HC Deb 07 March 1951 vol 485 cc440-4

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Proceedings on the Overseas Resources Development Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Ede.]

The House divided: Ayes, 257; Noes, 243.

Division No. 54.] AYES [3.31 p.m.
Acland, Sir Richard Cooper, G. (Middlesbrough, W.) Grey, C. F.
Albu, A. H Corbet, Mrs. F. K. (Peckham) Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley)
Allen, A. C. (Bosworth) Cove, W. G. Griffiths, Rt. Hon. J. (Llanelly)
Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) Griffiths, W. D. (Exchange)
Anderson, A. (Motherwell) Crawley, [...] Grimond, J.
Anderson, F. (Whitehaven) Crosland, C. A. R Gunter, R. J.
Awbery, S. S. Cullen, Mrs. A. Haire, John E. (Wycombe)
Ayles, W. H. Daines, P. Hale, J. (Rochdale)
Bacon, Miss A. Darling, G (Hillsboro') Hall, J. (Gateshead, W.)
Balfour, A. Davies, A Edward (Stoke, N.) Hall, Rt. Hn. W. Glenvil (Colne Valley)
Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. Davies, Rt. Hn Clement (Montgomery) Hamilton, W. W.
Bartley, P. Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) Hardy, E. A.
Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. de Freitas, Geoffrey Hargreaves, A.
Benn, Hon. A. N. Wedgwood Deer, G. Harrison, J.
Benson, G. Dodds, N N Hastings, Dr. Somerville
Beswick, F. Donnelly, D. Hayman, F. H.
Bevan, Rt. Hon A. (Ebbw Vale) Driberg, T. E N. Herbison, Miss M
Bevin, Rt. Hon E (Woolwich, E.) Dugdale, Rt Hon J (W. Bromwich) Hobson, C. R
Bing, G. H. C Dye, S Holman, P.
Blenkinsop, A Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C Holmes, H. E. (Hemsworth)
Blyton, W R Edelman, M Houghton, Douglas
Boardman, H Edwards, Rt. Hon. N. (Caerphilly) Hoy, J.
Booth, A. Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) Hubbard, T
Bottomley, A. G Evans, Albert (Islington, S. W.) Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, N.)
Bowden, H. W Evans, E. (Lowestoft) Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayr)
Bowen, R. Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury) Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.)
Bowles, F. G. (Nuneaton) Ewart, R. Hynd, H. (Accrington)
Braddock, Mrs. E. M. Fernyhough, E. Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe)
Brockway, A. Fenner Field, Capt. W. J Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill)
Brooks. T. J. (Normanton) Finch, H. J. Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A.
Broughton, Dr. A. D. D Fletcher, E. G M. (Islington E.) Janner, B.
Brown, George (Belper) Follick, M. Jay, D. P. T
Brown, T. J. (Ince) Foot, M. M. Jeger, G. (Goole)
Burke, W A Forman, J. C. Jenkins, R. H
Burton, Miss E. Fraser, T. (Hamilton) Johnson, James (Rugby)
Butler, H. W. (Hackney, S) Freeman, Peter (Newport) Johnston, Douglas (Paisley)
Callaghan, James Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N Jones, D. T. (Hartlepool)
Carmichael, James Ganley, Mrs. C. S. Jones, Frederick Elwyn (West Ham, S.)
Champion, A. J. Gibson, C. W. Jones, William Elwyn (Conway)
Chetwynd, G. R Gilzean, A. Keenan, W.
Clunie, J. Glanville, J. E. (Consett) Kenyon, C.
Cocks, F. S. Gooch, E. G. Key, Rt. Hon. C. W.
Coldrick, W. Gordon-Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C Kinley, J.
Collick, P. Greenwood, A. W J. (Rossendale) Kirkwood, Rt. Hon. D.
Collindridge, F Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur (Wakefield) Lee, F. (Newton)
Cook, T F. Grenfell, D. R. Lee, Miss J. (Cannock)
Lever, L. M. (Ardwick) Pearson, A. Thomas, D. E. (Aberdare)
Lewis, A. W. J. (West Ham, N.) Peart, T. F. Thomas, George (Cardiff)
Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. Poole, Cecil Thomas, I. R. (Rhondds, W.)
Logan, D. G. Popplewell, E. Thomas, I. O. (Wrekin)
MacColl, J. E. Porter, G. Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton)
McGhee, H. G. Price, M. Philips (Gloucestershire W.) Thurtle, Ernest
McGovern, J. Proctor, W. T. Timmons, J.
McInnes, J. Pryde, D. J. Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G.
Mack, J. D. Pursey, Commander H Tomney, F.
