HC Deb 17 February 1947 vol 433 cc801-3

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)."—[Mr. Arthur Greenwood]

The House divided: Ayes, 223; Noes, 112.

Division No. 76.] AYES [3.35 p.m.
Adams, Richard (Balham) Guy, W. H Price, M. Philips
Adams, W. T. (Hammersmith, South) Haire, John E. (Wycombe) Pritt, D. N
Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) Hale, Leslie Proctor, W. T.
Alpass, J. H. Hamilton, Lieut. -Col. R Pursey, Cmdr. H.
Anderson, A. (Motherwell) Hannan, W. (Maryhill) Ranger, J.
Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) Hastings, Dr. Somerville Rees-Williams, D. R
Attewell, H.C Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) Reeves, J
Austin, H. Lewis Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) Reid, T. (Swindon)
Ayles, W. H. Hicks, G. Robens, A.
Ayrton Gould, Mrs. B. House, G. Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire)
Bacon, Miss A. Hoy, J. Robertson, J. J. (Berwick)
Balfour, A. Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) Rogers, G. H. R.
Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) Royle, C.
Barton, C. Hughes, H. D. (W'lverh'pton, W.) Scott-Elliot, W.
Battley, J. R. Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) Segal, Dr. S.
Bechervaise, A E. Irving, W. J. Shackleton, Wing.-Cdr. E. A. A.
Berry, H. Jay, D P. T. Shawcross, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (St. Helens)
Beswick, F. Jeger, G. (Winchester) Silverman, J. (Erdington)
Binns, J. Jeger, Dr. S. W. (St. Panoras, S.E.) Silverman, S. S. (Nelson)
Blackburn, A. R. Jones, D. T (Hartlepools) Skeffington, A. M.
Blyton, W. R. Jones, Elwyn (Plaistow) Skeffington-Lodge, T. C.
Bowden, Flg.-Offr. H. W. Jones, J H. (Bolton) Smith, S. H. (Hull, S.W.)
Bowles, F. G. (Nuneaton) Jones, P. Asterley (Hitchin) Solley, L. J
Braddock, T. (Mitcham) Key, C. W Sorensen, R. W.
Bramall, Major E. A. King, E. M. Soskice, Maj. Sir F.
Brown, T. J (Ince) Kirkwood, D. Sparks, J. A.
Bruce, Maj. D. W. T. Lang, G. Stephen, C.
Buchanan, G. Lee, Miss J. (Cannock) Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.)
Burden, T W. Lever, N. H. Strachey, J.
Burke, W. A. Levy, B. W. Stross, Dr. B.
Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S.) Lewis, J (Bolton) Stubbs, A. E.
Castle, Mrs. B. A. Lipson, D. L. Summerskill, Dr. Edith
Chamberlain, R. A Lipton, Lt.-Col. M Swingler, S.
Champion, A. J Lyne, A. W. Symonds, A. L.
Chetwynd, G. R. McAllister, G. Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield)
Clitherow, Dr. R McGhee, H. G. Taylor, R J. (Morpeth)
Cobb, F. A. Mack, J. D. Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet)
Cocks, F. S McKay, J. (Wallsend) Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare)
Coldrick, W. Mackay, R. W. G. (Hull, N.W.) Thomas, I. O. (Wrekin)
Collins, V. J MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) Thomson, Rt. Hon. G. R. (Ed'b'gh, E.)
Colman, Miss G. M. McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton)
Comyns, Dr. L. Macpherson, T. (Romford) Thurtle, E.
Cooper, Wing-Comdr. G. Mallalieu, J. P. W. Tiffany, S
Corlett, Dr. J. Manning, Mrs L (Epping) Tolley, L.
Cove, W. G. Mathers, G. Turner-Samuels, M
Daggar, G. Mayhew, C P Vernon, Maj. W. F
Daines, P. Mellish, R. J. Viant, S. P.
Davies, Edward (Burslem) Middleton, Mrs. L Walkden, E.
Davies, Ernest (Enfield) Mikardo, Ian Wallace, G. D. (Chislehurst)
Davies, Hadyn (St. Pancras, S.W.) Millington, Wing-Comdr E. R Wallace, H. W (Walthamstow, E.)
Diamond, J. Mitchison, Maj. G. R Warbey, W. N.
Dodds, N. N. Monslow, W. Webb, M (Bradford, C.)
Donovan, T. Montague, F Weilzman, D.
Driberg, T. E. N. Moody, A. S. Wells, P. L. (Faversham)
Dugdale, J (W. Bromwich) Morley, R. Wells, W. T (Walsall)
Dumpleton, C W. Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) West, D. G.
Dye, S. Morris, Hopkin (Carmarthen) Westwood, Rt. Hen. J.
Edelman, M. Moyle, A. Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W.
Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough, E.) Murray, J. D. Wilcock, Group-Capt. C. A. B.
