§ 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. Heath.]
§ The House divided: Ayes 271, Noes 207.
1259| Division No. 135.] | AYES | [3.34 p.m. |
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Black, C. W. | Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. |
| Aitken, W. T. | Boothby, Sir Robert | Corfield, Capt. F. V. |
| Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) | Bossom, Sir Alfred | Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Bowen, E. R. (Cardigan) | Crowder, Petre (Ruislip—Northwood) |
| Amery, Julian (Preston, N.) | Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hon. J. A. | Cunningham, Knox |
| Anstruther-Cray, Major Sir William | Boyle, Sir Edward | Currie, G. B. H. |
| Arbuthnot, John | Braine, B. R. | Dance, J. C. G. |
| Armstrong, C. W. | Braithwaite, Sir Albert (Harrow, W.) | Davidson, Viscountess |
| Atkins, H. E. | Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Davies,Rt.Hon.Clement(Montgomery) |
| Baldook, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. | Brooke, Rt. Hon. Henry | Digby, Simon Wingfield |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Brooman-White, R. C. | Dodds-Parker, A. D. |
| Balniel, Lord | Browne, J. Nixon (Craigton) | Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. |
| Barber, Anthony | Bryan, P. | Drayson, G. B. |
| Barlow, Sir John | Bullus, Wing Commander E. E. | du Cann, E. D. L. |
| Barter, John | Burden, F. F. A. | Duthie, W. S. |
| Baxter, Sir Beverley | Butcher, Sir Herbert | Eccles, Rt. Hon. Sir David |
| Beamish, Maj. Tufton | Campbell, Sir David | Eden, J. B. (Bournemouth, West) |
| Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) | Carr, Robert | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. (Kelvingrove) |
| Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) | Cary, Sir Robert | Elliott,R.W.(N'castle upon Tyne,N.) |
| Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) | Chichester-Clark, R. | Emmet, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn |
| Bidgood, J. C. | Cole, Norman | Erroll, F. J. |
| Biggs-Davison, J. A. | Conant, Maj. Sir Roger | Farey-Jones F. W. |
| Birch, Rt. Hon. Nigel | Cooke, Robert C. | Finlay, Graeme |
| Bishop, F. P. | Cooper, A. E. | Fletcher-Cooke, C. |
| Fort, R. | Kershaw, J. A. | Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) |
| Fraser, Sir Ian (M'ombe & Lonsdale) | Kimball, M. | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L. |
| Freeth, Denzil | Kirk, P. M. | Profumo, J. D. |
| Galbraith, Hon. T. G. D. | Lambert, Hon. G. | Raikes, Sir Victor |
| Gammans, Lady | Lambton, Viscount | Ramsden, J. E. |
| Garner-Evans, E. H. | Lancaster, Col. C. G. | Redmayne, M. |
| George, J. G. (Pollok) | Langford-Holt, J. A. | Rees-Davies, W. R. |
| Gibson-Watt, D. | Leavey, J. A. | Remnant, Hon. P. |
| Glover, D. | Leburn, W. G. | Ridsdale, J. E. |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col. Sir Alan | Legge-Bourke, Mai. E. A. H. | Rippon, A. G. F. |
| Goodhart, Philip | Legh, Hon. Peter (Petersfield) | Robertson, Sir David |
| Gougth, C. F. H. | Lindsay, Hon. James (Devon, N.) | Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Gower, H. R. | Lindsay, Martin (Solihull) | Robson-Brown, W. |
| Graham, Sir Fergus | Linstead, Sir H. N. | Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) |
| Grant-Ferris, Wg Cdr. R. (Nantwich) | Llewellyn, D. T. | Roper, Sir Harold |
| Green, A. | Lloyd, Maj. Sir Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard |
| Gresham Cooke, R. | Longden, Gilbert | Russell, R. S. |
| Grimond, J | Low, Rt. Hon. A. R. W. | Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. |
| Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | Lucas, P. B. (Brentford &Chiswick) | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. |
| Grosvenor, Lt.-Col. R. G. | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Sharpies, R. C. |
| Hall, John (Wycombe) | McAdden, S. J. | Shepherd, William |
| Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N.W.) | Macdonald, Sir Peter | Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) |
| Harris, Readet (Heston) | McKibbin, A. J. | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) |
| Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Mackie, J. H. (Galloway) | Smyth, Brig. Sir John (Norwood) |
| Harvey, Air Cdre. A. V. (Macclesfd) | McLaughlin, Mrs. P. | Soames, Christopher |
| Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John | Speir, R. M. |
| Harvey, John (Walthamstow, E.) | Maclean, Fitzroy (Lanoaster) | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeen, W.) |
