§ Motion made, and Question put,
§ That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from
1764§ the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 [Sittings of the House].—[The Prime Minister.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 304; Noes, 244.
1767| Division No 158.] | AYES | [3.45 p.m. |
| Aitken, W. T. | Dugdale, Rt. Hon. Sir T. (Richmond) | Lancaster, Col. C. G. |
| Allan, R. A. (Paddingten, S.) | Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. | Langford-Holt, J. A. |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Duthie, W. S. | Law, Rt. Hon. R. K. |
| Amery, Julian (Preston, N.) | Eccles, Rt. Hon. D. M. | Leather, E. H. C |
| Amory, Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major W. J. | Erroll, F. J. | Legh, Hon. Peter (Petersfield) |
| Arbuthnot, John | Fell, A. | Lennox-Boyd, Rt. Hon. A. T. |
| Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) | Finlay, Graeme | Lindsay, Martin |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W.) | Fisher, Nigel | Linstead, H. N. |
| Astor, Hon. J. J. | Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. | Llewellyn, D. T |
| Baker, P. A. D. | Fletcher-Cooke, C. | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton) |
| Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. | Ford, Mrs. Patricia | Lloyd, Maj. Sir Guy (Renfrew, E.) |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Fort, R. | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) |
| Banks, Col. C. | Foster, John | Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. |
| Barber, Anthony | Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) | Longden, Gilbert |
| Barlow, Sir John | Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir David Maxwell | Low, A. R. W. |
| Baxter, A. B. | Galbraith, Rt. Hon. T. D. (Pollak) | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) |
| Beach, Maj. Hicks | Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) |
| Beamish, Maj. Tufton | Garner-Evans E. H. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh |
| Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) | George, Rt. Hon. Maj. G. Lloyd | McAdden, S. J. |
| Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) | Glyn, Sir Ralph | McCallum, Major D. |
| Bennett, F. M. (Reading, N.) | Godber J. B. | McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S. |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gosport) | Gomme-Duncan Col. A. | Macdonald, Sir Peter |
| Bennett, William (Woodside) | Gough, C. F. H. | Mackeson, Brig. H. R. |
| Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) | Gower, H. R. | McKibbin, A. J. |
| Birch, Nigel | Graham, Sir Fergus | Mackie, J. H. (Galloway) |
| Bishop. F. P. | Gridley, Sir Arnold | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John |
| Black, C. W. | Grimond, J. | Maclean, Fitzroy |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Grimston, Hon. John (St.Albans) | Macleod, Rt. Hon. Iain (Enfield, W.) |
| Bossom, A. C. | Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | MacLeod, John (Ross And Cromarty) |
| Bowen, E. R. | Hall, John (Wycombe) | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. | Hare, Hon. J. H. | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Harris, Fredric (Croydon, N.) | Maitland, Comdr. J. F. W. (Horncastle) |
| Braine, B. R. | Harris, Reader (Heston) | Maitland, Patrick (Lanark) |
| Braithwaite, Sir Albert (Harrow, W.) | Manningham-Buller, Sir R. E. | |
| Braithwaite, Lt.-Cdr. G. (Bristol, N.W.) | Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Markham, Major S. F. |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Harvey, Air Cdre. A. V. (Macclesfield) | Marlowe, A. A. H. |
| Brooke, Henry (Hampstead) | Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | Marples, A. E. |
| Brooman-White, R. C. | Harvie-Watt, Sir George | Marshall, Douglas (Bodmin) |
| Browne, Jack (Govan) | Hay, John | Marshall, Sir Sidney (Sutton) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, Rt. Hon. P. G. T | Head, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Maude, Angus |
| Bullard, D. G | Heald, Sir Lionel | Maudling, R. |
| Bullus, Wing Commander E. E. | Heath, Edward | Maydon, Lt.-Comdr. S. L. C |
| Burden, F. F. A. | Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Medlicott, Brig. F. |
| Butcher, Sir Herbert | Higgs, J. M. C. | Mellor, Sir John |
| Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (Saffron Walden) | Hill, Dr. Charles (Luton) | Molson, A. H. E. |
| Campbell Sir David | Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Monckton, Rt. Hon. Sir Waller |
| Carr, Robert | Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Moore, Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas |
| Cary Sir Robert | Hirst, Geoffrey | Morrison, John (Salisbury) |
| Channon, H. | Holland-Martin, C. J. | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. |
| Churchill Rt Hon Sir Winston | Hollis, M. C. | Nabarro, G. D. N. |
| Clarke Col. Ralph (East Grinstead) | Holmes, Sir Stanley (Harwich) | Nicholls, Harmar |
| Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth, W.) | Holt, A. F. | Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) |
| Clyde, Rt. Hon, J. L. | Hope, Lord John | Nicolson, Nigel (Bournemouth, E.) |
| Cole Norman | Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. | Nield, Basil (Chester) |
| Colegate W. A. | Horobin, I. M. | Noble, Cmdr. A. H. P |
