§ 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, 276; Noes, 159.
1035| Division No. 256.] | AYES | [4.15 p.m. |
| Acland, Sir Richard | Bramall, E. A. | Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) |
| Adams, Richard (Balham) | Brook, D. (Halifax) | Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) |
| Albu, A H. | Brooks, T. J. (Rothwell) | Deer, G. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. | Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Delargy, H. J. |
| Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) | Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Dobbie, W. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Bruoe, Maj. D. W. T. | Dodde, N. N. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Burden, T. W. | Donovan, T. |
| Austin, H. Lewis | Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S.) | Driberg, T. E. N. |
| Ayles, W. H. | Byers, Frank | Dugdale, J. (W. Bromwich) |
| Ayrton, Gould, Mrs. B. | Chamberlain, R. A. | Dumpleton, C. W. |
| Bacon, Miss A. | Champion, A. J. | Dye, S. |
| Balfour, A. | Chater, D. | Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. | Chetwynd, G. R. | Edelman, M. |
| Barstow, P. G. | Cluse, W. S. | Edwards, Rt. Hon. N. (Caerphilly) |
| Barton, C. | Cocks, F. S. | Edwards, W. J. (Whitechapel) |
| Battley, J. R. | Collick, P. | Evans, Albert (Islington, W.) |
| Bechervaise, A. E. | Collins, V. J. | Evans, John (Ogmore) |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon F. J. | Comyns, Dr. L. | Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury) |
| Beswick, F. | Cooper, G. | Ewart, R. |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A (Ebbw Vale) | Corlett, Dr. J. | Fairhurat, F. |
| Bavin, Rt. Hon. E. (Wandsworth, C.) | Cove, W. G. | Farthing, W. J. |
| Bing, G. H. C. | Crawky, A. | Fernyhough, E. |
| Binns, J. | Crossman, R. H. S. | Field, Capt. W. J. |
| Blackburn, A. R. | Daggar, G. | Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Daines, P. | Foot, M. M. |
| Blyton, W. R. | Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Fraser, T. (Hamilton) |
| Boardman, H. | Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Freeman, Peter (Newport) |
| Bottomley, A. G. | Davies, Edward (Burslem) | Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. (L'pl. Exch'ge) | Davies, Ernest (Enfield) | Gallacher, W. |
| Braddock, T. (Mitcham) | Davies, Haydn (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Ganley, Mrs. C. S. |
| George, Lady M. Lloyd (Anglesey) | McAdam, W. | Sharp, Granville |
| Gibbins, J. | McEntee, V. La. T. | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Glanville, J. E. (Consett) | McGhee, H. G. | Shurmer, P. |
| Gooch, E. G. | Mack, J. D. | Silverman, J. (Erdington) |
| Gordon-Walker, P. C. | McKay, J. (Wallsend) | Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) |
| Granville, E. (Eye) | Mackay, R. W. G. (Hull, N. W.) | Simmons, C. J. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Wakefield) | McLeavy, F. | Skeffington-Lodge, T. C. |
| Greenwood, A. W. J. (Heywood) | MaoPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Skinnard, F. W. |
| Grey, C. F. | Macpherson, T. (Romford) | Smith, C. (Colchester) |
| Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) | Mainwaring, W. H. | Smith, Ellis (Stoke) |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. J. (Llanelly) | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.) |
| Griffiths, W. D. (Moss Side) | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield) | Smith, S. H. (Hull, S. W.) |
| Guest, Dr. L. Haden | Manning, Mrs. L. (Epping) | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Gunter, R. J. | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Sparks, J. A. |
| Guy, W. H. | Mathers, Rt. Hon. George | Steele, T. |
| Haire, John E. (Wycombe) | Mayhew, C. P. | Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) |
| Hale, Leslie | Mellish, R. J. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. G. R. (Lambeth) |
| Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil | Middleton, Mrs. L. | Stubbs, A. E. |
| Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. R. | Millington, Wing-Comdr. E. R. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. Edith |
