§
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).—[Mr. Buchan-Hepburn.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 270; Noes, 228.
1539| Division No. 186.] | AYES | [4.19 p.m. |
| Aitken, W. T. | Brooman-White, R. C. | Drayson, G. B. |
| Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) | Browne, Jack (Govan) | Dugdale, Rt. Hon. Sir T. (Richmond) |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Buchan-Hepburn, Rt. Hon. P. G. T. | Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. |
| Amery, Julian (Preston, N.) | Bullard, D. G. | Duthie, W. S. |
| Amory, Rt. Hon. Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Bullus, Wing-Commander E E | Eccles, Rt. Hon. Sir D. M. |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major W. J. | Burden, F. F. A. | Eden, J. B. (Bournemouth, West) |
| Arbuthnot, John | Butcher, Sir Herbert | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. R. (Blackburn, W.) | Campbell, Sir David | Erroll, F. J. |
| Astor, Hon. J. J. | Cary, Sir Robert | Finlay, Graeme |
| Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M | Channon, H. | Fisher, Nigel |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Clarke, Col. Ralph (East Grinstead) | Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. |
| Barlow, Sir John | Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth. W.) | Fletcher-Cooke, C. |
| Baxter, Sir Beverley | Cole, Norman | Ford, Mrs. Patricia |
| Beach, Maj. Hicks | Colegate, W. A. | Fort, R. |
| Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) | Conant, Maj. Sir Roger | Foster, John |
| Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) | Cooper, Sqn. Ldr. Albert | Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) |
| Bennett, F. M. (Reading, N.) | Cooper-Key, E. M. | Fraser, Sir Ian (Morecambe & Lonsdale) |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gosport) | Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) | Fyfe, Rt. Hon. Sir David Maxwell |
| Birch, Nigel | Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | Galbraith, Rt. Hon. T. D. (Pollok) |
| Bishop, F. P. | Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Gammans, L. D. |
| Black, C. W. | Crouch, R. F. | Gamer-Evans, E. H. |
| Boothby, Sir R. J. G. | Crowder, Sir John (Finchley) | George, Rt. Hon. Maj. G. Lloyd |
| Bossom, Sir A. C. | Darling, Sir William (Edinburgh, S.) | Glover, D. |
| Bowen, E. R. | Davidson, Viscountess | Godber, J. B. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hon J. A. | Deedes, W. F. | Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Digby, S. Wingfield | Gough, C. F. H. |
| Braithwaite, Sir Albert (Harrow, W.) | Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. | Gower, H. R. |
| Braithwaite, Sir Gurney | Donner, Sir P. W. | Graham, Sir Fergus |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt. Col. W. H. | Doughty, C. J. A. | Grimond, J. |
| Brooke, Henry (Hampstead) | Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Malcolm | Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) |
| Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | McAdden, S. J. | Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Hall, John (Wycombe) | McCorquodale, Rt. Hon M. S | Robson-Brown, W. |
| Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.) | Macdonald, Sir Peter | Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) |
| Harris, Reader (Heston) | Mackeson, Brig. Sir Harry | Roper, Sir Harold |
| Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | McKibbin, A. J. | Russell, R. S. |
| Harvey Air Cdre, A. V. (Macclesfield) | Mackie, J. H. (Galloway) | Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. |
| Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John | Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. |
| Hay, John | Maclean, Fitzroy | Savory, Prof. Sir Douglas |
| Head, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Macleod, Rt. Hon. Iain (Enfield, W.) | Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. |
| Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel | Macleod, John (Ross and Cromarty) | Scott, R. Donald |
| Heath, Edward | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold (Bromley) | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. |
| Higgs, J. M. C. | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) | Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) |
| Hill, Dr. Charles (Luton) | Maitland, Comdr. J. F. W. (Horncastle) | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) |
| Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Maitland, Patrick (Lanark) | Smithers, Sir Waldron (Orpington) |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Manningham-Buller, Rt. Hn. Sir Reginald | Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) |
| Hirst, Geoffrey | Markham, Major Sir Frank | Snadden, W. McN. |
| Holland-Martin, C. J | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Hollis, M. C | Marshall, Douglas (Bodmin) | Speir, R. M. |
