§
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 307; Noes, 264.
417| Division No. 89.] | AYES | [4.0 p.m. |
| Aitken, W. T. | Bowen, E. R. | Cranborne, Viscount |
| Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) | Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. |
| Amory, Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Boyle, Sir Edward | Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major W. J. | Braine, B. R. | Crouch, R. F. |
| Arbuthnot, John | Braithwaite, Sir Albert (Harrow, W.) | Crowder, John E. (Finchley) |
| Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) | Braithwaite, Lt.-Cdr. G. (Bristol, N.W.) | Crowder, Petre (Ruislip—Northwood) |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W.) | Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Cuthbert, W. N. |
| Astor, Hon. J. J. (Plymouth, Sutton) | Brooke, Henry (Hampstead) | Darling, Sir William (Edinburgh, S.) |
| Astor, Hon. W. W. (Bucks, Wycombe) | Brooman-White, R. C. | Davidson, Viscountess |
| Baker, P. A. D. | Browne, Jack (Govan) | Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) |
| Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. | Buchan-Hepburn, Rt. Hon. P. G. T. | Deedes, W. F. |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Bullard, D. G. | Digby, S. Wingfield |
| Banks, Col. C. | Bullock, Capt. M. | Dodds-Parker, A. D. |
| Barber, A. P. L. | Bullus, Wing-Commander E. E. | Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. |
| Barlow, Sir John | Burden, F. F. A. | Donner, P. W. |
| Baxter, A. B. | Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (Saffron Walden) | Doughty, C. J. A. |
| Beach, Maj. Hicks | Carr, Robert (Mitcham) | Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Malcolm |
| Beamish, Maj. Tufton | Carson, Hon. E. | Drayson, G. B. |
| Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) | Cary, Sir Robert | Drewe, C. |
| Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) | Channon, H. | Dugdale, Maj. Rt. Hn. Sir T. (Richmond) |
| Bennett, F. M. (Reading, N.) | Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. | Duncan, Capt. J. A L. |
| Bennett, Sir Peter (Edgbaston) | Clarke, Col. Ralph (East Grinstead) | Duthie, W. S. |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gosport) | Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth, W.) | Eccles, Rt. Hon. D. M. |
| Bennett, William (Woodside) | Clyde, Rt. Hon. J. L. | Eden, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) | Cole, Norman | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. |
| Birch, Nigel | Colegate, W. A. | Erroll, F. J. |
| Bishop, F. P. | Conant, Maj. R. J. E. | Fell, A. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Cooper-Key, E. M. | Finlay, Graeme |
| Bossom, A. C. | Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) | Fisher, Nigel |
| Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. | Renton, D. L. M. |
| Fletcher, Walter (Bury) | Legh, P. R. (Petersfield) | Roberts, Peter (Heeley) |
| Fletcher-Cooke, C. | Lennox-Boyd, Rt. Hon. A. T. | Robertson, Sir David |
| Fort, R. | Lindsay, Marlin | Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Foster, John | Linstead, H. N. | Robson-Brown, W. |
| Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton) | Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) |
| Fraser, Sir Ian (Morecambe & Lonsdale) | Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Roper, Sir Harold |
| Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir David Maxwell | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard |
| Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. | Russell, R. S. |
| Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | Longden, Gilbert (Herts, S.W.) | Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. |
| Gammans, L. D. | Low, A. R. W. | Salter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Garner-Evans, E. H. | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) | Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. |
| George, Rt. Hon. Maj. G. Lloyd | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) | Savory, Prof. Sir Douglas |
| Glyn, Sir Ralph | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. (Rochdale) |
| Godber, J. B. | McAdden, S. J. | Scott, R. Donald |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | McCallum, Major D. | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. |
| Gough, C. F. H. | McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S. | Shepherd, William |
| Gower, H. R. | Macdonald, Sir Peter (I. of Wight) | Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) |
| Graham, Sir Fergus | McKibbin, A. J. | Smiles, Lt.-Col. Sir Walter |
| Gridley, Sir Arnold | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) |
| Grimond, J. | Maclay, Hon. John | Smithers, Sir Waldron (Orpington) |
| Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) | Maclean, Fitzroy | Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) |
| Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | MacLeod, Iain (Enfield, W.) | Snadden, W. McN. |
| Harden, J. R. E. | MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty) | Soames, Capt. C. |
| Hare, Hon. J. H. | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Harris, Reader (Heston) | Macpherson, Maj. Niall (Dumfries) | Speir, R. M. |
| Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Maitland, Comdr. J. F. W. (Horncastle) | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) |
| Harvey, Air Cdre. A. V. (Macclesfield) | Maitland, Patrick (Lanark) | Spens, Sir Patrick (Kensington, S.) |
| Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | Manningham-Buller, Sir R. E. | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard |
