§ Considered in Committee; reported without Amendment.
§ Order for Third Reading read.
§ Mr. Churchill (Woodford)Mr. Speaker, I spy strangers.
§ Whereupon Mr. SPEAKER, pursuant to Standing Order No. 105 (Withdrawal of
696§ Strangers from the House) put the Question, "That strangers do withdraw."
§ The House proceeded to a Division.
§ Sir Wavell Wakefield (St. Marylebone)(seated and covered): On a point of order. In the event of this being a Secret Session, will steps be taken to have the amplification system cut off?
§ Mr. SpeakerIn the event of this being a Secret Session, the amplifiers and everything will be cut off.
§ The House divided: Ayes, 295; Noes, 296.
699| Division No. 63.] | AYES | [3.53 p.m. |
| Aitken, W. T. | Darling, Sir W. Y. (Edinburgh, S.) | Hopkinson, H. L. D'A |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Davidson, Viscountess | Hornsby-Smith, Miss P. |
| Amery, J. (Preston, N.) | Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Horsbrugh, Miss F. |
| Amory, D. Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Davies, Nigel (Epping) | Howard, G. R. (St. Ives) |
| Arbuthnot, John | de Chair, S. | Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) |
| Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) | De la Bère, R. | Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W.) | Deedes, W. F. | Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) |
| Astor, Hon. M. | Digby, S. Wingfield | Hulbert, Wing-Cdr. N. J. |
| Baker, P. | Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Hurd, A. R |
| Baldock, J. M. | Donner, P. W. | Hutchinson, G. (Ilford, W.) |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Douglas-Hamilton, Lord M. | Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) |
| Banks, Col. C. | Drayson, G. B. | Hyde, H. M. |
| Baxter, A. B. | Dugdale, Maj. Sir T. (Richmond) | Hylton-Foster, H. B. |
| Beamish, Maj. T V. H. | Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. | Jeffreys, General Sir G. |
| Bell, R. M. | Dunglass, Lord | Jennings, R. |
| Bennett, Sir P. (Edgbaston) | Duthie, W. S. | Johnson, Howard S (Kemptown) |
| Bennett, R. F. B. (Gosport) | Eccles, D. M. | Jones, A. (Hall Green) |
| Bennett, W. G. (Woodside) | Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W |
| Bevins, J. R. (Liverpool, Toxteth) | Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Walter | Kaberry, D. |
| Birch, Nigel | Erroll, F. J. | Keeling, E. H. |
| Bishop, F. P. | Fisher, Nigel | Kerr, H. W. (Cambridge) |
| Black, C. W. | Fletcher, W. (Bury) | Kingsmill, Lt.-Col. W. H. |
| Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) | Fort, R. | Lambert, Hon. G. |
| Boothby, R. | Foster, J. G. | Lancaster, Col. C. G. |
| Bossom, A. C. | Fraser, Hon. H. C. P. (Stone) | Langford-Holt, J. |
| Bower, N. | Fraser, Sir I. (Lonsdale) | Law, Rt. Hon. R. K |
| Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir D. P. M. | Leather, E. H. C. |
| Bracken, Rt. Hon. Brendan | Gage, C. H. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H |
| Braine, B. | Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) | Lennox-Boyd, A T |
| Braithwaite, Lt.-Comdr. J. G. | Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | Lindsay, Martin |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. | Gammans, L. D. | Linstead, H. N. |
| Brooke, H. (Hampstead) | George, Lady M. Lloyd | Llewellyn, D |
| Browne, J. N. (Govan) | Glyn, Sir R. | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Granville, E. (Eye) | Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral) |
| Bullus, Wing Commander E. E. | Gridley, Sir A. | Lookwood, Lt.-Col. J. C |
| Burden, Squadron Leader F. A. | Grimond, J. | Longden, G. J. M. (Herts, S.W.) |
| Butcher, H. W. | Grimston, Hon. J. (St. Albans) | Low, A. R. W. |
| Grimston, R. V. (Westbury) | Lucas, Major Sir J. (Portsmouth, S.) | |
| Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) | Harden, J. R. E. | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) |
| Carr, L. R. (Mitcham) | Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. |
| Carson, Hon. E. | Harris, F. W. (Croydon, N.) | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon O |
| Channon, H | Harris, R. R. (Heston) | McAdden, S. J. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. | Harvey, Air Codre. A. V. (Macclesfield) | McCallum, Maj. D. |
