HC Deb 27 June 1950 vol 476 cc2161-81

6.30 p.m.

The Prime Minister

May I ask the leave of the House to speak again? [HON. MEMBERS: "Hear, hear."] We have had a very interesting Debate. I thought that there was, as is so often the case, a very great contrast between the speech of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Mr. Eden) and the speech of his right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition. I thought that the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Warwich and Leamington dealt with this as a great issue and applied his mind to the real matters at stake, but I think that the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Woodford made it mainly an occasion for a party political attack.

He started off by trying to do his utmost to make bad blood between this Government and the French Government. He suggested that the French were resentful over devaluation. The right hon. Gentleman knows perfectly well, as he has been Chancellor of the Exchequer, that in the matter of devaluation one cannot give long notice. As a matter of fact the French understood it perfectly well and we gave them 48 hours' notice, which was all that could have been given in the circumstances. It is quite untrue to suggest that there has been constant friction and bad feeling. It is utterly and entirely untrue, as Ministers know who have been in contact with French Ministers constantly.

It is also untrue that we are suspected of being no friends of European unity. We have been working for European unity and, as my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer pointed out, a vast amount of work has been done to build up that unity; and that work does not merely mean making speeches but means the difficult working out of concrete plans with representatives of a great many nations.

Then the right hon. Gentleman tries to make ill blood between us and other members of the Commonwealth by suggesting that we have not given them all the information. They have not made those complaints, and the French have not made those complaints. It is the right hon. Gentleman who makes those complaints.

Mr. Churchill

The Prime Minister has contradicted me very severely because I said that he did not consult the Dominions—

The Minister of State (Mr. Younger)

Withdraw.

Mr. Churchill

The hon. Member should wait until he grows up before he tells me to withdraw. I will give the right hon. Gentleman a copy of the OFFICIAL REPORT so that he can see what he said.

The Prime Minister

I said: I do not think there was time for any consultation."—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 13th June, 1950; Vol. 476, c. 43.] That was when I made my first statement in the House. There could not have been any consultation because all I said was that we welcomed this initiative. What need for consultation was there on that?

Mr. Eden

Why did the right hon. Gentleman say that? He did say that. I remember the answer. The answer is in the recollection of the House. I remember the Prime Minister saying quite clearly that there was no time for consultation. That is why we looked up the quotation.

The Prime Minister

What the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Woodford said was that we had not informed the Commonwealth. The implication all through—it is not the first time we have had it—is that we have deliberately kept the Commonwealth in the dark in these matters. As a matter of fact, we have carried out to the full the usual methods of consultation.

Mr. Eden

The right hon. Gentleman has not.

The Prime Minister

We have. I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that the usual method of consultation is that full information is given; there are meetings with Commonwealth representatives and there is a full discussion, and that is exactly what has been done in this case. They have been kept fully informed.

That was the start of the right hon. Gentleman's speech of which a good deal was taken up not with dealing with the real issue which is before the House, for the real issue is whether or not we ought to have accepted certain principles which were to be embodied in a treaty prior to going into discussion. We had a great deal of excellent rhetoric on the need for getting together with other nations. That is the common view of all of us in this House. We have had quotations of various kinds of what has been done in that way, and both the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Warwick and Leamington and the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition have talked about some relinquishment of sovereignty.

It is quite true that in the world as it is placed today it is ridiculous to try to stand for the absolute sovereignty of the individual State, and no one has contended in that sense more often than have I and my colleagues here; but the question arises, when there is to be a surrender of sovereignty, to what body that surrender should be made. The right hon. Gentleman the Member for Warwick and Leamington gave a number of instances, which I have carefully looked over. There were O.E.E.C., the Atlantic Charter and U.N.O. and many others. I entirely agree that in all those instances there is an infringement of the old idea of absolute sovereignty, but in every instance that surrender is made to a responsible body, a body of people responsible to Parliaments, not to an irresponsible body appointed by no one and responsible to no one. That is the special need for the use of that word, which I do not like particularly, but it does indicate the difference between what is international and what is "supra-national."

We have always been willing, and are now, to enter into these international arrangements, but the point of this plan was that it was something entirely different from the international arrangements. This was to set up a supra-national authority. And it was of the essence of M. Schuman's plan that on entering into these discussions there should be an unequivocal acceptance of this principle. It is all very well to say that we can put in safeguards. I notice that everybody who has suggested that there should be acceptance has said, "With the necessary safeguards." But it is really making nonsense of an acceptance to think that one can accept a principle and then whittle it away until there is no principle left.

Now we have been learning just what is the intention and idea of this supranational authority. It requires to be looked at closely because it means that we are to hand over to the control of a number of appointed persons the two basic industries of this country. And those persons are not to be responsible to Governments, they are to be independent persons, and as far as I can make out from what I have seen of the plan coming through, they have no responsibility to Governments. Apparently the only time they may be responsible to anybody is at a meeting of a collection of members of legislatures, once a year. If the plan is to work, it means that those people are given authority by a majority to make decisions that are mandatory upon those who go in for this scheme—

Mr. Churchill

What is this plan of which the right hon Gentleman speaks? [An HON. MEMBER: "It comes from Paris."] It is all very well but, if this matter is to be raised at this last moment, I must ask that the House should be informed a little more clearly about this document.

The Prime Minister

Certainly. There was a preliminary account given in "The Times" today which was an advance of what is being given out by the French Government to the Press outlining the main lines of this plan.

Mr. Churchill

By the French Government?

The Prime Minister

Yes, the French Government.

Mr. Churchill

How is the right hon. Gentleman sure that the French Government are committed to it and that it is not the report of the experts or civil servants made to the French Government, which, in any case, is only one of the six Powers concerned?

The Prime Minister

As I am informed, this is put out by the French Government—

Mr. Quintin Hogg (Oxford)

There is not one.

