§
Ordered:
That this day, Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before ten o'clock; and that if the first three Resolutions proposed shall have been agreed to by the Committee of Supply before half-past nine o'clock, the Chairman shall proceed to put forthwith the Questions which he is directed to put at half-past nine o'clock by paragraph (6) of Standing Order No. 16 (Business of Supply)."—[Mr. H. Morrison.]
§
Motion made, and Question proposed:
That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. H. Morrison.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 229; Noes, 103.
2261| Division No. 240.] | AYES | [3.58 p.m. |
| Acland, Sir R. | Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. | Anderson, A. (Motherwell) |
| Adams, Richard (Balham) | Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) | Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) |
| Albu, A. H. | Alpass, J. H. | Attewell, H. C. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Griffiths, W. D. (Moss Side) | Pryde, D. J. |
| Austin, H. Lewis | Guy, W. H. | Randall, H. E. |
| Awbery, S. S. | Haire, John E. (Wycombe) | Ranger, J. |
| Ayles, W. H. | Hale, Leslie | Rankin, J. |
| Ayrton Gould, Mrs. B. | Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil | Rees-William, D. A. |
| Bacon, Miss A. | Hamilton, Lt.-Col. R. | Reid, T. (Swindon) |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. | Hannan, W. (Maryhill) | Richards, R. |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Hardy, E. A. | Ridealgh, Mrs. M. |
| Benson, G. | Harrison, J. | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) |
| Beswick, F. | Haworth, J. | Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) |
| Bing, G. H. C. | Herbison, Miss M. | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Blackburn, A. R. | Hewitson, Capt. M. | Royle, C. |
| Blyton, W. R. | Houghton, Douglas | Scollan, T. |
| Bottomley, A. G. | Hoy, J. | Scott-Elliot, W. |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. (L'pl, Exch'ge) | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) | Segal, Dr. S. |
| Braddock, T. (Mitcham) | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Sharp, Granville |
| Bramall, E. A. | Hughes, H. D. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Shurmer, P. |
| Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) | Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) | Silkin, Rt. Hon. L. |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Irvine, A. J. (Liverpool, Edge Hill) | Silverman, J. (Erdington) |
| Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) |
| Bruce, Major D. W. T. | Jeger, G. (Winchester) | Simmons, C. J. |
| Burden, T. W. | Jones, D. T. (Hartlepools) | Skeffington, A. M. |
| Burke, W. A. | Jones, Elwyn (Plaistow) | Skeffington-Lodge, T. C. |
| Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S.) | Keenan, W. | Skinnard, F. W. |
| Carmichael, James | King, E. M. | Smith, C. (Colchester) |
| Chamberlain, R. A. | Kinley, J. | Smith, Ellis (Stoke) |
| Champion, A. J. | Kirby, B. V. | Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.) |
| Chater, D. | Kirkwood, Rt. Hon. D. | Solley, L. J. |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | Lang, G. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lawson, Rt. Hon. J. J. | Stokes, R. R. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Leonard, W. | Stubbs, A. E. |
| Coldrick, W. | Lewis, A. W. J. (Upton) | Swingler, S. |
| Collins, V. J. | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Symonds, A. L. |
| Colman, Miss G. M. | Lipson, D. L. | Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) |
| Cook, T. F. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Cooper, G. | Logan, D. G. | Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet) |
| Corlett, Dr. J. | Lyne, A. W. | Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare) |
| Cove, W. G. | McEntee, V. La T. | Thomas, George (Cardiff) |
| Crawley, A. | McKay, J. (Wallsend) | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Cullen, Mrs. A. | McKinlay, A. S. | Timmons, J. |
| Daggar, G. | Maclean, N. (Govan) | Titterington, M. F. |
| Daines, P. | McLeavy, F. | Tolley, L. |
| Davies, Edward (Burslem) | MacPherson, M. (Stirling) | Vernon, Major W. F. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield) | Macpherson, T. (Romford) | Viant, S. P. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Mann, Mrs. J. | Walker, G. H. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Wallace, G. D. (Chislehurst) |
| Deer, G. | Mathers, Rt. Hon. G. | Warbey, W. N. |
| Dobbie, W. | Mellish, R. J. | Watkins, T. E. |
| Dodds, N. N. | Messer, F. | Watson, W. M. |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | Middleton, Mrs. L. | Webb, M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Dugdale, J. (W. Bromwich) | Mikardo, Ian | Weitzman, D. |
| Dumpleton, C. W. | Mitchison, G. R. | Wells, P. L. (Faversham) |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Monslow, W. | West, D. G. |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Moody, A. S. | Wheatley, Rt. Hn. J. T. (Edinb'gh) |
