§ REPORT [26th October]
§ Resolutions reported.
§ [For particulars of Resolutions, see OFFICIAL REPORT, 26th October, 1955; Vol. 545, c. 227–236.]
678§ Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 86 (Ways and Means Motions and Resolutions).
§ The House divided: —Ayes 314, Noes, 255.
681| Division No. 31 | AYES | [3.32 p.m. |
| Agnew, Cmdr. P. G. | Dugdale, Rt. Hn. Sir T. (Richmond) | Hulbert, Sir Norman |
| Aitken, W. T. | Duncan, Capt. J. A. L, | Hurd, A. R. |
| Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) | Duthie, W. S. | Hutchison, Sir Ian Clark (E'b'gh, W.) |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Eccles, Rt. Hon. Sir D. M. | Hutchison, James (Scotstoun) |
| Amery, Julian (Preston, N.) | Hyde, Montgomery | |
| Amory, Rt. Hn. Heathcoat (Tiverton) | Eden, Rt. Hn. Sir A.(Warwick&L'm'tn) | Hylton-Foster, Sir H. B. H. |
| Anstruther-Gray, Major W. J. | Eden, J. B. (Bournemouth, West) | Iremonger, T. L. |
| Arbuthnot, John | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. | Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) |
| Armstrong, G. W. | Emmet, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn | Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) |
| Ashton, H, | Errington, Sir Eric | Jennings, J. C. (Burton) |
| Astor, Hon. J. J. | Erroll, F. J. | Jennings, Sir Roland (Hallam) |
| Atkins, H. E. | Farey-Jones, F. W. | Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) |
| Baldock, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. | Fell, A. | Johnson, Eric (Blackley) |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Finlay, Graeme | Johnson, Howard (Kemptown) |
| Balniel, Lord | Fisher, Nigel | Joynson-Hicks, Hon. L. W. |
| Banks, Col. C. | Fleetwood-Hesketh, R. F. | Kaberry, D. |
| Barlow, Sir John | Fletcher-Cooke, C. | Keegan, D. |
| Barter, John | Fort, R. | Kerby, Capt. H. B. |
| Baxter, Sir Beverley | Foster, John | Kerr, H. W. |
| Beamish, Maj. Tufton | Fraser, Hon. Hugh (Stone) | |
| Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) | Fraser, Sir Ian (M'cmbe & Lonsdale) | Kershaw, J. A. |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald | Freeth, D. K. | Kirk, P. M. |
| Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) | Gammans, L. D. | Lagden, G. W. |
| Bidgood, J. C. | Garner-Evans, E. H. | Lambert, Hon. G. |
| Biggs-Davison, J. A. | George, J. C. (Pollok) | Lambton, Viscount |
| Birch, Rt. Hon. Nigel | Glover, D. | Lancaster, Col. C. G. |
| Black C. w. | Godber, J. B. | Langford-Holt, J. A. |
| Body, R. F. | Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. | Leather, E. H. C. |
| Boothby, Sir Robert | Gough, C. F. H. | |
| Bossom, Sir A. C. | Gower, H. R. | Leavey, J. A. |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Graham, Sir Fergus | Leburn, W. G. |
| Braine, B. R. | Grant, W. (Woodside) | Legh, Hon. Peter (Petersfield) |
| Braithwaite, Sir Albert (Harrow, W.) | Grant-Ferris, Wg Cdr. R. (Nantwich) | Lennox-Boyd, Rt. Hon. A. T. |
| Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Green, A. | Lindsay, Hon. James (Devon, N.) |
| Brooke, Rt. Hon. Henry | Gresham Cooke, R. | Lindsay, Martin (Solihull) |
| Brooman-White, R. C. | Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) | Linstead, Sir H. N. |
| Browne, J. Nixon (Craigton) | Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G. (Sutton Coldfield) |
| Bryan, P. | Grosvenor, Lt.-Col. R. G. | Lloyd, Maj. Sir Guy (Renfrew, E.) |
| Buchan-Hepburn, Rt. Hon. P. G. T. | Hall, John (Wycombe) | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) |
| Bullus, Wing Commander, E. E. | Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.W.) | Lloyd-George, Maj. Rt. Hon. G. |
| Burden, F. F. A. | Harris, Reader (Heston) | Longden, Gilbert |
| Butcher, Sir Herbert | Harrison, A. B, C. (Maldon) | Low, Rt. Hon. A. R. W. |
| Butler, Rt. Hn. R.A.(Saffron Walden) | Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) |
| Campbell, Sir David | Harvey, Air Cdre. A, V. (Macclesfd) | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford & Chiswick) |
| Carr, Robert | Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh |
| Cary, Sir Robert | Harvey, John (Walthamstow E.) | McAdden, S. J. |
| Channon, H. | Harvie-Watt, Sir George | Macdonald, Sir Peter |
