HC Deb 21 April 1947 vol 436 cc617-9

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, 190; Noes, 80.

Division No. 124.] AYES. [3.33 p.m.
Adams, Richard (Balham) Greenwood, A. W. J. (Heywood) Rankin, J
Adams, W. T. (Hammersmith, South) Grierson, E. Reid, T. (Swindon)
Alpass, J. H Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) Ridealgh, Mrs. M.
Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) Gunter, R. J Robens, A.
Attewell, H. C. Guy, W. H. Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.)
Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. Hale, Leslie Rogers, G. H. R.
Austin, H Lewis Hall, W. G. Ross, William (Kilmarnock)
Ayles, W H. Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. R. Salter, Rt. Hon. Sir J A
Ayrton Gould, Mrs B Hannan, W. (Mary[...]) Sargood, R
Bacon, Miss A Hardman, D. R. Scollan, T
Balfour, A. Harris, H. Wilson Shackleton, E. A A
Barnes, Rt. Hon A J Harrison, J. Sharp, Granville
Barton, C Hastings, Dr. Somerville Shawcross, C. N. (Widnes)
Battley, J. R. Haworth, J. Silverman, J. (Erdington)
Bechervaise, A. E Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) Skeffington, A. M.
Belcher, J. W. Herbison, Miss M. Skeffington-Lodge, T. C
Benson, G Hicks, G. Skinnard, F W
Beswick, F Hobson, C R Smith, C (Colchester)
Bing, G. H. C Hoy, J Smith, Ellis (Stoke)
Blackburn, A. R Hubbard, T. Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.)
Blenkinsop, A Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) Snow, Capt. J. W.
Boardman, H. Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) Soskice, Maj. Sir F
Bowles, F. G. (Nuneaton) Hughes, H. D. (Wolverh'pton, W.) Sparks, J. A.
Braddock, T. (Mitcham) Hynd, H (Hackney, C.) Stephen, C.
Bramall, E. A. Irving, W. J. Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.)
Brown, George (Belper) Janner, B. Stross, Dr. B.
Buchanan, G. Jay, D. P. T. Stubbs, A. E.
Burke, W. A. Jeger, G. (Winchester) Summerskill, Dr. Edith
Callaghan, James Jeger, Dr. S. W (St. Pancras, S.E.) Taylor, H B. (Mansfield)
Champion, A. J Jones, Rt. Hon. A. C, (Shipley) Taylor, R J. (Morpeth)
Chater. D. Jones, D. T (Hartlepools) Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet)
Chetwynd, G. R Key, C W Thomson, Rt. Hn. G. R. (Ed'b'gh, E.)
Cocks, F S Kinley, J. Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton)
Coldrick, W Lewis, J. (Bolton) Thurtle, E.
Collick, P Lipson, D. L. Tiffany, S.
Collindridge, F Lipton, Lt.-Col. M Tolley, L.
Cook, T. F Longden, F. Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G
Cooper, Wing-Comdr G McAdam, W. Usborne, Henry
Corlett, Dr. J. McGhee, H. G Vernon, Maj. W. F.
Corvedale, Viscount Mack, J. D. Viant, S. P.
Crawley, A. McKay, J. (Wallsend) Walkden, E.
Daggar, G. Mackay, R. W. G. (Hull, N.W.) Walker, G. H.
Daines, P. MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) Wallace, C. D. (Chislehurst)
Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. Manning, C. (Camberwell, N.) Wallace, H W. (Walthamstow, E.)
Davies, Edward (Burslem) Manning, Mrs. L. (Epping) Weitzman, D
Davies, Ernest (Enfield) Middleton, Mrs. L Wells, P. L. (Faversham)
Davies, Harold (Leek) Mikardo, Ian Wells, W. T. (Walsall)
Deer, G. Millington, Wing-Comdr. E. R Westwood, Rt. Hon. J.
Diamond, J Mitchison, G. R. White, C. F. (Derbyshire, W.)
Dobbie, W. Morris, Hopkin (Carmarthen) Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W
Dodds, N. N. Moyle, A. Wilkes, L.
Driberg, T. E N. Naylor, T. E. Wilkins, W. A.
Dumpleton, C. W. Neal, H. (Claycross) Willey, F. T. (Sunderland)
Dye, S. Nichol, Mrs. M. E. (Bradford, N.)
Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough, E.) Parker, J. Willey, O. G. (Cleveland)
Edwards, W. J. (Whitechapel) Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe) Williams, J. L. (Kelvingrove)
Evans, E. (Lowestoft) Paton, J. (Norwich) Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley)
Field, Capt. W. J. Pearson, A Williams, W. R. (Heston)
Fletcher, E. G M. (Islington, E.) Peart, Capt. T. F. Willis, E.
Follick, M. Piratin, P. Wyatt, W.
Gallacher, W. Pritt, D. N. Yates, V. F.
Ganley, Mrs. C S Younger, Hon. Kenneth
Gibson, C. W Pursey, Cmdr, H
Gordon-Walker, P. C. Randall, H. E. TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Wakefield) Ranger. J Mr. Simmons and Mr. Michac
Stewart.
NOES
Baldwin, A. E Channon, H. De la Bère, R.
Beamish, Maj. T V. H Clarke, Col. R. S, Digby, S. W.
Boothby, R Clifton-Brown, Lt.-Col. G. Duthie, W. S.
Bowen, R Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter
Bower, N. Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. Erroll, F. J.
Boyd-Carpenter, J. A.
Braithwaite, Lt.-Comdr. J G Crowder, Capt. John E. Fleming, Sqn.-Ldr. E. L
Bullock, Capt. M Darling, Sir W. Y. Fraser, H. C. P. (Stone)
Fraser, Sir I. (Londale) MacAndrew, Col. Sir C Savory, Prof. D L
Galbraith, Cmdr. T D. McCallum, Maj. D. Scott, Lord W.
Gammans, L. D Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight) Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow)
Glyn, Sir R. McKie, J. H. (Galloway) Smith, E. P (Ashford)
Gomme-Duncan, Col. A Macpherson, Maj. N. (Dumfries) Snadden, W. M.
Grant, Lady Maitland, Comdr. J. W. Spearman, A. C. M
Grimston, R. V. Manningham-Buller, R. E Spence, H R.
Hannon, Sir P. (Moseley) Marshall, D. (Bodmin) Stanley, Rt. Hon. O.
Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon Sir C Mellor, Sir J. Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.)
Hinchingbrooke, Viscount Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. Strauss, H. G. (English Universities)
Hollis, M. C. Morrison, Maj. J. G. (Salisbury) Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray)
Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich) Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) Sutcliffe, H
Hutchison, Lt.-Cm. Clark (E'b'rgh, W.) Noble, Comdr. A. H. P Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A (P'dd't'n, S.)
Jeffreys, General Sir G. Orr-Ewing, I. L. Teeling, Willlam
Keeling, E. H. Peto, Brig. C. H. M Touche, G. C.
Kerr, Sir J. Graham Prescott, Stanley Walker-Smith, D.
Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A H Ramsay, Maj. S Ward, Hon G. R.
Lindsay, M. (Solihull) Renton, D. Wheatley, Colonel M. J.
Lucas, Major Sir J. Robertson, Sir D. (Streatham)
Lucas-Tooth, Sir H Robinson, Wing-Comdr. Roland TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Mr. Drewe and Mr. Studholme

Question put, and agreed to.