| Holt, A. F. | Maude, Angus | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeenshire, W.) |
| Hope, Lord John | Maudling, R. | Spens, Rt. Hon. Sir P. (Kensington, S.) |
| Hopkinson, Rt. Hon. Henry | Mayden, Lt.-Commander, S. L. C. | Steward, W. A. (Woolwich W.) |
| Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. | Molson, A. H. E. | Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Horobin, I. M. | Moore, Sir Thomas | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. |
| Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Florence | Morrison, John (Salisbury) | Storey, S. |
| Howard, Hon. Greville (St. Ives) | Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. | Strauss, Henry (Norwich, S.) |
| Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) | Nabarro, G. D. N | Studholme, H. G. |
| Hulbert, Wing Cdr. N. J. | Neave, Airey | Summers, G. S. |
| Hurd, A. R. | Nicholls, Harmar | Sutcliffe, Sir Harold |
| Hutchison, Sir Ian Clark (E'b'rgh, W.) | Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Hyde, Lt.-Col. H. M. | Nicolson, Nigel (Bournemouth, E.) | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) |
| Iremonger, T. L. | Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. | Teeling, W. |
| Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) | Nugent, G. R. H. | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) |
| Jennings, Sir Roland | Nutting, Anthony | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Oakshott, H. D. | Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, W.) |
| Johnson, Howard (Kemptown) | Odey, G. W. | Thorneycroft, Rt. Hn. Peter (Monmouth) |
| Jones. A. (Hall Green) | O'Neill, Hon. Phelim (Co Antrim, N.) | Thornton-Kemsley, Col. C. N |
| Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W | Ormsby-Gore, Hon. W. D. | Tilney, John |
| Kaberry, D. | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Touche, Sir Gordon |
| Kerby, Capt. H. B. | Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) | Turner, H. F. L. |
| Kerr, H. W. | Orr-Ewing. Sir Ian (Weston-super-Mare) | Turton, R. H. |
| Lambert, Hon. G. | Page, R. G. | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Lambton, Viscount | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Lancaster, Col. C. G. | Perkins, Sir Robert | Vosper, D. F. |
| Langford-Holt, J. A. | Peto, Brig. C. H. M | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Leather, E. H. C. | Peyton, J. W. W. | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (St. Marylebone) |
| Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. | Pick'horn, K. W. M. | Wall, Major Patrick |
| Legh, Hon. Peter (Petersfield) | Pilkington, Capt. R A | Ward, Hon. George (Worcester) |
| Lennox-Boyd, Rt. Hon A. T. | Pitman, I. J. | Ward, Miss I. (Tynemouth) |
| Lindsay, Martin | Pitt, Miss E. M. | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C |
| Linstead, Sir H. N. | Powell, J. Enoch | Watkinson, H. A. |
| Llewellyn, D. T. | Pries, Henry (Lewisham, W.) | Wellwood, W. |
| Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (King's Norton) | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L | Williams, Rt. Hon. Charles (Torquay) |
| Lloyd, Maj. Sir Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Profumo, J. D. | Williams, Sir Herbert (Croydon, E.) |
| Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) | Raikes, Sir Victor | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. | Rayner, Brig. R. | Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Longden, Gilbert | Redmayne, M. | Wills, G. |
| Low, A. R. W. | Rees-Davies, W. R | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) | Remnant, Hon. P. | Wood, Hon. R. |
| Lucas, P. B. (Brentford) | Renton, D. L. M. | |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Ridsdale, J. E. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. O. | Robertson, Sir David | Sir Cedric Drewe and |
| Mr. T. G. D. Galbraith. | ||
| NOES | ||
| Acland, Sir Richard | Blyton, W. R. | Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) |
| Albu, A. H. | Boardman, H. | Crosland, C. A. R. |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Cullen, Mrs. A. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Bowden, H. W. | Daines, P. |
| Anderson, Frank (Whitehaven) | Bowles, F. G. | Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Darling, George (Hillsborough) |
| Awbery, S. S. | Brookway, A. F. | Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Brook, Dryden (Halifax) | Davies, Harold (Leek) |
| Baird, J. | Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) |
| Balfour, A. | Burton, Miss F. E. | Deer, G. |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. A. J. | Butler, Herbert (Hackney, S.) | Delargy, H. J. |
| Bartley, P. | Callaghan, L. J. | Dodds, N. N. |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J | Castle, Mrs. B. A. | Driberg, T. E. N. |
| Bence, C. R. | Champion, A. J. | Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John (W. Bromwich) |
| Bonn, Hon. Wedgwood | Chetwynd, G. R. | Ede, Rt. Hon J. C. |
