– in the House of Commons am ar 23 Gorffennaf 1925.
Mr Arthur Henderson
, Burnley
May I ask the Prime Minister a question of which I have given him private notice, as to whether he is now in a position to state the decision of the Government with regard to their naval building programme?
Mr John Whitley
, Halifax
I thought we were going to take a question about business. There is a statement to be made about this in answer to another question. Perhaps we may take the business question first.
Mr Arthur Henderson
, Burnley
In deference to your wishes, Sir, may I ask the Prime Minister to state what business the Government propose to take next week?
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
On Monday: Supply, Committee; Colonial Office Vote.
Tuesday: Supply, Committee; Vote for the Department of Mines until 8 o'clock, and then Navy Estimates, Vote 8, and the necessary Token Vote for the new construction programme.
Wednesday: Supply, Committee; Home Office Vote.
Thursday: Unemployment Insurance Bill, Report stage.
Friday: Unemployment Insurance Bill, Third Reading, and, if time permit, other Orders on the Paper.
Mr Arthur Henderson
, Burnley
May I ask the right hon. Gentleman, arising out of one of the items in the business to be taken to-morrow—the sixth item, Telegraph [Money]—whether he will give us a little information as to what that involves?
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
There will be an explanatory white paper in the Vote Office by 7 o'clock this evening, I hope, but I may remind the right hon. Gentleman that the Bill which is described by this term is a Bill for giving the Post Office power to raise capital for telephone purposes, nothing else.
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
Yes, Sir.
Commander Hon. Joseph Kenworthy
, Kingston upon Hull Central
With reference to the business for Tuesday, do I understand that at 8.15 Vote 8 of the Navy Estimates will be taken, or are we going to discuss a Supplementary Estimate, or will there be another Supplementary Estimate afterwards? May wet have a little enlightenment?
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
The Department of Mines Debate will close about 8 o'clock, and then will be taken Vote 8 of the Navy Estimates. The Eleven o'clock Rule will be suspended, and I imagine that the Token Vote, which will then be found necessary, will be taken after 11 o'clock.
Commander Hon. Joseph Kenworthy
, Kingston upon Hull Central
Does that mean that there will be no Supplementary Estimate for new ship construction?
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
No; all that will emerge from my statement.
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
The new programme can be discussed on Vote 8 of the Navy Estimates.
| Division No. 317.] | AYES. | [3.55 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston s. M.) | MacRobert, Alexander M. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Maitland, Sir Arthur D. Steel |
| Albery, Irving James | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Makins, Brigadier-General E. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Falls, Sir Charles F. | Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn |
| Applin, Colonel R. V. K. | Fanshawe, Commander G. D. | Margesson, Captain O. |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Fermoy, Lord | Meller, R. J. |
| Ashmead-Bartlett, E. | Fielden, E. B. | Meyer, Sir Frank. |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Fleming, O. P. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw. |
| Astor, Viscountess | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Fraser, Captain Ian | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Frece, Sir Walter de | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Balniel, Lord | Gates, Percy | Moore, Sir Newton J. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Moore-Brabaron, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Goff, Sir Park | Morrison H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Gower, Sir Robert | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive |
| Beamish. Captain T. P. H. | Grace, John | Murchison, C. K. |
| Beckett, Sir Gervase (Leeds, N.) | Grant, J. A. | Nail, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Joseph |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Greene, W. P. Crawford | Nelson, Sir Frank |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H.(W'th's'w, E) | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Grotrian, H. Brent | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Berry, Sir George | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Hall, Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. (Dulwich) | Penny, Frederick George |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Hanbury, C. | Percy, Lord Eustace (Hastings) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Harland, A. | Perkins, Colonel E. K. |
| Blundell, F. N. | Hartington, Marquess of | Pelo, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Harvey, G. (Lambeth, Kennington) | Peto, G. (Somerset. Frome) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Piclou, D. P. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton |
| Brocklebank, C. E, R. | Henn, Sir Sydney H, | Price, Major C. W. M. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H.C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Hennlker-Hughan, Vice-Adm. Sir A. | Radford, E. A. |
| Buckingham. Sir H. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Raine, W. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Herbert, S.(York, N.R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Ramsden, E. |
| Burman, J. B. | Hilton, Cecil | Reid. D. D. (County Down |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'ts'y) |
