§ Motion made, and Question put,
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That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
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from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 315; Noes, 119.
989| Division No. 6.] | AYES. | [3.34 p.m. |
| Adams, Capt. H. R. (Balham) | Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Levy, Lt. B. W. |
| Adams, W. T. (Hammersmith, South) | Deer, G. | Lewis, A. W. J. (Upton) |
| Adamson, Mrs. J. L. | de Freitas, Sqn.-Ldr. G. | Lewis, T. (Southampton) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. | Dobbie, W. | Lindgren, G. S. |
| Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) | Dodds, N. N. | Lindsay, K. M. (Comb'd Eng. Univ.) |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Douglas, F. C. R. | Lipson, D. L. |
| Allighan, Garry | Driberg, T. E. N. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Dumpleton, C. W. | Lloyd-George, Lady M. (Anglesey) |
| Anderson, A. (Motherwell) | Durbin, E. F. M. | Longden, F. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Dye, S. | Lyne, A. W. |
| Attewell, H. C. | Edelman, M. | McAllister, G. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough, E.) | McEntee, V. La T. |
| Austin, H. L. | Edwards, Rt. Hon. Sir C. (Bedwellty) | McKay, J. (Wallsend) |
| Awbery, S. S. | Edwards, John (Blackburn). | McKinlay, A. S. |
| Ayles, W. H. | Evans, E. (Lowestoft) | Maclean, N. (Govan) |
| Bacon, Miss A. | Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury) | McLeavy, F. |
| Baird, Capt. J. | Fairhurst, F. | MacMillan, M. K. |
| Balfour, A. | Farthing, W. J. | McNeil, H. |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. | Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) | Macpherson, T. (Romford) |
| Bartlett, V. | Follick, M. | Mainwaring, W. H. |
| Barton, C. | Foot, M. M. | Mallalieu, J. P. W. |
| Battley, J. R. | Foster, W. (Wigan) | Manning, C. (Camberwell, N.) |
| Bechervaise, A. E. | Fraser, T. (Hamilton) | Manning, Mrs. L. (Epping) |
| Belcher, J. W. | Freeman, Maj. J. (Watford) | Marshall, F. (Brightside) |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Freeman, P. (Newport) | Maxton, J. |
| Benson, G. | Gaitskell, H. T. N. | Mayhew, Maj. C. P. |
| Berry, H. | Gallacher, W. | Medland, H. M. |
| Beswick, Flt.-Lieut. F. | Ganley, Mrs. C. S. | Messer, F. |
| Binns, J. | Gibson, C. W. | Middleton, Mrs. L. |
| Blenkinsop, Capt. A. | Gilzean, A. | Millington, Wing-Comdr. E. R. |
| Blyton, W. R. | Glanville, T. E. | Mitchison, Maj. G. R. |
| Boardman, H. | Goodrich, H. E. | Monslow, W. |
| Bottomley, A. G. | Gould, Mrs. B. Ayrton | Montague, F. |
| Bowden, Flg.-Offr. H. W. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Morley, R. |
| Bowen, Capt. R. | Grenfell, D. R. | Morris,Lt.-Col. H. (Sheffield, C.) |
| Bowles, F. G. | Grey, C. F. | Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) |
| Brook, D. (Halifax) | Grierson, E. | Morris, R. H. (Carmarthen) |
| Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) | Griffiths, D. (Bother Valley) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E.) |
| Brown, George (Belper) | Griffiths, Rt. Hon. J. (Llanelly) | Mort, D. L. |
| Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Griffiths, Capt. W. D. (Moss Side) | Moyle, A. |
| Bruce, Maj. D. W. T. | Gruffydd, Prof. W. J. | Murray, J. D. |
| Buchanan, G. | Gunter, Capt. R. J. | Nally, W. |
| Burke, W. A. | Guy, W. H. | Neal, H. (Claycross) |
| Byers, Lt.-Col. F. | Haire, Flt.-Lieut. J. | Nichol, Mrs. M. E. (Bradford, N.) |
| Callaghan, James. | Hale, L. | Nicholls, H. R. (Stratford) |
| Castle, Mrs. B. A. | Hall, W. G. (Colne Valley) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. (Derby). |
| Chamberlain, R. A. | Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. R. | Noel-Buxton, Lady |
| Champion, A. J. | Hannan, W. (Maryhill) | Oldfield, W. H. |
| Chater D. | Hardy, E. A. | Oliver, G. H. |
| Chetwynd, Capt. G. R. | Harris, H. Wilson | Orbach, M. |