The Prime Minister

I cannot help that. This is a Government document which has been put out. I will not go into it in detail. I was only saying that if one is judging this plan it is not fair to suggest that this is not what is intended. It is no good saying, "This is a principle" then cutting it down. This is the intention. Whether it is right or wrong, I do not know, and I am not prepared to say at the moment, but one has to look at it to see what is the intention, and that is the intention of this plan. It is to act by a majority and it is to have mandatory powers over industries in these countries.

Mr. Churchill

rose—

Hon. Members

Oh!

Mr. Churchill

It is all right, the Prime Minister is not limited to 7 o'clock. Is not this only the plan put forward by M. Monnet and his experts to the French Government? Have not the French Government reserved to themselves freedom to amend or correct it? Are the French Government themselves—[HON. MEM- BERS: "Oh!"] Do not hon. Members opposite want to know? Are not the French Government themselves only one of the six nations that have been talking over these matters during the week, every one of whom is entitled to put forward a version of his own, as we should have been had we been there?

The Prime Minister

This is the working document put forward as the principle of the plan which is to be embodied in a treaty, and that is the principle which has to be accepted.

Mr. Churchill

indicated dissent.

The Prime Minister

But that is the principle. We cannot get away from the principle. The principle is not a principle of internationalism; it is a principle of the supra-national authority. This is the point which is really at issue: whether we should have accepted that principle before going in for discussions. We were perfectly willing to discuss. We welcomed this initiative on the part of the French Government. Here let me say to the right hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington that I think the right hon. Gentleman was quite right in saying that this initiative could only have come from the French. The right hon. Gentleman rather suggested we had lagged behind and should have made it ourselves. Obviously, however, it was one which should have come, and did come, from the French in trying to settle this age-long Franco-German dispute. We said, "We will go in and discuss anything you like, but we cannot accept this principle until we have seen how it works out."

I think that was perfectly reasonable. There was a great deal of discussion. We offered to go fully into discussions with Ministers but the fact was that this was the key to the scheme and, with all respect to the right hon. Gentleman, I do not believe he would have got them to depart from that scheme. It was not, as he suggests, a matter of prejudice against a Socialist Government; it was a definite conception of principles by which they believed this international body, this initiative, could be built up.

The plain issue which faces the House is whether the Government were right or wrong in saying, "We will discuss, but we cannot accept this principle blindly." The right hon. Gentleman and his friends have put forward a suggestion that we should have taken the same formula as the Dutch put forward. There, again, that is an exception; accepting the principle but saying that afterwards, if it is not practicable, the principle will be thrown over. I do not believe that is the right way to go into a conference of this kind. I believe that it is generally recognised—and I am quite sure it is recognised by our French friends and appears perfectly clearly in the White Paper—that there was this difference of opinion, and we were not asked to gloss it over and go in in the camouflaged way suggested, accepting it when we did not accept it, with power to run out. I think that would have had the worst possible effect.

The right hon. Gentleman has drawn attention away from the question before the House to some discussion of the document called "European Unity." I declined to answer questions in this House with regard to that document because it is not the duty of a Minister to answer questions on something which is not within his field of responsibility. I have sat in this House quite a long time and I have known even Conservative Governments to have annual conferences and to pass resolutions of all kinds. I have never heard it suggested that if a Minister or member of the Conservative Party were present he should have to get up in the House and answer for that conference.

Mr. Churchill

I did not ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he approved it. I only asked him whether he had read it or not. [HON. MEMBERS: "Oh. no."] Yes, read it or not. Surely he need not shrink from imparting that simple piece of information?

The Prime Minister

I was not referring specifically to the right hon. Gentleman. This was an occasion when he was not present. He went off on the question of a Debate the first time it was mentioned, but later the matter was taken up by the right hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington and others. [Interruption.] I am quite prepared to say that, as a member of the party executive, I am a party to this document and take my share of responsibility and that, of course, I have read it. It is equally true that, as it happened, I was away for a week at Whitsun and I did not know the date of publication, and that when it came out it did surprise me as coming out then. But these things do happen.

This document, as has been made perfectly clear, is an expression of Labour Party policy. It raised a storm, especially with the people who had not read it; they got excerpts. It suffered, perhaps, from a misfortune in which I am sure the right hon. Gentleman will sympathise with us, because it obtained the support of Lord Beaverbrook. Because of that, it was at once condemned as an isolationist document by people who had never read it. It is not an isolationist document in any way whatever; it is a fair and balanced document. In fact, the right hon. Gentleman himself, in that more eloquent way which he commands, was summing up a good deal of the document in pointing out as against those who thought that there should be a third force, or European union, separate from others, that we were part of a larger group, that we were part of the Atlantic community, and that there were these various connections. He mentioned U.N.O., the Commonwealth and Europe, which had to be brought together. The document does that. I do not find that there is anything whatever at variance with my statement.

I explained in the Debate in January, 1949, I think, when a somewhat similar point was raised, that it has never been the position of this Government or of the Labour Party that we should deal solely with Socialist Governments. On the contrary, we have actually dealt with others, but that does not prevent us from saying that we should prefer other Governments to those any more than it prevents the right hon. Gentleman opposite from hailing with glee the fact that there are some Governments which if they are not called Conservative, at least are not actually Socialist. There are very few Conservative Governments in the world today. They almost always take another name, and I understand that the party opposite would like to do the same. That, I think, is a matter which Lord Woolton is still considering.

Mr. Eden

"A rose by any other name. …"

Mr. Churchill

You cannot give a Socialist another name.

The Prime Minister

All that was a matter of prejudice, but it does not in the least take away from the fact that what we have to discuss today is whether the Government were right or wrong in not accepting this principle blindly before entering into discussions. No one has suggested accepting without conditions. This thing was put to us to accept. We made various suggestions. We were asked to accept. I do not know what the real suggestion now is by the right hon. Gentleman. Does he suggest that we should now offer to go in on the Dutch terms? I do not know whether that would be accepted or not, but it is certainly not acceptable—

Mr. Churchill

I certainly think we should have gone in on the Dutch terms or some variants that were found agreeable. I see no reason at all to alter the Dutch terms.