| Chichester-Clark, R. | Hay, John | Mackeson, Brig. Sir Harry |
| Cole, Norman | Head, Rt. Hon. A. H. | McKibbin, A. t. |
| Conant, Maj. Sir Roger | Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel | Mackie, J. H. (Galloway) |
| Cooper, Sqn. Ldr. Albert | Heath, Edward | McLaughlin, Mrs. P. |
| Cooper-Key, E. M. | Hicks-Beach, Maj. W. W. | Maclean, Fitzroy (Lancaster) |
| Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. | Hill, Rt. Hon. Charles (Luton) | Macleod, Rt. Hn. Iain (Enfield, W.) |
| Corfield, Capt. F. V. | Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | |
| Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) | Hill, John (S. Norfolk) | MacLeod, John (Ross & Cromarty) |
| Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hn. H. F. C. | Macmillan, Maurice (Halifax) | |
| Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Hirst, Geoffrey | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) |
| Crouch, R. F. | Hope, Lord John | Maddan, Martin |
| Crowder, Petre (Ruislip—Northwood) | Hopkinson, Rt. Hon. Henry | Maitland, Cdr. J. F. W. (Horncattle) |
| Cunningham, Knox | Hornsby-Smith, Miss M, P. | Maitland, Hon. Patrick (Lanark) |
| Currie, G. B. H. | Horobin, Sir Ian | Manningham-Buller, Rt. Hn. Sir R. |
| Dance, J. C. G. | Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Dame Florence | Markham, Major Sir Frank |
| D'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry | Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire) | Marlowe, A. A. H. |
| Deedes, W. F. | Howard, Hon. Greville (St. Ives) | Marples, A. E. |
| Digby, Simon Wingtield | Howard, John (Test) | Marshall, Douglas |
| Dodds-Parker, A. D. | Hudson, Sir Austin (Lewisham, N.) | Matthew, R. |
| Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. | Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) | Maude, Angus |
| Doughty, C. J. A. | Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral J. | Maudling, Rt. Hon. R. |
| Drayson, G B. | Hughes-Young, M. H. C. | Mawby, R. L. |
| Maydon, Lt.-Comdr. S. L. C. | Rawlinson, P. A. G. | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) |
| Milligan Rt. Hon. W. R. | Redmayne, M. | Teeling, W. |
| Molson, A. H. E. | Remnant, Hon. P. | Thomas, Rt. Hn. J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Monckton, Rt. Hon. Sir Walter | Renton, D. L. M. | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) |
| Moore, Sir Thomas | Ridsdale, J. E. | Thomas, P. J. M. (Conway) |
| Morrison, John (Salisbury) | Rippon, A. G. F. | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Mott-Radclytfe, C. E. | Roberts, Peter (Heeley) | Thompson, Lt.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, S.) |
| Nabarro, G. D. N. | Robertson, Sir David | Thorneycroft, Rt. Hon. P. |
| Nairn, D. L. S. | Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) | Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. |
| Neave, Airey | Robson-Brown, W. | Tiley, A. (Bradford, W.) |
| Nicholls, Harmar | Rodgere, John (Sevenoaks) | Tilney, John (Wavertree) |
| Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) | Roper, Sir Harold | Touche, Sir Cordon |
| Nicolson, N. (B'n'm'th, E. & Chr'ch) | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard | Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H. |
| Nield, Basil (Chester) | Russell, R. S. | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. | Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. |
| Nugent, G. R. H. | Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. | Vickers, Miss J. H. |
| Nutting, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. | Vosper, D. F. |
| Oakshott, H. D. | Sharples, Maj. R. C. | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| O'Neill, Hn. Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.) | Shepherd, William | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (St. M'lebone) |
| Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Simon J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) | Walker-Smith, D. C. |
| Orr-Ewing, Charles Ian (Hendon, N.) | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) | Wall, Major Patrick |
| Orr-Ewing, Sir Ian (Weston-S-Mare) | Smyth, Brig. J. G. (Norwood) | Ward, Hon. George (Worcester) |
