§ Motion made, and Question put:
That the Proceeding 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 267, Noes 208.
1025| Division No. 6.] | AYES | [3.53 p.m. |
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Bingham, R. M. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Sir Winston |
| Aitken, W. T. | Birch, Rt. Hon. Nigel | Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmth. W.) |
| Allan, R. A. (Paddington, S.) | Bishop, F. P. | Cole, Norman |
| Alport, C. J. M. | Black, C. W. | Conant, Maj. Sir Roger |
| Arbuthnot, John | Body, R. F. | Cooke, Robert |
| Armstrong, C. W. | Bonham Carter, Mark | Cooper, A. E. |
| Astor, Hon. J. J. | Bowen, E. R. (Cardigan) | Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. |
| Atkins, H. E. | Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hon. J. A. | Corfield, Capt. F. V. |
| Baldook, Lt.-Cmdr. J. M. | Boyle, Sir Edward | Craddock, Beresford (Spelthorne) |
| Baldwin, Sir Archer | Braine, B. R. | Crosthwalte-Eyre, Col. O. E. |
| Barber, Anthony | Braithwaite, Sir Albert (Harrow, W.) | Crowder, Sir John (Finchley) |
| Barlow, Sir John | Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Crowder, Petre (Ruislip—Northwood) |
| Barter, John | Brooman-White, R. C. | Cunningham, Knox |
| Batsford, Brian | Browne, J. Nixon (Craigton) | Dance, J. C. G. |
| Beamish, Col. Tufton | Bryan, P. | Davidson, Viscountess |
| Bell, Philip (Bolton, E.) | Burden, F. F. A. | D'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry |
| Bell, Ronald (Bucks, S.) | Butcher, Sir Herbert | de Ferranti, Basil |
| Bennett, F. M. (Torquay) | Butler,Rt.Hn.R.A.(Saffron Walden) | Digby, Simon Wingfield |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald | Campbell, Sir David | Dodds-Parker, A. D. |
| Bevins, J. R. (Toxteth) | Carr, Robert | Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. |
| Bidgood, J. C. | Cary, Sir Robert | Drayson, G. B. |
| Biggs-Davison, J. A. | Chichester-Clark, R. | du Cann, E. D. L. |
| Duncan, Sir James | Kirk, P. M. | Ramsden, J. E. |
| Eden, J. B. (Bournemouth, West) | Lambton, Viscount | Redmayne, M. |
| Elliott,R.W.(Ne'castle upon Tyne,N.) | Lancaster, Col. C. G. | Rees-Davies, W. R. |
| Emmet, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn | Leavey, J. A. | Renton, D. L. M. |
| Errington, Sir Eric | Leburn, W. G. | Ridsdale, J. E. |
| Erroll, F. J. | Legge-Bourke, Maj. E. A. H. | Rippon, A. G. F. |
| Farey-Jones, F. W. | Legh, Hon. Peter (Petersfield) | Roberts, Sir Peter (Heeley) |
| Fell, A. | Lindsay, Hon. James (Devon, N.) | Robertson, Sir David |
| Finlay, Graeme. | Lindsay, Martin (Solihull) | Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Fisher, Nigel | Linstead, Sir H. N. | Robson Brown, Sir William |
| Forrest, G. | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. G.(Sutton Coldfield) | Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) |
| Fort, R. | Lloyd, Maj. Sir Guy (Renfrew, E.) | Roper, Sir Harold |
| Foster, John | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard |
| Freeth, Denzil | Loveys, Walter H. | Russell, R. S. |
| Gammans, Lady | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn (Portsmouth, S.) | Sandys, Rt. Hon. D. |
| George, J. C. (Pollok) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. |
| Gibson-Watt, D. | McAdden, S. J. | Sharples, R. C. |
| Glover, D. | Macdonald, Sir Peter | Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) |
| Glyn, Col. Richard H. | Mackeson, Brig. Sir Harry | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) |
| Godber, J. B. | McKibbin, Alan | Spearman, Sir Alexander |
| Goodhart, Philip | Mackie, J. H. (Galloway) | Speir, R. M. |
| Gough, C. F. H. | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John | Spence, H. R. (Aberdeen, W.) |
| Gower, H. R. | Maclean, Sir Fitzroy (Lancaster) | Stevens, Geoffrey |
| Grant, Rt. Hon. W. (Woodside) | McLean, Neil (Inverness) | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) |
| Grant-Ferris, Wg Cdr. R. (Nantwich) | Macleod, Rt. Hn. Iain (Enfield, W.) | Steward,Sir William (Woolwich, W. |
| Gresham Cooke, R. | MacLeod, John (Ross & Cromarty) | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir Malcolm |
| Grimston, Hon. John (St. Albans) | Macmillan,Rt.Hn.Harold(Bromley) | Studholme, Sir Henry |
| Grimston, Sir Robert (Westbury) | Macmillan, Maurice (Halifax) | Summers, Sir Spencer |
| Grosvenor, Lt.-Col. R. G. | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) | Sumner W. D. M. (Orpington) |
| Hall, John (Wycombe) | Maddan, Martin | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Harris, Reader (Heston) | Maitland, Cdr. J. F. W. (Horncastle) | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) |
