§
Motion made, and Question put,
That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 14, the Report of Navy Supplementary Estimates, 1938, and the Reports [23rd February and 7th March] of Civil Estimates, Supplementary Estimates, 1938, may be considered, and Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Eleven of the Clock, and that the Proceedings on the Reports of Supply of 16th March, 23rd February, and 7th March may be taken after Eleven of the Clock, and 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, 287; Noes, 98.
913| Division No. 69.] | AYES. | [3.35 p.m. |
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Calne, G. R. Hall- | Drewe, C. |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Cartland, J. R. H. | Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. | Cary, R. A. | Dugdale, Captain T. L. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Castlereagh, Viscount | Duggan, H. J. |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) | Duncan, J. A. L. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Dunglass, Lord |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Sc'h Univ's) | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Eastwood, J. F. |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. d. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Eckersley, P. T. |
| Apsley, Lord | Channon, H. | Eden, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Aske, Sir R. W. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Edmondson, Major Sir J. |
| Astor, Major Hon. J. J. (Dover) | Clarry, Sir Reginald | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Elliston, Capt. G. S. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W.(Fulham, E.) | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Emmott, C. E. G. C. |
| Balniel, Lord | Colman, N. C. D. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Barrie, Sir C. C. | Colville, Rt. Hon. John | Entwistle, Sir C. F. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Errington, E. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E. B. (Portsm'h) | Cook, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Erskine-Hill, A. G. |
| Beechman, N. A. | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) |
| Belt, Sir A. L. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) |
| Bennett. Sir E. N. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) |
| Blair, Sir R. | Cox, H. B. Trevor | Find lay, Sir E. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Critchley, A. | Fleming, E. L. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Foot, D. M. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Cross, R. H. | Fox, Sir G. W. G. |
| Bracken, B. | Crossley, A. C. | Fremtantle, Sir F. E. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. (Buckrose) | Crowder, J. F. E. | Fyfe, D. P. M. |
| Braithwaite, J. G. (Holderness) | Cruddas, Col. B. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) |
| Brass, Sir W. | Davidson, Viscountess | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. |
| Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | Davison, Sir W. H. | Gledhill, G. |
| Brooke, H. (Lewisham, W.) | De Chair, S. S. | Gluckstein, L. H. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | De la Bère, R. | Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. |
| Bull, B. B. | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Grant-Ferris, R. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Danville, Alfred | Granville, E. L. |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Dixon, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. | Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) |
| Butcher, H. W. | Donner, P. W. | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. |
| Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. | Dorman-Smith, Cot. Rt. Hon. Sir R. H. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Guest, Lieut.-Colonel H. (Drake) | Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Sandys, E. D. |
| Guinness, T. L. E B. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Schuster, Sir G. E. |
| Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. | Marsden, Commander A. | Scott, Lord William |
| Hacking, Rt. Hon. Sir D. H. | Mason, Lt.-Col. Hon. G. K. M. | Seely, Sir H. M |
| Hambro, A. V. | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Selley, H. R. |
| Hammersley, S. S. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Shakespeare, G. H. |
| Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Medlicott, F. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Harbord, A. | Meller, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) |
| Harris, Sir P. A. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Simmonds, O. E. |
| Harvey, Sir G. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Mitchell, H. (Brentford and Chiswick) | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Snadden, W. McN. |
| Heilgers, Captain F. F A. | Mitcheson, Sir G. G. | Somervell, Rt. Hon. Sir Donald |
| Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Moreing, A. C. | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Morgan, R. H. (Worcester, Stourbridge) | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Higgs, W. F. | Morris, O. T. (Cardiff, E.) | Spans, W. P. |
| Holmes, J. S. | Morris Jones, Sir Henry | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Stewart, J. Henderson (File, E.) |
| Hopkinson, A. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Storey, S. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hask., N.) | Nall, Sir J. | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. |
| Hulbert, N. J. | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) | Strauss, H. G (Norwich) |
| Hume. Sir G. H. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Strickland, Captain W. F |
| Hunloke, H. P. | O'Connor, Sir Terence J. | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Hunter, T. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Hutchinson, G. C. | Peake, O. | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. | Petherick, M. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Joel, D. J. B. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Pilkington, R. | Thomas, J. P. L. |
| Keeling, E. H. | Plugge, Capt. L. F. | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. |
| Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Touche, G. C. |
| Kerr, J. Grcham (Scottish Univs.) | Raikes, H. V. A. M. | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Ramsbotham, H. | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Rankin, Sir R. | Turton, R. H. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Walker-Smith, Sir J. |
| Lancaster, Captain C. G. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Latham, Sir P. | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Rayner, Major R. H. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Lannox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) | Warrander, Sir V. |
| Levy, T. | Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) | Watt, Lt.-Col. G. S. Harvie |
| Lewis, O. | Raid, W. Allan (Darby) | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Lindsay, K. M. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Wells, Sir Sydney |
| Lipson, D. L. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| Llawellin, Colonel J. J. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Lloyd, G. W. | Rosbotham, Sir T. | Williams, G. (Torquay) |
| Looker-Lampion, Comdr. O. S. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Loftus, P. C. | Rothschild, J. A. de | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Russell, Sir Alexander | Wood, Hon. C. I. C. |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwin) | Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C. |
| McKie, J. H. | Salmon, Sir I. | York, C. |
| Macmillan, H. (Stockton-on-Tees) | Salt, E. W. | |
| Macnamara, Lieut.-Colonel J. R. J. | Samuel, M. R. A. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Captain Waterhouse and Mr. Munro. |
| Makins, Brigadier-General Sir Ernest | Sanderson, Sir F. B. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. (Consett) | Cripps, Hon. Sir Stafford | Hills, A. (Pontefract) |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Jagger, J. |
| Adamson, Jennie L. (Dartford) | Day, H. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) |
| Adamson, W. M. | Dobbie, W. | Kirby, B. V. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Ede J. C. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Ammon, C. G. | Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) | Lathan, G. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Lawson, J. J. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Leach, W. |
| Banfield, J. W. | Gallacher, W. | Logan, D. G. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Gardner. B. W. | McEntee, V. La T. |
| Batey, J. | Garro Jones, G. M. | McGhee, H. G. |
| Beaumont, H. (Bailey) | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | McGovern, J. |
| Bellenger. F. J. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | MacMillan, M. (Western Isles) |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Grenfell, D. R. | MacNeill Weir, L. |
| Benson, G. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Maxton, J. |
| Bevan, A. | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Messer, F. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Groves, T. E. | Montague, F. |
| Burke. W. A. | Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | Morgan, J. (York, W.R., Doneaster) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Hardie, Agnes | Nathan, Colonel H. L. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Collindridge, F. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Noel-Baker, P. J. |
| Cove, W. G. | Hicks, E. G. | Paling, W. |
| Parker, J. | Stephen, C. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Pearson, A. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N) | Whiteley, W. (Blayden) |
| Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Summerskill, Dr. Edith | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) | Taylor, R, J. (Morpeth) | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Sanders, W. S. | Thorne, W. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Sexton, T. M. | Thurtle, E. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Silverman, S. S. | Tinker, J. J. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Smith, E. (Stoke) | Viant, S. P. | |
| Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) | Walkden, A.G | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Smith, T. (Normanton) | Walker, J. | Mr. Mathers and Mr. Charleton. |
| Sorensen, R. W. | Watkins, F. C. |
Bill read a Second time.