§
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, 303; Noes, 135.
2037| Division No. 284.] | AYES | [3.55 p.m. |
| Adams, Richard (Balham) | Barstow, P. G. | Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. |
| Albu, A. H. | Barton, C. | Brown, George (Belper) |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. | Battley, J. R. | Brown, T. J. (Ince) |
| Alpass, J. H. | Bechervaise, A. E. | Bruce, Maj. D. W. T. |
| Anderson, A. (Motherwell) | Keswick, F. | Burden, T. W. |
| Attewell, H. C. | Bing, G. H. C. | Burke, W. A. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Binns, J. | Callaghan, James |
| Austin, H. Lewis | Blackburn, A. R. | Carmichael, James |
| Awbery, S. S. | Blyton, W. R. | Chamberlain, R. A. |
| Ayles, W. H. | Boardman, H. | Champion, A. J. |
| Ayrton Gould, Mrs. B. | Bottomley, A. G. | Chater, D. |
| Bacon, Miss A. | Braddock, T. (Mitcham) | Chetwynd, G. R. |
| Baird, J. | Bramall, E. A. | Cluse, W. S. |
| Balfour, A. | Brook, D. (Halifax) | Cobb, F. A. |
| Cocks, F. S. | Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) | Popplewell, E. |
| Collindridge, F. | Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Porter, E. (Warrington) |
| Colman, Miss G. M. | Irvine, A. J. (Liverpool) | Porter, G. (Leeds) |
| Cook, T. F. | Irving, W. J. (Tottenham, N.) | Proctor, W. T. |
| Corbet, Mrs. F. K. (Camb'well, N. W.) | Isaacs, Rt. Hon G. A. | Pryde, D. J. |
| Corlett, Dr. J. | Jay, D. P. T. | Randall, H. E. |
| Cove, W. G. | Jeger, G. (Winchester) | Ranger, J. |
| Crawley, A. | Jeger, Dr. S. W. (St. Pancras, S.E.) | Rankin, J. |
| Grossman, R. H. S. | Jenkins, R. H. | Reeves, J. |
| Cullen, Mrs. | Johnston, Douglas | Reid, T. (Swindon) |
| Daines, P. | Jones, Rt. Hon. A. C. (Shipley) | Rhodes, H. |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Jones, D. T. (Hartlepool) | Richards, R. |
| Davies, Edward (Burslem) | Jones, J. H. (Bolton) | Ridealgh, Mrs. M. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield) | Jones, P. Asterley (Hitchin) | Robens, A. |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Keenan, W. | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) |
| Davies, Haydn (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Kendall, W. D. | Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Kinghorn, Sqn.-Ldr. E. | Rogers, G. H. R. |
| Deer, G. | Kinley, J. | Royle, C. |
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | Kirkwood, Rt. Hon. D. | Sargood, R. |
| Delargy, H. J. | Lang, G. | Scollan, T. |
| Diamond, J. | Lavers, S. | Scott-Elliot, W. |
| Dobbie, W. | Lee, F. (Hulme) | Shackleton, E. A. A. |
| Dodds, N. N. | Lee, Miss J. (Cannock) | Silverman, J. (Erdington) |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | Leonard, W. | Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) |
| Dugdale, J. (W. Bromwich) | Leslie, J. R. | Simmons, C. J. |
| Dumpleton, C. W. | Lever, N. H. | Skeffington-Lodge, T. C. |
| Dye, S. | Lewis, J. (Bolton) | Skinnard, F W |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Lindgren, G. S. | Smith, Ellis (Stoke) |
| Edelman, M. | Lindsay, K. M. (Comb'd Eng. Univ.) | Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Lipson, D. L. | Smith, S. H. (Hull, S. W.) |
| Edwards, John (Blackburn) | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Snow, J. W. |
| Edwards, W. J. (Whitechapel) | Logan, D. G. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Evans, Albert (Islington, W.) | Longden, F. | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Evans, John (Ogmore) | Lyne, A. W. | Sparks, J. A. |
| Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury) | McAdam, W. | Steele, T. |
| Ewart, R. | McEntee, V La T. | Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) |
| Fairhurst, F. | McGhee, H. G. | Stokes, R. R. |
| Farthing, W. J. | McGovern, J. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. G. R. (Lambeth) |
| Fernyhough, E. | Mack, J. D. | Stubbs, A. E. |
| McKay, J. (Wallsend) | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. Edith | |
| Field, Capt. W. J. | Mackay, R. W. G. (Hull, N. W.) | Swingler, S. |
| Follick, M. | McKinlay, A. S. | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Foot, M. M. | Maclean, N. (Govan) | Symonds, A. L. |
| Forman, J. C. | McLeavy, F. | Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) |
| Fraser, T. (Hamilton) | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Freeman, J. (Watford) | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet) |
| Freeman, Peter (Newport) | Macpherson, T. (Romford) | Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare) |
| Ganley, Mrs. C. S. | Mainwaring, W. H. | Thomas, I. O. (Wrekin) |
| Gibbins, J. | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton) |
| Gibson, C. W. | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield) | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Gilzean, A. | Mann, Mrs. J. | Tiffany, S. |
| Glanville, J. E. (Consett) | Manning, C. (Camberwell, N.) | Timmons, J. |
| Gooch, E. G. | Mathers, Rt. Hon. George | Tolley, L. |
| Goodrich, H. E. | Mayhew, C. P. | Turner-Samuels, M. |
| Granville, E. (Eye) | Medland, H. M. | Usborne, Henry |
| Greenwood, A. W. J. (Heywood) | Middleton, Mrs. L. | Vernon, Maj. W. F. |
| Grey, C. F. | Mikardo, Ian | Viant, S. P. |
| Grierson, E. | Millington, Wing-Comdr. E. R. | Walker, G. H. |
| Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) | Mitchison, G. R. | Wallace, G. D. (Chislehurst) |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. J. (Llanelly) | Monslow, W. | Wallace, H. W. (Walthamstow, E.) |
| Guest, Dr. L. Haden | Morley, R. | Warbey, W. N. |
| Gunter, R. J. | Morris, Lt.-Col. H. (Sheffield, C.) | Watkins, T. E. |
| Haire, John E. (Wycombe) | Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) | Watson, W. M. |
| Hale, Leslie | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E.) | Webb, M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil | Moyle, A. | Weitzman, D. |
| Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. R. | Murray, J. D. | Wells, P. L. (Faversham) |
