§
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, 266; Noes, 240.
1411| Division No. 149.] | AYES | [3.53 p.m. |
| Aitken, W. T. | Banks, Col. C. | Birch, Nigel |
| Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) | Barber, Anthony | Bishop, F. P. |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Baxter, A. B. | Black, C. W. |
| Amery, Julian (Preston, N.) | Beach, Maj. Hicks | Boothby, R. J. G. |
| Amory, Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Beamish, Maj. Tufton | Bottom, A. C. |
| Arbuthnot, John | Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) | Bowen, E. R. |
| Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) | Bennett, F. M. (Reading, N.) | Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W.) | Bennett, Or. Reginald (Gosport) | Boyle, Sir Edward |
| Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. | Bennett, William (Woodside) | Braithwaite, Sir Albert (Harrow, W.) |
| Baldwin A. E. | Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) | Braithwaite, Lt.-Cdr. G. (Bristol, N.W.) |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Hill, Or. Charles (Luton) | Orr-Ewmg, Sir Ian (Weston-suptr-Mare) |
| Brooke, Henry (Hampstead) | Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Osborne, C. |
| Broontan-White, R. C. | Hinchingbrooks, Viscount | Partridge, E. |
| Buchan-Hepburn, Rt. Hon. P. G. T. | Hirst, Geoffrey | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Bullard, D. G. | Holland-Martin, C. J. | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Bullus, Wing Commands E. E. | Hollis, M. C. | Peto, Brig. C. H. M |
| Burden, F. F. A. | Holmes, Sir Stanley (Harwich) | Peyton, J. W. W. |
| Batcher, Sir Herbert | Hope, Lord John | Pilkington, Capt. R. A. |
| Campbell, Sir David | Hornsby-Smith, Mils M. P. | Pitman, I. J. |
| Carr, Robert | Horobin, I. M. | Powell, J. Enoch |
| Cary, Sir Robert | Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence | Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) |
| Channon, H. | Howard, Hon. Greville (St. Ives) | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L. |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. | Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) | Raikes, Sir Victor |
| Clarke, Col. Ralph (East Grinstead) | Hulbert, Wing Cdr. N. J. | Rayner, Brig. R. |
| Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth, W.) | Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) | Redmayne, M. |
| Cole, Norman | Hyde, Lt.-Col. H. M. | Rees-Davies, W. R. |
| Colgate, W. A. | Hylton-Foster, H. B. H. | Renton, D. L. M. |
| Cooper, Sqn. Ldr. Albert | Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) | Roberts, Peter (Heeley) |
| Cooper-Key, E. M. | Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Robertson, Sir David |
| Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) | Jones, A. (Hall Green) | Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W. | Robson-Brown, W. |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C | Kaberry, D. | Roper, Sir Harold |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Kerr, H. W. | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard |
| Crouch, R. F. | Lancaster, Col. C. G. | Russell, R. S. |
| Crowder, Sir John (Finchley) | Langford-Holt, J. A. | Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. |
| Crowder, Petre (Ruislip—Northwood) | Law, Rt. Hon. R. K. | Salter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur |
| Cuthbert, W. N. | Leather, E. H. C. | Savory, Prof. Sir Douglas |
| Darling, Sir William (Edinburgh, S.) | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. | Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. (Rochdale) |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Legh, Hon. Peter (Petersneld) | Scott, R. Donald |
| Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Lennox-Boyd, Rt. Hon. A. T. | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. |
| Deedes, W. F. | Linstead, H. N. | Shepherd, WilIiam |
| Digby, S. Wingfield | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (Kings Norton) | Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) |
| Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Lloyd, Maj. Sir Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) |
| Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. | Smithers, Sir Waldron (Orpington) |
| Dormer, P. W. | Longden, Gilbert | Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) |
| Drayson, G. B. | Low, A. R. W. | Snadden, W. McN. |
| Drewe, C. | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) | Soames Capt. C. |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hn. SirThomas (Richmond) | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Speir, R. M. |
| Duthie, W. S. | Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard |
| Eccles, Rt. Hon. D. M. | McAdden, S. J. | Stevens G. P. |
| Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | McCallum, Major D. | Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.) |
