§
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 (Siftings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 288; Noes, 182.
45| Division No. 13.] | AYES | [3.47 p.m. |
| Aitken, W. T. | Crouch, R. F. | Hollis, M. C. |
| Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) | Crowder, Sir John (Finchley) | Holmes, Sir Stanley (Harwich) |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Cuthbert, W. N. | Holt, A. F. |
| Amory, Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Darling, Sir William (Edinburgh, S.) | Hope, Lord John |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major W. J. | Davidson, Viscountess | Hopkinson, Rt. Hon. Henry |
| Arbuthnot, John | Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. |
| Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) | Deedes, W. F. | Horobin, I. M. |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W.) | Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence |
| Astor, Hon. J. J. (Plymouth, Sutton) | Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. | Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire) |
| Baker, P. A. D. | Donner, P. W. | Howard, Greville (St. Ives) |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Doughty, C. J. A. | Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) |
| Banks, Col. C. | Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Malcolm | Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) |
| Barber, Anthony | Drayson, G. B. | Hulbert, Wing Cdr. N. J. |
| Barlow, Sir John | Dugdale, Rt. Hn. Sir Thomas (Richmond) | Hurd, A. R. |
| Baxter, A. B. | Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. | Hutchinson, Sir Geoffrey (Ilford, N.) |
| Beach, Maj. Hicks | Duthie, W. S. | Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) |
| Beamish, Maj. Tufton | Eccles, Rt. Hon. D. M. | Hutchison, James (Scotstoun) |
| Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) | Erroll, F. J. | Hylton-Foster, H. B. H. |
| Bennett, F. M. (Reading, N.) | Fell, A. | Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) |
| Bennett, Sir Peter (Edgbaston) | Finlay, Graeme | Johnson, Eric (Blackley) |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gosport) | Fisher, Nigel | Johnson, Howard (Kemptown) |
| Bennett, William (Woodside) | Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. | Jones, A. (Hall Green) |
| Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) | Fletcher-Cooke, C. | Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W. |
| Birch, Nigel | Fort, R. | Kaberry, D. |
| Bishop, F. P. | Foster, John | Keeling, Sir Edward |
| Black, C. W. | Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) | Kerr, H. W. (Cambridge) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Fraser, Sir Ian (Morecambe & Lonsdale) | |
| Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir David Maxwell | Lambert, Hon. G. |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (Pollok) | Lambton, Viscount |
| Braine, B. R. | Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | Lancaster, Col. C. G. |
| Braithwaite, Sir Albert (Harrow, W.) | Garner-Evans, E. H. | Langford-Holt, J. A. |
| Braithwaite, Lt.-Cdr. G. (Bristol, N. W.) | George, Rt. Hon. Maj. G. Lloyd | Law, Rt. Hon. R. K. |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Godber, J. B. | Leather, E. H. C. |
| Brooke, Henry (Hampstead) | Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. |
| Brooman-White, R. C. | Gough, C. F. H. | Legh, P. R. (Petersfield) |
| Browne, Jack (Govan) | Gower, H. R. | Lennox-Boyd, Rt. Hon. A. T. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, Rt. Hon. P. G. T. | Graham, Sir Fergus | Lindsay, Martin |
| Bullard, D. G. | Gridley, Sir Arnold | Linstead, H. N. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Grimond, J. | Llewellyn, D. T. |
| Bullus, Wing Commander E. E. | Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton) |
| Burden, F. F. A. | Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E.) |
| Butcher, H. W. | Hall, John (Wycombe) | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. |
| Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (Saffron Walden) | Harden, J. R. E. | Longden, Gilbert (Herts, S. W.) |
| Campbell, Sir David | Hare, Hon. J. H. | Low, A. R. W. |
| Carr, Robert (Mitcham) | Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.) | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) |
| Carton, Hon. E. | Harris, Reader (Heston) | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) |
| Cary, Sir Robert | Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh |
| Channon, H. | Harvey, Air Cdre. A. V. (Macclesfield) | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. | Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | McAdden, S. J. |
| Clarke, Col. Ralph (East Grinstead) | Harvie-Watt, Sir George | McCallum, Major D. |
| Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth, W.) | Hay, John | McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S. |
| Clyde, Rt. Han. J. L. | Head, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Macdonald, Sir Peter (I. of Wight) |
| Cole, Norman | Heath, Edward | Mackeson, Brig. H. R. |
| Colegate, W. A. | Henderson, John (Cathcart) | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) |
| Cooper, Sqn. Ldr. Albert | Higgs, J. M. C. | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John |
| Cooper-Key, E. M. | Hill, Dr. Charles (Luton) | Maclean, Fitzroy |
| Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) | Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Maitland, Comdr. J. F. W. (Horncastle) |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | Hirst, Geoffrey | Maitland, Patrick (Lanark) |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Holland-Martin, C. J. | Manningham-Buller, Sir R. E. |
| Marples, A. E. | Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) | Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.) |
| Marshall, Douglas (Bodmin) | Profumo, J. D. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray) |
| Marshall, Sir Sidney (Sutton) | Raikes, H. V. | Studholme, H. G. |
| Maude, Angus | Rayner, Brig. R. | Summers, G. S. |
| Maudling, R. | Redmayne, M. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Maydon, Lt.-Comdr. S. L. C. | Remnant, Hon. P. | Taylor, Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Medlicott, Brig. F. | Renton, D. L. M. | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) |
| Mellor, Sir John | Robertson, Sir David | Teeling, W. |
| Molson, A. H. E. | Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Monckton, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter | Robson-Brown, W. | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Morrison, John (Salisbury) | Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) | Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, W> |
| Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | Roper, Sir Harold | Thornton-Kemsley, Col. C. N. |
| Nabarro, G. D. N. | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard | Tilney, John |
| Nicholls, Harmar | Russell, R. S. | Touche, Sir Gordon |
| Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) | Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. | Turner, H. F. L. |
