§ Mr. Attlee (by Private Notice)May I ask the Prime Minister whether he will state the business for next week?
§ The Prime MinisterTo-morrow, Friday, we propose to report Progress on the Old Age Pensions Bill at about 2 o'clock, and afterwards take the Second Reading of the Cotton Industry Bill (Lords).
Monday—Conclusion of the Committee stage of the Old Age Pensions Bill, and, if there is time, Committee and remaining stages of the Rating and Valuation Bill.
Tuesday—1st Allotted Supply Day—Committee stage of the Civil and Revenue Departments Vote on Account. A Debate on education will take place.
Wednesday—2nd Allotted Supply Day—Report stage of the Civil Vote on Account. The Palestine Land Transfers Regulations will be debated.
2257 Thursday—Motion to move Mr. Speaker out of the Chair on Air Estimates, and consideration of Votes A, 1and 8 and Air Supplementary Estimate in Committee, and, if there is time, Report stage of outstanding Civil Supplementary Estimates.
Friday—We shall begin the Report stage of the Old Age Pensions Bill.
If there is time on any day, progress will be made with other outstanding business.
§ Mr. AttleeMay I ask the Prime Minister whether, on the Report of the Vote on Account, arrangements can be made to dispose of the Vote formally in order that the day may be devoted to a discussion on the following Motion which we are placing on the Order Paper:
"That this House regrets that, disregarding the expressed opinion of the Permanent
§ Mandates Commission that the policy contained in the White Paper on Palestine is inconsistent with the terms of the Mandate, and without the authority of the Council of the League of Nations, His Majesty's Government have authorised the issue of Regulations controlling the Transfer of Land which discriminate unjustly against one section of the inhabitants of Palestine."
§ The Prime MinisterThe land transfer could have been discussed on the Report stage of the Civil Vote on Account, but as the right hon. Gentleman has put down that Motion, I think we can arrange the plan he has suggested through the usual channels.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That the proceedings on the Old Age and Widows' Pensions Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 214; Noes, 119.
2259| Division No. 32.] | AYES. | [3.53 p.m. |
| Acland, Sir R. T. D. | Doland, G. F. | Howitt, Dr. A. B. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Dorman-Smith, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir R. H. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Drewe, C. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Jarvis, Sir J. J. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. | Duggan, H. J. | Joel, D. J. B. |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Se'h Univ's) | Duncan, J. A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) |
| Astor, Major Hon. J. J. (Dover) | Dunglass, Lord | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Eekersley, P. T. | Kerr, Sir J. Graham (Scottish Univ.) |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | King-Hall, Commander W. S. R. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Ellis, Sir G. | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Elliston, Capt. G. S. | Lamb, Sir J, Q. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Emery, J. F. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Entwistle, Sir C. F. | Lees-Jones, J. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Etherton, Ralph | Leech, Sir J. W. |
| Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Levy, T. |
| Boothby R. J. G. | Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | Lewis, O. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Everard, Sir William Lindsay | Liddall, W. S. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Fildes, Sir H. | Lindsay, K. M. |
| Brass, Sir W. | Foot, D. M. | Lipson, D. L. |
| Brisoce, Capt. R. G. | Fox, Sir G. W. G. | Little, Sir E. Graham- |
| Broadbridge, Sir G. T. | Fremantle, Sir F. E. | Lloyd, G. W. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Loftus, P. C. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Gibson, Sir C. G. (Pudsey and Otley) | Lucas, Major Sir J. M. |
| Butcher, H. W. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Gledhill, G. | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Goldie, N. B. | McKie, J. H. |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Gower, Sir R. V. | Magnay, T. |
| Channon, H. | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Mander, G. le M. |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Greene, W. P. C. (Worcester) | Manningham-Buller, Sir M. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Chorlton, A. E. L. | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. |
| Christie, J. A. | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) |
| Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) |
| Colfox, Major Sir W. P. | Gritten, W. G. Howard | Mitcheson. Sir G. G. |
| Colville, Rt. Hon. John | Hambro, A. V. | Morgan, R. H. (Worcester, Stourbridge) |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Hammersley, S. S. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry |
| Craven-Ellis, W. | Hannah, I. C. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) |
| Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) |
| Crooke, Sir J. Smedley | Harbord, Sir A. | Munro, P. |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | Harland, H. P. | Nall, Sir J. |
| Cross, R. H. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. |
| Crowder, J. F. E. | Harvey, T. E. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. |
| Cruddas, Col. B. | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. |
| Culverwell, C. T. | Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. |
| Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Owen, Major G. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | Holdsworth, H, | Palmer, G. E. H. |
| De la Bère, R. | Horabin, T. L. | Peters, Dr. S. J. |
| Denville, Alfred | Horsbrugh, Florence | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Samuel, M. R. A. | Touche, G. C. |
| Radford, E. A | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Train, Sir J. |
| Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Ramsbotham, Rt. Hon. H. | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Rawson, Sir Cooper | Shepperson, Sir E. W. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A L. (Hull) |
| Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Reid, Captain A. Cunningham | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U. B'lf'st) | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. |
| Reid, J. S. C. (Hillhead) | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Reith, Rt. Hon. Sir J. C. W. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Smithers, Sir W. | Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) | Somervell, Rt. Hon. Sir Donald | White, H. Graham |
| Robertson, D. | Somerville, Sir A. A. (Windsor) | White, Sir Dymoke (Fareham) |
| Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Rowlands, G. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) | Williams, Sir H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | Storey, S. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. | Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Russell, Sir Alexander | Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | |
| Salmon, Sir I. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Salt, E. W. | Tasker, Sir R. I. | Major Sir James Edmondson and Mr. Grimston. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Groves, T. E. | Poole, C. C. |
| Adamson, Jennie L. (Dartford) | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Pritt, D. N. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Hall, W. G. (Colne Valley) | Richards, R. (Wrexham) |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Hardie, Agnes | Ridley, G. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Hayday, A. | Riley, B. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Ritson, J. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Barr, J. | Hicks, E. G. | Sexton, T. M. |
| Batey, J. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Shinwell, E. |
| Beaumont, H. (Batley) | Hollins, J. H, (Silvertown) | Silkin, L. |
| Bevan, A. | Jackson, W. F. | Sloan, A. |
| Broad, F. A. | Jagger, J. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Bromfield, W. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | John, W. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Buchanan, G. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Stephen, C. |
| Burke, W. A. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Cape, T. | Lathan, G. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Leach, W. | Summerskill, Dr. Edith |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Leonard, W. | Thorne, W. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Leslie, J. R. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Collindridge, F. | Lunn, W. | Tomlinson, G. |
| Cove, W. G. | Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Viant, S. P. |
| Daggar, G. | McEntee, V. La T. | Walker, J. |
| Dalton, H. | MacLaren, A. | Watson, W. McL. |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Maclean, N. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Marshall, F. | Welsh, J. C. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Mathers, G. | Westwood, J. |
| Dobbie, W. | Maxton, J. | Whiteley, W. (Blaydon) |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Messer, F. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Ede, J. C. | Milner, Major J. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | Montague, F. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Edwards, N. (Caerphilly) | Mort, D. L. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Frankel, D. | Muff, G. | Woodburn, A. |
| Gallacher, W. | Naylor. T. E. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Gardner, B. W. | Noel-Baker, P. J | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Gibson, R. (Greenock) | Paling, W. | |
| Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) | Parker, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Parkinson, J. A. | Mr. Charleton and Mr. R. J. Taylor. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Pearson, A. |