| Harvie-Watt, Sir George | Markham, Major S. F. | Stevens, G. P. |
| Hay, John | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.) |
| Head, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Marples, A. E. | Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Heald, Sir Lionel | Marshall, Sidney (Sutton) | Storey, S. |
| Heath, Edward | Maude, Angus | Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.) |
| Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Maudling, R. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray) |
| Higgs, J. M. C. | Maydon, Lt.-Comdr. S. L. C. | Studholme, H. G. |
| Hill, Dr. Charles (Luton) | Medlicott, Brig. F. | Summers, G. S. |
| Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Mellor, Sir John | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Molson, A. H. E. | Taylor, Charley (Eastbourne) |
| Hirst, Geoffrey | Monckton, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) |
| Holland-Martin, C. J. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas | Teeling, W. |
| Hollis, M. C. | Morrison, John (Salisbury) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Holmes, Sir Stanley (Harwich) | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | Thomas, P. J. M. (Conway) |
| Holt, A. F. | Nabarro, G. D. N. | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Hope, Lord John | Nicholls, Harmar | Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, W.) |
| Hopkinson, Henry | Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) | Thorneycroft, R. Hn. Peter (Monmouth) |
| Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. | Nicolson, Nigel (Bournemouth, E.) | Thornton-Kemsley, Col. C. N. |
| Horobin, I. M. | Nield, Basil (Chester) | Tilney, John |
| Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence | Noble, Cmdr. A. H. P. | Turton, R. H. |
| Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire) | Nugent, G. R. H. | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Howard, Greville (St. Ives) | Nutting, Anthony | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) | Oakshott, H. D. | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. |
| Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) | Odey, G. W. | Vosper, D. F. |
| Hulbert, Wing Cmdr. N. J. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Antrim, N.) | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (Marylebone) |
| Hurd, A. R. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. | Walker-Smith, D. C. |
| Hutchinson, Sir Geoffrey (Ilford, N.) | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Ward, Hon. George (Worcester) |
| Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) | Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) | Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth) |
| Hutchison, James (Scotstoun) | Orr-Ewing, Ian L. (Weston-super-Mare) | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. |
| Hyde, Lt. Col. H. M. | Osborne, C. | Watkinson, H. A. |
| Hylton-Foster, H. B. H. | Partridge, E. | Webbe, Sir H. (London & Westminster) |
| Jenkins, R. C. D. (Dulwich) | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Wellwood, W. |
| Jennings, R. | Perkins, W. R. D. | White, Baker (Canterbury) |
| Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Peto, Brig. C. H. M. | Williams, Rt. Hon. Charles (Torquay) |
| Johnson, Howard (Kemptown) | Peyton, J. W. W. | Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge) |
| Jones, A. (Hall Green) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Williams, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E.) |
| Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W. | Pilkington, Capt. R. A. | Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Kaberry, D. | Pitman, I. J. | Wills, G. |
| Keeling, Sir Edward | Powell, J. Enoch | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Kerr, H. W. (Cambridge) | Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) | Wood, Hon. R. |
| Lambert, Hon. G. | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L. | York, C. |
| Lambton, Viscount | Profume, J. D. | |
| Lancaster, Col. C. G. | Raikes, H. V. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Langford-Holt, J. A. | Rayner, Brig. R. | Brigadier Mackeson and |
| Law, Rt. Hon. R. K. | Redmayne, E. | Mr. Butcher. |
| Leather, E. H. C. | Remnant, Hon. P. | |
| NOES | ||
| Acland, Sir Richard | Ayles, W. H. | Benson, G. |
| Adams, Richard | Bacon, Miss Alice | Beswick, F. |
| Albu, A. H. | Baird, J. | Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Balfour, A. | Bing, G. H. C. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. | Blackburn, F. |
| Anderson, Alexander (Motherwell) | Bartley, P. | Blenkinsop, A. |
| Anderson, Frank (Whitehaven) | Bence, C. R. | Blyton, W. R. |
| Awbery, S. S. | Benn, Wedgwood | Boardman, H. |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Hewitson, Capt. M. | Price, Joseph T. (Westhoughton) |
| Bowden, H. W. | Hobson, C. R. | Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) |
| Bowles, F. G. | Holman, P. | Proctor, W. T. |
| Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Holmes, Horace (Hemsworth) | Pryde, D. J. |
| Brockway, A. F. | Houghton, Douglas | Pursey, Cmdr. H. |
| Brook, Dryden (Halifax) | Hoy, J. H. | Rankin, John |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Hubbard, T. F. | Reeves, J. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Hudson, James (Ealing, N.) | Reid, Thomas (Swindon) |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Reid, William (Camlachie) |
| Burton, Miss F. E. | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Rhodes, H. |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, S.) | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Richards, R. |
