HC Deb 01 July 1948 vol 452 cc2380-3

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)."—[The Prime Minister.]

The House divided: Ayes, 228; Noes, 106.

Division No. 251.] AYES. [3.50 p.m.
Acland, Sir Richard Berry, H. Chater, D.
Adams, Richard (Balham) Beswick, F. Chetwynd, G. R.
Adams, W. T. (Hammersmith, South) Binns, J. Cluse, W. S.
Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) Blackburn, A. R. Cocks, F. S.
Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) Blenkinsop, A. Coldrick, W.
Alpass, J. H. Boardman, H. Collindridge, F.
Anderson, A. (Motherwell) Bottomley, A. G. Collins, V. J.
Attewell, H. C. Bowden, Flg. Offr, H. W. Colman, Miss G. M.
Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. Bowles, F. G. (Nuneaton) Cooper, Wing-Comdr. G.
Awbery, S. S. Braddock, Mrs. E. M. (L'pl. Exch'ge) Corlett, Dr. J.
Ayles, W. H. Braddock, T. (Mitcham) Cove, W. G.
Ayrton Gould, Mrs. B. Brook, D. (Halifax) Crawley, A.
Bacon, Miss A. Brown, T. J. (Ince) Crossman, R. H. S.
Balfour, A. Bruce, Maj. D. W. T. Dalton, Rt. Hon. H.
Barstow, P. G. Burke, W. A. Davies, Haydn (St. Pancras, S.W.)
Battley, J. R. Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S.) Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton)
Bechervaise, A. E. Carmichael, James Deer, G.
Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. Chamberlain, R. A. de Freitas, Geoffrey
Benson, G. Champion, A. J. Dodds, N. N.
Driberg, T. E. N. Lawson, Rt. Hon. J. J. Shackleton, E. A. A.
Dumpleton, C. W. Lee, Miss J. (Cannock) Sharp, Granville
Edwards, W. J. (Whitechapel) Leonard, W. Shawcross, C. N. (Widnes
Evans, Albert (Islington, W.) Lever, N. H. Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E.
Evans, E. (Lowestoft) Levy, B. W. Silverman, J. (Erdington)
Evans, John (Ogmore) Lindsay, K. M. (Comb'd Eng. Univ.) Skeffington, A. M.
Ewart, R. Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. Skeffington-Lodge, T. C.
Fairhurst, F. Longden, F. Skinnard, F. W.
Fernyhough, E. Lyne, A. W. Smith, C. (Colchester)
Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) McAdam, W. Snow, J. W.
Follick, M. McEntee, V. La T. Solley, L. J.
Foot, M. M. McGhee, H. G. Sorensen, R. W.
Forman, J. C. McGovern, J. Sparks, J. A.
Fraser, T. (Hamilton) Mack, J. D. Stokes, R. R.
Freeman, Peter (Newport) McKay, J. (Wallsend) Stubbs, A. E.
Gallacher, W. Mackay, R. W. G. (Hull, N.W.) Summerskill, Dr. Edith
Ganley, Mrs. C. S. McKinlay, A. S. Swingler, S.
Gilzean, A. Maclean, N. (Govan) Symonds, A. L.
Glanville, J. E. (Consett) MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth)
Granville, E. (Eye) Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet)
Greenwood, A. W. J. (Heywood) Mann, Mrs. J. Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare)
Grenfell, D. R. Manning, C. (Camberwell, N.) Thomas, Ivor (Keighley)
Grey, C. F. Mellish, R. J. Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton)
Griffiths, W. D. (Moss Side) Middleton, Mrs. L. Thurtle, Ernest
Guest, Dr. L. Haden Mikardo, Ian Tiffany, S.
Gunter, R. J. Monslow, W. Timmons, J.
Guy, W. H. Morgan, Dr. H. B. Tolley, L.
Hale, Leslie Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G.
Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil Morris, Hopkin (Carmarthen) Vernon, Maj. W. F.
Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. R. Morrison., Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E.) Viant, S. P.
Hannan, W. (Maryhill) Nally, W. Wadsworth, G.
Hardman, D. R. Naylor, T. E. Walkden, E.
Hardy, E. A. Noel-Baker, Capt. F. E. (Brentford) Warbey, W. N.
Harrison, J. Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. (Derby) Weitzman, D.
Hastings, Dr. Somerville Oldfield, W. H. Wells, P. L. (Faversham)
Haworth, J. Oliver, G. H. West, D. G.
Henderson, Rt. Hn. A. (Kingswinford) Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) Westwood, Rt. Hon. J.
Herbison, Miss M. Parker, J. Wheatley, Rt. Hn. John (Edinb'gh, E.)
Holman, P. Parkin, B. T. Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W.
Hoy, J. Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe) Wigg, George
Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) Paton, J. (Norwich) Wilcock, Group-Capt. C. A. B.
Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) Pearson, A. Wilkins, W. A.
Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) Peart, T. F. Willey, F. T. (Sunderland)
Hughes, H. D. (W'lverh'pton, W.) Perrins, W. Willey, O. G. (Cleveland)
Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) Piratin, P. Williams, J. L. (Kelvingrove)
Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. Popplewell, E. Williams, R. W. (Wigan)
Janner, B. Pritt, D. N. Williams, W. R. (Heston)
Jeger, G. (Winchester) Proctor, W T. Willis, E.
Jeger, Dr. S. W. (St. Pancras, S.E.) Pursey, Comdr. H. Wills, Mrs. E. A.
Jenkins, R. H. Randall, H. E. Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. H.
Johnston, Douglas Rankin, J. Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A.
Jones, D. T. (Hartlepools) Reid, T. (Swindon) Woods, G. S.
Jones, Elwyn (Plaistow) Rhodes, H. Yates, V. F.
Keenan, W. Roberts, Emrys (Merioneth) Young, Sir R. (Newton)
Kenyon, C. Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire)
Kinley, J. Ross, William (Kilmarnock) TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Kirby, B. V. Sargood, R. Mr. Simmons and
Kirkwood, Rt. Hon. D. Scollan, T. Mr. George Wallace.
Lambert, Hon. G. Segal, Dr. S.
NOES.
Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. Drayson, G. B. Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H.
Baldwin, A. E. Drewe, C. Lennox-Boyd, A. T.
Barlow, Sir J. Dugdale, Maj. Sir T. (Richmond) Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral)
Beamish, Maj. T. V. H. Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Walter Lucas, Major Sir J.
Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) Fraser, H. C. P. (Stone) Lucas-Tooth, Sir H.
Braithwaite, Lt.-Comdr. J. G. Fraser, Sir I. (Lonsdale) Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O.
Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. Glyn, Sir R. MacAndrew, Col. Sir C.
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Grimston, R. V. McCallum, Maj. D.
Bullock, Capt. M. Harris, F. W. (Croydon, N.) McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S.
Butler, Rt. Hn. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) Haughton, S. G. Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight)
Carson, E. Head, Brig. A. H. McFarlane, C. S.
Channon, H. Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir C. Mackeson, Brig. H. R.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. Henderson, John (Cathcart) McKie, J. H. (Galloway)
Conant, Maj. R. J. E. Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich) Maclay, Hon. J. S.
Cooper-Key, E. M. Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) Maclean, F. H. R. (Lancaster)
Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. Hulbert, Wing-Cdr. N. J. MacLeod, J.
Crowder, Capt. John E. Hurd, A. Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley)
Cuthbert, W. N. Hutchison, Col. J. R. (Glasgow, C.) Macpherson, N. (Dumfries)
Darling, Sir W. Y. Jeffreys, General Sir G. Maitland, Comdr. J. W.
De la Bère, R. Jennings, R. Manningham-Buller, R. E.
Digby, S. W. Lancaster, Col. C. G. Marsden, Capt. A.
Donner, P. W. Langford-Holt, J. Marshall, D. (Bodmin)
Mellor, Sir J. Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. Thornton-Kemsley, C. N.
Matson, A. H. E. Ramsay, Maj. S. Thorp, Brigadier R. A. F.
Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury) Touche, G. C.
Morris-Jones, Sir H. Reid, Rt. Hon. J. S. C. (Hillhead) Wakefield, Sir W. W.
Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. Renton, D. Walker-Smith, D.
Nicholson, G. Robertson, Sir D. (Streatham) Ward, Hon. G. R.
Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. Robinson, Roland Walt, Sir G. S. Harvie
Nutting, Anthony Ropner, Col. L. Wheatley, Colonel M. J. (Dorset, E.)
Orr-Ewing, I. L. Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow) Williams, C. (Torquay)
Peake, Rt. Hon. O. Smiles, Lt.-Cot. Sir W. York, C.
Peto, Brig. C. H. M. Snadden, W. M. Young, Sir A. S. L. (Partick)
Pickthorn, K. Spearman, A. C. M.
Ponsonby, Col. C. E. Stanley, Rt. Hon. O. TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Poole, O. B. S. (Oswestry) Stoddart-Scott, Cot M. Commander Agnew and
Prescott, Stanley Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) Mr. Studholme.

Question put, and agreed to.