| Erroll, F. J. | McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M.) | Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Fell. A. | Macdonald, Sir Peter | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. |
| Finlay, Graeme | Mackeson, Brig. H. R. | Storey, S. |
| Fisher, Nigel | McKibbin, A. J. | Strauss, Henry (Norwich. S.) |
| Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. | Mackie, J. H. (Galloway) | Summers, G. S. |
| Fletcher-Cooke, C. | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John | Sutcliffe Sir Harold |
| Ford, Mrs. Patricia | Macleod, Rt. Hon. Iain (Enfield, W.) | Taylor, Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Fort, R. | MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty) | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) |
| Foster, John | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) | Thomas, P. J. M. (Conway) |
| Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Fraser, Sir Ian (Morecambe & Lonsdale) | Maitland, Comdr. J. F. W. (Hornoastle) | Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, W.) |
| Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir David Maxwell | Maitland, Patrick (Lanark) | Thorneycroft Rt. Hn. Peter (Monmouth) |
| Galbraith, Rt. Hon. T. D. (Pollok) | Manningham-Buller, Sir R. E. | Thornton-Kemnley, Col. C. N. |
| Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | Markham, Major S. F. | Touche, Sir Gordon |
| Garner-Evans, E. H. | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Turner, H. F. L. |
| George, Rt. Hon. Maj. G-Lloyd | Maude, Angus | Turton, R. H. |
| Godber, J. B. | Maudling, R. | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | Maydon, Lt.-Comdr. S. L. C. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Gough, C. F. H. | Medlicott, Brig. F. | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. |
| Gower, H. R. | Mellor, Sir John | Vosper, D. F. |
| Graham, Sir Fergus | Molson, A. H. E. | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Gridley, Sir Arnold | Monckton, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (St. Marylebone) |
| Grimond, J. | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas | Walker-Smith, D. C. |
| Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | Ward, Hon. George (Worcester) |
| Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | Nabarro, G. D. N. | Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth) |
| Hall, John (Wycombe) | Nicholls, Harmar | Water house, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. |
| Harden, J. R. E. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) | Watkinson, H. A. |
| Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.) | Nicolson, Nigel (Bournemouth, E.) | Webbe, Sir H. (London & Westminster) |
| Harris, Reader (Heston) | Nield, Basil (Chester) | Wellwood, W. |
| Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Noble, Cmdr. A. H. P. | Williams, Rt. Hon. Charles (Torquay) |
| Harvey, Air Cdre. A. V. (Macclesfield) | Nugent, G. R. H. | Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge) |
| Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | Oakshott, H. D. | Williams, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E.) |
| Harvie-Watt, Sir George | Odey, G. W. | Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Head, Rt. Hon. A. H. | O'Neill, Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.) | Wills, G. |
| Heald, Sir Lionel | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Heath, Edward | Orr, Capt, L. P. S. | |
| Higgs, J. M. C. | Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Mr. Studholme and Major Conant. |
| NOES | ||
| Albu, A. H. | Hall, Rt. Hon. Gltnvil (Colne Valley) | Pearson, A. |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Hall, John T. (Gateshead, W.) | Peart, T. F. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Hamilton, W. W. | Plummer, Sir Leslie |
| Anderson, Alexander (Motherwell) | Hannan, W. | Poole, C. C. |
| Anderson, Frank (Whitehaven) | Hargreaves, A. | Popplewell, E. |
| Awbery, S. S. | Harrison, J. (Nottingham, E.) | Price, Joseph T. (Westhoughton) |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Hastings, S. | Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) |
| Baird, J. | Hayman, F. H. | Proctor, W. T. |
| Balfour, A. | Herbison, Miss M. | Pursey, Cmdr. H. |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. | Hobson, C. R. | Rankin, John |
| Bartley, P. | Holman, P. | Reeves, J. |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Holmes, Horace (Hemsworth) | Reid, Thomas (Swindon) |
| Bence, C. R. | Houghton, Douglas | Reid, William (Camlachie) |
| Benn, Hon. Wedgwood | Hoy, J. H. | Rhodes, H. |
| Benson, G. | Hudson, James (Eating, N.) | Richards, R. |
| Beswick, F. | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Robens, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Blackburn, F. | Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Ross, William |
