HC Deb 16 December 1953 vol 522 cc388-92

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, 281; Noes, 242.

Division No. 16.] AYES [3.33 p.m.
Aitken, W. T. Clarke, Col. Ralph (East Grinstead) Graham, Sir Fergus
Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth, W.) Gridley, Sir Arnold
Alport, C. J. M. Cole, Norman Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans)
Amery, Julian (Preston, N.) Colegate, W. A. Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury)
Amory, Rt. Hon. Heathcoat (Tiverton) Cooper, Sqn. Ldr. Albert Hall, John (Wycombe)
Anstruther-Gray, Major W. J. Craddock, Bereford (Spelthorne) Harden, J. R. E.
Arbuthnot, John Crockshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. Hare, Hon. J. H.
Ashton, H. (Chelmsford) Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. Harris, Reader (Heston)
Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W.) Crouch, R. F. Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye)
Astor, Hon. J. J. Crowder, Sir John (Finchley) Harvey, Air Cdre. A. V. (Macclesfield)
Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. Cuthbert, W. N. Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.)
Baldwin, A. E. Darling, Sir William (Edinburgh, S) Hay, John
Banks, Col. C. Davidson, Viscountess Head, Rt. Hon. A. H.
Barber, Anthony Deedes, W. F. Heath, Edward
Barlow, Sir John Digby, S. Wingfield Henderson, John (Cathcart)
Baxter, A. B. Dodds-Parker, A. D. Higgs, J. M. C.
Beamish, Maj. Tufton Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. Hill, Dr. Charles (Luton)
Beach, Maj. Hicks Donner, Sir P. W. Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe)
Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) Doughty, C. J. A. Hinchingbrooke, Viscount
Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) Drayson, G. B. Hirst, Geoffrey
Bennett, F. M. (Reading, N.) Drewe, Sir C. Holland-Martin, C. J.
Bennett, William (Woodside) Dugdale, Rt. Hon. Sir T. (Richmond) Hollis, M. C.
Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. Holmes, Sir Stanley (Harwich)
Birch, Nigel Duthie, W. S. Hope, Lord John
Bishop, F. P. Eccles, Rt. Hon. Sir D. M. Hopkinson, Rt. Hon. Henry
Black, C. W. Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P.
Boothby, Sir R. J. C. Erroll, F. J. Horobin, I. M.
Bossom, Sir A. C. Fell, A. Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence
Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. Finlay, Graeme Howard, Hon. Greville (St. Ives)
Boyle, Sir Edward Fisher, Nigel Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.)
Braine, B. R. Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.)
Braithwaite, Lt.-Cdr. G. (Bristol, N.W.) Fletcher, Sir Walter (Bury) Kurd, A. R.
Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. Ford, Mrs. Patricia Hutchinson, Sir Geoffrey (Ilford, N.)
Brooke, Henry (Hampstead) Fort, R. Hutchison, Lt.-Com. Clark (E'b'rgh, W.)
Brooman-White, R. C. Foster, John Hutchison, James (Scotstoun)
Browne, Jack (Govan) Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) Hyde, Lt.-Col. H. M.
Buchan-Hepburn, Rt. Hon. P. G. T. Fraser, Sir Ian (Morecambe & Lonsdale) Hylton-Foster, H. B. H.
Bullard, D. G. Galbraith, Rt. Hon. T. D. (Pollok) Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich)
Bullus, Wing Commander E. E. Galbraith, T. G. D. (Hillhead) Jennings, R.
Burden, F. F. A. Gammans, L. D. Johnson, Eric (Blackley)
Butcher, Sir Herbert Garner-Evans, E. H. Jones, A. (Hall Green)
Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (Saffron Walden) George, Rt. Hon. Maj. G. Lloyd Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W.
Carr, Robert Glover, D. Kerr, H. W.
Cary, Sir Robert Godber, J. B. Lambert, Hon. G.
Channon, H. Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. Lambton, Viscount
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Gough, C. F. H. Lancaster, Col. C. G.
Gower, H. R. Langford-Holt, J. A.
Leather, E. H. C. Nutting, Anthony Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.)
Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. Oakshott, H. D. Spens, Rt. Hon Sir P. (Kensington, S.)
Legh, Hon. Peter (Petersfield) Odey, G. W. Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard
Lennox-Boyd, Rt. Hon. A. T. O'Neill, Hon. Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.) Stevens, G. P.