| Clitherow, R. | Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Paling, Rt. Hon. Wilfred (Wentworth) |
| Cluse, W. S. | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) |
| Cobb, F. A. | Hobson, C. R. | Pargiter, G. A. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Holman, P. | Parkin, Flt.-Lieut. B. T. |
| Coldrick, W. | Horabin, T. L. | Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe) |
| Collick, P. | Hoy, J. | Paton, J. (Norwich) |
| Collindridge, F. | Hubbard, T. | Pearson, A. |
| Collins, V. J. | Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) | Peart, Capt. T. F. |
| Colman, Miss G. M. | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Perrins, W. |
| Comyns, Dr. L. | Hutchinson, H. L. (Rusholme) | Piratin, P. |
| Cook, T. F. | Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) | Poole, Capt. C. C. (Lichfield) |
| Cooper, Wing-Comdr. G. | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Porter, E. (Warrington) |
| Corlett, Dr. J. | Jeger, Capt. G. (Winchester) | Proctor, W. T. |
| Corvedale, Maj. Viscount | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Pryde, D. J. |
| Cove, W. G. | Jones, D. T. (Hartlepools) | Pursey, Cmdr. H. |
| Crawley, Flt.-Lieut. A. | Jones, J. H. (Bolton) | Randall, H. E. |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | Jones, Maj. P. Asterley (Hitchin) | Ranger, J. |
| Daggar, G. | Kenyon, C. | Rankin, J. |
| Daines, P. | Key, C. W. | Rathbone, Miss Eleanor |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | King, Lt.-Col. E. M. | Reeves, J. |
| Davies, A. E. (Burslem) | Kinley, J. | Reid, T. (Swindon) |
| Davies, Clement (Montgomery) | Lavers, S. | Rhodes, H. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield) | Lawson, Rt. Hon. J. J. | Richards, R. |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Lee, F. (Hulme) | Ridealgh, Mrs. M. |
| Davies, Haydn (St. Pancras, S.W.) | Lever, Fl. Off. N. H. | Roberts, Sqn.-Ldr. E. O. (Merioneth) |
| Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) | Stokes, R. R. | Weitzman, D. |
| Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) | Stubbs, A. E. | Wells, P. L. (Faversham) |
| Rogers, G. H. R. | Summerskill, Dr. Edith | Wells, Maj. W. T. (Walsall) |
| Royle, C. | Sunderland, J. W. | White, C. F. (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Salter, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. | Swingler, Capt. S. | White, H. (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Sargood, R. | Symonds, Maj. A. L. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Scollan, T. | Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) | Whittaker, J. E. |
| Scott-Elliot, W. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) | Wigg, Col. G. E. C. |
| Segal, Sq. Ldr. S. | Thomas, I. O. (Wrekin) | Wilcock, Group-Capt. C. A. B. |
| Sharp, Lt. Col. G. M. | Thomas, Ivor (Keighley) | Wilkes, Maj. L. |
| Shawcross, Cmdr. C. N. (Widnes) | Thomas, J. R. (Dover) | Willey, F. T. (Sunderland) |
| Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. | Thomas, George (Cardiff) | Willey, O. G. (Cleveland) |
| Shurmer, P. | Thurtle, E. | Williams, D. J. (Neath) |
| Silverman, J. (Erdington) | Tiffany, S. | Williams, Rt. Hon. E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) | Timmins, J. | Williams, J. L. (Kelvingrove) |
| Simmons, C. J. | Titterington, M. F. | Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley) |
| Skeffington, A. M. | Tolley, L. | Williams, W. R. (Heston) |
| Skeffington-Lodge, Lt. T. C. | Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G. | Williamson, T. |
| Skinnard, F. W. | Usborne, H. C. | Willis, E. |
| Smith, Capt. C. (Colchester) | Vernon, Maj. W. F. | Wills, Mrs. E. A. |
| Smith, Ellis (Stoke) | Viant, S. P. | Wilson, J. H. |
| Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) | Wadsworth, G. | Wise, Major F. J. |
| Smith, T. (Normanton) | Walkden, E. | Woods, G. S. |
| Snow, Capt. J. W. | Walker, G. H. (Rossendale) | Wyatt, Maj. W. |
| Solley, L. J. | Walker, P. C. G. (Smethwick) | Yates, V. F. |
