§ Mr. AttleeIn view of the nature of the reply which has just been given by the Foreign Secretary, I ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely,
The declared intention of His Majesty's Government to make to the Non-Intervention Committee to-morrow proposals which contemplate the granting of belligerent rights to General Franco, and which do not make effective provision for the complete cessation of foreign intervention in Spain.The pleasure of the House not having been signified, Mr. SPEAKER called on those Members who supported the Motion to rise in their places, and, not fewer than 40 Members having accordingly risen,The Motion stood over, under Standing Order No. 8, until Half-past Seven o'clock this evening.