HC Deb 20 October 1949 vol 468 cc762-4

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, 239; Noes, 105.

Division No. 255.] AYES 3.45 p.m.
Adams, Richard (Balham) Dye, S. Kinley, J.
Albu, A. H. Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. Kirby, B. V.
Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. Edelman, M. Lavers, S.
Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) Evans, Albert (Islington, W.) Lee, F. (Hulme)
Allen Scholefield (Crewe) Evans, E. (Lowestoft) Leslie, J. R.
Attewell, H. C. Evans, John (Ogmore) Lever, N. H.
Austin, H. Lewis Ewart, R. Lindsay, K. M. (Comb'd Eng. Univ.)
Awbery, S. S. Farthing, W. J. Lipson, D. L.
Ayles, W. H. Fernyhough, E. Lipton, Lt.-Col. M.
Ayrton Gould, Mrs. R. Field, Capt. W. J. Longden, F.
Balfour, A. Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) Lyne, A. W.
Barton, C. Follick, M. McAdam, W.
Battley, J. R. Fraser, T. (Hamilton) McGhee, H. G.
Bechervaise, A. E. Gallacher, W. Mack, J. D.
Benson, G. Gibbins, J. McKay, J. (Wallsend)
Beswick, F. Gilzean, A. Maclean, N. (Govan)
Blackburn, A. R. Glanville, J. E. (Consett) McLeavy, F.
Blyton, W. R. Gooch, E. G. MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling)
Bottomley, A. G. Gordon-Walker, P. C. Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg)
Bowen, R. Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Wakefield) Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield)
Bramall, E. A. Greenwood, A. W. J. (Heywood) Manning, Mrs. L. (Epping)
Brook, D. (Halifax) Grey, C. F. Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A.
Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) Griffiths, W. D. (Moss Side) Mathers, Rt. Hon. George
Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. Guest, Dr. L. Haden Medland, H. M.
Brown, George (Belper) Guy, W. H. Mellish, R. J.
Brown, T. J. (Ince) Haire, John E. (Wycombe) Mikardo, Ian
Brown, W. J. (Rugby) Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil Mitchison, G. R.
Bruce, Maj. D. W. T. Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. R. Monslow, W.
Burden, T. W. Hannan, W. (Maryhill) Morgan, Dr. H. B.
Burke, W. A. Hardy, E. A. Morley, R.
Byers, Frank Harrison, J. Morris, P. (Swansea, W.)
Callaghan, James Haworth J. Morris, Hopkin (Carmarthen)
Chamberlain, R. A. Herbison, Miss M. Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E.)
Champion, A. J. Hewitson, Capt. M. Moyle, A.
Chetwynd, G. R. Holman, P. Nally, W.
Cluse, W. S. Holmes, H. E. (Hemsworth) Neal. H. (Claycross)
Cocks, F. S. Horabin, T. L. Nichol, Mrs. M. E. (Bradford, N.)
Coldrick, W. Houghton, Douglas Oldfield, W. H.
Colman, Miss G. M. Hoy, J. Oliver, G. H.
Comyns, Dr. L. Hubbard, T. Pargiter, G. A.
Cook, T. F. Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) Parker, J.
Cooper, G. Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) Parkin, B. T.
Corbet, Mrs. F. K. (Camb'well, N. W.) Hughes, H. D. (W'lverh'pton, W.) Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe)
Corlett, Dr. J. Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) Paton, J. (Norwich)
Cove, W. G. Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) Pearson, A.
Crawley, A. Irvine, A. J. (Liverpool) Piratin, P.
Daines, P. Irving, W. J. (Tottenham, N.) Poole, Cecil (Lichfield)
Davies, Edward (Burslem) Isaacs, Rt. Hon G. A. Popplewell, E.
Davies, Ernest (Enfield) Janner, B. Porter, E. (Warrington)
Davies, Harold (Leek) Jay, D. P. T. Porter, G. (Leeds)
Davies, Haydn (St. Pancras, S. W.) Jeger, G. (Winchester) Price, M. Philips
Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) Jenkins, R. H. Pritt, D. N.
Deer, G. Johnston, Douglas Proctor, W. T.
Delargy, H. J. Jones, Rt. Hon. A. C. (Shipley) Pryde, D. J.
Dobbie, W. Jones, D. T. (Hartlepool) Ranger, J.
Dodds, N. N. Jones, P. Asterley (Hitchin) Rankin, J.
Donovan, T. Keenan, W. Reeves, J.
Dumpleton, C. W. Kenyon, C. Reid, T. (Swindon)
Rhodes, H. Stubbs, A. E. Wheatley, Rt. Hn. John (Edinb'gh, E.)
Ridealgh, Mrs. M. Summerskill, Rt. Hon. Edith White, H. (Derbyshire, N. E.)
Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) Swingler, S. Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W.
Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) Sylvester, G. O. Wigg, George
Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) Wilkins, W. A.
Rogers, G. H. R. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) Willey, O. G. (Cleveland)