The Prime Minister

That means that the right hon. Gentleman thinks we should have accepted this principle. The principle embodied in this is the handing over of the basic industries of this country. [HON. MEMBERS: "No."] Oh, yes, it is.

Mr. Churchill

We are absolutely safeguarded against having in any way to hand over the basic industries of this country. If the terms for which the Dutch asked were quite acceptable, we could have been a member and taken part in these matters on the same terms and conditions with very great advantage all round.

The Prime Minister

I do not know why the right hon. Gentleman did not set out in his Motion what was the actual Dutch reservation, because the actual Dutch reservation was accepting the principle but with the proviso that if they did not like it or found it impossible, they could then throw the principle over. That is not set out here.

Mr. Churchill

Metaphysics, not politics.

The Prime Minister

I gather from the right hon. Gentleman that he accepts this principle. We on this side are not prepared to accept the principle that the most vital economic forces of this country should be handed over to an authority that is utterly undemocratic and is responsible to nobody. If the right hon. Gentleman thinks that he could have changed that principle, if he said that he would go in on another basis, if he was willing to go on, as one might very well go on, to discuss all kinds of organisations in Europe, including international arrangements, well and good—that could have been done.

That was not what we were asked. It was a condition of entering the conference that we should accept this principle. We could not do it. We said so frankly, and I think it is far better that in going into a conference like this, in negotiations of this kind, you should say quite frankly where you stand and not go in under false colours.

It is quite untrue to suggest that in any of these international matters this Government has been behindhand. On the contrary, we have taken the lead. My hon. Friend the Member for Nelson and Colne (Mr. S. Silverman) was quite wrong in suggesting that we ought to have done all these things in 1945 and 1946. In those years we were trying to build up one world. There had not come this deep gulf between East and West. We were still striving, on the quadripartite terms in Germany, to try to build up one Europe. After that, we had to work on these things with a smaller circle of associates.

It is not true, as has been suggested, that work has not been done on these problems of the basic industries. There has been work done in O.E.E.C., and in doing that work there are revealed a great many difficulties. I entirely agree that there are great possibilities of moving forward on these functional lines towards European unity. That is much better than trying to form fancy constitutions. I think that the practical work that has been done is the foundation for the unity of Europe.

But recollect that in Document 10 of the White Paper, this is specifically stated to be a foundation for a federated Europe. That is a different matter altogether. This is put forward as a basis on which is to be built up a European federation. The right hon. Gentleman has pointed out the difficulty of our associating fully in anything of that kind. Therefore, there is also the political, as well as the economic, side.

A great deal of eloquence has been wasted in the House on urging everybody to be enthusiastic for European unity. We are enthusiastic for it, but it is no good being enthusiastic for the wrong method. This may or may not be the right method, but I am sure it is the wrong method of getting unity to accept a principle without examining it, because that is the way to bring about destruction of confidence. Had we gone in, accepting these principles, with all the reservations put before us by right hon. and hon. Gentlemen, and then found we could not work them, we should have been accused of being the people who are breaking up national confidence. We are not prepared to go in on that basis and I am quite sure that there are many hon. Members on the benches opposite,

when they consider exactly what this means, who will have very great qualms in accepting the principle. I ask the House to unite on the Government Amendment, which expresses the view that we wish for this greater unity of Europe. We are prepared to enter fully with our friends and Allies, but we cannot go in pledge-bound to a principle which has not been fully examined and which we are not prepared at this stage to accept.

Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."

The House divided: Ayes, 289; Noes, 309.

