§
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, 246: Noes, 109.
1693| Division No. 280.] | AYES | [3.45 p.m. |
| Acland, Sir Richard | Hale, Leslie | Parkin, B. T. |
| Adams, Richard (Balham) | Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil | Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe) |
| Albu, A. H. | Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. R. | Paton, J. (Norwich) |
| Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) | Hannan, W. (Maryhill) | Pearson, A. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Hardy, E. A. | Piratin, P. |
| Anderson, A. (Motherwell) | Harrison, J. | Poole, Cecil (Lichfield) |
| Attewell, H. C. | Haworth, J. | Popplewell, E. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Kingswinford) | Porter, E. (Warrington) |
| Austin, H. Lewis | Hewitson, Capt. M. | Porter, G. (Leeds) |
| Awbery, S. S. | Hicks, G. | Pryde, D. J. |
| Ayles, W. H. | Hobson, C. R. | Pursey, Comdr. H. |
| Ayrton Gould, Mrs. B. | Holman, P. | Randall, H. E. |
| Bacon, Miss A. | Holmes, H. E. (Hemsworth) | Ranger, J. |
| Baird, J. | Houghton, Douglas | Reeves, J. |
| Balfour, A. | Hoy, J. | Reid, T. (Swindon) |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. | Hubbard, T. | Ridealgh, Mrs. M. |
| Barton, C. | Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) | Roberts, Emrys (Merioneth) |
| Bechervaise, A. E. | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) |
| Beswick, F. | Hughes, H. D. (W'lverh'pton, W.) | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Bing, G. H. C. | Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) | Rogers, G. H. R. |
| Binns, J. | Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Ross, William (Kilmarnock) |
| Blackburn, A. R. | Irving, W. J. (Tottenham, N.) | Royle, C. |
| Blyton, W. R. | Janner, B. | Scollan, T. |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. (L'pl. Exch'ge) | Jay, D. P. T. | Scott-Elliot, W. |
| Braddock, T. (Mitcham) | Jeger, G. (Winchester) | Shackleton, E. A. A. |
| Brook, D. (Halifax) | Jenkins, R. H. | Sharp, Granville |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Johnston, Douglas | Shawcross, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (St. Helens) |
| Brown, George (Belper) | Jones, D. T. (Hartlepool) | Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) |
| Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Jones, P. Asterley (Hitchin) | Simmons, C. J. |
| Bruce, Maj. D. W. T. | Keenan, W. | Skinnard, F. W. |
| Burden, T. W. | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Smith, S. H. (Hull, S. W.) |
| Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S.) | King, E. M. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Byers, Frank | Kinghorn, Sqn.-Ldr. E. | Sparks, J. A. |
| Callaghan, James | Kinley, J. | Steele, T. |
| Chamberlain, R. A. | Lavers, S. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. G. R. (Lambeth) |
| Champion, A. J. | Leonard, W. | Stubbs, A. E. |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | Leslie, J. R. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. Edith |
| Cluse, W. S. | Lever, N. H. | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Lewis, A. W. J. (Upton) | Symonds, A. L. |
| Collindridge, F. | Lindgren, G. S. | Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) |
| Colman, Miss G. M. | Lindsay, K. M. (Comb'd Eng. Univ.) | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Corbet, Mrs. F. K. (Camb'well, N. W.) | Lipson, D. L. | Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet) |
| Corlett, Dr. J. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare) |
| Crawley, A. | Logan, D. G. | Thomas, I. O. (Wrekin) |
| Daines, P. | Longden, F. | Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton) |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Lyne, A. W. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | McAdam, W. | Tiffany, S. |
| Davies, Edward (Burslem) | McEntee, V. La. T. | Timmons, J. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield) | McGhee, H. G. | Tolley, L. |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | McGovern, J. | Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Davies, Haydn (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Mack, J. D. | Vernon, Maj. W. F. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | McKay, J. (Wallsend) | Viant, S. P. |
| Deer, G. | Mackay, R. W. G. (Hull, N. W.) | Wallace, G. D. (Chislehurst) |
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | McLeavy, F. | Wallace, H. W. (Walthamslow, E.) |
| Delargy, H. J. | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Warbey, W. N. |
| Dodds, N. N. | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Watkins, T. E. |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | Mainwaring, W. H. | Webb, M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Dugdale, J. (W. Bromwich) | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield) | Weitzman, D. |
| Dumpleton, C. W. | Mann, Mrs. J. | Wells, P. L. (Faversham) |
| Edelman, M. | Manning, C. (Camberwell, N.) | Wells, W. T. (Walsall) |
