§ Mr. Arthur GreenwoodI wish to ask the Prime Minister how far he proposes to go to-night in the event of the Motion to suspend the II o'clock Rule being carried?
§ The Prime MinisterWe desire to obtain the Business up to and including the third
§ Order on the Paper. In addition to the Committee stage, 1 propose to ask the House to take the remaining stages of the Eire Bill to-night. I hope that this proposal will be aggreeable to hon. Members.
§
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, 263; Noes, 118.
1423| Division No. 198.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Holdsworth, H. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Cross, R. H. | Holmes, J. S. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Crossley, A. C. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Crowder, J. F. E. | Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Sc'h Univ's) | Cruddas, Col. B. | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Culverwell, C. T. | Howitt, Dr. A. B. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | De Chair, S. S. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) |
| Assheton, R. | De la Bère, R. | Hulbert, N. J. |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Denville, Alfred | Hunter, T. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Doland, G. F. | Hurd, Sir P. A. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W M. | Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet.) | Duggan, H. J. | Joel, D. J. B. |
| Barclay-Harvey, Sir C. M. | Duncan, J. A. L. | Jones, Sir H. Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Dunglass, Lord | Keeling, E. H. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T P. H. | Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Ellis, Sir G. | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) |
| Bernays, R. H. | Elmley, Viscount | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Emery, J. F. | Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Kimball, L. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Brass, Sir W. | Erskine-HMI, A. G. | Leech, Sir J. W. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Lees-Jones, J. |
| Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | Everard, W. L. | Levy, T. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (Hexham) | Findlay, Sir E. | Lewis, O. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Fleming, E. L. | Liddall, W. S. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Foot, D. M. | Lipson, D. L. |
| Bull, B. B. | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Llewellin, Colonel J. J. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Furness, S. N. | Lloyd, G. W. |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Loftus, P. C. |
| Butcher, H. W. | Gluckstein, L. H. | Lyons, A. M. |
| Butler, R. A. | Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) |
| Caine, G. R. Hall- | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | McCorquodale, M. S. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Grant-Ferris, R. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) |
| Cartland, J. R. H. | Granville, E. L. | McKie, J. H. |
| Gary, R. A. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Macnamara, Major J. R. J. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. | Macquisten, F. A. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Maitland, A. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Griffith. F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Mander, G. le M. |
| Channon, H. | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. | Manningham-Buller, Sir M. |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Grimston, R. V. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. |
| Chorlton, A. E. L. | Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. |
| Christie, J. A. | Hambro, A. V. | Mellor, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) |
| Clarke, Frank (Dartford) | Hannah, I. C. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) |
| Clarke, Colonel R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Clarry, Sir Reginald | Harbord, A. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Harris, Sir P. A. | Moon, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. |
| Colfox, Major W. P. | Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Moreing, A. C. |
| Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Morris, O. T. (Cardiff, E.) |
| Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry |
| Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Nail, Sir J. |
| Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. | Hepworth, J. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. |
| Cox, H. B. Trevor | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. |
| Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Higgs, W. F. | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. |
| Crooke, Sir J. S. | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh |
| Palmer, G. E. H. | Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) | Thomas, J. P. L. |
| Poke, O. | Samuel, M. R. A. | Thomson, Sir J. D. W. |
| Perkins, W. R. D. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Touche, G. C. |
| Peters, Dr. S. J. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | Train, Sir J. |
| Petherick, M. | Scott, Lord William | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Seely, Sir H. M. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Pilkington, R. | Selley, H. R. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Pluggs, Capt. L. F. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Shaw, Captain W- T. (Forfar) | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. |
| Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Shepperson, Sir E. W. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Procter, Major H. A. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie |
| Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Rankin, Sir R. | Smith, L. W. (Hallam) | Wells, S. R. |
| Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Rayner, Major R. H. | Somervell. Sir D. B. (Crewe) | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Reid, J. S. C. (Hillhead) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Remer, J. R. | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonal G. |
| Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'ld) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Rose, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) | Wise, A. R. |
| Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Storey, S. | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Rothschild, J. A. de | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Rowlands, G. | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) | Wright, Wins-Commander J. A. C. |
| Russell, Sir Alexander | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. | |
| Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Tasker, Sir R. I. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Salmon, Sir I. | Tate, Mavis C. | Captain Dugdale and Mr. Munro. |
| Salt, E. W | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Grenfell, D. R. | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Adamson, W- M. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Poole, C. C. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Pries, M. P. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Groves, T. E. | Pritt, D. N. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Richards, R. (Wrexham) |
| Barnes, A. J. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Ridley, G. |
| Barr, J. | Hardie, Agnes | Riley, B. |
| Batey, J. | Hayday, A. | Ritson, J. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Sexton. T. M. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Shinwell, E. |
| Benson, G. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Short, A. |
| Bevan, A. | Hopkin, D. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Bromfield, W. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Simpson, F. B. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (S, Ayrshire) | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Buchanan, G. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Burke, W. A. | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Cape, T. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Cassells, T. | Kirby, B. V. | Stephen, C. |
| Chater, D. | Kirkwood, D. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Cove, W. G. | Lawson, J, J. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Daggar, G. | Leach, W. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Dalton, H. | Leonard, W. | Thorne, W. |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Logan, D. G. | Thurtle, E. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Lunn, W. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Macdonald, G. (Inca) | Tomlinson, G. |
| Day, H. | McEntee, V. La T. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dobbie, W. | McGhee, H. G. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | MacLaren, A. | Walker, J. |
| Ede, J. C. | Maclean, N. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | Marshall, F. | Watson, W. McL. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Maxton, J. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Messer, F. | Westwood, J. |
| Gallacher, W. | Montague, F. | Williams, D. (Swansea, E.) |
| Gardner, B. W. | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Garro Jones, G. M. | Muff, G. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Gibson, R. (Greenock) | Paling, W. | |
| Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Parker, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Pearson, A. | Mr. Whiteley and Mr. Charleton. |
Resolution agreed to.