McKay, J. (Wallsend) Rankin, J. Turner-Samuels, M.
McLeavy, F. Rees, Mrs. D. Ungoed-Thomas, A. L
McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. Reeves, J. Vernon, Maj. W. F
MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) Reid, T. (Swindon) Viant, S. P.
Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) Reid, W. (Camlachie) Wade, D. W
Mann, Mrs. J. Rhodes, H. Wallace, H. W.
Manuel, A. C. Richards, R. Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford, C.)
Mathers, Rt. Hon. George Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) Wells, P. L. (Faversham)
Mellish, R. J. Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) West, D. G.
Middleton, Mrs. L. Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John (Edinb'gh, E.)
Moeran, E. W. Rogers, G. H. R. (Kensington, N.) White, Mrs. E. (E. Flint)
Monslow, W. Ross, William (Kilmarnock) White, H. (Derbyshire, N E.)
Moody, A. S. Royle, C. Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W
Morgan, Dr. H. B. Shackleton, E. A. A. Wigg, George
Morley, R. Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. Wilcock, Group Capt, C A B
Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) Shurmer, P. L. E. Wilkins, W. A.
Morris, R. Hopkin (Carmarthen) Silverman, J. (Erdington) Willey, F. T. (Sunderland)
Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S) Simmons C. J. Willey, O. G. (Cleveland)
Mort, D. L. Slater, J. Williams, Rev. Llywelyn (Abertillery)
Moyle, A. Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) Williams, Ronald (Wigan)
Mulley, F. W. Snow, J. W. Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley)
Murray, J. D. Sorensen, R. W. Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.)
Nally, W. Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir F. Wilson, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Huyton)
Neal, H. Sparks, J. A. Winterbottom, R. E. (Brightside)
Oldfield, W. H Steele, T. Wise, Major F. J.
Padley, W. E. Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A
Paling, Rt. Hon. Wilfred (Dearne V'lly) Strachey, Rt. Hon. J. Wyatt, W. L.
Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) Stross, Dr. B. Yates, V. F.
Pannell, T. C. Summerskill, Rt. Hon. Edith Younger, Hon. Kenneth
Parker, J. Sylvester, G. O.
Paton, J. Taylor, R. J. (Morpeth) TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Mr. Hannan and Mr. Delargy.
NOES
Aitken, W. T Cooper, A. E. (Ilford, S.) Grimston, Hon. J. (St. Albans)
Alport, C. J. M. Cooper-Key, E. M. Grimston, R. V. (Westbury)
Amery, J. (Preston, N.) Corbett, Lieut.-Col. U. (Ludlow) Hare, Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge)
Amory, D. Heathcoat (Tiverton) Craddock, G. B. (Spelthorne) Harris, F. W. (Croydon, N.)
Arbuthnot, John Cranborne, Viscount Harris, R. R. (Heston)
Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. Harvey, Air Codre. A. V. (Macclesfield)
Assheton, Rt. Hon. R, (Blackburn, W.) Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.)
Astor, Hon. M. Crouch, R F. Harvie-Watt, Sir C S.
Baker, P. Crowder, Capt. John F. E (Finchley) Hay, John
Baldwin, A. E Cundiff, F. W. Head, Brig. A. H.
Baxter, A. B. Cuthbert, W. N. Headlam, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir C.
Beamish, Maj. T. V. H. Davies, Nigel (Epping) Heald, L. F.
Bell, R. M. de Chair, S. Heath, E. R.
Bennett, R. F. B. (Gosport) De la Bère, R. Hicks-Beach, Maj. W W
Bennett, W. G. (Woodside) Deedes, W. F. Higgs, J. M. C.
Birch, Nigel Digby, S. Wingfield Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe)
Black, C. W. Dodds-Parker, A. D Hill, Dr. C. (Luton)
Boles, Lt.-Col. D. C (Wells) Donner, P. W Hinchingbrooke, Viscount
Bossom, A. C. Douglas-Hamilton, Lord M Hirst, Geoffrey
Bower, N. Drayson, G. B Hollis, M. C
Boyd-Carpenter, J. A Drewe, C. Holmes, Sir J. Stanley (Harwich)
Boyle, Sir Edward Duncan, Capt. J. A L Hope, Lord J
Bracken, Rt. Hon. Brendan Dunglass, Lord Hopkinson, H. L. D'A.
Braine, B. Duthie, W. S Hornsby-Smith, Miss P
Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W Eccles, D. M. Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence
Brooke, H. (Hampstead) Eden, Rt. Hon. A Howard, G. R, (St. Ives)
Browne, J. N. (Govan) Elliot, Lieut.-Col. Rt. Hon. Walter Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire)
Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. Erroll, F. J. Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.)
