§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
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, 250; Noes, 224.
1879| Division No. 10.] | AYES | [3.50 p.m. |
| Aitken, W. T. | Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) | Banks, Col. C. |
| Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) | Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W.) | Barber, Anthony |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Astor, Hon. J. J. (Plymouth, Sutton) | Barlow, Sir John |
| Amory, Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Baldock, Lt.-Comdr. J. M. | Beach, Maj. Hicks |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major W. J. | Baldwin, A. E. | Beamish, Maj. Tufton |
| Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) | Harris, Reader (Heston) | Orr-Ewing, Ian L. (Weston-super-Mare) |
| Bennett, F. M. (Reading, N.) | Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Osborne, C. |
| Bennett, Sir Peter (Edgbaston) | Hay, John | Partridge, E. |
| Bennett, William (Woodside) | Heald, Sir Lionel | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) | Heath, Edward | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Birch, Nigel | Higgs, J. M. C. | Peto, Brig. C. H. M. |
| Bishop, F. P. | Hill, Dr. Charles (Luton) | Peyton, J. W. W. |
| Black, G. W. | Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Pilkington, Capt. R. A. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Hirst, Geoffrey | Pitman, I. J. |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Holland-Martin, C. J. | Powell, J. Enoch |
| Braine, B. R. | Hollis, M. C. | Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) |
| Braithwaite, Lt.-Cdr. G. (Bristol, N. W.) | Holt, A. F. | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L. |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Hope, Lord John | Profumo, J. D. |
| Brooke, Henry (Hampstead) | Hopkinson, Rt. Hon. Henry | Raikes, H. V. |
| Brooman-White, R. C. | Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. | Rayner, Brig. R. |
| Browne, Jack (Govan) | Horobin, I. M. | Redmayne, M. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, Rt. Hon. P. G. T. | Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence | Remnant, Hon. P. |
| Bullard, D. G. | Howard, Greville (St. Ives) | Renton, D. L. M. |
| Bullus, Wing Commander E. E. | Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) | Roberts, Peter (Heeley) |
| Burden, F. F. A. | Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) | Robertson, Sir David |
| Butcher, H. W. | Hulbert, Wing Cdr. N. J. | Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (Saffron Walden) | Hurd, A. R. | Robson Brown, W. |
| Campbell, Sir David | Hutchinson, Sir Geoffrey (Ilford, N.) | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard |
| Carr, Robert (Mitcham) | Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) | Russell, R. S. |
| Carson, Hon. E. | Hyde, Lt.-Col. H. M. | Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. |
| Cary, Sir Robert | Hylton-Foster, H. B. H. | Salter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Channon, H. | Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Savory, Prof. Sir Douglas |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. | Kaberry, D. | Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. (Rochdale) |
| Clarke, Col. Ralph (East Grinstead) | Keeling, Sir Edward | Scott, R. Donald |
| Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth, W.) | Kerr, H. W. (Cambridge) | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. |
| Cole, Norman | Lambert, Hon. G. | Smiles, Lt.-Col. Sir Walter |
| Colegate, W. A. | Lambton, Viscount | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) |
| Cooper, Sqn. Ldr. Albert | Langford-Holt, J. A. | Smithers, Sir Waldron (Orpington) |
| Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) | Law, Rt. Hon. R. K. | Snadden, W. McN. |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | Leather, E. H. C. | Soames, Capt. C. |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Crouch, R. F. | Legh, P. R. (Petersfield) | Speir, R. M. |
| Crowder, Sir John (Finchley) | Lennox-Boyd, Rt. Hon. A. T. | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) |
| Crowdsr, Petre (Ruislip—Northwood) | Lindsay, Martin | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard |
| Cuthbert, W. N. | Linstead, H. N. | Stevens, G. P. |
| Darling, Sir William (Edinburgh, S.) | Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Storey, S. |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. | Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.) |
| Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) | |
| Deedes, W. F. | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) | Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray) |
| Digby, S. Wingfield | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Studholme, H. G. |
| Dona'dson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. | Summers, G. S. |
| Donner, P. W. | McCallum, Major D. | Taylor, Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Doughty, C. J. A. | McCorquedale, Rt. Hon. M. S. | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) |
| Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Malcolm | Macdonald, Sir Peter (I. of Wight) | Teeling, W. |
| Drayson, G. B. | Mackeson, Brig. H. R. | Thomas, Rt. Hon J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. | McKibbin, A. J. | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Duthie, W. S. | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) | Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, W.) |
| Elliot, R. Hon. W. E. | Macleod, Rt. Hon. Iain (Enfield, W.) | Thornton-Kemsley, Col. C. N. |
| Erroll, F. J. | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) | Tilney John |
| Fell, A. | Macpherson, Maj. Niall (Dumfries) | Touche, Sir Gordon |
| Finlay, Graeme | Maitland, Comdr. J. F. W. (Horneastle) | Turner, H. F. L. |
| Fisher, Nigel | Maitland, Patrick (Lanark) | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. |
| Fletcher-Cooke, C. | Marshall, Sir Sidney (Sutton) | Vosper, D. F. |
| Fort, R. | Maude, Angus | Wade, D. W. |
| Foster, John | Maydon, Lt.-Comdr. S. L. C. | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) | Medlicott, Brig. F. | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (Marylebone) |
| Fraser, Sir Ian (Morecambe & Lensdale) | Mellor, Sir John | Ward, Hon. George (Worcester) |
| Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) | Monckton, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter | Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth) |
| Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | Morrison, John (Salisbury) | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. |
| Gammans, L. D. | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | Watkinson, H. A. |
| Garner-Evans, E. H. | Nabarro, G. D. N. | Webbe, Sir H. (London & Westminster) |