Edwards, W. J. (Whitechapel) Nally, W. Wilkes, L.
Evans, E. (Lowestoft) Naylor, T. E. Willey, F. T. (Sunderland)
Ewart, R. Neal, H. (Claycross) Willey, O. G. (Cleveland)
Field, Capt. W. J. Nichol, Mrs. M. E. (Bradford, N.) Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley)
Fletcher, E G. M. (Islington, E.) Nicholls, H. p. (Stratford) Williams, W. R. (Heston)
Follick, M. Noel-Baker, Capt. F. E. (Brentford) Willis, E.
Foot, M. M. Noel-Buxton, Lady Wilmot, Rt. Hon. J.
Fraser, T. (Hamilton) Oldfield, W. H. Wilson, J H
Gallacher, W. Oliver, G. H. Wyatt, W.
Ganley, Mrs. C. S. Parker, J. Yates, V. F.
Glanville, J. E. (Consett) Parkin, B. T. Young, Sir R. (Newton)
Gooch, E. G. Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe) Younger, Hon. Kenneth
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Wakefield) Paton, J. (Norwich)
Greenwood, A. W. J. (Heywood) Pearson, A. TELLERS FOR THE AYES
Grey, C. F. Peart, Capt. T. F. Mr. Popplewell and
Grierson, E. Piratin, P. Mr. Simmons.
Gunter, R. J. Porter, E. (Warrlngton)
NOES
Amory, D. Heatheoat Harris, H. Wilson Nutting, Anthony
Anderson, Rt. Hon. Sir J. (Soot. Univ.) Harvey, Air-Comdre. A. V. Orr-Ewing, I L.
Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. Haughton, S. G. Peake, Rt. Hon. O.
Astor, Hon. M. Henderson, John (Catheart) Peto, Brig. C. H. M.
Beechman, N. A. Hinchingbrooke, Viseount Poole, O. B. S. (Oswestry)
Birch, Nicel Hope, Lord J. Prescott, Stanley
Boothby, R. Kurd, A. Ramsay, Maj. S.
Bottom, A. C Hutchison, Col. J. R. (Glasgow, C.) Rayner, Brig. R.
Bower, N. Jeffreys, General Sir G. Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury)
Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. Joynson-Hicks, Lt.-Cdr. Hon. L. W. Renton, D.
Braithwaite, Lt.-Comdr. J. G. Kerr, Sir J Graham Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.)
Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. Kingsmill, Lt.-Col. W. H. Robinson, Wing-Comdr. Roland
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Law, Rt Hon. R. K. Ropner, Col L.
Bullock, Capt. M. Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonderry)
Butcher, H. W. Lennox-Boy A. T. Savory, Prof. D L.
Byers, Frank Lindsay, M. (Solihull) Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow)
Challen, C Linstead, H. N. Smith, E. P. (Ashford)
Channon, H. Lucas, Major Sir J. Smithers, Sir W
Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S.. Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. Stanley, Rt Hon. O.
Clifton-Brown, Lt.-Col. G. MacAndrew, Col. Sir C. Stewart, J. Henderson (File, E.)
Conant, Maj. R J. E. Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight) Strauss, H. G. (English Universities)
Cooper-Key, E. M. Mackeson, Brig. H. R. Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray)
Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. McKie, J. H. (Galloway) Studholme, H. G.
Cuthbert, W. N. MacLeod, J. Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (P'ed't'n, S.)
De la Bén, R. Macpherson, Maj. N. (Dumfries) Thorp, Lt.-Col. R. A. F.
Eccls, D. M. Maitland, Comdr. J. W. Touche, G. C.
Eden, Rt. Hon. A. Manningham-Buller, R. E. Vane, W. M. F.
Elliot, Rt. Hon. Walter Marsden, Capt. A. Walker-Smith, D.
Erroll, F.J. Marshall, D. (Bodmin) Watt, Sir G. S. Harvie
Fleming, Sqn.-Ldr. E. L. Marshall, S. H. (Sutton) Webbe, Sir H. (Abbey)
Fraser, Maj. H. C. P. (Stone) Medlicott, F. Wheatley, Colonel M. J.
Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. Mellor, Sir J. Williams, C. (Torquay)
Glyn, Sir R. Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. Willoughby de Eresby, Lerd
Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. G. Morrison, Maj. J. G. (Salisbury) York, C.
Gridley, Sir A. Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) Young, Sir A. S. L. (Partiek)
Grimston, R. V. Neven-Spence, Sir B.
Hannon, Sir P. (Moseley) Nicholson, G. TELLERS FOR THE NOES
Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. Mr. Drewe and
Commander Agnew