§ Notice taken, that Strangers were present.
§ Whereupon Mr. SPEAKER, pursuant to Standing Order No. 89, put the Question, "That Strangers be ordered to withdraw."
§ Question agreed to.
§ Strangers withdrew accordingly.
§ Mr. SPEAKER afterwards issued the following Report of the PROCEEDINGS IN SECRET SESSION:
§ The House in Secret Session heard a statement from the Prime Minister on the Sittings of the House and debated a 201 consequential Motion. A Division took place on an Amendment, which was defeated.
§ Proceedings in relation to Division:
§ Amendment proposed to the Prime Minister's Motion, in paragraph (1), to
| Division No. 13. | AYES. | |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Foot, D. M. | Messer, F. |
| Adamson, Jennie L. (Dartford) | Foster, W. | Mitcheson, Sir G. G. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Frankel, D. | Montague, F. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Fraser, T. (Hamilton) | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish Universities) |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Fyfe, Major Sir D. P. M. | Morrison, Major J. G. (Salisbury) |
| Banfield, J. W. | Galbraith, Comdr. T. D. | Mott-Radclyffe, Capt. C. E. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Gardner, B. W | Muff, G. |
| Barstow, P. G. | George, Maj. Rt. Hn. G. Lloyd (P'b'ke) | Murray, Sir D. K. (Midlothian, N.) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral, T. P. | Gibson, Sir C. G. | Murray, J. D. (Spennymoor) |
| Beattie, F. (Cathcart) | Gluckstein, Major. L. H. | Nall, Sir J. |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Beaumont, Hubert (Batley) | Grenfell, D. R. | Oldfield, W. H. |
| Beaumont, Maj. Hn. R. E. B. (P'ts'h) | Gridley, Sir A. B. | Oliver, G. H. |
| Beechman, N. A. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Paling, W. |
| Bennett, Sir P. F. B. (Edgbaston) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Parker, J. |
| Benson, G. | Grimston, R. V. | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Bevin, Rt. Hon. E. | Guy, W. H. | Pearson, A. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Sir D. H. | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. | Hall, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Aberdare) | Peters, Dr. S. J. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Hambro, Capt. A. V. | Petherick, Major M. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Hannah, I. C. | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Bowles, F. G. | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Pilkington, Captain R. A. |
| Brass, Capt. Sir W. | Hardie, Agnes | Price, M. P. |
| Broad, F. A. | Harris, Rt. Hon. Sir P. A. | Radford, E. A. |
| Broadbridge, Sir G. T. | Hayday, A. | Raikes, Flight-Lieut. H. V. A. M. |
| Brocklebank, Sir C. E. R. | Heilgers, Major F. F. A. | Reakes, G. L. (Wallasey) |
| Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Henderson, J. J. Craik (Leeds, N.E.) | Reid, Rt. Hon. J. S. C. (Hillhead) |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Rickards, G. W. |
| Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Heneage, Lt.-Col. A. P. | Ridley, G. |
| Brown, W. J. (Rugby) | Higgs, W. F. | Riley, B. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Holdsworth, H. | Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) |
| Burden, T. W. | Hollins, A. (Hanley) | Rothschild, J. A. de |
| Burke, W. A. | Hollins, J. H. (Silvertown) | Rowlands, G. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Holmes, J. S. | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. |
| Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. | Horsbrugh, Florence | Russell, Sir A. (Tynemouth) |
| Cadogan, Major Sir E. | Howitt, Dr. A. B. | Salt, E. W. |
| Campbell, J. D. (Antrim) | Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | Schuster, Sir G. E. |
| Cape, T. | Hughes, R. M. | Selley, H. R. |
| Gary, R. A. | Hume, Sir G. H. | Shaw, Major P. S. (Wavertree) |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Hunter, T. | Shaw, Capt. W. T. (Forfar) |
| Chapman, Sir S. (Edinburgh, S.) | Hutchinson, G. C. (Ilford) | Shepperson, Sir E. W. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Isaacs, G. A. | Shute, Col. Sir J. J. |
| Churchill, Flt. Hn. Winston S. (Ep'ing) | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Simmonds, O. E. |
| Clarry, Sir Reginald | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. (Stl'g & C'km'n) | Smith, E. (Stoke) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. J. R. | Kimball, Major L. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Cocks, F. S. | Lawson, J. J. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Collindridge, F. | Leach, W. | Southby, Comdr. Sir A. R. J. |
| Cook, Lt.-Col. Sir T. R. A. M. (N'flk, N.) | Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Stephen, C. |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. | Stewart, W. Joseph (H'gton-le-Spring) |
| Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. | Leonard, W. | Strickland, Capt. W. F. |
| Craven-Ellis, W. | Leslie, J. R. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton-(Northwich) |
| Crowder, Capt. J. F. E. | Lewis, O. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Daggar, G. | Liddall, W. S. | Studholme, Captain H. G. |
| Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | Little, Dr. J. (Down) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Lloyd, C. E. (Dudley) | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Davison, Sir W. H. | Lloyd, Major E. G. R. (Renfrew, E.) | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| De Chair, Capt. S. S. | Loftus, P. C. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (P'd'ton, S. |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Lyle, Sir C. E. Leonard | Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) |
| Dobbie, W. | Mabane, W. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Doland, G. F. | McCorquodale, Malcolm S. | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Donner, Squadron-Leader P. W. | Macdonald, Captain Peter (I. of W.) | Thomas, Dr. W. S. Russell (S'thm'tn) |
| Douglas, F. C. R. | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Thorne, W. |
| Drewe, C. | McGovern, J. | Thorneycroft, H. (Clayton) |
| Dugdale, John (W. Bromwich) | Maclean, M. (Govan) | Tinker, J. J. |
| Dunn, E. | McNeil, H. | Titchfield, Lt.-Col. Marquess of |
| Ede, J. C. | Makins, Brig. Gen. Sir E. | Tomlinson, G. |
| Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Mander, G. le M. | Touche, G. C. |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough, E.) | Marshall, F. | Tufnell, Lieut.-Comdr. R. L. |
| Edwards, N. (Caerphilly) | Martin, J. H. | Walkden, A. G. (Bristol, S.) |
| Edwards, Walter J. (Whitechapel) | Mathers, G. | Walkden, E. (Doncaster) |
| Fildes, Sir H. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. | Walker, J. |
§ leave out sub-paragraph (b).—[Sir Edward Grigg.]
§ Question put, "That sub-paragraph (b) stand part of the Question."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 241; Noes, 63.
| Ward, Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) | Westwood, J. | Windsor, W. |
| Waterhouse, Capt. C. | White, Sir Dymoke (Fareham) | Womersley, Rt. Hon. Sir W. |
| Watkins, F. C. | While, H. (Derby, N. E.) | Woodburn, A. |
| Watson, W. McL. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. (Blaydon) | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Watt, F. C. (Edinburgh Con.) | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. | Young, A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Watt, Lt.-Col. G. S. H. (Richmond) | Williams, Sir H. G. (Croydon, S.) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Wells, Sir S. Richard | Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley) | |
| Welsh, J. C. | Wilmot, John | TELLERS FOR THE AYES— |
| Mr. Adamson and Mr. Pym. |
| NOES. | ||
| Agnew, Comdr. P. G. | Grigg, Sir E. W. M. (Altrincham) | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry |
| Astor, Viscountess (Plymouth, Sutton) | Gruffydd, W. J. | Peto, Major B. A. J. |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham E.) | Guest, Dr. L. Haden (Islington, N.) | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Barr, J. | Gunston, Major Sir D. W. | Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) |
| Bartlett, C. V. O. | Hall, W. G. (Colne Valley) | Robertson, D. (Streatham) |
| Beit, Sir A. L. | Harvey, T. E. | Robinson, J. R. (Blackpool) |
| Bower, Norman (Harrow) | Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | Silverman, S. S. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. (Cleveland) | Hewlett, T. H. | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. (Buckrose) | Hill, Prof. A. V. | Stokes, R. R. |
| Brooke, H. (Lewisham) | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Storey, S. |
| Channon, H. | Hogg, Hon. Q. McG. | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) |
| Cove, W. G. | Horabin, T. L. | Tate, Mavis C. |
| Davidson, Viscountess (H'm'l H'mst'd) | Hurd, Sir P. A. | Thomas, I. (Keighley) |
| Davies, Clement (Montgomery) | Jones, Sir G. W. H. (S'k Newington) | Walker-Smith, Sir J. |
| Drioerg, T. E. N. | Keir, Mrs. Cazalet | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Etherton, Ralph | Kendall, W. D. | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Evans, D. O. (Cardigan) | Lakin, C. H. A. | Willink, H. U. |
| Furness, Major S. N. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Gammans, Capt. L. D. | Linstead, H. N. | York, Major C. |
| Gates, Major E. E. | Lipson, D. L. | |
| George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | McGhee, H. G. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Gledhill, G. | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | Mr. Molson and Major |
| Thorneycroft. |
§ The House subsequently resumed in Public Session.