| George, Rt. Hon. Maj. G. Lloyd | Nicholls, Harmar | White, Baker (Canterbury) |
| Godber, J. B. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) | Williams, Rt. Hon. Charles (Torquay) |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | Nicolson, Nigel (Bournemouth, E.) | Williams, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E.) |
| Gough, C. F. H. | Nield, Basil (Chester) | Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Gower, H. R. | Noble, Cmdr. A. H. P. | Wills, G. |
| Graham, Sir Fergus | Nugent, G. R. H. | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Gridley, Sir Arnold | Nutting, Anthony | Wood, Hon. R. |
| Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) | Oakshott, H. D. | York, C. |
| Hall, John (Wycombe) | Odey, G. W. | |
| Harden, J. R. E. | O'Neill, P. R. H. (Antrim, N.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Hare, Hon. J. H. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. | Mr. Drewe and Major Conant. |
| Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.) | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. |
| NOES | ||
| Acland, Sir Richard | Grey, C. F. | Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) |
| Albu, A. H. | Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Palmer, A. M. F. |
| Anderson, Alexander (Metherwell) | Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Panned, Charles |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Pargiter, G. A. |
| Awbery, S. S. | Hall, John T. (Gateshead, W.) | Parker, J. |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Hamilton, W. W. | Paton, J. |
| Balfour, A. | Hannan, W. | Pearson, A. |
| Bartley, P. | Hardy, E. A. | Plummer, Sir Leslie |
| Beattie, J. | Hargreaves, A. | Poole, C. C. |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Harrison, J. (Nottingham, E.) | Porter, G. |
| Bence, C. R. | Hayman, F. H. | Price, Joseph T. (Westhoughton) |
| Bonn, Wedgwood | Healey, Denis (Leeds, S. E.) | Proctor, W. T. |
| Benson, G. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis) | Rankin, John |
| Beswick, F. | Herbison, Miss M. | Reid, Thomas (Swindon) |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Hewitson, Capt. M. | Reid, William (Camlachie) |
| Bing, G. H. C. | Hobson, C. R. | Rhodes, H. |
| Blackburn, F. | Holman, P. | Richards, R. |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Holmes, Horace (Hemsworth) | Robens, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Blyton, W. R. | Houghton, Douglas | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Boardman, H. | Hubbard, T. F. | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Hudson, James (Ealing, N.) | Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) |
| Bowden, H. W. | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Ross, William |
| Bowles, F. G. | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Royle, C. |
| Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Hynd, J. B. (Atteroliffe) | Schofield, S. (Barnsley) |
| Brockway, A. F. | Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Brook, Dryden (Halifax) | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Short, E. W. |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. | Shurmer, P. L. E. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Jeger, George (Goole) | Silverman, Julius (Erdington) |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Jenkins, R. H. (Stechford) | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Burke, W. A. | Johnson, James (Rugby) | Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) |
| Burton, Miss F. E. | Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) | Slater, J. |
| Callaghan, L. J. | Jones, David (Hartlepool) | Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) |
| Carmichael, J. | Jones, Frederick Elwyn (West Ham, S.) | |
| Castle, Mrs. B. A. | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Champion, A. J. | Keenan, W. | Sparks, J. A. |
| Chapman, W. D. | Kenyan, C. | Steele, T. |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | King, Dr. H. M. | Stokes, Rt. Hon. R. R. |
| Clunie, J. | Kinley, J. | Stross, Dr. Barnett |
| Coldrick, W. | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Collick, P. H. | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Swingler, S. T. |
| Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Lewis, Arthur | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Crosland, C. A. R. | Lindgren, G. S. | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Taylor, Rt. Hon Robert (Morpeth) |
| Cullen, Mrs. A. | MacColl, J. E. | Thomas, David (Aberdare) |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | McGhee, H. G. | Thomas, George (Cardiff) |
| Davies, A. Edward (Stoke, N.) | McInnes, J. | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Thomson, George (Dundee, E.) |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | McLeavy, F. | Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton) |
| Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Thurtle, Ernest |
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Timmons, J. |
| Deer, G. | Mainwaring, W. H. | Viant, S. P. |
| Dodds, N. N. | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Wallace, H. W. |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Mann, Mrs. Jean | Watkins, T. E. |
| Edwards, John (Brighouse) | Manuel, A. C. | Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | Mikardo, Ian | Wells, William (Walsall) |
| Evans, Albert (Islington, S. W.) | Mitchison, G. R. | West, D. G. |
| Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) | Mons'ow, W. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John |
| Ewart, R. | Moody, A. S. | White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint) |
| Fernyhough, E. | Morley, R. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon W. |
| Field, W. J. | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) | Wigg, George |
| Fienburgh, W. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E.) | Mort, D. L. | Willey, Frederick (Sunderland, N.) |
| Follick, M. | Moyle, A. | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Foot, M. M. | Mulley, F. W. | Williams, Rev. Llywelyn (Abertillery) |
| Forman, J. C. | Nally, W. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Neal, Haro'd (Bolsover) | Williams, W. R. (Droylsden) |
| Freeman, Peter (Newport) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. | Winterbottom, Richard (Brightside) |
| Gibson, C. W. | Oldfie'd, W. H. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Glanville, James | Oliver, G. H. | Yates, V. F. |
| Gooch, E. G. | O'Neill, Michael (Mid Ulster) | Younger, Rt. Hon. K. |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Orbach, M. | |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Wakefield) | Oswald, T. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Grenfell, Rt. Hon. D. R. | Paget, R. T. | Mr. Popplewell and |
| Mr. Kenneth Robinson. |
Question put, and agreed to.