§ Motion made, and Question put, That the Report [22nd March] of the Business Committee be now considered.—[Mr. Powell.]
§ The House divided: Ayes 217, Noes 140.
1209| Division No. 123.] | AYES | [7.2 p.m. |
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Chataway, Christopher | Fletcher-Cooke, Charles |
| Aitken, W. T. | Chichester-Clark, R. | Fraser, Ian (Plymouth, Sutton) |
| Allan, Robert (Paddington, S.) | Clark, Henry (Antrim, N.) | Freeth, Denzil |
| Atkins, Humphrey | Clark, William (Nottingham, S.) | Galbraith, Hon. T. G. D. |
| Barlow, Sir John | Cole, Norman | Gammans, Lady |
| Barter, John | Cooper, A. E. | Gibson-Watt, David |
| Batsford, Brian | Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. | Godber, J. B. |
| Baxter, Sir Beverley (Southgate) | Corfield, F. V. | Goodhew, Victor |
| Beamish, Col. Sir Tufton | Coulson, J. M. | Gower, Raymond |
| Bell, Ronald | Craddock, Sir Beresford | Grant, Rt. Hon. William |
| Berkeley, Humphry | Critchley, John | Green, Alan |
| Bevins, Rt. Hon. Reginald (Toxteth) | Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Gresham Cooke, R. |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Cunningham, Knox | Grimston, Sir Robert |
| Bingham, R. M. | Curran, Charles | Gurden, Harold |
| Birch, Rt. Hon. Nigel | Currie, G. B. H. | Hall, John (Wycombe) |
| Bishop, F. P. | Dalkeith, Earl of | Hamilton, Michael (Wellingborough) |
| Box, Donald | d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry | Harris, Reader (Heston) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hon. John | Deedes, W.F. | Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | de Ferranti, Basil | Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere (Macclesf'd) |
| Braine, Bernard | Doughty, Charles | Harvey, John (Walthamstow, E.) |
| Brewis, John | Drayson, G. B. | Harvie Anderson, Miss |
| Brooke, Rt. Hon. Henry | du Cann, Edward | Hay, John |
| Brooman-White, R. | Duncan, Sir James | Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel |
| Bryan, Paul | Duthie, Sir William | Henderson, John (Cathcart) |
| Buck, Antony | Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) | Henderson-Stewart, Sir James |
| Bullard, Denys | Elliott, R. W. (Nwcstle-upon-Tyne, N.) | Hendry, Forbes |
| Bullus, Wing Commander Eric | Emmet, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn | Hill, J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) |
| Burden, F. A. | Farey-Jones, F. W. | Hirst, Geoffrey |
| Campbell, Gordon (Moray & Nairn) | Farr, John | Hobson, John |
| Carr, Robert (Mitcham) | Finlay, Graeme | Hocking, Philip N. |
| Channon, H. P. G. | Fisher, Nigel | Holland, Philip |
| Hollingworth, John | More, Jasper (Ludlow) | Smith, Dudley (Br'ntf'rd & Chiswick) |
| Hopkins, Alan | Morgan, William | Soames, Rt. Hon. Christopher |
| Hornsby-Smith, Rt. Hon. Patricia | Mott-Radclyffe, Sir Charles | Speir, Rupert |
| Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral John | Nabarro, Gerald | Stanley, Hon. Richard |
| Hughes-Young, Michael | Nicholson, Sir Godfrey | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) |
| Hulbert, Sir Norman | Nugent, Sir Richard | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir Malcolm |
| Hutchison, Michael Clark | Oakshott, Sir Hendrie | Talbot, John E. |
| Iremonger, T. L. | Osborne, Cyril (Louth) | Taylor, Edwin (Bolton, E.) |
| Jackson, John | Page, John (Harrow, West) | Teeling, William |
| James, David | Page, Graham (Crosby) | Temple, John M. |
| Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) | Pannell, Norman (Kirkdale) | Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret |
| Jennings, J. C. | Partridge, E. | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) |
| Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) | Pearson, Frank (Clitheroe) | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Percival, Ian | Thompson, Richard (Croydon, S.) |
| Johnson Smith, Geoffrey | Pickthorn, Sir Kenneth | Thornton-Kemsley, Sir Colin |
| Kerans, Cdr. J. S. | Pike, Miss Mervyn | Tiley, Arthur (Bradford, W.) |
| Kerby, Capt. Henry | Pitt, Miss Edith | Tilney, John (Wavertree) |
| Kerr, Sir Hamilton | Pott, Percivall | Turner, Colin |
| Kershaw, Anthony | Powell, Rt. Hon. J. Enoch | Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H. |
| Kimball, Marcus | Price, David (Eastleigh) | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Kitson, Timothy | Prior, J. M. L. | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir John |
| Lambton, Viscount | Prior-Palmer, Brig. Sir Otho | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Leavey, J. A. | Proudfoot, Wilfred | Walder, David |
| Leburn, Gilmour | Pym, Francis | Walker, Peter |
| Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) | Quennell, Miss J. M. | Ward, Dame Irene |
| Lilley, F. J. P. | Ramsden, James | Watts, James |