Division No. 48.] AYES [7.0 p.m.
Aitken, W. T. Crowder, F. P. (Ruislip-Northwood) Hogg, Hon. Q
Alport, C. J. M. Crowder, Capt. John F. E. (Finchley) Hollis, M. C.
Amery, J. (Preston, N.) Cundiff, F. W. Holmes, Sir J Stanley (Harwich)
Amory, D. Heathcoat (Tiverton) Cuthbert, W. N. Hope, Lord J.
Arbuthnot, John Darling, Sir W. Y. (Edinburgh, S.) Hopkinson, H. L. D' A.
Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) Davidson, Viscountess Hornsby-Smith, Miss P.
Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W) Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) Horsbrugh, Miss F.
Astor, Hon. M. Davies, Nigel (Epping) Howard, G. R. (St. Ives)
Baker, P. de Chair, S. Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire)
Baldock, J. M. De la Bère, R. Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.)
Baldwin, A. E. Deedes, W. F. Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport)
Banks, Col. C. Digby, S. Wingfield Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.)
Baxter, A. B. Dodds-Parker, A. D. Hutbert, Wing-Cdr. N. J.
Beamish, Maj. T. V. H Donner, P. W. Hurd, A. R.
Bell, R. M. Douglas-Hamilton, Lord M. Hutchinson, Geoffrey (Ilford, N.)
Bennett, Sir P. (Edgbaston) Drayson, G. B. Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.)
Bennett, R F. B. (Gosport) Dugdale, Maj. Sir T. (Richmond) Hyde, H. M.
Bennett, W. G. (Woodside) Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. Hylton-Foster, H. B.
Bevins, J. R. (Liverpool, Toxteth) Dunglass, Lord Jeffreys, General Sir G.
Birch, Nigel Duthie, W. S. Jennings, R.
Bishop, F. P. Eccles, D. M. Johnson, Howard S. (Kemptown)
Black, C. W. Eden, Rt. Hon. A. Jones, A. (Hall Green)
Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Walter Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W.
Boothby, R. Erroll, F. J. Kaberry, D.
Bossom, A. C. Fisher, Nigel Keeling, E. H.
Bower, N. Fletcher, W. (Bury) Kerr, H. W. (Cambridge)
Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. Fort, R. Kingsmill, Lt.-Col. W. H.
Bracken, Rt. Hon. Brendan Foster, J. G. Lambert, Hon. G.
Braine, B. Fraser, Hon. H. C. P. (Stone) Lancaster, Col. C. G.
Braithwaite, Lt.-Comdr. J. G. Fraser, Sir I. (Lonsdale) Langford-Holt, J.
Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir D. P. M. Law, fit. Hon. R. K.
Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) Leather, E. H. C.
Brooke, H. (Hampstead) Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) Lennox-Boyd, A. T.
Browne, J. N. (Govan) Gammons, L. D. Lindsay, Martin
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Garner-Evans, E. H. (Denbigh) Linstead, H. N.
Bullock, Capt. M. Gates, Maj. E. E. Llewellyn, D.
Bullus, Wing-Commander E. E. Glyn, Sir R. Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton)
Burden, Squadron-Leader F. A. Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.)
Butcher, H. W. Gridley, Sir A. Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral)
Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) Grimston, Hon. J. (St. Albans) Lookwood, Lt.-Col. J. C.
Carr, L. R (Mitcham) Grimston, R. V. (Westbury) Longden, G. J. M. (Herts, S. W.)
Carson, Hon. E. Harden, J. R. E. Low, A. R. W.
Channon, H. Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) Lucas, Major Sir J. (Portsmouth, S)
Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. Harris, F. W. (Croydon, N.) Lucas, P. B. (Brentford)
Clarke, Col. R. S. (East Grlnstead) Harris, R. R. (Heston) Lucas-Tooth, Sir H.
Clarke, Brig. T. H. (Portsmouth, W.) Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O.
Clyde, J. L. Harvie-Watt, Sir G. S. McCallum, Maj. D.
Colega'[...]. A. Hay, John McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S.
Conant, Maj. R. J. E. Head, Brig. A. H. Macdonald, A. J. F. (Roxburgh)
Cooper, A. E. (Ilford, S.) Heald, L. F. Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight)
Cooper-Key, E. M. Heath, Edward Mackeson, Brig. H. R.
Corbett, Lieut.-Col. U. (Ludlow) Henderson, John (Cathcart) McKibbin, A.
Craddock, G. B. (Spelthorne) Hicks-Beach, Maj. W. W. McKie, J. H. (Galloway)
Cranborne, Viscount Higgs, J M. C. Maclay, Hon. J. S.
Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H F. C. Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) Maclean, F H. R.
Cross, Rt. Hon. Sir R. Hill, Dr. C. (Luton) MacLeod, Iain (Enfield, W.)
Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E Hinchingbrooke, Viscount MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty)
Crouch, R. F. Hirst, Geoffrey MacManaway, Rev. J. G.
Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) Raikes, H. V. Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne)
Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) Rayner, Brig. R. Taylor, W. J. (Bradford, N.)
Maitland, Comdr. J. W. Redmayne, M. Teeling, William
Manningham-Buller, R. E. Remnant, Hon. P. Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford)
Marlowe, A. A. H. Renton, D. L. M. Thompson, K. P. (Walton)
Marples, A. E. Roberts, Emrys (Merioneth) Thompson, R. H. M. (Croydon, W.)
Marshall, D. (Bodmin) Roberts, P. G. (Heeley) Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (Monmouth)
Marshall, S. H. (Sutton) Robertson, Sir D. (Caithness) Thornton-Kemsley, C. N.
Maude, A. E. U. (Ealing, S.) Robinson, J. Roland (Blackpool, S.) Thorp, Brigadier R. A. F.
Maude, J. C. (Exeter) Robson-Brown, W. (Esher) Tilney, John
Maudling, R. Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) Touche, G. C.
Medlicott, Brigadier F Roper, Sir H. Turton, R. H.
Molson, A. H. E. Ropner, Col. L. Tweedsmuir, Lady
Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T. Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonderry) Vane, W. M. F.
Morrison, Maj. J. G. (Salisbury) Russell, R. S. Vaughan-Morgan, J. K
Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Chencester) Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. Vosper, D. F.
Mott-Radclyfle, C. E. Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. Wade, D. W.
Nicholls, H. Savory, Prof. D. L. Wakefield, E. B. (Derbyshire, W.)
Nicholson, G. Scott, Donald Wakefield, Sir W. W. (St. Marylobone)
Nield, B. (Chester) Shepherd, W. S. (Cheadle) Walker-Smith, D. C.
Noble, Comdr. A. H. P Smiles, Lt.-Col. Sir W. Ward, Hon. G. R. (Worcester)
Nugent, G. R H. Smith, E. Martin (Grantham) Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth)
Nutting, Anthony Smithers, Peter H. B. (Winchester) Waterhouse, Capt. C
Oakshott, H. D. Smithers, Sir W. (Orpington) Watkinson, H.
Odey, G. W. Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) Webbe, Sir H. (London)
O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Snadden, W. McN. Wheatley, Major M. J. (Poole)
Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. Soames, Capt. C. White, J. Baker (Canterbury)
Orr, Capt, L. P. S. Spearman, A. C. M. Williams, C. (Torquay)
Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge)
Orr-Ewing, Ian L. (Weston-super-Mare) Spens, Sir P. (Kensington, S.) Williams, Sir H. G. (Croydon, E.)
Osborne, C. Stanley, Capt. Hon. R. (N. Fylde) Wills, G.
Peake, Rt. Hon. O. Stevens, G. P. Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro)
Perkins, W. R. D. Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.) Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Peto, Brig. C. H. M Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) Wood, Hon. R
Pickthorn, K. Storey, S. York, C.
Pitman, I. J. Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.) Young, Sir A. S. L.
Prescott, Stanley Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray)
Price, H. A. (Lewisham, W.) Studholme, H. G. TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. Summers, G. S Mr. Drewe and Mr. Grimond.