| Hay, John | McLean, Nell (Inverness) | Spens, Rt. Hn. Sir P. (Kens'gt'n, S.) |
| Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel | Macmillan, Maurice (Halifax) | Stevens, Geoffrey |
| Heath, Rt. Hon. E. R. G. | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) |
| Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Maddan, Martin | Steward, Sir William (Woolwich, W.) |
| Henderson-Stewart, Sir James | Maltland, Cdr.J.F.W.(Horncastle) | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. |
| Hesketh, R. F. | Maltland, Hon. Patrick (Lanark) | Storey, S. |
| Hicks-Beach, Maj. W. W. | Manningham-Bulter, Rt. Hn. Sir R. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. James (Moray) |
| Hill, Rt. Hon. Charles (Luton) | Markham, Major Sir Frank | Studholme, Sir Henry |
| Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Marples, Rt. Hon. A. E. | Summers, Sir Spencer |
| Hill, John (S. Norfolk) | Mathew, R. | Sumner, W. D. M. (Orpington) |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Maude, Angus | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Hirst, Geoffrey | Mawby, R. L. | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) |
| Holland-Martin, C. J. | Medlicott, Sir Frank | Teeling, W. |
| Holt, A. F. | Milligan, Rt. Hon. W. H. | Temple, John M. |
| Hope, Lord John | Moore, Sir Thomas | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) |
| Hornby, R. P. | Mott-Radclyffe, Sir Charles | Thomas, P. J. M. (Conway) |
| Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. | Nabarro, G. D. N. | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Horobin, Sir Ian | Nairn, D. L. S. | Thompson, Lt.-Cdr.R.(Croydon, S.) |
| Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Dame Florence | Neave, Airey | Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. |
| Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire) | Nicholls, Harmar | Tiley, A. (Bradford, W.) |
| Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) | Nicholson, Godfrey (Farnham) | Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H. |
| Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral J. | Nicolson, N. (B'n'mth, E. & Chr'ch) | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Hulbert, Sir Norman | Nugent, G. R. H. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Hutchison, A. M. C. (Edinburgh, S.) | Oakshott, H. D. | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. |
| Hutchison, Sir Ian Clarke'E'b'gh, W.) | O'Neill, Hn. Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.) | Vlokers, Miss Joan |
| Hutchison, Sir James (Scotstoun) | Ormsby-Gore, Rt. Hon. W. D. | Vosper, Rt. Hon. D. F. |
| Hyde, Montgomery | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Iremonger, T. L. | Orr-Ewing, Sir Ian (Weston-S-Mare) | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (St. M'lebone) |
| Irvine, Bryant Codman (Rye) | Osborne, C. | Wall, Major Patrick |
| Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) | Page, R. G. | Ward, Dame Irene (Tynemouth) |
| Jennings, J. C. (Burton) | Pannell, N. A. (Kirkdale) | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. |
| Jennings, Sir Roland (Hallam) | Partridge, E. | Watkinson, Rt. Hon. Harold |
| Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) | Peyton, J. W. W. | Whitelaw, W. S. I. |
| Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Piokrhorn, K. W. M. | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Johnson, Howard (Kemptown) | Pike, Miss Mervyn | Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Joseph, Sir Keith | Pilkington, Capt. R. A. | Wood, Hon. R. |
| Joynson-Hicks, Hon. Sir Lancelot | Pitt, Miss E. M. | Woollam, John Victor |
| Kaberry, D. | Pott, H. P. | Yates, William (The Wrekin) |
| Kerby, Capt. H. B. | Powell, J. Enoch | |
| Kerr, H. W. | Price, David (Eastleigh) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Mr. Wills and Mr. Hughes-Young. | ||
| NOES | ||
| Ainsley, J. W. | Blyton, W. R. | Carmichael, J. |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Boardman, H. | Champion, A. J. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Bowden, H. W. (Leicester, S.W.) | Chapman, W. D. |
| Awbery, S. S. | Bowles, F. G. | Clunle, J. |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Coldrick, W. |
| Baird, J. | Brockway, A. F. | Collick, P. H. (Birkenhead) |
| Balfour, A. | Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Collins, V. J. (Shoreditch & Finsbury) |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Corbet, Mrs. Freda |
| Benoe, C. R. (Dunbartonshire, E.) | Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Cove, W. G. |