| Harrison, A. B. C. (Maldon) | Maitland, Hon. Patrick (Lanark) | Teeling, W. |
| Harvey, Sir Arthur Vero (Macclesf'd) | Manningham-Buller, Rt. Hn. Sir R. | Temple, John M. |
| Harvey, Ian (Harrow, E.) | Markham, Major Sir Frank | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) |
| Hay, John | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Thomas, P. J. M. (Conway) |
| Head, Rt. Hon. A. H. | Marshall, Douglas | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel | Mathew, R. | Thompson, R. (Croydon, S.) |
| Heath, Rt. Hon. E. R. G. | Maudling, Rt. Hon. R. | Thornton-Kemsley, Sir Colin |
| Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Mawby, R. L. | Tiley, A. (Bradford, W.) |
| Hesketh, R. F. | Maydon, Lt.-Comdr. S. L. C. | Tilney, John (Wavertree) |
| Hicks-Beach, Maj. W. W. | Milligan, Rt. Hon. W. R. | Turner, H.F.L. |
| Hill, Rt. Hon. Charles (Luton) | Morrison, John (Salisbury) | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Hill, Mrs. E. (Wythenshawe) | Nabarro, G. D. N. | |
| Hill, John (S. Norfolk) | Nairn, D. L. S. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Heave, Airey | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K, |
| Hirst, Geoffrey | Nicholls, Harmar | Vickers, Miss Joan |
| Holland-Martin, C. J. | Nicholson, Sir Godfrey (Farnham) | Vesper, Rt. Hon. D. F. |
| Hornby, R. P. | Nicolson, N.(B'n'm'th, E. & Chr'ch) | Wade, D. W. |
| Horobin, Sir Ian | Noble, Michael (Argyll) | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Horsbrugh, Rt. Hon. Dame Florence | Nugent, G. R. H. | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (St. M'lebone) |
| Howard, Gerald (Cambridgeshire) | Oakshott, H. D. | Walker-Smith, Rt. Hon. Derek |
| Howard, Hon. Greville (St. Ives) | O'Neill, Hn. Phelim (Co. Antrim, N.) | Wall, Patrick |
| Howard, John (Test) | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Ward, Rt. Hon. G. R. (Worcester) |
| Hudson, W. R. A. (Hull, N.) | Orr-Ewing, C. Ian (Hendon, N.) | Ward, Dame Irene (Tynemouth) |
| Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral J. | Page, R. G. | Watkinson, Rt. Hon. Harold |
| Hulbert, Sir Norman | Pannell, N. A. (Kirkdale) | Webbe, Sir H. |
| Hurd, A. R. | Partridge, E. | Webster, David |
| Hutchison, Michael Clark(E'b'gh, S.) | Peel, W. J. | Whitelaw, W. S. I. |
| Hyde, Montgomery | Peyton, J. W. W. | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Iremonger, T. L. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Williams, R. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) | Pike, Miss Mervyn | Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater) |
| Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) | Pilkington, Capt. R. A. | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Jennings, J. C. (Burton) | Pitman, I. J. | Woollam, John Victor |
| Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) | Pitt, Miss E. M. | Yates, William (The Wrekin) |
| Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Pott, H. P. | |
| Jones, Rt. Hon. Aubrey (Hall Green) | Powell, J. Enoch | TELLERS FOR THE AYES |
| Joseph, Sir Keith | Price, David (Eastleigh) | Colonel J. H. Harrison and |
| Kaberry, D. | Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) | Mr. Hughes-Young. |
| Kimball, M. | Profumo, J. D. | |
| NOES | ||
| Abse, L. | Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C.) |
| Alnalev, J. W. | Blackburn, F. | Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) |
| Albu, A. H. | Blenkinsop, A. | Callaghan, L. J. |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Blyton, W. R. | Carmichael, J. |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Champion, A. J. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Bowden, H. W. (Leicester, S.W.) | Chapman, W. D. |
| Awbery, S. S. | Bowles, F. G. | Clunie, J. |
| Balfour, A. | Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Coldrick, W. |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Brookway, A, F. | Collick, P. H. (Birkenhead) |
| Bence, C. R. (Dunbartonshire, E.) | Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Corbet, Mrs. Freda |
| Bann, Hn. Wedgwood (Bristol, S.E.) | Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Cove, W. G. |
| Benson, Sir George | Burke, W. A. | Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) |
| Beswick, Frank | Burton, Miss F. E. | Cronin, J. D. |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | Jones, Elwyn (W. Ham, S.) | Rankin, John |
| Cullen, Mrs. A. | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Redhead, E. C. |
| Dalton, Rt. Hon. H. | Kenyon, C. | Reid, William |