Profumo, J. D. Sutcliffe, H.
NOES
Acland, Sir Richard Chetwynd, G. R. Evans, Albert (Islington. S. W.)
Adams, Richard Clunie, J. Evans, E. (Lowestoft)
Albu, A. H. Cocks, F. S. Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury)
Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) Coldrick, W. Ewart, R.
Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) Collick, P. Fairhurst, F.
Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) Collindridge, F. Fernyhough, E.
Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. Cook, T. F. Field, Capt. W. J.
Awbery, S. S. Cooper, G. (Middlesbrough, W.) Finch, H. J.
Ayles, W. H. Cooper, J. (Deptford) Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.)
Bacon, Miss A. Corbet, Mrs. F. K. (Peckham) Follick, M.
Baird, J. Cove, W. G. Foot, M. M.
Balfour, A. Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) Forman, J. C.
Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J Crawley, A. Fraser, T. (Hamilton)
Bartley, P. Cripps, Rt. Hon. Sir S Freeman, J. (Watford)
Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J Crosland, C. A. R. Freeman, Peter (Newport)
Benson, G. Crossman, R. H. S. Gaitskell, fit. Hon. H. T. N.
Beswick, F. Cullen, Mrs. A. Ganley, Mrs. C. S
Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) Daggar, G. Gibson, C. W.
Bing, G. H. C. Daines, P. Gilzean, A.
Blackburn, A. R. Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. Glanville, J. E. (Consett)
Blenkinsop, A. Darling, G. (Hillsboro') Gooch, E. G.
Blyton, W. R. Davies, A. Edward (Stoke, N.) Gordon-Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C.
Boardman, H. Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) Greenwood, A. W. J. (Rossendale)
Booth, A. Davies, Harold (Leek) Greenwood, Rt. Ht. Arthur (Wakefield)
Bottomley, A. G. Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) Grenfell, D. R.
Bowden, H. W. Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) Grey, C. F.
Bowles, F. G. (Nuneaton) de Freitas, Geoffrey Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley)
Braddock, Mrs. E. M. Deer, G. Griffiths, Rt. Hon. J. (Llanelly)
Brockway, A. Fenner Delargy, H. J. Griffiths, W. D. (Exchange)
Brook, D. (Halifax) Diamond, J. Gunter, R. J.
Brooks, T. J. (Normanton) Dodds, N. N. Haire, John E. (Wycombe)
Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. Donnelly, D. Hale, J. (Rochdale)
Brown, George (Belper) Donovan, T. N. Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.)
Brown, T. J. (Ince) Driberg, T. E. N. Hall, J. (Gateshead, W.)
Burke, W. A. Dugdale, Rt. Hon. J. (W. Bromwich) Hall, Rt. Hn. W. Glenvil (Colne V'll'y)
Burton, Miss E. Dye, S. Hamilton, W. W.
Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S.) Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. Hannan, W.
Callaghan, James Edelman, M. Hardman, D. R.
Carmichael, James Edwards, John (Brighouse) Hardy, E. A.
Castle, Mrs. B. A. Edwards, Rt. Hon. N. (Caerphilly) Hargreaves, A.
Champion, A. J. Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) Harrison, J.
Hastings, Dr. Somerville Manuel, A. C. Simmons, C J
Hayman, F. H. Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A Slater, J
Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis) Mathers, Rt. Hon. George Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.)
Herbison, Miss M. Mellish, R. J Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.)
Hewitson, Capt. M. Messer, F Snow, J. W.
Hobson, C. R. Middleton, Mrs. L Sorensen, R. W
Holman, P. Mikardo, Ian Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir F.
Holmes, H. E. (Hemsworth) Mitchison, G. R. Sparks, J. A.
Houghton, Douglas Moeran, E. W. Steele, T.
Hoy, J. Monslow, W. Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.)
Hubbard, T. Moody, A. S Stokes, Rt. Hon. R. R.
Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, N.) Morgan, Dr. H. B Strachey, Rt. Hon. J.
Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) Morley, R. Strauss, Rt. Hon. G. R. (Vauxhall)
Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen) N.) Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) Stross, Dr. B.
Hughes, Moelwyn (Islington, N.) Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) Summerskill, Rt. Hon. Edith
Hynd, H. (Accrington) Mort, D. L. Sylvester, G. O.
Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) Moyle, A Taylor, H B. (Mansfield)
Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) Mulley, F. W. Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare)
Irving, W. J. (Wood Green) Murray, J. D. Thomas, George (Cardiff)
Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A Nally, W. Thomas, I. O. (Wrekin)
Janner, B. Neal, H. Thomas, I R. (Rhondda, W.)
Jay, D. P. T. Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton)
Jeger, G. (Goole) O'Brien, T. Thurtle, Ernest
Jeger, Dr. S. W. (St. Pancras, S.) Oldfield, W. H Timmons, J.
Jenkins, R. H. Oliver, G. H. Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G.
Johnson, James (Rugby) Orbach, M. Tomney, F.
Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) Padley, W. E Turner-Samuels, M.
Jones, D. T. (Hartlepool) Paget, R. T. Usborne, Henry
Jones, Jack (Rotherham) Paling, Rt. Hon. Wilfred (Dearne V'lly) Vernon, Maj. W F
Jones, William Elwyn (Conway) Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) Viant, S. P.
Keenan, W Pannell, T. C Wallace, H. W.
Kenyon, C. Pargiter, G. A Watkins, T E.
Key, Rt. Hon C. W Parker, J. Webb, Rt Hon. M. (Bradford. C.)
King, H. M. Paton, J. Weitzman, D.
Kinghorn, Sqn.-Ldr E. Pearson, A. Wells, P. L. (Faversham)
Kinley, J. Peart, T. F Wells, W. T. (Walsall)
Kirkwood, Rt. Hon. D Poole, Cecil
Lang, Rev. G. Popplewell, E West, D. G.
Lee, F. (Newton) Porter, G. Wheatley, Rt. Hn. John (Edinb'gh, E.)
Lee, Miss J. (Cannock) Price, M. Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) White, Mrs. E (E. Flint)
Lever, L. M (Ardwick) Proctor, W. T. White, H. (Derbyshire, N. E.)
Lever, N H. (Cheetham) Pryde, D. J. Wigg, George
Lewis, A W. J. (West Ham, N.) Pursey, Comdr. H. Wilcock, Group-Capt. C. A. B.
Lewis, J. (Bolton, W.) Rankin, J. Wilkes, L.
Lindgren, G. S. Rees, Mrs. D Wilkins, W. A.
Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. Reeves, J. Willey, F. T (Sunderland)
Logan, D G. Reid, T. (Swindon) Willey, O. G. (Cleveland)
Longden, F. (Small Heath) Reid, W. (Camlachie) Williams, D. J. (Neath)
McAllister, G. Rhodes, H. Williams, Ronald (Wigan)
MacColl, J. E. Richards, R Williams, Rt. Hon. T (Don Valley)
McGhee, H. G Robens, A. Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.)
McGovern, J Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Huyton)
McInnes, J. Roberts, H. (Handsworth) Winterbottom, I. (Nottingham, C.)
Mack, J. D. Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) Winterbottom, R. E. (Brightside)
McKay, J. (Wallsend) Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) Wise, Major F. J
Mackay, R. W G. (Reading, N.) Rogers, G. H. R. (Kensington, N.) Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A.
McLeavy, F. Ross, William (Kilmarnock) Woods, Rev. G. S.
MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) Royle, C. Wyatt, W. L.
McNeil, Rt. Hon. H Shackleton, E. A. A. Yates, V. F.
MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) Shawcross, Rt. Hon. Sir H Younger, Hon. Kenneth
Mainwaring, W. H. Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E.
Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) Shurmer, P. L. E. TELLERS FOB THE NOES:
Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield. E.) Silverman, J. (Erdington) Mr. William Whiteley and
Mann, Mrs. J. Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) Mr. R. J. Taylor.

