HC Deb 09 March 1949 vol 462 cc1194-7

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)."—[The Prime Minister.]

The House divided: Ayes. 231; Noes, 106.

Division No. 76.] AYES [3.35 p.m
Adams, Richard (Balham) Davies, Harold (Leek) Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.)
Albu, A. H. Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) Hughes, H. D. (W'lverh'pton, W.)
Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) Davies, S. O. (Morthyr) Hynd, J. B. (Atrercliffe)
Alpass, J. H Deer, G. Irvine, A. J. (Liverpool)
Anderson, A. (Motherwell) Delargy, H. J. Irving, W J. (Tottenham, N.)
Attewell, H. C. Dodds, N. N. Janner, B.
Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. Dugdale, J. (W. Bromwich) Jenkins, R. H,
Awbery, S. S. Dumpleton, C. W. Jones, Rt. Hon. A. C. (Shipley)
Ayles, W. H. Edelman, M. Jones, D. T. (Hartlepool)
Bacon, Miss A. Edwards, W. J. (Whitechapel) Jones, Elwyn (Plaistow)
Balfour, A. Evans, Albert (Istington, W.) Jones, Jack (Bolton)
Barstow, P. G. Evans, E. (Lowestoft) Jones, P. Asterley (Hitchin)
Barton, C. Evans, John (Ogmore) Keenan, W.
Battley, J. R. Fairhurst, F. Kendall, W. D.
Bechervaise, A. E. Fornyhough, E. Kenyon, C.
Berry, H. Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) Kinley, J.
Bing, G. H. C. Foot, M. M. Kirby, B. V.
Binns, J. Forman, J. C. Kirkwood, Rt. Hon. D.
Blackburn, A. R. Fraser, T. (Hamilton) Lavers, S.
Blyton, W. R. Freeman, Peter (Newport) Lee, F. (Hul me)
Braddock, Mrs. E. M. (L'pl. Exch'ge) Gallacher, W. Leslie, J. R.
Bramall, E. A. Ganley, Mrs. C. S Lewis, A. W. J. (Upton)
Brook, D. (Halifax) Gibbins. J Lewis, J. (Bolton)
Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) Gilzean, A Lewis, T. (Southampton)
Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. Glanville, J. E. (Consett) Lindgren, G. S.
Brown, T. J. (Ince) Granville, E. (Eye) Lipson, D. L.
Brown, W. J. (Rugby) Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Wakefield) Lipton, Lt.-Col. M
Burden, T. W. Greenwood, A. W. J. (Heywood) Logan, D. G.
Byers, Frank Grey, C. F. Longden, F.
Carmichael, James Grierson, E. Lyne, A. W.
Castle, Mrs. B. A. Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) McAdam, W.
Chamberlain, R. A. Guest, Dr. L. Haden MoEntee, V. La T.
Champion, A J. Gunter, R. J. McGhee, H. G.
Chater, D. Guy. W. H. Mack, J. D.
Chetwynd, G. R. Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil McKinlay, A. S.
Cluse, W. S. Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. R. Maotoan, N. (Govan)
Cobb, F A. Hardman, D. R. MoLeavy, F.
Cocks, F. S. Hardy, E. A. MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles)
Colman, Miss G. M. Hastings, Dr. Somerville MacPherson, Maloolm (Stirling)
Comyns, Dr. L. Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) Macpherson, T. (Romford)
Cooper, G, Herbison, Miss M, Mainwaring, W. H.
Corlelt, Dr. J. Hobson, C. R. Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg)
Cove, W. G. Holman, P. Mann, Mrs. J.
Cullen, Miss Holmes, H. E. (Hemsworth) Manning, Mrs. L, (Epping)
Daggar, G. Horabin, T. L. Mathers, Rt. Hon. George
Daines, P. Hubbard, T. Mellish, R. J
Davies, Edward (Burslem) Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) Middleton, Mrs L.
Davies, Ernest (Enfield) Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) Mikardo, Ian
Mitchison, G. R. Reeves, J. Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton)
Monslow, W. Reid, T. (Swindon) Thurtle, Ernest
Morley, R. Richards, R Tiffany, S.
Morris, Lt.-Col. H. (Sheffield, C.) Ridealgh, Mrs, M. Timmons, J
Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) Roberts, Emrys (Merioneth) Titterington, M. F
Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E.) Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) Tolley, L.
Mort, D. L. Rogers, G. H. R. Viant, S. P.
Moyle, A. Soollan, T. Wadsworth, G.
Murray, J. D. Scott-Elliot, W Walker, G. H.
Naylor, T. E. Segal, Dr. S Wallace, H. W. (Walthamstow, E.)
Neal, H. (Claycross) Sharp, Granville Warbey, W. N.
Nichol, Mrs. M. E. (Bradford, N.) Silverman, J. (Erdington) Watkins, T. E.
Oldfield, W. H. Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) Webb, M. (Bradford, C.)