Bullock, Capt. M. Fisher, Nigel Hudson, Rt. Hon. R. S. (Southport)
Bullus, Wing Commander E E Fletcher, W. (Bury) Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.)
Burden, Squadron Leader F. A Fort, R. Hurd, A. R.
Butcher, H W. Fraser, Hon. H. C. P. (Stone) Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.)
Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) Fraser, Sir I. (Morecambe & Lonsdale) Hutchison, Col. J. R. H. (Scotstoun)
Carr, Robert (Mitcham) Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir D. P. M. Hyde, Lt.-Col H. M
Carson, Hon. E. Galbraith, Cmdr T D. (Pollok) Jeffreys, General Sir G
Channon, H. Galbraith, T G. D. (Hillhead) Jennings, R.
Churchill, Rt. Hon W. S. Gammans, L D. Jones, A. (Hall Green)
Clarke, Col. R. S. (East Grinstead) Garner-Evans E H. (Denbigh) Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W
Clarke, Brig T. H. (Portsmouth, W.) Glyn, Sir R Kaberry, D
Clyde, J. L. Gomme-Duncan, Col. A Keeling, E. H.
Conant, Maj. R. J E. Gridley, Sir A. Kerr, H. W. (Cambridge)
Lambert, Hon. G. Nugent, G. R. H Stevens, G. P
Lancaster, Col. C. G. Nutting, Anthony Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.)
Langford-Holt, J. Oakshott, H. D. Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.)
Law, Rt. Hon. R. K. O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Stoddart-Scott, Col. M.
Leather, E. H. C. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.)
Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray)
Lennox-Boyd, A. T. Osborne, C. Summers, G. S.
Lindsay, Martin Peake, Rt. Hon. O. Sutcliffe, H.
Linstead, H. N Perkins, W. R. D. Taylor, C. S. (Eastbourne)
Llewellyn, D. Peto, Brig. C. H. M Taylor, W. J. (Bradford, N.)
Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton) Pickthorn, K. Teevan, L. T.
Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) Pitman, I. J. Thompson, K. P. (Walton)
Lloyd, Selwyn (Wirral) Powell, J. Enoch Thompson, R. H. M. (Croydon, W.)
Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. Price, H. A. (Lewisham, W) Thorneycroft, G. E P. (Monmouth)
Longden, G. J. M. (Herts. S. W.) Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. Thornton-Kemsley, C N
Low, A. R. W. Profumo, J. D. Tilney, John
Lucas, Major Sir J. (Portsmouth, S.) Raikes, H. V Touche, G. C.
Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. Rayner, Brigadier R Turner, H. F. L.
Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. Redmayne, M. Tweedsmuir, Lady
McAdden, S. J. Remnant, Hon. P. Vane, W. M. F.
McCallum, Maj. D. Renton, D. L. M. Vaughan-Morgan, J K
McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S. Roberts, P. G. (Heeley) Vosper, D. F.
Macdonald, Sir P. (I. of Wight) Robertson, Sir D. (Caithness) Wakefield, E. B. (Derbyshire, W.)
McKibbin, A. Robinson, J. Roland (Blackpool, S.) Walker-Smith, D. C.
Maclay, Hon, J. S. Robson-Brown, W. (Esher) Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth)
MacLeod, Iain (Enfield, W.) Roper, Sir H. Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C.
MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty) Ropner, Cot. L. Watkinson, H.
Macpherson, N. (Dumfries) Ross, Sir R. D. (Londonden) Webbe, Sir H. (London)
Maitland, Comdr. J. W. Russell, R. S. Wheatley, Major M. J. (Poole)
Manningham-Buller, R. E. Ryder, Capt. R. E. D White, J. Baker (Canterbury)
Marshall, S. H. (Sutton) Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. Williams, C. (Torquay)
Maude, A. E. U. (Ealing.) Savory, Prof. D. L. Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge)
Maudling, R. Scott, Donald Williams, Sir H. G. (Croydon, E.)
Medlicott, Brigadier F. Smith, E. Martin (Grantham) Wills, G.
Mellor, Sir J. Smithers, Peter (Winchester) Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro)
Molson, A H. E. Smithers, Sir W. (Orpington) Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl
Morrison, Maj. J G. (Salisbury) Smyth, Brig. J. G (Norwood) Wood, Hon. R.
Mott-Radclyffe, C E. Spearman, A. C. M.
Nabarro, G. Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Nicholson, G. Spens, Sir P. (Kensington, S.) Brigadier Macke on and
Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. Stanley, Capt. Hon. R. (N Fylde) Mr. Studholme.

Question put, and agreed to.