Linstead, Sir H. N. Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. Steward, W. A. (Woolwich, W.)
Llewellyn, D. T. Orr, Capt. L. P. S. Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.)
Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton) Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) Stoddart-Scott, Col. M.
Lloyd, Maj. Sir Guy (Renfrew, E.) Orr-Ewing, Sir Ian (Weston-super-Mare) Storey, S.
Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) Osborne, C. Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.)
Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. Page, R. G. Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray)
Longden, Gilbert Peake, Rt. Hon. O. Studholme, H. G.
Low, A. R. W. Perkins, W. R. D. Summers, G. S.
Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) Peto, Brig. C. H. M. Taylor Charles (Eastbourne)
Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) Peyton, J. W. W. Taylor, William (Bradford, N.)
Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh Pickthorn, K. W. M. Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. P. L. (Hereford)
Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. Pilkington, Capt. R. A. Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury)
McCorquodale, Rt. Hon. M. S. Pitman, I. J. Thomas, P. J. M. (Conway)
Macdonald, Sir Peter Pitt, Mist E. M. Thompson, Kenneth (Walton)
Mackeson, Brig. H. R. Powell, J. Enoch Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, W.)
McKibbin, A. J. Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) Thorneycroft, Rt. Hn. Peter (Monmouth)
Mackie, J. H. (Galloway) Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L Tilney, John
Maclay, Rt. Hon. John Raikes, Sir Victor Touche, Sir Gordon
Maclean, Fitzroy Rayner, Brig. R. Turner, H. F. L.
Macleod, Rt. Hon. Iain (Enfield, W.) Redmayne, M. Turton, R. H.
MacLeod, John (Ross and Cromarty) Rees-Davies, W. R. Tweedsmuir, Lady
Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) Remnant, Hon. P. Vane, W. M. F.
Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) Renton, D. L. M. Vaughan-Morgan, J. K.
Maitland, Comdr. J. F. W. (Horncastle) Roberts, Peter (Heeley) Vosper, D. F.
Maitland, Patrick (Lanark) Robertson, Sir David Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.)
Manningham-Buller, Sir R. E. Robinson, Roland (Blackpool, S) Walker-Smith, D. C.
Markham, Major Sir Frank Robson-Brown, W. Ward, Hon. George (Worcester)
Maude, Angus Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth)
Maudling, R. Roper, Sir Harold Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C.
Maydon, Lt.-Comdr. S. L. C. Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard Watkinson, H. A.
Medlicott, Brig. F. Russell, R. S. Webbe, Sir H. (London & Westminster)
Mellor, Sir John Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. Wellwood, W.
Molson, A. H. E. Savory, Prof. Sir Douglas Williams, Rt. Hon. Charles (Torquay)
Monckton, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. Williams, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E.)
Moore, Sir Thomas Scott, R. Donald Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.)
Morrison, John (Salisbury) Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter)
Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. Shepherd, William Wills, G.
Nabarro, G. D. N. Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro)
Neave, Airey Smithers, Peter (Winchester) Wood, Hon. R.
Nicholls, Harmar Smithers, Sir Waldron (Orpington) York, C.
Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood)
Nicolson, Nigel (Bournemouth, E.) Snadden, W. McN TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
Nield, Basil (Chester) Soames, Capt. C. Major Conant and Mr. Kaberry
Noble, Cmdr, A. H. P. Spearman, A. C. M.
Nugent, G. R. H.
NOES
Acland, Sir Richard Coldrick, W. Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton)
Albu, A. H. Collick, P. H. Freeman, Peter (Newport)
Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N.
Anderson, Alexander (Motherwell) Crosland, C. A. R. Gibson, C. W.
Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. Crossman, R. H. S. Glanville, James
Awbery, S, S. Cullen, Mrs. A. Greenwood, Anthony (Rossendale)
Bacon, Miss Alice Daines, P. Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Wakefield)
Balfour, A. Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. Grenfell, Rt. Hon. D. R.
Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. Darling, George (Hillsborough) Grey, C. F.
Bartley, P. Davies, Rt. Hn. Clement (Montgomery) Griffiths, David (Rother Valley)
Bence, C. R. Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly)
Benn, Hon. Wedgwood Davies, Harold (Leek) Griffiths, William (Exchange)
Benson, G. Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) Grimond, J.
Beswick, F. de Freitas, Geoffrey Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley)
Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) Deer, G. Hall, John T. (Gateshead, W.)