| Hardman, D. R. | Mitchison, G. R. | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Hardy, E. A. | Monslow, W. | Symonds, A. L. |
| Harrison, J. | Moody, A. S. | Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville. | Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) | Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) |
| Haworth, J. | Morris, Hopkin (Carmarthen) | Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet) |
| Henderson, Rt, Hon. A. (Kingswinford) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E.) | Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare) |
| Henderson, Joseph (Ardwick) | Mort, D. L. | Thomas, Ivor Owen (Wrekin) |
| Hicks, G. | Moyle, A. | Thomas, John R. (Dover) |
| Hobson, C. R. | Murray, J. D. | Thorneycroft, Marry (Clayton) |
| Holmes, H. E. (Hemsworth) | Nally, W. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Horabin, T. L. | Naylor, T. E. | Tolley, L. |
| Houghton, Douglas | Nichol, Mrs. M. E. (Bradford, N.) | Turner-Samuels, M. |
| Hoy, J. | Nicholls, H. R. (Stratford) | Usborne, Henry |
| Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) | Noel-Baker, Capt. F. E. (Brentford) | Vernon, Maj. W. F. |
| Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) | Paling, Rt. Hon. Wilfred (Wentworth) | Viant, S. P. |
| Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Wallace, S. D. (Chislehurst) |
| Hughes, H. D. (W'lverh'pton, W.) | Palmer, A. M. F. | |
| Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) | Panned, T. C. | Wallace, H. W. (Walthamstow, E.) |
| Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Pargiter, G. A. | Warbey, W. N. |
| Irvine, A. J. (Liverpool) | Parker, J. | Watkins, T. E. |
| Irving, W. J. (Tottenham, N.) | Parkin, B. T. | Webb, M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Jay, D. P. T. | Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe) | Wells, P. L. (Faversham) |
| Jeger, Dr. S. W. (St. Pancras, S. E.) | Paton, J. (Norwich) | West, D. G. |
| Jenkins, R. H. | Pearson, A. | Wheatley, Rt. Hn. John (Edinb'gh, E.) |
| Johnston, Douglas | Piratin, P. | White, H. (Derbyshire, N. E.) |
| Jones, Rt. Hon. A. C. (Shipley) | Platts-Mills, J. F. F. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Jones, J. H. (Bolton) | Popplewell, E. | Wigg, George |
| Keenan, W. | Porter, E. (Warrington) | Wilkes, L. |
| Kenyon, C. | Porter, G. (Leeds) | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Price, M. Philips | Willey, F. T. (Sunderland) |
| King, E. M. | Proctor, W. T. | Willey, D. G. (Cleveland) |
| Kinghorn, Sqn-Ldr. E. | Ranger, J. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Kinley, J. | Reeves, J. | Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley) |
| Lang, G. | Ridealgh, Mrs. M. | Williams, W. R. (Heston) |
| Lawson, Rt. Hon. J. J. | Robens, A. | Wills, Mrs. E. A. |
| Lee, F. (Hulme) | Roberts, Emrys (Merioneth) | Wilmot, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Lee, Miss J. (Cannock) | Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) | Wise, Major F. J. |
| Lewis, A. W. J. (Upton) | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Lewis, J. (Bolton) | Rogers, G. H. R. | Wyatt, W. |
| Lindsay, K. M. (Comb'd Eng. Univ.) | Ross, William (Kilmarnock) | Yates, V. F. |
| Lipson, D. L. | Royle, C. | Younger, Hon. Kenneth |
| Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Scollan, T. | Zilliacus, K. |
| Logan, D. G. | Scott-Elliot, W. | |
| Longden, F. | Segal, Dr. S. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Mr. Collindridge and Mr. Bowden. | ||
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Cmdr P. G. | Butcher, H. W. | Dower, Col. A. V. G. (Penrith) |
| Amory, D. Heathcoat | Butler, Rt. Hn. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) | Drewe, C. |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Scot. Univ.) | Carson, E. | Dugdale, Maj. Sir T. (Richmond) |
| Asshetan, Rt. Hon. R. | Challen, C. | Duthie, W. S. |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Channon, H. | Eccles, D. M. |
| Barlow, Sir J. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. | Eden, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Beamish, Maj. T. V. H. | Clarke, Col. R. S. | Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Walter |
