§
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, 228; Noes, 113.
1539| Division No. 97.] | AYES. | [3.50 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Cary, R. A. | Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, w.) | Cayzer, Sir C. W. City of Chester) | Duggan, H. J. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Dunglass, Lord |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Eastwood, J. F. |
| Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edab'l'n) | Edmondson, Major Sir J. |
| Assheton, R. | Channon, H. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Elmley, Viscount |
| Aster, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Emmott, C. E. G. C. |
| Baillie, Sir A. W. M. | Clarke, F. E. (Dartford) | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Clarke, Colonel R. S. (E. Grinstead) | Entwistle, Sir C. F. |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Clarry, Sir Reginald | Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Clydesdale, Marquess of | Everard, W. L. |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Findlay, Sir E. |
| Beaumont, M. W. (Aylesbury) | Colman, N. C. D. | Fleming, E. L. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Colville, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. D. J. | Fox, Sir G. W. G. |
| Bennett, Sir E. N. | Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Fremantle, Sir F. E. |
| Bernays, R. H. | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Fyte, D. P. M. |
| Birchall, Sir J. D. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. A. Duff (W'st'r S. G'gs) | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Cooper, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) | Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) |
| Blaker, Sir R. | Cox, H. B. Trevor | Grant-Ferris, R. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Grattan-Doyle. Sir N. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Crooke, Sir J. S. | Gridley, Sir A. B. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Crookshank. Capt. H. F. C. | Grimston, R. V. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Cross, R. H. | Guest, Hon. I. (Brecon and Radnor) |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Crossley, A. C. | Guinness; T. L. E. B. |
| Brocklebank, Sir Edmund | Culverwell, C. T. | Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. |
| Browne, A. C. (Belfast, W.) | Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Hambro, A. V. |
| Bull, B. R. | Davison, Sir W. H. | Hannah, I. C. |
| Bullock, Capt. M | Dawson, Sir P. | Hartington, Marquess of |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | De Chair. S. S. | Harvey, Sir G. |
| Burton, Col. H W. | De la Bare, R. | Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) |
| Butler, R. A. | Denville, Alfred | Haslam, Henry (Harncastle) |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. | Despeneer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. | Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) |
| Cortland, J. R. H. | Doland, G. F. | Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Hepburn, p. G. T. Bushan. | Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J. | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U. B'lf'st) |
| Hepworth, J. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) |
| Higgs, W. F. | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Hills, Major Rt. Hon. J. W. (Ripon) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Somervell, Sir D. B. (Crewe) |
| Holmes, J. S. | Mitcheson, Sir G. G. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hope, Captain Hon. A. O. J. | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel Sir T. C. R. | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Hopkinson, A. | Moore-Brabazon, Lt.-Col. J. T. C. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Moreing, A. C. | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. |
| Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Univ's.) | Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Hulbert, N. J. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| Hunter, T. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Hurd, Sir P. A. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Keeling, E. H. | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. G. A. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose) | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Thomas, J. P. L. |
| Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Palmer, G. E. H. | Touche, G. C. |
| Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.) | Patrick, C. M. | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R. | Peake, O. | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Kimball, L. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Tutnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L. |
| Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. | Pilkington, R. | Turton, R. H. |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Pownail, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Wakefield, W. W. |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Radford, E. A. | Walker-Smith, Sir J. |
| Levy, T. | Ramsay, Captain A. H. M. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Lindsay, K. M. | Ramsbotham, H. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Lipson, D. L. | Rankin, Sir R. | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Lloyd, G. W. | Rawson, Sir Cooper | Waterhouse. Captain C. |
| Loftus, P. C. | Raid, Sir D. D. (Down) | Watt, Major G. S. Harvie |
| Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) | Wedderburn. H. J. S. |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Ropner, Colonel L. | Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham) |
| MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross) | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| MacDonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Russell, Sir Alexander | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| McKie, J. H. | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Wise, A. R. |
| Macnamara, Capt. J. R. J. | Salmon, Sir I. | Withers, Sir J. J. |
| Magnay, T. | Samuel, M. R. A. | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Makins, Brig-Gen. E. | Sandeman, Sir N. S. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Sandys, E. D. | |
| Margesson. Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Savery, Sir Servington | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Marsden, Commander A. | Selley, H. R. | Mr. Munro and Mr. Furness. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) | Hall G. H. (Abordare) | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Pritt, D. N. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Harris, Sir P. A. | Ridley, G |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Hayday, A. | Ritson, J. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Banfield, J. W. | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Barnes, A. J. | Hills, A. (Pontefract) | Salter, Dr. A. (Bermondsey) |
| Batey, J. | Holdsworth, H. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Hopkin, D. | Sexton. T. M. |
| Bonn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Jagger, J. | Shinwell, E. |
| Benson, G. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Silverman, S. S. |
| Broad, F. A. | Johnston. Rt. Hon. T. | Simpson, F. B. |
| Brown, C. (Mansfield) | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) |
| Burke, W. A. | Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Chater, D. | Kelly, W. T. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Cooks, F. S. | Kirby. B. V. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Cove, W. G. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. | Stephen, C. |
| Cripps, Hon. Sir Stafford | Lathan, G. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) |
| Daggar, G. | Lawson, J. J. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambetn, N.) |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Leach, W. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Leslie, J. P | Thurtle, E. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Logan, D. G. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Day, H. | Lunn, W. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Macdonald, G. (Inee) | Walkden, A. G. |
| Ede, J. C. | McEntee, V. La T. | Watkins, F. C. |
| Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | McGhee, H. G. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) | MacLaren, A. | Wilkinson, Ellen |
| Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Mainwaring, W. H. | Williams, D. (Swansea, E.) |
| Frankel, D. | Mander, G. le M. | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Gallacher, W. | Messer, F. | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Gardner, B. W. | Montague, F. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Gibson, R. ([...]) | Muff, G. | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Nathan, Colonel H. L. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Naylor, T. E. | |
| Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Noel-Baker, P. J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Parker, J. | Mr. Mathers and Mr. Charleton. |
| Groves. T. E. | Pearson, A. |
Question put, and agreed to.