| Benn, Hn. Wedgwood (Bristol, S.E.) | Burke, W. A. | Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) |
| Beswiok, Frank | Burton, Miss F. E. | Cronin, J. D. |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C) | Cullen, Mrs. A. |
| Blackburn, F. | Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) | Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Callaghan, L. J. | Davies, Harold (Leek) |
| Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Pryde, D. J. |
| Deer, G. | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Randall, H. E. |
| Dodds, N. N. | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Rankin, John |
| Donnelly, D. L. | King, Dr. H. M. | Redhead, E. C. |
| Dugdale Rt. Hn. John (W. Brmwch) | Lawson, G. M. | Reid, William |
| Dye, S. | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Robens, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Edelman, M. | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. John (Brighouse) | Lewis, Arthur | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Lindgren, G, S. | Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) |
| Edward, Robert (Bilston) | Lipton, Marcus | Ross, William |
| Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | Logan, D. G. | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Silverman, Julius (Aston) |
| Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | MacColl, J. E. | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Fernyhough, E. | MacDermot, Niall | Simmons, C. J. (Brierley Hill) |
| Fienburgh, W. | McGhee, H, G. | Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke, N.) |
| Fletcher, Eric | McInnes, J. | Slater, J. (Sedgefield) |
| Forman, J. C. | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Snow, J. W. |
| Gaitskell, Rt. H. T. N. | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Sorensen, R. W. |
| George, Lady Megan Lloyd(Car'then) | Marion, Simon | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Mainwaring, W. H. | Sparks, J. A. | |
| Gibson, C. W. | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfd, E.) | Steele, T. |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Mann, Mrs. Jean | Stewart, Michael (Futham) |
| Grenfell, Rt. Hon. D. R. | Mason, Roy | Stonehouse, John |
| Grey, C. F. | Mayhew, C. P. | Stones, W. (Consett) |
| Griffiths, David (Rother Valley) | Mellish, R. J. | Straohey, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Messer, Sir F. | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) |
| Griffiths, William (Exohange) | Mikardo, Ian | Stross,Dr.Bamett(Stoke-on-Trent,C.) |
| Hale, Leslie | Mitchlson, G. R. | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Hamilton, W. W. | Monslow, W. | Swingler, S. T. |
| Hannan, W. | Moody, A. S. | Sylvester, G. O. |
| Hastings, S. | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Hayman, F. H. | Morrison, Rt.Hn.Herbert(Lewis'm,S.) | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Healey, Denis | Mort, D. L. | Thomas, George (Cardiff) |
| Henderson, Rt. Hn. A. (Rwly Regis) | Moss, R. | Thornton, E. |
| Herbison, Miss M. | Moyle, A. | Tomney, F. |
| Hewitson, Capt. M. | Mulley, F. W. | Viant, S. P. |
| Hobson, C. R. (Kelghley) | Oliver, G. H. | Warbey, W. N. |
| Holmes, Horace | Oram, A. E. | Watkins, T. E. |
| Howell, Denis (All Saints) | Orbach, M. | Weitzman, D. |
| Hoy, J. H. | Oswald, T. | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) |
| Hubbard, T. F. | Owen, W. J. | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) | White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint) |
| Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Palmer, A. M. F. | White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Panned, Charles (Leeds, W.) | Wilcock, Group Capt. C. A. B. |
| Hunter, A. E. | Pargiter, G. A. | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Parkin, B. T. | Williams, Ronald (Wigan) |
| Irving, Sydney (Dartford) | Paton, John | Williams, W. R. (Openshaw) |
| Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Pearson, A. | Willis, Eustace (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Janner, B. | Pentland, N. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Jeger, Mrs.Lena(Holbn &St.Pncs.S.) | Plummer, Sir Leslie | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Jenkins, Roy (Steohford) | Popplewell, E. | Woof, R. E. |
| Johnson, James (Rugby) | Prentice, R. E. | Yates, V. (Ladywood) |
| Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) | Zilliacus, K. |
| Jones, Rt. Hon. A.Creech(Wakefield) | Probert, A. R. | |
| Jones, David (The Hartiepools) | Proctor, W. T. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Mr. Short and Mr. Wilkins. |