§
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, 283; Noes, 122.
2779| Division No. 103.] | AYES. | 3.30 p.m. |
| Acland, Sir Richard | Dumpleton, C. W | Lipson, D. L. |
| Adams, Richard (Balham) | Durbin, E. F. M. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. | Dye, S. | Longden, F. |
| Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) | Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C | Lyne, A. W. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Edelman, M. | McAdam, W. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough, E.) | McEntee, V. La. T. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Edwards, Rt. Hon. Sir C. (Bedwellty) | McGhee, H. G. |
| Attewell, H. C. | Edwards, N. (Caerphilly) | McGovern, J. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Evans, Albert (Islington, W.) | Mack, J. D. |
| Ayles, W. H. | Evans, E. (Lowestoft) | McKay, J. (Wallsend) |
| Ayrton Gould, Mrs. B. | Evans, John (Ogmore) | Mackay, R. W. G. (Hull, N.W.) |
| Bacon, Miss A. | Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury) | Maclean, N. (Govan) |
| Balfour, A. | Fairhurst, F. | McLeavy, F. |
| Barstow, P. G. | Farthing, W. J. | Mallalieu, J. P. W. |
| Barton, C. | Fernyhough, E. | Marquand, H. A. |
| Battley, J. R. | Field, Capt. W. J. | Marshall, F. (Brightside) |
| Bechervaise, A. E, | Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) | Mathers, Rt. Hon. George |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Fool, M M. | Mellish, R. J. |
| Benson, G. | Forman, J. C. | Middleton, Mrs. L. |
| Beswick, F. | Fraser, T. (Hamilton) | Mikardo, Ian |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Freeman, Peter (Newport) | Millington, Wing-Comdr. E. R |
| Bevin, Rt. Hon. E. (Wandsworth, C.) | Gallacher, W. | Mitchison, G. R. |
| Binns, J. | Ganley, Mrs. C. S. | Monslow, W. |
| Blackburn, A. R. | George, Lady M. Lloyd (Anglesey) | Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Gilzean, A. | Morris, Hopkin (Carmarthen) |
| Blyton, W. R. | Glanville, J. E. (Consett) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E.) |
| Boardman, H. | Gooch, E. G. | Moyle, A. |
| Bottomley, A. G. | Greenwood, A. W. J. (Heywood) | Mulvey, A |
| Bowden, Flg.-Offr. H. W. | Grenfell, D. R. | Murray, J. D |
| Bowen, R | Grey, C. F. | Nally, W. |
| Bowles, F. G. (Nuneaton) | Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) | Neal, H. (Claycross) |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. (L'pl, Exch'ga) | Griffiths, Rt. Hon. J. (Llanelly) | Nichol, Mrs. M. E. (Bradford, N.) |
| Bramall, E. A. | Griffiths, W. D. (Moss Side) | Nicholls, H. R. (Stratford) |
| Brook, D. (Halifax) | Gunter, R J. | Noel-Baker, Capt. F. E. (Brentford) |
| Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) | Guy, W. H. | Oldfield, W. H. |
| Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil | Oliver, G. H. |
| Bruce, Maj. D. W. T. | Hamilton, Lieut.-Col R. | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) |
| Buchanan, Rt. Hon. G | Hardy, E. A. | Parker, J. |
| Burden, T. W. | Harris, H, Wilson (Cambridge Univ.) | Parkin, B. T. |
| Burke, W. A. | Harrison, J. | Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe) |
| Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S.) | Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Paton, J. (Norwich) |
| Byers, Frank | Henderson, Rt. Hn. A. (Kingswinford) | Pearson, A. |
| Carmichael, James | Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) | Peart, T. F. |
| Castle, Mrs. B. A. | Herbison, Miss M. | Perrins, W. |
| Chamberlain, R. A. | Hicks, G. | Piratin, P |
| Champion, A. J. | Hobson, C. R | Poole, Cecil (Lichfield) |
| Chater, D. | Hoi man, P | Porter, G. (Leeds) |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | House, G. | Price, M. Philips |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hoy, J. | Proctor, W. T. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) | Pryde, D. J. |
| Coldrick, W. | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) | Randall, H. E. |
| Collick, P. | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Ranger, J. |
| Collindridge, F. | Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) | Rankin, J. |
| Collins, V. J. | Irvine, A. J. (Liverpool) | Rees-Williams, D. R. |
| Comyns, Dr. L. | Irving, W J. (Tottenham, N.) | Reeves, J. |
| Corlett, Dr. J. | Janner, B. | Raid, T. (Swindon) |
| Crawley, A. | Jay, D. P. T. | Rhodes, H. |
| Cripps, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Jeger, G. (Winchester) | Richards, R. |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | Jones, Rt. Hon. A. C. (Shipley) | Ridealgh, Mrs. M. |
| Cunningham, P. | Jones, D. T. (Hartlepool) | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) |
| Daggar, G. | Jones, Elwyn (Plaistow) | Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) |
| Dames, P. | Keenan, W | Rogers, G. H. R. |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Kenyon, C. | Royle, C. |
| Davies, Edward (Burslem) | Key, C. W. | Scollan, T. |
| Davies, Haydn (St. Pancras, S.W.) | Kinghorn, Sqn.-Ldr. E. | Scott-Elliot, W. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Kinley, J. | Segal, Dr. S. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Kirkwood, Rt. Hon. D | Shackleton, E. A. A |
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | Lang, G. | Sharp, Granville |
| Delargy, H. J. | Lee, F. (Hulme) | Shawcross, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (St. Helens) |
| Diamond, J. | Lee, Miss J. (Cannock) | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Dodds, N. N | Leonard, W | Shurmer, P. |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | Leslie, J. R | Silkin, Rt. Hon. L. |
