– in the House of Commons am ar 23 Gorffennaf 1925.
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?
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.
In deference to your wishes, Sir, may I ask the Prime Minister to state what business the Government propose to take next week?
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.
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?
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.
Yes, Sir.
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?
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.
Does that mean that there will be no Supplementary Estimate for new ship construction?
No; all that will emerge from my statement.
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.