HC Deb 27 July 1949 vol 467 cc2482-4

Ordered: That this day, Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock; and that if the first Resolution reported from the Committee of Supply of 26th July shall have been agreed to before half-past Nine o'clock, Mr. Speaker shall proceed to put forthwith the Questions which he is directed to put at half-past Nine o'clock by paragraph (7) of Standing Order No. 16 (Business of Supply)."—[Mr. H. Morrison.]

Motion made, and Question put, 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, 232; Noes, 95.

Division No. 244.] AYES [3.42 p.m.
Adams, Richard (Balham) Delargy, H. J. Lavers, S.
Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. Dugdale, J, (W. Bromwich) Lawson, Rt. Hon. J. J.
Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) Dye, S. Lee, F. (Hulme)
Anderson, A. (Motherwell) Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. Lewis, A. W. J. (Upton)
Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) Edwards, Rt. Hon. Sir C. (Bedwellty) Lindgren, G. S.
Attewell, H. C. Edwards, W. J. (Whitechapel) Lipson, D. L.
Awbery, S. S. Evans, A. (Islington, W.) Lipton, Lt.-Col. M.
Ayles, W. H. Evans, John (Ogmore) Logan, D. G.
Ayrton Gould, Mrs. B. Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury) Longden, F.
Bacon, Miss A. Ewart R. Lyne, A. W.
Balfour, A. Farthing, W. J. McAdam, W.
Barstow, P. G. Fernyhough, E. McEntee, V. La T.
Barton, C. Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington E.) Mack, J. D.
Battley, J. R. Follick, M. McKay, J. (Wallsend)
Bechervaise, A. E. Forman, J. C. McKinlay, A. S.
Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. Fraser, T. (Hamilton) Maclean, N. (Govan)
Benson, G. Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. McLeavy, F.
Berry, H. George, Lady M. Lloyd (Anglesey) MacPherson, M. (Stirling)
Beswick, F. Gibson, C. W. Macpherson, T. (Romford)
Bing, G. H. C. Gilzean, A. Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg)
Binns, J. Glanville, J. E. (Consett) Mann, Mrs. J.
Blackburn, A. R. Gooch, E, G. Mathers, Rt. Hon. G.
Blyton, W. R. Granville, E. (Eye) Middleton, Mrs. L.
Bottomley, A. G. Greenwood, A. W. J. (Heywood) Mikardo, Ian
Bowen, R. Grenfell, D. R. Mitchison, G. R.
Bramall, C. A. Grey, C. F. Monslow, W.
Brook, D. (Halifax) Grierson, E. Moody, A. S.
Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) Morley, R.
Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. Guest, Dr. L. Haden Morris, Lt.-Col. H. (Sheffield, C.)
Brown, T. J. (Ince) Haire, John E. (Wycombe) Morris, P. (Swansea, W.)
Burden, T. W. Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil Morris, Hopkin (Carmarthen)
Burke, W. A. Hamilton, Lt.-Col R. Morrison, Rt. Hon H. (Lewisham, E.)
Callaghan, James Hardy, E. A. Mort, D. L.
Champion, A. J. Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) Moyle, A.
Chater, D. Herbison, Miss M. Neal, H. (Claycross)
Chetwynd, G. R. Hobson, C. R. Nichol, Mrs. M. E. (Bradford, N)
Cluse, W. S. Holman, P. Noel-Baker, Capt. F. E. (Brentford)
Cobb, F. A. Holmes H. E. (Hemsworth) Noel-Buxton, Lady
Cooks, F. S. Houghton, Douglas Paget, R. T.
Collindridge, F. Hoy, J. Paling, Rt. Hon. Wilfred (Wentworth)
Collins, V. J. Hubbard, T. Palmer, A. M. F.
Colman, Miss G. M. Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) Pannell, T. C.
Cook, T. F. Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) Parker, J.
Cooper, G. Hughes, H. D. (Wolverhampton, W.) Pearson, A.
Corlett, Dr. J. Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) Piratin, P.
Cove, W. G. Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) Platts-Mills, J. F. F.
Crossman, R. H. S. Janner, B. Poole, Cecil (Lichfield)
Daggar, G. Jeger, G. (Winchester) Porter, E. (Warrington)
Daines, P. Jenkins, R. H. Porter, G. (Leeds)
Davies, Rt. Hon. Clement (Montgomery) Jones, D. T. (Hartlepools) Price, M. Philips
Davies, Edward (Burslem) Kendall, W. D. Proctor, W. T.
Davies, Ernest (Enfield) Kenyon, C. Pryde, D. J.
Davies, Harold (Leek) Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. Randall, H. E.
Davies, Haydn (St. Pancras, S. W.) King, E. M. Ranger, J.
Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) Kinghorn, Sqn.-Ldr. E. Rankin, J.
Deer, G. Kinley, J. Rees-Williams, D. R.
de Freitas, Geoffrey Kirby, B. V. Reeves, J.
Reid, T. (Swindon) Steele, T. Watson, W. M.