| Edwards, John (Blackburn) | Morley, R. | White, H. (Derbyshire, N. E.) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. N. (Caerphilly) | Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Edwards, W. J. (Whitechapel) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E) | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Evans, A. (Islington, W.) | Mort, D. L. | Willey, F. T. (Sunderland) |
| Evans, John (Ogmore) | Moyle, A. | Willey, O. G. (Cleveland) |
| Ewart, R. | Nally, W. | Williams, D. J. (Neath) |
| Farthing, W. J. | Neal, H. (Claycross) | Williams, J. L. (Kelvingrove) |
| Fernyhough, E. | Nicholls, H. R. (Stratford) | Williams, R. W. (Wigan) |
| Field, Capt. W. J. | Noel-Baker, Capt. F. E. (Brentford) | Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.) |
| Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) | Oldfield, W. H. | Williams, W. R. (Heston) |
| Foot, M. M. | Paget, R. T. | Willis, E. |
| Fraser, T. (Hamilton) | Paling, Rt. Hon. Wilfred (Wentworth) | Wilmot, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Freeman, John (Watford) | Pannell, T. C. | Wise, Major F. J. |
| Ganley, Mrs. C. S. | Pargiter, G. A. | Woods, G. S. |
| Gibbins, J. | Parker, J. | Yates, V. F. |
| Gilzean, A. | Parkin, B. T. | Younger, Hon. Kenneth |
| Glanville, J. E. (Consett) | Pearson, A. | |
| Gordon-Walker, P. C. | Piratin, P. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Grenfell, D. R. | Popplewell, E. | Mr. Collindridge and |
| Grey, C. F. | Porter, E. (Warrington) | Mr. Bowden. |
| Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) | Pritt, D. N. | |
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Cmdr. P. G. | Birch, Nigel | Clarke, Col. R. S. |
| Amory, D. Heathcoat | Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) | Cole, T. L. |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Scot. Univ.) | Boothby, R. | Conant, Maj. R. J. E. |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. | Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Cooper-Key, E. M. |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. | Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. |
| Barlow, Sir J. | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Darling, Sir W. Y. |
| Baxter, A. B. | Channon, H. | Davies, Rt. Hon. Clement (Montgomery) |
| De la Bère, R. | Kerr, Sir J. Graham | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. |
| Digby, Simon Wingfield | Langford-Holt, J. | Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury) |
| Dower, Col. A. V. G. (Penrith) | Linstead, H. N. | Roberts, Emrys (Merioneth) |
| Drewe, C. | Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Robertson, Sir D. (Streatham) |
| Dugdale, Maj. Sir T. (Richmond) | Low, A. R. W. | Ropner, Col. L. |
| Duthie, W. S. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. | Savory, Prof. D. L. |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | MacAndrew, Col. Sir C. | Scott, Lord W. |
| Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Walter | McCallum, Maj. D. | Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow) |
| Fraser, H. C. P. (Stone) | McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S. | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Galbraith, Cmdr T. D. (Pollok) | Macdonald, Sir P. (Isle of Wight) | Spence, H. R. |
| Gammans, L. D. | McFarlane, C. S. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. O. |
| George, Maj. Rt. Hn. G. Lloyd (P'ke) | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| George, Lady M. Lloyd (Anglesey) | Maclean, F. H. R. (Lancaster) | Strauss, Henry (English Universities) |
| Glyn, Sir R. | Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) | Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray) |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col A. | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Studholme, H. G. |
| Granville, E. (Eye) | Marsden, Capt. A. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Gridley, Sir A. | Mellor, Sir J. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (P'dd't'n, S.) |
| Hannon, Sir P. (Moseley) | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (Monmouth) |
| Harden, J. R. E. | Morris, Hopkin (Carmarthen) | Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. |
| Haughton, S. G. (Antrim) | Morris-Jones, Sir H. | White, Sir D. (Fareham) |
| Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir C. | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Neven-Spence, Sir B. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich) | Nield, B. (Chester) | York, C. |
| Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir H. | Young, Sir A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Hulbert, Wing-Cdr. N. J. | Orr-Ewing I. L. | |
| Hurd, A. | Osborne, C. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Hutchison, Lt.-Cdr. Clark (Edin'gh, W.) | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Brigadier Mackeson and |
| Jeffreys, General Sir G. | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Colonel Wheatley. |
| Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W. | Prescott, Stanley |