| Clarke, Col. R. S. (East Grinstead) | Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M S |
| Clarke, Brig. T. H. (Portsmouth, W.) | Harvie-Watt, Sir G. S. | Macdonald, A. J. F. (Roxburgh) |
| Clyde, J. L. | Hay, John | Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight) |
| Colegate, A. | Head, Brig. A. H. | McKibbin, A |
| Conant, Maj. R. J. E. | Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir C. | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) |
| Cooper, A. E. (Ilford, S.) | Heald, L. F. | Maclay, Hon. J S. |
| Cooper-Key, E. M. | Heath, Edward | Maclean, F. H. R. |
| Corbett, Lieut.-Col. U. (Ludlow) | Henderson, John (Cathcart) | MacLeod, Iain (Enfield, W.) |
| Craddock, G. B. (Spelthorne) | Hicks-Beach, Maj. W W | MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Higgs, J. M. C. | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) |
| Cross, Rt. Hon. Sir R. | Hill, Dr. C. (Luton) | Maitland, Comdr. J. W |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Manningham-Buller, R E |
| Crouch, R. F. | Hirst, Geoffrey | Marlowe, A. A. H. |
| Crowder, F. P. (Ruislip-Northwood) | Hogg, Hon. Q. | Marples, A. E. |
| Crowder, Capt. John F. E. (Finchley) | Hollis, M. C. | Marshall, D. (Bodmin) |
| Cundiff, F. W. | Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich) | Marshall, S. H. (Sutton) |
| Cuthbert, W. N. | Hope, Lord J. | Maude, A. E. U. (Ealing, S.) |
| Maude, J. C. (Exeter) | Remnant, Hon. P. | Teeling, William |
| Maudling, R. | Roberts, Emrys (Merioneth) | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Medlicott, Brigadier F. | Roberts, P. G. (Heeley) | Thompson, K. P. (Walton) |
| Mellor, Sir J. | Robertson, Sir D. (Caithness) | Thompson, R. H. M. (Croydon, W.) |
| Molson, A. H. E. | Robinson, J. Roland (Blackpool, S.) | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (Monmouth) |
| Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. | Robson-Brown, W. (Esher) | Thornton-Kemsley, C. N |
| Morris, R. Hopkin (Carmarthen) | Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) | Thorp, Brigadier R. A. F. |
| Morrison, Maj. J. G. (Salisbury) | Roper, Sir H. | Tilney, John |
| Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Ropner, Col. L. | Touche, G. C. |
| Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Turton, R. H. |
| Nabarro, G. | Russell, R. S. | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Nicholls, H | Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Nicholson, G. | Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. |
| Nield, B. (Chester) | Savory, Prof. D. L. | Vosper, D. F. |
| Noble, Comdr. A. H. P | Scott, Donald | Wade, D. W. |
| Nugent, G. R. H. | Shepherd, W. S. (Cheadle) | Wakefield, E. B. (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Nutting, Anthony | Smiles, Lt.-Col, Sir W. | Wakefield, Sir W. W. (St. Marylebone) |
| Oakshott, H. D. | Smith, E. Martin (Grantham) | Walker-Smith, D. C. |
| Odey, G. W. | Smithers, Peter H. B. (Winchester) | Ward, Hon. G. R. (Worcester) |
| O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir H. | Smithers, Sir W. (Orpington) | Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth) |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. | Smyth, Brig, J. G. (Norwood) | Waterhouse, Capt. C. |
| Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Snadden, W. McN. | Watkinson, H. |
| Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) | Soames, Capt. C. | Webbe, Sir H. (London) |
| Orr-Ewing, Ian L. (Weston-super-Mare) | Spearman, A. C. M. | Wheatley, Major M. J. (Poole) |
| Osborne, C. | Spens, Sir P. (Kensington, S.) | White, J. Baker (Canterbury) |
| Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Stanley, Capt. Hon. R. (N. Fylde) | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Perkins, W. R. D. | Stevens, G. P. | Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge) |
| Peto, Brig. C. H. M. | Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W) | Williams, Sir H. G. (Croydon, E.) |
| Pickthorn, K. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) | Wills, G. |
| Pitman, I. J. | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Powell, J. Enoch | Storey, S. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Prescott, Stanley | Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S) | Wood, Hon. R. |