| Sorensen, R. W. | Wallace, G. D. (Chislehurst) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Soskice, Maj. Sir F. | Wallace, H. W. (Walthamstow, E.) | Younger, Maj. The Hon. K. G. |
| Sparks, J. A. | Warbey, W. N. | Zilliacus, K. |
| Stamford, W. | Watkins, T. E. | |
| Steele, T. | Watson, W. M. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Stewart, Maj. M. (Fulham. E.) | Webb, M. (Bradford, C.) | Mr. Mathers and Captain Bing. |
| NOES. | ||
| Amory, Lt.-Col. D. H. | Hogg, Hon. Q. | Pitman, I. J. |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Scot. Univ.) | Holmes, Sir J. Stanley | Ponsonby, Col.C. E. |
| Barlow, Sir J. | Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. |
| Beattie, F. (Cathcart) | Hulbert, Wing-Comdr. N. J. | Raikes, H. V. |
| Birch, Lt.-Col. N. | Hutchison, Lt.-Cm. Clark (E'b'gh W.). | Ramsay, Maj. S. |
| Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. | Hutchison, Lt.-Col. J. R. (G'gow, C.) | Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury) |
| Bower, N. | Jennings, R. | Reid, Rt. Hon. J. S. C. (Hillhead) |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. | Keeling, Sqn.-Ldr. E. H. | Robinson, Wing-Comdr. J. R. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Lancaster, Col. C. G. | Ropner, Col. L. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. | Sanderson, Sir F. |
| Butcher, H. W. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Scott, Lord W. |
| Challen, Flt.-Lieut. C. | Lindsay, Lt.-Col. M. (Solihull) | Shephard, S. (Newark) |
| Clarke, Col. R. S. | Linstead, H. N. | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Clifton-Brown, Lt.-Col. G. | Lloyd-George, Maj. Rt. Hn, G. (P'b'ke) | Snadden, W. M. |
| Conant, Maj. R. J. E. | Low, Brig. A. R. W. | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Cooper-Key, Maj. E. M. | Lucas, Major Sir J. | Spence, Maj. H. R. |
| Corbett, Lieut.-Col. U. (Ludlow) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. | Stanley, Col. Rt. Hon. O. |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | MacAndrew, Col. Sir C. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Crowder, Capt. J. F. E. | Macdonald, Capt. Sir P. (I. of Wight) | Stoddart-Scott, Lt.-Col. M. |
| Cuthbert, W. N. | Mackeson, Col. H. R. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Darling, Sir W. Y. | M'Kie, J. H. (Galloway) | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| De la Bère, R. | Maclay, Hon. J. S. | Teeling, Flt.-Lieut. W. |
| Dodds-Parker, Col. A. D. | MacLeod, Capt. J. | Thornton-Kemsley, Col. C. N. |
| Donner, Sqn.-Ldr. P. W. | Maitland, Comdr. J. W. | Thorp, Lt.-Col. R. A. F. |
| Dower, Lt.-Col. A. V. G. (Penrith) | Manningham-Buller, R. E. | Touche, G. C. |
| Drayson, Capt. G. B. | Marsden, Comdr. A. | Turton, R. H. |
| Duthie, W. S. | Marsnall, Comdr. D. (Bodmin) | Vane, Lt.-Col. W. M. T. |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | Marshall, S. H. (Sutton) | Wakefield, Sir W. W. |
| Erroll, Col. F. J. | Medlicott, Brig. F. | Walker-Smith, Lt.-Col. D. |
| Fleming, Sqn.-Ldr. E. L. | Mellor, Sir J. | Watt, Sir G. S. Harvie |
| Fletcher, W. (Bury) | Molson, A. H. E. | Wheatley, Lt.-Col. M. J. |
| Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. | White, Sir D. (Fareham) |
| Gates, Maj. E. E. | Morrison, Maj. J. G. (Salisbury) | White, Maj. J. B. (Canterbury) |
| Glyn, Sir R. | Morrison, Rt. Hn. W. S. (Cirencester) | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. G. | Mott-Radclyffe, Maj. C. E. | Williams, Lt.-Cdr. G. W. (T'nbr'ge) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Neven-Spence, Major Sir B. | York, C. |
| Hare, Lieut.-Col. Hon. J. H. | Nicholson, G. | Young, Maj. Sir A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Harvey, Air Cmdre. A. V. | Nield, B. | |
| Haughton, Maj. S. G. | Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Headlam, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir C. | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Commander Agnew and Mr. Drewe. |
| Hinchingbrooke. Viscount | Peto, Brig. C. H. M. |
Resolution agreed to.