HC Deb 05 April 1939 vol 345 cc2796-7

Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Governnment Business be exempted, at this days Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)"—[The Prime Minister.]

The House divided: Ayes, 234; Noes, 101.

Division No. 74.] AYES. [3.58 p.m.
Amery, Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Cross, R. H. Heilgers, Captain F. F. A.
Anderson, Sir A. Garrett (C. of Ldn.) Crossley, A. C. Hely-Hutchinson, M. R.
Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Sc'h Univ's) Crowder, J. F. E. Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth)
Anstruther-Gray, W. J. Culverwell, C. T. Higgs W. F.
Assheton, R. Davidson, Viscountess Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S.
Astor, Major Hon. J. J. (Dover) Davies, C. (Montgomery) Holmes, J. S.
Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) Davison, Sir W. H. Hopkinson, A.
Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) De la Bère, R. Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L.
Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) Denman, Hon. R. O. Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.)
Beauchamp, Sir B. C. Dorman-Smith, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir R. H. Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport)
Beechman, N. A. Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) Hulbert, N. J.
Bennett, Sir E. N. Duggan, H. J. Hume, Sir G. H.
Bernays, R. H. Eastwood, J. F. Hunter, T.
Bird, Sir R. B. Eden, Rt. Hon. A. Hurd, Sir P. A.
Blair, Sir R. Edmondson, Major Sir J. Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H.
Boothby, R. J. G. Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. James, Wins-Commander A. W. H.
Bossom, A. C. Elliston, Capt. G, S. Keeling, E. H.
Boulton, W. W. Emmott, C. E. G. C. Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose)
Braithwaite, Major A. N. (Buckrose) Emrys-Evans, P. V. Kerr, H. W. (Oldham)
Braithwaite, J. G. (Holderness) Entwistle, Sir C. F. Kerr. J. Graham (Scottish Univs.)
Brass, Sir W. Errington, E. Lamb, Sir J. Q.
Briscoe, Capt. R. G. Erskine-Hill, A. G. Lambert, Rt. Hon. G.
Brocklebank, Sir Edmund Evans, Capt. A. (Cardiff, S.) Lancaster, Captain C. G.
Brooke, H. (Lewisham, W.) Everard, Sir William Lindsay Leech, Sir J. W.
Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) Fildes, Sir H. Lewis, O.
Bull, B. B. Fox, Sir G. W. G. Lindsay, K. M.
Bullock, Capt. M. George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) Lipton, D. L.
Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) Locker-Lampion, Comdr. O. S.
Burton, Col. H. W. Gibson, Sir G. G. (Pudsey and Otley) Mabane, W. (Huddersfield)
Butcher, H. W. Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. McCorquodale, M. S.
Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. Gluckstein, L. H. MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ross)
Caine, G. R. Hall- Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. MacDonald, Sir Murdoch (Inverness)
Campbell, Sir E. T. Goldie, N. B. McEwen, Capt. J. H. F.
Cartland, J. R. H. Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) McKie, J. H.
Carver, Major W. H. Granville, E. L. Macnamara, Lt.-Col. J. R. J.
Cary, R. A. Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. Magnay, T.
Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chester) Gridley, Sir A. B. Maitland, Sir Adam
Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) Griffith, F. Kingsley (M'ddl'sbro, W.) Mander, G. le M.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) Grigg, Sir E. W. M. Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon, H. D. R.
Channon, H. Grimston, R. V. Markham, S. F.
Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) Guest, Hon. L. (Brecon and Radnor) Marsden, Commander A.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Hacking, Rt. Hon. Sir D. H. Maxwell, Hon. S. A.
Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) Hannah, I. C. Medlicott, F.
Colville, Rt. Hon. John Hannon, Sir P. J. H. Mellor, Sir J, S. P. (Tamworth)
Cooks, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) Harris, Sir P. A. Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.)
Cranborne, Viscount Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest)
Craven-Ellis, W. Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham)
Moore-Brabazon, Lt.-Col. J. T. C. Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne)
Morris, J. P. (Salford, N.) Russell, Sir Alexander Thomas, J. P. L.
Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) Salmon, Sir I. Thorneycroft, G. E. P.
