HC Deb 08 March 1939 vol 344 cc2150-1

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, 248; Noes,117.

Division No. 59.] AYES. [3.50 p.m.
Acland, R. T. D. (Barnstaple) Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) Hopkinson, A.
Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. Davison, Sir W. H. Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L.
Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) De la B ère, R. Horsbrugh, Florence
Albery, Sir Irving Denman, Hon. R. D. Howitt, Dr. A. B.
Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir W. J. (Armagh) Denville, Alfred Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.)
Aske, Sir R. W. Despencer-Robertson, Major J. A. F. Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport)
Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) Doland, G. F. Hunloke, H. P.
Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) Dower, Lieut.-Col, A. V. G. Hunter, T.
Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. Drewe, C. Hutchinson, G. C.
Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) Duokworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) Keeling, E. H.
Barrie, Sir C. C. Duggan, H. J. Kerr, Colonel C. I. (Montrose)
Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P H. Duncan, J. A. L. Kerr, J. Graham (Scottish Univs.)
Beauchamp, Sir B. C. Dunglass, Lord Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir R.
Beit, Sir A. L, Eastwood, J. F. Kimball, L.
Bennett, Sir E. N. Eden, Rt. Hon. A. Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F.
Bernays, R. H Edmondson, Major Sir J. Lamb, Sir J. Q.
Blair, Sir R. Ellis, Sir G. Lancaster, Captain C. G.
Boothby, R. J. G. Elliston, Capt. G. S. Law, Sir A. J. (High Peak)
Bossom, A. C. Emery, J. F. Lees-Jones, J.
Boulton, W. W. Emmott, C. E. G. C. Leech, Sir J. W.
Brass, Sir W. Entwistle, Sir C. F. Leighton, Major B. E. P.
Briscoe, Capt. R. G. Erskine-Hill, A. G. Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L.
Brocklebank, Sir Edmund Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) Lewis, O.
Brooke, H. (Lewisham, W.) Evans, E. (Univ. of Wales) Lipson, D. L.
Brown, Brig,-Gen. H. C. (Nawbury) Everard, Sir William Lindsay Liewellin, Colonel J. J.
Browne, A. C. (Belfast, W.) Fildes, Sir H. Lloyd, G. W.
Bull, B. B. Fleming, E. L. Lyons, A. M.
Bullook, Capt. M. Foot, D. M. McCorquodale, M. S.
Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. Fremantle, Sir F. E. MacDonald, Rt. Hon. M. (Ron)
Burton, Col. H. W. George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) Macdonald, Capt. T. (Isle of Wight)
Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) McEwen, Capt. J, H. F.
Campbell, Sir E. T. Gluckstein, L. H. McKie, J. H.
Cartland, J. R. H. Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) Macnamara, Lieut.-Colonel J. R. J.
Cayzer, Sir C. W. (City of Chatter) Grant-Ferris, R. Macquiston, F. A.
Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) Granville, E. L. Maitland, Sir Adam
Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) Gretton, Col. Rt. Hon. J. Makins, Brigadier-General Sir Ernest
Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) Gridley, Sir A. B. Mander, G. le M.
Channon, H. Grimston, R. V. Manningham-Buller, Sir M.
Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) Guest, Lieut.-Colonel H. (Drake) Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R.
Christie, J. A. Guest, Hon. I (Brecon and Radnor) Markham, S. F.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Hacking, Rt. Hon. Sir D. H. Marsden, Commander A.
Clarry, Sir Reginald Hannah, I. C. Maxwell, Hon. S. A.
Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) Harbord, A. Mayhew, Lt.-Col. J.
Colman, N. C. D. Harvey, Sir G. Mellar, Sir R. J. (Mitcham)
Colville, Rt. Hon. John Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth)
Conant, Captain R. J. E. Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.)
Cooke, J. D. (Hammel smith, S.) Haslam, Sir J. (Bolton) Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest)
Cooper, Rt.Hn. A. Dull (W'sl'r S.G'gs) Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham)
Coopar, Rt. Hn. T. M. (E'nburgh, W.) Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. Moreing, A. C.
Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. Herbert, Major J. A. (Monmouth) Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J.
Cox, H. B. Trevor Higgs, W. F. Munro, P.
Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. Nicolson, Hen. H. G.
Cross, R. H. Holdsworth, H. O'Connor, Sir Terence J.
Cruddas, Col. B. Holmes, J. S. Orr-Ewing, I. L.