| Dugdale, J. (W. Bromwich) | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Silverman, J. (Erdington) |
| Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) | Thomas, George (Cardiff) | White, C. F. (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Skeffington-Lodge, T. C. | Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton) | White, H. (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Skinnard, F. W. | Thurtle, Ernest | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W |
| Smith, C. (Colchester) | Tiffany, S. | Wigg, George |
| Smith, Ellis (Stoke) | Timmons, J. | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.) | Titterington, M. F | Willey, F. T. (Sunderland) |
| Snow, J. W. | Tolley, L. | Willey, O. G. (Cleveland) |
| Solley, L. J. | Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G. | Williams, D, J. (Neath) |
| Sorensen, R. W | Turner-Samuels, M. | Williams, J. L. (Kelvingrove) |
| Sparks, J. A. | Usborne, Henry | Williams, R. W. (Wigan) |
| Stamford, W. | Vernon, Maj. W. F. | Williams, W. R. (Heston) |
| Stokes, R. R. | Viant, S. P. | Willis, E. |
| Stross, Dr. B. | Wadsworth, G. | Wills, Mrs. E. A. |
| Stubbs, A. E. | Walkden, E. | Wilmot, Rt. Hon. J |
| Summerskill, Dr. Edith | Wallace, G. O. (Chislehurst) | Wise, Major F. J |
| Swingler, S. | Watkins, T. E. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Sylvester, G. O. | Webb, M. (Bradford, C.) | Woods, G. S. |
| Symonds, A. L. | Weitzman, D. | Yates, V. F. |
| Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) | Wells, P. L. (Faversham) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet) | Wells, W. T. (Walsall) | |
| Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare) | West, D. G. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES. |
| Thomas, Ivor (Keighley) | Westwood, Rt. Hon. J. | Mr. Hannan and Mr. Simmons |
| Thomas, I. O. (Wrekin) | Wheatley, John (Edinburgh, E.) | |
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Cmdr. P. G. | Harmon, Sir P. (Moseley) | Mullan, Lt. C. H. |
| Amory, D. Heathcoat | Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) | Neven-Spence, Sir B. |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. | Harvey, Air-Comdre. A. V. | Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. |
| Baxter, A. B. | Head, Brig. A. H. | Odey, G. W. |
| Birch, Nigel | Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Orr-Ewing, I. L. |
| Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Osborne, C. |
| Boothby, R. | Hogg, Hon. Q. | Peake, Rt. Hon. O |
| Bossom, A. C. | Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich) | Pickthorn, K. |
| Bower, N. | Howard, Hon. A. | Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury) |
| Braithwaite, Lt.-Comdr. J. G. | Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | Reid, Rt. Hon. J. S. C. (Hillhead) |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W | Hulbert, Wing-Cdr. N. J | Roberts, H. (Handsworth) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T | Hurd, A. | Roberts, P. G. (Ecclesall) |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Hutchison, Lt.-Cm. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) | Robertson, Sir D, (Streatham) |
| Butcher, H. W. | Jeffreys, General Sir G | Ropner, Col. L. |
| Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) | Keeling, E. H. | Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonderry) |
| Challen, C. | Kerr, Sir J. Graham | Savory, Prof. D. L. |
| Channon, H. | Kingsmill, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Scott, Lord W. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. | Lancaster, Col. C. G. | Smith, E. P. (Ashford) |
| Clifton-Browne, Lt.-Col. G. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Cooper-Key, E. M. | Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral) | Spearman, A. C. M |
| Corbett, Lieut.-Col. U. (Ludlow) | Low, A. R. W. | Spence, H. R. |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Crowder, Capt. John E. | MacAndrew, Col. Sir C | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Cuthbert, W. N. | Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight) | Strauss, H. G. (English Universities) |
| Darting, Sir W. Y. | Mackeson, Brig H. R. | Studholme, H. G |
| Davidson, Viscountess | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) | Sutcliffe, H. |
| De la Bère, R. | Maclay, Hon. J. S. | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Maclean, F H. R. | Teeling, William |
| Dower, Col. A. V. G. (Penrith) | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Drayson, G. B | Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (Monmouth) |
| Drewe, C. | Maitland, Comdr. J. W. | Thorp, Brigadier, R. A. F. |
| Dugdale, Mai Sir T. (Richmond) | Mannkigham-Burler, R. E. | Touche, G. C. |
| Eccles, D. M. | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Elliot, Lieut.-Col., Rt. Hon. W | Marsden, Capt. A. | Watt, Sir G. S. Harvie |
| Erroll, F. J. | Marshall, O. (Bodmin) | Wheatley, Colonel M. J. (Dorset, E.) |
| Fletcher, W. (Bury) | Medlicott, Brigadier F. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Fox, Sir G. | Mellor, Sir J. | Winlerton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Fraser, H. C. P. (Stone) | Molson, A. H. E. | Young, Sir A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Gage, C. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. | |
| Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. | Morrison, Maj. J. G. (Salisbury) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Major Ramsay and Maior Conanr |
| Grimston, R. V. | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. |
Question put, and agreed to.