Munro, P. Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) Thornton-Kemsley, C. N.
Nail, Sir J. Samuel, M. R. A. Titchfield, Marquess of
Nicholson, G. (Farnham) Sanderson, Sir F. B. Touche, G. C.
Nicolson, Hon. H. G. Sandys, E. D. Train, Sir J.
O'Connor, Sir Terence J. Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. Tree, A. R. L. F.
Owen, Major G. Scott, Lord William Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C.
Palmer, G. E. H, Seely, Sir H. M. Turton, R. H.
Patrick, C. M. Selley, H. R. Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan
Peake, C. Shakespeare, G. H. Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull)
Peters, Dr. S. J. Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend)
Petherick, M. Shaw, Captain W, T. (Forfar) Waterhouse, Captain C.
Pickthorn, K. W. M. Simmonds, O. E. Watt, Lt.-Col. G S. Harvie
Pilkington, R. Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J, A. Wayland, Sir W. A.
Plugge, Capt. L. F. Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) Wedderburn, H, J. S.
Porritt, R. W. Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) Wells, Sir Sydney
Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton Smithers, Sir W. White, H. Graham
Procter, Major H. A. Snadden, W. McN. Williams, C. (Torquay)
Radford, E. A. Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) Willoughby de Eresby, Lord
Raikes, H. V. A. M. Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin)
Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'ld) Wise, A. R.
Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) Womersley, Sir W. J.
Rawson, Sir Cooper Storey, S. Wood, Hon. C. I. C.
Rayner, Major R. H. Stourton, Major Hon. J. J. Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley
Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C.
Remer, J. R. Strickland, Captain W. F. York, C.
Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M F. Young, A. S. L. (Partick)
Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) Sutcliffe, H.
Rosbotham, Sir T. Tasker, Sir R. I. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.
Rowlands, G. Tate, Mavis C. Mr. James Stuart and Captain Dugdale.
NOES.
Adams, D. (Consett) Grenfell, D. R. Parkinson, J. A.
Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W.
Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) Poole, C. C.
Ammon, C. G. Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) Price, M. P.
Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) Pritt, D. N.
Banfield, J. W. Hardie, Agnes Quibell, D. J. K.
Beaumont, H. (Bailey) Hayday, A. Richards, R. (Wrexham)
Bellengar, F. J. Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) Ridley, G.
Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. Henderson, J. (Ardwick) Riley, B.
Benson, G. Henderson, T. (Tradeston) Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens)
Bevan, A. Hills, A. (Pontefract) Shinwell, E.
Broad, F. A. Hopkin, D. Silverman, S. S.
Buchanan, G. Jagger, J. Simpson, F. B.
Burke, W. A. Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) Smith, E. (Stoke)
Charleton, H. C Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly)
Chater, D. Lathan, G. Smith, T. (Normanton)
Cluse, W. S. Lawson, J. J. Sorensen, R. W.
Cooks, F. S. Leonard, W. Stephen, C.
Collindridge, F. Leslie J. R. Summerskill, Dr. Edith
Dagger, G. Logan, D. G. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth)
Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) Macdonald, G. (Ince) Thorne, W.
Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) McGhee, H. G. Tinker, J. J.
Day, H. Maclean, N. Tomlinson, G.
Dobbie, W. MacLaren, A. Viant, S. P.
Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) MacNeill Weir, L. Walkden, A. G.
Ede, J. C. Maxton,. Watson, W. McL.
Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) Milner, Major J. Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C.
Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) Montague, F. Williams, E. J. (Ogmore)
Fletcher, Lt.Comdr. R. T. H. Morgan, J. (York, W.R., Doncaster) Williams, T. (Don Valley)
Gallacher, W. Morrison, R. O. (Tottenham, N.) Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe)
Gardner, B. W. Nathan, Colonel H. L. Young, Sir R. (Newton)
Garro Jones, G. M. Naylor, T. E.
Gibson, R. (Greenock) Noel-Baker, P. J. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.
Green, W. H. (Deptford) Oliver, G. H. Mr. Mathers and Mr. Adamson.
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. Paling, W.

Question put, and agreed to.