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Mr. Attlee
May I ask the Prime Minister what business he proposes to take to-night in the event of his Motion being carried?
The Prime Minister
We shall get as far as we can with the Committee stage of the Supplementary Estimates on the Paper, we intend to take the Report of Ways and Means so that the Defence Loan Bill may be brought in, printed and circulated, and I do not think there will be any objection to the Committee stage of the Money Resolution of the Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) [Remission of Debt].
Mr. Attlee
Is it proposed that the House should sit very late?
The Prime Minister
I do not think so. We want to make as much progress as possible. The Supplementary Estimates must be passed, because the financial year comes to an end very shortly.
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, 224; Noes, 82.
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Beit, Sir A. L. | Grimston, R. V. | Pilkington, R. |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir E. N. | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. |
| Bird, Sir R. B. | Guy, J. C. M. | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton |
| Blair, Sir R. | Hamilton, Sir G. C. | Raikes, H. V. A. M. |
| Blaker, Sir R. | Hannah, I. C. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Hartington, Marquess of | Rankin, Sir R. |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir G. E. W. | Haslam, H. C. (Horncastle) | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) |
| Brass, Sir W. | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Rayner, Major R. H. |
| Brooklebank, C. E. R. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Remer, J, R. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) |
| Bull, B. B. | Holmes, J. S. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J, | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) |
| Butler, R. A. | Horsbrugh, Florence | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) |
| Cary, R. A. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hudson, R. S. (Southport) | Runciman, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Hulbert, N. J. | Russell, A. West (Tynemouth) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hume, Sir G. H. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Hunter, T. | Salman, Sir I. |
| Channon, H. | Hurd, Sir P. A. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Jackson, Sir H. | Sandys, E. D. |
| Chorlton, A. E. L. | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (S'k N'w'gt'n) | Savery, Sir Servington |
| Clarke, F. E. (Dartford) | Keeling, E. H. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Clarke, Lt.-Col. R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Selley, H. R. |
| Clydesdale, Marquess of | Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Shakespeare, G. H. |
| Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Leckie, J. A. | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Lewis, O. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Courthope, Col. Sir G. L. | Liddall, W. S. | Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Lindsay, K. M. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. | Llewellin, Lieut.-Col. J. J. | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Crossley, A. C. | Lloyd, G. W. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Culverwell, C. T. | Looker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Lumley, Capt. L. r. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Storey, S. |
| De la Bère, R. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Strauss, E. A. (Southwark, N.) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Scot. U.) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- (N'thw'h) |
| Denville, Alfred | MacDonald. Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | MacDonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Doland, G. F. | McKie, J. H. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Dorman-Smith, Major R. H. | Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Macquisten, F. A. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Dugdale, Major T. L. | Maitland, A. | Tufnell, Lleut.-Commander R. L. |
| Duggan, H. J. | Makins, Brig.-Gen. E. | Turton, R. H. |
| Duncan, J. A. L. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon H. D. R. | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Markham, S. F. | Walker-Smith, Sir J. |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Ellis, Sir G. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Elliston, Capt. G. S. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Waterhouse, Captain C. |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Wayland, Sir W. A |
| Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) | Mitchell, H. (Brentford and Chiswick) | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Moore, Lieut.-Col. T. C. R | Wells, S. R. |
| Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | White, H. Graham |
| Everard, W. L. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Findlay, Sir E. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Fox, Sir G. w. G. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Fremantle, Sir F. E. | Munro, P. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Furness, S. N. | Neven-Spenee, Major B. H. H. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Ganzoni, Sir J. | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. | Wise, A. R. |
| Gluckstein, L. H. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Goldie, N. B. | Palmer, G. E. H. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Patrick, C. M. | |
| Granville, E. L. | Peake, O. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Perkins, W. R. D. | Sir George Penny and Lieut.- |
| Gridley, Sir A. B. | Petherick, M. | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
NOES.
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| Adams, D. (Consett) | Bellenger, F. J. | Day, H. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Dobbie, W. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Benson, G. | Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) |
| Ammon, C. G. | Brooke, W. | Ede, J. C. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Chater, D. | Frankel, D. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Cluse, W. S. | Gallacher, W. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Gardner, B. W. |
| Batey, J. | Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Garro Jones, G. M. |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | McGhee, H. G. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees-(K'ly) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Marshall, F. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Maxten, J. | Stephen, C. |
| Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Messer, F. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Groves, T. E. | Montague, F. | Thorne, W. |
| Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Paling, W. | Thurtle, E. |
| Hardie, G. D. | Parker, J. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Viant, S. P. |
| Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Potts, J. | Walker, J. |
| Hopkin, D. | Ritson, J. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Jagger, J. | Rowson, G. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Kelly, W. T. | Salter, Dr. A. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Sanders, W. S. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Lawson, J. J. | Sexton, T. M. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Leonard, W. | Shinwell, E. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Leslie, J. R. | Short, A. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Logan, D. G. | Simpson, F. B. | |
| Macdonald, G. (Ince) | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| McEntee, V. La T. | Smith, E. (Stoke) | Mr. Mathers and Mr. Charleton. |