| Cooper Son. Ldr. Albert | Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence | Nugent, G. R. H. |
| Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) | Howard, Hon. Greville (St. Ives) | Nutting, Anthony |
| Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) | Oakshott, H. D. | |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) | Odey, G. W. |
| Crooksnank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | Hulbert, Wing Cdr. N. J. | O'Neill, Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.) |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Hurd, A. R. | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. |
| Crouch, R. F. | Hutchinson, Sir Geoffrey (Ilford, N.) | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. |
| Crowder, Sir John (Finchley) | Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh W.) | Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) |
| Crowder, Petre (Ruislip—Northwood) | Hyde, Lt.-Col. H.M. | Orr-Ewing, Sir Ian (Weston-super-Mare) |
| Cuthbert, W. N. | Hylton-Foster, H. B. H. | Osborne, C. |
| Darling, Sir William (Edinburgh, S.) | Jennings, R. | Partridge, E. |
| Davidson, Viscountess | Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. |
| Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) | Johnson, Howard (Kemptown) | Perkins, W. R. D. |
| Deedos, W. F. | Jones, A. (Hall Green) | Peto, Brig. C. H. M. |
| Digby, S. Wingfield | Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W. | Peyton, J. W. W. |
| Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Kaberry, D. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. |
| Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. | Keeling, Sir Edward | Pilkington, Capt. R. A. |
| Donner, P. W. | Kerr, H. W. | Pitman, I. J. |
| Doughty, C. J. A. | Lambert, Hon. G. | Powell, J. Enoch |
| Drayson, G. B. | Lambton, Viscount | Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) |
| Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L | Snadden, W. McN. | Tilney, John |
| Profumo, J. D. | Soames, Capt. C. | Touche, Sir Gordon |
| Rayner, Brig. R | Spearman, A. C. M | Turner, H. F. L |
| Redmayne, M. | Speir, R. M. | Turton, R. H. |
| Rees-Davies, W. R. | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Remnant, Hon. P. | Spent, Sir Patrick (Kensington, S.) | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Renton, D. L. M | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K |
| Roberts, Peter (Heeley) | Stevens, G. P. | Vosper, D. F. |
| Robertson, Sir David | Stewart, W. A. (Woolwich, W.) | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S.) | Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.) | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (St. Marylebone) |
| Robson-Brown, W. | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M | Walker-Smith, D. C. |
| Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) | Storey, S. | Ward, Hon. George (Worcester) |
| Roper, Sir Harold | Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.) | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. |
| Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard | Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray) | Watkinson, H. A. |
| Russell, R. S. | Studholme, H. G. | Webbe, Sir H. (London & Westminster) |
| Ryder, Capt. R. E. O | Summers, G. S. | Wellwood, W. |
| Salter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur | Sutcliffe, Sir Harold | Williams, Rt Hon. Charles (Torquay) |
| Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. | Taylor, Charles (Eastbourne) | Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge) |
| Savory, Prof. Sir Douglas | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) | Williams, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E.) |
| Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. (Rochdale) | Teeling, W. | Williams, R Dudley (Exeter) |
| Scott, R. Donald | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. P. L. (Hereford) | Wills, G. |
| Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Shepherd, William | Thomas, P. J. M. (Conway) | Wood, Hon. R |
| Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) | York, C. |
| Smithers, Peter (Winchester) | Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, W.) | |
| Smithers, Sir Waldron (Orpington) | Thorneycroft, Rt. Hn. Peter (Monmouth) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) | Thornton Kemsley, Col. C. N | Mr. Drewe and Major Conant. |
| NOES | ||
| Adams, Richard | Dodds, N. N. | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A |
| Albu, A. H. | Donnelly, D. L | Janner, B. |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Driberg, T. E. N. | Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John (W. Bromwich) | Jeger, George (Goole) |
| Anderson, Alexander (Motherwell) | Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Jeger, Dr. Santo (St. Pancras, S.) |
| Anderson, Frank (Whitehaven) | Edelman, M. | Johnson, James (Rugby) |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Edwards, John (Brighouse) | Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) |
| Awbery, S. S. | Edwards, W. J, (Stepney) | Jones, David (Hartlepool) |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | Jones, Frederick Elwyn (West Ham, S.) |
| Balfour, A. | Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. | Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) | Keenan, W. |
| Bartley, P. | Fernyhough, E. | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J | Fienburgh, W. | King, Dr. H. M. |
| Bence, C. R. | Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E.) | Kinley, J. |
| Benn, Hon. Wedgwood | Follick M. | Lee, Frederick (Newton) |
| Benson, G. | Foot, M M. | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) |
| Beswick, F. | Forman, J. C. | Lever, Harold (Cheetham) |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) |
| Bing, G. H. C. | Freeman, John (Watford) | Lewis, Arthur |
| Blackburn, F. | Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T N | Lindgren, G. S. |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Gibson C W. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. |
| Blyton, W. R. | Glanville, James | Logan, D. G. |
| Boardman, H. | Gooch, E. G. | MacColl, J. E. |
| Bowden, H. W | Gordon-Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | McInnes, J. |
| Bowles, F. G. | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Wakefield) | Mckay, John (Wallsend) |
| Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Grey, C. F. | McLeavy, F. |
| Brockway, A. F. | Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) |
| Brook, Dryden (Halifax) | Griffiths, rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Macpherson, Malcolm (Stirling) |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Griffiths, William (Exchange) | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Hale, Leslie | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Manuel, A. C. |
| Burke, W. A. | Hall, John T. (Gateshead, W.) | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. |
| Burton, Miss F. E. | Hamilton, W. W. | Mason, Roy |
| Butler, Hebert (Hackney, S.) | Hannan, W. | Mayhew, C. P. |
| Callaghan, L. J. | Hargreaves, A. | Mellish, R. J. |
| Carmicheal, J. | Harrison, J. (Nottingham, E.) | Messer, F. |
| Castle, Mrs. B. A. | Hastings, S. | Mikardo, Ian |
| Champion, A. J. | Hayman, F. H. | Mitchison, G. R. |
| Monslow, W. | ||
| Chapman W. D. | Healey, Denis (Leeds, SE.) | Moody, A. S. |
| Chetwynd, G. R | Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley, Regis) | Morgan, Dr. H. B. W. |
| Clunie, J. | Herbison, Miss, M. | Morley, R. |
| Coldrick, W. | Hobson, C. R. | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) |
| Collick, P. H. | Holman, P. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Holmes, Horace (Hemsworth) | Moyle, A. |
| Crosland, C. A. R. | Houghton, Douglas | Mulley, F. W. |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | Hoy, J. H. | Murray, J. D |
| Cullen, Mrs. A. | Hudson, James (Ealing, N.) | Nally, W. |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Neal, Harold (Bolsover) |
| Darling, George (Hillsborough) | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P J |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Oldfield, W. H |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Oliver, G. H |
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Orbach, M. |
| Deer, G. | Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Oswald, T. |
| Delargy, H. J. | Irving, W J. (Wood Green) | Paget, R. T |
| Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) | Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) | Turner-Samuels, M. |
| Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Skeffington, A. M. | Usborne, H. C. |
| Palmer, A. M. F. | Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke-on-Trent) | Viant, S. P. |
| Pannell, Charles | Slater, J. (Durham, Sedgefield) | Wallace, H. W. |
| Parker, J. | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) | Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Paton, J. | Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) | Weitzman, D. |
| Peart, T. F. | Snow, J. W. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Plummer, Sir Leslie | Sorensen, R. W. | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John |
| Poole, C. C. | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Porter, G. | Sparks, J. A. | White, Henry (Derbyshire, N. E.) |
| Price, Joseph T. (Westhoughton) | Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| Proctor, W. T. | Stokes, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Wigg, George |
| Pryde, D. J. | Strachey, Rt. Hon. J. | Wilcock, Group Capt. C. A. B. |
| Pursey, Cmdr. H. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Rankin, John | Stross, Dr. Barnett | Willey, F. T. |
| Reeves, J. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. | Williams, Rev. Llywelyn (Abertillery) |
| Reid, Thomas (Swindon) | Swingler, S. T. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Reid, William (Camlachie) | Sylvester, G. O. | Williams, W. R. (Droylsden) |
| Roberts, Albert (Normanton) | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) | Williams, W T. (Hammersmith, S.) |
| Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) | Taylor, John (West Lothian) | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) | Thomas, David (Aberdare) | Winterbottom, Ian (Nottingham, C.) |
| Ross, William | Thomas, George (Cardiff) | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Royle, C. | Thomas, Ivor Owen (Wrekin) | Wyatt, W. L. |
| Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. | Thomson, George (Dundee, E.) | Yates, V. F. |
| Short, E. W. | Thornton, E. | Younger, Rt. Hon. K. |
| Shurmer, P. L. E. | Thurtle, Ernest | |
| Silverman, Julius (Erdington) | Timmons, J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) | Tomney, F. | Mr. Popplewell and |
| Mr. Kenneth Robinson. |