§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
§
from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House), for One hour after Six o'Clock."—[Mr. Attlee.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 290; Noes, 8.
979| Division No. 42.] | AYES. | [12 noon. |
| Acland, Sir R. T. D. | Edmondson, Major Sir J. | Kerr, Sir John Graham (Scottish U's) |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough, E.) | Kirby, B. V. |
| Adamson, Mrs. Jennie L. (Dartford) | Edwards, Walter J. (Whitechapel) | Knox, Major-General Sir A. W. F. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Cannock) | Elliot, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. W. E. | Lamb, Sir J. Q. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Ellis, Sir G. | Lancaster, Lieut.-Col. C. G. |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (So'h Univ.) | Emmott, C. E. G. C. | Lawson, H. M. (Skipton) |
| Apsley, Lady | Emrys-Evans, P. V. | Lawson, J. J. (Chester-le-Street) |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Fulham, E.) | Evened, Sir W. Lindsay | Leach, W. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Fermoy, Lord | Lees-Jones, J. |
| Balfour, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. H. | Foster, W. | Leighton, Major B. E. P. |
| Barr, J. | Frankel, D. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. L. |
| Barstow, P. G. | Fraser, Lt.-Col. Sir Ian (Lansdale) | Leslie, J. R. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. | Fraser, T. (Hamilton) | Liddall, W. S. |
| Beattie, F. (Cathcart) | Galbraith, Comdr. T. D. | Lindsay, K. M. |
| Beauchamp, Sir B. C. | Gallacher, W. | Lipson, D. L. |
| Beaumont, Hubert (Batley) | Gammons, Capt. L. D. | Lloyd, C. E. (Dudley) |
| Beaumont, Maj. Hn. R. E. B. (P'tsm'th) | Gates, Major E. E. | Lloyd, Major E. G. R. (Renfrew, E.) |
| Beechman, N. A. | George, Megan Lloyd (Anglesey) | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. W. (Ladywood) |
| Ballenger, F. J. | Gibbons, Lt.-Col. W. E. | Loftus, P. C. |
| Benson, G. | Gibson, Sir C. G. | Loverseed, J. E. |
| Berry, Hon. G. L. (Buckingham) | Glanville, J. E. | Lyle, Sir C. E. Leonard |
| Beveridge, Sir W. H. | Gledhill, G. | Mabane, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Bird, Sir R. E. | Glyn, Sir R. G. C. | MacAndrew, Colonel Sir C. G. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Grant-Ferric, Wing-Commander R. | McCallum, Major D. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | McCorquodale, Malcolm S. |
| Boulton, Sir W. W. | Greenwell, Colonel T. G. | Macdonald, Captain Peter (I. of W.) |
| Bower, Norman (Harrow) | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | McEntee, V. la T. |
| Bowles, F. G. | Granfell, D. R. | McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. |
| Bracken, Rt. Hon. B. | Gretton, J. F. | McGhee, H. G. |
| Braithwaite, Major A. N. (Buckrose) | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Mack, J. D. |
| Braithwaite, Lt.-Cdr. J. G. (H'dern's) | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | McKie, J. H. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Grigg, Rt. Hon. Sir P. J. (Cardiff, E.) | Maitland, Sir A. |
| Broadbridge, Sir G. T. | Grimston, Hon. J. (SI. Albans) | Mender, G. le M. |
| Brocklebank, Sir C. E. R. | Grimston, R. V. (Westbery) | Manning, C. A. G. |
| Brooke, H. (Lewisham) | Guest, Lt.-Col. H. (Drake) | Manningham-Buller, R. E. |
| Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) | Gunston, Major Sir D. W. | Mathers, G. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Newbury) | Guy, W. H. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. |
| Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Sir D. H. | Messer, F. |
| Brown, W. J. (Rugby) | Hall, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Aberdare) | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) |
| Bull, B. B. | Hannon, Sir P. J. H. | Mohan, A. H. E. |
| Burden, T. W. | Hardie, Mrs. Agnes | Montague, F. |
| Burke, W. A. | Harris, Rt. Hon. Sir P. A. | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Harvey, T. E. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry |
| Butcher, H. W. | Headlam, Lt.-Col. Sir C. M. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) |
| Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. | Holy-Hutchinson, M. R. | Morrison, Major J. G. (Salisbury) |
| Campbell, Sir E. T. (Bromley) | Henderson T. (Tradeston) | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) |
| Cape, T. | Heneage, Lt.-Col. A. P. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) |