Owen, Major G. Samuel, M. R. A. Touche, G. C.
Palmer, G. E. H. Sandeman, Sir N. S. Train, Sir J
Patrick, C. M. Sanderson, Sir F. B. Tree, A. R. L. F.
Peaks, O. Sandys, E. D. Tufnell, Lieut.-Commander R. L.
Perkins, W. R. D. Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir P. Turton, R. H.
Peters, Or. S. J. Scott, Lord William Wakefield, W. W.
Petherick, M. Seely, Sir H. M. Walker-Smith, Sir J.
Pilkington, R. Selley, H. R. Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan
Ponsonby, Col. C. E. Shakespeare, G. H. Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull)
Porritt, R. W. Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend)
Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton Shepperson, Sir E. W. Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S.
Radford, E. A. Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A Warrender, Sir V.
Ramsbotham, H. Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) Waterhouse, Captain C.
Rankin, Sir R. Smith, Bracewell (Dulwich) Watt, Major G. S. Harvie
Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) Smith, Sir Louis (Hallam) Wells, Sir Sydney
Rayner, Major R. H. Smithers, Sir W. Whiteley, Major J. P. (Buckingham)
Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) Williams, C. (Torquay)
Reid, Sir D. D. (Down) Southby, Commander Sir A. R J. Williams, H. G. (Croydon, S.)
Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. Willoughby de Eresby, Lord
Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'ld) Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin)
Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G.
Rosbotham, Sir T. Strauss, H. G. (Norwich) Wise, A. R.
Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) Stuart, Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) Wood, Hon. C. I. C.
Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley
Rothschild, J. A. de Sutcliffe, H. York, C.
Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. Tasker, Sir R. t. Young, A. S. L. (Partick)
Russell, Sir Alexander Tate, Mavis C.
Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) TELLERS FOR THE AYES.
Salmon, Sir I. Thomson, Sir J. D. W. Captain Hope and Mr. Furness.
Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) Titchfield, Marquess of
NOES.
Adams, D. (Consett) Groves, T. E. Parkinson, J. A.
Adamson, Jennie L. (Dartford) Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) Pearson, A.
Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Han. F. W.
Ammon, C. G, Hardie, Agnes Poole, C. C.
Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) Harris, Sir P. A. Price, M. P.
Banfield, J. W. Hayday, A. Richards, R. (Wrexham)
Barnes, A. J. Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) Ridley, G.
Barr, J. Henderson, J. (Ardwick) Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens)
Batey, J. Henderson, T. (Tradeston) Sanders, W. S.
Bellenger, F. J. Hicks, E. G. Simpson, F. B.
Bonn, Rt. Hon. W. W. Hills, A. (Pontefract) Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe)
Benson, G. Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) Smith, E. (Stoke)
Broad, F. A. Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly)
Bromfield, W. Jones, A. C. (Shipley) Smith, T. (Normanton)
Brown, G. (Mansfield) Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. Sorensen, R. W.
Buchanan, G. Kirkwood, D. Stephen, C.
Burke, W. A. Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng)
Charleton, H. C. Lathan, G. Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth. N.)
Chater, D. Lawson, J. J. Summerskill, Dr. Edith
Cluse, W. S. Leach, W. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth)
Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. Lee, F. Thorne, W.
Cocks, F. S. Leonard, W. Thurtle, E.
Cove, W. G. Leslie, J. R. Tinker, J. J.
Daggar, G. Logan, D. G. Tomlinson, G.
Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) Lunn, W. Viant, S. P.
Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) Macdonald, G. (inee) Walker, J.
Day, H. McGhee, H. G. Watkins, F. C.
Dobbie, W. Maclean, N. Watson, W. McL.
Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough E.) MacNeill Weir, L. Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. J. C.
Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) Marklew, E. Welsh, J. C.
Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R, T. H. Marshall, F. Westwood, J.
Frankel, D. Messer, F. Whiteley, W. (Blaydon)
Gallacher, W. Montague, F. Wilkinson, Ellen
Gardner, B. W. Morgan, J. (York, W.R., Doncaster) Williams, E. J. (Ogmore)
Garro Jones, G. M. Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe)
Graham, D. M. (Hamilton) Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) Windsor, W. (Hull, C.)
Green, W. H. (Deptford) Muff, G. Woods, G. S. (Finsbury)
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. Nathan, Colonel H. L.
Grenfell, D. R. Noel-Baker, P. J. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.
Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) Parker, J. Mr. Mathers and Mr. Adamson.