| Butler. Sir Geoffrey | Hogg. Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Holt, Captain H. P. | Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Homan, C. W. J. | Sandemun. A. Stewart |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Hopkins, J. W. W. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord H. (Ox. Univ.) | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) | Sandon, Lord |
| Chadwick. Sir Robert Burton | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. | Shaw. Capt. W. W. (Wilts, Westb'y) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney. N.) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) | Shepperson. E. W. |
| Christie, J. A. | Huntingfield, Lord | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Hurd, Percy A. | Skelton. A. N. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hurst, Gerald B. | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon |
| Clayton, G. C. | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'n & p'bl's) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) | spender Clay, Colonel H. |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert | Sprot, Sir Alexander |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William | Stanley, Hon O. F. G. (Westm'eland) |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) | Stanley, col. Hon. G. F.(Will'sden,E.) |
| Cope, Major William | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) | Stott. Lieut.-Colonel W. H. |
| Couper, J. B. | King, Captain Henry Douglas | Strickland. Sir Gerald |
| Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement | Stuart, Crichton-. Lord C. |
| Cralk, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Knox, Sir Alfred | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Crook, C. W. | Lamb, J. Q. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, S.I |
| Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Lindsey, Gainsbro) | Lister, Cunliffe-, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- |
| Curzon, Captain Viscount | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green) | Tinne, J. A. |
| Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempsfd) | Loder, J. de V. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset. Yeovil) | Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harm n | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Lumley, L. R. | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Dean, Arthur Wellesley | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | Vaughan Morgan, Col. K. P. |
| Dixon, Captain Rt. Hon. H. | McDonnell, Colonel Hon. Angus | Ward, Lt.-Col. A.L.(Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Doyle, Sir N. Grattan | Macintyre, Ian | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Drewe, C. | McLean, Major A. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Macmillan, Captain H. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Elveden, Viscount | McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Wells, S. R. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) | Wood, Sir S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| White, Lieut.-Colonel G. Dairymple | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George | |
| Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) | Wise, Sir Fredric | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Williams, Herbert G. (Reading) | Wood, Rt. Hon. E. (York, W. R., Ripon) | Colonel Gibbs and Major Hennessy. |
| Wilson, M. J. (York, N. R., Richm'd) | Wood, E. (Chest'r, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Ammon, Charles George | Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hore-Belisha, Major Leslie | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Baker, Walter | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | John, William (Rhondda, West) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) |
| Barnes, A. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Snell, Harry |
| Barr, J. | Jones, J. J, (West Ham, Silvertown) | Stamford, T. W. |
| Batey, Joseph | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Stephen, Campbell |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Jones, T. I. Mardy (Pontypridd) | Sutton, J. E. |
| Benn, Captain Wedgwood (Leith) | Kelly, W. T. | Taylor, R. A. |
| Broad, F. A. | Kennedy, T. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Brown, James (Ayr and Bute) | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Buchanan, G. | Kenyon, Barnet | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Cape, Thomas | Kirkwood, D. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Compton, Joseph | Lansbury, George | Thurtle, E. |
| Connolly, M. | Lee, F. | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Livingstone, A. M. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lowth, T. | Varley, Frank B. |
| Davison, J. E. (Smethwick) | March, S. | Viant, S. P. |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Maxton, James | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Dunnico, H. | Mitchell, E. Rosslyn (Paisley) | Warne, G. H. |
| Fisher, Rt. Hon. Herbert A. L. | Montague, Frederick | Watts-Morgan, Lt. Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Morris, R. H. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Oliver, George Harold | Wiggins, William Martin |
| Gillett, George M. | Paling, W. | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edin., Cent.) | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Grenfell, D. Ft. (Glamorgan) | Potts, John S. | Wright, W. |
| Groves, T. | Purcell, A. A. | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Grundy, T. W. | Robertson, J. (Lanark, Bothwell) | |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Hardle, George D. | Rose, Frank H. | Mr. Charles Edwards and Mr. |
| Harris, Percy A. | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Hayes. |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Scrymgeour, E. |
Lords Amendments down to page 6, line 2, agreed to.
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