| Cary, R. A. | Hepburn, Major P. G. T. Buchan- | Mort, D. L. |
| Channon, H. | Hicks, E. G. | Mott-Radclyffe, Capt. C. E. |
| Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Higgs, W. F. | Murray, J. D. (Spennymoor) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Naylor, T. E. |
| Clarke, Colonel R. S. | Hollins, A. (Hanley) | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Horabin, T. L. | Nicholson, G. (Farnham) |
| Cobb, Captain, E. C. | Horn-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. | Noel-Baker, P. J. |
| Collindridge, F. | Horsbrugh, Florence | Nunn, W. |
| Conant, Major R. J. E. | Hewitt, Dr. A. B. | Oldfield, W. H. |
| Cook, Lt.-Col. Sir T. R. A. M. (N'flk, N.) | Hubbard, T. F. | Parker, J. |
| Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | Peat, C. U. |
| Cove, W. G. | Hughes, R. Moetwyn | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | Hutchinson, G. C. (Ilford) | Peters, Dr. S. J. |
| Crowder, Capt. J. F. E. | Hutchison, Lt,-Com. G. I. C. (E'burgh) | Petherick, M. |
| Cundiff, F. W. | Hynd, J. B. | Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. |
| Davidson, Viscountess (H'm'l H'mst'd) | Isaacs, G. A. | Peto, Major B. A. J. |
| Davies, Major Sir G. F. (Yeovil) | James, Wing-Com. A. (Well'borough) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| De la Bère, R. | Jeffreys, General Sir G. D. | Pilkington, Captain R. A. |
| Denville, Alfred | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. |
| Dabble, W. | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) | Price, M. P. |
| Douglas, F. C. R. | Jewson, P. W. | Procter, Major H. A. |
| Dower, Lt.-Col. A. V. G. | Johnstone, Rt. Hon. H. (Mid'sbro, W.) | Quibell, D. J. K. |
| Duckworth, Arthur (Shrewsbury) | Jowitt, Rt. Hon. Sir W. A. | Raikes, Flight-Lieut. H. V. A. M. |
| Duckworth, W. R. (Moss Side) | Joynson-Hicks, Lt.-Comdr, Hon. L. W. | Rankin, Sir R. |
| Dugdale, John (W. Bromwich) | Keatinge, Major E. M. | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Dunglass, Lord | Keeling, E. H. | Reakes, G. L. (Wallasey) |
| Dunn, E. | Keir, Mrs. Cazalet | Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) |
| Eccles, D. M. | Kerr, H. W. (Oldham) | Richards, R. |
| Roberts, W. | Stuart, Lord C. Crichton-(Northwich) | Walt, F. C. (Edinburgh, Can.) |
| Robertson, D. (Streatham) | Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) | Watt, Brig. G. S. Harvie (Richmond) |
| Robertson, Rt. Hon. Sir M. A. (M'ham) | Studholme, Major H. C. | Wayland, Sir W. A. |
| Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. | Westwood, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Rothschild, J. A. de | Summers, G. S. | White, H. (Derby, N.E.) |
| Salt, E. W. | Summerskill, Dr. Edith | White, H. Graham (Birkenhead, E.) |
| Sanderson, Sir F. B. | Sutcliffe, H. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. (Blaydon) |
| Schuster, Sir C. E. | Tasker, Sir R. I. | Wickham, Lt.-Col. E. T. R. |
| Scott, Donald (Wansbeck) | Tate, Mrs. Mavis C. | Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley) |
| Salley, Sir H. R. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (P'd'ton, S.) | Willink, Rt. Hon. H. U. |
| Shepperson, Sir E. W. | Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) | Wilmot, John |
| Shute, Col. Sir J. J. | Thomas, I. (Keighley) | Windsor, W. |
| Silkin, L. | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) | Windsor-Clive, Lt.-Col. G. |
| Smith, E. (Stoke) | Thorneycroft, Maj. G. E. P. (Stafford) | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Smith, T. (Nermaston) | Thorneycroft, H. (Clayton) | Woodburn, A. |
| Smithers, Sir W. | Tinker, J. J. | Woolley, Major W. E. |
| Snadden, W. McN. | Touche, G. C. | Wootton-Davies, J. H. |
| Sorensen, R. W. | Viant, S. P. | Wright, Mrs. Beatrice F. (Bodmin) |
| Spearman, A. C. M. | Walkden, A. G. (Bristol, S.) | Young, Major A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Storey, S. | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) | |
| Stourton, Hon. J. J. | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES:— |
| Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) | Watkins, F. C. | Mr. Pym and Mr. Drewe. |
| Strickland, Capt. W. F. | Watson, W. McL. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Albery, Sir Irving | McGovern, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES:— |
| Buchanan, G. | Stephen, C. | Mr. Shepherd and Captain |
| Campbell, Dermot (Antrim) | Thomas, Dr. W. S. Russell (S'th'm'tn) | Prescott. |
| Colgate, W. A. | Turton, R. H. |
Question put, and agreed to.