Paling, W. T. (Dewsbury) Skeffington, A. M. Wells, P. L. (Faversham)
Parker, J Skinnard, F. W. Wells, W. T. (Walsall)
Paton, J. (Norwich) Smith, Eliis (Stoke) West, D. G.
Pearson, A. Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S) White., H. (Derbyshire, N. E.
Peart, T. F, Smith, S. H. (Hull, S.W.) Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W
Poole, Cecil (Lichfield) Snow, J. W. Wigg, George
Popplewell, E. Solley, L. J. Wilkes, L.
Porter, E. (Warringlon) Sorenson, R. W Willey, O. G. (Cleveland)
Porter, G. (Leeds) Sparks, J. A. Williams, D. J. (Neath)
Price, M. Philips Stross, Dr. B. Williams, J. L. (Kelvingrove)
Pritt, D. N. Stubbs, A. E Williams, W. R. (Heston)
Prootor, W. T. Summerskill, Rt. Hon. Edith Wills, Mrs. E. A.
Pryde, D. J. Sylvester, G. O. Woods, G. S.
Randall, H. E. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) Yates, V. F.
Ranger, J. Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet)
Rankin, J. Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare) TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Rees-Williams, D. R. Thomas, George (Cardiff) Mr. Hannan and Mr. Bowden.
NOES
Agnew, Cmdr. P. G. Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) Price-White, Lt.-Col. D.
Amory, D. Heathcoat Hurd, A. Prior-Palmer, Brig. O.
Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. Hutchison, Lt.-Cdr. Clark (Edin'gh, W.) Ramsay, Maj. S
Baldwin, A. E. Hutchison, Col. J. R. (Glasgow, C.) Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury)
Barlow, Sir J. Jeffreys, General Sir G. Robertson, Sir D. (Streatham)
Beamish, Maj. T. V. H. Keeling, E. H. Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonderry)
Bower, N. Lambert, Hon. G. Sanderson, Sir F.
Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. Lancaster, Col. C. G. Scott, Lord W.
Braithwaite, Lt.-Comdr. J. G. Langford-Holt, J Shephard, S. (Newark)
Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow)
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Lennox-Boyd, A. T. Smiles, Lt.-Col. Sir W.
Challen, C. Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) Smithers, Sir W.
Channon, H. Low, A. R. W. Spearman, A. C. M.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. MacAndrew, Col. Sir C Spence, H. R,
Clarke, Col. R. S. McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S Stanley, Rt. Hon. O.
Clifton-Brown, Lt.-Col. G. Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight) Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife. E.)
Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. McFarlane, C. S. Stoddart-Scott, Col. M.
Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. McKie, J. H. (Galloway) Strauss, Henry (English Universities)
Crowder, Capt. John E. Maclay, Hon. J. S. Stuart. Rt. Hon. J (Moray)
De la Bère, R. Maclean, F. H. R. (Lancaster) Studholme, H. G.
Digby, S. W. Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) Thomas, Ivor (Keighley)
Dodds-Parker, A. D. Manningham-Buller, R E Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford)
Donner, P. W. Marlowe, A. A. H. Thorneycroft, G E. P. (Monmouth)
Drayson, G. B. Marsden, Capt. A. Thornton-Kemsley, C. N.
Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) Marshall, D. (Bodmin) Thorp, Brigadier R. A. F
Gammans, L. D. Mellor, Sir J. Touche, G. C.
Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. Molson, A. H. E. Turton, R. H.
Gridley, Sir A. Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. Tweedsmuir, Lady
Grimston, R. V. Morrison, Maj. J. G. (Salisbury) Vane, W. M. F.
Hannon, Sir P. (Moseley) Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) Wheatley, Colonel M. I. (Dorset, E.)
Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. Williams, C. (Torquay)
Harvey, Air-Comdre, A. V. Mullan, Lt. C. H. York, C.
Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir C Neill, W. F. (Belfast, N.)
Henderson, John (Cathcart) Nicholson, G. TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Herbert, Sir A. P. Odey, G. W. Major Conant and
Hinchingbrooke, Viscount Peake, Rt. Hon. O. Brigadier Mackeson.
Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich) Peto, Brig. C. H. M.

Question put, and agreed to.