| Litchfield, Capt. John | Rawlinson, Peter | Webster, David |
| Loveys, Walter H. | Redmayne, Rt. Hon. Martin | Wells, John (Maidstone) |
| Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Rees, Hugh | Whitelaw, William |
| MacArthur, Ian | Rees-Davies, W. R. | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Maclay, Rt. Hon. John | Renton, David | Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater) |
| McLean, Neil (Inverness) | Roberts, Sir Peter (Heeley) | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) | Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) | Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick |
| Maddan, Martin | Roots, William | Woodhouse, C. M. |
| Maitland, Sir John | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Markham, Major Sir Frank | Scott-Hopkins, James | Woollam, John |
| Marten, Neil | Seymour, Leslie | Worsley, Marcus |
| Mawby, Ray | Sharples, Richard | Yates, William (The Wrekin) |
| Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. | Shaw, M. | |
| Maydon, Lt.-Cmdr. S. L. C. | Shepherd, William | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Mills, Stratton | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir Jocelyn | Mr. Noble and Mr. Peel. |
| Montgomery, Fergus | Skeet, T. H. H. | |
| NOES | ||
| Awbery, Stan | Grimond, J. | Marsh, Richard |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Mendelson, J. J. |
| Blyton, William | Hannan, William | Milne, Edward J. |
| Boardman, H. | Hart, Mrs. Judith | Mitchison, G. R. |
| Bowden, Herbert W. (Leics, S. W.) | Hayman, F. H. | Monslow, Walter |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. | Healey, Denis | Moody, A. S. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Hill, J. (Midlothian) | Morris, John |
| Chetwynd, George | Hilton, A. V. | Moyle, Arthur |
| Collick, Percy | Holman, Percy | Oliver, G. H. |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Houghton, Douglas | Oswald, Thomas |
| Cronin, John | Howell, Charles A. | Pannell, Charles (Leeds, W.) |
| Crosland, Anthony | Howell, Denis | Pargiter, G. A. |
| Cullen, Mrs. Alice | Hoy, James H. | Parkin, B. T. (Paddington, N.) |
| Davies, G. Elfed (Rhondda, E.) | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Pearson, Arthur (Pontypridd) |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Peart, Frederick |
| Davies, Ifor (Gower) | Hunter, A. E. | Pentland, Norman |
| Davies, S. 0. (Merthyr) | Jay, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Plummer, Sir Leslie |
| Deer, George | Jeger, George | Prentice, R. E. |
| Delargy, Hugh | Jones, Rt. Hn. A. Creech (Wakefield) | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Dempsey, James | Jones, Jack (Rotherham) | Probert, Arthur |
| Diamond, John | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Proctor, W. T. |
| Dodds, Norman | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Randall, Harry |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John | Kelley, Richard | Rankin, John |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. C. | Kenyon, Clifford | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Edwards, Robert (Bilston) | King, Dr. Horace | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Fernyhough, E. | Lawson, George | Ross, William |
| Finch, Harold | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Fitch, Alan | Lewis, Arthur (West Ham, N.) | Short, Edward |
| Fletcher, Eric | Lipton, Marcus | Silverman, Jullus (Aston) |
| Foot, Michael (Ebbw Vale) | Logan, David | Slater, Mrs. Harriet (Stoke, N.) |
| Forman, J. C. | Loughlin, Charles | Slater, Joseph (Sedgefield) |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Small, William |
| Galpern, Sir Myer | McCann, John | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| George, Lady Megan Lloyd(Crmrthn) | McInnes, James | Snow, Julian |
| Ginsburg, David | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | McLeavy, Frank | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Gourley, Harry | MacMillan, Malcolm (Western Isles) | Steele, Thomas |
| Grey, Charles | Manuel, A. C. | Stewart, Michael (Fulham) |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Mapp, Charles | Swingler, Stephen |
| Sylvester, George | Wainwright, Edwin | Williams, W. R. (Openshaw) |
| Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) | Warbey, William | Willis, E. G. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Taylor, John (West Lothian) | Weitzman, David | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Thomas, George (Cardiff, W.) | Wells, Percy (Faversham) | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) | Whitlock, William | |
| Thornton, Ernest | Wilkins, W. A. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn | Willey, Frederick | Mr. Redhead and Dr. Broughton |
| Wade, Donald | Williams, Ll. (Abertillery) |
§ Report considered accordingly.
§ Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report, put
1210§ forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 41 (Business Committee).
§ The House divided: Ayes 214, Noes 143.
1211| Division No. 124.] | AYES | [7.11 p.m. |
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Godber, J. B. | Mills, Stratton |
| Aitken, W. T. | Goodhew, Victor | Montgomery, Fergus |
| Allan, Robert (Paddington, S.) | Gower, Raymond | More, Jasper (Ludlow) |
| Atkins, Humphrey | Grant, Rt. Hon. William | Morgan, William |
| Barlow, Sir John | Green, Alan | Mott-Radclyffe, Sir Charles |
| Barter, John | Gresham Cooke, R. | Nabarro, Gerald |
| Batsford, Brian | Grimston, Sir Robert | Nicholson, Sir Godfrey |
| Baxter, Sir Beverley (Southgate) | Gurden, Harold | Noble, Michael |
| Beamish, Col. Sir Tufton | Hall, John (Wycombe) | Nugent, Sir Richard |
| Bell, Ronald | Hamilton, Michael (Wellingborough) | Oakshott, Sir Hendrie |
| Berkeley, Humphry | Harris, Reader (Heston) | Osborne, Cyril (Louth) |
| Bevins, Rt. Hon. Reginald (Toxteth) | Harrison, Col. J. H. (Eye) | Page, John (Harrow, West) |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere (Macclesf'd) | Page, Graham (Crosby) |
| Bingham, R. M. | Harvey, John (Walthamstow, E.) | Pannell, Norman (Kirkdale) |
| Birch, Rt. Hon. Nigel | Harvie Anderson, Miss | Partridge, E. |
| Bishop, F. P. | Hay, John | Pearson, Frank (Clitheroe) |
| Box, Donald | Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Llonel | Peel, John |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hon. John | Henderson, John (Cathcart) | Percival, Ian |
| Boyle, Sir Edward | Henderson-Stewart, Sir James | Pickthorn, Sir Kenneth |
| Braine, Bernard | Hendry, Forbes | Pitt, Miss Edith |
| Brewis, John | Hill, J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) | Pott, Percivall |
| Brooke, Rt. Hon. Henry | Hirst, Geoffrey | Powell, Rt. Hon. J. Enoch |
| Brooman-White, R. | Hobson, John | Price, David (Eastleigh) |
| Bryan, Paul | Hocking, Philip N. | Prior, J. M. L. |
| Buck, Antony | Holland, Philip | Prior-Palmer, Brig. Sir Otho |
| Bullard, Denys | Hollingworth, John | Proudfoot, Wilfred |
| Bullus, Wing Commander Eric | Hopkins, Alan | Pym, Francis |
| Burden, F. A. | Hornsby-Smith, Rt. Hon. Patricia | Ramsden, James |
| Carr, Compton (Barons Court) | Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral John | Rawlinson, Peter |
| Carr, Robert (Mitcham) | Hughes-Young, Michael | Redmayne, Rt. Hon. Martin |
| Channon, H. P. G. | Hulbert, Sir Norman | Rees, Hugh |
| Chataway, Christopher | Hutchison, Michael Clark | Rees-Davies, W. R. |
| Chichester-Clark, R. | Iremonger, T. L. | Renton, David |
| Clark, William (Nottingham, S.) | Jackson, John | Roberts, Sir Peter (Heeley) |
| Cole, Norman | James, David | Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) |
| Cooper, A. E. | Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) | Roots, William |
| Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. | Jennings, J. C. | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard |
| Corfield, F. V. | Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) | Scott-Hopkins, James |
| Coulson, J. M. | Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Seymour, Leslie |
| Craddock, Sir Beresford | Johnson Smith, Geoffrey | Sharpies, Richard |
| Critchley, Julian | Kerans, Cdr. J. S. | Shaw, M. |
| Croathwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. | Kerby, Capt. Henry | Shepherd, William |
| Cunningham, Knox | Kerr, Sir Hamilton | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir Jocelyn |
| Curran, Charles | Kershaw, Anthony | Skeet, T. H. H. |
| Currie, G. B. H. | Kimball, Marcus | Smith, Dudley (Br'ntf'rd & Chiswick) |
| Dalkeith, Earl of | Kitson, Timothy | Soames, Rt. Hon. Christopher |
| d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry | Lambton, Viscount | Speir, Rupert |
| Deedes, W. F. | Langford-Holt, J. | Stanley, Hon. Richard |
| de Ferranti, Basil | Leavey, J. A. | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) |
| Doughty, Charles | Leburn, Gilmour | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir Malcolm |
| Drayson, G. B. | Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) | Talbot, John E. |
| du Cann, Edward | Lilley, F. J. P. | Taylor, Edwin (Bolton, E.) |
| Duncan, Sir James | Litchfield, Capt. John | Teeling, William |
| Duthie, Sir William | Loveys, Walter H. | Temple, John M. |
| Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret |
| Elliott, R. W. (Nwcstle-upon-Tyne, N.) | MacArthur, Ian | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) |
| Emmet, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Farey-Jones, F. W. | McLean, Neil (Inverness) | Thompson, Richard (Croydon, S.) |
| Farr, John | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) | Thornton-Kemsley, Sir Colin |
