– in the House of Commons at on 24 July 1935.
Mr George Lansbury
, Poplar Bow and Bromley
May I ask the Prime Minister the business for Friday?
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
In view of the representations made by the Leader of the Opposition yesterday, the Government have decided not to take the Cotton Spinning Industry Bill before the Summer Recess. The Bill will, however, be taken immediately the House reassembles after the Summer Recess, and passed into law as soon as possible.
The business to be taken on Friday will now be as follows: Housing Bill, consideration of Lords Amendments; Motions to approve the Amendments of the Bacon Marketing Scheme and the Development Scheme; Money Payments (Justices Procedure) Bill [Lords], Second Reading; Committee stage of the Pensions (Governors of Dominions, & c.), Money Resolution. Further progress will be made with the Assurance Companies (Winding Up) Bill [Lords], and, if there is time, further Orders may be taken.
| Division No. 286.] | AYES. | [3.48 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Cook, Thomas A. |
| Albery, Irving James | Browne, Captain A. C. | Cooke, Douglas |
| Anderson, Sir Alan Garrett | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Cooper, A. Duff |
| Asthury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick Wolfe | Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Cooper, T. M. (Edinburgh, W.) |
| Bailey, Eric Alfred George | Burnett, John George | Copeland, Ida |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Burton, Colonel Henry Walter | Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Caine, G. R. Hall- | Crooke, J. Smedley |
| Balniel, Lord | Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Cross, R. H. |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Castlereagh, Viscount | Crossley, A. C. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard |
| Beit, Sir Alfred L. | Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. B. (Prtsmth., S.) | Curry, A. C. |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Davidson, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) |
| Bernays, Robert | Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Dickie, John P. |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Choriton, Alan Ernest Leofric | Dixon, Captain Rt. Hon. Herbert |
| Blindell, James | Christie, James Archibald | Doran, Edward |
| Boulton, W. W. | Clarry, Reginald George | Dower, Captain A. V. G. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Clayton, Sir Christopher | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Eales, John Frederick |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Edmondson, Major Sir James |
| Brockiebank, C. E. R. | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Elmley, Viscount | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Rickards, George William |
| Essenhigh, Reginald Clare | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) | MacAndrew, Major J. O. (Ayr) | Robinson, John Roland |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Bassetlaw) | Ross, Ronald D. |
| Fraser, Captain Sir Ian | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Galbraith, James Francis Wallace | McKeag, William | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Gledhill, Gilbert | McLean, Major Sir Alan | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Glossop, C. W. H. | Macmillan, Maurice Harold | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Magnay, Thomas | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Mallalieu, Edward Lancelot | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Savery, Servington |
| Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Hall, Capt. W. D'Arcy (Brecon) | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's Unv., Belfast) |
| Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Martin, Thomas B. | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. |
| Harbord, Arthur | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Harris, Sir Percy | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Soper, Richard |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Sotheron Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Milne, Charles | Spears, Brigadier-General Edward L. |
| Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Mitcheson, G. G. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale | Stones, James |
| Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. Leslie | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Storey, Samuel |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) | Strauss, Edward A. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Morrison, William Shepherd | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Moss, Captain H. J. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| James, Wing.-Com. A. W. H. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Jamieson, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Peters'fid) | Templeton, William P. |
| Janner, Barnett | Norie-Miller, Francis | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | North, Edward T. | Thomson, Sir Douglas |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Nunn, William | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Kerr, Lieut.-Col. Charles (Montrose) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Palmer, Francis Noel | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univ.) | Patrick, Colin M. | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger | Peake, Osbert | Watt, Major George Steven H. |
| Knox, Sir Alfred | Pearson, William G. | White, Henry Graham |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Law, Sir Alfred | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilst'n) | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Law, Richard K. (Hull, S. W.) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Leech, Dr. J. W. | Procter, Major Henry Adam | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Pybus, Sir John | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Radford, E. A. | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Levy, Thomas | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Lewis, Oswald | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | |
| Lindsay, Noel Ker | Ramsay T. B. W. (Western Isles) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Llewellin, Major John J. | Ramsbotham, Herwald | Sir George Penny and Lieut.-Colone |
| Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Rea, Sir Walter | Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, South) | Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Mainwaring, William Henry |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. Clement R. | Grundy, Thomas W. | Maxton, James |
| Banfield, John William | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Paling, Wilfred |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Healy, Cahir | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Buchanan, George | Jenkins, Sir William | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cape, Thomas | John, William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cleary, J. J. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Kirkwood, David | West, F. R. |
| Daggar, George | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lawson, John James | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Davies, Stephen Owen | Leonard, William | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Dobbie, William | Logan, David Gilbert | Wilmot, John |
| Edwards, Sir Charles | Lunn, William | |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Gibbins, J. | McEntee, Valentine L. | Mr. D. Graham and Mr. Groves. |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) |
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