§ Motion made, and Question put, "That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the Houses)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 238; Noes, 33.
315| Division No. 189.] | AYES. | [3.16 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Cattlereagh, Viscount | Dower, Captain A. V. G. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Drewe, Cedric |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Cayzer, Sir Charles (Chester, City) | Duckworth, George A. V. |
| Aske, Sir Robert William | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel |
| Balniel, Lord | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Duggan, Hubert John |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leotric | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) |
| Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey | Christie, James Archibald | Dunglass, Lord |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Clayton, Sir Christopher | Eales, John Frederick |
| Bernays, Robert | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Eillston, Captain George Sampson |
| Blinded, James | Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Colman, N. C. D. | Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Everard, W. Lindsay |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Conant, R. J. E. | Fleming, Edward Lascelies |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Cooper, A. Duff | Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Copeland, Ida | Fox, Sir Gifford |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Fraser, Captain Ian |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Cranborne, Viscount | Fremantle, Sir Francis |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Fuller, Captain A. G. |
| Buchan, John | Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Crossley, A. C. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Gledhill, Gilbert |
| Burnett, John George | Denman, Hon. R. D. | Glossop, C. W. H. |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Dickie, John P. | Gluckstein, Louis Halle |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Doran, Edward | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. |
| Goff, Sir Park | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Loftus, Pierce C. | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) |
| Granville, Edgar | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Salmon, Sir Isldore |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Graves, Marjorie | Lyons, Abraham Montagu | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Mabane, William | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Gritten, W. G. Howard | MacAndrew, Lieut.-Col. C. G. (Partick) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Scone, Lord |
| Gunston, Captain D. W. | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. |
| Guy, J. C. Morrison | McKle, John Hamilton | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Hales, Harold K. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian | Shepperson, Sir Ernest W. |
| Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Magnay, Thomas | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Hanley, Dennis A. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Harbord, Arthur | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Harris, Sir Percy | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Smiles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter D. |
| Hartington, Marquess of | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Smith, Sir J. Walker, (Barrow-In-F.) |
| Hartland, George A. | Meller, Sir Richard James | Smith, Louis W. (Sheffield, Hallam) |
| Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Smith, R. W. (Ab'rd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Haslam, Henry Horncastle) | Milne, Charles | Somervell, Sir Donald |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Soper, Richard |
| Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Moreing, Adrian C. | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) | Spencer, Captain Richard A. |
| Holdsworth, Herbert | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Hore-Bellisha, Leslie | Morrison, William Shephard | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Hornby, Frank | Moss, Captain H. J. | Stevenson, James |
| Howard, Tom Forrest | Munro, Patrick | Stones, James |
| Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Summersby, Charles H. |
| Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Satcliffe, Harold |
| Hurd, Sir Percy | Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | North, Edward T. | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Nunn, William | Thomson, Sir Frederick Charles |
| James, Wing.-Com. A. W. H. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hn. William G. A. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Janner, Barnett | Pearson, William G. | Todd, Lt.-Col. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Peat, Charles U. | Tree, Ronald |
| Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Petherick, M. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, B'nstaple) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'ptn, Bilston) | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Potter, John | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Kerr, Hamilton W. | Pownall, Sir Assheton | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Knight, Holford | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. | White, Henry Graham |
| Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Ramsay, Alexander (W. Bromwich) | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. George | Ramsbotham, Herwald | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Ramsden, Sir Eugene | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Law, Sir Alfred | Rathbone, Eleanor | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Law, Richard K. (Hull, S.W.) | Rea, Walter Russell | Wilson, Clyde T. (West Toxteth) |
| Leckle, J. A. | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Leech, Dr. J. W. | Rickards, George William | Windsar-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Leigh, Sir John | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) | Womersley, Walter James |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Lewis, Oswald | Ross, Ronald D. | |
| Liddall, Walter S. | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock) | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel E. A. | Sir George Penny and Lieut.- |
| Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe. | Runge, Norah Cecil | Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward. |
| Llewellin, Major John J. | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grundy, Thomas W. | Maxton, James |
| Batey, Joseph | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Parkinson, John Allen |
| Buchanan, George | Jenkins, Sir William | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cape, Thomas | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Daggar, George | Kirkwood, David | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Joslah |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lawson, John James | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Leonard, William | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Dobble, William | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Edwards, Charles | Logan, David Gilbert | Wilmot, John |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Lunn, William | |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | McEntee, Valentine L. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Mr. John and Mr. G. Macdonald. |