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Motion made, and Question proposed,
"That the proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House). [Mr. II. Morrison.]
Mr. Eden
Will the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the House tell us why the Government wish to suspend the Rule tonight?
Mr. Speaker
This Question must be put without question or Debate.
The House divided: Ayes, 279; Noes, 120.
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | Levy, B. W. | Sharp, Lt.-Col. G. M. |
| Diamond, J. | Lewis, A. W. J. (Upton) | Shurmer, P. |
| Dobbie, W. | Lipson, D. L. | Silverman, J. (Erdington). |
| Douglas, F. C. R. | Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. | Silverman, S. S. (Nelson) |
| Driberg, T. E. N. | Logan, D. G. | Simmons, C. J. |
| Dugdale, J. (W. Bromwich) | Longden, F. | Skeffington, A. M. |
| Dye, S. | McAdam, W. | Skeffington Lodge, Lt. T. C. |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | McEntee, V. La T. | Skinnard, F. W. |
| Edelman, M. | McGovern, J. | Smith, Rt. Hon. Sir E. (Rotherhithe) |
| Edwards, A. (Middlesbrough, E.) | Mack, J. D. | Smith, Capt. C. (Colchester) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Sir C. (Bedwellty) | McKay, J. (Wallsend) | Smith, Norman (Nottingham, S.) |
| Edwards, John (Blackburn) | McKinlay, A. S. | Smith, T. (Normanton) |
| Evans, E. (Lowestoft) | Maclean, N. (Govan) | Snow, Capt. J. W. |
| Evans, S. N. (Wednesbury) | McLeavy, F. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Ewart, R. | Macpherson, T. (Romford) | Soskice, Maj. Sir F. |
| Fairhurst, F. | Mallalieu, J. P. W. | Sparks, J. A. |
| Farthing, W. J. | Mann, Mrs. J. | Stamford, W. |
| Follick, M. | Manning, Mrs. L. (Epping) | Steele, T. |
| Foot, M. M. | Marquand, H. A. | Stephen, C. |
| Forman, J. C. | Marshall, F. (Brightside) | Stewart, Capt. M. (Fulham, E.) |
| Foster, W. (Wigan) | Mathers, G. | Stokes, R. R. |
| Fraser, T. (Hamilton) | Maxton, J. | Strachey, J. |
| Freeman, Maj. J. (Watford) | Mayhew, Maj. C. P. | Stubbs, A. E. |
| Freeman, P. (Newport) | Messer, F. | Summerskill, Dr. Edith |
| Gallacher, W. | Middleton, Mrs. L. | Sunderland, J. W. |
| Ganley, Mrs. C. S. | Monslow, W. | Swingler, Capt. S. |
| George, Lady M. Lloyd (Anglesey) | Montague, F. | Symonds, Maj. A. L. |
| Gibbins, J. | Moody, A. S. | Taylor, H. B. (Mansfield) |
| Gooch, E. G. | Morley, R. | Taylor, Dr. S. (Barnet) |
| Goodrich, H. E. | Morris, P. (Swansea, W.) | Thomas, Ivor (Keighley) |
| Gordon-Walker, P. C. | Morris, R. H. (Carmarthen) | Thomas, I. O. (Wrekin) |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. H. (Lewisham, E.) | Thomas, George (Cardiff) |
| Grenfell, D. R. | Moyle, A. | Thomson, Rt. Hon. G. R. (E'b'gh, E.) |
| Grey, C. F. | Murray, J. D. | Thorneycroft, H. |
| Grierson, E. | Nally, W. | Thurtle, E. |
| Griffiths, D. (Rother Valley) | Neal, H. (Claycross) | Timmons, J. |
| Gunter, Capt. R. J. | Nichol, Mrs. M. E. (Bradford, N.) | Tolley, L. |