| Callaghan, L. J. | Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Robens, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Castle, Mrs. B. A. | Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Champion, A. J. | Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) |
| Chapman, W. D. | Irving, W. J. (Wood Green) | Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. | Ross, William |
| Clunie, J. | Jeger, George (Goole) | Schofield, S. (Barnsley) |
| Cocks, F. S. | Jeger, Dr. Santo (St. Pancras, S.) | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Coldrick, W. | Jenkins, R. H. (Stechford) | Short, E. W. |
| Collick, P. H. | Johnson, James (Rugby) | Shurmer, P. L. E. |
| Cook, T. F. | Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) | Silverman, Julius (Erdington) |
| Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Jones, David (Hartlepool) | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Jones, Jack (Rotherham) | Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) |
| Crosland, C. A. R. | Keenan, W. | Slater, J. |
| Cullen, Mrs. A. | Kenyon, C. | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) |
| Darling, George (Hillsborough) | King, Dr. H. M. | Snow, J. W. |
| Davies, A. Edward (Stoke, N.) | Kinley, J. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Sparks, J. A. |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Steele, T. |
| Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) | Lever, Harold (Cheetham) | Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) |
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) | Stokes, Rt. Hon. R. R. |
| Deer, G. | Lewis, Arthur | Strachey, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Delargy, H. J. | Lindgren, G. S. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) |
| Dodds, N. N. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Donnelly, D. L. | Logan, D. G. | Swingler, S. T. |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | Longden, Fred (Small Heath) | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John (W. Bromwich) | McGhee, H. G. | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | McGovern, J. | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Edelman, M. | McInnes, J. | Taylor, Rt. Hon. Robert (Morpeth) |
| Edwards, John (Brighouse) | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Thomas, David (Aberdare) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | McLeavy, F. | Thomas, George (Cardiff) |
| Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. | Thomas, Ivor Owen (Wrekin) |
| Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton) |
| Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) | Mainwaring, W. H. | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Fernyhough, E. | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Timmons, J. |
| Field, W. J. | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) | Tomlinson, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Fienburgh, W. | Mann, Mrs. Jean | Tomney, F. |
| Finch, H. J. | Manuel, A. C. | Turner-Samuels, M. |
| Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E.) | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Usborne, H. C. |
| Follick, M. | Mayhew, C. P. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Foot, M. M. | Mellish, R. J. | Watkins, T. E. |
| Forman, J. C. | Messer, F. | Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Mikardo, Ian | Weitzman, D. |
| Freeman, Peter (Newport) | Monslow, W. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. | Moody, A. S. | Wells, William (Walsall) |
| Gibson, C. W. | Morgan, Dr. H. B. W. | West, D. G. |
| Glanville, James | Morley, R. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John |
| Gooch, E. G. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) | White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint) |
| Gordon-Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Mort, D. L. | White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Greenwood, Anthony (Rossendale) | Moyle, A. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. Arthur (Wakefield) | Mulley, F. W. | Wigg, George |
| Grenfell, Rt. Hon. D. R. | Murray, J. D. | Wilcock, Group Capt. C. A. B. |
| Grey, C. F. | Neal, Harold (Bolsover) | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | O'Brien, T. | Willey, Frederick (Sunderland, N.) |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Oldfield, W. H. | Willey, Octavius (Cleveland) |
| Griffiths, William (Exchange) | Oliver, G. H. | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Orbach, M. | Williams, Rev. Llewlyn (Abertillery) |
| Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Oswald, T. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Hall, John (Gateshead, W.) | Paget, R. T. | Williams, W. R. (Droylsden) |
| Hamilton, W. W. | Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) | Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.) |
| Hannan, W. | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Hardy, E. A. | Pannell, Charles | Winterbottom, Ian (Nottingham, C.) |
| Hargreaves, A. | Pargiter, G. A. | Winterbottom, Richard (Brightside) |
| Harrison, J. (Nottingham, E.) | Parker, J. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Hastings, S. | Paton, J. | Wyatt, W. L. |
| Hayman, F. H. | Pearson, A. | Yates, V. F. |
| Healey, Denis (Leeds, S.E.) | Peart, T. F. | |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis) | Plummer, Sir Leslie | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Herbison, Miss M. | Porter, G. | Mr. Popplewell and Mr. Royle. |