§
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 House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 308; Noes, 47.
1701| Division No. 283.] | AYES. | [3.24 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Banks, Sir Reginald Mitchell |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Aske, Sir Robert William | Barclay-Harvey, C. M. |
| Ainsworth, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Astbury, Lieut.-Com. Frederick Wolfe | Barrle, Sir Charles Coupar |
| Albery, Irving James | Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Barton, Capt. Basil Kelsey |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. J. Sandeman (B'k'nh'd.) | Atholl, Duchess of | Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Belt, Sir Alfred L. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Bernays, Robert |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Gulnness, Thomas L. E. B. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) |
| Blindell, James | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) |
| Boothby, Robert John Graham | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid |
| Borodale, Viscount | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Nunn, William |
| Bossom, A. C. | Hales, Harold K. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Palmer, Francis Noel |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Hammersley, Samuel S. | Patrick, Colin M. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Hanbury, Cecil | Peake, Captain Osbert |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Hannon. Patrick Joseph Henry | Pearson, William G. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Hartland, George A. | Peat, Charles U. |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'I'd., Hexham) | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Perkins, Walter R. D. |
| Browne, Captain A. C. | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Petherick, M. |
| Buchan, John | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, B'nstaple) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsf'd) | Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilston) |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Pike, Cecil F. |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Potter, John |
| Burnett, John George | Hope, Capt. Hon. A. O. J. (Aston) | Powell, Lieut.-Col. Evelyn G. H. |
| Burton, Colonel Henry Walter | Hornby, Frank | Power, Sir John Cecil |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Horobin, Ian M. | Pownall, Sir Assheton |
| Butt, Sir Alfred | Horsbrugh, Florence | Procter, Major Henry Adam |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. | Purbrick, R. |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) | Pybus, Sir Percy John |
| Carver, Major William H. | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) | Radford, E. A. |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hume, Sir George Hopwood | Raikes, Henry V. A. M. |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (Prtsmth., S.) | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) | Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) |
| Gazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) | Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord Hugh | Hurd, Sir Percy | Ramsbotham, Herwald |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. (Blrm., W) | Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas W. H. | Ratcliffe. Arthur |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Iveagh, Countess of | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Chapman, Col. R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. | Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Jamieson, Douglas | Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham |
| Clayton, Sir Christopher | Jesson, Major Thomas E. | Reid, David D. (County Down) |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Joel, Dudley J. Barnato | Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) | Rhys, Hon. Charles Arthur U. |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Ker, J. Campbell | Rickards, George William |
| Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Kerr, Hamilton W. | Ropner, Colonel L. |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger | Rosbotham, Sir Thomas |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Kimball, Lawrence | Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Knight, Holford | Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Cooke, Douglas | Knox, Sir Alfred | Runge, Norah Cecil |
| Copeland, Ida | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton | Russell, Albert (Kirkcaldy) |
| Courtauld, Major John Sewell | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Courthope, Colonel Sir George L. | Law, Sir Alfred | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) |
| Craddock, Sir Reginald Henry | Leech, Dr. J. W. | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Lees-Jones, John | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Salmon, Sir Isidore |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Levy, Thomas | Salt, Edward W. |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Galnsb'ro) | Lewis, Oswald | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) |
| Crossley, A. C. | Liddall, Walter S. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F.(Somerset, Yeovil) | Lindsay, Kenneth (Kilmarnock) | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Dawson, Sir Philip | Lindsay. Noel Ker | Savery, Samuel Servington |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- | Scone, Lord |
| Dixey, Arthur C. N. | Lloyd, Geoffrey | Selley, Harry R. |
| Dower, Captain A. V. G. | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. Gr'n) | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) |
| Drummond-Wolff, H. M. C. | Loder, Captain J. de Vere | Shute, Colonel J. J. |
| Duckworth, George A. V. | Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin |
| Duggan, Hubert John | Mabane, William | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) | Skelton, Archibald Noel |
| Dunglass, Lord | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) |
| Eady, George H. | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) | Smithers, Sir Waldron |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. | Somerset, Thomas |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | McKle, John Hamilton | Somervell, Sir Donald |
| Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton | Somerville, Annesley A (Windsor) |
| Elliston, Captain George Sampson | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) | Soper, Richard |
| Elmley, Viscount | Macquisten, Frederick Alexander | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. |
| Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Maitland, Adam | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. |
| Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. |
| Evans, R. T. (Carmarthen) | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. | Spens, William Patrick |
| Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) |
| Fox, Sir Gifford | Marsden, Commander Arthur | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) |
| Fremantle, Sir Francis | Martin, Thomas B. | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) |
| Fuller, Captain A. G. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John | Stones, James |
| Ganzonl, Sir John | Meller, Sir Richard James | Storey, Samuel |
| Gault, Lieut.-Col. A. Hamilton | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) | Stourton, Hon. John J. |
| Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Strickland, Captain W. F. |
| Gluckstein, Louis Halle | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- |
| Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Goff, Sir Park | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart |
| Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | Moore-Brabazon, Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Gower, Sir Robert | Moreing, Adrian C. | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Morgan, Robert H. | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. (P'dd'gt'n, S.) |
| Granville, Edgar | Morris, John Patrick (Salford. N.) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Grigg, Sir Edward | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. | Thompson, Sir Luke |
| Grimston, R. V. | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Todd, Capt. A. J. K. (B'wick-on-T.) |
| Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) | Wayland, Sir William A. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Train, John | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- | Wolmer, Rt. Hon. Viscount |
| Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement | Wells, Sydney Richard | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Kingsley |
| Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) | Whyte, Jardine Bell | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord | Wragg, Herbert |
| Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) | Wills, Wilfrid D. | |
| Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold (Hertf'd) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir |
| Waterhouse, Captain Charles | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George | George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Dyke | Hamilton, Sir R. W. (Orkney & Z'tl'nd) | Rea, Walter Russell |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Harris, Sir Percy | Rothschild, James A. de |
| Batey, Joseph | Hicks, Ernest George | Sinclair, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir A. (C'thness) |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Holdsworth, Herbert | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Janner, Barnett | Thorne, William James |
| Cape, Thomas | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Kirkwood, David | West, F. R. |
| Curry, A. C. | Leonard, William | White, Henry Graham |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Llewellyn-Jones, Frederick | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Edwards, Charles | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Lunn, William | Wilmot, John |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | |
| Griffiths, George A. (Yorks, W. Riding) | Mainwaring, William Henry | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |
| Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) |
Question put, and agreed to.