§ 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, 241; Noes, 26.
33| Division No. 153.] | AYES. | [3.33 p.m. |
| Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) | Cross, R. H. | Horsbrugh, Florence |
| Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Howitt, Dr. Alfred B. |
| Allen, William (Stoke-on-Trent) | Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hackney, N.) |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M.S. | Davison, Sir William Henry | Hudson, Robert Spear (Southport) |
| Anstruther-Gray, W. J. | Denville, Alfred | Hunter, Dr. Joseph (Dumfries) |
| Applin, Lieut.-Col. Reginald V. K. | Doran, Edward | Hunter-Weston, Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer |
| Athoil, Duchess of | Dower, Captain A. V. G. | Hurd, Sir Percy |
| Baillie, Sir Adrian W. M. | Drewe, Cedric | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Duckworth, George A. V. | Jackson, Sir Henry (Wandsworth, C.) |
| Balfour, Capt. Harold (I. of Thanet) | Dugdale, Captain Thomas Lionel | Johnston, J. W. (Clackmannan) |
| Barrie, Sir Charles Coupar | Duggan, Hubert John | Johnstone, Harcourt (S. Shields) |
| Beaumont, Hon. R.E.B. (Portsm'th, C.) | Duncan, James A. L. (Kensington, N.) | Ker, J. Campbell |
| Belt, Sir Alfred L. | Dunglass, Lord | Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger |
| Bernays, Robert | Eden, Robert Anthony | Knight, Holford |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter | Knox, Sir Alfred |
| Blindell, James | Ellis, Sir R. Geoffrey | Lamb, Sir Joseph Quinton |
| Borodale, Viscount | Elmley, Viscount | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George |
| Boulton, W. W. | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Latham, Sir Herbert Paul |
| Bower, Lieut.-Com. Robert Tatton | Erskine-Bolst, Capt. C. C. (Blackpool) | Leech, Dr. J. W. |
| Bowyer, Capt. Sir George E. W. | Evans, Capt. Arthur (Cardiff, S.) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Evans, David Owen (Cardigan) | Levy, Thomas |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Archibald | Fermoy, Lord | Lewis, Oswald |
| Brass, Captain Sir William | Fleming, Edward Lasceiles | Lindsay, Kenneth Martin (Kilm'rnock) |
| Broadbent, Colonel John | Fox, Sir Gifford | Lindsay, Noel Ker |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Fraser, Captain Ian | Lloyd, Geoffrey |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Fremantie, Sir Francis | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hn. G. (Wd. G'n) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Fuller, Captain A. G. | Lumley, Captain Lawrence R. |
| Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie | Glyn, Major Sir Ralph G. C. | Mabane, William |
| Burton, Colonel Henry Walter | Goff, Sir Park | MacAndrew, Lt.-Col C. G. (Partick) |
| Butler, Richard Austen | Goodman, Colonel Albert W. | MacAndrew, Capt. J. O. (Ayr) |
| Cadogan, Hon. Edward | Graham, Sir F. Fergus (C'mb'rl'd, N.) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) |
| Campbell, Sir Edward Taswell (Brmly) | Grattan-Doyle, Sir Nicholas | MacDonald, Malcolm (Bassetlaw) |
| Campbell, Vice-Admiral G. (Burnley) | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Macdonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness) |
| Campbell-Johnston, Malcolm | Griffith, F. Kingsley (Middlesbro', W.) | McKie, John Hamilton |
| Caporn, Arthur Cecil | Grimston, R. V. | Maclay, Hon. Joseph Paton |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir H. R. (P'rtsm'th, S.) | Guinness, Thomas L. E. B. | McLean, Dr. W. H. (Tradeston) |
| Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. Sir Ian |
| Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Maitland, Adam |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. (Birm., W) | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Makins, Brigadier-General Ernest |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Edgbaston) | Hammersley, Samuel S. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. |
| Chorlton, Alan Ernest Leotric | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Marsden, Commander Arthur |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Harris, Sir Percy | Mason, Col. Glyn K. (Croydon, N.) |
| Clayton, Sir Christopher | Hartland, George A. | Mayhew, Lieut.-Colonel John |
| Cobb, Sir Cyril | Harvey, George (Lambeth, Kenningt'n) | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) |
| Collins, Rt. Hon. Sir Godfrey | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Mitchell, Harold P. (Br'tf'd & Chisw'k) |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Haslam, Sir John (Bolton) | Molson, A. Hugh Elsdale |