| Price, H. A. (Lewisham, W.) | Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray) | York, C. |
| Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. | Studholme, H. C. | Young, Sir A. S. L. |
| Profumo, J. D. | Summers, G. S. | |
| Raikes, H. V. | Sutcliffe, H. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Rayner, Brig. R. | Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne) | Mr. Drewe and |
| Redmayne, M. | Taylor, W J. (Bradford, N.) | Brigadier Mackeson. |
| NOES | ||
| Acland, Sir Richard | Cocks, F. S. | Field, Capt. W. J. |
| Adams, Richard | Coldrick, W. | Finch, H. J. |
| Albu, A. H. | Collick, P | Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) |
| Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) | Collindridge, F. | Follick, M. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Cook, T. F. | Foot, M. M. |
| Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) | Cooper, G. (Middlesbrough, W.) | Forman, J. C. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Cooper, J. (Daptford) | Fraser, T. (Hamilton) |
| Awbery, S. S. | Corbet, Mrs. F. K. (Peckham) | Freeman, J. (Watford) |
| Ayles, W. H. | Cove, W. G. | Freeman, Peter (Newport) |
| Bacon, Miss A. | Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N |
| Baird, J. | Crawley, A. | Ganley, Mrs. C. S |
| Balfour, A. | Cripps, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Gibson, C. W. |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J | Crosland, C. A. R. | Glanville, J. E. (Consett) |
| Bartley, P. | Crossman, R. H. S. | Gooch, E. G. |
| Benson, G. | Cullen, Mrs. A. | Greenwood, A. W. J. (Rossendale) |
| Beswick, F. | Daggar, G. | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Wakefield) |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A (Ebbw Vale) | Daines, P. | Grenfell, D. R. |
| Bevin, Rt. Hon. E. (Woolwich, E.) | Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Grey, C. F. |
| Bing, G. H. C. | Darling, G. (Hillsboro') | Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) |
| Blackburn, A. R. | Davies, A. Edward (Stoke, N.) | Griffiths, Rt. Hon. J. (Llanelly) |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | Griffiths, W. D. (Exchange) |
| Blyton, W. R. | Davies, Harold (Leek) | Gunter, R. J. |
| Boardman, H. | Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Haire, John E. (Wycombe) |
| Booth, A. | Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Hale, J. (Rochdale) |
| Bottomley, A. G. | de Freitas, Geoffrey | Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) |
| Bowden, H. W. | Deer, G. | Hall, J. (Gateshead, W.) |
| Bowles, F. G. (Nuneaton) | Delargy, H. J. | Hamilton, W. W |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. | Diamond, J. | Hannan, W. |
| Brockway, A. Fenner | Dodds, N. N. | Hardman, D. R. |
| Brook, D. (Halifax) | Donnelly, D. | Hardy, E A. |
| Brooks, T. J. (Normaton) | Driberg, T. E. N. | Hargreaves, A. |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Dugdale, Rt. Hon. J. (W. Bromwich) | Harrison, J. |
| Brown, George (Belper) | Dye, S. | Hastings, Dr. Somerville |
| Brown, T. J. (Ince) | Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Hayman, F. H. |
| Burke, W. A. | Edelman, M. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis) |
| Burton, Miss E. | Edwards, John (Brighouse) | Herbison, Miss M. |
| Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S.) | Edwards, Rt. Hon. N. (Caerphilly) | Hobson, C. R. |
| Callaghan, James | Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | Holman, P. |
| Carmichael, James | Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | Holmes, H. E. (Hemsworth) |
| Castle, Mrs. B. A. | Evans, E. (Lowestoft) | Houghton, Douglas |
| Champion, A. J. | Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury) | Hoy, J. |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | Ewart, R. | Hubbard, T. |
| Clunie, J. | Fernyhough, E. | Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, N.) |
| Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) | Moeran, E. W. | Sorensen, R W |
| Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Monslow, W | Sparks, J. A. |
| Hughes, Moelwyn (Islington, N.) | Morgan, Dr. H. B. | Steele, T. |
| Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Morley, R. | Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) |
| Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) | Stokes, Rt. Hon R R |
| Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) | Strachey, Rt. Hon. J |
| Irving, W. J. (Wood Green) | Moyle, A. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. G R. (Vauxhall) |
| Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Mulley, F. W. | Stross, Dr. B |
| Janner, B. | Murray, J. D. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon Edith |
| Jay, D. P. T. | Nally, W. | Sylvester, G. O |
| Jeger, G. (Goole) | Neal, H. | Taylor, H. B (Mansfield) |
| Jeger, Dr. S W. (St. Pancras, S.) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. | Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare) |
| Jenkins, R H | O'Brien, T. | Thomas, George (Cardiff) |
| Johnson, James (Rugby) | Oldfield, W. H. | Thomas, I. O. (Wrekin) |
| Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) | Oliver, G. H. | Thomas, I R. (Rhondda, W.) |
| Jones, D. T. (Hartlepool) | Orbach, M. | Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton) |
| Jones, Jack (Rotherham) | Paget, R. T | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Jones, William Elwyn (Conway) | Paling, Rt. Hon. Wilfred (Dearne V'lly) | Timmons, J. |
| Keenan, W. | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G |
| Kenyon, C. | Pannell, T. C. | Tomney, F. |
| Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Pargiter, G. A. | Turner-Samuels, M. |
| King, H. M. | Parker, J. | Usborne, Henry |
| Kinghorn, Sqn. Ldr. E. | Paton, J. | Vernon, Maj W F |
| Kinley, J. | Pearson, A. | Viant, S. P. |
| Kirkwood, Rt. Hon. D. | Peart, T. F. | Wallace, H. W |
| Lang, Rev. G. | Poole, Cecil | Watkins, T. E. |
| Lee, F. (Newton) | Popplewell, E. | Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Lee, Miss J. (Cannock) | Porter, G. | Weitzman, D. |
| Lever, L. M. (Ardwick) | Price, M. Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) | Wells, P. L. (Faversham) |
| Lever, N. H. (Cheetham) | Proctor, W. T. | Wells, W. T (Walsall) |
| Lewis, A. W. J. (West Ham, N.) | Pryde, D. J. | West, D. G. |
| Lewis, J. (Bolton, W.) | Pursey, Comdr. H. | Wheatley, Rt. Hn. John (Edinb'gh, E.) |
| Lindgren, G. S. | Rankin, J. | White, Mrs. E. (E. Flint) |
| Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Rees, Mrs. D. | White, H. (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Logan, D. G. | Reeves, J. | Wigg, George |
| Longden, F. (Small Heath) | Reid, T. (Swindon) | Wilcock, Group Capt C. A. B. |
| McAllister, G. | Reid, W. (Camlachie) | Wilkes, L. |
| MacColl, J. E. | Rhodes, H. | Wilkins, W. A. |
| McGhee, H. G. | Richards, R. | Willey, F. T (Sunderland) |
| McInnes, J. | Robens, A. | Willey, O. G. (Cleveland) |
| McKay, J. (Wallsend) | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) | Williams, D. J. (Neath) |
| Mackay, R. W. G. (Reading, N.) | Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| McLeavy, F. | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) | Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley) |
| MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Rogers, G. H. R. (Kensington, N.) | Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.) |
| McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. | Ross, William (Kilmarnock) | Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Huyton) |
| MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Royle, C. | Winterbottom, I. (Nottingham, C.) |
| Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Shackleton, E. A. A. | Winterbottom, R E. (Brightside) |
| Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) | Shawcross, Rt. Hon. Sir H. | Wise, Major F. J. |
| Mann, Mrs. J. | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Manuel, A. C. | Shurmer, P. L. E. | Woods, Rev. G. S |
| Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Silverman, J. (Erdington) | Wyatt, W. L. |
| Mathers, Rt. Hon. George | Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) | Yates, V. F. |
| Mellish, R. J. | Simmons, C. J. | Younger, Hon. Kenneth |
| Messer, F. | Slater, J. | |
| Middleton, Mrs. L. | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Mikardo, Ian | Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.) | Mr. William Whiteley and |
| Mitchison, G. R. | Snow, J. W. | Mr. R. J. Taylor. |
Question put, and agreed to.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read the Third time."—[The Prime Minister.]