Question put, "That the proposed words be there added."

The House divided: Ayes, 309; Noes, 296.

Division No. 49.] AYES [7.14 p.m
Acland, Sir Richard Bartley, P. Bowles, F. G. (Nuneaton)
Adams, Richard Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J Braddock, Mrs. E. M.
Albu, A. H. Benson, G Brockway, A. Fanner
Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) Beswick, F. Brook, D. (Halifax)
Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) Brooks, T. J. (Normanton)
Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) Bing, G. H. C. Broughton, Dr A. D. D.
Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. Blackburn, A. R. Brown, George (Belper)
Awbery, S. S. Blenkinsop, A. Brown, T. J. (Ince)
Ayles, W. H. Blyton, W. R. Burke, W. A.
Bacon, Miss A Boardman, H. Burton, Miss E.
Baird, J. Booth, A. Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S.)
Balfour, A Bottomley, A. G. Callaghan, James
Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. Bowden, H. W Carmichael, James
Cattle, Mrs. B. A. Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis) Oldfield, W. H
Champion, A. J. Herbison, Miss M. Oliver, G. H
Chetwynd, G. R. Hewitson, Capt. M. Orbach, M.
Clunie, J. Hobson, C. R. Padley, W. E.
Cocks, F. S. Holman, P. Paget, R T.
Coldrick, W. Holmes, H. E. (Hemsworth) Paling, Rt. Hon. Wilfred (Dearne V'lly)
Collick, P. Houghton, Douglas Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury)
Cook, T. F. Hoy, J. Pannell, T. C.
Cooper, G. (Middlesbrough, W.) Hubbard, T Pargiter, G. A.
Cooper, J. (Deptford) Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, N.) Parker, J.
Corbet, Mrs. F. K. (Peckham) Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr) Paton, J.
Cove, W. G. Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) Peart, T. F.
Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) Hughes, Moelwyn (Islington, N.) Poole, Cecil
Crawley, A. Hynd, H. (Accrington) Popplewell, E.
Cripps, Rt. Hon. Sir S Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) Porter, G.
Crosland, C. A. R. Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) Price, M. Philips (Gloucestershire, W.)
Crossman, R. H. S. Irving, W. J. (Wood Green) Proctor, W. T.
Cullen, Mrs. A. Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. Pryde, D. J.
Daggar, G. Janner, B. Pursey, Comdr. H
Daines, P. Jay, D. P. T. Rankin, J.
Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. Jeger, G, (Goole) Rees, Mrs. D.
Darling, G. (Hillsboro') Jeger, Dr. S. W. (St. Pancras, S.) Reeves, J.
Davies, A. Edward (Stoke, N.) Jenkins, R. H. Reid, T. (Swindon)
Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) Johnson, James (Rugby) Reid, W. (Camlachie)
Davies, Harold (Leek) Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) Rhodes, H.
Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) Jones, D. T. (Hartlepool) Richards, R.
Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) Jones, Jack (Rotherham) Robens, A.
de Freitas, Geoffrey Jones, William Elwyn (Conway) Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire)
Deer, G. Keenan, W. Robertson, J. J. (Berwick)
Delargy, H. J. Kenyon, C. Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.)
Diamond, J. Key, Rt. Hon C. W Rogers, G. H. R. (Kensington, N.)
Dodds, N. N. King, H. M. Ross, William (Kilmarnock)
Donnelly, D. Kinghorn, Sqn.-Ldr. E. Royle, C.
Donovan, T. N. Kinley, J. Shackleton, E. A. A.
Driberg, T. E. N. Kirkwood, Rt. Hon. D. Shawcross, Rt. Hon. Sir H
Dugdale, Rt. Hon. J. (W. Bromwich) Lang, Rev. G. Shinwell, Rt Hon. E
Dye, S. Lee, F. (Newton) Shurmer, P. L. E.
Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. Lee, Miss J. (Cannock) Silverman, J. (Erdington)
Edelman, M. Lever, L. M. (Ardwick) Silverman, S. S (Nelson)
Edwards, John (Brighouse) Lever, N. H. (Cheetham) Simmons, C. J
Edwards, Rt. Hon. N. (Caerphilly) Lewis, A. W J. (West Ham, N.) Slater, J.
Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) Lewis, J. (Bolton, W.) Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.)
Evans, Albert (Islington, S. W.) Lindgren, G. S. Smith, H. N. (Nottingham, S.)
Evans, E. (Lowestoft) Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. Snow, J. W.
Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury) Logan, D. G. Sorensen, R. W.
Ewart, R. Longden, F. (Small Heath) Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir F.
Fairhurst, F. McAllister, G. Sparks, J. A.
Fernyhough, E. MacColl, J. E Steele, T.
Field, Capt. W. J. McGhee, H. G. Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.)
Finch, H. J. McGovern, J. Stokes, Rt. Hon. R. R.
Fletcher, E. G. M. (Islington, E.) McInnes, J. Strachey, Rt. Hon. J
Follick, M. Mack, J. D. Strauss, Rt. Hon. G. R. (Vauxhall)
Foot, M. M. McKay, J. (Wallsend) Stross, Dr. B.
Forman, J. C. Mackay, R. W. G. (Reading, N.) Summerskill, Rt. Hon. Edith
Fraser, T. (Hamilton) McLeavy, F. Sylvester, G. O.
Freeman, J. (Watford) MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield)
Freeman, Peter (Newport) McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth)
Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare)
Ganley, Mrs. C. S. Mainwaring, W. H. Thomas, George (Cardiff)
Gibson, C. W. Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) Thomas, I O. (Wrekin)
Gilzean, A. Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) Thomas, I. R. (Rhondda, W.)