| Haire, Flt.-Lieut. J. (Wycombe) | Nicholls, H. R. (Stratford) | Usborne, H. C. |
| Hall, W. G. (Colne Valley) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. J. (Derby). | Vernon, Maj. W. F. |
| Hamilton, Lieut.-Col. R. | Noel-Buxton, Lady | Viant, S. P. |
| Hannan, W. (Maryhill) | Oliver, G. H. | Walkden, E. |
| Hardy, E. A. | Paget, R. T. | Walker, G. H. |
| Hastings, Dr. Somerville | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) | Wallace, G. D. (Chislehurst) |
| Haworth, J. | Palmer, A. M. F. | Wallace, H. W. (Walthamstow, E.) |
| Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | Parker, J. | Warbey, W. N. |
| Herbison, Miss M. | Parkin, Flt.-Lieut. B. T. | Watkins, T. E. |
| Hewitson, Captain M. | Paton, Mrs. F. (Rushcliffe) | Watson, W. M. |
| Hobson, C. R. | Pearson, A. | Webb, M. (Bradford, C.) |
| Holman, P. | Peart, Capt. T. F. | Whiteley, Rt. Hon. W. |
| House, G. | Perrins, W. | Wilcock, Group-Capt. C. A. B. |
| Hoy, J. | Popplewell, E. | Wilkes, Maj. L. |
| Hubbard, T. | Porter, E. (Warrington) | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Hudson, J. H. (Ealing, W.) | Porter, G. (Leeds) | Willey, F. T. (Sunderland) |
| Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Proctor, W. T. | Willey, O. G. (Cleveland) |
| Hynd, H. (Hackney, C.) | Pryde, D. J. | Williams, D. J. (Neath) |
| Hynd, J. B. (Attercliffe) | Randall, H. E. | Williams, Rt. Hon. E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Jeger, Capt. G. (Winchester) | Rankin, J. | Williams, J. L. (Kelvingrove) |
| Jeger, Dr. S. W. (St. Pancras, S. E.) | Rathbone, Miss Eleanor | Williams, W. R. (Heston) |
| Jones, A. C. (Shipley) | Reeves, J. | Williamson, T. |
| Keenan, W. | Reid, T. (Swindon) | Willis, E. |
| Kenyon, C. | Rhodes, H. | Wilson, J. H. |
| King, E. M. | Richards, R. | Wise, Major F. J. |
| Kinghorn, Sqn.-Ldr. E. | Ridealgh, Mrs. M. | Woodburn, A. |
| Kinley, J. | Robens, A. | Woods, G. S. |
| Kirby, B. V. | Roberts, Sqn.-Ldr. E. O. (Merioneth) | Wyatt, Maj. W. |
| Kirkwood, D. | Roberts, G. O. (Caernarvonshire) | Yates, V. F. |
| Lang, G. | Robertson, J. J. (Berwick) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Lavers, S. | Rogers, G. H. R | Younger, Maj. Hon. K. G. |
| Lee, F. (Hulme) | Royle, C. | Zilliacus, K. |
| Lee, Miss J. (Cannock) | Sargood, R. | |
| Leonard, W. | Scollan, T. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES:
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| Leslie, J. R. | Scott-Elliot, W. | Mr. R. J. Taylor and |
| Captain Blenkinsop |
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| Amory, Lt.-Col. D. H. | Boyd-Carpenter, Maj. J. A. | Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C, |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Scot. Univ.) | Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. | Crowder, Capt. J. F. E. |
| Assheton, Rt. Hon. P. | Bullock, Capt. M. | Cuthbert, W. N. |
| Astor, Hon. M. | Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. (S'ffr'n W'ld'n) | Darling, Sir W. Y. |