| Beswick, F. | Clunie, J. | Edelman, M. |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Coldrick, W. | Edwards, Rt. Hon. John (Brighouse) |
| Bing, G. H. C. | Collick, P. H. | Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) |
| Blackburn, F. | Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Cove, W. G. | Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) |
| Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | Lawson, G. M. | Robens, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) | Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Fernyhough, E. | Lewis, Arthur | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Fienburgh, W. | Lindgren, G. S. | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Finch, H. J. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Ross, William |
| Fletcher, Eric (Islington, E.) | Logan, D. G. | Royle, C. |
| Follick, M. | MacColl, J. E. | Shackleton, E. A. A |
| Foot, M. M. | McInnes, J. | Shurmer, P. L. E. |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Silverman, Julius (Erdington) |
| Freeman, John (Watford) | McLeavy, F. | Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) |
| Freeman, Peter (Newport) | McNeil, Rt. Hon. H. | Skeffington, A. M. |
| Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke-on-Trent) |
| Gibson, C. W. | Mainwaring, W. H. | Slater, J. (Durham, Sedgefield) |
| Glanville, James | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) | Snow, J. W. |
| Greenwood, Anthony | Mann, Mrs. Jean | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Grenfell Rt. Hon. D. R. | Manuel, A. C. | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Sparks, J. A. |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Mason, Roy | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) |
| Griffiths, William (Exchange) | Mayhew, C. P. | Stross, Dr. Barnett |
| Hale, Leslie | Mellish, R. J. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Hall, Rt. Hon. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Messer, Sir F. | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Hall, John T. (Gateshead, W.) | Mikardo, Ian | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Hamilton, W. W. | Mitchison, G. R. | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Hannan, W. | Monslow, W. | Taylor, Rt. Hon Robert (Morpeth) |
| Hardy, E. A. | Moody, A. S. | Thomas, George (Cardiff) |
| Hargreaves, A. | Morgan, Dr. H. B. W. | Thomas, Ioerwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Hastings, S. | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) | Thomas, Ivor Owen (Wrekin) |
| Hayman, F. H. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, S.) | Thomson, George (Dundee, E.) |
| Healey, Denis (Leeds, S.E.) | Mort, D. L. | Thornton, E. |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Rowley Regis) | Moyle, A. | Timmons, J. |
| Herbison, Miss M. | Mulley, F. W. | Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn |
| Hobson, C. R. | Neal, Harold (Bolsover) | Usborne, H. C. |
| Holman, P. | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. | Viant, S. P. |
| Holmes, Hornee | Oldfield, W. H. | Wallace, H. W. |
| Houghton, Douglas | Oliver, G. H. | Warbey, W. N |
| Hudson, James (Ealing, N.) | Orbach, M. | Weitzman, D. |
| Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Oswald, T. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Padley, W. E. | West, D. G. |
| Hynd, J. B. (Attersliffe) | Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Irving, W. J. (Wood Green) | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint) |
| Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Palmer, A. M. F. | Wigg, George |
| Janner, B. | Pannell, Charles | Wilcock, Group Capt. C. A. B. |
| Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. | Parker, J. | Willey, F. T. |
| Jeger, George (Goole) | Parkin, B. T. | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Jeger, Mrs. Lena | Paten, J. | Williams, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Don V'll'y) |
| Jenkins, R. H. (Stanford) | Pearson, A. | Williams, W. R. (Droylsden) |
| Johnson, James (Rugby) | Pearl, T. F. | Willis, E. G. |
| Jones, David (Hartlepool) | Porter, G. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Jones, Frederick Elwyn (West Ham. S.) | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) | Winterbottom, Ian (Nottingham, C.) |
| Jones, Jack (Rotherham) | Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) | Winterbottom, Richard (Brightside) |
| Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Proctor, W. T. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Keenan, W. | Pryde, D. J. | Yates, V. F. |
| Kenyon, C. | Rankin, John | Younger, Rt Hon. K. |
| Key, Rt. Hon. C. W | Reeves, J. | |
| King, Dr. H. M. | Reid, Thomas (Swindon) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Kinley, J. | Reid, William (Camlachie) | Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Rogers. |
Question put, and agreed to.