| Conant, R. J. E. | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert M. | Monsell, Rt. Hon. Sir B. Eyres |
| Cooke, Douglas | Henderson, Sir Vivian L. (Chelmsford) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Thomas C. R. (Ayr) |
| Cooper, A. Duff | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Morris, Owen Temple (Cardiff, E.) |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Hills, Major Rt. Hon. John Waller | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) |
| Crooks, J. Smedley | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Muirhead, Lieut.-Colonel A. J. |
| Crookshank, Col. C. de Windt (Bootle) | Holdsworth, Herbert | Munro, Patrick |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. (Gainsb'ro) | Hore-Belisha, Leslie | Nation, Brigadier-General J. J. H. |
| Nicholson, Godfrey (Morpeth) | Rutherford, Sir John Hugo (Liverp'l) | Tate, Mavis Constance |
| North, Edward T. | Salmon, Sir Isidore | Taylor, Vice-Admiral E. A. (P'dd'gt'n, S.) |
| Nunn, William | Salt, Edward W. | Thomas, James P. L. (Hereford) |
| Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. William G. A. | Samuel, Sir Arthur Michael (F'nham) | Thorp, Linton Theodore |
| Patrick, Colin M. | Sandeman, Sir A. N. Stewart | Touche, Gordon Cosmo |
| Peake, Captain Osbert | Savery, Samuel Servington | Tree, Ronald |
| Pearson, William G. | Shakespeare, Geoffrey H. | Tryon, Rt. Hon. George Clement |
| Perkins, Walter R. D. | Shaw, Helen B. (Lanark, Bothwell) | Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Petherick, M. | Shute, Colonel J. J. | Turton, Robert Hugh |
| Peto, Geoffrey K. (W'verh'pt'n, Bilston) | Simmonds, Oliver Edwin | Wallace, Captain D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Pownall, Sir Assheton | Skelton, Archibald Noel | Ward, Lt.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Ramsay, Capt. A. H. M. (Midlothian) | Smithers, Waldron | Ward, Irene Mary Bewick (Wallsend) |
| Ramsay, T. B. W. (Western Isles) | Somervell, Sir Donald | Ward, Sarah Adelaide (Cannock) |
| Ramsbotham, Herwald | Somerville, Annesley A. (Windsor) | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Rankin, Robert | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) | Watt, Captain George Steven H. |
| Rathbone, Eleanor | Soper, Richard | Whiteside, Borras Noel H. |
| Rawson, Sir Cooper | Sotheron-Estcourt, Captain T. E. | Williams, Charles (Devon, Torquay) |
| Reed, Arthur C. (Exeter) | Southby, Commander Archibald R. J. | Williams, Herbert G. (Croydon, S.) |
| Reid, Capt. A. Cunningham. | Spender-Clay, Rt. Hon. Herbert H. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Reid, David D. (County Down) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Lord (Fylde) | Wills, Wilfrid D. |
| Reid, James S. C. (Stirling) | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westmorland) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Remer, John R. | Stewart, J. H. (Fife, E.) | Wise, Alfred R. |
| Rickards, George William | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) | Womersley, Walter James |
| Robinson, John Roland | Stourton, Hon. John J. | Worthington, Dr. John V. |
| Ropner, Colonel L. | Strauss, Edward A. | |
| Ross, Ronald D. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton- | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Ross Taylor, Walter (Woodbridge) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir Murray F. | Sir George Penny and Sir Victor |
| Runge, Norah Cecil | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid Hart | Warrender. |
| Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) | Sutcliffe, Harold | |
| NOES. | ||
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Grundy, Thomas W. | Thorne, William James |
| Batey, Joseph | Hall, George H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Jenkins, Sir William | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Cove, William G. | John, William | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Cripps, Sir Stafford | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Williams, Edward John (Ogmore) |
| Daggar, George | Logan, David Gilbert | Williams, Dr. John H. (Llanelly) |
| Davies, David L. (Pontypridd) | Lunn, William | |
| Dobbie, William | McEntee, Valentine L. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Edwards, Charles | Paling, Wilfred | Mr. C. Macdonald and Mr. Groves. |
| George, Megan A. Lloyd (Anglesea) | Smith, Tom (Normanton) |