| Baldwin, A. E. | Challen, Flt.-Lieut. C. | Davidson, Viscountess |
| Baxter, A. B. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. W. S. | De la Bère, R. |
| Boothby, R. | Conant, Maj. R. J. E. | Digby, Maj. S. Wingfield |
| Bossom, A. C. | Cooper-Key, Maj. E. M. | Dodds-Parker, Col. A. D. |
| Bower, N. | Corbett, Lieut.-Col. U. (Ludlow) | Donner, Sqn.-Ldr. P. W. |
Dower, Lt.-Col. A. V. G. (Penrith) | MacAndrew, Col. Sir C. | Robinson, Wing-Comdr Roland |
| Dower, E. L. G. (Caithness) | McCallum, Maj. D. | Ropner, Col. L. |
| Drayson, Capt. G. B. | McKie, J. H. (Galloway) | Ross, Sir R. |
| Drewe, C. | Maclean, Brig. F. H. R. (Lancaster) | Sanderson, Sir F. |
| Eccles, D. M. | MacLeod. Capt. J. | Savory, Prof. D. L. |
| Eden, Rt. Hon. A. | Macmillan, Rt. Hon. Harold | Scott, Lord W. |
| Fletcher, W. (Bury) | Maitland, Comdr. J. W. | Shephard, S. (Newark) |
| Fox, Sqn.-Ldr. Sir G. | Manningham-Buller, R. E. | Shepherd, W. S. (Bucklow) |
| Gates, Maj. E. E. | Marlowe, A. A. H. | Snadden, W. M. |
| Glyn, Sir R. | Marples, Capt. A. E. | Spearman, A. C. M. |
| Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. G. | Marshall, Comdr. D. (Bodmin) | Spence, Maj. H. R. |
| Gridley, Sir A. | Marshall, S. H. (Sutton) | Stanley, Col. Rt. Hon. O. |
| Grimston, R. V. | Maude, J. C. | Stoddart-Scott, Lt.-Col. M. |
| Hare, Lt.-Col. Hon. J. H. (Woodbridge) | Mellor, Sir J. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Harvey, Air-Cmdre. A. V. | Molson, A. H. E. | Sutcliffe, H. |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Mott-Radclyffe, Maj. C. E. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (P'dd't'n, S.) |
| Holmes, Sir J. Stanley | Neven-Spence, Major Sir B. | Teeling, Fit.-Lieut. W. |
| Howard, Hon. A | Nicholson, G. | Thomas, J. P. L. (Hereford) |
| Hulbert, Wing.Comdr. N. J. | Noble, Comdr. A. H. P. | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. |
| Hurd, A. | Nutting, Anthony | Thornton-Kemsley, Col. C. N. |
| Hutchison, Lt.-Cdr. Clark (Edin'gh, W.) | Osborne, C. | Thorp, Lt.-Col. R. A. F. |
| Hutchison, Lt.-Col. J. R. (G'gow, C.) | Peake, Rt. Hon. O. | Vane, Lt.-Col. W. M. T. |
| Jarvis, Sir J. | Poole, Col. O. B. S. (Oswestry) | Walker-Smith, Lt.-Col. D. |
| Jeffreys, General Sir G. | Prescott, Capt. W. R. S. | Ward, Hon. G. R. |
| Jennings, R. | Price-White, Lt.-Col. D. | Watt, Sir G. S. Harvie |
| Keeling, E. H. | Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. | Wheatley, Lt.-Col. M. J. |
| Kingsmill, Lt.-Col. W. H. | Raikes, H. V. | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Lennox-Boyd, A. T. | Reid, Rt. Hon. J. S. C. (Hillhead) | Williams, Lt.-Cdr. G. W. (T'nbr'ge) |
| Lindsay, Lt.-Col. M. (Solihull) | Renton, D. | York, C. |
| Lloyd, Maj. Guy (Renfrew, E). | Roberts, H. (Handsworth) | |
| Low, Brig. A. R. W. | Roberts, Maj. P. G. (Ecclesall) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES:
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| Lucas, Major Sir J. | Robertson, Sir D. (Streatham) | Major Sir A. S. L. Young and Commander Agnew. |