HC Deb 08 April 1952 vol 498 cc2494-8

Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the National Health Service Bill 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, 288; Noes, 260.

Division No. 65.] AYES [3.40 p.m.
Aitken, W. T. Bennett, William (Woodside) Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (Saffron Walden)
Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) Carr, Robert (Mitcham)
Alport, C. J. M. Birch, Nigel Carson, Hon. E.
Amory, Heathcoat (Tiverton) Bishop, F. P. Cary, Sir Robert
Anstruther-Gray, Major W. J. Black, C. W. Channon, H.
Arbuthnot, John Boothby, R. J. G. Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S.
Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) Bossom, A. C. Clarke, Col. Ralph (East Grinstead)
Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W.) Bowen, E. R. Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth, W.)
Astor, Hon. J. J. (Plymouth, Sutton) Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. Cole, Norman
Baker, P. A. D. Boyle, Sir Edward Colegate, W. A.
Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. Braine, B. R. Cooper, Sqn. Ldr. Albert
Baldwin, A. E. Braithwaite, Lt.-Cdr. G. (Bristol, N.W.) Cooper-Key, E. M.
Barber, A. P. L. Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne)
Barlow, Sir John Brooke, Henry (Hampstead) Cranborne, Viscount
Beach, Maj. Hicks Brooman-White, R. C. Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C.
Beamish, Maj. Tufton Buchan-Hepburn, Rt. Hon. P. G. T. Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E.
Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) Bullard, D. G. Crouch, R. F.
Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) Bullock, Capt. M. Crowder, John E. (Finchley)
Bennett, F. M. (Reading, N.) Bullus, Wing-Commander E. E. Crowder, Petre (Ruislip—Northwood)
Bennett, Sir Peter (Edgbaston) Burden, F. F. A. Cuthbert, W. N.
Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gosport) Butcher, H. W. Darling, Sir William (Edinburgh, S.)
Davidson, Viscountess Kerr, H. W. (Cambridge) Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.)
Deedes, W. F. Lambert, Hon. G. Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L.
Digby, S. Wingfield Lambton, Viscount Profumo, J. D.
Dodds-Parker, A. D. Lancaster, Col. C. G. Raikes, H. V.
Donaldson, Comdr. C. E. McA. Langford-Holt, J. A. Rayner, Brig. R.
Donner, P. W. Leather, E. H. C. Redmayne, M.
Doughty, C. J. A. Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. Remnant, Hon. P.
Drewe, C. Legh, P. R. (Petersfield) Roberts, Maj. Peter (Heeley)
Dugdale, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir I. (Richmond) Lennox-Boyd, Rt. Hon. A. T. Robertson, Sir David
Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. Lindsay, Martin Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.)
Duthie, W. S. Linstead, H. N. Robson-Brown, W.
Eccles, Rt. Hon. D. M. Llewellyn, D. T. Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks)
Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton) Roper, Sir Harold
Erroll, F. J. Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard
Fell, A. Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) Russell, R. S.
Finlay, Graeme Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. Ryder, Capt. R. E. D.
Fisher, Nigel Longden, Gilbert (Harts, S.W.) Salter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur
Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. Low, A. R. W. Sandys, Rt. Hon. D.
Fletcher-Cooke, C. Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. (Rochdale)
Fort, R. Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) Scott, R. Donald
Foster, John Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R.
Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. Shepherd, William
Fraser, Sir Ian (Morecambe & Lonsdale) McAdden, S. J. Smiles, Lt.-Col. Sir Walter
Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) McCallum, Major D. Smithers, Peter (Winchester)
Gammons, L. D. McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S. Smithers, Sir Waldron (Orpington)
Garner-Evans, E. H. Macdonald, Sir Peter (I. of Wight) Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood)
George, Rt. Hon. Maj. G. Lloyd Mackeson, Brig. H. R. Snadden, W. McN.
Glyn, Sir Ralph McKibbin, A. J. Soames, Capt. C.
Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. McKie, J. H. (Galloway) Spearman, A. C. M.
Gough, C. F. H. Maclay, Hon. John Speir, R. M.
Gower, H. R. Maclean, Fitzroy Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.)
Graham, Sir Fergus MacLeod, Iain (Enfield, W.) Spens, Sir Patrick (Kensington, S.)
Gridley, Sir Arnold MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty) Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard
Grimond, J. Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) Stevens, G. P.
Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) Macpherson, Maj. Niall (Dumfries) Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.)
Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) Maitland, Comdr. J. F. W. (Horncastle) Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.)
Harden, J. R. E. Maitland, Patrick (Lanark) Stoddart-Scott, Col. M.
Hare, Hon. J. H. Manningham-Buller, Sir R. E. Storey, S.
Harris, Reader (Heston) Markham, Major S. F. Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.)
Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) Marlowe, A. A. H. Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray)
Harvey, Air Cdre A. V. (Macclesfield) Marples, A. E. Studholme, H. G.
Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) Marshall, Douglas (Bodmin) Summers, G. S.
Harvie-Watt, Sir George Marshall, Sidney (Sutton) Sutcliffe, H.
Hay, John Maude, Angus Taylor, Charles (Eastbourne)
Head, Rt. Hon. A. H. Maudling, R. Taylor, William (Bradford, N.)
Heald, Sir Lionel Maydon, Lt.-Cmdr. S. L. C. Teeling, W.
Heath, Edward Medlicott, Brig. F. Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. P. L. (Hereford)
Henderson, John (Cathcart) Mellor, Sir John Thomas, P. J. M. (Conway)
Higgs, J. M. C. Molson, A. H. E. Thompson, Kenneth (Walton)
Hill, Dr. Charles (Luton) Monckton, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, W.)
Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Thorneycroft, R. Hn. Peter (Monmouth)
Hinchingbrooke, Viscount Morrison, John (Salisbury) Thornton-Kemsley, Col. C. N.
Hirst, Geoffrey Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. Tilney, John
Holland-Martin, C. J. Nabarro, G. D. N. Touche, G. C.
Holmes, Sir Stanley (Harwich) Nicholls, Harmar Turner, H. F. L.
Hope, Lord John Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) Turton, R. H.
Hopkinson, Henry Nicolson, Nigel (Bournemouth, E.) Tweedsmuir, Lady
Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. Noble, Cmdr. A. H. P. Vane, W. M. F.
Horobin, I. M. Nugent, G. R. H. Vaughan-Morgan. J. K.
Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence Nutting, Anthony Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.)
Howard, Greville (St. Ives) Oakshott, H. D. Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth)
Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) Odey, G. W. Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C.
Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Antrim, N.) Watkinson, H. A.
Hulbert, Wing Cmdr. N. J. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. Webbe, Sir H. (London & Westminster)
Hurd, A. R. Orr, Capt. L. P. S. Wellwood, W.
Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) White, Baker (Canterbury)
Hutchison, James (Scotstoun) Orr-Ewing, Ian L. (Weston-super-Mare) Williams, Rt. Hon. Charles (Torquay)
Hyde, Lt.-Col. H. M. Osborne, C. Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge)
Hylton-Foster, H. B. H. Partridge, E. Williams, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E.)
Jenkins, R. C. D. (Dulwich) Peake, Rt. Hon. O. Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter)
Jennings, R. Perkins, W. R. D. Wills, G.
Johnson, Eric (Blackley) Peto, Brig C. H. M. Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro)
Johnson, Howard (Kemptown) Peyton, J. W. W. York, C.
Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W. Pilkington, Capt. R. A.
Kaberry, D. Pitman, I. J. TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Keeling, Sir Edward Powell, J. Enoch Major Conant and Mr. Vosper.
NOES
Acland, Sir Richard Awbery, S. S. Benn, Wedgwood
Adams, Richard Bacon, Miss Alice Benson, G.
Albu, A. H. Baird, J. Beswick, F.
Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) Balfour, A. Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale)
Anderson, Alexander (Motherwell) Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. Bing, G. H. C.
Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. Bence, C. R. Blackburn, F.
Blenkinsop, A. Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis) Plummer, Sir Leslie
Blyton, W. R. Herbison, Miss M. Porter, G.
Boardman, H. Hewitson, Capt. M. Price, Joseph T. (Westhoughton)
Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. Hobson, C. R. Price, Philips, (Gloucestershire, W.)
Bowden, H. W. Holman, P. Proctor, W. T.
Bowles, F. G. Holmes, Horace (Hemsworth) Pryde, D. J.
Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth Houghton, Douglas Pursey, Cmdr. H.
Brockway, A. F. Hoy, J. H. Rankin, John
Brook, Dryden (Halifax) Hubbard, T. F. Reeves, J.
Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. Hudson, James (Ealing, N.) Reid, Thomas (Swindon)
Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) Reid, William (Camlachie)
Brown, Thomas (Ince) Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) Rhodes, H.
Burke, W. A. Hynd, H. (Accrington) Robens, Rt. Hon. A.
Burton, Miss F. E. Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) Roberts, Albert (Normanton)
Butler, Herbert (Hackney, S.) Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire)
Callaghan, L. J. Irving, W. J. (Wood Green) Rogers, George (Kensington, N.)
Carmichael, J. Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. Ross, William
Castle, Mrs. B. A. Janner, B. Royle, C.
Champion, A. J. Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. Schofield, S. (Barnsley)
Chapman, W. D. Jeger, George (Goole) Shackleton, E. A. A.
Chetwynd, G. R. Jeger, Dr. Santo (St. Pancras, S.) Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E.
Clunie, J. Jenkins, R. H. (Stechford) Short, E. W.
Cocks, F. S. Johnson, James (Rugby) Silverman, Julius (Erdington)
Coldrick, W. Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill)
Collick, P. H. Jones, David (Hartlepool) Slater, J.
Cook, T. F. Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.)
Cove, W. G. Keenan, W. Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.)
Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) Kenyon, C. Snow, J. W.
Crosland, C. A. R. Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. Sorensen, R. W.
Crossman, R. H. S. King, Dr. H. M. Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank
Cullen, Mrs. A. Kinley, J. Sparks, J. A.
Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. Lee, Frederick (Newton) Steele, T.
Darling, George (Hillsborough) Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.)
Davies, A. Edward (Stoke, N.) Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) Stokes, Rt. Hon. R. R.
Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) Lewis, Arthur Strachey, Rt. Hon. J.
Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) Lindgren, G. S. Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall)
de Freitas, Geoffrey Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. Stross, Dr. Barnett
Deer, G. Logan, D. G. Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E.
Dodds, N. N. MacColl, J. E. Swingler, S. T.
Donnelly, D. L. McGhee, H. G. Sylvester, G. O.
Driberg, T. E. N. McInnes, J. Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield)
Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John (W. Bromwich) McKay, John (Wallsend) Taylor, John (West Lothian)
Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. McLeavy, F. Taylor, Rt. Hon. Robert (Morpeth)
Edelman, M. MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) Thomas, David (Aberdare)
Edwards, John (Brighouse) McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.)
Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton)
Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) Mainwaring, W. H. Timmons, J.
Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G.
Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) Tomney, F.
Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) Mann, Mrs. Jean Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn
Ewart, R. Manuel, A. C. Viant, S. P.
Fernyhough, E. Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. Wallace, H. W.
Field, W. J. Mayhew, C. P. Watkins, T. E.
Fienburgh, W. Mellish, R. J. Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford C.)
Finch, H. J. Messer, F. Weitzman, D.
Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E.) Mikardo, Ian Wells, Percy (Faversham)
Follick, M. Mitchison, G. R. Wells, William (Walsall)
Foot, M. M. Monslow, W. West, D. G.
Forman, J. C. Moody, A. S. Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John
Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) Morley, R. White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint)
Freeman, Peter (Newport) Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.)
Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. Morrison, Rt. Hon. (Lewisham, S.) Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W.
Glanville, James Mort, D. L. Wigg, George
Gooch, E. G. Moyle A. Wilcock, Group Capt. C. A. B.
Gordon-Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. Murray, J. D. Wilkins, W. A.
Greenwood, Anthony (Rossendale) Nally, W. Willey, Frederick (Sunderland, N.)
Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur (Wakefield) Neal Harold (Bolsover) Willey, Octavius (Cleveland)
Grenfell Rt. Hon. D. R. Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. Williams, David (Neath)
Grey, C. F. Oldfield, W. H. Williams, Rev. Llywelyn (Abertillery)
Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) Oliver, G. H. Williams, Ronald (Wigan)
Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) Orbach, M. Williams, W. R. (Droylsden)
Griffiths, William (Exchange) Oswald, T. Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.)
Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) Padley, W. E. Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton)
Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley) Paget, R. T. Winterbottom, Richard (Brightside)
Hall, John (Gateshead, W.) Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A.
Hamilton, W. W. Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) Wyatt, W. L.
Hardy, E. A. Pannell, Charles Yates, V. F.
Hargreaves, A. Pargiter, G. A. Younger, Rt. Hon. K.
Harrison, J. (Nottingham, E.) Parker, J.
Hastings, S. Paton, J. TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Hayman, F. H. Pearson, A. Mr. Popplewell and Mr. Hannan
Healey, Denis (Leeds, S.E.) Peart, T. F.

Question put, and agreed to.