§ 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.
391| 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. |