| Edwards, John (Blackburn) | Manning, Mrs. L. (Epping) | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John (Edinb'gh, E.) |
| Edwards, W. J. (Whitechapel) | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | White, H. (Derbyshire, N. E.) |
| Evans, Albert (Islington, W.) | Mathers, Rt. Hon. George | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Ewart, R. | Mayhew, C. P. | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Farthing, W. J. | Medland, H. M. | Willey, F. T. (Sunderland) |
| Fernyhough, E. | Mellish, R. J. | Willey, O. G. (Cleveland) |
| Field, Capt. W. J. | Middleton, Mrs. L. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) | Mikardo, Ian | Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley) |
| Follick, M. | Millington, Wing-Comdr. E. R. | Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.) |
| Foot, M. M. | Mitchison, G. R. | Williams, W. R. (Heston) |
| Forman, J. C. | Monslow, W. | Willis, E. |
| Fraser, T. (Hamilton) | Morley, R. | Wills, Mrs. E. A. |
| Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E.) | Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. H. |
| Ganley, Mrs. C. S. | Moyle, A. | Wise, Major F. J. |
| Glanville, J. E. (Consett) | Murray, J. D. | Woods, G. S. |
| Gooch, E. G. | Naylor, T. E. | Wyatt, W. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Wakefield) | Neal, H. (Claycross) | Yates, V. F. |
| Greenwood, A. W. J. (Heywood) | Nichol, Mrs. M. E. (Bradford, N.) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Grey, C. F. | Noel-Baker, Capt. F. E. (Brentford) | Zilliacus, K. |
| Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. (Derby) | |
| Guest, Dr. L. Haden | Oliver, G. H. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Gunter, R. J. | Pannell, T. C. | Mr. Snow and Mr. Bowden. |
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Cmdr. P. G. | Haughton, S. G. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. |
| Baxter, A. B. | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Beamish, Maj. T. V. H. | Hogg, Hon. Q. | Peto, Brig. C. H. M. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Hollis, M. C. | Pickthorn, K. |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. | Hope, Lord J. | Pitman, I. J. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hurd, A. | Poole, O. B. S. (Oswestry) |
| Butcher, H. W. | Hutchison, Lt.-Cm. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) | Prescott, Stanley |
| Carson, E. | Hutchison, Col. J. R. (Glasgow, C.) | Price-White, D. |
| Challen, C. | Jeffreys, General Sir G. | Ramsay, Maj. S. |
| Cole, T. L. | Jennings, R. | Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury) |
| Crookshank, Capt Rt. Han H. F. C. | Keeling, E. H. | Renton, D. |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Lambert, Hon. G. | Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Crowder, Capt John E. | Langford-Holt, J. | Ropner, Col. L. |
| Cuthbert, W. N. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. | Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonderry) |
| De la. Bère, R. | Lindsay, M. (Solihull) | Savory, Prof. D. L. |
| Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral) | Scott, Lord W. |
| Donner, P. W. | Lucas Tooth, Sir H. | Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow) |
| Drayson, G. B. | MacAndrew. Col. Sir C. | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Drewe, C. | Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight) | Spence, H. R. |
| Dugdale, Maj. Sir T. (Richmond) | McFarlane, C. S. | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | Mackeson, Brig. H. R. | Strauss, Henry (English Universities) |
| Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Walter | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (P'dd't'n, S.) |
| Erroll, F. J. | Maclean, F. H. R. (Lancaster) | Teeling, William |
| Fleming, Sqn.-Ldr. E. L. | MacLeod, J. | Thomas, Ivor (Keighley) |
| Fletcher, W. (Bury) | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (Monmouth) |
| Foster, J. G. (Northwich) | Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) | Thorp, Brigadier R. A. F. |
| Fox, Sir G. | Maitland, Comdr. J. W. | Touche, G. C. |
| Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir D. P. M. | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Turton, R. H. |
| Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) | Marshall, D. (Bodmin) | Wakefield, Sir W. W. |
| Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | Marshall, S. H. (Sutton) | Walker-Smith, D. |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | Mellor, Sir J. | Ward, Hon. G. R. |
| Gridley, Sir A. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. | Webbe, Sir H. (Abbey) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Morris-Jones, Sir H. | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Hannon, Sir P. (Moseley) | Mullan, Lt. C. H. | York, C. |
| Harden, J. R. E. | Neven-Spence, Sir B. | Young, Sir A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Harris, F. W. (Croydon, N.) | Nicholson, G. | |
| Harvey, Air-Comdre. A. V. | Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Mr. Studholme and Major Conant. |