| Blyton, W. R. | Irvine, A. J. (Edge HilI) | Royle, C. |
| Boardman, H. | Irving, W. J. (Wood Green) | Shackleton, E. A. A. |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Bowden, H. W. | Janner, B. | Short, E. W. |
| Bowles, F. G. | Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. | Shurmer, P. L. E. |
| Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Jeger, George (Goole) | Silverman, Julius (Erdington) |
| Brockway, A. F. | Jeger, Dr. Santo (St. Pancras, S.) | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Brook, Dryden (Halifax) | Jenkins, R. H. (Stechford) | Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Johnson, James (Rugby) | Skeffington, A. M. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Jones, David (Hartlepool) | Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke-on-Trent) |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Jones, Frederick Elwyn (West Ham, S.) | Slater, J. (Durham, Sedgefield) |
| Burton, Miss F. E. | Jones, Jack (Rotherham) | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, S.) | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) |
| Callaghan, L. J. | Keenan, W. | Snow, J. W. |
| Carmichael, J. | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Sparks, J. A. |
| Castle, Mrs. B. A. | King, Dr. H. M. | Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) |
| Champion, A. J. | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Straohey, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) |
| Clunie, J. | Lewis, Arthur | Stross, Dr. Barnett |
| Coldrick, W. | Lindgren, G. S. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Collick, P. H. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Swingler, S. T. |
| Corbet, Mrs. Freda | MacColl, J. E. | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Crosland, C. A. R. | McGhee, H. G. | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Cullen, Mrs. A. | McLeavy, F. | Taylor, Rt. Hon. Robert (Morpeth) |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Thomas, David (Aberdare) |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Thomas, George (Cardiff) |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) | Thomas, Ivor Owen (Wrekin) |
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | Mann, Mrs. Jean | Thomson, George (Dundee, E.) |
| Deer, G. | Manuel, A. C. | Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton) |
| Delargy, H. J. | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Thornton, E. |
| Dodds, N. N. | Mason, Roy | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | Mayhew, C. P. | Timmons, J. |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John (W. Bromwich) | Mellish, R. J. | Tomney, F. |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Messer, F. | Turner-Samuels, M. |
| Edelman, M. | Mikardo, Ian | Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn |
| Edwards, John (Brighouse) | Mitchison, G. R. | Viant, S. P. |
| Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | Moody, A. S. | Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | Morgan, Dr. H. B. W. | Weitzman, D. |
| Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) | Morley, R. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Fernyhough, E. | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) | West, D. G. |
| Fienburgh, W. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John |
| Finch, H. J. | Mort, D. L. | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E.) | Moyle, A. | White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint) |
| Follick, M. | Mulley, F. W. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Foot, M. M. | Murray, J. D. | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Forman, J. C. | Nally, W. | Willey, F. T. |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Neal, Harold (Bolsover) | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Freeman, John (Watford) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Freeman, Peter (Newport) | Oldfield, W. H. | Williams, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Don V'll'y) |
| Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. | Oliver, G. H. | Williams, W. R. (Droylsden) |
| Gibson, C. W. | Orbach, M. | Williams, W. T. (Hammersmith, S.) |
| Glanville, James | Oswald, T. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Padley, W. E. | Winterbottom, Ian (Nottingham, C.) |
| Greenwood, Anthony (Rossendale) | Paget, R. T. | Winterbottom, Richard (Brightside) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Wakefield) | Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Grenfell, Rt. Hon. D. R. | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Yates, V. F. |
| Grey, C. F. | Palmer, A. M. F. | Younger, Rt. Hon. K. |
| Griffiths, Rt. Han. James (Llanelly) | Pannell, Charles | |
| Griffiths, William (Exchange) | Pargiter, G. A. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Hale, Leslie | Paton, J. | Mr. Kenneth Robinson and |
| Mr. Wallace. |