| Beechman, N. A. | Clifton-Brown, Lt.-Col. G. | Erroll, F. J. |
| Bennett, Sir P. | Conant, Maj. R. J. E. | Fox, Sir G. |
| Birch, Nigel | Cooper-Key, E. M. | Fraser, Sir I. (Lonsdale) |
| Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) | Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir D. P. M. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Gage, C. |
| Bower, N. | Crowder, Capt. John E. | Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Darling, Sir W. Y. | Gammans, L. D. |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. | De la. Bère, R. | Gates, Maj. E. E. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Digby, S. Wingfield | George,. Maj. Rt. Hn. G. Lloyd (P'ke) |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Donner, P. W. | Glyn, Sir R. |
| Gomme-Dunean, Col. A. | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) | Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Gridley, Sir A. | Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) | Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonderry) |
| Grimston, R. V. | Maitland, Comdr. J. W. | Sanderson, Sir F. |
| Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) | Manningham-Buller, R. E. | Savory, Prof. D. L. |
| Harris, F. W. (Croydon, N.) | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow) |
| Harvey, Air-Comdre. A. V. | Marples, A. E. | Smiles, Lt.-Col. Sir W. |
| Haughton, S. G. | Marsden, Capt. A. | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Head, Brig. A. H. | Marshall, D. (Bodmin) | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Marshall, S. H. (Sutton) | Spence, H. R. |
| Hogg, Hon. Q. | Medlicott, Brigadier F. | Stanley, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich) | Mellor, Sir J. | Stewart, J. Henderson (File, E.) |
| Hope, Lord J. | Molson, A. H. E. | Sloddart-Scott, Col. M. |
| Howard, Hon. A. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. | Strauss, Henry (English Universities) |
| Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) | Morris-Jones, Sir H. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray) |
| Hurd, A. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Hutchison, Col. J. R. (Glasgow, C.) | Motl-Radelyffe, C. E. | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) |
| Jarvls, Sir J. | Nicholson, G. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (P'dd't'n, S.) |
| Jeffreys, General Sir G. | Nield, B. (Chester) | Teeling, William |
| Keeling, E. H. | Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. | Thomas, Ivor (Keighley) |
| Kerr, Sir J. Graham | Nutting, Anthony | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Lambert, Hon. G. | Odey, G. W. | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (Monmouth) |
| Lancaster, Col. C. G. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir H. | Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. |
| Langford-Holt, J. | Osborne, C. | Thorp, Brigadier R. A. F. |
| Ugge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Touche, G. C. |
| Lindsay, M. (Solihull) | Peto, Brig. C. H. M. | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Linstead, H. N. | Pickthorn, K. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral) | Pitman, I. J. | Wakefield, Sir W. W. |
| Low, A. R. W. | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Walker-Smith, D. |
| Lucas, Major Sir J. | Poole, O. B. S. (Oswestry) | Watt, Sir G. S. Harvie |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. | Prescott, Stanley | Webbe, Sir H. (Abbey) |
| Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. | Price-White, D. | Wheatley, Colonel M. J. (Dorset, E.) |
| MacAndrew, Col. Sir C. | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S. | Raikes, H. V. | Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge) |
| MacDonald, Sir M. (Inverness) | Rayner, Brig. R. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight) | Reed, Sir S. (Aylesbury) | |
| McKie, J. H. (Galloway) | Renton, D. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Maclay, Hon. J. S. | Robertson, Sir D. (Streatham) | Mr. Studholme and |
| Brigadier Mackeson. |
Question put, and agreed to.