§ Message from His Majesty brought up, and read by Mr. SPEAKER, as follows:
§ The Emergency Powers Act, 1920, having enacted that if it appears to His Majesty that any action has been taken or is immediately threatened by any persons or body of persons of such a nature and on so extensive a scale as to be calculated, by interfering with the supply and distribution of food, water, fuel or light or with the means of locomotion, to deprive the community, or any substantial portion of the community, of the essentials of life, His Majesty may, by proclamation, declare that a state of emergency exists: and the stoppage of work on an extensive scale in the Port of London having, in His Majesty's opinion, constituted a state of emergency within the meaning of the said Act:
§ His Majesty has deemed it proper by proclamation made in pursuance of the said Act and dated the eleventh day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, to declare that a state of emergency exists.
§ Mr. SolleyShame!
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That His Majesty's most gracious Message be taken into consideration upon Wednesday."—[Mr. H. Morrison.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 315; Noes, 0.
41| Division No. 203.] | AYES | [3.48 p.m. |
| Acland, Sir Richard | Binns, J. | Chetwynd, G. R. |
| Adams, Richard (Balnam) | Blackburn, A. R. | Cluse, W. S. |
| Agnew, Cmdr P. G. | Blyton, W. R. | Cobb, F. A. |
| Albu, A. H. | Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) | Cocks, F. S. |
| Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) | Boothby, R. | Collindridge, F. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Bottomley, A. G. | Colman, Miss G. W. |
| Amory, D. Heathcoat | Bowen, R. | Comyns, Dr. L. |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Scot. Univ.) | Bower, N. | Conant, Maj. R. J. E. |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. | Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Corbet, Mrs. F. K. (Camb'well, N. W.) |
| Attewell, H. C. | Braddock, Mrs. E. M. (L'pl, Exch'ge) | Cove, W. G. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Braithwaite, Lt.-Comdr. J. G. | Cripps, Rt. Hon. Sir S. |
| Austin, H. Lewis | Brook, D. (Halifax) | Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. |
| Ayles, W. H. | Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) | Crossman, R. H. S. |
| Bacon, Miss A. | Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Crowder, Capt. John E. |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Brown, George (Belper) | Cuthbert, W. N. |
| Balfour, A. | Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Danies, P. |
| Barlow, Sir J. | Brown, W. J. (Rugby) | Darling, Sir W. Y. |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) |
| Barstow, P. G. | Bullock, Capt. M. | Davies, Edward (Burslem) |
| Barton, C. | Burke, W. A. | Davies, Ernest (Enfield) |
| Battley, J. R. | Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S.) | Davies, Harold (Leek) |
| Baxter, A. B. | Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) | Davies, Haydn (St Pancras, S. W.) |
| Beamish, Maj. T. V. H. | Byers, Frank | Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) |
| Bechervaise, A. E. | Carson, E. | Deer, G. |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Castle, Mrs. B. A. | Dobbie, W. |
| Benson, G. | Channon, H. | Dodds, N. N. |
| Beswick, F. | Chater, D. | Dodds-Parker, A. D. |
| Drewe, C. | Kinley, J. | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | Kirby, B. V. | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Dugdale, J. (W. Bromwich) | Lambert, Hon. G. | Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Dumpleton, C. W. | Langford-Holt, J. | Rogers, G. H. R. |
| Duthie, W. S. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Ross, William (Kilmarnock) |
| Dye, S. | Levy, B. W. | Sanderson, Sir F. |
| Eccles, D. M. | Lewis, A. W. J. (Upton) | Scott-Elliot, W. |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Lewis, J. (Bolton) | Segal, Dr. S. |
| Edelman, M. | Lindsay, M. (Solihull) | Sharp, Granville |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | Linstead, H. N. | Shawcross, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (St. Helens) |
| Edwaros, A. (Middlesbrough, E.) | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow) |
| Edwards, W. J. (Whitechapel) | Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral) | Silverman, J. (Erdington) |
| Erroll, F. J. | Longden, F. | Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) |
| Evans, E. (Lowestoft) | Lucas, Major Sir J. | Simmons, C. J. |
| Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury) | Lyne, A. W. | Skeffington-Lodge, T. C. |
| Ewart, R. | McAdam, W. | Skinnard, F. W. |
| Farthing, W. J. | McEntee, V. La. T. | Smith, C. (Colchester) |
| Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) | McGhee, H. G. | Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.) |
| Follick, M. | McGovern, J. | Smith, S. H. (Hull, S. W.) |
| Foot, M. M. | McKay, J. (Wallsend) | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Fraser, H. C. P. (Stone) | Mackeson, Brig. H. R. | Snow, J. W. |