| Osborne, C. | Soames, Capt. C. | Ward, Dame Irene (Tynemouth) |
| Page, R. G. | Spearman, A. C. M. | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. |
| Pannell, N. A. (Kirkdale) | Speir, R. M. | Webbe, Sir H. |
| Partridge, E. | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeen, W.) | Whitelaw, W.S.I.(Penrith & Border) |
| Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Spens, Rt. Hn. Sir P. (Kens'gt'n, S.) | Williams, Gerald (Tonbridge) |
| Peyton, J. W. W. | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Stevens, Geoffrey | Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Pilkington, Capt. R. A. | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) | Wills, G. (Bridgwater) |
| Pitman, I.J. | Steward, Sir William (Woolwich, W.) | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Pitt, Mis E. M. | Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.) | Wood, Hon. R. |
| Pott, H. P. | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. | Woollam, John Victor |
| Powell, J. Enoch | Storey, S. | Yates, William (The Wrekin) |
| Price, David (Eastleigh) | Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray) | |
| Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) | Studholme, H. G. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Profumo, J. D. | Summers, G. S. (Aylesbury) | Mr. T. G. D. Galbraith and |
| Raikes, Sir Victor | Sumner, W. D. M. (Orpington) | Mr. Barker. |
| Ramsden, J. E. | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) | |
| NOES | ||
| Ainsley, J. W, | Coldrick, W. | Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) |
| Albu, A. H. | Collick, P. H. (Birkenhead) | Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) |
| Allaun, F. (Salford, E.) | Collins, V. J. (Shoreditch & Finsbury) | Griffiths, William (Exchange) |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Grimond, J. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Cove, W. G. | Hale, Leslie |
| Anderson, Frank | Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Hall, Rt. Hn. Glenvil (Colne Valley) |
| Attlee, Rt. Hon. C. R. | Cronin, J. D. | Hamilton, W. W. |
| Awbery, S. S. | Crossman, R. H. S. | Hannan, W. |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Cullen, Mrs. A. | Harrison, J. (Nottingham, N.) |
| Baird, J. | Daines, P. | Hastings, S. |
| Balfour, A. | Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Hayman, F. H. |
| Bartley, P. | Davies, Rt. Hon. Clement(Montgomery) | Healey, Denis |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | Herbison, Miss M. |
| Bence, C. R. (Dunbartonshire, E.) | Davies, Harold (Leek) | Hewitson, Capt. M. |
| Benn, Hn. Wedgwood (Bristol, S.E.) | Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) | Hobson, C. R. |
| Benson, G. | Deer, G, | Holman, P. |
| Beswick, F. | de Freitas, Geoffrey | Holmes, Horace |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Dodds, N. N. | Houghton, Douglas |
| Blackburn, F. | Donnelly, D. L. | Howell, Denis (All Saints) |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Dugdale, Rt. Hn. John (W. Brmwch) | Hoy, J. H. |
| Blyton, W. R. | Dye, S. | Hubbard, T. F. |
| Boardman, H. | Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Edelman, M. | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) |
| Bowden, H. W. (Leicester, S.W.) | Edwards, Rt. Hon. John (Brighouse) | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) |
| Bowen, E. R. (Cardigan) | Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) |
| Bowles, F. G. | Edwards, Robert (Bilston) | Hunter, A. E. |
| Boyd, T. G. | Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | Hynd, H. (Accrington) |
| Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) |
| Brockway, A. F. | Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) | Irving, S. (Dartford) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Fernyhough, E. | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Fienburgh, W. | Janner, B. |
| Burke, W. A. | Fletcher, Eric | Jeger, George (Goole) |
| Burton, Miss F. E. | Forman, J. C. | Jeger, Mrs. Lena(Holbn&St. Pncs, S.) |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C.) | Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Jenkins, Roy (Stechford) |
| Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) | Freeman, Peter | Johnson, James (Rugby) |