Ross, William (Kilmarnock) Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet) Williams, D. J. (Neath)
Scollan, T. Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare) Williams, J. L. (Kelvingrove)
Scott-Elliot, W. Thomas, Ivor Owen (Wrekin) Williams, Ronald (Wigan)
Shackleton, E. A. A. Thurtle, Ernest Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley)
Sharp, Granville Tiffany, S. Williams, W. R. (Heston)
Shurmer, P. Tolley, L. Willis, E.
Silverman, J. (Erdington) Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G. Wills, Mrs. E. A.
Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) Usborne, Henry Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A.
Simmons, C. J. Vernon, Maj. W. F. Woods, G. S.
Skeffington-Lodge, T. C. Viant, S. P. Wyatt, W.
Skinnard, F. W. Wallace, G. D. (Chislehurst) Yates, V. F.
Smith, C. (Colchester) Wallace, H. W. (Walthamstow, E.) Young, Sir R. (Newton)
Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.) Warbey, W. N. Younger, Hon. Kenneth
Smith, S. H. (Hull, S. W.) Watkins, T. E.
Snow, J. W. Webb, M. (Bradford, C.) TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Solley, L. J. Wells, P. L. (Faversham) Mr. Collindridge and Mr. Bowden.
Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) Wells, W. T. (Walsall)
NOES
Agnew, Cmdr. P. G. Head, Brig. A. H. Mott-Radclyffe, C. E.
Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Scot. Univ.) Henderson, John (Cathcart) Noble, Comdr. A. H. P.
Baldwin, A. E. Hinchingbrooke, Viscount Odey, G. W.
Baxter, A. B. Howard, Hon. A. Osborne, C.
Beamish, Maj. T. V. H. Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) Peto, Brig. C. H. M.
Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) Hurd, A. Pickthorn, K.
Bower, N. Hutchison, Lt.-Cm. Clark (E'b'rgh, W.) Ponsonby, Col. C. E.
Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. Hutchison, Col. J. R. (Glasgow, C.) Prescott, stanley
Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. Jeffreys, General Sir G. Raikes, H. V.
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Keeling, E. H. Ramsay, Maj. S.
Bullock, Capt. M. Lambert, Hon. G. Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury)
Channon, H. Lancaster, Col. C. G. Roberts, P. G. (Ecclesall)
Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. Langford-Holt, J. Robertson, Sir D. (Streatham)
Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.)
Crowder, Capt. John E. Lennox-Boyd, A. T. Sanderson, Sir F.
Cuthbert, W. N. Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) Savory, Prof. D. L.
Darling, Sir W. Y. Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral) Scott, Lord W.
Davidson, Viscountess Low, A. R. W. Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow)
De la Bère, R. Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. Spearman, A. C. M.
Digby, S. Wingfield MacDonald, Sir M. (Inverness) Spence, H. R.
Dower, Col. A. V. G. (Penrith) Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight) Stanley, Rt. Hon. O.
Drayson, G. B. McFarlane, C. S. Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.)
Drewe, C. Mackeson, Brig. H. R. Strauss, Henry (English Universities)
Duthie, W. S. McKie, J. H. (Galloway) Studholme, H. G.
Eden, Rt. Hon. A. Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne)
Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Walter Manningham-Buller, R. E. Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (P'dd't'n, S.)
Erroll, F. J. Marlowe, A. A. H. Thomas, Ivor (Keighley)
Fraser, H. C. P. (Stone) Marples, A. E. Touche, G. C.
Fraser, Sir I. (Lonsdale) Marsden, Capt. A. Tweedsmuir, Lady
Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir D. P. M. Marshall, D. (Bodmin) Vane, W. M. F.
Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) Medlicott, Brigadier F. Ward, Hon. G. R.
Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) Mellor, Sir J. Williams, C. (Torquay)
Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. Molson, A. H. E. Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge)
Grimston, R. V. Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T.
Hannon, Sir P. (Moseley) Morris-Jones, Sir H. TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Harvey, Air-Comdre. A. V. Morrison, Maj. J. G. (Salisbury) Major Conant and
Colonel Wheatley.

Bill read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.