§
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, 243; Noes, 51.
969| Division No. 304.] | AYES. | [3.25 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Galnsb'ro) | Hore-Bellsha, Leslie |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Culverwell, Cyril Tom | Horobin, Ian M. |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. p. G. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Davies, Edward C. (Montgomery) | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Davison, Sir William Henry | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Denman, Hon. R D. | James, Wing-Com. A. W. H. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Denville, Alfred | Jamieson, Douglas |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Dickle, John P. | Jesson, Major Thomas E. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Doran, Edward | Jones, Lewis (Swansea, West) |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Drewe, Cedric | Ker, J. Campbell |
| Beauchamp, Sir Brograve Campbell | Drummond-Wolff, H. M. C. | Kerr, Hamilton W. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C) | Duckworth, George A. V. | Knight, Holford |
| Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Knox. Sir Alfred |
| Benn, Sir Arthur Shirley | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir Ernest Nathaniel | Dunglass, Lord | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Betterton, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry B. | Eady, George H. | Leech, Dr. J. W. |
| Blindell, James | Edmondson, Major Sir James | Lees-Jones, John |
| Borodale, Viscount | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Elmley, Viscount | Liddall, Walter S. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Emmott, Charles E. G. C. | Lister, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe- |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Emrys- Evans, P. V. | Lloyd, Geoffrey |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Everard, W. Lindsay | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd.Gr'n) |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Fleming, Edward Lascelles | Loftus, Pierce C. |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Fox, Sir Gifford | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Fraser, Captain Sir Ian | Mabane, William |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Fuller, Captain A. G. | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Ganzoni, Sir John | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Brown, Brig. -Gen. H.C. (Berks., Newb'y) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Macdonald, Capt. P. D. (I. of W.) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Gluckstein, Louis Halle | McEwen, Captain J. H. F. |
| Bullock, Captain Malcolm | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Burghley, Lord | Golf, Sir Park | McLean, Major Sir Alan |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Gower, Sir Robert | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Burnett, John George | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | Magnay, Thomas |
| Calne, G. R. Hall- | G rattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | Maitland, Adam |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Graves, Marjorie | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Carver, Major William H. | Grimston, R. V. | Manningham-Buller, Lt.-Col. Sir M. |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Guest, Capt. Rt. Hon. F. E. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N.(Edgbaston) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Martin, Thomas B. |
| Chapman, Sir Samuel (Edinburgh, S.) | Guy, J. C. Morrison | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Christie, James Archibald | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Mills, Sir Frederick (Leyton, E.) |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Hales, Harold K. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Hall, Capt. W. D'Arcy (Brecon) | Milne, Charles |
| Colville, Lieut.-Colonel J. | Hartington, Marquess of | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale |
| Cook, Thomas A. | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres |
| Cooke, Douglas | Hellgers, Captain F. F. A. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Hepworth, Joseph | Moreing, Adrian C. |
| Copeland, Ida | Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Morgan, Robert H. |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Holdsworth, Herbert | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univer'ties) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. |
| Morrison, William Shephard | Russell, Hamer Field (Sheffield, B'tside) | Sutcliffe, Harold |
| Munro, Patrick | Russell, R. J. (Eddisbury) | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. | Rutherford, John (Edmonton) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Nicholson, Rt. Hn. W. G. (Petersf'ld) | Salmon, Sir Is[...]dore | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Normand, Rt. Hon. Wilfrid | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Thompson, Sir Luke |
| North, Edward T. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| O'Connor, Terence James | Sanderson, Sir Frank Barnard | Todd, A. L. S. (Kingswinford) |
| Patrick, Colin M. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. | Train, John |
| Peake, Osbert | Savery, Samuel Servington | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Pearson, William G. | Scone, Lord | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Peat, Charles U. | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Wallace, John (Dunfermline) |
| Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Shaw, Captain William T. (Forfar) | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Peto, Geoffrey K.(W'verh'pt'n, Bllst'n) | Shepperson, Sir Ernest w. | Ward. Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Pike, Cecil F. | Shute, Colonel J. J. | Warrender, Sir Victor A. G. |
| Ramsay T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Skelton, Archibald Noel | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Ramsbotham, Herwald | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Rawson, Sir Cooper | Smith, Sir J. Walker- (Barrow-In-F.) | Wedderburn, Henry James Scrymgeour- |
| Ray. Sir William | Smith, Sir Robert (Ab'd'n & K'dine, C.) | Whyte, Jardine Bell |
| Reid, David D. (County Down) | Smithers, Sir Waldron | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Reid, William Allan (Derby) | Somervell, Sir Donald | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Renwick, Major Gustav A. | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) | Wills, Wilfrid D |
| Rickards, George William | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Robinson, John Roland | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Rosbotham, Sir Thomas | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Womersley, Sir Walter |
| Ross, Ronald D. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Stevenson, James | |
| Runclman, Rt. Hon. Walter | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Runge, Norah Cecil | Storey, Samuel | Sir Frederick Thomson and Sir George Penny. |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grenfell, David Rees (Glamorgan) | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Banfield, John William | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Owen, Major Goronwy |
| Batey, Joseph | Hamilton, Sir R.W. (Orkney & Zetl'nd) | Pickering, Ernest H. |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts., Mansfield) | Harris, Sir Percy | Roberts, Aled (Wrexham) |
| Buchanan, George | Jenkins, Sir William | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cape, Thomas | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |
| Cove, William G. | Kirkwood, David | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Daggar, George | Lawson, John James | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Leonard, William | White, Henry Graham |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Edwards, Charles | Lunn, William | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Williams, Thomas (York, Don Valley) |
| Evans, Capt. Ernest (Welsh Univ.) | Maclean, Nell (Glasgow, Govan) | Wood, Sir Murdoch McKenzie (Banff) |
| Foot, Isaac (Cornwall, Bodmin) | Mainwaring, William Henry | Young, Ernest J. (Middlesbrough, E.) |
| Gardner, Benjamin Walter | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Mason, David M. (Edinburgh, E.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Milner, Major James | Mr. John and Mr. Groves. |
Resolution agreed to.