| Fraser, Sir I. (Lonsdale) | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Fraser, T. (Hamilton) | Maclay, Hon. J. S. | Sparks, J. A. |
| Gammans, L. D. | McLeavy, F. | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Ganley, Mrs. C. S. | MacLeod, J. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Gates, Maj. E. E. | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Steele, T. |
| Gibbins, J. | MacPherson, N. (Dumfries) | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. |
| Gibson, C. W. | Macpherson, T. (Romford) | Strauss, Henry (English Universities) |
| Gianville, J. E. (Consett) | Mainwaring, W. H. | Stross, Dr. B. |
| Glyn, Sir R. | Maitland, Comdr. J. W. | Stubbs, A. E. |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | Manningham-Buller, R. E. | Studholme, H. G. |
| Greenwood, Rt Hon. A. (Wakefield) | Marples, A. E. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. Edith |
| Greenwood, A. W. J. (Huywood) | Marsden, Capt A. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Grey, C. F. | Marshall, D. (Bodmin) | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Gridley, Sir A. | Marshall, S. H. (Sutton) | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (P'dd't'n, S.) |
| Grierson, E. | Mathers, Rt. Hon George | Taylor, H. S. (Mansfield) |
| Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) | Mayhew, C. P. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Medlicott, Brigadier F. | Teeling, William |
| Guy, W. H. | Mellish, R. J. | Thomas, Ivor (Keighley) |
| Haire, John E. (Wycombe) | Mellor, Sir J. | Thomas, I. O. (Wrekin) |
| Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil | Middleton, Mrs. L. | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (Monmouth) |
| Hamilton, Lieut-Col. R. | Monslow, W. | Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton) |
| Hannon, Sir P. (Moseley) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. | Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. |
| Hardy, E. A. | Morris, Hopkin (Carmarthen) | Thorp, Brigadier R. A. F. |
| Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) | Morris-Jones, Sir H. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Harris, F. W. (Croydon, N.) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E.) | Tolley, L. |
| Harris, H. Wilson (Cambridge Univ.) | Morrison, Maj J. G. (Salisbury) | Touche, G. C. |
| Harrison, J. | Mort, D. L. | Usborne, Henry |
| Harvey, Air-Comdre A. V. | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | Vernon, Maj. W. F. |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Moyle, A. | Viant, S. P. |
| Haworth, J. | Neal, H. (Claycross) | Wakefield, Sir W. W. |
| Head, Brig. A. H. | Nicholls, H. R. (Stratford) | Walker, G. H. |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col Rt. Hon. Sir C. | Nicholson, G. | Wallace, G. D. (Chislehurst) |
| Henderson, Rt. Hn. A. (Kingswinford) | Noel-Baker, Capt. F. E. (Brentford) | Wallace, H. W. (Walthamstow, E.) |
| Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. (Derby) | Warbey, W. N. |
| Herbison, Miss M. | Nutting, Anthony | Webb, M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Hewitson, Capt M. | Odey, G. W. | Webbe, Sir H. (Abbey) |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Oliver, G. H. | Weitzman, D. |
| Holman, P. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John (Edinb'gh, E.) |
| Holmes, H. E. (Hemsworth) | Paget, R. T. | White, H. (Derbyshire, N. E.) |
| Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich) | Parkin, B. T. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Hope, Lord J. | Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe) | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Hoy, J. | Paton, J. (Norwich) | Willey, O. G. (Cleveland) |
| Hudson, J. H. (Eating, W.) | Pearson, A. | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Hughes, H. D. (W'lverh'ton, W.) | Peart, T. F. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Hulbert, Wing-Cdr. N. J. | Poole, Cecil (Lichfield) | Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S) |
| Hutchison, Col. J. R. (Glasgow, C.) | Popplewell, E. | Williams, W. R. (Heston) |
| Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) | Porter, E. (Warrington) | Willis, E. |
| Irvine, A. J. (Liverpool) | Porter, G. (Leeds) | Wilmot, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Irving, W. J. (Tottenham, N.) | Prescott, Stanley | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Isaacs, Rt. Hon G. A. | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. | Wise, Major F. J. |
| Janner, B. | Proctor, W. T. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon A. |
| Jay, D. P. T. | Randall, H. E. | Woods, G. S. |
| Jeffreys, General Sir G. | Ranger, J. | Wyatt, W. |
| Jeger, G. (Winchester) | Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury) | Yates, V. F. |
| Jenkins, R. H. | Reid, T. (Swindon) | Young, Sir A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Jones, D. T. (Hartlepool) | Rhodes, H. | Younger, Hon. Kenneth |
| Keeling, E. H. | Ridealgh, Mrs. M. | |
| Keenan, W. | Roberts, Emrys (Merioneth) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Mr. Hannan and Mr. Bowden. | ||
| NOES | ||
| NIL. | ||
| TELLERS FOR THE NOES: | ||
| Mr. Piratin and Mr. Solley. |