| Darling, George (Hillsborough) | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Reynolds, G. W. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | Ledger, R. J. | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Deer, G. | Lindgren, G. S. | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Diamond, John | Lipton, Marcus | Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) |
| Dodds, N. N. | Logan, D. G. | Ross, William |
| Donnelly, D. L. | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Royle, C. |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hn. John (W. Brmwch) | McAlister, Mrs. Mary | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Dye, S. | McCann, J. | Short, E. W. |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | McGhee, H. G. | Silverman, Julius (Aston) |
| Edelman, M. | McInnes, J. | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Skeffington, A. M. |
| Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | McLeavy, Frank | Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke, N.) |
| Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | MacMillan, M. K. (Western Isles) | Slater, J. (Sedgefield) |
| Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Snow, J. W. |
| Fernyhough, E. | Mahon, Simon | Sparks, J. A. |
| Finch, H. J. | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfd, E.) | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Fitch, Alan | Mann, Mrs. Jean | Stewart, Michael (Fulham) |
| Fletcher, Eric | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. | Stonehouse, John |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Mason, Roy | Stones, W. (Consett) |
| Gaitskell, At. Hon. H. T. N. | Mayhew, C. P. | Strachey, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Gibson, C. W. | Mikardo, Ian | Strauss, Rt. Hon. George (Vauxhall) |
| Gooch, E. G. | Mitchlson, G. R. | Stross,Dr.Barnett(Stoke-on-Trent,C.) |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Monslow, W. | Summerekill, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Grenfell, Rt. Hon. D. R. | Moody, A. S. | Swingler, S. T. |
| Grey, C. F. | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) | |
| Griffiths David (Bother Valley) | Morrison,Rt.Hn.Herbert(Lewis'm,S.) | Syivester, G. O. |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Mort, D. L. | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Hale, Leslie | Moss, R. | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Hall, Rt. Hn. Glenvil (Coine Valley) | Moyle, A. | Thomson, George (Dundee, E.) |
| Hamilton, W. W. | Mulley, F. W. | Timmons, J. |
| Hannan, W. | Neal, Harold (Bolsover) | Tomney, F. |
| Hastings, S. | Noel-Baker, Francis (Swindon) | Usborne, H. C. |
| Hayman, F. H. | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. (Derby, S.) | Viant, S. P. |
| Healey, Denis | Oliver, G. H. | Warbey, W. N. |
| Hewitson, Capt. M. | Oram, A. E. | Watkins, T. E. |
| Hobson, C. R. (Keighley) | Orbach, M. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Holman, P. | Owen, W. J. | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) |
| Holmes, Horace | Paget, R. T. | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Howell, Denis (All Saints) | Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) | White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Hoy, J. H. | Palmer, A. M. F. | Willey, Frederick |
| Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Pannell, Charles (Leeds, W.) | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Hunter, A. E. | Parkin, B. T. | Williams, Rev. Llywelyn (Ab'tillery) |
| Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Paton, John | Williams, Rt. Hon. T. (Don Valley) |
| Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Pearson, A. | Williams, Richard (Openshaw) |
| Janner, B. | Peart, T. F. | Williams, W. T. (Barons Court) |
| Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. | Pentland, N. | Willis, Eustace (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Jeger, George (Goole) | Popplewell, E. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Jeger, Mrs. Lena(Holbn & St.Pncs,S.) | Prentice, R. E. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Jenkins, Roy (Stechford) | Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) | Woof, R. E. |
| Johnson, James (Rugby) | Probert, A. R. | Yates, V. (Ladywood) |
| Johnston, Douglas (Paisley) | Proctor, W. T. | Younger, Rt. Hon. K. |
| Jones, Rt. Hon. A. Creech (Wakefield) | Pursey, Cmdr. H. | |
| Jones, David (The Hartiepools) | Randall, H. E. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Mr. Wilkins and Mr. J. T. Price |