| Nicolson, Nigel (Bournemouth, E.) | Salter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur | Turton, R. H. |
| Nield, Basil (Chester) | Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Noble, Cmdr. A. H. P. | Savory, Prof. Sir Douglas | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Nugent, G. R. H. | Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. (Rochdale) | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. |
| Nutting, Anthony | Scott, R. Donald | Vosper, D. F. |
| Oakshott, H. D. | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Odey, G. W. | Shepherd, William | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (Marylebone) |
| O'Neill, Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.) | Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) | Ward, Hon. George (Worcester) |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) | Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth) |
| Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Smithers, Sir Waldron (Orpington) | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. |
| Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) | Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) | Watkinson, H. A. |
| Orr-Ewing, Ian L. (Weston-super-Mare) | Snadden, W. McN. | Webbe, Sir H. (London & Westminster |
| Osborne, C. | Soames, Capt. C. | White, Baker (Canterbury) |
| Partridge, E. | Spearman, A. C. M. | Williams, Rt. Hon. Charles (Torquay) |
| Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) | Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge) |
| Perkins, W. R. D. | Spens, Sir Patrick (Kensington, S.) | Williams, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E.) |
| Peto, Brig. C. H. M. | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard | Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Peyton, J. W. W. | Stevens, G. P. | Wills, G. |
| Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.) | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Pilkington, Capt. R. A. | Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.) | Wood, Hon. R. |
| Pitman, I. J. | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. | |
| Powell, J. Enoch | Storey, S. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Mr. Drewe and Major Conant. | ||
| NOES | ||
| Acland, Sir Richard | Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | Johnson, James (Rugby) |
| Albu, A. H. | Evans, Albert (Islington, S. W.) | Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | Jones, David (Hartlepool) |
| Anderson, Alexander (Motherwell) | Ewart, R. | Keenan, W. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Fernyhough, E. | Kinley, J. |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Field, W. J. | Lee, Frederick (Newton) |
| Balfour, A. | Fienburgh, W. | Lewis, Arthur |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Finch, H. J. | Lindgren, G. S. |
| Bence, C. R. | Follick, M. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. |
| Benn, Wedgwood | Foot, M. M. | Logan, D. G. |
| Beswick, F. | Forman, J. C. | MacColl, J. E. |
| Bing, G. H. C. | Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | McInnes, J. |
| Blackburn, F. | Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. | McLeavy, F. |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Gibson, C. W. | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) |
| Blyton, W. R. | Glanville, James | McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Greenwood, Anthony (Rossendale) | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) |
| Bowden, H. W. | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Wakefield) | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) |
| Bowles, F. G. | Grey, C. F. | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) |
| Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | Mann, Mrs. Jean |
| Brockway, A. F. | Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Manuel, A. C. |
| Brook, Dryden (Halifax) | Griffiths, William (Exchange) | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Mellish, R. J. |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Mikardo, Ian |
| Burton, Miss F. E. | Hall, John T. (Gateshead, W.) | Mitchison, G. R. |
| Callaghan, L. J. | Hamilton, W. W. | Moody, A. S. |
| Carmichael, J. | Hannan, W. | Morley, R. |
| Chapman, W. D. | Hargreaves, A. | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | Harrison, J. (Nottingham, E.) | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) |
| Clunie, J. | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis) | Moyle, A. |
| Collick, P. H. | Hobson, C. R. | Mulley, F. W. |
| Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Holman, P. | Murray, J. D. |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Holmes, Horace (Hemsworth) | Neal, Harold (Bolsover) |
| Cullen, Mrs. A. | Houghton, Douglas | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. |
| Daines, P. | Hudson, James (Ealing, N.) | Oliver, G. H. |
| Davies, A. Edward (Stoke, N.) | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Oswald, T. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Palmer, A. M. F. |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Pannell, Charles |
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Parker, J. |
| Deer, G. | Irving, W. J. (Wood Green) | Paton, J. |
| Dodds, N. N. | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Pearson, A. |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. | Poole, C. C. |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Jeger, George (Goole) | Porter, G. |
| Edelman, M. | Jeger, Dr. Santo (St. Pancras, S.) | Price, Joseph T. (Westhoughton) |
| Edwards, John (Brighouse) | Jenkins, R. H. (Stechford) | Rankin, John |
| Reeves, J. | Sorensen, R. W. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Reid, Thomas (Swindon) | Sparks, J. A. | Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Reid, William (Camlachie) | Steele, T. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Robens, Rt. Hon. A. | Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John |
| Roberts, Albert (Normanton) | Stokes, Rt. Hon. R. R. | White, Henry (Derbyshire, N. E.) |
| Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvonshire) | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) | Stross, Dr. Barnett | Wigg, George |
| Ross, William | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Shackleton, E. A. A. | Swingler, S. T. | Willey, Frederick (Sunderland, N.) |
| Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. | Sylvester, G. O. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Short, E. W. | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) | Williams, W. R. (Droylsden) |
| Shurmer, P. L. E. | Taylor, John (West Lothian) | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Silverman, Julius (Erdington) | Thomas, Ivor Owen (Wrekin) | Wyatt, W. L. |
| Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) | Thomson, George (Dundee, E.) | Younger, Rt. Hon. K. |
| Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) | Thurtle, Ernest | |
| Slater, J. | Timmons, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) | Turner-Samuels, M. | Mr. Popplewell and |
| Snow, J. W. | Viant, S. P. | Mr. Kenneth Robinson. |