Glanville, J. E. (Consett) Mann, Mrs. J. Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton)
Gooch, E. G. Manuel, A. C. Thurtle, Ernest
Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. Timmons, J.
Greenwood, A. W. J. (Rossendale) Mathers, Rt. Hon. George Tomlinson, Rt. Hon G
Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Wakefield) Mellish, R. J Tomney, F.
Grenfell, D. R. Messer, F. Turner-Samuels, M
Grey, C. F. Middleton, Mrs. L Usborne, Henry
Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) Mikardo, Ian Vernon, Maj. W. F
Griffiths, Rt. Hon. J. (Llanelly) Mitchison, G. R. Viant, S. P.
Griffiths, W. D. (Exchange) Moeran, E. W. Wallace, H. W
Gunter, R. J. Monslow, W. Watkins, T. E.
Haire, John E. (Wycombe) Moody, A. S. Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford C.)
Hale, J. (Rochdale) Morgan, Dr. H. B. Weitzman, D.
Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) Morley, R. Wells, P. L. (Faversham)
Hall, J. (Gateshead, W.) Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) Wells, W. T. (Walsall)
Hall, Rt. Hn. W. Glenvil (Colne V'll'y) Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) West, D. G.
Hamilton, W. W. Mort, D. L. Wheatley, Rt. Hn. John (Edinb'gh, E.)
Hannan, W. Moyle, A. White, Mrs. E. (E. Flint)
Hardman, D. R. Mulley, F. W. White, H. (Derbyshire, N. E.)
Hardy, E A. Murray, J. D Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W.
Hargreaves, A. Nally, W. Wigg, George
Harrison, J. Neal, H. Wilcock, Group-Capt C. A. B.
Hastings, Dr. Somerville Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. Wilkes, L.
Hayman, F. H. O'Brien, T. Wilkins, W. A
Willey, F. T. (Sunderland) Wilson, Rt. Hon. J H (Huyton) Wyatt, W. L.
Willey, O. G. (Cleveland) Winterbottom, I. (Nottingham, C.) Yates, V. F.
Williams, D. J. (Neath) Winterbottom, R. E. (Brightside) Younger, Hon. Kenneth
Williams, Ronald (Wigan) Wise, Major F. J.
Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley) Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.) Woods, Rev. G. S. Mr. Pearson and Mr. Collindridge.
NOES
Aitken, W. T. Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. Lennox-Boyd, A. T
Alport, C. J. M. Dunglass, Lord Lindsay, Martin
Amery, J. (Preston, N.) Duthie, W. S. Linstead, H. N
Amory, D. Heathcoat (Tiverton) Eccles, D. M. Llewellyn, D.
Arbuthnot, John Eden, Rt. Hon. A. Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton)
Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon Wallet Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.)
Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W) Erroll, F. J. Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral)
Astor, Hon. M. Fisher, Nigel Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C.
Baker, P. Fletcher, W. (Bury) Longden, G. J. M. (Herts, S. W.)
Baldock, J. M. Fort, R. Low, A. R. W.
Baldwin, A. E. Foster, J. G. Lucas, Major Sir J. (Portsmouth, S)
Banks, Col. C. Fraser, Hon. H. C. P. (Stone) Lucas, P. B. (Brentford)
Baxter, A. B. Fraser, Sir I. (Lonsdale) Lucas-Tooth, Sir H
Beamish, Maj. T. V. H Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir D. P. M. Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O
Bell, R. M. Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) McAdden, S. J.
Bennett, Sir P. (Edgbaston) Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) McCallum, Maj. D.
Bennett, R. F. B. (Gosport) Gammans, L. D. McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S.
Bennett, W. G. (Woodside) Garner-Evans, E. H. (Denbigh) Macdonald, A. J. F. (Roxburgh)
Bevins, J. R. (Liverpool, Toxteth) Gates, Maj. E. E Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight)
Birch, Nigel Glyn, Sir R. McKibbin, A.
Bishop, F. P. Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. McKie, J. H. (Galloway)
Black, C. W. Gridley, Sir A. Maclay, Hon. J. S.
Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C. (Wells) Grimston, Hon J. (St. Albans) Maclean, F H. R
Boothby, R. Grimston, R. V. (Westbury) MacLeod, Iain (Enfield, W.)
Bossom, A. C Harden, J. R. E. MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty)
Bower, N. Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) MacManaway, Rev. J. G.
Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. Harris, F. W. (Croydon, N.) Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley)
Bracken, Rt. Hon. Brendan Harris, R. R. (Heston) Macpherson, N. (Dumfries)
Braine, B. Harvey, Air-Codre. A. V (Macclesfield) Maitland, Comdr. J W
Braithwaite, Lt -Comdr. J. G. Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) Manningham-Buller, R. E
Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col W. Harvie-Watt, Sir G. S Marlowe, A. A H
Brooke, H. (Hampstead) Hay, John Marples, A. E
Browne, J. N. (Govan) Head, Brig. A. H Marshall, D. (Bodmin)
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T Heald, L. F Marshall, S. H. (Sutton)
Bullock, Capt. M. Heath, Edward Maude, A E. U. (Ealing, S.)
Bullus, Wing-Commander E. E Henderson, John (Cathcart) Maude, J C. (Exeter)
Burden, Squadron-Leader F. A. Hicks-Beach, Maj. W. W. Maudling, R.
Butcher, H. W. Higgs, J. M. C. Medlicott, Brigadier F
Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) Mellor, Sir J
Carr, L. R. (Mitcham) Hill, Dr. C. (Luton) Molson, A. H. E.
