The Air Ministry Vote will be considered.
§ Friday: Consideration of Private Members' Bills.
§ On any day, if there is time, other Orders will be taken.
§ In regard to to-night, we are proposing the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule in order to make sure of obtaining the Second Reading of the Eire Bill and the Committee stage of the two Money Resolutions, one of which will be moved in Committee of Ways and Means. We 1039 desire also to take the Report stage of the Bacon Industry [Money] Resolution, which is the Third Order. I have no reason to suppose that the House will be asked to sit late. The Money Resolution of the Fire Brigades Bill will be on the Order Paper to-morrow.
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§
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, 226; Noes, 102.
1041| Division No. 196.] | AYES. | [3.53 p.m. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Findlay, Sir E. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Fleming, E. L | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencestar) |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Furness, S. N. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. | Fyfe, D. P. M. | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (So'h Univ's) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. |
| Assheton, R. | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Gluckstein, L. H. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Grant-Ferris, R. | Palmer, G. E. H. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Patrick, C. M. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) | Peake, O. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (lsle of Thanet) | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J | Peat, C. U. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Parkins, W. R. D. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Grimston, R. V. | Peters, Dr. S. J. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Plugge, Capt. L. F. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheten |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Procter, Major H. A. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. | Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Raikes, H. V. A. M. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Rankin, Sir R. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Bracken, B. | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Rayner, Major R. H. |
| Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | Higgs, W. F. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) |
| Browne, A. C. (Belfast, W.) | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) |
| Bull, B. B. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Reid, W. Allan (Derby) |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | Horsbrugh, Florence | Remer, J. R. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Cartland, J. R. H. | Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Hume, Sir G. H. | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Jarvis, Sir J. J. | Russell, Sir Alexander |
| Channon, H. | Joel, D. J. B. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwin) |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) |
| Chorlton, A. E. L. | Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Samuel, M. R. A. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. |
| Clarke, Frank (Dartford) | Kimball, L. | Selley, H. R. |
| Clarke, Colonel R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Clatry, Sir Reginald | Latham, Sir P. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. |
| Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Law, Sir A. J. (High Peak) | Shute, Colonel Sir J. J |
| Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Leech, Sir J. W. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk N.) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U. B'lf'st) |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Lewis, O. | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Cox, H. B. Trevor | Liddall, W. S. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Croft, Brig-Gen. Sir H. Page | Lindsay, K. M. | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Lipson, D. L. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Absrdeen) |
| Cross, R. H. | Llewellin, Colonel J. J. | Sirilhers, Sir W. |
| Crossley, A. C. | Lloyd, G. W. | Somerset, T. |
| Crowder, J. F. E. | Looker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Somervell. Sir D. B. (Crowe) |
| Cruddas, Col. B. | Loftus, P. C. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Culverwell. C. T | Lyons, A, M. | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | M'Connell, Sir J. | Stewart, William J (Belfast, S) |
| De la Bère, R. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) | Storey, S |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N) |
| Denville, Alfred | McKie, J. H. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M F. |
| Dodd, J. S. | Macmillan, H. (Stockten-on-Tees) | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| Doland, G. F. | Macquisten, F. A | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Dower, Major A. V. G. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Thomas, J. P. L. |
| Duggan, H. J. | Marsden, Commander A. | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. |
| Duncan, J. A. L. | Mason, Lt.-Col. Hon. G. K. M. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Dunglass, Lord | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Touche, G. C. |
| Eekersley, P. T. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Mellor, Sir J. S-P. (Tamworth) | Turton, R. H. |
| Ellis, Sir G. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Walker-Smith, Sir J. |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Mitchell. Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Mitcheson, Sir G. G. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Everard, W. L. | Moore, Lient.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | |
| Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Waterhouse, Captain C. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord | Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C. |
| Watt, Major G. S. Harvie | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. | |
| Wedderburn, H. J. S. | Withers, Sir J. J. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES. |
| White, H. Graham | Womersley, Sir W. J. | Mr. James Stuart and Mr. Munro. |
| Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Hardie, Agnes | Pearson, A. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Hayday, A. | Pritt, D. N. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Richards, R. (Wrexham) |
| Barnes, A-J. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Ridley, G. |
| Batey, J. | Hollins, A. | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Hookin, D. | Sexton. T. M. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Shinwell. E. |
| Benson G. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Short. A. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Jones, J. J. (Silvertown) | Simpson, F. B. |
| Buchanan, G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Burke, W. A. | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Chater, D. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees-(K'ly) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Kirkwood, D. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Cocks, F. S. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. | Stephen, C. |
| Cripps, Hon. Sir Stafford | Lathan, G. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Daggar, G. | Leach, W. | Stokes, R. R. |
| Dalton, H. | Leslie, J. R. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Logan, D. G. | Summerskill, Edith |
| Davits, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Lunn, W. | Thurtle, E. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Macdonald, G. (lnce | Tinker, J. J. |
| Day, H. | McEntee, V. La T. | Tomlinson, G. |
| Dobbie, W. | MoGhee, H. G. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | MacLaren, A. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Ede, J. C. | Marshall, F. | Walker, J. |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | Maxton, J. | Watson, W. McL. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Messer. F. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Milner, Major J. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Gallacher, W. | Montague, F, | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Grenfell, D. R. | Noel-Baker, P. J. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Paling, W. | |
| Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Parker, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES. |
| Hall, J. H. (Whiteehapel) | Parkinson, J, A. | Mr. Charleton and Mr. John. |
Resolution agreed to.
§ BAKEHOUSES BILL (changed to" BAKING INDUSTRY (HOURS OF WORK) BILL")
§ Reported, with Amendments [Title amended], from Standing Committee B. Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee), to be considered upon Friday, 13th May, and to be printed. [Bill 139.]
§ Minutes of Proceedings to be printed. [No. 113.]