§ Mr. CLYNESCan the Prime Minister state what Orders are to be taken to-night
§ after the Coal Debate is concluded, and also announce the business for Thursday and Friday?
§ The PRIME MINISTERWith regard to Friday's business, I hope to make an announcement to-morrow.
On Thursday, the Home Office Vote will be considered in Committee of Supply.
To-day we hope to take Crown Lands (No. 2) (Recommitted) Bill, Consideration of the Police (Appeals) Bill and the Report stage of Navy and Air Expenditure, the Committee stage of which was taken last night.
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, Business other than Business of Supply may be taken before Eleven of the Clock, and that the Proceedings on other 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, 231; Noes, 117.
1957| Division No. 259.] | AYES. | [3. 47 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Clayton, G. C. | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) |
| Albery, Irving James | Cockerill, Brig.-General Sir George | Hammersley, S. S. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Hanbury, C. |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Cooper, A. Duff | Harland, A. |
| Apsley, Lord | Cope, Major William | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Craig, Sir Ernest (Chester, Crewe) | Harvey, C. (Lambeth, Kennington) |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Crooke, J. Smedley (Derltend) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Astor, Maj. Hn. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Cunliffe, Sir Herbert | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. |
| Balniel, Lord | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Henderson, Lt.-Col. Sir V. L. (Bootle) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Hills, Major John Walter |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Hilton, Cecil |
| Bennett, A. J. | Dixey, A. C. | Hoare, Lt. Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. |
| Bentinck, Lord Henry Cavendish- | Drewe, C. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) |
| Blundell, F. N. | Edwards, J. Hugh (Accrington) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Ellis, R. G. | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | England, Colonel A. | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Colonel C. K. |
| Bowyer, Captain G. E. W. | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Brittain, Sir Harry | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hudson, R. S. (Cumberl'nd, Whiteh'n) |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Brooke, Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C.(Berks, Newb'y) | Forrest, W. | Jackson, Sir H. (Wandsworth, Cen'l) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Jacob, A. E. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Burman, J. B. | Fraser, Captain Ian | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Frece, Sir Walter de | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Butler, Sir Geoffrey | Gadle, Lieut.-Col. Anthony | Kidd, J. (Linlithgow) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Ganzonl, Sir John | King, Commodore Henry Douglas |
| Calne, Gordon Hall | Gates, Percy | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Carver, Major W. H. | Gault, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Lane Fox, Col. Rt. Hon. George R. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Goff, Sir Park | Lister, Cunliffe, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip |
| Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Grace, John | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Christie, J. A. | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Locker-Lampson, G. (Wood Green, |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Loder, J. de V. |
| Churchman, Sir Arthur C. | Grotrian, H. Brent. | Long, Major Eric |
| Lougher, Lewis | Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Stuart, Crichton-, Lord C. |
| Lowe, Sir Francis William | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William | Styles, Captain H. Walter |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Vere | Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser |
| Luce, Major-Gen. Sir Richard Harman | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Thom, Lt.-Col. J. G. (Dumbarton) |
| Lumley, L. R. | Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Thompson, Luke (Sunderland) |
| MacAndrew, Major Charles Glen | Phillpson, Mabel | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell |
| Macdonald, R. (Glasgow, Cathcart) | Price, Major C. W. M. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Macintyre, I. | Raine, Sir Walter | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| McLean, Major A. | Ramsden, E. | Waddington, R. |
| McNeill, Rt. Hon. Ronald John | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Macquisten, F. A. | Remer, J. R. | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| MacRobert, Alexander M. | Remnant, Sir James | Warner, Brigadier-General W. W. |
| Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Malone, Major P. B. | Rice, Sir Frederick | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir Mervyn | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Hereford) | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Margesson, Captain D. | Ropner, Major L. | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Marriott, Sir J. A. R. | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Rye, F. G. | White, Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Dalrymple- |
| Monsell, Eyres, Com, Rt. Hon. B. M | Salmon, Major I. | Williams, Com. C. (Devon, Torquay) |
| Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) | Sandeman, N. Stewart | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) |
| Moore, Sir Newton J. | Sandon, Lord | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Savery, S. S. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Morrison, H. (Wilts, Sallsbury) | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | Skelton, A. N. | Withers, John James |
| Nall, Colonel Sir Joseph | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Womersley, W. J. |
| Nelson, Sir Frank | Smith-Carington, Neville W. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). |
| Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) | Smithers, Waldron | Wood, Sir S. Hill-(High Peak) |
| Nicholson, O. (Westminster) | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) | Worthington-Evans, Rt. Hon. Sir L. |
| Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld.) | Spender-Clay, Colonel H. | Yerburgh, Major Robert D. T. |
| Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert | Sprot, Sir Alexander | |
| Nuttall, Ellis | Stanley, Lieut.-Colonel Rt. Hon. G. F. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Oakley, T. | Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Major Sir George Hennessy and Mr. |
| Penny. | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hirst, G. H. | Scurr, John |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Sexton, James |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield). | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | John, William( Rhondda, West) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Baker, Walter | Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Slesser, Sir Henry H. |
| Batey, Joseph | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Bondfield, Margaret | Kelly, W. T. | Snell, Harry |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Kennedy, T. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Buchanan, G. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Spoor, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Charles |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Kirkwood, D. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Compton, Joseph | Lansbury, George | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Cove, W. G | Lawrence, Susan | Sullivan, Joseph |
| Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Lawson, John James | Sutton, J. E. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Lee, F. | Thomas, Sir Robert John (Anglesey) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lindley, F. W. | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro, W.) |
| Day, Colonel Harry | Lowth, T. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Dennison, R. | Lunn, William | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Duncan, C. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. |
| Dunnico, H. | Mackinder, W. | Varley, Frank B. |
| Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. | Maxton, James | Viant, S. P. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Montague, Frederick | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Gillett, George M. | Morris, R. H. | Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen |
| Gosling, Harry | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Mosley, Oswald | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Greenall, T. | Murnin, H. | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Oliver, George Harold | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Palin, John Henry | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Paling, W. | Westwood, J. |
| Grundy, T. W. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Whiteley, W. |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Hall, G. H. (Mertnyr Tydvil) | Potts, John S. | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-spring) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hardie, George D. | Riley, Ben | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Hartshorn, Rt. Hon. Vernon | Ritson, J. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Hayday, Arthur | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwich) | Wright, W. |
| Hayes, John Henry | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W. R., Elland) | |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Burnley) | Rose, Frank H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. A. |
| Barnes. |