Carson, Hon. E Hinchingbrooke, Viscount Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir T
Channon, H. Hirst, Geoffrey Morris, R Hopkin (Carmarthen)
Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. Hogg, Hon. Q. Morrison, Maj. J. G (Salisbury)
Clarke, Col. R. S. (East Grinstead) Hollis, M. C. Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester)
Clarke, Brig T. H. (Portsmouth, W.) Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich) Mott-Radclyffe, C. E.
Clyde, J. L. Hope, Lord J. Nabarro, G.
Colagate, A. Hopkinson, H. L. D'A. Nicholls, H.
Conant, Maj. R. J. E. Hornsby-Smith, Miss P. Nicholson, G.
Cooper, A. E. (Ilford, S.) Horsbrugh, Miss F. Nield, B. (Chester)
Cooper-Key, E. M Howard, G. R. (St. Ives) Noble, Comdr. A. H. P
Corbett, Lieut.-Col. U. (Ludlow) Howard, Gerald (cambridgesh([...]) Nugent, G. R. H.
Craddock, G. B. (Spelthorne) Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) Nutting, Anthony
Cranborne, Viscount Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport) Oakshott, H. D
Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon H. F. C. Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) Odey, G. W.
Cross, Rt. Hon. Sir R. Hulbert, Wing-Cdr. N. J O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir H.
Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. Hurd, A. R. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D
Crouch, R. F. Hutchinson, Geoffrey (Ilford, N.) Orr, Capt. L. P. S.
Crowder, F. P. (Ruislip-Northwood) Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.)
Crowder, Capt. John F. E. (Finchley) Hyde, H. M. Orr-Ewing, Ian L. (Weston-super-Mare)
Cundiff, F. W. Hylton-Foster, H. B. Osborne, C
Cuthbert, W. N. Jeffreys, General Sir G. Peake, Rt. Hon. O.
Darling, Sir W. Y (Edinburgh, S.) Jennings, R. Perkins, W. R. D.
Davidson, Viscountess Johnson, Howard S. (Kemptown) Peto, Brig. C. H. M
Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) Jones, A. (Hall Green) Pickthorn, K.
Davies, Nigel (Epping) Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L W Pitman, I. J.
de Chair, S. Kaberry, D. Powell, J. Enoch
De la Bère, R. Keeling, E. H. Prescott, Stanley
Deedes, W. F. Kerr, H. W. (Cambridge) Price, H. A. (Lewisham. W.)
Digby, S. Wingfield Kingsmill, Lt.-Col. W. H. Prior-Palmerr Brig. O.
Dodds-Parker, A. D Lambert, Hon. G. Profumo, J. D.
Donner, P. W. Lancaster, Col. C. G Raikes, H. V.
Douglas-Hamilton, Lord M. Langford-Holt, J. Rayner, Brig. R
Drayson, G. B. Law, Rt. Hon. R. K Redmayne, M.
Drewe, C. Leather, E. H. C. Remnant, Hon. P.
Dugdale, Maj. Sir T. (Richmond) Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H Ronton, D. L M.
Roberts, Emrys (Merioneth) Stanley, Capt. Hon. R. (N. Fylde) Vosper, D. F.
Roberts, P. G. (Heeley) Stevens, G. P. Wade, D. W.
Robertton, Sir D. (Caithness) Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.) Wakefield, E. B. (Derbyshire, W.)
Robinson, J. Roland (Blackpool, S.) Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) Wakefield, Sir W. W. (St. Marylebone)
Robson-Brown, W. (Esher) Storey, S. Walker-Smith, D. C.
Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S) Ward, Hon. G. R. (Worcester)
Roper, Sir H. Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray) Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth)
Ropner, Col. L. Studholme, H G Waterhouse, Capt. C
Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonderry) Summers, G S Watkinson, H.
Russell, R. S. Sutcliffe, H. Webbe, Sir H. (Lonaon)
Ryder, Capt. R. E. D Taylor, C S. (Eastbourne) Wheatley, Major M. J. (Poole)
Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. Taylor, W. J. (Bradford, N.) White, J. Baker (Canterbury)
Savory, Prof. D. L. Teeling, William Williams, C. (Torquay)
Scott, Donald Thomas, J P. L. (Hereford) Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge)
Shepherd, W. S (Cheadle) Thompson, K. P. (Walton) Williams, Sir H. G (Croydon, E.)
Smiles, Lt.-Col. Sir W Thompson, R. H. M. (Croydon, W.) Wills, G.
Smith, E. Martin (Grantham) Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (Monmouth) Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro)
Smithers, Peter H. B. (Winchester) Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Smithers, Sir W. (Orpington) Thorp, Brigadier R. A. F. Wood, Hon R.
Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) Tilney, John York, C.
Snadden, W. McN. Touche, G. C Young, Sir A. S L
Soames, Capt. C. Turton, R. H.
Spearman, A. C. M. Tweedsmuir, Lady TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) Vane, W. M. F. Brigadier Mackeson and
Spens, Sir P. (Kensington, S.) Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. Mr. Grimond.

Resolution agreed to.

Resolved: That this House welcomes the initiative of the French Foreign Minister of 9th May and, while recognising that it was not possible for His Majesty's Government to take part in the international consideration of his proposals on terms which committed them in advance of such consideration to pool the production of coal and steel and to institute a new high authority whose decisions would bind the Governments concerned, approves the declared readiness of His Majesty's Govern-to take a constructive part in the conversations with the hope that they may be able to join in, or associate themselves with, this common effort.