| Hardman, D. R. | Nally, W. | Wells, W. T. (Walsall) |
| Hardy, E. A. | Naylor, T. E. | West, D. G. |
| Harrison, J. | Neal, H. (Claycross) | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John (Edinb'gh, E.) |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Noel-Baker, Capt. F. E. (Brentford) | White, H. (Derbyshire, N. E.) |
| Haworth, J. | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. (Derby) | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Kingswinford) | Noel-Buxton, Lady | Wigg, George |
| Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) | Oldfield, W. H. | Wilcock, Group-Capt. C. A. B. |
| Hobson, C. R. | Oliver, G. H. | Wilkes, L. |
| Holman, P. | Orbach, M. | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Holmes, H. E. (Hemsworth) | Paling, Rt. Hon. Wilfred (Wentworth) | Willey, F. T. (Sunderland) |
| Horabin, T. L. | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Willey, O. G. (Cleveland) |
| Houghton, Douglas | Pannell, T. C. | Williams, D. J. (heath) |
| Hoy, J. | Parker, J. | Williams, J. L. (Kelvingrove) |
| Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) | Parkin, B. T. | Williams, Ronalld (Wigan) |
| Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) | Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe) | Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.) |
| Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Paton, J. (Norwich) | Williams, W. R. (Heston) |
| Hughes, H. D. (W'lverh'pton, W.) | Pearson, A. | Willis, E. |
| Hutchinson, H. L. (Rusholme) | Perrins, W. | Wills, Mrs. E. A. |
| Wilmot, Rt. Hon. J. | Wyatt, W. | Younger, Hon. Kenneth |
| Wise, Major F. J. | Yates, V. F. | |
| Woods, G. S. | Young, Sir R. (Newton) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Mr. Hannan and Mr. Bowden. | ||
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Cmdr. P. G. | Glyn, Sir R | Ponsonby, Col. C. E |
| Amory, D. Heathcoat | Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | Prescott, Stanley |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. | Grimston, R. V. | Price-White, D. |
| Astor, Hon. M. | Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. |
| Barlow, Sir J. | Harris, H. Wilson (Cambridge Univ.) | Rayner, Brig. R. |
| Beamish, Maj. T. V. H. | Harvey, Air-Comdre. A. V. | Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury) |
| Bowen, R. | Haughton, S. G. | Roberts, H. (Handsworth) |
| Bower, N. | Head, Brig. A. H. | Roberts, P. G. (Ecclesall) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) |
| Braithwaite, Lt.-Comdr. J. G. | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Robertson, Sir D. (Streatham) |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. | Hope, Lord J. | Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | Ropner, Col. L. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Hutchison, Lt.-Cm. Clark (E'b'rgn W.) | Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonderry) |
| Butcher, H. W. | Hutchison, Col. J. R. (Glasgow, C.) | Sanderson, Sir F. |
| Butler, Rt. Hn. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) | Jeffreys, General Sir G. | Savory, Prof. D. L. |
| Carson, E. | Keeling, E. H. | Scott, Lord W. |
| Challen, C. | Kerr, Sir J. Graham | Shephard, S. (Newark) |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. | Lancaster, Col. C. G. | Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow) |
| Conant, Maj. R. J. E. | Law, Rt. Hon. R. K. | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. M. F. C. | Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Snadden, W. M. |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Lindsay, M. (Solihull) | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Crowder, Capt. John E. | Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Spence, H. R. |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. |
| De la Bère, R. | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. | Strauss, Henry (English Universities) |
| Digby, S. Wingfield | MacAndrew, Col. Sir C. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray) |
| Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight) | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Dower, Col. A. V. G. (Penrith) | Mackeson, Brig. H. R. | Teeling, William |
| Dower, E. L. G. (Caithness) | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) | Thomas, Ivor (Keighley) |
| Drayson, G. B. | Maclay, Hon. J. S. | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (Monmouth) |
| Drewe, C. | MacLeod, J. | Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. |
| Dugdale, Maj. Sir T. (Richmond) | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) | Touche, G. C. |
| Duncan, Rt. Hn. Sir A. (City of Lond.) | Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) | Turton, R. H. |
| Duthie, W. S. | Maitland, Comdr. J. W. | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Eccles, D. M. | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Walter | Molson, A. H. E. | Wakefield, Sir W. W. |
| Erroll, F. J. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. | Ward, Hon. G. R. |
| Fletcher, W. (Bury) | Morrison, Maj. J. G. (Salisbury) | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Fox, Sir G. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Willoughby de Eresby, Lord |
| Fraser, H. C. P. (Stone) | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | York, C. |
| Fraser, Sir I. (Lonsdale) | Neven-Spence, Sir B. | Young, Sir A. S. L. (Partick) |
| Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir D. P. M. | Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. | |
| Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir H. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Mr. Studholme and |
| Gammans, L. D. | Osborne, C. | Colonel Wheatley. |
| Gates, Maj E. E. | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | |
| George, Lady M. Lloyd (Anglesey) | Peto, Brig. C. H. M. |
Bill read a Second time; and committed to a Committee of the Whole House for Tomorrow.