| Callaghan, L. J. | Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. H. T. N. | Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) |
| Carmichael, J. | Gibson, C. W. | Jones, Rt. Hon. A. Creech (Wakefield) |
| Champion, A. J. | Gooch, E. G. | Jones, David (The Hartlepools) |
| Chapman, W. D. | Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Jones, Elwyn (W. Ham, S.) |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | Greenwood, Anthony | Jones, Jack (Rotherham) |
| Clunie, J. | Grey, C. F. | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) |
| Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Oram, A. E. | Stewart, Michael (Fulham) |
| Kenyon, C. | Orbach, M. | Stokes, Rt. Hon. R. R. (Ipswich) |
| Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Oswald, T. | Stones, W. (Consett) |
| King, Dr. H. M. | Owen, w. J. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) |
| Lawson, G. M. | Padley, W. E. | Stross, Dr. Barnett(Stoke-on-Trent, C.) |
| Ledger, R. J. | Paget, R. T. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Swingler, S. T. |
| Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Palmer, A. M. F. | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Lever, Harold (Cheetham) | Pannell, Charles (Leeds, W.) | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) | Parker, J. | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Lewis, Arthur | Parkin, B. T. | Thomas, George (Cardiff) |
| Lindgren, G. S. | Paton, J, | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Pearson, A. | Thomson, George (Dundee, E.) |
| Logan, D. G. | Peart, T. F. | Thornton, E. |
| MacColl, J. E. | Plummer, Sir Leslie | Timmons, J. |
| McGhee, H. G. | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) | Tomney, F. |
| McGovern, J. | Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) | Turner-Samuels, M. |
| McInnes, J. | Probert, A, R. | Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn |
| McKay, John (Wallsend) | Proctor, W. T. | Usborne, H. C. |
| McLeavy, Frank | Pryde, D, J. | Viant, S. P. |
| Pursey, Cmdr. H. | Warbey, W. N. | |
| MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Rankin, John | Watkins, T. E. |
| MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Reeves, J. | Weitzman, D. |
| Mahon, S. | Reid, William | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Mainwaring, W. H. | Rhodes, H. | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) |
| Mallalieu, B. L. (Brigg) | Robens, Rt. Hon. A, | West, D. G. |
| Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfd, E.) | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Mann, Mrs. Jean | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) | White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint) |
| Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) | White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Mason, Roy | Ross, William | Wilcock, Group Capt. C. A. B. |
| Mayhew, C. P. | Royle, C. | Willey, Frederick |
| Mellish, R. J. | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Mitchison, G. R. | Short, E. W. | Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley) |
| Monslow, W. | Shurmer, P. L. E. | Williams, W. R. (Openshaw) |
| Moody, A. S. | Silverman, Julius (Aston) | Williams, W. T. (Barons Court) |
| Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) | Willis, E. G. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Morrison, Rt. Hn. Herbert(Lewis'h, S.) | Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) | Winterbottom, Richard |
| Mort, D. L. | skeffington, A. M. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Moss, R. | Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke, N.) | Yates, V. (Ladywood) |
| Moyle, A, | Slater, J. (Sedgefield) | Younger, Rt. Hon. K. |
| Mulley, F. W. | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) | Zilliacus, K, |
| Neal, Harold (Bolsover) | Snow, J. W. | |
| Noel-Baker, Francis (Swindon) | Sorensen, R. W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| O'Brien, T. | Sparks, J. A. | Mr. Popplewell and Mr. Wilkins |
| Oliver, G. H. | Steele, T. |
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 86 (Ways and Means Motions and Resolutions), and agreed to.