Blackburn, F. Dodds, N. N. Hamilton, W. W.
Blenkinsop, A. Donnelly. D. L. Hannan, W.
Blyton, W. R. Driberg, T. E. N. Hardy, E. A.
Boardman, H. Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John (W. Bromwich) Hargreaves, A.
Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. Harrison, J. (Nottingham, E.)
Bowden, H. W. Edelman, M. Hayman, F. H.
Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) Healey, Denis (Leeds, S.E.)
Brockway, A. F. Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis)
Brook, Dryden (Halifax) Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) Herbison, Miss M.
Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) Hobson, C. R.
Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) Holman, P.
Brown, Thomas (Ince) Fernyhough, E. Holmes, Horace (Hemsworth)
Burton, Miss F. E. Fienburgh, W. Houghton, Douglas
Callaghan, L. J. Finch, H. J. Hoy, J. H.
Carmichael, J. Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E.) Hudson, James (Ealing, N.)
Champion, A. J. Follick, M. Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey)
Chapman, W. D. Foot, M. M. Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire)
Chetwynd, G. R. Forman, J. C. Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.)
Hynd, H. (Accrington) Oliver, G. H. Swingler, S. T.
Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) Orbach, M. Sylvester, G. O.
Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. Oswald, T. Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield)
Janner, B. Paget, R. T. Taylor, John (West Lothian)
Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) Taylor, Rt. Hon. Robert (Morpeth)
Jeger, Mrs. Lena Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) Thomas, George (Cardiff)
Jenkins, R. H. (Stechford) Palmer, A. M. F. Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.)
Johnson, James (Rugby) Pannell, Charles Thomas, Ivor Owen (Wrekin)
Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) Pargiter, G. A. Thomson, George (Dundee, E.)
Jones, David (Hartlepool) Parkin, B. T Thorneycroft, Harry (Clayton)
Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) Paton, J. Thornton, E.
Keenan, W. Pearson, A. Timmons, J.
Kenyon, C. Peart, T. F. Tomney, F.
Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. Plummer, Sir Leslie Turner-Samuels, M.
King, Dr. H. M. Porter, G. Usborne, H. C.
Lee, Frederick (Newton) Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) Wade, D. W.
Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W) Wallace, H. W.
Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) Proctor, W. T. Warbey, W. N.
Lindgren, G. S. Pryde, D. J. Watkins, T. E.
Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. Rankin, John Webb, Rt. Hon. M. (Bradford, C.)
Logan, D. G. Reeves, J. Weitzman, D.
McGhee, H. G. Reid, Thomas (Swindon) Wells, Percy (Faversham)
McGovern, J. Reid, William (Camlachie) West, D. G.
McInnes, J. Rhodes, H. Wheatley, Rt. Hon. John
McKay, John (Wallsend) Richards, R. Wheeldon, W. E.
McLeavy, F. Roberts, Albert (Normanton) White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint)
McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.)
MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W
Mainwaring, W. H. Ross, William Wigg, George
Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) Royle, C. Wilcock, Group Capt. C. A. B.
Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) Shackleton, E. A. A. Wilkins, W. A.
Manuel, A. C. Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. Willey, F. T.
Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. Short, E. W. Williams, David (Neath)
Mason, Roy Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) Williams, Rev. Llywelyn (Abertillery)
Mayhew, C. P. Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) Williams, Ronald (Wigan)
Mellish, R. J. Skeffington, A. M. Williams, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Don V'll'y)
Mikardo, Ian Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke-on-Trent) Williams, W. R. (Droylsden)
Mitchison, G. R. Slater, J. (Durham, Sedgefield) Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton)
Moody, A. S. Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) Winterbottom, Ian (Nottingham, C.)
Morgan, Dr. H. B. W. Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) Winterbottom, Richard (Brightside)
Morley, R. Snow, J. W. Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A.
Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) Sorensen, R. W. Wyatt, W. L.
Mort, D. L. Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Yates, V. F.
Moyle, A. Sparks, J. A. Younger, Rt. Hon. K.
Mulley, F. W. Steele, T.
Murray, J. D. Stewart, Michael (Fulham, E.) TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
Nally, W. Strachey, Rt. Hon. J. Mr. Popplewell and
Neal, Harold (Bolsover) Stross, Dr. Barnett Mr. Kenneth Robinson.
Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E.
Oldfield, W. H.