Richards, R. Stokes, R. R. Webb, M. (Bradford, C.)
Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) Strachey, Rt. Hon. J. Weitzman, D.
Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) Stross, Dr. B. Wells, P. L. (Faversham)
Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) Stubbs, A. E. Wheatley, Rt. Hn. J. T. (Edinb'gh)
Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N) Summerskill, Rt Hon. Edith White, H. (Derbyshire, N. E.)
Rogers, G. H. R. Sylvester, G. O. Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W.
Royle, C. Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) Wigg, George
Sharp, Granville Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) Wilkins, W. A.
Shurmer, P. Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet) Willey, F. T. (Sunderland)
Silverman, J. (Erdington) Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare) Williams, D. J. (Neath)
Skeffington, A. M. Thomas, George (Cardiff) Williams, J. L. (Kelvingrove)
Skeffington-Lodge, T. C. Thurtle, Ernest Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley)
Skinnard, F. W. Timmons, J. Williams, W. R. (Heston)
Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.) Titterington, M. F. Wills, Mrs. E. A.
Smith, S. H. (Hull, S. W.) Tolley, L. Wise, Major F. J.
Snow, J. W. Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G. Wyatt, W.
Solley, L. J. Walker, G. H. Younger, Hon Kenneth
Sorensen, R. W. Wallace, G. D. (Chislehurst) Zilliacus, K.
Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Wallace, H. W. (Walthamstow, E.)
Sparks, J. A. Watkins, T. E. TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Mr. Hannan and Mr. Bowden
NOES
Agnew, Cmdr. P. G. Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich) Orr-Ewing, I. L.
Amory, D. Heathcoat Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) Osborne, C.
Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Scot Univ.) Hurd, A. Peake, Rt. Hon O.
Baldwin, A. E. Jennings, R. Pickthorn, K.
Barlow, Sir J. Keeling, E. H. Poole, O. B. S. (Oswestry)
Bennett, Sir P. Lambert, Hon. G. Renton, D.
Birch, Nigel Lancaster, Col. C. G. Robertson, Sir D. (Streatham)
Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.)
Bower, N. Lennox-Boyd, A. T. Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonderry)
Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) Scott, Lord W.
Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Cot. W. Low, A. R. W. Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow)
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Lucas, Major Sir J. Smithers, Sir W.
Butcher, H. W. Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. Spearman, A. C. M.
Carson, E. MacAndrew, Col. Sir C. Stanley, Rt. Hon. O.
Cole, T. L. McFarlane, C. S. Strauss, Henry (English Universities)
Cooper-Key, E. M. Mackeson, Brig. H. R. Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne)
Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. McKie, J. H. (Galloway) Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (P'dd't'n, S.)
Crowder, Capt. John E. Maclay, Hon. J. S. Teeling, William
De la Bère, R. Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford)
Digby, Simon Wingfield Manningham-Buller, R. E. Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (Monmouth)
Dodds-Parker, A. D. Marlowe, A. A. H. Thornton-Kemsley, C. N.
Drayson, G. B. Marshall, D. (Bodmin) Touche, G. C.
Dugdale, Maj. Sir T. (Richmond) Marshall, S. H. (Sutton) Turton, R. H.
Duthie, W. S. Mellor, Sir J. Wheatley, Col. M. J. (Dorset, E.)
Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Walter Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. Williams, C. (Torquay)
Fleming, Sqn.-Ldr. E. L. Morris-Jones, Sir H. Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge)
Gammans, L. D. Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (C'nc'ster) Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Glyn, Sir R. Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. York, C.
Grimston, R. V. Neven-Spence, Sir B. Young, Sir A. S. L. (Partick)
Hannon, Sir P. (Moseley) Nicholson, G.
Harden, J. R. E. Nield, B. (Chester) TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Head, Brig. A. H. Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. Mr. Studholme and Major Conant.
Hollis, M. C. Odey, G. W.