| Fisher, Nigel | Maddan, Martin | Tiley, Arthur (Bradford, W.) |
| Fletcher-Cooke, Charles | Maitland, Sir John | Tilney, John (Wavertree) |
| Fraser, Ian (Plymouth, Sutton) | Markham, Major Sir Frank | Turner, Colin |
| Freeth, Denzil | Marten, Neil | Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H. |
| Galbraith, Hon. T. G. D. | Mawby, Ray | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Gammans, Lady | Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. | Wakefield, Edward (Derbyshire, W.) |
| Gibson-Watt, David | Maydon, Lt.-Cmdr. S. L. C. | Walder, David |
| Walker, Peter | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) | Worsley, Marcus |
| Ward, Dame Irene | Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater) | Yates, William (The Wrekin) |
| Watts, James | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) | |
| Webster, David | Wolrige-Gordon, Partick | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Wells, John (Maidstone) | Woodhouse, C. M. | Mr. Finlay and |
| Whitelaw, William | Woodnutt, Mark | Mr. Gordon Campbell. |
| NOES | ||
| Awbery, Stan | Houghton, Douglas | Prentice, R. E. |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Howell, Charles A. | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Blyton, William | Howell, Denis | Probert, Arthur |
| Boardman, H. | Hoy, James H. | Proctor, W. T. |
| Bowden, Herbert W. (Leics, S. W.) | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Randall, Harry |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Rankin, John |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Hunter, A. E. | Redhead, E. C. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Jay, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Chetwynd, George | Jeger, George | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Collick, Percy | Jones, Rt. Hn. A. Creech (Wakefield) | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Jones, Jack (Rotherham) | Ross, William |
| Crosland, Anthony | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Culien, Mrs. Alice | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Short, Edward |
| Davies, G. Elfed (Rhondda, E.) | Kelley, Richard | Silverman, Julius (Aston) |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Kenyon, Clifford | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Slater, Mrs. Harriet (Stoke, N.) |
| Deer, George | King, Dr. Horace | Slater, Joseph (Sedgefield) |
| Delargy, Hugh | Lawson, George | Small, William |
| Dempsey, James | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Diamond, John | Lewis, Arthur (West Ham, N.) | Snow, Julian |
| Dodds, Norman | Lipton, Marcus | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John | Logan, David | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. C. | Loughlin, Charles | Steele, Thomas |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Stewart, Michael (Fulham) |
| Edwards, Robert (Bilston) | McCann, John | Swingler, Stephen |
| Fernyhough, E | McInnes, James | Sylvester, George |
| Finch, Harold | McKay, John (wallsend) | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Fitch, Alan | McLeavy, Frank | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Fletcher, Eric | MacMillan, Malcolm (Western Isles) | Thomas, George (Cardiff, W.) |
| Foot, Dingle (Ipswich) | Manuel, A. C. | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Foot, Michael (Ebbw Vale) | Mapp, Charles | Thornton, Ernest |
| Forman, J. C. | Marsh, Richard | Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Mendelson, J. J. | Wade, Donald |
| Galpern, Sir Myer | Milne, Edward J. | Wainwright, Edwin |
| George, Lady Megan Lloyd (Crmrthn) | Mitchison, G. R. | warbey, William |
| Ginsburg, David | Monslow, Walter | Weitzman, David |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Moody, A. S. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Gourlay, Harry | Morris, John | Whitlock, William |
| Grey, Charles | Moyle, Arthur | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Oliver, G. H. | Willey, Frederick |
| Grimond, J. | Oswald, Thomas | Williams, Ll. (Abertillery) |
| Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Paget, R. T. | Williams, W. R. (Openshaw) |
| Hannan, William | Pannell, Charles (Leeds, W.) | Willis, E. G. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Hart, Mrs. Judith | Pargiter, G. A. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Hayman, F. H. | Parkin, B. T. (Paddington, N.) | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Healey, Denis | Pearson, Arthur (Pontypridd) | |
| Hill, J. (Midlothian) | Peart, Frederick | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Hilton, A. V. | Pentland, Norman | Mr. Cronin and Mr. Ifor Davies |
| Holman, Percy | Plummer, Sir Leslie |
§
The following is the Report of the Business Committee:
That, subject to the provisions of the Order [6th March]: